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How systems science helps keep my flower delivery costs low
When you go out to run errands on the weekend, you're on a "tour" as defined by human mobility researchers. Same if you book a guided tour of a famous city or take a trip on a cruise boat that reaches multiple ports. A characteristic ...
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AI writes a research paper that passes peer review
To date, the main role of AI in scientific research has been to assist with narrow tasks such as discovering chemical structures, analyzing data or predicting protein shapes. But now, the technology has broken new ground ...
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Silicon quantum computer performs logical operations for the first time
Silicon is ubiquitous in modern electronics, and now it is becoming increasingly useful in quantum computing. In particular, silicon's compatibility with existing chip technology and its long coherence times in silicon-based ...
Earth formed from material exclusively from the inner solar system, planetary scientists show
Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have come from the outer solar ...
Planetary Sciences
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Framework unifies the classical and quantum Mpemba effects
Physicists have developed a new theoretical framework which unifies a wide array of seemingly unrelated "Mpemba effects": counterintuitive cases where systems driven further from equilibrium relax faster than those closer ...
What's inside a masterpiece? Laser scans and AI map paint layers molecule by molecule
Paintings are far more than dabs of oil on canvas. They are complex works of art composed of multiple layers, from primer and glues to the pigments and protective varnishes applied by the artists. Being able to see into these ...
Robots with different bodies can now share skills: What intention-based learning changes
Robots are increasingly being used in manufacturing, agriculture and health care. But programming a team of robots to carry out individual tasks raises a question: How can robots learn from other robots if they are built ...
Robotics
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Discovery of noma-linked bacteria opens path to early diagnosis and prevention
Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have identified a bacterium strongly associated with noma disease, marking a major step toward earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment. In a new study published ...
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Light impacts how the brain perceives and remembers threats, study suggests
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that light plays a key role in how animals perceive environmental threats, findings that have the potential to improve the understanding of risk avoidance behaviors and related ...
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Why feeling alone may matter more than being alone
Loneliness is often described as a simple absence—of people, of connection, of companionship. But two new studies suggest it may be something more complex, and more consequential: not just how socially connected people are, ...
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New technique turns everyday surfaces like walls and desks into touch panels
Flexible gel can turn body heat into power for next-generation wearables
Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanize' scam
Life with AI causing human brain 'fry'
Five things to know about rare earth elements
Why AI still can't beat a new video game
Five Apple anecdotes as iPhone maker marks 50 years
Molecular 'anchors' could be key to weather-resistant perovskite solar cells
At 'Davos of energy', AI looks to gas to power its rapid expansion
Microsoft takes over a Texas AI data center expansion after OpenAI backs away
Can AI understand literature? Researchers put it to the test
Global human population is pushing Earth past its breaking point
Earth has already exceeded its ability to support the global population sustainably, with new research warning of increasing pressure on food security, climate stability, and human well-being. However, slowing population ...
Earth Sciences
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Hygroscopic salts pull lithium from mining waste using only moisture from air
The world cannot have enough of the third element on the periodic table. From smartphones and laptops to state-of-the-art EVs, all are powered by lithium batteries. The demand for metal is only going to rise, and projected ...
A rare 'triple-double' radio galaxy discovered using MeerKAT
Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally rare radio galaxy that has three distinct pairs of radio lobes. This system falls into a subpopulation of radio galaxies known as "triple-double" radio galaxies (TDRGs). Located ...
Flexible gel can turn body heat into power for next-generation wearables
A soft material developed by researchers at QUT can convert body heat into electricity, opening the door to self-powered wearable devices and more sustainable energy technologies. Published in Angewandte Chemie International ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
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Deep learning reveals how auditory cortex neurons split up natural sound coding
Over the past decades, computer scientists have introduced numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to emulate the organization and functioning of networks of neurons in the brain. Recently, some of these models ...
Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what we know about gorgonopsians
In a study published in The Anatomical Record, researchers have identified a new species of large-bodied gorgonopsian from the middle Permian. The discovery pushed back the known origins of when these apex predators began ...
Alkaline steel and cement wastewater could capture 30 million tons of CO₂ annually
Alkaline industrial wastewaters from steel or cement production are ideally suited to bind and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) chemically, safely, and for the long term. This is the result of a study conducted by the Helmholtz-Zentrum ...
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HEAPGrasp: A faster, smarter way for robots to handle tricky objects
The fields of manufacturing, logistics, and even restaurants are increasingly moving toward automation, with robots being employed for a wide range of tasks. One of the most critical applications of robots is material handling, ...
Robotics
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Sacrifice before the cataclysm: The aromas of Pompeii's household altars
The destruction of Pompeii preserved ash residues on the household altars of its inhabitants. An international research team has scientifically investigated for the first time what was burned in Roman incense burners from ...
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Scientists solve 40-year-old biological mystery behind sleeping sickness
To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that ...
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AI tools are widely used by federal judges, study finds
A new Northwestern study surveying federal judges across the U.S. on their use and outlook on artificial intelligence in and outside of the courtroom found that more than 60% of judges who responded reported using at least ...
Research urges housing providers to shield women, families from abuse and gambling risks
A new study has found that gambling harms can intensify domestic abuse and act as a form of escapism for female victims—putting women and children at risk of long-term housing instability. The research, produced in partnership ...
Potential disease marker, therapeutic target for cats with osteoarthritis identified
By comparing osteoarthritis pain pathways known to be active in dogs and humans to those in cats with degenerative joint disease (DJD), researchers found that elevation of a particular molecule, artemin, could serve as a ...
New discoveries are showing how human anatomy is far from settled
Leaf through a textbook, watch a wellness influencer, or listen in at the gym, and it can feel as though the human body has already been mapped to exhaustion. Every muscle named, every nerve traced. Everything understood ...
New Henrietta spectrograph to probe alien atmospheres
Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have the conditions for life as we know it. While exoplanets can be directly imaged by blocking their ...
A rare 'triple-double' radio galaxy discovered using MeerKAT
Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally rare radio galaxy that has three distinct pairs of radio lobes. This system falls into a subpopulation of radio galaxies known as "triple-double" radio galaxies (TDRGs). Located ...
Report provides introductory guide on green roofs and walls
Green roofs and green walls are no longer niche design features but proven, scalable nature-based solutions that can significantly enhance biodiversity, climate resilience, energy efficiency and human well-being in European ...
Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch
The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo's workforce was ...
'Toad-proofing' farms could help stop the march of invasive pest
Curtin University research has found farmers making small changes to how they give water to cattle in semi-arid regions could halt the spread of one of Australia's most damaging invasive species—all without disrupting farming ...
Ripples in spacetime and the universe's most controversial number
Douglas Adams told us the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. If only cosmology were so straightforward. Astronomers have been arguing for years about a number every bit as fundamental, and they still can't ...
Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body
The UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international protection, including the snowy owl featured in the Harry Potter saga.
Freed whale gets stranded again off German coast
A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has become stranded for a third time, experts said on Sunday, just hours after the animal had freed itself from a sandbank.
One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia's AI vaccine saga
Desperate to help his sick dog, one Australian man went down the ultimate ChatGPT research hole, using artificial intelligence to design a personalized experimental treatment and finding top scientists to administer it.
Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon
NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time.
Managed wetlands a culinary hot spot for SF bay fish, but they need delivery options
California's Bay Area may be a culinary hot spot for people, but food options for fish in the San Francisco Estuary have been limited and declining in recent decades. A new study from the University of California, Davis, ...
Researchers describe protein structure microbes used to control light conversion
Wildfire smoke is teeming with them. Researchers have employed them to develop energy-dense biofuels like rocket, marine, and jet fuels. Scientists have engineered rice paddies that interact differently with them, causing ...
Ancient alphabets, new insights: Researchers uncover hidden links among the letters
With artificial intelligence (AI) as an essential tool, San Diego State University researchers have discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Their study ...
In world first, antimatter taken on test drive at CERN
CERN scientists on Tuesday pulled off the unprecedented feat of transporting antiprotons by road, successfully test-driving the world's first antimatter delivery system, with an eye to one day supplying research labs across ...
Who do you think you are? What DNA tests reveal—and what they don't
For more than 40 years, the Golden State Killer haunted California. A serial rapist and murderer active in the 1970s and '80s, he eluded detectives for decades. By 2018, hope of identifying him was fading, until a woman—curious ...
The time capsule in the salt flat
There is a place in northern Chile, 3,500 meters above sea level in the Andean Altiplano, where almost nothing survives. The Salar de Pajonales is a salt flat of savage extremes temperatures swinging from −23°C to 26°C, solar ...
