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Dominant female meerkats' quest for dominance may be down to genes that give them the upper hand.

The exchange of energy and environment is inevitable in any physical system, so non-Hermitian systems that can be described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are ubiquitous. There are two kinds of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians,...

Introducing fish to toddlers' diets could reduce their risk of neurodevelopmental delays. The study, involving 142 children, found that eating fish at least once a week was associated with decreased neurodevelopmental de...

A didgeridoo may look like a simple hollowed-out branch, but a study of the acoustic interplay between the instrument and our vocal cords has revealed the complexity involved

Researchers plugged a "brain organoid" into an artificial intelligence system, using the neural tissue to help complete computational tasks. The experiment could mark a step toward "biocomputers."

University of Central Florida researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor at the NanoScience Technology Center, has developed a new technique to detect photons--elementary particles that span from visible light to radio freq...

Researchers systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed research from 1980 to 2023 to investigate the relationship between cat ownership and schizophrenia-related disorders. Out of 1915 studies initially identified, 17 wer...

Researchers discovered that observers can easily discern the intentions of others shaking gift boxes. In their study, participants could quickly identify whether the box shaker was trying to determine the number or shape...

The ability to transmit information coherently in the band of the electromagnetic spectrum from microwave to infrared is vitally important to the development of the advanced quantum networks used in computing and communi...

A new study reveals that caffeine consumption can improve the accuracy of football passes, but it negatively affects players' decision-making and tactical skills. The study involved 12 young footballers who completed tas...

The first attempt to draw up a comprehensive list of what domestic cats eat has identified more than 2000 species so far, including many endangered ones

How will the rise of artificial intelligence ultimately pan out for society? We sketch the most likely outcomes, including a world where AIs solve all our problems and another in which they wipe us out

It is now technically possible to capture icebergs, tow them to the equator and harvest them for drinking water. But what are the ecological risks?

In a revolutionary study, researchers created a hybrid system called Brainoware, which integrates human brain cell networks, or organoids, with a computer chip. This innovative setup demonstrates capabilities in processi...

Countries at the COP28 climate summit are still struggling to reach a deal on phasing out fossil fuels, but even having discussions on an end to the main cause of global warming is huge progress, say campaigners and rese...

In our everyday classical world, what you see is what you get. A ball is just a ball, and when lobbed through the air, its trajectory is straightforward and clear. But if that ball were shrunk to the size of an atom or s...

Researchers uncovered why a Colombian woman, despite carrying a genetic defect for Alzheimer's, remained cognitively healthy into her 70s. The key lies in her possession of two copies of the rare Christchurch mutation in...

Silicate glass is a commonly-used glass found in most households, in drinking glasses or windowpanes for example. The integration of gold nanoparticles (NPs) in silicate glass has been used in art and decoration for cent...

When you look up at the sky and see clouds of wondrous shapes, or struggle to peer through dense, hazy fog, you're seeing the results of "Mie scattering," which is what happens with light interacts with particles of a ce...

People often overestimate the negative consequences of declining social invitations. The study involved over 2,000 participants across five experiments. It showed that while individuals who declined invitations feared da...

Field-induced superconductivity occurs when an applied magnetic field increases or induces superconductivity. In a new report published in Science Advances, Joshua J. Sanchez and a team of scientists applied stress as a ...

A neuromorphic supercomputer called DeepSouth will be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, which is on par with the estimated number of operations in the human brain