Light probing a chiral graviton mode in a fractional quantum Hall effect liquid. Credit: Lingjie Du, Nanjing University A team of scientists from Columbia, Nanjing University, Princeton, and the University of Munster, writing in the journal Nature, have presented the first experimental evidence of collective excitations with spin called chiral graviton modes (CGMs) in a … Read more
Schematic diagram of the modeled trajectories of computationally-released radiocaesium particles, which can be split into three pattern clusters: transport along the Kuroshio-Oyashio current transition zone (a,d), the Kuroshio Extension (b, e) and the North Atlantic subtropical mode water recirculation gyre (c, f). Credit: Kim et al. 2024. Fukushima is now notorious for the nuclear disaster … Read more
Much like an unexpected free dinner will distract you from the leftovers sitting in your fridge, this summer’s cicada emergence will turn predators away from their usual prey. During the 2021 Brood X emergence, Zoe Getman-Pickering, a scientist in Lill’s research group, found that as birds swooped in on cicadas, caterpillar populations exploded. Spared from … Read more
Biogeographic isolation strongly influenced the bat functional richness in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, according to new research from Michigan State University. Credit: Williams, P. J. et al. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15 (1), 2457. https://www.nature.com/articles/41467-024-46757-z A new study led by Michigan State University researcher Peter Williams sheds light on the profound influence of deep geographic … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Mexican government has postponed a ban on the use of glyphosate, saying it has not found an alternative for the controversial weed killer. The Latin American nation had planned to phase out the use of the herbicide—which critics say may cause cancer and threaten biodiversity—by April 1 of this year. … Read more
Credit: Jeroen Methorst Ph.D. candidate Jeroen Methorst has developed a computer system that helps researchers find the protein they need to create new medicines. “Our whole group is now using this program,” says Methorst. He will defend his Ph.D. thesis on April 2. Methorst is a nanobiologist and biophysicist, but he didn’t find himself very … Read more
The gray seal in the Baltic Sea is affected by climate change. Reduced sea ice makes it harder for the gray seal’s young to survive. Credit: Daire Carroll Researchers at the University of Gothenburg warn that today’s hunting quotas of about 3,000 animals pose a risk to the long-term survival of the gray seal in … Read more
A microscopy image of a human brain organoid. Credit: Janine Hoffmann What makes us human? According to neurobiologists it is our neocortex. This outer layer of the brain is rich in neurons and lets us do abstract thinking, create art, and speak complex languages. An international team led by Dr. Mareike Albert at the Center … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A bat infected with a fungus that has killed millions of bats across the country was found in Longmont last month. Testing this month confirmed the little brown bat was infected with white-nose syndrome—a deadly fungus that could devastate Colorado’s native bat populations. The bat found in Longmont is the second … Read more
Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO Curtin University-led research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a star other than our sun. The research titled “Atomic-scale Element and Isotopic Investigation of 25Mg-rich Stardust from an H-burning Supernova” appears in Astrophysical … Read more
