Coral reef fishes, such as the blenny Ecsenius stictus pictured on the cover, are diverse, abundant and grow quickly. In this week’s issue, Alexandre...
Researchers have trained a robotic 'chef' to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself.
Researchers have demonstrated the principle of using spatial correlations in quantum entangled beams of light to encode information and enable its secure transmission.
Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth -- the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to…
A double-blind randomized clinical trial of a device aimed at silencing the phantom sounds of tinnitus has yielded promising results.
Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, non-binary source, they have yet to uncover these elusive signals. Now researchers suggest looking at a new,…
Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. One…
New theoretical research has shown that Stephen Hawking was likely right about black holes, although not completely. Due to Hawking radiation, black holes will eventually evaporate, but the event horizon…
Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date. The…
In the early 1980s, astronomers discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's central supermassive black hole. Now, astronomers have discovered a new population of filaments --…
Researchers have discovered they can detect atomic 'breathing,' or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted when stimulated by a…
After the Big Bang, the universe expanded and cooled sufficiently for hydrogen atoms to form. In the absence of light from the first stars and galaxies, the universe entered a…
Researchers report that in the absence of visible landmarks, desert ants increase the likelihood that foraging nest mates will find their way home quickly and safely by elevating their nest…
For over a century, researchers have thought that the patterns of brain activity that define our experiences, hopes and dreams are determined by how different brain regions communicate with each…
Scientists have taken the world's first X-ray SIGNAL (or SIGNATURE) of just one atom. This groundbreaking achievement could revolutionize the way scientists detect the materials.
Researchers have succeeded in filming the interactions of light and matter in an electron microscope with attosecond time resolution.
There's an intriguing exoplanet out there -- 400 light-years out there -- that is so tantalizing that astronomers have been studying it since its discovery in 2009. One orbit for…
Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant cells responded to the touch…
Starting in the 1990s, Island Fox populations began to dwindle due to an outbreak of canine distemper and an increase in attacks by golden eagles. Some islands saw their population…
A team has developed a new catalyst composed of elements abundant in the Earth. It could make possible the low-cost and energy-efficient production of hydrogen for use in transportation and…
Scientists have observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long -- roughly the distance from the U.S. to Japan -- spewing from the surface of Saturn's…
An optical fiber about the thickness of a human hair can now carry the equivalent of more than 10 million fast home internet connections running at full capacity.
Acoustic source-shifters make observers mis-perceive the location of sound by reproducing a sound emanating from a location different from the actual location of a sound source. Researchers have now developed…
One of Australia's first long-distance walkers has been described after palaeontologists used advanced 3D scans and other technology to take a new look at the partial remains of a 3.5…
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope saw before it was retired.
A team of researchers have confirmed that 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones discovered more than 30 years ago are the oldest of their kind ever found in Australia, providing a rare glimpse…
Researchers show how their multilegged walking robot can be steered by inducing a dynamic instability. By making the couplings between segments more flexible, the robot changes from walking straight to…
A third of the exoplanets orbiting common M dwarf stars have gentle enough orbits to potentially be in the habitable zone capable of hosting liquid water.
Black hole jets are known to emit x-rays, but how they accelerate particles to this high-energy state is still a mystery. Surprising new findings appear to rule out a leading…
The absolute internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) based blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at low temperatures is often assumed to be 100%. However, a new study has…
Using AI, researchers identified a new antibiotic that can kill Acinetobacter baumannii, a type of bacteria that is responsible for many drug-resistant infections.
New animal research is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant, and may bring scientists closer to developing what they hope…
A study presents the detection of a system of two planets slightly larger than Earth orbiting a cold star in a synchronized dance. Named TOI-2096, the system is located 150…
A new study of the freshwater greenfin darter fish suggests river erosion can be a driver of biodiversity in tectonically inactive regions.
The latest observations from Low Earth Orbit with the International Space Station provide further evidence of spectral hardening and softening of cosmic ray particles.
A new study suggests iron-rich ancient sediments may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic events in the planet's history.
There is a massive, mineral-rich region in the Pacific Ocean -- about twice the size of India -- called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which has already been divided up and…
A team of engineers has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air. Researchers describe the 'generic…
Engineers have designed a new class of 'microrobots' several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis --…
Taking a daily multivitamin may help slow age-related memory decline, a new study has found.
Recent research has identified a new compound that can stimulate nerve regeneration after injury, as well as protect cardiac tissue from the sort of damage seen in heart attack.
Scientists have found a new way to create a crystalline structure called a 'density wave' in an atomic gas. The findings can help us better understand the behavior of quantum…
In a ground-breaking experiment, scientists have discovered the existence of a superconductive state that was first predicted in 2017. This discovery could have significant applications, particularly in the field of…
Armadillos have long been considered to be the only living mammals that produce protective bony plates. But a new study unexpectedly shows that African spiny mice produce the same structures…
A new study tracked the ability of natural, synthetic, and blended fabrics to biodegrade directly in the ocean.
Researchers have engineered bacteria to synthesize an amino acid that contains a rare functional group that others have shown to have implications in the regulation of our immune system. The…
A new study concludes that an extinct volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of ~24-125 years of the…
A global phase 3 clinical trial found that a year-long immunotherapy through a skin patch safely desensitized toddlers with peanut allergy, lowering the risk of a severe allergic reaction from…
A robotic bee that can fly fully in all directions has been developed. With four wings made out of carbon fiber and mylar as well as four light-weight actuators to…
Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of two.…
Researchers found that the Hunga-Tonga eruption was associated with the formation of an equatorial plasma bubble in the ionosphere, a phenomenon associated with disruption of satellite-based communications. Their findings also…
Paleontologists have identified a new species of iguanodontian dinosaur from a partial skeleton found in the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, the United States. The post New Iguanodontian Dinosaur Unearthed in…
Between 3.5 million and 250,000 years ago, at least seven species of the extinct giant tree-kangaroo genus Bohra lived in unexpected places all over Australia. The post Giant Tree-Kangaroos Were…
Astrophysicists show that LAMOST J1010+2358, a very metal-poor in the Galactic halo, is clear evidence of pair-instability supernovae from very massive first stars in the early Universe. The post Galactic…
A new analysis of an isolated spinosaur tooth from East Sussex shows that several distinct spinosaur lineages inhabited Britain during the Cretaceous period. The post Fossil Reveals Hidden Spinosaurid Dinosaur…
In a randomized clinical trial involving 99 participants with somatic tinnitus, statistically significant reductions in tinnitus loudness level were observed after bi-sensory treatment (combined sound and somatosensory) but not after…
The newly-discovered black hole resides in the hyperluminous galaxy GN-z11 at a redshift of 11.1 and could have originated from a stellar mass seed at redshifts 12 to 15. The…
Most living angiosperms (flowering plants) are pollinated by insects, and the new reconstruction of the ancestral pollination mode of angiosperms suggests that their most recent common ancestor was also insect…
The newly-identified species belongs to Mixophyes, an Australo-Papuan group of ground-dwelling frogs. The post New Species of Barred Frog Discovered in Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured stunning images of the face-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068. The post Webb Observes Hidden Depths of NGC 5068 appeared…
The first genome-wide association study on eyebrow thickness in Europeans identified new genes as well as rediscovered some of the genes previously identified in non-Europeans. The post New Study Identifies…
Astronomers have detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in SPT-S J041839-4751.9 (SPT0418-47 for short), a galaxy observed less than 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. The post Webb Finds Complex Organic Molecules…
Paleontologists have unearthed several complete skeletons of gomphotheres -- an extinct relative of elephants -- at the Montbrook Fossil Dig in Florida, the United States. The post Unique Gomphothere Assemblage…
These mysterious structures likely originated a few million years ago when an outflow from Sagittarius A* -- a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy --…
In new research, astrophysicists at Radboud University show the existence of a local gravitational particle production mechanism in curved spacetimes similar to the Schwinger effect for electric fields. The post…
The Hubble astronomers have released an absolutely beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the jellyfish galaxy JO206. The post Hubble Space Telescope Spots Jellyfish Galaxy in…
Residing behind a galaxy supercluster called Abell 2744, the JD1 galaxy is gravitationally lensed and displays three images. The post Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Spotted Just 480 Million Years after Big…
NASA’s Kepler space telescope was responsible for the discovery of over 2,700 confirmed extrasolar planets, more than half of the total number of exoplanets known today. The post K2 Mission…
The Breakthrough Listen Investigation for Periodic Spectral Signals (BLIPSS) is a novel software architecture utilizing a fast folding algorithm to enable routine searches for periodic technosignatures in radio data. The…
Researchers have set a new speed record for an industry standard optical fiber, achieving 1.7 Petabits over a 67 km length of fiber. The post Newly-Developed Optical Fiber Can Carry…
As Enceladus orbits rapidly around Saturn with a period of only 1.37 Earth days, the ejected water vapor is spread along and around its orbit, forming a large torus around…
Ukraine and the Czech Republic have embarked on a collaborative endeavor to repair and modernize T-64 tanks for
In total, more than 40 F/A-18 fighter jets could arrive to Ukraine from Australia. Negotiations are already underway.
It seems like every day Russia boasts of shooting down dozens of Ukraine’s Storm Shadow cruise missiles. In
A space solar power prototype that was launched into orbit in January is operational and has demonstrated its
In a new landmark study, University of Minnesota research shows surprising links between human cognition and personality —
Widely used in clothing, household products and food, they resist breaking down in the environment. The chemical industry
The ChatGPT search engine-chatbot has been met with reactions ranging from great enthusiasm to deep concern. At DTU,
Rumors no more: Linda Yaccarino now heads Twitter as its new chief executive officer. Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s newly
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) has showcased its newly acquired mini-MLRS, the RAK-SA-12, which is
The initial idea behind the development of MR-2 Victor was quite simple. But the engineers from the Czech
Apple has not been among the big names in the field of virtual and augmented reality tech. But
Neuralink, a startup headed by Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, apparently has reached a $5 billion mark in its
Germany has chosen to purchase BATT UMG light armored vehicles for Ukraine. According to the German newspaper Bild,
Conventional implantable medical devices designed for brain stimulation are often too rigid and bulky for what is one of the
All fast radio bursts may repeat if observed long enough – evidence supported by statistics tools and new
University of California, Riverside, chemical and environmental engineering scientists have identified two species of bacteria found in soil
The US Army is interested in adopting “drones-bombers” similar to those used by the Ukrainian military. The experience
The machine-learning algorithm identified a compound that kills Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacterium that lurks in many hospital settings.