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Designing openings in structures, such as windows in airplanes or cable conduits in engines, often requires engineers to reinforce the surrounding areas for structural integrity. However, these reinforcements can sometimes introduce new structural weaknesses elsewhere. Researchers from Princeton and...

Finding new, effective electrolytes is a key challenge in developing next-generation batteries for electric vehicles, phones, laptops, and large-scale energy storage systems. The ideal electrolyte must strike a balance between several factors—stability, conductivity, and efficiency—which often confl...

Scientists from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and their collaborators have uncovered new insights into the formation of distant icy bodies beyond Neptune, shedding light on the early history and evolution of our solar system. Using the powerful capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescop...

Quasicrystals, unique states of matter with ordered but non-repeating structures, have fascinated physicists for decades due to their unusual symmetries and patterns. Among them, quantum quasicrystals—made of bosons, particles that can occupy the same quantum state—have recently drawn significant at...

Thermoelectric materials, which convert heat directly into electricity, offer exciting possibilities for powering the ever-growing Internet of Things—particularly when it comes to enabling energy autonomy in small devices like microsensors. However, a major challenge in the field has been improving ...

For centuries, construction has focused on maximizing strength and durability, often at the cost of significant environmental damage. Today, the construction sector is responsible for roughly 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with cement, steel, and concrete accounting for more than two-thirds...

A team of astronomers from the Space Telescope Science Institute, in collaboration with researchers from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and the European Southern Observatory, has confirmed the existence of a solitary black hole—one that exists without a companion star. Th...

As much as 17% of the world’s cropland is contaminated with at least one toxic heavy metal, potentially affecting the health of up to 1.4 billion people, scientists cautioned in a new global study published in Science. The research provides the first comprehensive overview of heavy metal pollution i...

An international team of researchers has observed the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in a collinear antiferromagnet—a material long thought to be incompatible with such a phenomenon. Led by Mayukh Kumar Ray, Mingxuan Fu, and Satoru Nakatsuji of the University of Tokyo, alongside Collin Broholm of Johns...

Artificial intelligence models often fall into the trap of relying on “spurious correlations”—patterns in training data that are irrelevant or misleading, but which the AI uses to make decisions. Now, researchers from North Carolina State University have introduced a new method that can eliminate th...