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Today's error-prone quantum computers are still far from practical. But a bold deadline could galvanize the field. The post US Issues Grand Challenge: The First Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer by 2028 appeared first ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once believed. Dating back ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planets earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow Goldilocks zone for two life-essential elements, phosphorus and nitroge...

Artemis II is now the farthest crewed mission from Earth in history. The occasion was marked by a number of poignant moments.

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting the hard problem of co...

Your brains stop eating signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes-once thought to just support neurons-actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a meal, glucose triggers t...

Materials that repel water are used in countless applications, including industrial separation processes, routine laboratory pipetting, and medical devices. When water touches these surfaces, the interface where they mee...

A new study of 100,000+ associations reveals that the "exposome"-the total sum of our environmental exposures-is as influential as DNA in determining disease risk. Researchers found that cumulative exposures can ...

Cornish sea salt crystals, pink Himalayan rock salt, smoked salt flakes - the use of gourmet salts is on the rise. But columnist Alice Klein finds it may be leading to a resurgence in iodine deficiency, with harmful cons...

A new study reveals that the brain "builds" spatial maps through a process of information summation during echolocation. Researchers found that expert echolocators improve their accuracy with every additional mou...

Researchers found that pigeons rewarded for any behavior sequence still refuse to settle on a single "best" path. This "edge of chaos" behavior suggests a deep-seated biological need for flexibility over ...

The doctoral thesis of Sophia Hollick, Ph.D. '25, a recent graduate of Yale's Wright Lab in professor Reina Maruyama's group, has significantly contributed to answering a decades-long question in her field ab...

A new study reveals that "valence bias"-how we interpret ambiguous situations-is a key predictor of depression and anxiety. The study highlights a critical "positivity shift" at age 10 that can determine ...

LLMs can accelerate medical research, scientists say, but they come with risks.

Most people think of diamonds as high-end adornments. Not Ania Bleszynski Jayich. The UC Santa Barbara physicist sees diamonds, which she grows in the UC Quantum Foundry, as a potentially powerful foundation for quantum ...

The Artemis II astronauts have reached the moon and will soon lose contact with NASA as they whip around the lunar far side. Here's how to follow along with their journey and everything you need to know about the ...

Solitary screen time acts as an "active barrier" to well-being for children with language delays. Researchers found that unsupervised digital use turns communication struggles into behavioral and emotional proble...

It's a running joke that a cure for type 1 diabetes is only five years away and has been for 50 years, but new stem cell trials and immune drugs hint that we're closer than ever to a functional cure for the disea...

Boosting the brain's waste-disposal system is increasingly showing promise for Alzheimer's disease, with a study now suggesting that a novel approach eases brain deficits and symptoms associated with the conditio...

In the book "Adaptable," evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer explores human biology and development, and how people have evolved to survive everywhere on Earth.

Quantum mechanics tells us that a particle can never be perfectly still. But how precisely can it be oriented? A research team at the University of Vienna, together with colleagues at TU Wien and Ulm University, has now ...

Astronomers studied 1.3 million galaxies and 8,000 X-ray-spewing supermassive black holes to find out why these gravitational monsters are growing more slowly than ever.