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Adolescents' brains underwent accelerated ageing during the covid-19 pandemic, and the effect was more pronounced in girls than in boys

New research suggests that if tiny primordial black holes created during the Big Bang exist, some of them may have been snared by stars and are now forced to eat their way out.

Researchers conducted a pilot clinical trial showing that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a feasible and well-tolerated method with potential to treat major depressive disorder. The trial involved 20 patients undergoing...

Attempts to turn string theory into a workable theory of nature have led to the potential conclusion that our universe is a hologram--that what we perceive as three spatial dimensions is actually composed of only two. Th...

An artificial fibre that mimics polar bear fur has been made into a sweater that is said to be as warm as down feather but without its thickness, but not everyone is convinced by the researchers' claims

From a teenage tyrannosaur's last meal to a fossilized voice box and a cliff covered in footprints, here are the 10 best dinosaur fossils unearthed this year.

Antibiotics have saved countless lives and are a crucial tool in modern medicine. But we’re losing ground in our battle against bacteria. In the middle of the last century, scientists discovered whole new classes of an...

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME), Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia have developed a new computational tool to describe h...

The search for and development of efficient terahertz (THz) sources is one of the major scientific goals of the 21st century. The THz region of the electromagnetic spectrum is composed of light frequencies in between the...

Computer-generated holography (CGH) represents a cutting-edge technology that employs computer algorithms to dynamically reconstruct virtual objects. This technology has found extensive applications across diverse fields...

A research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape the Antarctic Circumpolar Current -- an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica.

In and around the Arctic Circle, stunning multicolor clouds have been shining in the sky for days on end. It is very unusual to see so many of these vibrant clouds over such a long period.

A microscopic shock wave has been photographed passing through a single biological cell, thanks to a new photography technique. Nanosecond photography uses ultrafast electronic cameras to take images at the speed of a bi...

Cheddar cheese's distinct but often subtle flavour comes down to interactions between different bacteria, which cheese-makers could utilise to create a specific taste

When you uncork a bottle of champagne, complex supersonic phenomena occur. Scientists at TU Wien have now been able to calculate exactly what happens for the first time.

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed Slater-Pauling (S-P) Heusler materials with a unique structure resembling a Rubik's cube. These materials exhibit...

The record for long-distance laser messaging has been broken with a high-resolution video of Taters the cat chasing a red laser dot - it was transmitted over 31 million kilometres

Our favourite wildlife shots of the year feature an inquisitive hyena pup, a colourful sea slug and a fruit bat being swabbed for science

The race to develop quantum computers has really heated up over the past few years. State-of-the-art systems can now run simple algorithms using dozens of qubits--or quantum bits--which are the building blocks of quantum...

Image of a fish catching a lift on a jellyfish elevator is one of the winners of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.

AI systems have the potential to help improve doctors' diagnoses, a new study suggests. But if bias is baked into the system, their diagnostic accuracy falls.

Sharp metal propellers can harm wildlife, so an alternative made using ferrofluid could be a better approach, if it can be tweaked to work at higher speeds