Stripes within crystals hint at behavior of electrons in quantum systems

Hidden stripes in a crystal could help scientists understand the mysterious behavior of electrons in certain…

Social inequalities are driving urban water crises more than environmental factors

Rich elites with large swimming pools and well-maintained lawns are leaving poorer communities without basic access…

An elephant's self-taught banana peeling offers glimpse of elephants' broader abilities

Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don’t usually peel them first in the way humans…

Scientists show how we can anticipate rather than react to extinction in mammals

Most conservation efforts are reactive. Typically, a species must reach threatened status before action is taken…

Scientists map gusty winds in a far-off neutron star system

An accretion disk is a colossal whirlpool of gas and dust that gathers around a black…

People with disabilities maintain record labor force participation rate, outperforming people without disabilities

People with disabilities maintained their record labor force participation rate in March, continuing to outperform people…

Exploring why the bodies of people in a town near Pompeii were not well preserved when Vesuvius blew

A team of geologists from the University of Roma Tre, has solved the mystery of why…

First Y brown dwarf binary system discovered

Using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team…

Researchers reveal structural mechanism of Tetrahymena ribozyme self-splicing reaction

A team led by Prof. Zhang Kaiming from the University of Science and Technology (USTC) solved…

Researchers explore radiation mechanism of 'brightest of all time' gamma-ray burst

A gamma-ray burst is the most violent explosion in the universe. The research on gamma-ray bursts,…