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Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco's carbon footprint
New Scientist - 4 Apr 2024 15:00
A network of sensors stretching from San Francisco to Sonoma county's vineyards shows that electric vehicles have helped lower carbon emissions by almost 2 per cent per year within the Bay Area
Researchers create stable superconductor enhanced by magnetism
Phys.org - 4 Apr 2024 15:43
An international team including researchers from the University of Würzburg has succeeded in creating a special state of superconductivity. This discovery could advance the development of quantum computers. The results ...
Brain Organoids Illuminate TBI's Link to Neurodegeneration
Neuroscience News - 4 Apr 2024 23:46
Researchers have advanced our understanding of how traumatic brain injuries (TBI) contribute to neurodegenerative diseases using lab-grown brain organoids. By simulating TBI in organoids derived from human stem cells, th...
Quantum Computers Take a Major Step With Error Correction Breakthrough
Singularity Hub - 4 Apr 2024 23:26
For quantum computers to go from research curiosities to practically useful devices, researchers need to get their errors under control. New research from Microsoft and Quantinuum has now taken a major step in that direc...
Team develops portable swept-source Raman spectrometer for chemical and biomedical applications
Phys.org - 4 Apr 2024 23:12
In 1928, Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman and his colleague K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light interacts with matter, parts of the scattered light undergo changes in energy due to interaction with molecular vibrat...
April 8 total solar eclipse: Everything you need to know
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 22:21
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible to millions of people in North America. Here's everything you need to know about where, when, and how to view the 2024 solar eclipse.
Early Gut Flora Imbalance May Predict Autism and ADHD
Neuroscience News - 4 Apr 2024 22:16
Disturbances in gut flora during infancy are linked to the later development of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD. Analyzing over 16,000 children from the ABIS study, researchers identified significant bi...
Partner Gender Influences the Pursuit of Orgasm in Women
Neuroscience News - 4 Apr 2024 21:38
The gender of a partner significantly affects women's expectations and the likelihood of orgasm. By examining the "orgasm gap" between cisgender men and women, researchers uncovered that women anticipate more clitoral st...
Fecal Bacteria Transplant May Improve Parkinson's Symptoms
Neuroscience News - 4 Apr 2024 21:19
A new clinical trial revealed fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as a potential new treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), showing significant improvement in motor symptoms. The study explores the connection between...
Loneliness, Food Cravings, and the Brain
Neuroscience News - 4 Apr 2024 20:33
A new study reveals the link between loneliness, cravings for high-calorie foods, and unhealthy eating behaviors in women, highlighting a significant brain activity pattern associated with social isolation. The research ...
NASA to create a new time zone for the moon by 2026
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 20:01
The moon's lower gravity means that time runs slower on its surface. With more moon missions planned, NASA has now been tasked by the White House to create a lunar time zone by 2026.
Music Evokes Distinct Bodily Sensations
Neuroscience News - 4 Apr 2024 19:57
A new study reveals how music evokes distinct bodily sensations, particularly in the heart and abdomen, linking these feelings to emotional responses and aesthetic appreciation. Analyzing responses from 527 participants ...
Man in critical condition after catching deadly 'B virus' from wild monkeys in Hong Kong
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 19:56
As of April 3, the man infected with B virus was still being treated in the ICU, health officials said.
Some stars may be 'infected' with black holes that destroy them from within, new study hints
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 19:00
Could dark matter be made of mini black holes that formed in the early universe? One way to find out is to look for missing stars, destroyed by primordial black holes, a new study suggests.
There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker
New Scientist - 4 Apr 2024 19:00
The standard model of cosmology says that the strength of dark energy should be constant, but tentative hints are emerging that it may have weakened recently
New focused approach can help untangle messy quantum scrambling problems
Phys.org - 4 Apr 2024 18:45
The world is a cluttered, noisy place, and the ability to effectively focus is a valuable skill. For example, at a bustling party, the clatter of cutlery, the conversations, the music, the scratching of your shirt tag an...
Underwater robot in Siberia's Lake Baikal reveals hidden mud volcanoes -- and an active fault
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 18:18
Video cameras mounted on an autonomous underwater robot captured footage of cracks associated with mud volcanism close to a potentially active fault on the shores of Lake Baikal.
Bite from toilet rat hospitalizes man in Canada
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 18:18
Doctors believe the man was likely infected with bacteria in the rat's mouth.
Why some songs make our heart swell and others give us butterflies
New Scientist - 4 Apr 2024 18:00
Where in our body we feel the physical sensation of hearing music seems to depend on how surprising the piece's chords are
Physics of complex fluids: Ring polymers show unexpected motion patterns under shear
Phys.org - 4 Apr 2024 17:28
The shearing of fluids--meaning the sliding of fluid layers over each other under shear forces--is an important concept in nature and in rheology, the science that studies the flow behavior of matter, including liquids a...
'It's ultimately about predicting everything'--theory could be a map in the hunt for quantum materials
Phys.org - 4 Apr 2024 17:10
A breakthrough in theoretical physics is an important step toward predicting the behavior of the fundamental matter of which our world is built. It can be used to calculate systems of enormous quantities of quantum parti...
Error-corrected qubits 800 times more reliable after breakthrough, paving the way for 'next level' of quantum computing
Live Science - 4 Apr 2024 17:05
Scientists used a technique called 'active syndrome extraction' to build four logical qubits from 30 physical ones and run 14,000 experiments without detecting a single error.