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Brain Implant 'Streams' a Paralyzed Woman's Thoughts as If She's Speaking in Near Real Time
Singularity Hub - 1 Apr 2025 00:04
The system, which also synthesizes her voice, takes no more than a second to translate thoughts to speech. The post Brain Implant ‘Streams’ a Paralyzed Woman's Thoughts as If She’s Speaking in Near Real Time appear...
Brain Mapping Tool Reveals How Learning Rewires Synaptic Links
Neuroscience News - 1 Apr 2025 15:28
Researchers have developed DELTA, a powerful new imaging method that maps brain-wide synaptic changes during learning. By labeling synaptic proteins before and after behavioral training, scientists can now visualize wher...
Maternal Inflammation May Disrupt Infant Brain Wiring
Neuroscience News - 1 Apr 2025 23:58
A new study reveals that inflammation during pregnancy may impair neurodevelopment in infants by reducing CD11c-positive microglia--key immune cells that support brain myelination. These cells produce IGF-1, a protein cr...
Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 23:33
The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.
Protein Imbalance Triggers Autism-Like Behavior
Neuroscience News - 1 Apr 2025 23:24
A new study reveals that autism-like symptoms in mice emerge when two nerve proteins--MDGA2 and BDNF--fall out of balance. MDGA2 typically keeps BDNF/TrkB signaling in check, but when MDGA2 levels drop, heightened neuron...
3-year-old picks up 'beautiful stone,' discovers 3,800-year-old scarab amulet in Israel
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 23:11
A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family.
New state of matter, dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' could lead to big advances in quantum computing
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 23:07
U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet.
Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication
Phys.org - 1 Apr 2025 21:13
A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering has discovered hidden multi-dimensional side channels in existing quantum communication protocols.
How nothing could destroy the universe
New Scientist - 1 Apr 2025 20:00
The concept of nothing once sparked a 1000-year-long war, today it might explain dark energy and nothingness even has the potential to destroy the universe, explains physicist Antonio Padilla
Watch eerie 'UFOs' and a solar 'cyclone' take shape in stunning new ESA video of the sun
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 19:31
An eerie new video from ESA's Solar Orbiter shows a towering 'cyclone' of plasma exhibiting behaviors never seen before on our sun.
Black holes can destroy planets -- but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here's how.
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 19:17
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
Bears: Facts about the furry omnivores that live in many parts of the world
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 18:54
Discover interesting facts about the different types of bears and learn why not all bears hibernate.
The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China -- human intelligence
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 18:27
The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it's biggest rival a huge leg up?
The animals revealing why human culture isn't as special as we thought
New Scientist - 1 Apr 2025 18:00
Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique
Do Ozempic and Wegovy really cause hair loss?
New Scientist - 1 Apr 2025 17:48
As semaglutide-based weight loss treatments such as Ozempic and Wegovy become more popular, new side effects are emerging - and one is hair loss
Don't call it toponium
Symmetry Magazine - 1 Apr 2025 17:38
A large and unexpected excess of top quark pairs has the physics community excited, but the interpretation is still up for debate.
Aged human urine is a pungent pesticide as well as a fertiliser
New Scientist - 1 Apr 2025 17:00
Urine that has sat in the sun for a while seems to fertilise crops while warding off pests, without affecting the produce's taste
A step toward plant-based gelatin: Gum tragacanth shows promise for reducing animal use
Phys.org - 1 Apr 2025 17:00
With increased awareness about food sources and their environmental impacts, replacing animal-derived products in food and drugs is a significant research area. One common--but often overlooked--animal protein is gelatin...
Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 16:44
Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula
NASA's Curiosity Rover Has Made a Significant Discovery in the Search for Alien Life
Singularity Hub - 1 Apr 2025 16:00
It's an exciting time in the search for life on Mars. The post NASA’s Curiosity Rover Has Made a Significant Discovery in the Search for Alien Life appeared first on SingularityHub.
Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean -- Earth from space
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 15:50
A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg
Live Science - 1 Apr 2025 15:16
The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.