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Most covid-19 cases are caused by a particular type of variant, but do we need to worry every time a new one emerges?

Chronic diabetic wounds may fail to heal because immune cells remain locked in damaging inflammatory states instead of transitioning toward tissue repair. Researchers are exploring treatments that reprogram these immune ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to calculate the Kondo effect, a strange quantum phenomenon that appears when magnetic atoms are embedded in metals. Instead of relying on simplified models, the method uses t...

A 35-year study shows cannabis use links to fragmented, poor sleep measured by monitors, even though users believe they slept well.

Anorexia patients are 4x more likely to carry mutations in PLIN4, a fat-storage gene in muscle and adipose tissue, revealing a key metabolic component.

Every black hole hides a question at its center. Einstein's theory predicts that whatever falls in is crushed into a singularity, a point of infinite density where the theory itself breaks down. Most physicists expec...

Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong

Car technology is making rapid advances, and the car you will drive in 10 years may be very different from the one you're driving today.

Researchers created multicolored tattoo inks that are activated by different wavelengths of light, allowing people to hide their tattoos in different scenarios.

Having a certain ratio of proteins produced by immune cells in your blood is linked to a higher risk of age-related diseases, scientists report.

Depression may not be one biological condition, but several distinct patterns of brain activity hiding under the same diagnosis. Researchers studying 263 people with depression identified five brain profiles, each showin...

Exoskeletons have advanced rapidly, leading to the emergence of numerous devices with commercial and clinical applications. The post The Dawn of the Age of the Exoskeleton appeared first on SingularityHub.

Humans have looked to the natural world for technological inspiration for millennia. AI and rapidly improving biotechnology are giving us new ways to explore four billion years of evolutionary experiments. The post Weve ...

A strange chemical signature in old Hubble observations may point to a planet that formed after its star had already died. Astronomers found unusually high levels of niobium around the white dwarf HS 0209+0832, suggestin...

Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty plaque in arteries, usually affects people older than 50, but a "meaningful" proportion of younger adults also have the condition

For highly fragile quantum information systems, the ability to store quantum information is vital-but also challenging. Quantum information is transported in particles of light called photons, which often must be tempora...

Forests full of dead trees arent just found by the US coasts - they are also appearing far from the sea around freshwater lakes

Shown at the New York Film Festival, John Torress film The Remotes tells of a mysterious app that seems to be controlling drivers' bodies, causing them to crash. It is challenging but worth it, says Karmela Padavic-C...

University of Glasgow researchers are part of an international collaboration that could lead to a new generation of quantum sensors. The team, which included researchers from the University of Tokyo, University of Glasgo...

Many fascinating phases in quantum materials emerge when electrons, atoms and other microscopic components begin to act collectively. But these phases do not necessarily appear out of nowhere when a material crosses a tr...

A bronze ring that depicts the Lighthouse of Alexandria has been discovered underwater in the remains of an ancient palace.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives, from digital assistants to robots that respond to their surroundings. Each of these capabilities is based on physical computational processes t...