Briefing: CERN Scientists Take Antimatter On Its Very First Road Trip
Strategic angle: This is an important step toward enabling other research facilities around Europe to participate in antimatter research.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Who do you think you are? What DNA tests reveal—and what they don't
Strategic angle: Exploring the impact of DNA testing on personal identity and criminal investigations.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Ancient Neanderthal genome reveals isolated, distinct populations
Strategic angle: Neanderthals split into distinct regional groups that developed genetic differences far sooner than modern human populations typically did.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Novel protocol reconstructs quantum states in large-scale experiments up to 96 qubits
Strategic angle: A breakthrough in quantum computing allows for the reconstruction of quantum states in systems with up to 96 qubits, enhancing the potential of quantum technologies.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: The moon that tipped a planet
Strategic angle: Neptune is the solar system's most distant planet, a cold, blue ice giant sitting nearly 30 times further from the sun than Earth.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: A universal scheme can verify any quantum state
Strategic angle: Quantum technologies could outperform classical devices, but verifying their functionality remains a challenge.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky—for everyone on Earth
Strategic angle: More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit Earth, affecting our view of the night sky.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Seals use whisker movement to follow underwater trails—an approach that could improve robotic sensing
Strategic angle: Research reveals how seals utilize their sensitive whiskers to detect underwater trails, offering insights for advancements in robotic sensing technology.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: This hidden state of water could explain why life exists
Strategic angle: Scientists have discovered a critical point in supercooled water that reveals its unusual behavior and implications for life.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: This quantum computing breakthrough may not be what it seemed
Strategic angle: A team of physicists set out to test some of the most exciting claims in quantum computing—and found a very different story.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: ‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar landings
Strategic angle: NASA outlines plans to increase robotic lunar lander missions but remains vague on crewed lander acceleration.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Lawmakers want Minnesota to study possibility of building new nuclear plants
Strategic angle: Minnesota lawmakers are pushing for a study on the feasibility of new nuclear plants in the state.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Robotics can improve musical timing between performers, new study shows
Strategic angle: A new study reveals that robotic exoskeletons can enhance the synchronization of musicians during performances.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: A new way to measure poverty shows the US falling behind Europe
Strategic angle: A recent study reveals that the time required to earn $1 in the US is significantly longer than in several European countries.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Spliceosome Dynamics in Human Cells
Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study utilizes supercomputers to explore the intricate motions of spliceosomes within a detailed human cell model.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Clean energy subsidies mainly benefit high-income households, study finds
Strategic angle: A study reveals that high-income households are the primary beneficiaries of clean energy subsidy programs.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission
Strategic angle: Starfish Space has changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after its original partner backed out.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: New enzyme atlas rewrites decades of biology research
Strategic angle: WEHI researchers have led a major global effort to create the first authoritative atlas for a class of enzymes that regulate almost every cellular process in the human body.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: North Sea wind farms may be reshaping sediment flows by 1.5 million tons a year
Strategic angle: A new study reveals the significant impact of offshore wind farms on sediment dynamics in the North Sea.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Ancient DNA finds 15,800-year-old dogs in Anatolia, buried like humans
Strategic angle: Evidence of some of the earliest dogs has been identified at archaeological sites in central Anatolia, Turkey.
Editorial Staff Mar 28