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Bacteria and antibiotics have been in a roughly century-long game of cat and mouse. Unfortunately, bacteria are gaining the upper hand. According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic... resistance is a top public health risk that was responsible for 1.27 million deaths across the globe in 2019. When repeatedly exposed to antibiotics, bacteria rapidly learn […]

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have made unexpected progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly and energy-efficiently... store and access computational data. While studying a complex material composed of manganese, bismuth and tellurium (MnBi2Te4), the researchers realized that the material's magnetic properties changed quickly and easily in response to light. This means that a laser could be used to encode information within the magnetic states of MnBi2Te4.

Other types of surgery besides double mastectomies are equally good at lowering death rates in women with cancer in one breast.

The covid-19 variant JN.1 may have been able to evade antibodies and spread globally due to one critical mutation to its spike protein

A rare gene variant may explain why a subset of patients with ALS recover from the deadly disease.

Microbiologist Karin Hjort discusses what heteroresistance is and how it could change the way we treat bacterial infections.

Bacteria can mutate surprisingly fast to resist antibiotics.

These bacteria have evolved the ability to resist treatment with antibiotics, leaving doctors scrambling to help patients who are infected.

There are two main types of bacteria, and these categories reflect the microbes' biology and their vulnerability to different antibiotics.

Microbiologists are on a quest to unravel a rare phenomenon involved in antibiotic resistance and how it may change our understanding of infections.

In the centre of a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole has swallowed up a star 9 times the sun's mass in the biggest and brightest such cosmic meal we've ever seen

Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues -- these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey.

Three powerful solar eruptions could bring auroras as far south as New York and Idaho right at the peak of the Perseid meteor shower this weekend.

A zigzag design can maximise how much heat walls radiate into space, while minimising heat absorption from the ground

Here's the brain science of breaking, the dance style making its Olympic debut in Paris.

A trio of chemists at the University of Copenhagen has developed an AI application that can be used to figure out the phase of x-rays that crystals have diffracted as part of efforts to predict the... structure of small molecules.

If left unchecked,"model collapse" could make AI systems less useful, and fill the internet with incomprehensible babble.

Advanced MRI scans, particularly diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), have shown promise in predicting which concussion patients are at risk for long-term symptoms. While standard CT scans often fail to... detect brain abnormalities in concussion cases, DTI can identify subtle changes in the brain's white matter that are linked to persistent symptoms. This method could significantly improve the accuracy of prognoses, helping to identify patients who may need further follow-up and treatment. Researchers also found that specific blood biomarkers could help determine which patients would benefit most from a DTI scan.

A study has found that people's endorsement of moral values fluctuates seasonally, with group-focused values like loyalty, authority, and purity being more strongly supported in spring and fall. This... fluctuation has significant implications for politics, legal decisions, and public health, as shifts in moral values can influence behaviors and judgments. The research also suggests a link between anxiety levels and these moral shifts, pointing to the potential impact of seasonal changes on societal outcomes.

A century ago, Albert Einstein suggested that the universe might contain ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves - but then he changed his mind

The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is Earth's largest terrestrial canyon, stretching 314 miles long and almost 20,000 feet from top to bottom at its deepest point in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Western classical music can significantly affect brain activity, particularly in people with treatment-resistant depression. By measuring brainwaves and neural imaging, scientists discovered that... music synchronizes neural oscillations between brain regions associated with sensory and emotional processing, enhancing mood. This study suggests that personalized music therapy could be a powerful tool for treating depression, especially when integrated with other sensory stimuli.

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Ancient origins of cobras traced back to Asia, before jumping continents to spread across the world up to 37.5 million years ago.

A split in the southern vortex - not seen since 2002 - could lead to sudden warming of the Antarctic stratosphere and hotter weather in Australia and South America