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Scientists uncover an unknown lineage of ancient marsupials

Fossil analysis revealed a previously unknown lineage of ancient marsupials, reshaping the early evolutionary map of the group.

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Spiral and Sink Waves Reveal a Hidden Layer of Brain Organization

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Spiral and Sink Waves Reveal a Hidden Layer of Brain Organization

New intracranial recordings show the cortex carries spiral, concentric and converging waves — not just simple planar ripples — and that different memory tasks recruit different shapes. Researchers argue the patterns may reorganize brain activity in real time.

The Higgs Under the Harshest Test Yet: CMS Finds No Deviation From the Standard Model

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The Higgs Under the Harshest Test Yet: CMS Finds No Deviation From the Standard Model

The largest combined Higgs study to date, using 138 fb^-1 of CMS data from 2016 to 2018, finds no significant deviations from the Standard Model: the signal strength is 1.01 ± 0.05, which constrains many models of new physics.

Graviton Modes Survive on the Lattice, Pointing to a Signature for Exotic Quantum Matter

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Graviton Modes Survive on the Lattice, Pointing to a Signature for Exotic Quantum Matter

New mathematical tools and large-scale simulations show that the graviton mode of a Fractional Quantum Hall state persists all the way into a Fractional Chern Insulator, where the lattice breaks the symmetries thought to protect it — suggesting a practical experimental marker for these topological phases.

How a 300 TeV Photon Crossed a Universe That Should Have Blocked It

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How a 300 TeV Photon Crossed a Universe That Should Have Blocked It

Two Italian theorists propose a single framework combining axion-like particles and a possible violation of Lorentz invariance to explain the 300 TeV photon-like event recorded by the Carpet detector after the record-breaking burst GRB 221009A — while stressing that one candidate photon is not a discovery.

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