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Making and Breaking of Chemical Bonds in Single “Nanoconfined” Molecules

Research team investigates reactivity of single molecules under controlled microscopic conditions

Physicists Demo Method for Designing Topological Metals

Design principle could guide search for metals with immutable quantum states

Scientists See Spins in a 2D Magnet

Research shows that spinning quasiparticles, or magnons, light up when paired with a light-emitting quasiparticle, or exciton, with potential quantum information applications.

Through the Quantum Looking Glass

A thin device triggers one of quantum mechanics’ strangest and most useful phenomena

Scientists Reveal Distribution of Dark Matter Around Galaxies 12 Billion Years Ago--Further Back in Time Than Ever Before

One of Nagoya University’s leading research centers has made another groundbreaking discovery, looking back into parts of space further than ever before.

No Trace of Dark Matter Halos

Signs of disturbance in the dwarf galaxies of one of Earth’s nearest galaxy clusters indicate an alternative gravity theory

Unraveling a Mystery Surrounding Cosmic Matter

Early in its history, shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was filled with equal amounts of matter and “antimatter”

Ghostly ‘Mirror World’ Might Be Cause of Cosmic Controversy

New research suggests an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles that interacts with our world only via gravity that might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology today – the Hubble constant problem.

Physicists Confront the Neutron Lifetime Puzzle

To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can “live” outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of our left-handed universe.

Halos and Dark Matter: A Recipe for Discovery

No, scientists still don’t know what dark matter is. But MSU scientists helped uncover new physics while looking for it.

Researchers Propose New Framework for Regulating Engineered Crops

A Policy Forum article published today in Science calls for a new approach to regulating genetically engineered (GE) crops, arguing that current approaches for triggering safety testing vary dramatically among countries and generally lack scientific merit

Investing in New Water Filtration Membranes Is Worth It

New analysis shows antifouling membranes reduce costs, energy over their lifetimes

Optical Rule Was Made to Be Broken

Rice engineers’ formula IDs materials for virtual reality, 3D displays

Risk of Passing Multiple Climate Tipping Points Escalates Above 1.5°c Global Warming

Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science.

Little Ice Age Study Reveals North Atlantic Reached a Tipping Point

Scientists have used centuries-old clam shells to see how the North Atlantic climate system reached a "tipping point" before the Little Ice Age.

Major New Tipping Points Initiative Launched at Conference

Efforts to activate "positive tipping points" to tackle the climate crisis have been boosted by a £1 million (US$1.15m) grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.

Bees Use Patterns – Not Just Colours – to Find Flowers

Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns – not just colours – when searching for food, new research shows.

'Radical Decentralisation' Needed in Iran to Allow Kurdish Communities to Benefit from Natural Resources, Study Argues

A radical decentralisation of politics and decision-making in Iran is needed to allow Kurdish communities to benefit from natural resources, experts have argued.