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Researchers uncovered that the Maui wildfires caused a spike in deaths far higher than reported, with hidden fatalities linked to fire, smoke, and lack of medical access. They warn that prevention rooted in Native Hawaii...

Living near the ocean may actually help you live longer. A new nationwide study found that people in coastal regions enjoy life expectancies a year or more above the U.S. average, while city dwellers near inland rivers a...

A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating back around 220 million years. Initially mistaken for a common bivalve fossil, the specimen was re...

Microbes found buried deep in Siberian permafrost may be able to survive over extremely long timescales using protein repair genes

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid's sample materials show.

A new study of over 13,000 adults found that having a strong sense of purpose in life is linked to a reduced risk of dementia. Those with higher purpose were 28% less likely to develop cognitive impairment, even when acc...

A large study of more than 75,000 people has found that moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is linked to an increased risk of malignant brain tumors. Within 3-5 years of injury, 0.6% of patients with signific...

In a first, scientists in China transplanted a lung from a pig into a human so they could see how the host immune system handled the procedure.

A new study identifies a brain activity pattern that signals self-preoccupied thinking, a trait associated with anxiety and depression. In experiments, the pattern appeared during mental breaks and predicted when people ...

Millions of people may experience accelerated ageing as climate change drives more frequent and intense hot weather

Scientists pursuing magnetically-confined nuclear fusion as a clean energy source grapple with the "core-edge challenge," the need to integrate the core of the reactor, where plasma must be 10 times hotter than t...

While quantum computers are already being used for research in chemistry, material science, and data security, most are still too small to be useful for large-scale applications. A study led by researchers at the Univers...

In 2020, the world produced more than enough calories to feed the global population, but only half of those calories reached peoples plates due to rising meat and biofuel production

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our closest relatives, redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X

Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of Mississippi could help engineer smarter, more efficient fluid control in zero- and low-gravity environmen...

Investigating solar corona structures has led Paul Bellan, Caltech professor of applied physics, and his former graduate student Yang Zhang (Ph.D. '24) to discover a new equilibrium state of the magnetic field and it...

A study by University of Hawaii researchers is advancing how we learn the laws that govern complex systems-from predator-prey relationships to traffic patterns in cities to how populations grow and shift-using artificial...

After 100,000 genetic changes, the bacteria is radically different than any other life on Earth. The post Meet Syn57, the Most Stripped-Down Living Synthetic Bacteria Yet appeared first on SingularityHub.

The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has been involved as part of an international collaboration that has identified a way to completely suppress superconductivity in superconducting and ferromagnetic junctions. The r...

The simulation of quantum systems and the development of systems that can perform computations leveraging quantum mechanical effects rely on the ability to arrange atoms in specific patterns with high levels of precision...

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years - if it ever gets funded and approved.

Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved over 13 billion years ago.