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April 10, 2025
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Apr. 9, 2025 — Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of 'hidden' galaxies that could hold the key to unlocking some of the universe's secrets. If their existence is confirmed it would 'effectively break current models of galaxy ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for flying ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A web platform uses a chatbot to enable any chemist -- including undergraduate chemistry majors -- to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through ...
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 ...
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Apr. 9, 2025 — A new multimodal tool combines a large language model with powerful graph-based AI models to efficiently find new, synthesizable molecules with desired properties, based on a user's queries in plain ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — The rapidly increasing data traffic is placing ever greater demands on the capacity of communication systems. A research team now introduces a new amplifier that enables the transmission of ten times ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — FLUID, an open-source, 3D-printed robot, offers an affordable and customizable solution for automated material synthesis, making advanced research ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers analyzed trade-related risks to energy security across 1,092 scenarios for cutting carbon emissions by 2060. They found that swapping out dependence on imported fossil fuels for increased ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern world, and there's growing demand for iron-derived products. Traditionally, blast furnaces transform iron ore into purified ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — American Sign Language (ASL) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — The NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter recently recorded the highest-ever concentration of a rare helium isotope (3He) emitted from the Sun. A Southwest Research ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Rsearchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin. By analyzing these gases, the device offers an entirely new way to assess skin health, ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Preparing catalysts by sending hot, steamy car exhaust over them could improve their efficiency and reduce the amount of rare and expensive metals required in vehicle catalytic converters and many ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A research team has developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than ...
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Apr. 9, 2025 — Titanium micro-particles in the oral mucosa around dental implants are common. This is shown in a new study which also identified 14 genes that may be affected by these ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Nanoplastics are an increasing threat to the ecosystem; however, their mobility in the soil is still underexplored. Against this backdrop, researchers investigated the adsorption and aggregation ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Cancer diagnoses traditionally require invasive or labor-intensive procedures such as tissue biopsies. Now, research reveals a method that uses pulsed infrared light to identify molecular profiles in ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people's health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — When it comes to upgrading electrical and broadband infrastructure, new research shows that a 'dig once' approach is nearly 40% more cost effective than replacing them separately. The study ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of Long-eared Owls, that can only be seen by humans with the help of ultraviolet ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Scientists have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform and developed a nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. During the early COVID-19 pandemic, this platform ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — While the daily ebb and flow of people across a city might seem chaotic, new research reveals underlying universal patterns. A study unveils fundamental spatiotemporal scaling laws that govern these ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars are formed when gravity within dark matter halos draws in gas, but astrophysicists don't know whether star-free dark ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A new way to watch catalytic reactions happen at the molecular level in real time could lead to better fundamental understanding and planning of the important reactions used in countless ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but an international ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers have worked to optimize the use of coffee grounds in pour-over coffee. They recommend pouring from as high as possible while still maintaining the water's flow. In particular, the ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK's first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK's first long-distance ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A study reveals that termites are not simply spreading through natural processes, suggesting humans may be helping them 'conquer the world' by unknowingly transporting them aboard private ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence-based method to more accurately detect antibiotic resistance in deadly bacteria such as tuberculosis and staph. The breakthrough could lead to ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Despite its uniquely rich inventory of organic molecules, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be able to support only a minuscule amount of biomass, if life exists on the moon, according to a ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly integrates into health care, a new study reveals that all generative AI models may recommend different treatments for the same medical condition based solely ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Titanium Particles Are Common Around Dental Implants
- Nanoplastics in Soil: How Soil Type and pH Influence Mobility
- Finding Cancer's 'fingerprints'
- Starch-Based Microplastics Could Cause Health Risks in Mice
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Simultaneously Burying Broadband and Electricity Could Be Worth Millions to People in MA Towns
- New Research Finds Fluorescence in Feathers of Long-Eared Owls
- Nasal Spray H5N1 Avian Influenza Vaccine Developed
- Universal Spatiotemporal Scaling Laws Governing Daily Population Flow in Cities Revealed
- Handheld Device Could Transform Heart Disease Screening
- Do 'completely Dark' Dark Matter Halos Exist?
- Researchers Watch a Single Catalytic Grain Do Work in Real Time
- Tiny, Soft Robot Flexes Its Potential as a Life Saver
- Stronger Coffee With Fewer Coffee Beans
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Researchers Demonstrate the UK's First Long-Distance Ultra-Secure Communication Over a Quantum Network
- Termite Stowaways: Study Reveals Boats as Perfect Vessels for Global Termite Spread
- Researchers Use AI to Improve Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant Infections
- Researchers Discover Why Plastic Sheds Dangerous Fragments
- Rare Crystal Shape Found to Increase the Strength of 3D-Printed Metal
- Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds
- Is AI in Medicine Playing Fair?
- What If We Find Nothing in Our Search for Life Beyond Earth?
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Mechanistic Understanding Could Enable Better Fast-Charging Batteries
- Researchers Improve Chemical Reaction That Underpins Products from Foods to Fuels
- Hot Schrödinger Cat States Created
- Novel Genomic Screening Tool Enables Precision Reverse-Engineering of Genetic Programming in Cells
- Astronomers Discover Doomed Pair of Spiralling Stars on Our Cosmic Doorstep
- Exception to Laws of Thermodynamics
- How Can Science Benefit from AI? Risks?
- Polymers With Flawed Fillers Boost Heat Transfer in Plastics
- Artificial Intelligence Has Potential to Aid Physician Decisions During Virtual Urgent Care
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- 3-D Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing
- Touchlessly Moving Cells: Biotech Automation and an Acoustically Levitating Diamond
- Physicists Uncover Electronic Interactions Mediated Via Spin Waves
- Nurture More Important Than Nature for Robotic Hand
- MIT Engineers Develop a Way to Mass Manufacture Nanoparticles That Deliver Cancer Drugs Directly to Tumors
- Powerful New Software Platform Could Reshape Biomedical Research by Making Data Analysis More Accessible
- Revealing Capillaries and Cells in Living Organs With Ultrasound
- Strain 'trick' Improves Perovskite Solar Cells' Efficiency
- How GPS Helps Older Drivers Stay on the Roads
- Riding the AI Wave Toward Rapid, Precise Ocean Simulations
- Carbon Capture Technology to Produce Clean Fuel from Air
- Electrochemical Method Supports Nitrogen Circular Economy
- Researchers Recycle Wind Turbine Blade Materials to Make Improved Plastics
- Solar Wave Squeezed Jupiter's Magnetic Shield to Unleash Heat
- Carbon Capture Could Become Practical With Scalable, Affordable Materials
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
- Runaway Battery Improves Safety
- An Answer to Green Energy in Hydrogen-Generating Marine Microbes
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Smartphone Photo Sensors Transformed Into an Unprecedented Resolution Antimatter Camera
- Speed Cameras Take Six Months to Change Driver Behavior, Effects Vary by Neighborhood
- Scientists Unveil Starfish-Inspired Wearable Tech for Heart Monitoring
- Existing International Law Can Help Secure Peace and Security in Outer Space
- Galaxies Die Earlier Than Expected
- Multi-Resistance in Bacteria Predicted by AI Model
- Transducer Could Enable Superconducting Quantum Networks
- Study Tracks Chromium Chemistry in Irradiated Molten Salts
- Metamaterials: Highly Twisted Rods Store Large Amounts of Energy
- Asteroid Impact Threat Estimates Improved for the Earth and the Moon
- A New Wave in Ultrafast Magnetic Control
- Plant Doctor: An AI System That Watches Over Urban Trees Without Touching a Leaf
- Smartwatch Technology Could Help With Future Alcohol Interventions
- Biodegradable Fake Fingernails Make Manicures More Sustainable
- Researchers Use 'smart' Bomb Therapy to Destroy Breast Cancer
- Insight from One of Milky Way's Most Extreme Environments
- Reducing Risk of Embankment Slope Failures Along Roads
- Miso Made in Space Tastes Nuttier
- World's Smallest Pacemaker Is Activated by Light
- Researchers Explore Using Soil for Heat Storage
- Electrochemical Process Separates Valuable Industrial Chemicals from Animal Waste
- Scientists Merge Two 'impossible' Materials Into New Artificial Structure
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Enhancing Light Control With Complex Frequency Excitations
- Metasurfaces: Bilayer Device Can Control Many Forms of Polarized Light
- Diagnosing a Dud May Lead to a Better Battery
- We Know Nanoplastics Are a Threat -- This New Tool Can Help Us Figure out Just How Bad They Are
- An Efficient Self-Assembly Process for Advanced Self-Healing Materials
- A Step Toward Plant-Based Gelatin
- The Experts That Can Outsmart Optical Illusions
Monday, March 31, 2025
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- Scientists Pioneer Method to Tackle 'forever Chemicals'
- Chance Discovery Improves Stability of Bioelectronic Material Used in Medical Implants, Computing and Biosensors
- New AI Models Possible Game-Changers Within Protein Science and Healthcare
- Martian Dust Could Pose Health Risks to Future Astronauts
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Physicists Use Quantum Entanglement to Crack Mystery of Strange Metals
- Artificial Neurons Organize Themselves
- AI Meets Oncology: New Model Personalizes Bladder Cancer Treatment
- New Approach Makes One Type of Clean Fuel Production 66% More Efficient
- Smart Textiles and Surfaces: How Lightweight Elastomer Films Are Bringing Tech to Life
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Breakthrough Copper Alloy Achieves Unprecedented High-Temperature Performance
- Physics of Irregular Objects on Inclined Planes Probed
- Physicists Discover a Copper-Free High-Temperature Superconducting Oxide
- Physics Meets Art: A New Twist on Interference Patterns
- Microbial Cell Factories for Sustainable Chemical Production
- Digital Technology and AI Can Support Workers With Dementia
- Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information from 'noise'
- Smartwatches May Help Control Diabetes Through Exercise
- Renting Clothes for Sustainable Fashion -- Niche Markets Work Best
- A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
- AI Is as Good as Pathologists at Diagnosing Celiac Disease, Study Finds
- Beyond Ambiguous Reflections: Bridging Optical 3D Metrology and Computer Vision