Experimental protocol and phase diagram of the mean field. credit: Natural physics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-024-02542-9 A crystal is an arrangement of atoms that repeats itself in space at regular intervals:…
Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University An illustration depicts exoplanet HD 189733b, a gas giant located 64 light-years away. Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Have you ever noticed that a polyester t-shirt is smellier than a cotton one after a workout? New research from the University of Alberta now shows…
Although neither interplanetary mission has found any signs of life on Mars, both NASA's Viking and China's Zhurong rovers have discovered stunning features on the Red Planet that could provide…
A monumental surge of oxygen was long thought to have fueled the Cambrian explosion around 540 million years agobreathing life into Earth's biosphere to generate a rich array of amazingly…
Deep within the Earth lies a solid ball of metal that spins independently of our spinning planet, like a spinning top within a larger top shrouded in mystery. Since its…
A year later, four scientists in the United States on Saturday ended an experiment that simulated life on Mars. To thunderous applause, the four volunteers left the NASA-built Mars Dune…
Some butterflies can travel across entire oceans with the help of the wind.A world-first study has now shown that the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa Cardui) can cross the world's second…
A recent study published in Psychology of communications found that certain individuals, called "super synchronizers," have a unique ability to synchronize their physiological responses with others in a variety of…
Researchers studied three mysterious objects in the early universe. Shown here are their color images, composed of three NIRCam filter strips aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. They are remarkably…