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Images: NASA's Perseverance captures panorama at 'Arbot'
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this panorama of an area nicknamed "Arbot" on April 5, 2026, the 1,882nd Martian day (sol) o...
Twisted WSe₂ reveals elusive charge-neutral quantum modes
Quantum materials, materials with properties that are influenced by the laws of quantum mechanics, have attracted considerable attention over the past few decad...
New book examines national pension crisis
Public pension debt has far-reaching consequences, yet there appear to be limited options for addressing it. State and local governments often turn to legislati...
Smart soil design to stop Australia's underground water pipelines from corroding
Engineers are rethinking the soil surrounding buried pipelines in a bid to help reduce Australia's billion-dollar annual corrosion problem and extend the lifesp...
Student well-being drops after move to high school, research reveals
The move from primary to secondary school is a major transition for many children, marked by new environments, new peers and increasing expectations. But while...
In Tierra del Fuego, a hunt for the rodent carrier of hantavirus
A scientific mission was set to kick off the search Monday for rodents that may be hantavirus carriers after an outbreak on a cruise ship departed this region a...
Bilayer antiferromagnet reveals photocurrent that flips with magnetic state
In recent years, atomically thin materials—crystals only a few atoms thick—have attracted growing attention because they can exhibit physical properties that do...
Copper-based sensor explains key defense signaling in stressed plants
Researchers at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, together with collaborators from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resour...
Fluorescent RNA sensor gets 10 times more sensitive for water safety
Water is largely tasteless to humans. But to the microbial world, it is anything but. Bacteria that live in contaminated environments have spent millions of yea...
Roadmap charts three paths to room-temperature quantum materials for cooler computing
Imagine a laptop that never gets hot, a phone that holds its charge for days, or a computer memory chip designed to permanently retain data, even when the power...
When politics enter the picture, credentials take a back seat
Most Americans know what a real expert's credentials look like: relevant degree, years of experience, and respect from peers. The problem, according to a study...
eROSITA discovers a 'changing-look' Seyfert galaxy
Astronomers have tracked a dramatic "changing-look" active galactic nucleus (AGN) whose central supermassive black hole appeared to switch off and then rapidly...