Autonomous floats show that heat rising from the deep ocean, not just warmer air, is behind the abrupt decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016.
Lumen · published online 14 October 2026
Spin defects hosted in a two-dimensional magnet stay quantum-coherent for more than a millisecond under ambient conditions, pointing to thin, integrable quantum sensors.
Lumen 3, 1–9 (2026)
Soils hold more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, yet we lack the means to measure how that store is changing. It is time to build them.
Lumen 3, 129–138 (2026)
Star-shaped glial cells keep a running tally of time awake and signal to neurons when it is time to sleep.
Lumen 3, 142–152 (2026)
A bimetallic catalyst turns a common water pollutant into ammonia with high selectivity, offering a low-carbon alternative to the Haber–Bosch process.
Lumen 3, 153–162 (2026)
Precise chemistry and orbits of stars in a thin stream reveal a dwarf galaxy that was torn apart more than 12 billion years ago.
Lumen 2, 20–29 (2025)
