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Optical Rule Was Made to Be Broken

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

Investing in New Water Filtration Membranes Is Worth It

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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”

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

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.

Through the Quantum Looking Glass

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

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.

Physicists Demo Method for Designing Topological Metals

Design principle could guide search for metals with immutable quantum states

Scientists urge financial sanctions for Meta, other tech companies that allow illegal wildlife sales

Illegal wildlife trade was estimated at $20 billion in 2021 and threatens thousands of species worldwide, scientists say. They note social media is the main marketplace for illegal sales of exotic animals and animal parts to provide consumers with pets, medicinal uses and decorations.

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

Research team investigates reactivity of single molecules under controlled microscopic conditions

Saturn’s Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon

A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests

University of Maryland research shows fruit flies acquiring new DNA from bacterial infection

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have published new research showing that a species of bacteria which infects fruit flies is capable of introducing parts of its genetic material into that of the fruit fly.

Record of Antarctic Ice Sheet Response to Climate Cycles Found in Rock Samples

The effects of global climate cycles on Southern Ocean temperatures drove cycles of melting and freezing in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet every few thousand years, according to a new study

Mining in Shallow Marine Areas Endangers Sustainability Goals

According to a study completed at the University of Helsinki, mining in shallow marine areas conflicts with international conservation and sustainability goals, bringing with it great environmental risks.

Saturn’s Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon

A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.