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(Institute for Basic Science) Audible sound enables chemical coloring and the coexistence of different chemical reactions in a solution.

Quantum systems are notoriously prone to errors and noise. In order to overcome this and build a functional quantum computer, physicists should ideally understand the noise across an entire system. That has been out of r...

A new method uses swirls of light to enable researchers to observe previously invisible quantum states of electrons. The method was developed by physicists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and an inte...

(King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)) Modified metal organic frameworks that can behave as porous liquids offer new possibilities for gas separation technologies.

New research at the University of Warwick has (pardon the pun) put a new spin on a mathematical analogy involving a jumping grasshopper and its ideal lawn shape. This work could help us understand the spin states of quan...

Precision-medicine enhanced with the help of artificial intelligence assisted in the identification of a new autism subtype that was characterized by abnormal lipid levels. AI-enhanced precision medicine could become a b...

A significant number of people feel their thoughts take on the form of an inner voice, a new study reports.

Researchers have identified a genetic switch in neurons that can toggle between sex-specific states when necessary.

Distinct personality traits emerge and manifest via both behavior and neural activity.

Two young beluga whales that were on show in an aquarium in Shanghai have now arrived at a seawater sanctuary off Iceland. This is the first time they've seen the sea in more than a decade.

In less than 48 hours, the last intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic collapsed, losing more than 40% of its mass.

The bubble of charged particles that surrounds our solar system looks more like a deflated croissant than a comet, as traditionally envisioned, a recent study suggests.

Different states and different countries have never fully agreed on the procedure for determining brain death.

By combining purpose-built materials and neural networks, researchers at EPFL have shown that sound can be used in high-resolution imagery.

Neural networks involved in the same computation will repeatedly converge toward the same firing rates, even if they are perturbed by the natural noisiness of individual neurons or sensory environmental stimuli.

Analysis of meteorite content has been crucial in advancing our knowledge of the origin and evolution of our solar system. Some meteorites also contain grains of stardust. These grains predate the formation of our solar ...

Classical phase transitions are governed by temperature. One of the most familiar examples is the phase transitions of water from solid to liquid to gas. However, other parameters govern phase transitions when temperatur...

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Since the discovery of the Higgs Boson (or, more infamously, the "God Particle") in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) based at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), particle physicists have sought to exp...

Women who use cannabis during pregnancy are at increased risk of their child being diagnosed with autism.

New analysis of data from the Dawn spacecraft suggests there may be a liquid water ocean beneath the Occator crater on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system

By studying a fabric's weave, it's possible to design an environmentally friendly silicone coating for the individual fibres that makes the material oil and water-repellent