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Ethereal green "aurora curls" were photographed in the night sky over Iceland after a gust of solar wind vibrated Earth's magnetic shield like a plucked guitar string. The phenomenon is extremely rare.

At the smallest scales, everything is made out of a cloud of quantum possibilities. A new idea attempts to explain how our everyday world comes from this, using the laws of thermodynamics

Researchers developed a robotic sensor using artificial intelligence to read braille at a remarkable 315 words per minute with 87% accuracy, surpassing the average human reading speed. This sensor employs machine learnin...

A newborn great white shark has been seen in the wild for the first time, and the discovery could help scientists finally solve a longstanding mystery about the threatened species.

A nuclear winter could reduce global calorie production by as much as 90%. But vast kelp farms could help save 1.2 billion lives until temperatures recover.

Cities along the Atlantic coast -- including New York, Boston, and Miami -- are sinking into the ground.

A significant number of people, including healthcare workers, conceal infectious illnesses to maintain their work and social commitments. The study, involving over 4,100 participants, found that 75% had hidden or might h...

A recent study reveals that music's emotional impact transcends cultures, evoking similar bodily sensations globally. Researchers found that happy music energizes arms and legs, while sad tunes resonate in the chest.

Laser sources operating at the 1.2 μm wavelength band have some unique applications in photodynamic therapy, biomedical diagnosis and oxygen sensing. Additionally, they can be adopted as pump sources for mid-infrared op...

A 5,500-year-old Neolithic tomb in Sweden contains the remains of at least 12 people, but many of their skulls and long bones are missing.

Neuralink implanted its first brain chip in a human subject, and Musk posted on X that the person is "doing well" after surgery.

Researchers have developed a new system for imaging nanoparticles. It consists of a high-precision, short-wave infrared imaging technique capable of capturing the photoluminescence lifetimes of rare-earth doped nanoparti...

Medical instruments dating to the Roman era may be evidence of a "group practice" run by health care workers.

Researchers from Skoltech and MIPT and their German, Austrian, and Norwegian colleagues have proposed and tested a new method for computer modeling of magnetic alloys. The method, which relies on machine learning, accura...

Every fluid--from Earth's atmosphere to blood pumping through the human body--has viscosity, a quantifiable characteristic describing how the fluid will deform when it encounters some other matter. If the viscosity is hi...

Reliably guiding and capturing optical waves is central to the functioning of various contemporary technologies, including communication and information processing systems. The most conventional approach to guide light w...

A group of Cornell-led researchers in the Center for Bright Beams has developed a new theoretical approach to calculate how atoms scatter from surfaces. The method, developed by recently conferred Cornell physics Ph.D. M...

DNA analysis of spider webs from two locations in Australia identified dozens of vertebrate species, suggesting a new approach to wildlife monitoring

Elon Musk's Neuralink company is conducting its first human trials, implanting a tiny chip onto the surface of a person's brain to allow them to talk directly with computers

A recent study suggests that reducing social isolation among people with obesity helps them live longer, but it's not easy to prove that's definitely the case

Contrail clouds that form behind planes are responsible for much of the climate warming effects of flying. Small altitude adjustments would help minimise them

The Garmin Fenix 6s Pro Solar smartwatch combines performance with great looks -- and now this top-rated fitness tracker is $370 cheaper at Amazon.