A millennium-long story about Greenland is written in the genes of the island’s sled dogs. A new genomic analysis, published July 10 in Science, suggests that humans (and their sled dogs)…
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Wristband sensor provides all-in-one monitoring for diabetes and cardiovascular care
The wristband consists of a microneedle array worn on top of the wrist to measure glucose, alcohol and lactate levels in the interstitial fluid under the skin. Credit: An-Yi Chang…
Adding up Feynman diagrams to make predictions about real materials
Illustration of a polaron in a crystal: the central bright sphere is the charge carrier, distorting the surrounding lattice. The wavy lines represent high-order Feynman diagrams for the electron–phonon interaction,…
Modeling shows geothermal and borehole thermal energy storage can reliably heat buildings in extreme cold
Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, in winter. Credit: Molly Rettig, NREL New energy storage research from NREL, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, has demonstrated a way to store and reuse…
Carefully tuned laser beam protects quantum spins from noise
Relaxation of alkali-metal spins and light-shift compensation. Credit: Avraham Berrebi et al Researchers have discovered a simple yet powerful way to protect atoms from losing information—a key challenge in developing…
Speed test of ‘tunneling’ electrons challenges alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics
Experimental setup for measuring the speed of particles. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09099-4 Both interpretations make many of the same predictions, but they differ greatly in the way they describe…
Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator
NASA is under new management after an announcement from President Trump late Wednesday evening named current Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as the agency’s interim administrator. The announcement, posted on…
Pacific islands push back against growing climate threats
The Cook Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are separated by around 6,000 kilometres of Pacific Ocean. Despite the vast stretch of water between them, the two small island…
Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can
An army of treelike creatures called Ents marches to war in the second The Lord of the Rings movie, The Two Towers, walking for miles through dark forests. Once they…
