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July 19, 2024
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July 16, 2024 — A new study on common food aromas may help explain why astronauts report that meals taste bland in space and struggle to eat their normal nutritional intake. This research has broader implications for improving the diets of isolated people, ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study reveals that Storm Ciaran cut an invisible path of mayhem across southern Britain last autumn, destroying any possibility that 20 million people could have a proper cup of tea at breakfast. The storm's record-breaking low pressure meant ...
July 17, 2024 — A new collaboration explores the neural substrates of blushing in a MRI ...
July 18, 2024 — So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. The newly identified black hole causes surrounding stars in a cluster to move in an unexpectedly orderly ...
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July 17, 2024 — A pioneering study has unveiled the first paired observations of sexual behavior and vocalizations in wild leopard seals. The study on the mysterious leopard seal represents a major advance in ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological ...
July 17, 2024 — A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of ...
July 17, 2024 — Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a new study of feline gut microbes suggests -- and both species would likely get healthier in the ...
July 17, 2024 — When you think of a battery, you probably don't think stretchy. But batteries will need this shape-shifting quality to be incorporated into flexible electronics, which are gaining traction for ...
July 17, 2024 — Snot might not be the first place you'd expect nanobots to be swimming around. But this slimy secretion exists in more places than just your nose and piles of dirty tissues -- it also lines and helps ...
July 17, 2024 — Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, ...
July 17, 2024 — The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile ...
July 17, 2024 — During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces ...
July 17, 2024 — In an era when the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) images is at the fingertips of the masses, the ability to detect fake pictures -- particularly deepfakes of people -- is becoming ...
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July 19, 2024 — A new essay explores which conditions must be met for consciousness to exist. At least one of them can't be found in a ...
July 16, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have found that sleep can be detected by patterns of neuronal activity just milliseconds long, 1000 times shorter than a second, revealing a new way to study and ...
July 16, 2024 — Tantalizing evidence of potential dark matter objects has been detected with the help of the Universe's 'timekeepers'. These pulsars -- neutron stars which rotate and emit ...
July 16, 2024 — Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. The discovery is surprising because it is not clear how a star that exploded winds up next to a star ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study of radar experiment data from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has yielded fresh insights related to the makeup and activity of the liquid hydrocarbon seas near the north pole of ...
July 16, 2024 — A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure is created as the jet changes direction due to the wobbling of ...
July 15, 2024 — Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening ...
July 15, 2024 — Researchers are training neural networks to make decisions more like humans would. This science of human decision-making is only just being applied to machine learning, but developing a neural ...
July 15, 2024 — An international study reveals the extreme atmospheric conditions on the celestial objects, which are swathed in swirling clouds of hot sand amid temperatures of 950C. Using NASA's powerful ...
July 15, 2024 — Our universe is around 13.8 billion years old. Over the vastness of this time, the tiniest of initial asymmetries have grown into the large-scale structures we can see through our telescopes in the ...
July 15, 2024 — New results could ultimately help lead to interventions that spark creative thought or aid people who have mental illnesses that disrupt these regions of the ...
July 15, 2024 — Scientists have created a computer program that 'paints' the structure of molecules in the style of famous Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian. Researchers are opening eyes and minds to the beauty ...
July 12, 2024 — Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly ...
July 12, 2024 — Scientists have developed a tiny 'claw machine' that is able to pick up and drop a marble-sized ball in response to exposure to chemical vapors. The findings point to a technique that can ...
July 12, 2024 — Scientists propose a new way of implementing a neural network with an optical system which could make machine learning more sustainable in the future. In a new paper, the researchers have ...
July 12, 2024 — From sifting through topsoil for native truffles to cracking open hard shells of seeds and nuts to munch on the tasty kernels, Australia bettongs and potoroos are described as 'ecosystem ...
July 12, 2024 — Galaxies avoid an early death because they have a 'heart and lungs' which effectively regulate their 'breathing' and prevent them growing out of control, a new study suggests. If ...
July 11, 2024 — Using genomes from 2,000 living humans as well as three Neanderthals and one Denisovan, an international team mapped the gene flow between the hominin groups over the past quarter-million ...
July 11, 2024 — The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, according to a new ...
July 11, 2024 — Engineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple dance routines to gestures like waving, high-fiving and hugging, all while maintaining a steady gait ...
Friday, July 19, 2024
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- Scientists Find That Small Regions of the Brain Can Take Micro-Naps While the Rest of the Brain Is Awake and Vice Versa
- How Astronomers Are Using Pulsars to Observe Evidence of Dark Matter
- Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
- New Analysis of Cassini Data Yields Insights Into Titan's Seas
- Bizarre 'garden Sprinkler-Like' Jet Is Spotted Shooting out of Neutron Star
Monday, July 15, 2024
- NASA's Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
- A New Neural Network Makes Decisions Like a Human Would
- Scorching Storms on Distant Worlds Revealed
- Cosmic Wrestling Match
- Origins of Creativity in the Brain
- Scientists Create Computer Program That 'paints' The Structure of Molecules in the Style of Piet Mondrian
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb's Second Anniversary
- A Chemical Claw Machine Bends and Stretches When Exposed to Vapors
- Neural Networks Made of Light
- Cracking Open a Tasty Menu for Captive Marsupials to Sink Their Teeth Into
- How the 'heart and Lungs' Of a Galaxy Extend Its Life
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- 'A History of Contact': Geneticists Are Rewriting the Narrative of Neanderthals and Other Ancient Humans
- Muscle Machine: How Water Controls the Speed of Muscle Contraction
- Learning Dance Moves Could Help Humanoid Robots Work Better With Humans
- Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxy Tracked Using Stellar Motions
- First Ever 3D Reconstruction of 52,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Chromosomes Thanks to Serendipitously Freeze-Dried Skin
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- A New Species of Extinct Crocodile Relative Rewrites Life on the Triassic Coastline
- Lion With Nine Lives Breaks Record With Longest Swim in Predator-Infested Waters
- Mars Likely Had Cold and Icy Past, New Study Finds
- A New Twist on Artificial 'muscles' For Safer, Softer Robots
- Research Reveals the Most Complete Dinosaur Discovered in the UK in a Century
- The Origins of Dark Comets
- When There's Money to Lose, Phone Usage While Driving Drops
- Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri
- Whale Remains Tracked to Highlight Sustainable Disposal Benefits
- Researchers Listen to the Hearts of Bats in Flight
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Found With Webb: A Potentially Habitable Icy World
- First Local Extinction in the US Due to Sea Level Rise, Study Suggests
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones
- Ancient Large Kangaroo Moved Mainly on Four Legs, According to New Research
- Life Underground Suited Newly Discovered Dinosaur Fine
- New Way for Beneficial Microbes to Survive Extreme Conditions and Space Exploration
- It Takes a Cool Microscope and Antifreeze to Really Look at Ice
Monday, July 8, 2024
Friday, July 5, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Moon 'swirls' Could Be Magnetized by Unseen Magmas
- Blue and Great Tits Deploy Surprisingly Powerful Memories to Find Food
- Giant Salamander-Like Creature Was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- Clever Clothes! Seams in Clothing Capture Body Movement
- A New Breakthrough in Understanding Regeneration in a Marine Worm
- Neutrons on Classically Inexplicable Paths
- Research Shows How RNA 'junk' Controls Our Genes
- An Ant That Selectively Amputates the Infected Limbs of Wounded Sisters
- Doctors Could Soon Use Facial Temperature for Early Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Organic Material from Mars Reveals the Likely Origin of Life's Building Blocks
- New and Improved Camera Inspired by the Human Eye
- Everybody Needs Good Neighbors: Resident Quolls Help Newcomers Settle in at Mulligans Flat
- Sixty-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Reveal How the Death of the Dinosaurs May Have Paved the Way for Grapes to Spread
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
- 'World Record' For Data Transmission Speed
- Investigating Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents at Depths of 3,000 Meters Off Svalbard
- Tiny Bright Objects Discovered at Dawn of Universe Baffle Scientists
- Soft, Stretchy Electrode Simulates Touch Sensations Using Electrical Signals
- Creating Supranormal Hearing in Mice
- Too Many Missing Satellite Galaxies Found
- New Class of Mars Quakes Reveals Daily Meteorite Strikes
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- The Density Difference of Sub-Neptunes Finally Deciphered
- Last Surviving Woolly Mammoths Were Inbred but Not Doomed to Extinction
- Prehistoric 'Pompeii' Discovered: Most Pristine Trilobite Fossils Ever Found Shake Up Scientific Understanding of the Long Extinct Group
- Under Pressure: How Comb Jellies Have Adapted to Life at the Bottom of the Ocean
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Genetic Stability in a Long-Term Panamanian Hybrid Zone of Manakin Birds
- From Takeoff to Flight, the Wiring of a Fly's Nervous System Is Mapped
- Precision Instrument Bolsters Efforts to Find Elusive Dark Energy
- Almonds, Pottery, Wood Help Date Famed Kyrenia Shipwreck
- Microrobot-Packed Pill Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice
- Mechanical Computer Relies on Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics
- Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence of Historical Cosmic Airburst
- Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes
- Small, Adsorbent 'fins' Collect Humidity Rather Than Swim Through Water
- Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
- Frog 'saunas' A Lifeline for Endangered Frog Populations
- Eating Small Fish Whole Can Prolong Life Expectancy, a Japanese Study Finds
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
- Non-Stop Flight: 4,200 Km Transatlantic Flight of the Painted Lady Butterfly Mapped
- Your Future Medications Could Be Personalized for You on a 3D Printer
- Next Platform for Brain-Inspired Computing
- Moving Objects Precisely With Sound
- Telltale Greenhouse Gases Could Signal Alien Activity
- Robots Face the Future
Monday, June 24, 2024
- Meet CARMEN, a Robot That Helps People With Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Geologists Expect Chang'e-6 Lunar Surface Samples to Contain Volcanic Rock and Impact Ejecta
- A Hidden Treasure in the Milky Way -- Astronomers Uncover Ultrabright X-Ray Source
- Star Clusters Observed Within a Galaxy in the Early Universe
- Innovative 3D Printing Method Streamlines Multi-Materials Manufacturing
Friday, June 21, 2024
- Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed 'ecocide'
- Prying Open the AI Black Box
Monday, June 24, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024
- New Study Finds Dinosaur Fossils Did Not Inspire the Mythological Griffin
- Iron Meteorites Hint That Our Infant Solar System Was More Doughnut Than Dartboard
- Wild Chimpanzees Seek out Medicinal Plants to Treat Illness and Injuries
- Supermassive Black Hole Appears to Grow Like a Baby Star
- Can AI Learn Like Us?
- Newly Discovered Dinosaur Boasts Big, Blade-Like Horns
- First Conclusive Evidence That a Terrestrial Leech Species Can Jump