A prototype nuclear clock hints at extremely accurate timekeeping
Scientific watchmakers have created a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to make…
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A biogeochemist is following the movements of toxic mercury pollution
One of the richest biodiversity hotspots in the world is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon located…
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Scientists find long-sought electric field in Earth’s atmosphere
For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar…
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A quantum computer corrected its errors, improving its calculations
For the first time, a quantum computer has improved its results by continuously correcting its own miscalculations with a technique…
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As a dying star is similar to a lava lamp
For the first time, astronomers have seen gas boiling and bubbling on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed…
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Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen
The opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever…
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The Large Hadron Collider exposes quark quantum entanglement
Quantum entanglement has made its way to the top. Scientists have measured the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement in top…
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A thousand-year-old log shows how burying wood can fight climate change
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do…
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How did dark matter form the universe? This physicist has ideas
At the age of 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how many…
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Why was Hurricane Helene so devastating?
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do…
