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April 6, 2025
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Apr. 2, 2025 — Scientists have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution. This new device can pinpoint ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team has now succeeded in creating so-called hot Schrodinger cat states in a superconducting microwave resonator. The study shows that quantum phenomena ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing 10 times brighter than the ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy technique based on ultrasound to reveal capillaries and cells across ...
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Apr. 3, 2025 — A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases. ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy efficiently, ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — A new study has found that the world's finest yodellers aren't from Austria or Switzerland, but the rainforests of Latin America. The research provides significant new insights into the diverse vocal ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected to provide insights that ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Researchers interrogated the 'sounds' of a cluster of stars within the Milky Way, uncovering a new technique for astrophysicists to probe the universe and learn more about its ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — For a long time, scientists thought that only actively star-forming galaxies should be observed in the very early Universe. The James Webb space telescope now reveals that galaxies stopped forming ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Miso is a traditional Japanese condiment made by fermenting cooked soybeans and salt. Researchers successfully made miso on the International Space Station (ISS). They found that the miso smelled and ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team is currently closely tracking the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4. The impact probability estimates for the year 2032 has been reduced from a peak of 3 percent to below 0.001 ...
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Apr. 2, 2025 — A new kind of press-on nails come in all shapes and colors -- and when you're done with them, you can melt them down and reuse the materials to make your next ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment. ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to new research. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — Every night, bats emerge out of roosts in massive numbers, creating what scientists have called a 'cocktail party nightmare' of clashing echolocations. Nobody knew how bats managed this ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Cold water immersion for seven days significantly improves cellular resilience and autophagic function, helping cells manage stress better. This adaptation could enhance health and longevity, ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of elementary school physics canon. But the world is messier than a textbook. Scientists have sought to ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These so-called moir patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — The reuse of human urine would allow for the production of sustainable fertilizers for urban agriculture, with significant environmental benefits, a new study concludes. The research evaluates the ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone under water: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins. A research team has developed an ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers asked generative AI to write a research paper. While adept at some steps, it wholly failed at ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers conducted the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced clinically significant improvements in ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionize early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers. The team say this is the first time it has ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets. ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Scientists have developed a new theory to explain heat transfer on advanced surfaces. The theory is critical to the researchers' work to develop innovative surfaces for applications such as ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A study found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in last moments of approach, researchers have ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Biodegradable Fake Fingernails Make Manicures More Sustainable
- First Ancient Genomes from the Green Sahara Deciphered
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Metasurfaces: Bilayer Device Can Control Many Forms of Polarized Light
- The Experts That Can Outsmart Optical Illusions
Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Physics of Irregular Objects on Inclined Planes Probed
- Physics Meets Art: A New Twist on Interference Patterns
- Human Urine, a Valuable Resource as Fertilizer for Sustainable Urban Agriculture, Study Concludes
- A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
- Is AI the New Research Scientist? Not So, According to a Human-Led Study
- First Therapy Chatbot Trial Shows AI Can Provide 'gold-Standard' Care
- Feeling the Future: New Wearable Tech Simulates Realistic Touch
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- New Species Revealed After 25 Years of Study on 'inside Out' Fossil -- And Named After Discoverer's Mum
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- Earliest Days of Earth's Formation
- Engineers Redefine How Heat Transfers on Advanced Surfaces
- Rare Disease Drug Nitisinone Makes Human Blood Deadly to Mosquitoes
- Cuttlefish 'mesmerize' Their Prey With a Moving Skin Pattern, Study Finds
- A Safe Nuclear Battery That Could Last a Lifetime
- Making Sturdy, Semi-Transparent Wood With Cheap, Natural Materials
- Entangled in Self-Discovery: Quantum Computers Analyze Their Own Entanglement
- Philosophy: Cultural Differences in Exploitation of Artificial Agents
- Getting Hit by Lightning Is Good for Some Tropical Trees
- New Study Shines a Light on the Mechanics of Bioluminescence in the Rare Fish Vinciguerria Mabahiss
- Artificial Intelligence Uses Less Energy by Mimicking the Human Brain
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Revolutionizing Touch: Researchers Explore the Future of Wearable Multi-Sensory Haptic Technology
- Postpartum Female Preference for Cooler Temperatures Linked to Brain Changes
- Fluorescent Caves Could Explain How Life Persists in Extraterrestrial Environments
- Geometric Design of Material Provides Safer Bicycle Helmet
- Were Large Soda Lakes the Cradle of Life?
- New Type of Quantum Computer Studies the Dance of Elementary Particles
- These Electronics-Free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
- Listen to Quantum Atoms Talk Together Thanks to Acoustics
- VR Crime Scene Tech
Monday, March 24, 2025
- Organic Molecules of Unprecedented Size Discovered on Mars
- Chimpanzees Act as 'engineers', Choosing Materials to Make Tools Based on Structural and Mechanical Properties
- Oxygen for Mars
- Scientists Engineer Starfish Cells to Shape-Shift in Response to Light
- New Research Reveals Secrets About Locust Swarm Movement
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Galapagos Birds Exhibit 'road Rage' Due to Noise
- Researchers Capture First Laser-Driven, High-Resolution CT Scans of Dense Objects
- New AI Tool Generates High-Quality Images Faster Than State-of-the-Art Approaches
- Novel Memristors to Overcome AI's 'catastrophic Forgetting'
- Engineer Develops New Security Protocol to Protect Miniaturized Wireless Medical Implants from Cyberthreats
- Oxygen Discovered in Most Distant Known Galaxy
- Insomniac Fruit Fly Mutants Show Enhanced Memory Despite Severe Sleep Loss
- From Dinosaurs to Birds: The Origins of Feather Formation
- Why Don't We Remember Being a Baby? New Study Provides Clues
- New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Tiny Musky Rat-Kangaroos Hold the Key to Explain Why 'roos Hop
- Treasure Trove of Galaxies, Glimpses of Deep Fields
- Marine Animals Help Solve Ocean Issues
- Unknown Microorganisms Used Marble and Limestone as a Habitat
- Science Behind 'Polly Want a Cracker' Could Guide Future Treatment Design for Speech Disorders
- Squirrel-Inspired Leaping Robot Can Stick a Landing on a Branch
- Record-Breaking 12,900 Km Ultra-Secure Quantum Satellite Link
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Coffee-Making Robot Breaks New Ground for AI Machines
- Innovative Infant Wearable Uses Artificial Intelligence for at-Home Assessments of Early Motor Development
- How to Stop Being Surprised by Extreme Weather
- A Rubber Hand Alleviates Pain
- Feline Therapy: Study Suggests Cats Could Fill an Assistive Niche
- Scientists Uncover Principles Underlying the Toxicity of 'selfish' Genes
- To the Brain, Esperanto and Klingon Appear the Same as English or Mandarin
- What's Behind the 'pop and Slosh' When Opening a Swing-Top Bottle of Beer?
- Revolutionary Blueprint to Fuse Wireless Technologies and AI
- New Fossil Discovery Reveals How Volcanic Deposits Can Preserve the Microscopic Details of Animal Tissues
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Dialing in the Temperature Needed for Precise Nuclear Timekeeping
- Bridging Nature and Nurture: Study Reveals Brain's Flexible Foundation from Birth
- RNA Origami: Artificial Cytoskeletons to Build Synthetic Cells
- Combination of Cosmic Processes Shapes the Size and Location of Sub-Neptunes
- Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System
- Age of Upcoming Asteroid Flyby Target
- Artificial Muscle Flexes in Multiple Directions, Offering a Path to Soft, Wiggly Robots
- Magnetic Microalgae on a Mission to Become Robots
- How a Hummingbird Chick Acts Like a Caterpillar to Survive
- How Big Brains and Flexible Skulls Led to the Evolution of Modern Birds
- Iguanas Floated One-Fifth of the Way Around the World to Colonize Fiji
Friday, March 14, 2025
- 'Microlightning' In Water Droplets May Have Sparked Life on Earth
- TOI-1453: Sub-Neptune in System of Two Exoplanets
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- How Chemistry and Force Etch Mysterious Spiral Patterns on Solid Surfaces
- Weighing in on a Mars Water Debate
- Spinning, Twisted Light Could Power Next-Generation Electronics
- Most Current AI Struggles to Read Clocks and Calendars
- Dozens of 3-Toed Dinosaurs Leave Their Mark in Australia
- Violent Supernovae 'triggered at Least Two Earth Extinctions'
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Signs of Alien Life May Be Hiding in These Gases
- Dynamic Acoustics of Hand Clapping, Elucidated
- Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed
- Entwined Dwarf Stars Reveal Their Location Thanks to Repeated Radio Bursts
- Black Holes: Not Endings, but Beginnings? New Research Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Universe
- First Operating System for Quantum Networks
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Four Tiny Planets Found Orbiting One of Our Nearest Stars
- Butterflies Choose Mates Because They Are More Attractive, Not Just Easier to See
- Technique to Manipulate Water Waves to Precisely Control Floating Objects
- Muscles from the Printer: Silicone That Moves
- A 62-Million-Year-Old Skeleton Sheds Light on an Enigmatic Mammal
- Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes: More Earth-Like Planets May Exist