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China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine - it could change the face of renewable energy
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 14:00
Floating offshore wind turbines open a whole new playing field for energy companies, which have so far had to stick to shallow waters.
Brain activity can predict whether strangers will become friends
New Scientist - 15 Aug 2025 11:00
People who have similar neural responses to movie clips are more likely to become friends, indicating bonds form based off shared thought processes
A $2 gold nanotech test that detects deadly diseases in minutes
Science Daily - 15 Aug 2025 23:54
Arizona State University scientists have unveiled NasRED, a revolutionary one-drop blood test that can detect diseases like COVID-19, Ebola, HIV, and Lyme with incredible speed and precision. Using gold nanoparticles to ...
Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in Poland
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 20:02
Archaeologists found the body of a medieval knight underneath a tombstone that depicted him in full military regalia.
Bacteria and Viruses Join Forces in New Cancer-Killing Therapy
Neuroscience News - 15 Aug 2025 19:23
Researchers have developed CAPPSID, a novel cancer therapy that teams bacteria and viruses to infiltrate and destroy tumors. The system hides an oncolytic virus inside Salmonella typhimurium, which naturally migrates int...
It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster
New Scientist - 15 Aug 2025 18:00
A quantum broadcasting system would end up sending slightly different information to every receiver and efforts to sidestep this problem are too inefficient for practical use
Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real time
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 18:00
Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a uterus.
2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 18:00
Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.
Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 17:18
Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also...
Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved
New Scientist - 15 Aug 2025 17:00
Connecting tubes between bacteria and a kind of microbe called archaea may reflect a symbiotic relationship that led to complex cells more than 2 billion years ago
Brain Signature Reveals How We Consciously Experience Emotional Intensity
Neuroscience News - 15 Aug 2025 16:46
Researchers have identified a distinct brain signature linked to the conscious experience of emotional intensity. By combining AI modeling, advanced brain imaging, and realistic experimental scenarios, they measured arou...
San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 16:28
A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.
The Brain Merges Sight And Sound For Faster, Smarter Decisions
Neuroscience News - 15 Aug 2025 16:27
New research reveals how the brain merges visual and auditory information to make quicker, more accurate decisions. Using EEG, scientists found that auditory and visual decision processes start independently but ultimate...
A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 16:00
Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined - more like a braided stream than a branching tree.
'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 15:10
As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa.
Oldest fast radio burst ever seen sheds light on early star formation
New Scientist - 15 Aug 2025 15:00
A bright flash of radio waves from 3 billion years after the big bang is illuminating parts of the universe that astronomers cant normally see
A new crystal that 'breathes' oxygen expands possibilities for clean energy and electronics
Phys.org - 15 Aug 2025 14:12
A team of scientists from Korea and Japan has discovered a new type of crystal that can "breathe"-releasing and absorbing oxygen repeatedly at relatively low temperatures. This unique ability could transform the ...
Physicists solve 90-year-old puzzle of quantum damped harmonic oscillators
Phys.org - 15 Aug 2025 14:08
A plucked guitar string can vibrate for seconds before falling silent. A playground swing, emptied of its passenger, will gradually come to rest. These are what physicists call "damped harmonic oscillators" and a...
Best budget star projectors under $40 - Affordable gadgets for kids and adults, tried and tested
Live Science - 15 Aug 2025 14:00
These are the best budget star projectors you can buy in every category, from Astronaut Starry Sky and Cadrim to Dinosaur Egg Galaxy.
Todays Humanoid Robots Look Remarkable-but Theres a Design Flaw Holding Them Back
Singularity Hub - 15 Aug 2025 14:00
Beyond brains, robots desperately need smarter bodies. The post Todays Humanoid Robots Look Remarkable-but Theres a Design Flaw Holding Them Back appeared first on SingularityHub.
Unified theory may reveal more superconducting materials
Phys.org - 15 Aug 2025 13:37
Electricity flows through wires to deliver power, but it loses energy as it moves, delivering less than it started with. But that energy loss isn't a given. Scientists at Penn State have found a new way to identify t...
We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed
New Scientist - 15 Aug 2025 13:00
An extremely precise detection method for single electrons, which pins down the particles with a resolution of trillionths of a second, may provide a valuable building block for future quantum technologies