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Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new species of pit viper in Myanmar that seems to blur the very definition of what a species is. This snake, now named the Ayeyarwady pit viper, puzzled researchers because it look...

A massive AI study identifies appendix removal and long-term gut microbiome disruption as key drivers of Alzheimers risk.

Buried within the Antarctic ice are more than 5,000 light sensors that work together to detect some of the highest energy particles in the universe. These tiny particles, called neutrinos, provide insight into the extrem...

A new tool that tethers healthy mitochondria to ailing cells has shown promise in mice with inherited blindness. The post Scientists Revive Failing Cells With Mitochondria Transplants appeared first on SingularityHub.

A 10-year longitudinal study finds that diverse lifestyle activities in midlife are more powerful than the APOE 4 gene in shaping cognitive health.

A new study finds that the auditory cortex in deaf individuals uses selective deactivation to represent visual spatial features.

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission.

Most of Titans surface is oddly flat and smooth, and it may be because it is coated by as much as a metre of fluffy organic material that snowed down from the icy moons thick atmosphere

As long as there's been an internet, there's been a way to hack it. Scientists have spent decades imagining a different kind of network, one where the laws of physics make eavesdropping physically impossible, not...

Researchers from the University of Twente and Harvard University have developed a new way to generate ultraviolet (UV) light on a photonic chip at power levels high enough for real-world use. For the first time, the tech...

A new technology has been proposed that could fundamentally solve the issue of smartphones overheating during high-spec gaming or extended video streaming. Researchers at KAIST have discovered the principle of processing...

A study reveals that AI voice clones are up to 20% easier to understand than human voices in noisy environments, suggesting AI "idealizes" speech for better clarity.

Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very foundations of mathematics. In doing so, they demand a whole new level of logic

A study finds that Alzheimers is driven by cancer-like mutations in the brain's immune cells, which may enter from the blood and trigger lethal brain inflammation.

The ongoing conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has become a situation in game theory known as a war of attrition. The maths behind it can help explain what's going on, says Petros Sekeris

More than 70% of the state is under "extreme" to "exceptional" drought conditions, and other parts of the U.S. Southeast are similarly affected. But why, and what are the impacts?

A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of modern humans.

An alarming study claims the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is weakening more than believed previously. But experts say its findings are far from the final word.

Tens of kilometers above Earth's surface, high-energy particles from outer space constantly strike the atmosphere, creating showers of energetic secondary particles that rain down from the sky. Approximately one of t...

Superconductors, materials that can conduct electricity with a resistance of zero, have proved to be highly promising for the development of quantum technologies, medical imaging devices, particle accelerators and other ...

Scientists chasing thunderstorms in a retrofitted minivan finally captured something never seen before in nature: faint electrical glows shimmering from treetops during a storm. These corona discharges, long suspected bu...

Researchers have discovered a new way to tune the quantum properties of tiny defects in diamond-by gently stretching or compressing the crystal. These findings could pave the way for next-generation sensors that can dete...