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Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved.

A rare and unique Celtic coin was discovered in Saxony, Germany, even though the Celts didn't live there.

The lenses could give soft robots the ability to see without electronics. The post A Squishy New Robotic Eye Automatically Focuses Like Our Own appeared first on SingularityHub.

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are exciting, but there is no reason to claim that they are evidence of alien spacecraft - sometimes a comet is just comet, says Robin George Andrews

Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, but a magnetic gel seems to make the process more efficient

A new analysis of the PANDA clinical trial reveals that sertraline, one of the most prescribed antidepressants, improves key emotional symptoms of depression-such as sadness, self-loathing, and suicidal thoughts-within j...

Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from analyzing the perfectly preserved fossils of a "frosty" Arctic rhino.

As someone who studies materials, Lu Li knows people want to hear about the exciting new applications and technologies his discoveries could enable. Sometimes, though, what he finds is just too weird or extreme to have a...

An argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species may finally be settled.

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling around a mysterious star 162 light-years from Earth. The new technology could revolutionize...

President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties banning the practice - but will it actually happen?

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, biological systems are often in rhythmic movement with each other. The mechanics of how this s...

Palaeontologists have argued for decades over whether certain fossils are young Tyrannosaurus rex or another species entirely - now they have strong evidence that the diminutive Nanotyrannus really existed

New ESA simulations suggest that a solar storm on par with the 1859 Carrington Event could wreak havoc on Earth-orbiting satellites - and it is a question of "when," not "if" this will happen, experts say...

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain. This is linked to memory issues in mice.

Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And Greenland is very much still processing its glacial past, a new study shows.

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven this is...

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg have discovered a striking new form of quantum behavior. In star-shaped Kagome crystals-named after a traditional Japanese...

The path toward realizing practical quantum technologies begins with understanding the fundamental physics that govern quantum behavior-and how those phenomena can be harnessed in real materials.

A new type of germanium superconductor could allow classical and quantum chips to be built into one device, creating better and more reliable quantum computers.

Researchers have developed a new technology that can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser frequency comb across the visible and near-infrared wavelengths with more precision than previously possible. This adv...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xiaodi from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with researchers from Jilin University and Sun Yat-sen University, has achieved simultaneo...