Hopes of finding aliens were raised in 2025 – but quickly faded
Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer scrutiny
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People saw a new colour for the first time in 2025
Scientists found a way to let people perceive an intense blue-green hue unlike anything they had seen before – and the technique could help people with colour
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Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the 2030s, botanists had worked out how
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Three supermassive black holes have been spotted merging into one
Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear to be combining into a single system – a rare event that
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How 3 imaginary physics demons tore up the laws of nature
Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?
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Saturn's rings form a giant dusty doughnut encircling the planet
The rings of Saturn are normally thought to be flat, but measurements by the Cassini spacecraft show that some of their particles fly hundreds of thousands of k
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A ghostly glow was seen emanating from living things in 2025
The detection of mercurial particles of light emanating from mice led to a flurry of interest in biophotons, a mysterious phenomenon that could have application
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Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins.
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After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking
"NASA and Roscosmos continue to monitor and investigate the previously observed cracks."
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Revisited: do medicinal mushroom products actually work? – podcast
More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi market worth billions of pounds. Promises of mental and physical healt
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Revisited: the real science of weight loss – podcast
Kevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globally for his pioneering work on ultra-processed foods. In April he unexpe
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How algae learned to harness the Sun without getting burned
Under the sea, green algae have evolved a clever way to handle too much sunlight. Scientists found that a special pigment called siphonein acts like a natural s
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Scientists turn common semiconductor into a superconductor
Researchers have made germanium superconducting for the first time, a feat that could transform computing and quantum technologies. Using molecular beam epitaxy
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Room-temperature quantum breakthrough freezes motion without cooling
ETH Zurich scientists have levitated a tower of three nano glass spheres using optical tweezers, suppressing almost all classical motion to observe quantum zero
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Light has been hiding a magnetic secret for nearly 200 years
New research shows that light’s magnetic field is far more influential than scientists once believed. The team found that this magnetic component significantl
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Tiny chip could unlock gamma ray lasers, cure cancer, and explore the multiverse
A groundbreaking quantum device small enough to fit in your hand could one day answer one of the biggest questions in science — whether the multiverse is real
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Quantum computers just simulated physics too complex for supercomputers
Researchers created scalable quantum circuits capable of simulating fundamental nuclear physics on more than 100 qubits. These circuits efficiently prepare comp
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Scientists just teleported information using light
Quantum communication is edging closer to reality thanks to a breakthrough in teleporting information between photons from different quantum dots—one of the b
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Century-old catalysis puzzle cracked by measuring a fraction of an electron
Scientists have directly measured the minuscule electron sharing that makes precious-metal catalysts so effective. Their new technique, IET, reveals how molecul
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New quantum network could finally reveal dark matter
Tohoku University researchers have found a way to make quantum sensors more sensitive by connecting superconducting qubits in optimized network patterns. These
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