In an unexpected and intriguing breakthrough, researchers at Macquarie University have demonstrated how ordinary supermarket grapes can be used to enhance the performance of quantum sensors. This innovative discovery, which…
Full-Gray Optical Trap Enabled by High-Order Multipole Forces in Structured Light
A groundbreaking study led by Prof. Yao Baoli and Dr. Xu Xiaohao from the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has…
Triplet Exciton Recycling in Organolanthanide Complexes for Enhanced X-ray Scintillation
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have pioneered a groundbreaking molecular design that dramatically enhances radioluminescence in organometallic scintillators. This innovative approach boosts radioluminescence by more than 1,300…
New Pterosaur Species Pushes Back Origins of Pterodactyloids
About 230 million years ago, in the Late Triassic period, a remarkable chapter in the history of life on Earth began. This was the era when pterosaurs, the first vertebrates…
New Insights into the Lives of Mosasaurs
The evolution of mosasaurs, a fascinating group of marine reptiles that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period, has long intrigued scientists. These creatures, often referred to as “sea lizards,” were…
Oldest Gorgonopsian Discovered in Mallorca
An international team of researchers, led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (MUCBO | MBCN), has made an extraordinary discovery…
Study Reveals Lucy’s Running Limitations
A team of natural scientists, musculoskeletal specialists, and evolutionary biologists from the U.K., along with a colleague from the Netherlands, recently conducted a fascinating study to explore the running capabilities…
DNA Scaffold Protein Found to Regulate Genes
A groundbreaking discovery has revealed that a cell protein, long thought to merely serve as a structural scaffold for DNA, plays a direct role in regulating the transcription of DNA…
Discovery of Early Cambrian Ecdysozoan Embryos in China
An exciting new discovery by an international team of researchers offers fascinating insights into the early development of Ecdysozoa, a diverse and significant group of animals that includes roundworms, velvet…
No Big Bang? Quantum Gravity Model Suggests Eternal Universe
A revolutionary new model combining quantum corrections with Einstein’s theory of general relativity might just have cracked some of the universe’s deepest mysteries. The model proposes that the universe may…