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Cambridge researchers have created a groundbreaking $10 optical sensor that delivers the precision of laboratory equipment in a device small enough for wearable technology. It identified foods, plastics, and medicines wi...

Forty years after the Chornobyl disaster, tiny radioactive particles still linger in the soil, carrying a dangerous legacy. Using powerful X-rays, scientists discovered that some of these particles have remained surprisi...

A massive analysis of 2,884 exploding stars has uncovered new evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the universes expansion, may change over time. The findings challenge a cornerstone of modern cos...

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman felt genuine fear when he saw the Orion spacecraft had gone farther from Earth than anticipated, the astronaut told an audience at the Starmus VIII festival this week.

Carrion crows made decisions about their visual environments significantly faster than humans and primates tend to, according to a comparison in a new study.

If you wanted a Nobel Prize, you would do well to study neutrinos. To date, the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded five times to research related to neutrino detection and discovery. This year, Francis Halzen earned...

Researchers have observed a molecule in the first instants after it has absorbed light and tracked the coordinated motion of electrons and nuclei with a temporal resolution of three femtoseconds. This is the result achie...

An experiment has produced nanoflares similar to those seen on the sun, and shown that they can help explain why the outer layers of the solar atmosphere are so hot

How does the human brain process abstract mathematical values? Brain scans from the INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit reveal a continuous spatial map in the intraparietal sulcus that plots fractions and whole intege...

Although whole numbers and fractions are processed differently in the brain, when you compare their values, a single "mental map" akin to a number line lights up.

Researchers filmed dwarf reed snakes (Pseudorabdion) from different angles to better understand how the serpents pull off their remarkable rolling behavior.

We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of almost all dinosaurs

The Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission, which launched from Japan on Oct. 19, is on its way to Mars. When it arrives, the probe will attempt to land on one of the Red Planet's twin moons and scoop up rocks to br...

Plants can't easily pick up and move when environmental conditions get rough, so they've evolved strategies to weather harsh conditions in place. That could help some plants survive in the face of a warming clima...

Researchers at Fraunhofer IAF have developed a laser-enhanced quantum sensor that combines high magnetic-field sensitivity with a large dynamic range. Using laser threshold magnetometry, they improved the ratio of sensit...

Ever since quantum mechanics first described particles, like electrons, as rippling waves, researchers have wondered if those waves could be trapped in place. Writing today in Science a century later, a team of Columbia ...

A trio of papers showcases AI-designed molecular scissors and an upgraded tool that builds proteins atom by atom. The post This AI Model Designs Enzymes With Atomic Precision appeared first on SingularityHub.

Shallow-water coral reefs are at high risk of disappearing by 2075, the IUCN has warned at a UN biodiversity conference. The loss would decimate fisheries and speed up coastal erosion

We often associate children with creativity, but adults actually performed better on inventive tasks, despite being less sure of themselves

More than two thirds of the world's websites are vulnerable to a hack that was first theorised in 2024, which AI has now made very real

The melting of the poles is increasingly shifting Earth's shape at a faster rate, with the planet becoming more and more round.

During an intense drought from 2020 to 2022, the Upper Colorado River Basin lost far more groundwater than the Lower Basin did, despite having much higher natural recharge.