Discovery

Researchers from South American institutions have identified a new spider species, Pikelinia floydmuraria, named after the band Pink Floyd and its habitat on building walls. Despite measuring just 3 to 4 millimeters, the spider hunts ants up to six times its body size and targets urban pests like mosquitoes and flies. The findings appear in the journal Zoosystematics and Evolution.

29. April 2026 Von KI berichtet

Researchers at Nanjing University have identified a new quantum state of matter in a thin carbon material that electrons neither fully two-dimensional nor three-dimensional. The discovery, termed the transdimensional anomalous Hall effect, emerged unexpectedly during experiments in magnetic fields. Lei Wang and his team confirmed the phenomenon after a year of analysis.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown nematode species in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third animal group able to survive its extreme salinity. Named Diplolaimelloides woaabi with input from Indigenous elders, the worm appears endemic to the lake. The discovery raises questions about its origins and potential role in monitoring the lake's health.

30. Dezember 2025 Von KI berichtet

Archäologen haben antike Industriewerkstätten von der Spätzeit bis zur frühen ptolemäischen Epoche entdeckt, ergänzt durch einen römischen Friedhof, an den Stätten Kom al-Ahmar und Kom Wasit im westlichen Nildelta Ägyptens. Das Ministerium für Tourismus und Altertümer gab den Fund am Dienstag bekannt, darunter ein großes Industriebauwerk mit Räumen für Fischverarbeitung und Werkzeugherstellung. Die Entdeckung beleuchtet Handelsnetze in der Region neu.