Top science news headlines for the week 10

Monday, Mar 03
Earth Sciences
413

Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, research reveals

Optics & Photonics
250

Einstein's light quanta through the lens of Maxwell's equations

Quantum Physics
249

Superconducting quantum processor prototype operates 10¹⁵ times faster than fastest supercomputer

Astronomy
206

Water might be older than we first thought, forming a key constituent of the first galaxies

Plants & Animals
185

Sea otters help kelp forests recover—but how fast depends on where they are

Environment
181

A chemical 'trojan horse': Polymers used in everyday products can degrade into toxic chemicals, study finds

Environment
164

Scientists highlight alarming rise in marine heat waves worldwide

Tuesday, Mar 04
General Physics
534

Gravity from entropy: A radical new approach to unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity

Evolution
185

Fossil study reveals oldest larval eyes with high-resolution vision

Soft Matter
161

From classical to quantum: Navier–Stokes equations adapted for 1D quantum liquids

Environment
160

Smoking and antibiotic resistance: How cigarette waste promotes the spread of resistant germs

Earth Sciences
142

Intense atmospheric rivers can replenish some of the Greenland Ice Sheet's lost ice

Evolution
125

Testing the Out of Africa model in East Eurasian genomic origins

Astronomy
124

X-ray signal from Helix Nebula points to planet destroyed by white dwarf

Wednesday, Mar 05
Plants & Animals
289

After 120 years of conservation efforts, Yellowstone bison are a single breeding population, researchers discover

Evolution
151

New fossil discovery of an early human relative reveals that it walked upright, just like humans

Condensed Matter
141

Room-temperature superconductors: Fundamental constants suggest they could exist within our universe

General Physics
138

Distinguishing classical from quantum gravity through measurable stochastic fluctuations

Astrobiology
119

Unburied treasure: Rover researchers find unexpected minerals on Mars that hint at possibility of ancient life

Quantum Physics
117

Quantum leap: Computing's next frontier takes form

Plants & Animals
96

Guinea baboons possess information about the skillfulness of others and use it strategically to their advantage

Thursday, Mar 06
Optics & Photonics
169

Laser light made into a supersolid for the first time

Environment
164

World's sea ice cover hits record low in February

Planetary Sciences
144

Astrophysicists predict origins of unexpected space objects in solar system and Alpha Centauri

General Physics
135

Sneaky clocks: Uncovering Einstein's relativity in an interacting atomic playground

Astronomy
134

Runaway stars reveal hidden black hole in Milky Way's nearest neighbor

Environment
117

Hurricanes shifting south of North Atlantic: Study warns of growing risks for coastal regions

Planetary Sciences
109

In contrast to Earth, Mars's middle atmosphere appears driven by gravity waves

Friday, Mar 07
Social Sciences
166

One in 15 US adults has been on the scene of a mass shooting, study finds

Analytical Chemistry
109

Stretching spider silk makes it stronger by aligning protein chains

Space Exploration
102

NASA successfully acquires GPS signals on moon

Astronomy
100

Webb wows with incredible detail in actively forming star system

Polymers
81

Entangled polymers and nanosheets create skin-like, self-healing hydrogel

Space Exploration
81

US military's mini space shuttle X-37B returns to Earth after orbiting for 434 days on a secret mission

Earth Sciences
73

High-energy space particles may play a role in initiating lightning flashes