Matter & Energy News

November 7, 2025

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New 2D Material Transforms Air Into Fuel and Fertilizer

Nov. 6, 2025 — Researchers are exploring MXenes, 2D materials that could transform air into ammonia for cleaner fertilizers and fuels. Their atomic structures can be tuned to optimize performance, making them promising alternatives to expensive ...

Turning CO2 Into Clean Fuel Faster and Cheaper

Nov. 5, 2025 — A new copper-magnesium-iron catalyst transforms CO2 into CO at low temperatures with record-breaking efficiency and stability. The discovery paves the way for affordable, scalable production of carbon-neutral synthetic ...

Breakthrough Links Magnetism and Electricity for Faster Tech

Nov. 5, 2025 — Engineers at the University of Delaware have uncovered a way to bridge magnetism and electricity through magnons—tiny waves that carry information without electrical current. These magnetic waves can generate measurable electric signals within ...

Scientists Achieve Forensics’ “Holy Grail” by Recovering Fingerprints from Fired Bullets

Nov. 2, 2025 — Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and ...

Quantum Light Breakthrough Could Transform Technology

Nov. 2, 2025 — Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in light manipulation by using topological insulators to generate both even and odd terahertz frequencies through high-order harmonic generation (HHG). By embedding these exotic materials into nanostructured ...

This Artificial Leaf Turns Pollution Into Power

Nov. 2, 2025 — Cambridge researchers have engineered a solar-powered “artificial leaf” that mimics photosynthesis to make valuable chemicals sustainably. Their biohybrid device combines organic semiconductors and enzymes to convert CO₂ and sunlight into ...

It Sounds Creepy, but These Scientific Breakthroughs Could Save Lives

Oct. 30, 2025 — From mini-brains to spider-inspired gloves and wolf apple coatings, scientists are turning eerie-sounding experiments into real innovations that could revolutionize health and sustainability. Lab-grown brain organoids may replace animal testing, ...

Scientists Turn Common Semiconductor Into a Superconductor

Oct. 30, 2025 — Researchers have made germanium superconducting for the first time, a feat that could transform computing and quantum technologies. Using molecular beam epitaxy to embed gallium atoms precisely, the team stabilized the crystal structure to carry ...

New Quantum Network Could Finally Reveal Dark Matter

Oct. 29, 2025 — Tohoku University researchers have found a way to make quantum sensors more sensitive by connecting superconducting qubits in optimized network patterns. These networks amplify faint signals possibly left by dark matter. The approach outperformed ...

Astronomers Just Captured the Sharpest View of a Distant Star Ever Seen

Oct. 25, 2025 — A UCLA-led team has achieved the sharpest-ever view of a distant star’s disk using a groundbreaking photonic lantern device on a single telescope—no multi-telescope array required. This technology splits incoming starlight into multiple ...

The Universe’s First Radio Waves Could Reveal Dark Matter

Oct. 25, 2025 — Researchers propose that hydrogen gas from the early Universe emitted detectable radio waves influenced by dark matter. Studying these signals, especially from the Moon’s radio-quiet environment, could reveal how dark matter clumped together ...

Japanese Scientists Unveil a Quantum Battery That Defies Energy Loss

Oct. 24, 2025 — A team of researchers has designed a theoretical model for a topological quantum battery capable of long-distance energy transfer and immunity to dissipation. By exploiting topological properties in photonic waveguides, they showed that energy loss ...

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CERN Creates Cosmic “fireballs” That Could Reveal the Universe’s Hidden Magnetism

Nov. 7, 2025 — Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed stable, suggesting plasma ...

A New Equation May Explain the Universe Without Dark Matter

Nov. 6, 2025 — A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our ...

Dark Matter May Be Lighting Up the Heart of the Milky Way

Nov. 5, 2025 — Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This distorted structure could naturally explain the puzzling gamma-ray glow ...

Physicists Uncover Hidden “doorways” That Let Electrons Escape

Nov. 4, 2025 — Scientists at TU Wien found that electrons need specific “doorway states” to escape solids, not just energy. The insight explains long-standing anomalies in experiments and unlocks new ways to ...

New Evidence Suggests Einstein’s Cosmic Constant May Be Wrong

Nov. 4, 2025 — Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the ...

Entangled Atoms Found to Supercharge Light Emission

Nov. 3, 2025 — Physicists have uncovered how direct atom-atom interactions can amplify superradiance, the collective burst of light from atoms working in sync. By incorporating quantum entanglement into their ...

Are Room-Temperature Superconductors Finally Within Reach?

Oct. 31, 2025 — Penn State scientists have devised a new method to predict superconducting materials that could work at higher temperatures. Their model bridges classical superconductivity theory with quantum ...

Twin Black Hole Collisions Put Einstein’s General Relativity to Its Most Extreme Test

Oct. 30, 2025 — Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window into the universe’s most ...

Hidden Clues in Ghostly Particles Could Explain Why We Exist

Oct. 30, 2025 — In a rare global collaboration, scientists from Japan and the United States joined forces to explore one of the universe’s deepest mysteries — why anything exists at all. By combining years of ...

Scientists Just Found a Way to Grow Diamonds Without Heat or Pressure

Oct. 29, 2025 — A University of Tokyo team has turned organic molecules into nanodiamonds using electron beams, overturning decades of assumptions about beam damage. Their discovery could transform materials science ...

MIT Physicists Just Found a Way to See Inside Atoms

Oct. 26, 2025 — MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

Gold Flakes Expose the Secret Forces Binding Our World Together

Oct. 23, 2025 — Chalmers researchers have developed a simple, light-based platform to study the mysterious “invisible glue” that binds materials at the nanoscale. Gold flakes floating in salt water reveal how ...

How Algae Learned to Harness the Sun Without Getting Burned

Oct. 22, 2025 — 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 sun shield, protecting the algae’s ...

Physicists Discover Strange Spinning Crystals That Behave Like Living Matter

Oct. 21, 2025 — Physicists have uncovered the fascinating world of “rotating crystals” — solids made of spinning particles that behave in strange, almost living ways. These odd materials can twist instead of ...

Scientists Stumble on a Hidden Quantum Trick in 2D Materials

Oct. 21, 2025 — Researchers have found that 2D materials can self-form microscopic cavities that trap light and electrons, altering their quantum behavior. With a miniaturized terahertz spectroscope, the team ...

Scientists 3D-Print Materials That Stop Vibrations Cold

Oct. 18, 2025 — A collaboration between the University of Michigan and AFRL has resulted in 3D-printed metamaterials that can block vibrations using complex geometries. Inspired by nature and theoretical physics, ...

Astronomers Detect a Cosmic “heartbeat” in Pulsar Signals

Oct. 15, 2025 — Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. A team from Hirosaki University suggests these signals might carry “beats” — patterns formed by ...

Physicists Capture Trillion Degree Heat from the Big Bang’s Primordial Plasma

Oct. 29, 2025 — Rice University researchers have captured the temperature profile of quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot state of matter from the dawn of the universe. By analyzing rare electron-positron emissions ...

Quantum Crystals Could Spark the Next Tech Revolution

Oct. 16, 2025 — Auburn scientists have designed new materials that manipulate free electrons to unlock groundbreaking applications. These “Surface Immobilized Electrides” could power future quantum computers or ...

Scientists Forge “superalloy” That Refuses to Melt

Oct. 23, 2025 — Scientists have developed a chromium-molybdenum-silicon alloy that withstands extreme heat while remaining ductile and oxidation-resistant. It could replace nickel-based superalloys, which are ...

Dark Matter Might Not Be Invisible After All. It Could Leave a Hidden Glow

Oct. 23, 2025 — Researchers suggest that dark matter might subtly color light red or blue as it passes through, revealing traces of its existence. Using a network-like model of particle connections, they argue that ...

Scientists Create LED Light That Kills Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Ones

Oct. 20, 2025 — A new light-driven cancer therapy uses LEDs and tin nanoflakes to kill tumors safely and affordably. Developed by teams in Texas and Portugal, it eliminates up to 92% of skin cancer cells without ...

Scientists Create a Magnetic Lantern That Moves Like It’s Alive

Oct. 10, 2025 — A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and ...

Scientists Create a Paper-Thin Light That Glows Like the Sun

Oct. 11, 2025 — Scientists have developed an ultra-thin, paper-like LED that emits a warm, sunlike glow, promising to revolutionize how we light up our homes, devices, and workplaces. By engineering a balance of ...

MIT Scientists Find Metals Hold Secret Atomic Patterns

Oct. 14, 2025 — MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred ...

Quantum Simulations That Once Needed Supercomputers Now Run on Laptops

Oct. 12, 2025 — A team at the University at Buffalo has made it possible to simulate complex quantum systems without needing a supercomputer. By expanding the truncated Wigner approximation, they’ve created an ...

Scientists Grow Metal Instead of 3D Printing It — and It’s 20x Stronger

Oct. 9, 2025 — Scientists at EPFL have reimagined 3D printing by turning simple hydrogels into tough metals and ceramics. Their process allows multiple infusions of metal salts that form dense, high-strength ...

Scientists Accidentally Create a Tiny “rainbow Chip” That Could Supercharge the Internet

Oct. 7, 2025 — Researchers at Columbia have created a chip that turns a single laser into a “frequency comb,” producing dozens of powerful light channels at once. Using a special locking mechanism to clean ...

When Sunshine Became Cheaper Than Coal

Oct. 7, 2025 — Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power worldwide, driving a massive shift toward renewables. Falling battery prices and innovations in solar materials are making clean energy more reliable ...

USC Engineers Just Made Light Smarter With “optical Thermodynamics”

Oct. 10, 2025 — USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than relying on switches, light organizes itself much like particles in a gas ...