Author(s): Michael Schirber
A nanocrystal cooled to near absolute zero produces an unexpected light emission, which is shown to arise from quantum fluctuations in the crystal’s atomic lattice.
[Physics 18, 178] Published Wed Nov 05, 2025
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There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap
Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.
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Meet the ‘Wee-rex’. Tiny tyrannosaur is its own species
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Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils
Lichens are symbioses between fungi and algae (and/or cyanobacteria) that play important ecological roles and colonize many substrates, including fossils. According to new research, they can serve as biological indicators of fossils in western…
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New Species of Shell-Forming Sea Anemone Discovered in Japanese Waters
The new species of hermit crab-associated sea anemone, Paracalliactis tsukisome, secretes and constructs a unique shell-like structure known as a carcinoecium, which expands the host hermit crab’s living space, according to a team of marine…
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Have We Learned King Tut’s Lessons?
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In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team stumbled across a…
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Archaeologists Find 2.75-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools in Kenya
Archaeologists have discovered Oldowan stone tools in three distinct archaeological horizons, spanning approximately 300,000 years (2.75 to 2.44 million years ago), at the site of Namorotukunan, part of the Koobi Fora Formation in the…
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New Hellenistic discoveries at Pyla-Vigla
Archaeologists from the Department of Antiquities have announced the discovery of domestic structures from the Hellenistic period during a study of the Pyla-Vigla archaeological site.
Over the past two decades, the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological…
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Long-Term Use of Melatonin Associated with Negative Health Effects
A review of five years of health records for more than 130,000 adults with insomnia who had used melatonin for at least a year found they were more likely to be diagnosed with heart failure, require hospitalization for the condition or die…
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Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here's why
Interactions between different users on roads are often a source of frustration, the most prominent being those between motorists and cyclists.
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