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Two ultrashort laser pulses crossed in space have unlocked previously inaccessible electron states. At the point where two ultrashort laser pulses cross, physicists can now make light oscillate through all three dimensions of space. That unusual geometry matters because some electronic quantum states have remained out of reach in experiments, even when theory said they […]

Nazi Germany’s final nuclear reactor was nowhere near ready, lacking roughly half the uranium and heavy water it needed to work. When American forces dismantled Nazi Germany’s final experimental nuclear reactor in 1945, they found a machine that its scientific leader, Werner Heisenberg, would later describe as tantalizingly close to working. Known as the B8 […]

A large review of 22 studies suggests that naturally occurring trans fats in dairy may affect the body very differently from industrial trans fats. Milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese naturally contain small amounts of trans fats, but a large review suggests these fats do not carry the same health risks as the industrial trans fats […]

A large review of 22 studies suggests that naturally occurring trans fats in dairy may affect the body very differently from industrial trans fats. Milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese naturally contain small amounts of trans fats, but a large review suggests these fats do not carry the same health risks as the industrial trans fats […]

A large review of 22 studies suggests that naturally occurring trans fats in dairy may affect the body very differently from industrial trans fats. Milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese naturally contain small amounts of trans fats, but a large review suggests these fats do not carry the same health risks as the industrial trans fats […]

A large review of 22 studies suggests that naturally occurring trans fats in dairy may affect the body very differently from industrial trans fats. Milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese naturally contain small amounts of trans fats, but a large review suggests these fats do not carry the same health risks as the industrial trans fats […]

Researchers have developed a machine-learning “speech clock” that estimates age from subtle patterns in how people speak and what they say. It is possible that people’s voices may contain certain signals of aging that go beyond their chronological age. According to a recent study of nearly 3,000 people from Latin America, machine learning was used […]

A new single-molecule approach has exposed fleeting stages in viral shell formation that were previously hidden. Oxford University researchers have watched a virus-like particle assemble one step at a time, revealing how protein components navigate countless possible arrangements to build a stable shell. The study, published in Nature, shows that assembly depends on weak, reversible […]

A new single-molecule approach has exposed fleeting stages in viral shell formation that were previously hidden. Oxford University researchers have watched a virus-like particle assemble one step at a time, revealing how protein components navigate countless possible arrangements to build a stable shell. The study, published in Nature, shows that assembly depends on weak, reversible […]

A creature preserved for 518 million years hints that the starfish family began with tentacles, challenging a long-standing picture of its earliest ancestor. Fossils discovered in southwestern China suggest that an animal called Yujingia glutenotunica lived close to the evolutionary roots of ambulacrarians, the group that includes starfish, sea urchins, and acorn worms. Its anatomy […]