An infrared laser pulse induces superconductivity at high temperatures in K3C60. After a prolonged excitation, this light-induced state becomes metastable for many nanoseconds. Credit: ©…
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Direct view of the sample in protein X-ray crystallography: The tiny pin (tip in the center) carries the crystal sample and is firmly fixed in…
This skull from Zlatý kůň cave near Prague belonged to the earliest known modern human in Europe. Credit: Marek Jantač The fossil skull of a…
A male gorilla chest beating. Credit: Jordi Galbany / Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund The chest beats given by adult male gorillas reliably indicate their body…
The plasma vessel from Asdex Upgrade. At the bottom you can see the divertor’s baffle plates. Credit: © Volker Rohde On March 21, 1991, the…
Composite X-ray and radio image of Hoinga (see also Fig.2 and Fig.3). The X-rays discovered by eROSITA are emitted by the hot debris of the…
Chimpanzee dung samples were collected across Africa to determine if populations were recently connected despite historical barriers to gene flow. Credit: © PanAf A new…
A schematic view of the vortex around the possible exoplanet-in-the-making around the star HD 163296. The bright yellow spot in the upper right indicates an…
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement or replace functions of their…
Periodic pattern consisting of magnons is formed at room temperature. A team of researchers has succeeded in creating a micrometer-sized space-time crystal consisting of magnons…
The view from Shukbah Cave. Credit: Amos Frumkin Long held in a private collection, the newly analyzed tooth of an approximately 9-year-old Neanderthal child marks…
New research suggests that overhunting by humans was not responsible for the extinction of mammoths, ground sloths, and other North American megafauna. A new study…
This cranium from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco is often called a modern human ancestor. The meaning of that ancestry is discussed and disentangled in a…
In October 2018, a work of art by Edmond de Belamie, which was created with the help of an intelligent algorithm, was auctioned for 432,500…
Cartoon representation of the POLRMT-Inhibitor complex. Credit: Hauke S. Hillen Blocking gene expression in mitochondria in mice stops cancer cells from growing. A newly developed…
Stamp issued by the German federal post office in 1984, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel’s birth. Credit: © Bundesministerium…
[embedded content]Computer simulation of ELM crashes at the lower plasma edge of ASDEX Upgrade fusion device. The video shows the evolution of the plasma pressure…
These schematic images show the geometry of the β Pictoris system: The image on the left shows both the star and the two planets embedded…
Matthias Meyer at work in the clean laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Neanderthals have adopted male…
A chimpanzee mother’s presence and support throughout the prolonged childhood years allow their offspring time to learn the skills they need to survive in adulthood.…