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Fluorescent proteins can be turned into qubits within cells and could give us a deeper understanding of biology at the nanoscale level.

Physicists are eyeing charged gravitinos-ultra-heavy, stable particles from supergravity theory-as possible Dark Matter candidates. Unlike axions or WIMPs, these particles carry electric charge but remain undetectable du...

Cambridge scientists have created a breakthrough material that can sense tiny chemical changes in the body, such as the increased acidity during an arthritis flare-up, and release drugs exactly when and where theyre need...

Archaeologists in Newfoundland have discovered seven tiny beads known as wampum that are made from seashells. They may be the first ever found in the province.

The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought - which could completely change our understanding of humanity's evolution

A new study reveals that the brains vulnerability to disorders like multiple sclerosis and dementia may begin in early life. Researchers identified a developmental switch in astrocytes, the brains support cells, governed...

Reconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.

A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers will track how dopamine interacts with oligodendrocytes, the cells responsible for producing myelin and s...

A large Swedish study of 1.8 million pregnancies found that mental ill health around pregnancy has risen in recent years, with risks spiking after childbirth. While depression and psychosis rates drop during pregnancy, p...

Mixing nanoparticles into some common plastics made them harder to break and possibly easier to process, pointing towards a way to make better materials or packaging

A lot of the science from our accelerators is published long after collisions end, so storing experimental data for future physicists is crucial.

Amid high expectations for quantum technology, a new paper in Science reports a proven quantum advantage. In an experiment, entangled light has allowed researchers to learn a system's noise with very few measurements...

The newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes.

It's a first step toward AI-generated life forms. The post AI-Designed Viruses Are Replicating and Killing Bacteria appeared first on SingularityHub.

The constant temperature and low humidity of a cave network in Saudi Arabia turned cheetahs, some of which died thousands of years ago, into mummies

Recently, the research groups led by Prof. Zhang Qingli and Prof. Jiang Haihe from Hefei institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have jointly developed a high-symmetry gradient-doped N...

Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.

The newly-discovered penguin species went extinct when the ice age hit, but researchers don't think the cold was to blame for their demise.

Scientists at the Department of Applied Physics II of the University of Malaga have participated in the design of a new technology that controls fluids and particles in three dimensions through virtual thermal barriers g...

For almost a century, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle has stood as one of the defining ideas of quantum physics: a particle's position and momentum cannot be known at the same time with absolute precision. The...

Researchers have developed a chip-based quantum random number generator that provides high-speed, high-quality operation on a miniaturized platform. This advance could help move quantum random number generators closer to...

Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the past few decades, but it is unclear if this trend will continue