New theory for a periodically driven quantum dot–cavity system

A team led by Prof. Guo Guoping and Prof. Cao Gang from the University of Science…

Psychological study suggests arithmetic is biologically-based and a natural consequence of our perception

Everyone knows that 2 + 2 = 4, but why do we have arithmetic in the…

New method to search for strongly interacting dark matter inside neutrino detectors

Physicists worldwide are trying to detect dark matter (DM) particles and their interactions with visible matter…

Fossil trackways reveal first raptor-prey attack in Pleistocene Europe

Though we may often think of fossils purely as the bones of ancient organisms that roamed…

Droplet levitation: A new way to explore airborne viruses and microorganisms

Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia,…

'Mind controlling' parasitic worms are missing genes found in every other animal, researchers find

In a world full of bizarre animals, hairworms are some of the strangest. Hairworms are parasitic…

Unusual fossil shows rare evidence of a mammal attacking a dinosaur

Canadian and Chinese scientists have described an unusual fossil from around 125 million years ago that…

Unveiling synchronization preferences of quantum thermal machines

Researchers from the Center of Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems within the Institute for Basic Science…

Family trees clarify relationships among climate models

Climate models are sophisticated numerical tools used to estimate and explore what Earth’s climate was like…

Empowering farmers to save native ecosystems in agricultural landscapes

With less than 5% of native vegetation remaining on private properties and roadsides on the Yorke…