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The novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date.

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically-long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers uncovered floral and p...

Social isolation has a direct causal impact on how quickly cognitive function declines in later life, independent of whether someone feels lonely. By analyzing more than 137,000 cognitive tests from over 30,000 older adu...

Controlling immune cells' internal clocks helped reduce inflammatory damage in conditions like heart attack and sickle cell disease, a mouse study found.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big Bang.

A brain-scan study reveals key components of the brain's navigation system, which may help us better understand early symptoms of dementia.

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose. The findings outline three distinct forms of consciousness-basic arousal, general alertness, and reflexive s...

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical observation.

When people think of high-powered machines, they'd likely think of muscle cars before their own muscles. But muscles and other living tissues can do energetic things very quickly-they twitch, snap and beat-which is h...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried Marti...

When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of light and cause tiny distortions in space-time. Albert Einstein predicted their existence, and th...

The microbots have tiny computers, sensors, and actuators. They can sense temperature and swim autonomously. The post These Robots Are the Size of Single Cells and Cost Just a Penny Apiece appeared first on SingularityHu...

A research team has demonstrated that thin films of ruthenium dioxide (RuO) exhibit altermagnetism-the defining property of what is now recognized as the third fundamental class of magnetic materials.

Financial markets are often seen as chaotic and unpredictable. Every day, traders around the world buy shares and sell assets in a whirlwind of activity. It looks like a system of total randomness-but is it really?

The snuggly Bose QuietComfort headphones are now 51% at Amazon, and cheaper than they were during Black Friday.

Can this eco-friendly toothbrush live up to the hype?

Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other outage

A museum visit sparked a revelation when a Roman glass cup was turned around and its overlooked markings came into focus. These symbols, once dismissed as decoration, appear to be workshop identifiers used by teams of sk...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular processes can create voltage spikes similar to those used by neurons. These signals could help ...

Cases of colorectal cancer in younger adults are climbing worldwide, driven by lifestyle changes and inherited genetic risks. Diet, obesity, and lack of early screening are playing a major role in this shift. New genetic...

Ramanujans elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart of modern physics. Researchers at IISc discovered that the same mathematical structures behind ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic Homo erectus, the face ...