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A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses diffraction-limited visible imaging for large aperture telescopes.

A computer-generated image mapping the thousands of muscle cells that make up the wall of the heart won top prize at the British Heart Foundation's annual Reflections of Research science photography competition

A comparison of the genomes of a Neanderthal who lived 120,000 years ago in Croatia with those from modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa has revealed insight into the migratory and interbreeding history of both species.

Researchers unlocked the language of human emotion expressed through body movements. By employing a blend of computing, psychology, and the arts, they curated a human movement dataset to enhance AI's understanding of emo...

New research illuminates the brain's role in semantic integration during reading, providing insights into the challenges faced by aphasia patients. The study found that the posterior temporal cortex activates early durin...

Researchers leveraged cutting-edge technology to gain insights into schizophrenia's neurodevelopmental origins. The researchers grew brain organoids from patients' skin cells, finding persistent axonal disruptions in tho...

A new study reveals a counterintuitive aspect of curiosity: it heightens our patience to learn an answer, yet intensifies our eagerness for it. Researchers utilized short line-drawing videos, akin to popular cooking clip...

The neutrino, one of nature's most elusive and least understood subatomic particles, rarely interacts with matter. That makes precision studies of the neutrino and its antimatter partner, the antineutrino, a challenge. T...

Astronomers have captured ultrafast radio bursts from 3 billion light-years away for the first time ever.

A research team led by Prof. Gao Xiaoming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has improved the measurement accuracy of atmospheric greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, ...

A lethal form of bird flu has been discovered in the Antarctic region for the first time and it could kill many seals and whales as well as millions of birds

A new National Geographic "Explorer" episode follows an expedition to Saunders Island and the first documented ascent of Mount Michael, a volcano hosting the world's eighth lava lake.

October's full 'Hunter's Moon' will drift into Earth's shadow for a partial eclipse on Oct. 28.

South Australia is a renewable energy champion and now plans a truly fossil fuel-free grid. How did it make such a remarkable turnaround, and can the rest of the world follow suit?

Most of the planets discovered in the universe so far would be incredibly hostile for life, but Dead Planets Society is intent on creating one worse than any we've seen before

A research plane that flew through Earth's stratosphere identified more than 20 elements that are linked to the aerospace industry. Experts predict that the problem could become much worse in the future.

Satellite data have revealed an ancient landscape that may have escaped erosion and been preserved beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet since the continent froze over 34 million years ago.

Atom Computing has created the first quantum computer to surpass 1000 qubits, which could improve the accuracy of the machines

The rise and fall of the Garamantes in what is now Libya is a cautionary tale for regions that rely on ancient groundwater.

When a mixture of pea protein and sunflower oil is fermented with lactic acid-producing bacteria, it develops a firm texture and produces flavour compounds found in dairy cheese

A trio of fluid dynamics and mathematical modelers at Kyoto University has discovered how sperm and other tiny creatures are able to skirt Newton's third law of motion. In their paper published in the journal PRX Life, K...

Amazon is practically giving away the Sunny Health and Fitness Bike -- it's been reduced by 57% to just $170 for a limited time.