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A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and someday, it could inspire advances in AI and Alzheimer's research.

A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels differ only slightly. T...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation--just 0.000015%, or one erro...

Recent advances in electronics and optics have opened new possibilities for terahertz (THz) waves--an invisible type of light that falls between infrared light and microwaves on the spectrum. The use of THz scattering fo...

New images of a young star, 2MASSJ1612, could have captured the birth of a giant gas planet larger than Jupiter.

Our ability to study faint radio signals from when the first stars began to form is being threatened by SpaceX's Starlink satellites, which seem to be unintentionally leaking radio signals that overpower astronomers' tel...

String theory has long been touted as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the universe, with elementary particles and forces described as vibrations of tiny threads of energy. But in the e...

A new study by Apple has ignited controversy in the AI field by showing how reasoning models undergo 'complete accuracy collapse' when overloaded with complex problems.

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs like Botox and beta blockers

An osprey flying over Myrtle Beach dropped the small shark from a tree after being harassed by crows.

A new analysis of the ancient DNA of 42 people from Papua New Guinea reveals that some cultures were remarkably isolated for centuries.

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One of the current hot research topics is the combination of two of the most recent technological breakthroughs: machine learning and quantum computing.

A large-scale international study has confirmed that the ability to detect background sounds varies significantly from person to person and depends on the preceding noise. By replicating a 10-year-old study with 149 part...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a novel framework for designing and creating universal diffractive waveguides that can control the flow of light in highly specific...

Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a machine learning framework that can predict with quantum-level accuracy how materials respond to electric fiel...

Scientists have uncovered how the brains of people with aphantasia, those who cannot visualize mental images, process visual information differently. Although key visual and memory-related brain regions still activate du...

This gold-covered bronze object may depict a "divine" horse pulling the sun behind it.

Extreme weather, pest outbreaks and overharvesting are turning forest carbon sinks into carbon sources across Europe, undermining a crucial part of countries' net-zero plans

Many animals in the tropics are colorful for a number of reasons, including some you might not expect.