The animal world – including some of its ickiest parts – never ceases to amaze. According to researchers in Canada and Singapore, velvet worm slime contains an ingredient that could revolutionize the ...

Dating back to 1892, the Biological Institute Helgoland (BAH) has about 80 permanent staff. They include Sebastian Primpke, a ...

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Harris was addressing the 300 or so physicists attending the Helgoland 2025 conference, which is taking place from 9–14 June ...

Matin Durrani explains why delegates at Helgoland 2025 are discussing foundational questions in quantum mechanics ...

A central mechanism behind information transfer in living cells depends on the transfer of electrons with a specific spin ...

Thanks to a new sound-based control system, a microfluidic processor can precisely manipulate droplets with an exceptionally broad range of volumes. The minimalist device is compatible with many ...

Fermilab’s SQMS Center is on a mission to realize inherently scalable “qudit-based” quantum computing and quantum ...

Acoustic oscillations in M67 stars reveal a surprising plateau in frequency patterns, providing a new tool to probe stellar ...

Anton Zeilinger and Alain Aspect, who shared the 2022 Nobel prize with John Clauser for their work on entanglement and quantum information science, were first up on stage. They were followed by Serge ...

CP Snow’s classic The Two Cultures lecture, published in book form in 1959, is the usual go-to reference when exploring the ...

Researchers in China have adapted the interlocking structure of mortise-and-tenon joints – as used by woodworkers around the ...