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Robots that respond to a person's movements in a fraction of a second could be used for a real-life fighting game

Electrons inside crystals interact closely with phonons, defined as the discrete unit of crystal vibrations. The electron-phonon coupling strength is an important fundamental physical quantity in solid state physics, det...

Travelling is a great time for a rethink, whether it's about the human mind or the evolution of cats - or even the importance of red algae for Earth. Our selection of great books has it covered

Creating efficient, self-sustaining fusion power requires good confinement of the heat in the plasma. Plasma confinement is limited by particle and energy losses due to turbulence. A new analysis has used a powerful supe...

Summary: Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a type of omega-3 fatty acid, may aid in slowing disease progression in ALS patients. Researchers found higher blood levels of ALA correlated with a slower disease progression and dec...

In the realm of photonics, the integration of multiple optical devices onto a single substrate holds immense promise for a wide range of applications. This revolutionary approach, known as photonic integration, offers re...

Excitons are electron-hole pairs in semiconductors that are electrostatically bound by strong Coulombic interactions. In ultrathin 2D semiconductors that are a few atoms thick (typically ~0.7 nm), the decreased z-dimensi...

In the hunt for effective treatments for tinnitus, a debilitating condition affecting approximately 750 million people worldwide, researchers found that low-level laser therapy outshines other therapies. The study demons...

The American Medical Association released a new policy on how doctors should use body mass index (BMI), acknowledging the metric's inherent flaws.

Symbols have been found carved on the walls of a cave in France that was inhabited by Neanderthals before being sealed off at least 57,000 years ago

Researchers led by Prof. Zhang Weijun from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved the first in-situ measurement of the vertical profile aerosol single scattering albedo ...

Neanderthals likely made Europe's oldest engravings in a French cave as long as 75,000 years ago, a study suggests.

People are increasingly grappling with the impacts of a shifting climate in Bangladesh, something that journalist Fabeha Monir has has captured in a series of photos

I can take it as a given that people have an intuition for the meaning of mass, but traditional explanations can feel unsatisfactory. Even the standard model doesn't give us all the answers, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

We in science and medicine aren't immune to the biases that lead to discrimination. It's time to take concrete steps to put science on a fairer and more productive path, say Michal Elovitz, Stephen Quake and Hannah Valan...

Scientists have discovered a weird celestial object that's blurring the line between planet and star.

A new type of miniature atomic clock could provide better timing over the span of weeks and months compared with current systems. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration...

A carved object depicting a penis is likely the oldest known piece of phallic art in the world.

At 335 feet (102 meters) in height, the enormous newly-discovered cypress tree -- which was found in a forest in Tibet -- would tower over the Statue of Liberty.

When a photon interacts with a material, an interaction occurs that causes its atoms to change their quantum state (a description of the physical properties of nature at the atomic level). The resulting state is called, ...

A new tool for generating microwave signals could help propel advances in wireless communication, imaging, atomic clocks, and more.

SN 2023ixf is the closest supernova to Earth in more than a decade -- and the perfect excuse for intelligent aliens to get our attention, new SETI research suggests.