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With a dramatic boost in computing capability, a team of researchers has solved a decades-long mystery about whether optical waves can be trapped in three-dimensional randomly packed micro- or nanoparticles. It's a disco...

A multicoloured stink bug found in Western Australia has forked horns for camouflage, mysterious patches of matted hair and the males have peculiar tusks that may be used to win over females

Recent research refutes the idea that 'night owls' face a shorter lifespan due to their late-night tendencies, emphasizing lifestyle factors like smoking and drinking as the more significant contributors. The study invol...

A team of researchers predicts artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), could redefine social science research. They believe LLMs, trained on vast amounts of text data, can mimic human res...

Researchers developed a technique to identify and trace cell-secreted molecules, often called exercise factors or exerkines, produced during physical activity. Their research discovered nearly 200 different proteins whos...

Particles from wildfire smoke may cause the formation of cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere far away from the location of the fires

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The most interesting parts of nature are often the imperfections. That's especially true in quantum physics, the atomic-level world where tiny flaws can make a big difference in the ways particles behave and interact.

Paderborn researchers from the Department of Physics and the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) have succeeded in manufacturing quantum dots--nanoscopic structures where the material's quantum properties come...

The new panorama snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover combines photos from two different times of day to create a highly detailed image of the Red Planet.

Psychedelics offer promise as potential treatments for mental health disorders, from depression to PTSD. However, the unique mind-altering effects of these substances also present distinct ethical and clinical challenges...

It's a place most of us have to visit daily. Sometimes eagerly. Sometimes begrudgingly. But the kitchen also can be a place of scientific discovery.

Researchers leveraged model-based methodologies to identify two crucial brain circuits implicated in consciousness. The scientists analyzed signal propagation in models of patients' brains with disorders of consciousness...

Typical superconducting quantum circuits, such as qubits--basic processing units of a quantum computer, must be operated at very low temperatures, of a few 10s of millikelvin, or hundredths of a degree from absolute zero...

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm wate...

Global weather conditions are showing extraordinary levels of heating this year. With this adding to human-driven climate change, 2023 could be the hottest year we have ever seen

Kagome metals are a class of quantum materials with interesting properties that are characterized by a unique lattice structure resembling Japanese woven bamboo patterns of the same name (i.e., Kagome). Over the past dec...

Customers in the UK, Germany and Italy will soon be able to replace gas boilers with heat pumps from Swedish company Aira and pay a monthly fee instead of a hefty installation cost

A slew of newly found artefacts in South America are revealing surprisingly familiar ways ancient people in the region expressed their creativity, including sculpted figurines, a communal drum and perhaps a previously un...

Fishers who caught the deep-sea shark originally planned on selling it to a restaurant, but the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum obtained the specimen and plans on displaying it.

Deer are known to behead chicks and chew on their legs and wings. They have also been observed gnawing on bones from decomposing human corpses.

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