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Tokamaks are one of the most widely studied technologies in the global effort to achieve sustained nuclear fusion. Using intense magnetic fields, they confine superheated plasma within their doughnut-shaped interiors, al...

Researchers identified six depression subtypes through brain imaging and machine learning, revealing tailored treatment options. This breakthrough in precision psychiatry can improve treatment outcomes by matching patien...

A new study reveals that children's bedtime struggles often stem from nighttime fears. While most families have bedtime routines, many rely on strategies like melatonin or co-sleeping that can exacerbate sleep challenges...

A new study finds that inheriting Alzheimer's risk from your mother, regardless of her age at onset, is linked to increased amyloid levels in the brain. This protein is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings sug...

A high-fat diet can disrupt gut bacteria, alter behavior, and influence brain chemicals in ways that increase anxiety. The study found that rats fed a high-fat diet showed less diversity in gut bacteria and higher expres...

Researchers from Skoltech, Jilin University and Beijing HPSTAR in China, and their German colleagues have synthesized and studied a new type of hydrogen-rich superconductor. Technically referred to as an A15-type lanthan...

A research team has utilized solid-state spin quantum sensors to scrutinize exotic spin-spin-velocity-dependent interactions (SSIVDs) at short force ranges, reporting new experimental results between electron spins. Thei...

Cashew nut shells are a source of low-emissions biofuel, which is being tested in several ships, but it is unlikely there will be enough to make much of a dent in the industry's emissions

Many of the silver and bronze coins were minted during the Gallus Revolt during the Roman era.

One of the most counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics is the idea that a quantum system, unlike a physical system governed by the everyday physics of the macroscopic universe, can exist in two states at once even ...

While navigating a remotely operated vehicle in the Gulf of California, scientists spotted a brooding squid cradling translucent eggs.

For centuries, the transport sector has been one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions. To address the problem, many research groups are now actively exploring how technology can help transport systems t...

Not content with shapes in two or three dimensions, mathematicians like to explore objects in any number of spatial dimensions. Now they have discovered shapes of constant width in any dimension, which roll like a wheel ...

Using a specially designed 3D printed vacuum system, scientists have developed a way to "trap" dark matter with the aim of detecting domain walls. This will be a significant step forwards in unraveling some of the myster...

The Voyager I spacecraft went haywire last year, but NASA engineers say they have finally fixed its data transmission systems and are receiving usable signals from all four science instruments.

Tribalism can be toxic, yet we need more of it if we are to meet today's global challenges, argues one anthropologist. His research reveals how to create a "teratribe"

A robot named Musashi with a human-like "skeleton" and "musculature" can perform basic driving tasks - but this isn't the safest approach to autonomous transport

The male Y chromosome in humans is evolving faster than the X. Scientists have now discovered the same trend in six species of primate.

Stem cells are finicky creatures. With the ability to generate any type of cell in the body, they're constantly bombarded by chemical, hormone, and other signals. Some of these signals nudge them to produce brain cells; ...

By combining two approaches to quantum computing into one device, Google has been able to simulate the behaviour of magnets in detail - and found discrepancies with our current understanding of certain magnet systems

UCLA researchers have created a new type of imager that can capture features much smaller than the limitations of traditional optical systems. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize fields like bioimaging, li...

The appearance this week of the three bright Summer Triangle stars -- Vega, Deneb and Altair -- marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how to spot them.