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By blowing atoms up to several hundred times their size, researchers have been able to make another type of oddly-behaving time crystal.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

All life on Earth can trace its origin to LUCA, the last universal common ancestor - and now it seems this organism may have lived a few hundred million years after the planet formed

Researchers identified a new mutation in the ARPP21 gene linked to ALS. The mutation was found in 10 ALS patients from 7 unrelated families in La Rioja, Spain. This discovery could improve ALS diagnosis and open avenues ...

Researchers developed a new approach to improve uncertainty estimates in machine-learning models, enhancing prediction accuracy. Their method, IF-COMP, uses the minimum description length principle to provide more reliab...

A new study reveals how brain inflammation from infections and neurodegenerative diseases causes muscle weakness by releasing the IL-6 protein. Researchers found that IL-6 travels from the brain to muscles, reducing thei...

A new study finds that semaglutide, known as Ozempic/Wegovy, does not negatively impact brain health and may reduce cognitive problems and nicotine dependence. The analysis, using over 100 million patient records, reveal...

CRISPR was one of the most influential breakthroughs of the last decade, but it’s still imperfect. While the gene editing tool is already helping people with genetic ailments, scientists are also looking to improve on ...

A new study shows that AI helps make stories more creative, engaging, and well-written, especially for less creative writers. The research found that AI assistance boosts novelty and usefulness, making stories more enjoy...

Exploration of exotic quantum phase transitions has always been a focus in condensed matter physics. Critical phenomena in a phase transition are entirely determined by the universality class, which is controlled by the ...

Scientists have bred mice that are just like us -- at least in terms of their immune systems.

A new simulation of the shaking from a magnitude 7.8 south San Andreas earthquake suggests that Los Angeles might avoid a worst-case scenario.

Neutrinos have a quantum mechanical property called "flavor." This flavor can transform as neutrinos move through space. A major challenge is to keep track of both the physical movement of the neutrinos and their change ...

Save almost 25% on the Beats Studio Plus running headphones with AirPods-like features in this early Prime Day earbuds deal, that's a saving of $40.

Our pupils shrink and expand as we breathe in and out, but whether this affects vision is unclear

Scientists propose a new way of implementing a neural network with an optical system which could make machine learning more sustainable in the future. The researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light ...

Dozens of long-finned pilot whales have beached and died on Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, in the biggest mass stranding the country has seen since 1995.

Could artificial intelligence help overcome one of quantum computing's biggest roadblocks?

Entanglement, Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," today is THE tool of quantum information science. It is the essential resource for quantum computers and used to transmit quantum information in a future quantum ne...

Highland and lowland populations in Papua New Guinea have different gene variants derived from Denisovan archaic humans, indicating possible adaptations for lower oxygen levels and higher malaria risk

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have now excavated eight ancient stone circles that likely served as homes to people more than 7,000 years ago.

Norway's photogenic "Dragon's Eye" likely formed around 20,000 years ago, when all of Scandinavia sat beneath an enormous mass of ice called the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet.