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Up to 75 'shooting stars' per hour may be visible as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 11 and Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle.

If you hear the word Ozempic, weight loss immediately comes to mind. The drug--part of a family of treatments called GLP-1 agonists--took the medical world (and internet) by storm for helping people manage diabetes, lowe...

Researchers have developed GROVER, an AI language model trained on human DNA, to decode the complex information in our genome. GROVER treats DNA as a language, learning its rules and context to extract biological meaning...

Researchers genetically engineered the parasite Toxoplasma gondii to deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier. This innovative approach has been used to deliver therapeutic proteins to neurons, showing promise for tr...

A new drug, PIPE-307, shows promise in reversing multiple sclerosis (MS) damage by promoting myelin regeneration around nerve cells, potentially restoring movement and function. Developed by researchers, this innovative ...

Ancient plants, seeds and insects preserved beneath Greenland's ice sheet reveal that it once melted completely, raising concerns about sea level rise if it happens again

The wreck is the first time the remains of a pirate corsair have been found in the region known as the Barbary Coast.

New research shows that an injectable goo can repair cartilage damage in animals' joints within six months. Scientists are now developing the tech for use in humans.

Researchers have identified a novel defense mechanism in the brain that prevents herpesvirus from causing severe brain infections, despite the virus being present in over half the population. This discovery highlights th...

Researchers developed a rapid, noninvasive tool called CaST that tracks neurons and biomolecules activated by psychedelic drugs. This new method allows researchers to observe the cellular processes responsible for the ne...

New research suggests that mental exertion is often associated with unpleasant feelings such as stress and irritation, challenging the notion that people enjoy mentally demanding tasks. A meta-analysis of 170 studies fou...

"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere."

A low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet is linked to greater fat loss than a low-sugar diet, but also higher cholesterol levels

Today's supercomputers consume vast amounts of energy, equivalent to the power usage of thousands of homes. In response, researchers are developing a more energy-efficient form of next-generation supercomputing that leve...

There are secrets aplenty in a pot of honey - from information about bees' "micro-bee-ota" to DNA from the environment - that can help us fight food fraud and even monitor shifts in climate

A robot mimics the clever fin-folding mechanism used by tuna fish, which increased the bot's turning velocity by almost 33 per cent

Computer-generated holography (CGH) provides an approach to digitally modulate a given wavefront. This technology, partly inherited from optical holography and partly advanced by the progress of computing technology, has...

Four researchers from the Institute of Photonics at Leibniz University Hannover have developed a new transmitter-receiver concept for transmitting entangled photons over an optical fiber. This breakthrough could enable t...

Checking whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it? This would require recognizing how the plant cells behave behind the skin. The same applies to all other cells on our planet: Despite more than 100 years of i...

Astronomers have been spotting strange banana-shaped galaxies and the evidence seems to indicate that filaments of dark matter make them take this shape

Imagine the possibility of sending messages that are completely impervious to even the most powerful computers. This is the incredible promise of quantum communication, which harnesses the unique properties of light part...

A pocket-size gizmo that puts the "pop" in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future.