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In a new study, researchers carried out the most extensive coordinated comparison of optical clocks to date by operating clocks and the links connecting them simultaneously across six countries. Spanning thousands of kil...

Childhood trauma doesn't just leave psychological scars--it biologically reshapes the brain through chronic neuroinflammation and structural changes, increasing vulnerability to psychiatric disorders later in life. New r...

A new study has found that bacteria from the mouth may migrate to the gut and contribute to cognitive decline in people with Parkinson's disease. Researchers identified harmful microbes and their toxins in the gut of Par...

New research suggests that out-of-body experiences (OBEs) may serve as coping mechanisms triggered by trauma, rather than symptoms of mental illness. Based on data from over 500 individuals, those who had OBEs reported h...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant energy jet "being illuminated by the leftover glow from the Big Bang itself."

A new proof-of-concept study explored the feasibility of tracking the evolution of superbug infections in real time to help save infected patients.

A new study led by researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester has achieved a major advance in quantum materials, developing a method to precisely engineer single quantum defects in diamond--an es...

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)-led research team has adopted gyromagnetic double-zero-index metamaterials (GDZIMs)--a new optical extreme-parameter material--and developed a new method to cont...

Fervo is using technology from the oil and gas industry to unlock vast stores of geothermal power under our feet. The post Geothermal Unicorn Fervo Energy Is Building a Massive Next-Gen Plant in Utah appeared first on Si...

Research at the Quantum Systems Accelerator has been steadily breaking new ground, quickening the pace toward flexible, stable quantum computers with capabilities well beyond those of today's classical machines.

In squash, the "nick shot" is an emphatic, point-ending play in which a player strikes a ball that ricochets near the bottom of the wall and rolls flat along the floor instead of bouncing, leaving an opponent with no cha...

Artificial organ transplants have been held back by the difficulty of making networks of blood vessels - a problem scientists are now taking steps to overcome

With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to start solving the mysteries of the universe, from dark matter to Planet Nine

If you struggle with small talk or find it hard to express yourself, research by psychologist Alison Wood Brooks and others will help you master the art of conversation

Activity levels in a specific region of the brain predict whether we think something is real, irrespective of whether we've seen it or imagined it.

All humans who have ever lived were once each an individual cell, which then divided countless times to produce a body made up of about 10 trillion cells. These cells have busy lives, executing all kinds of dynamic movem...

A research team led by Prof. Chang Hong from the National Time Service Center (NTSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a strontium optical lattice clock with both frequency stability and systematic u...

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.

By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes - and the exotic objects that mimic them

A new study reveals that teenagers who get moderate catch-up sleep--up to two extra hours--on weekends report fewer symptoms of anxiety. Sleeping significantly more or less on weekends than on weekdays, however, was link...

As quantum computing develops, scientists are working to identify tasks for which quantum computers have a clear advantage over classical computers. So far, researchers have only pinpointed a handful of these problems, b...

A global study of nearly one million individuals has identified hundreds of genetic regions linked to socioeconomic status, revealing a shared genetic signal across income, education, occupation, and deprivation. Researc...