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Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgery
Live Science - 9 Feb 2026 22:27
Archaeologists and student excavators uncovered a Viking Age pit full of dismembered remains near Cambridge, England.
Physicists discover what controls the speed of quantum time
Science Daily - 9 Feb 2026 22:21
Time may feel smooth and continuous, but at the quantum level it behaves very differently. Physicists have now found a way to measure how long ultrafast quantum events actually last, without relying on any external clock...
Scientists Send Secure Quantum Keys Over 62 Miles of Fiber-Without Trusted Devices
Singularity Hub - 9 Feb 2026 22:04
The strongest known form of quantum-secure communication is no longer limited to tabletop experiments. The post Scientists Send Secure Quantum Keys Over 62 Miles of Fiber-Without Trusted Devices appeared first on Singula...
New research reveals humans could have as many as 33 senses
Science Daily - 9 Feb 2026 20:57
We dont experience the world through neat, separate senses-everything blends together. Smell, touch, sound, sight, and balance constantly influence one another, shaping how food tastes, objects feel, and even how heavy o...
Could electronic beams in the ionosphere remove space junk?
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 20:10
A possible alternative to active debris removal (ADR) by laser is ablative propulsion by a remotely transmitted electron beam (e-beam). The e-beam ablation has been widely used in industries, and it might provide higher ...
New 'sungrazing' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day - if the sun doesn't destroy it
Live Science - 9 Feb 2026 19:53
The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early April, and could become bright enough to be seen without a telescope during the day.
Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 18:00
Ripples in space-time from a pair of merging black holes have been recorded in unprecedented detail, enabling physicists to test predictions of general relativity
Laserwritten glass chip pushes quantum communication toward practical deployment
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 16:53
As quantum computers continue to advance, many of today's encryption systems face the risk of becoming obsolete. A powerful alternative-quantum cryptography-offers security based on the laws of physics instead of com...
Supercomputer simulations test turbulence theories at record 35 trillion grid points
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 16:33
Using the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have performed the largest direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbu...
The best toddler-friendly air purifier we have tested is now at its lowest-ever price
Live Science - 9 Feb 2026 16:16
Save $100 on the Levoit Sprout, an excellent all-in-one appliance that combines an air purifier, a night light and a white noise machine.
'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 16:00
Scientists have pinpointed a group of bacteria that consistently appear in high numbers in healthy people, suggesting that these could one day be targeted through diet or probiotics
Your BMI can't tell you much about your health - here's what can
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 16:00
People classed as overweight according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them
Were finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 16:00
People classed as overweight according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them
Muon Knight shift reveals the behavior of superconducting electron pairs
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 14:20
Quantum materials and superconductors are difficult enough to understand on their own. Unconventional superconductors, which cannot be explained within the framework of standard theory, take the enigma to an entirely new...
Seeing the whole from a part: Revealing hidden turbulent structures from limited observations and equations
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 13:27
The irregular, swirling motion of fluids we call turbulence can be found everywhere, from stirring in a teacup to currents in the planetary atmosphere. This phenomenon is governed by the Navier-Stokes equations-a set of ...
A smashing success: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider wraps up final collisions
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 13:00
Just after 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, final beams of oxygen ions-oxygen atoms stripped of their electrons-circulated through the twin 2.4-mile-circumference rings of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and cr...
Specific cognitive training has 'astonishing' effect on dementia risk
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 12:52
A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease
Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 12:00
Paul Erds was one of the most prolific mathematicians to ever live, known for showing up at the door of others in the field and declaring they should host and feed him while they do maths together. His radical life shoul...
Physicists clarify key mechanism behind energy release in molybdenum-93
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 12:00
A team of physicists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, has identified the dominant physical mechanism responsible for energy release in the nuclea...
Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices
New Scientist - 9 Feb 2026 11:00
One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely
Sandals of Tutankhamun: 3,300-year-old footwear that let King Tut walk all over his enemies
Live Science - 9 Feb 2026 11:00
Among the sandals discovered in Tut's tomb is a pair whose insoles were decorated with images of the boy king's enemies.
Quantum dots reveal entropy production, a key measure of nanoscale energy dissipation
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2026 10:40
In order to build the computers and devices of tomorrow, we have to understand how they use energy today. That's harder than it sounds. Memory storage, information processing, and energy use in these technologies inv...