Physicists Kaden Hazzard and Zhiyuan Wang have made a groundbreaking discovery in quantum mechanics, introducing a new class of quasiparticles called paraparticles. These particles exhibit unique properties that differ from familiar bosons and fermions, opening up new possibilities for understanding the quantum world. The researchers propose that paraparticles could manifest as quasiparticles in engineered quantum…
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The Trump administration’s recent executive orders have sent shockwaves through the international public health community, leaving healthcare workers scrambling and aid programs in peril. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been put on hold, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has suffered significant disruptions. The funding pause is set to…
Researchers at the University of California Davis and Stanford University have made a groundbreaking discovery that could potentially store up to half of the CO2 generated by humans each year. By replacing conventional building materials with alternatives that sequester carbon dioxide, the world could lock away up to 16 billion tonnes of CO2. This innovative…
A recent study by World Weather Attribution has found that human-caused climate change played a significant role in the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which killed at least 28 people and destroyed over 16,000 structures. The study revealed that climate change made the hot, dry, and windy conditions that fueled the fires 1.35 times more…
Researchers from Beijing Normal University and Shenyang Aerospace University in China have developed a flexible tactile sensor that can accurately read braille in real-time. The sensor uses an optical fibre ring resonator to detect the pressure exerted by raised dots on a braille surface, allowing it to quickly decode braille patterns and translate them into…
Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered mysterious ribbons of grayish white woven through the northern lights, which are not auroras themselves but may arise through a similar process to the one underlying the mauve light streak known as STEVE. The team found 30 white-laced auroras over Rabbit Lake and Lucky Lake in Saskatchewan…
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the origins of fast radio bursts (FRBs). By analyzing the FRB 20221022A, they have found evidence that at least one of these cosmic phenomena originated from a region very close to the object that emitted it, challenging existing models of…
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of a giant pterosaur fossil found in Germany, which was initially thought to be a distinct species. After conducting a detailed analysis, researchers concluded that the fossil is actually a larger version of the Rhamphorhynchus species, which lived during the Jurassic Period. The study reveals how pterosaurs may have…
Physicists in the US, Europe, and Korea have successfully produced a long-lasting light-driven magnetic state in an antiferromagnetic material, a breakthrough that could lead to the development of faster and more compact memory and processing devices. The researchers used intense pulses of terahertz-frequency light to control the transition of the material into a metastable magnetic…
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious cosmic flash, dubbed the Platypus, which may link two types of cosmic flares and offer a new way to understand the origins of supermassive black holes. The event, observed in a dwarf galaxy 6.5 billion light-years from Earth, has characteristics of both tidal disruption events and luminous fast-blue optical transients….