I thought about whether I should use these thumbnails, or just provide a verbal description and a link, because honestly they are disturbing. Sometimes the truth hurts. But sometimes, it's necessary: "What was considered a granivorous species actually is an opportunistic omnivore and more flexible in its diet than was assumed".
Carnivorous squirrels documented in California
Dec 2024, phys.org
Surprise!
via University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of California Davis: Vole hunting: Novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels, Journal of Ethology (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s10164-024-00832-6
Above image credit: A California ground squirrel dines on a vole it hunted - Sonja Wild UC Davis - Dec 2024
Collaboration uncovers how gravity influences qubits
Feb 2025, phys.org
Quantum and gravity together at last:
"Our research reveals that the same finely tuned qubits engineered to process information can also serve as precise gravity sensors—so sensitive, in fact, that future quantum chips may double as practical gravity sensors." (and that was a surprise)
via Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University and Google Quantum AI: Alexander V. Balatsky et al, Quantum sensing from gravity as a universal dephasing channel for qubits, Physical Review A (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.111.012411
An unexpected connection between the equations for crystalline lattice defects and electromagnetism
Mar 2025, phys.org
Researchers uncovered an unexpected connection between the equations for defects in a crystalline lattice and a well-known formula from electromagnetism.
via Osaka University: Biot-Savart law in the geometrical theory of dislocations, Royal Society Open Science (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.241568.
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