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Researchers spotted an unusual gamma-ray signal in three galaxy clusters, which may be a telltale sign of dark matter - or some even more exotic phenomenon

Researchers from the MPIK in Heidelberg used an atomic gas as a time-dependent lens to shape and spectrally manipulate intense high-frequency laser pulses. This gas-based optical element could pave the way toward better ...

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, headquartered at Florida State University, have designed a new quantum computing architecture that uses magnetic levitat...

NASA's Swift Observatory is set to come crashing down to Earth later this year after private rescue mission failure.

A research team led by Yang Lu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has uncovered the microscopic physical nature of ultralarge elasticity in cov...

Extreme heat will become more common as the climate continues to warm. That will affect almost every facet of our health.

A personalised mRNA cancer vaccine has produced positive results in a final-stage trial involving skin cancer, raising hopes that this approach could work against many cancers

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most promising candidate yet for a black hole star, lurking 660 million years after the Big Bang. The hypothetical entity, which shines 100 billion times brighter than a ...

Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.

AI is like a genie. The way in which algorithms grant our wishes may make us regret letting them out of the bottle. The post Long Foreseen, the Problem of AI Alignment Is Finally Reality. Solving It Wont Be Easy. appeare...

New models of the carotid artery can be personalized for different people, revealing subtle differences in stroke risk.

For the past decade, depression has been linked to a shrunken hippocampus, which has a vital role in memory. But a large study using up-to-date scanning techniques suggests this may not be the case

Researchers have developed a novel model to accurately and efficiently predict the impact of "green water"-water washing onto the deck of an offshore facility during extreme wave conditions.

What happened in the first moments of the universe-before the building blocks of life and the world we know today came into existence? Physicists at the CERN research facility in Switzerland are trying to answer this que...

The candela, the international unit of light in use for almost a century, forms the basis of photometry. According to a new study, measurements derived from it systematically misjudge the brightness of colored light sour...

Cats can identify each other by the scent of their pee. We now know why.

The Swift observatory will now re-enter Earths atmosphere in a few months, after a mission to boost it higher failed

AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down on misinformation, disinformation and cheating on homework, but there are limitations to this approac...

For close to a century, physicists have pursued a way to unite gravity with quantum mechanics. Known as quantum gravity, this goal has remained frustratingly out of reach so far. Similarly elusive is the force of dark en...

Knee osteoarthritis can seriously affect mobility and quality of life, but its progression isnt completely out of your control. Exercise, stronger leg muscles, a healthier diet, and even modest weight loss can dramatical...

Specialized brain scans reveal that schizophrenia is linked to widespread loss of the synapses that connect brain cells, with the left side of the brain hit especially hard. The damage follows a surprisingly organized pa...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be folded into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred many of the traits once used to separat...