- October 30, 2025
Germanium superconductor could help build reliable quantum computers
Germanium is already used in standard computer chips matejmo/Getty Images A superconductor made from germanium, a material commonly used to build computer chips, could one
Why zero is the most important number in all of mathematics
The Bakhshali manuscript includes the first instance of zero in the written record PA Images/Alamy What is the most important number in the entirety of
Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes
People with fibromyalgia have different genetic variants than those without it KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images We are starting to unpick the genetics of fibromyalgia,
Ultracold atoms could test relativity in the quantum realm
Spinning ultracold atoms could help us reveal the limits of relativity Shutterstock / Dmitriy Rybin Tiny “Ferris wheels” made from light and extremely cold particles
‘Nightmare’ calculation may be too tricky for even quantum computers
Some problems are too hard for even quantum computers Yaroslav Kushta/Getty Images Researchers have identified a “nightmare scenario” calculation related to exotic types of quantum
Huayracursor jaguensis dinosaur fossil rewrites the story of how sauropods got long necks
Illustration of the Triassic dinosaur Huayracursor jaguensis Jorge Blanco. High in the Argentinian Andes, a team of palaeontologists has found a small dinosaur fossil with
Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest force falters
The STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY We are getting closer to understanding when the strong nuclear force loosens its
Top 250 oil and gas firms own just 1.5% of the world’s renewable power
Oil companies are making only small investments in wind farms Associated Press/Alamy Leading oil and gas companies own less than 1.5 per cent of the
Shackleton knew his doomed ship wasn’t the strongest before sailing
The remains of the Endurance, which sank in 1915 Science History Images / Alamy It has been 110 years since Endurance, often described as the
20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call
A superb fairy-wren (left) tries to fend off a cuckoo David Ongley More than 20 species of bird around the world use a similar “whining”
