A Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears to Violate a Law of Physics
By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory....
What the World’s Largest Organism Reveals About Fires and Forests
In Oregon, the tree-killing Humongous Fungus never would have gotten so large without the accidental help of modern fire suppression…
Oligodendrocyte precursors guide interneuron migration by unidirectional contact repulsion
During mouse development, migrating cortical interneurons get steered away from blood vessels. ...
All topological bands of all nonmagnetic stoichiometric materials
A large majority of materials in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database have at least one topological band. ...
Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis
It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the…
The Online Spider Market Is Massive—and Crawling With Issues
A new study shows the enormous extent of the global arachnid trade, one that might be undermining wild populations....
News at a glance: A COVID-19 drug nixed, a Chinese database investigated, and a new energy research leader confirmed
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Indigenous lands protect Brazil’s agribusiness
Since taking office as Brazil’s president in 2019, Jair Bolsonaro has greatly weakened the protection of the Amazon and its…
Irrawaddy dolphins continue to decline
The Indo-West Pacific Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) inhabits coastal areas and rivers in South and Southeast Asia. The global population,…