As The Oceans Warm, Marine Life Faces Extinction Levels That Rival The Dinosaurs’ End
By 2100, we could be heading towards a loss of life in our oceans that rivals some of the largest extinction events in Earth’s history – if we don’t continue…
Parasites Can Ride Sea-Faring Microplastics, Possibly Contaminating Ocean Life And Us
Tiny parasites could be hitchhiking on microplastics floating in the ocean and then hopping to ocean life. Under laboratory conditions, researchers have shown three common germs – Toxoplasma gondii, Giardia,…
Ultraprecise Atomic Optical Clocks Could Help Us Redefine The Length of a Second
The definition of a second, the most fundamental unit of time in our current measurement system, hasn’t been updated in more than 70 years (give or take some billionths of…
Physicists Just Measured The Heaviest Known Particle With Record-Breaking Precision
The world of particle physics has been on shaky ground lately. For years, researchers have been scrutinizing particles to make sure that the rules we use to explain the Universe…
Physicists Developed a Superconductor Circuit Long Thought to Be Impossible
By exchanging a classical material for one with unique quantum properties, scientists have made a superconducting circuit that’s capable of feats long thought to be impossible. The discovery, made by…