This is the first time astronomers have shown that mini-Neptunes can form beyond a star’s ‘frost line’ (the minimum distance ...

They even react to gravity’s pull. Roots go downward, and shoots move upward, guided by tiny grains in their cells called ...

The biggest black holes in the cosmos may not be the quiet offspring of collapsing stars, but the bruised veterans of cosmic brawls. A new study reveals that these giant black holes grew densely ...

Fortunately, spintronics offers a potential solution: electrons are not just carriers but also small spinning tops!

Until now, we have assumed that intelligence is based on both the father’s and the mother’s genes. However, according to a new study, intelligence depends on a mother’s X chromosome. Intelligence ...

Plastics in the air don’t behave like greenhouse gases. Unlike greenhouse gases, which trap heat by holding infrared ...

Myelin is a sheath around the nerves made by certain brain cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells arise from progenitor ...

The center of each image (a) and (b) shows a substitutional silicon defect. The pronounced dark spot at the center of panels (a) and (c), indicated by blue arrows, is a key signature of a chiral ...

Around stars like our Sun, the most common planets aren't giant Jupiters but smaller cousins: sub‑Neptunes, which resemble ...

Quantum mechanics is a kind of hard limit: certain pairs of properties, such as position and momentum, cannot be known ...

Cosmic rays are primarily composed of protons, but also of helium, carbon, oxygen, and iron nuclei. © Chinese Academy of ...