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Collisions of high energy particles produce "jets" of quarks, anti-quarks, or gluons. Due to the phenomenon called confinement, scientists cannot directly detect quarks. Instead, the quarks from these collisions fragment...

SLIM was put into hibernation after landing on the moon upside down, but it woke up when sunlight hit its solar panels

A previously unknown type of replicating agent named "obelisks" has been found in genomic data from stool samples - but we know little about what these entities do

Researchers in Morocco happened upon a trackway containing 85 well-preserved human footprints that are some of the oldest in the world.

A recent study using three-dimensional CT scans of the 6-million-year-old ape, Lufengpithecus, offers new insights into the evolution of human bipedalism. By analyzing the ape's bony inner ear region, researchers discove...

The moon has been slowly shrinking for millions of years. Now, as Artemis 3 nears its 2026 launch date, geologists worry about whether moonquakes and lunar landslides will impact landing.

Researchers made a breakthrough in understanding obesity's impact on mitochondria, as detailed in a recent study. They discovered that a high-fat diet causes fat cell mitochondria in mice to fragment into smaller, less e...

Optical fiber, as the basic carrier of modern high-speed and high-capacity communication, is the key to the interconnection of the world. With the rapid development of the communications industry in recent decades, ordin...

Researchers report a link between Alzheimer's disease and a discontinued medical treatment. In a new study, they found five cases of Alzheimer's in individuals treated as children with cadaver-derived human growth hormon...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take astonishingly detailed images of spiral galaxies, revealing how and where they spark star formation

Rice University scientists have discovered a first-of-its-kind material, a 3D crystalline metal in which quantum correlations and the geometry of the crystal structure combine to frustrate the movement of electrons and l...

Biofilms--slimy layers formed when bacteria stick together on a surface--allow bacteria to shield themselves from extreme environments and even evade antibiotics. In a new study, researchers have shown that laser light i...

A new paper suggests we may finally be able to uncover the identity of dark matter using the same technology that detects ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.

The lunar lander's solar panels are now generating power, Japan's space agency says.

How can we manipulate intermolecular exchange interaction to achieve long-range spin ordering? The answer to this question is of great importance in understanding and modulating magnetic behavior at the microscopic scale...

Prehistoric humans adorned themselves with different types of beads depending on their culture and location in Europe.

A small study suggests that "seeds" of Alzheimer's can be transferred from one person to another via certain medical procedures, leading to the disease later in life.

As more and more people without diabetes start to monitor their blood glucose levels, we take a look at what the evidence says about limiting your blood sugar spikes after eating

With more and more people monitoring their glucose levels in an attempt to boost their health, we take a look at what the evidence says about limiting your blood sugar spikes after eating

A raft of new measures aimed at reducing underage vaping are set to come into law next year

Through experimental research, a team of physicists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has observed a material in a supersolid phase of matter for the first time. In their paper published in the journal Natur...

For decades scientists have been trying to solve Feynman's Sprinkler Problem: How does a sprinkler running in reverse--in which the water flows into the device rather than out of it--work? Through a series of experiments...