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New estimates suggest it might be 20 times easier to crack cryptography with quantum computers than we thought--but don't panic. The post Is a Quantum-Cryptography Apocalypse Imminent? appeared first on SingularityHub.

A new study used machine learning to pinpoint the lifestyle and health factors most strongly associated with cognitive performance across the lifespan. Among 374 adults aged 19 to 82, age, blood pressure, and BMI were th...

A new study reveals that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into adult mice with Huntington's disease can delay motor and cognitive decline and extend lifespan. These support cells restored key neuronal f...

Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere - but at higher altitudes than planes can reach - could cool the climate while avoiding some of the downsides of lower-altitude solar geoengineering

Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission.

Much of the universe's regular "baryonic" matter is spread through intergalactic space and in diffuse halos around galaxies, researchers proposed after studying the behavior of fast radio bursts emitted from deep space.

A UK biotech firm spent years gathering genetic data that has uncovered 1 million previously unknown microbial species and billions of newly identified genes - but even this trove of data may not be enough to train an AI...

Sea star larvae have been stored at '200°C and thawed for the first time, a step towards restoring populations that have been ravaged by disease

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D brain model that closely mirrors the architecture and function of the human brain. Built using biomimetic 3D printing, the Bioengineered Neural Network (BENN) features disti...

Lasers have widespread applications as a light source in a variety of fields, including manufacturing, medicine, high-speed communications, electronics, and scientific research.

A new study reveals how the brain determines whether a smell is pleasant or revolting, highlighting why scent evokes such strong emotional responses. Researchers focused on the amygdala, the brain's emotional hub, and fo...

Physicists at the University of Liège have succeeded in sculpting the surface of water by exploiting surface tension. Using 3D printing of closely spaced spines, they have combined menisci to create programmed liquid re...

Research from the University of St Andrews has set a new benchmark for the precision with which researchers can explore fundamental physics in quantum materials. The work has implications extending from materials science...

Researchers have used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. But some experts are skeptical of the results.

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in appetite, metabolism and the microbiome - and how to look after it better

Theories must stand up to practical testing, and this is especially true in physics. Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Texas A&M University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the University of Sur...

Nernst's theorem--a general experimental observation presented in 1905 that entropy exchanges tend to zero when the temperature tends to zero--has been directly linked to the second principle of thermodynamics in a paper...

Chronic hyponatremia--long viewed as symptomless--is now shown to disrupt brain chemistry and cause anxiety-like behaviors, according to a new study in mice. Researchers found that prolonged low sodium levels reduced ser...

According to scientific legend, quantum mechanics was born on the island of Helgoland in 1925. A hundred years later, physicists are still debating the true nature of this strange theory - and recently returned to the is...

A new study finds that drinking 1-2 cups of black or lightly sweetened coffee per day is associated with a lower risk of death from all causes and cardiovascular disease. Using national survey data from over 46,000 adult...

A new study finds that relationship satisfaction fluctuates frequently--even daily--but these shifts are a normal part of romantic dynamics. Using high-frequency surveys from over 700 couples, researchers found that sati...

We've rounded up the best thermal imaging binoculars ahead of Prime Day that enable you to see wildlife and humans in the dark.