NASA scientists announced in September 2025 that the Perseverance rover has discovered what may be the strongest indication yet of ancient microbial life on Mars, identifying chemical signatures and mineral textures in a rock sample collected from the rim of Jezero Crater. The find, detailed in a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature, has...
A team of international physicists has reported fresh progress in the long-running quest for room-temperature superconductivity, publishing data that suggests a new class of hydrogen-rich materials can carry electrical current without resistance at temperatures and pressures closer to practical, real-world conditions than ever before. The findings, released this month and now being independently scrutinised by...
An international team of physicists has reported a significant advance in quantum information storage, demonstrating a quantum memory device that operates reliably at room temperature — a long-standing barrier in the race to build practical quantum computers and secure global communication networks. The findings, published in late 2024 and gaining renewed attention this month after...
A wave of recent forensic psychology research is challenging long-held assumptions about eyewitness testimony, with scientists and legal scholars calling for sweeping reforms in how courts handle memory-based evidence. The push, gaining momentum in late 2024 and into 2025, comes as new studies confirm that confident, detailed eyewitness accounts can still be deeply flawed —...
A team of international physicists has reported fresh progress in the long-running quest for room-temperature superconductivity, publishing data that suggests a new class of hydrogen-rich materials can carry electrical current without resistance at temperatures and pressures closer to practical, real-world conditions than ever before. The findings, released this month and now being independently scrutinised by...
