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Researchers have demonstrated a technique that uses a laser to produce a plasma beam antenna capable of transmitting radio waves. The article, "Laser-Induced-Plasma-Filament Antenna Transmitting 30 MHz VHF," is p...

Pressing down on shin bones improved cognitive and motor symptoms in mice and pigs with traumatic brain injuries

Predatory wasps are hijacking shelters built by tropical trees for their ant defenders, potentially disrupting an ancient partnership that protects the plants from hungry insects. The takeover is far more common in distu...

A new system could help flag proteins generated by AI and ease risks to biosecurity. But it isn't a perfect solution. The post Google DeepMind Gives AI-Designed Proteins a Watermark appeared first on SingularityHub.

Skywatchers in the U.S. and eastern Canada can see a rare lunar occultation of Jupiter early on Oct. 6. Here are the exact times to see the giant planet vanish and reappear.

Resource scarcity triggers abnormal brain activity in mothers, driving negative caregiving behaviors.

Blocking the P2X7 receptor halts neuroinflammation in human brain tissue, offering a target for Alzheimer's and TBI.

The ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a new study finds.

The bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), a photoelectric effect that generates photocurrent without a p-n junction, can persist even when a material's average crystal structure remains centrosymmetric, a study from Insti...

Even the most chaotic quantum systems keep a permanent mark of their own past-a "quantum birthmark"-that never fades. Researchers from Tampere University, Harvard University and TU Dresden discovered the feature ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to neuroscientists Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, and Karl Deisseroth for inventing optogenetics.

For more than 70 years, fusion energy researchers have used a particular equation to judge whether a plasma would stay hot and dense enough-for long enough-to reach a point where it could sustain itself without any more ...

Archaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment.

The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ways to boost it to protect brain health

Creating rotationally symmetrical Venn diagrams of increasing size is a long-standing mathematical challenge - now an amateur has used AI to generate the largest ones yet

A lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leading to nearly 200 possible contacts being put under observation

From wildfires to landslides to coral bleaching, past trends suggest what extreme weather the record El Niño will bring - but the world isnt prepared

This 1,400-year-old Maya urn features skulls, underworld gods, and a deceased ancestor dressed like a jaguar.

The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone toKarl Deisseroth, PeterHegemannandGeorgNagel for the development oftechniques for controlling brain cells with light

Scientists have developed a new type of architecture for quantum computing chips, and it could pave the way for machines capable of large-scale processing.

Mathematicians warn that pre-print service arXiv is so flooded with AI slop papers that it has become virtually unusable - but the service has struck back at "low-value" submissions with a new limit for uploaders...

Scientists found that prolonged fasting triggers major changes throughout the body, but many of the most interesting effects only appeared after about three days without food. The results suggest fasting may influence he...