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The Spring equinox (March 19, 2024) signals the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, and a rare moment of "equal night" across the world.

From solar panels on our roofs to the new OLED TV screens, many everyday electronic devices simply wouldn't work without the interaction between light and the materials that make up semiconductors. A new category of semi...

A massive new 3D map of space includes more than 1 million supermassive black hole-powered quasars, which are among the brightest objects in the universe.

The development of anxiety in girls and young women might be attributed to the imbalance of brain chemicals GABA and glutamate. Researchers found that during maturation, the increase in GABA levels coupled with a decreas...

Researchers made a significant leap in artificial intelligence by developing an AI capable of learning new tasks from verbal or written instructions and then verbally describing these tasks to another AI, enabling it to ...

For decades, people with diabetes have relied on finger pricks to withdraw blood or adhesive microneedles to measure and manage their glucose levels. In addition to being painful, these methods can cause itching, inflamm...

Researchers identified a brain circuit in mice that drives them to seek food even when not hungry, focusing on a specific group of cells in the brainstem's periaqueductal gray (PAG) area. This discovery highlights how st...

Scientists from Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Mainz in Germany, Sorbonne University in France, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) discuss the limit of the periodic table and revising the...

In the realm of physics, synthetic dimensions (SDs) have emerged as one of the frontiers of active research, offering a pathway to explore phenomena in higher-dimensional spaces, beyond our conventional 3D geometrical sp...

A ketogenic diet significantly postpones the onset of Alzheimer's-related memory decline in mice, a phase akin to human mild cognitive impairment preceding Alzheimer's disease. Key findings highlight the molecule beta-hy...

A novel method offers a promising approach to enhancing grit and self-belief. Through a pilot study involving 38 Norwegian students, this method, encapsulated in a 35-40 minute online course named 'I CAN', demonstrated a...

Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines. Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while the steam engine has b...

The total solar eclipse on April 8 will offer an incredible view of the fully obscured sun -- but some places along the path of totality may see cloudy weather. Here's how to plan for the best view possible.

A free-swimming worm that can infect and kill dogs has been found in the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.

A combination of widely available antibiotics may be able to treat heart failure after researchers found that the therapy regenerates heart cells in animals

The Amazfit Bip 3 has been slashed to just $54.99 in an early deal for the Amazon Big Spring Sale, and it can do a range of things, from tracking your steps and your heart rate to providing you with weather updates.

An AI model trained on data from Premier League matches can help football coaches devise tactics for attacking or defending corner kicks

Strange volcanos called kimberlites bring diamonds up from Earth's depths. Scientists have always struggled to understand why they switched off millions of years ago - but perhaps they didn't

Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when people ate their dead relatives as part of funeral rituals - but some individuals may have had genetic resistance to the c...

Footage shows termites trapped inside a fungus in a death spiral, where they march until they die from exhaustion.

Light can compute functions during its propagation and interaction with structured materials, with high speed and low energy consumption. Achieving universal computing using all-optical neural networks requires optical a...

Bonding in small hierarchical groups leads to enhanced neural synchronization between leaders and followers, fostering more dynamic communication. Using fNIRS technology to record brain activity in 176 triads during comm...