Towards testing the quantum behavior of gravity: A photonic quantum simulation
Artist’s rendering of the implemented photonic experiment in which the coupling between polarizations of single photons is mediated by independent…
Carbon detected in galaxy observed 350 million years after the big bang
Astronomers have discovered carbon in a galaxy observed just 350 million years after the big bang, in observations that raise…
Howard Chang awarded the 2024 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Howard Chang, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology and genetics and the Virginia and DK Ludwig Professor in Cancer Research, has…
LIFT OFF! NASA astronauts pilot the first Starliner crew test on the station – NASA
Editor’s note: This version was updated on June 5, 2024, to include instructions on how to attend the post-dock briefing…
Unlocking the genetic giant: The tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on earth
Researchers have identified Tmesipteris oblanceolataa fern from New Caledonia, as it has the largest genome on record, surpassing the previous…
What if black holes don’t exist? Can we see Gravastars?
Black holes are strange. Predicted as a result of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, they contain an outer region known…
The manatee found in the Lafayette River is the first seen in Norfolk since 2022
NORFOLK, Va. (EXIT) – Talk about a special pleasure. A “big boy” manatee was spotted this week in the Lafayette…
A mysterious object waits almost an hour between radio bursts
Larger / A slowly rotating neutron star is still our best guess as to the source of the mysterious signals.…
The first telescope was removed from the controversial astronomy center on the Hawaiian volcano
For the first time, a telescope on the Hawaiian volcano Maunakea has been completely dismantled – it was dismantled, removed…
The importance of the paradise fish in evolutionary and behavioral genetics research
In Hungary, ethological research is most often identified with tests on dogs, but new methodological advances may bring another species,…