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June 1, 2024
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May 30, 2024 — A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers the most detailed picture of the ice evolution in East Antarctica to date. The results show that the ice has remained stable and ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have managed to generate propagating spin waves at the nanoscale and discovered a novel pathway to modulate and amplify them. Their discovery could pave the way for the development of dissipation free quantum information technologies. As ...
May 30, 2024 — Combining a new imaging instrument with the powerful adaptive optics capabilities of the Large Binocular Telescope, astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a resolution ...
May 30, 2024 — Reaserchers have created a prototype for what they call 'living bioelectronics': a combination of living cells, gel, and electronics that can integrate with living tissue. Tests in mice found that the devices could continuously monitor and improve ...
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May 30, 2024 — Research reveals taking pictures of food isn't just content for our social media feeds, but could be the key to improving people's ...
May 30, 2024 — This fossil looks like a lumpy, rounded rock with a couple of exposed teeth that are a little worse for wear, having been submerged and tumbled along the floor of the Gulf of Mexico for thousands of ...
May 30, 2024 — Over the last two years, scientists have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn -- the period in the first few hundred million years after the big ...
May 29, 2024 — A new method of drug delivery using proline, an amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue, could be used to limit the side effects of chemotherapy and repair important enzymes, new ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have applied the well-understood and highly verified quantum field theory, usually applied to the study of the very small, to a new target, the early universe. Their exploration led to ...
May 17, 2024 — Researchers have made an important breakthrough in scaling quantum technology by integrating the world's tiniest quantum light detector onto a silicon ...
May 28, 2024 — A team has analyzed the risk and damage potential of hydrogen vehicles in tunnels and derived recommendations. Their conclusion? Any damage would be extensive, but its occurrence is ...
May 29, 2024 — Advances in electrochromic coatings may bring us closer to environmentally friendly ways to keep inside spaces cool. Like eyeglasses that darken to provide sun protection, the optical properties of ...
May 29, 2024 — Hummingbird flight mechanics have been well studied but far less is known about how their sense of touch helps them sip nectar from a flower without ...
May 29, 2024 — The moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two tiny moons stuck together. Collectively called 'Selam,' the two moonlets bring new insight into the complex processes behind planetary ...
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May 29, 2024 — Orchid plants nurture their seedlings via an underground fungal network, new research has ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have shown that members of the public have little trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb -- a controllable, prosthetic extra thumb -- to pick up and manipulate objects. ...
May 28, 2024 — The toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners. Despite being widely documented, the underlying functional role is poorly understood. In a ...
May 28, 2024 — The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or ...
May 28, 2024 — An exceptionally rare fossilized porcupine skeleton discovered in Florida has allowed researchers to trace the evolutionary history for one of North America's rarest ...
May 28, 2024 — Through a study of 1,002 participants, scientists have found that almost half (45.7 per cent) say they intend to use air taxis when they become available, with over one-third (36.2 per cent) planning ...
May 27, 2024 — Australian researchers have found evidence of the oldest known platypus and a new species, dubbed 'echidnapus', which has a platypus-like anatomy alongside features that more closely ...
May 24, 2024 — Entomologists have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most prevalent indoor urban pest insect on the planet: the German cockroach. The team's research findings, representing the ...
May 24, 2024 — Caterpillars respond defensively to electric fields similar to those emitted by their natural predators, scientists have ...
May 24, 2024 — Researchers have developed a method to make adaptive and eco-friendly sensors that can be directly and imperceptibly printed onto a wide range of biological surfaces, whether that's a finger or ...
May 24, 2024 — Engineers have developed an artificial intelligence system that lets someone wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five seconds to 'enroll' them. The system then plays ...
May 23, 2024 — In an interdisciplinary study, researchers discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near ...
May 23, 2024 — Researchers have now seen the formation of three of the earliest galaxies in the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The sensational discovery contributes important knowledge about the ...
Psychedelic Drug-Induced Hyperconnectivity in the Brain Helps Clarify Altered Subjective Experiences
May 23, 2024 — A new study shows that the use of psilocybin, a compound found in the widely known 'magic mushrooms,' initiates a pattern of hyperconnectivity in the brain linked to the ego-modifying ...
May 23, 2024 — While thousands of planets have been discovered around other stars, relatively little is known about them. A NASA catalog featuring 126 exotic, newly discovered worlds includes detailed measurements ...
May 23, 2024 — The first scientific pictures from the Euclid satellite mission have revealed more than 1,500 billion orphan stars scattered throughout the Perseus cluster of ...
May 23, 2024 — Astronomers have made the rare and tantalizing discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a little warmer than our own world. The potentially-habitable planet, named ...
May 23, 2024 — Ants who receive a caffeine-laced sugary reward become more efficient at navigating back to the reward's location compared to ants that only receive sugar. Caffeinated ants move toward the ...
May 23, 2024 — Members of the vertebrate group including anglerfishes are unique in possessing a characteristic known as sexual parasitism, in which males temporarily attach or permanently fuse with females to ...
May 22, 2024 — A new study demonstrates that kangaroos, wallabies and other Australian marsupials fear humans far more than any other ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Orchids Support Seedlings Through 'parental Nurture' Via Shared Underground Fungal Networks
- Public Have No Difficulty Getting to Grips With an Extra Thumb, Study Finds
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Why Do Dyeing Poison Frogs Tap Dance?
- How Killifish Embryos Use Suspended Animation to Survive Over 8 Months of Drought
- Florida Fossil Porcupine Solves a Prickly Dilemma 10-Million Years in the Making
- Close to 1 in 2 Surveyed Say They Would Use Air Taxis in the Future
Monday, May 27, 2024
Friday, May 24, 2024
- Entomologist Sheds Light on 250-Year-Old Mystery of the German Cockroach
- Caterpillars Can Detect Their Predators by the Static Electricity They Emit
- Imperceptible Sensors Made from 'electronic Spider Silk' Can Be Printed Directly on Human Skin
- AI Headphones Let Wearer Listen to a Single Person in a Crowd, by Looking at Them Just Once
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Key Role of Plant-Bacteria Communication for the Assembly of a Healthy Plant Microbiome Supporting Sustainable Plant Nutrition
- Birth of Universe's Earliest Galaxies Observed for First Time
- Psychedelic Drug-Induced Hyperconnectivity in the Brain Helps Clarify Altered Subjective Experiences
- Planet Hunters Unveil Massive Catalog of Strange Worlds
- First Pictures from Euclid Satellite Reveal Billions of Orphan Stars
- Potentially Habitable 'exo-Venus' With Earth-Like Temperature Discovered
- Foraging Ants Navigate More Efficiently When Given Energy-Drink-Like Doses of Caffeine
- Sexual Parasitism Helped Anglerfish Invade the Deep Sea During a Time of Global Warming
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Australian Study Proves 'humans Are Planet's Most Frightening Predator'
- New AI Accurately Predicts Fly Behavior
- Strings That Can Vibrate Forever (Kind Of)
- 'Fossilizing' Cracks in Infrastructure Creates Sealing That Can Even Survive Earthquakes
- Cuddled Cows Who Work as Therapy Animals Showed a Strong Preference for Women Compared to Men, Study Finds
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Study Finds Widespread 'cell Cannibalism,' Related Phenomena Across Tree of Life
- Alaska's Rusting Waters: Pristine Rivers and Streams Turning Orange
- Detecting Odors on the Edge: Researchers Decipher How Insects Smell More With Less
- Complete Stellar Collapse: Unusual Star System Proves That Stars Can Die Quietly
- 3D Printing Robot Creates Extreme Shock-Absorbing Shape, With Help of AI
- Researchers Discover Hidden Step in Dinosaur Feather Evolution
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Webb Telescope Offers First Glimpse of an Exoplanet's Interior
- 2D Materials: A Catalyst for Future Quantum Technologies
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Physicists Propose Path to Faster, More Flexible Robots
- Diamond Glitter: A Play of Colors With Artificial DNA Crystals
- Ancient Arachnid from Coal Forests of America Stands out for Its Spiny Legs
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Otters, Especially Females, Use Tools to Survive a Changing World
- How Neighboring Whale Families Learn Each Other's Vocal Style
- How Did Sabre-Toothed Tigers Acquire Their Long Upper Canine Teeth?
- To Sound Like a Hockey Player, Speak Like a Canadian
- Spider Silk Sound System
- Building a Better Sarcasm Detector
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Jet-Propelled Sea Creatures Could Improve Ocean Robotics
- Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-Like Star
- Robotic 'SuperLimbs' Could Help Moonwalkers Recover from Falls
- Wavefunction Matching for Solving Quantum Many-Body Problems
- Eurasian Jays Can Use 'mental Time Travel' Like Humans, Study Finds
- Animal Brain Inspired AI Game Changer for Autonomous Robots
- Analyzing Androgynous Characteristics in an Emperor Penguin Courtship Call
- Detection of an Earth-Sized Exoplanet Orbiting the Ultracool Dwarf Star SPECULOOS-3
- Robots' And Prosthetic Hands' Sense of Touch Could Be as Fast as Humans
- A Simple Quantum Internet With Significant Possibilities
- Iconic Baobabs: The Origin and Long-Distance Travels of Upside Down Trees
- Some Mice May Owe Their Monogamy to a Newly Evolved Type of Cell
- First 'warm-Blooded' Dinosaurs May Have Emerged 180 Million Years Ago
- Tiger Beetles Fight Off Bat Attacks With Ultrasonic Mimicry
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Virtual Reality Becomes More Engaging When Designers Use Cinematic Tools
- Creating a Green Composite Material from Japanese Washi Paper
- WASP-193b, a Giant Planet With a Density Similar to That of Cotton Candy
- Researchers Discover the Universe's Oldest Stars in Our Own Galactic Backyard
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Coming out to a Chatbot?
- Cats Purrfectly Demonstrate What It Takes to Trust Robots
- World's Largest Hummingbird Is Actually Two Species
- Fruit Fly Testes Offer Potential Tool Against Harmful Insects
- Nature's 3D Printer: Bristle Worms Form Bristles Piece by Piece
Friday, May 10, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Good Vibrations: New Tech May Lead to Smaller, More Powerful Wireless Devices
- Squeezed by Neighbors, Planet Glows With Molten Lava
- A Fragment of Human Brain, Mapped in Exquisite Detail
- A Better Way to Control Shape-Shifting Soft Robots
- Discover Optimal Conditions for Mass Production of Ultraviolet Holograms
- Astrophysicists Discover a Novel Method for Hunting the First Stars
- Generative AI That Imitates Human Motion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- 'Digital Afterlife': Call for Safeguards to Prevent Unwanted 'hauntings' By AI Chatbots of Dead Loved Ones
- Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
- Iron Fingerprints in Nearby Active Galaxy
- Stilling the Quantum Dance of Atoms
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- This Sound-Suppressing Silk Can Create Quiet Spaces
- Seeking Medical Insights in the Physics of Mucus
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Caterbot? Robatapillar? It Crawls With Ease Through Loops and Bends
- Venus Has Almost No Water: A New Study May Reveal Why
- Astronomers Observe Elusive Stellar Light Surrounding Ancient Quasars
- New Discoveries About Jupiter's Magnetosphere
Friday, May 3, 2024
- Did a Magnetic Field Collapse Trigger the Emergence of Animals?
- Stretchable E-Skin Could Give Robots Human-Level Touch Sensitivity
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Random Robots Are More Reliable
- Significant New Discovery in Teleportation Research -- Noise Can Improve the Quality of Quantum Teleportation
- This Highly Reflective Black Paint Makes Objects More Visible to Autonomous Cars
- Wild Orangutan Treats Wound With Pain-Relieving Plant
- Webb Telescope Probably Didn't Find Life on an Exoplanet -- Yet
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- 75,000-Year-Old Female Neanderthal from Cave Where Species Buried Their Dead
- A 'cosmic Glitch' In Gravity
- Marriage of Synthetic Biology and 3D Printing Produces Programmable Living Materials
- Earth-Like Environment Likely on Ancient Mars
- Time Zones and Tiredness Strongly Influence NBA Results, Study of 25,000 Matches Shows
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail
- Researchers Parse Oddity of Distantly Related Bats in Solomon Islands That Appear Identical
- NASA's Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
- Trotting Robots Reveal Emergence of Animal Gait Transitions