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Astronomy Apr 29, 2024

Q&A: How to catch a glimpse of a new star about to appear in the night sky

If you peer up at the constellation Corona Borealis—the Northern Crown—over the next several months, you may catch a glimpse: Astronomers predict that sometime this year, a new star will appear in the night sky, growing ...

Condensed Matter Apr 16, 2024

Electrical control of magnetism by electric field and current-induced torques

In a review article published in Reviews of Modern Physics, Fèlix Casanova from the Nanodevices group at CIC nanoGUNE, Prof. Albert Fert, Nobel Prize in Physics, and his colleagues review the state of the art of electrical ...

Astronomy Apr 12, 2024

Exoplanets true to size: New model calculations shows impact of star's brightness and magnetic activity

In the constellation Virgo, 700 light years away from Earth, the planet WASP-39b orbits the star WASP-39. The gas giant, which takes little more than four days to complete one orbit, is one of the best-studied exoplanets. ...

Ecology Apr 11, 2024

Traces of DNA in the stomachs of predatory snails provide new insights into the ecology of placozoans

Placozoans are among the simplest animals and occur worldwide in coastal waters. It was previously assumed that the tiny creatures, which measure just a few millimeters, live either on hard surfaces—such as rocks, corals, ...

Veterinary medicine Apr 8, 2024

Should 'extreme breeding' of dachshunds and French bulldogs be banned?

Nothing says canine cuteness like a smush-faced French bulldog. Unless it's a dachshund toddling along on short little legs.

Plants & Animals Apr 1, 2024

Catching vibes: Novel approach captures arthropod-driven vibrations

It was summer in northern Mississippi, rich in relative humidity and deciduous forests and wolf spiders. Noori Cho, then a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, was dedicating two months to sharing a cabin ...

Condensed Matter Mar 26, 2024

Electron-bending effect could boost computer memory

A new magnetic material developed by RIKEN physicists could boost computer memory storage by enabling higher memory density and faster memory writing speeds. Their research has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

Optics & Photonics Mar 18, 2024

Holographic message encoded in simple plastic

There are many ways to store data—digitally, on a hard disk, or using analog storage technology, for example as a hologram. In most cases, it is technically quite complicated to create a hologram: High-precision laser technology ...

Ecology Mar 5, 2024

Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered, but can humans help the species rebound?

There are so few sunflower sea stars remaining, researchers don't think there are enough for them to find each other on their own to reproduce—so the species is getting a helping hand from humans.

Nanophysics Mar 2, 2024

Researchers demonstrate 3D nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity

The most popular words of 2023 were recently released, with AI Large Language Model (LLM) unquestionably topping the list. As a front-runner, ChatGPT also emerged as one of the international buzzwords of the year. These disruptive ...

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