Zack Fishman
Reporter, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
Zack Fishman, based in Chicago, covers Life Sciences and Physical Sciences for The Academic Times. Previously, Zack received his M.S. in journalism at Northwestern University, specializing in health, environment and science reporting, and his B.S. in engineering physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Two groups of researchers have independently quantum-entangled tiny drum-like structures — a feat difficult to achieve on objects larger than subatomic particles — and performed unprecedented measurements. One group also sidestepped a fundamental quantum limit on measurement uncertainty.
An experimental test successfully detected cancerous mutations in tumor cells by analyzing their DNA that is free-floating in blood, employing a strip test that displays results within 10 minutes.
A large collaboration of scientists has sequenced and identified more than 98% of the genes in a bonobo, one of humans' closest evolutionary cousins, revealing surprising speed and complexity in the evolution of genes within the great-ape family and marking a significant improvement from earlier sequencing.
With more energy-efficient methods for production and use, Brazil's cement industry can more than halve its carbon dioxide emissions in the next 30 years while saving nearly $700 million, according to a new analysis — and the reductions could be much deeper, when accounting for cement products' absorption of carbon dioxide from the air.
Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are cooling and shrinking the stratosphere and mesosphere, a phenomenon observed for the first time in a new analysis of satellite data.
Newly discovered stars, tugged away from the Andromeda Galaxy's largest globular cluster by tidal forces, lend credence to the theory that the cluster was once a dwarf galaxy that is being digested by its much larger neighbor.
Less than two months after tourist crowds dispersed during COVID-19 restrictions, the world-famous lagoon of Venice, Italy experienced a 40% decrease in the number of identifiable pollutants known as volatile organic compounds, which are primarily derived from plastics, water traffic and tourism activity.
As the world's oceans bear most of the warming burden created by climate change, a study found that half of all added heat from the last 44 years entered through the coldest one-quarter of surfaces, according to a newly debuted framework that sorts oceanic regions by temperature.
For the first time, molecules have been put in an extreme quantum state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, an experimental result that sets the stage for applications such as new kinds of chemistry and quantum computing.
After 20 years of research plans and experiments, an expansive collaboration of physicists has directly measured the thickness of the layer of neutrons in a lead atom's nucleus, an unprecedented direct observation that informs how atomic nuclei and neutron stars alike remain stable.
Three major types of aerosols form up to three different liquid phases simultaneously when they mix in the atmosphere, a once-poorly understood interaction that can better inform future modeling of air pollution and the climate, according to recent research.
A 15-year study of Alaskan tundra has demonstrated that thawing permafrost is persistently releasing more carbon-based compounds than it absorbs, a historic reversal that is adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and exacerbating the planet's rising temperatures.