The researchers said they employed a process called ball milling to vigorously shake ordinary ice together with steel balls in a container cooled to minus -328 degrees Fahrenheit
New York hedge fund billionaire and an unnamed partner will spend $25 million relaunching research of embattled scientist
Fungus mates with itself, obviating need for a partner

Rare Dickinsonia fossil actually decaying beehive imprints, finds research team from University of Florida that went to the rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh for follow-up study.

New work reveals Earth’s potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service. Earth’s potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Carnegie’s Nicole Nie...
Scientists have discovered a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other and may hold the key to understanding this most famous of liquids.
Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. With the beginning of the cultivation of cereals -- such as wheat and barley -- and the domestication of animals, the first cities emerged in a new social context marked by a productive economy. Now, a study analyses the evolution of wheat spikes…
Trapped ions have previously only been entangled in one and the same laboratory. Now, teams have entangled two ions over a distance of 230 meters. The nodes of this network were housed in two labs at the Campus Technik to the west of Innsbruck, Austria. The experiment shows that trapped ions are a promising platform for future quantum networks that span cities and eventually continents.
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf -- the surviving core of a burned-out, Sun-like star. Researchers found that the white dwarf is 56 percent the mass of our Sun. This agrees with earlier theoretical predictions of the white dwarf's mass and corroborates current theories of how white dwarfs evolve as the end product of a typical star's evolution. The unique observation yields insights into theories of…
Researchers show that brain organoids -- clumps of lab-grown neurons -- can integrate with rat brains and respond to visual stimulation like flashing lights.
Chess players perform worse when air pollution increases, according to new research.
The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.
Astronomers using data from the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), have made the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova -- the ultra-powerful, gold-producing explosion created by merging neutron stars. These systems are so phenomenally rare that only about 10 such systems are thought to exist in the entire Milky Way.
Scientists have discovered a new way to investigate the structure of protons using neutrinos, known as 'ghost particles.'
What happened shortly after the universe was born in the Big Bang and began to expand? Bubbles occurred and a previously unknown phase transition happened, according to particle physicists.
Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study. Climate policy, protests, and the Ukraine crisis: the participating researchers systematically assessed to what extent social changes are already underway -- while also analyzing certain physical processes frequently discussed as tipping points. Their conclusion: social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals set in Paris. But what has been achieved…
Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer, an observational study suggests.
A group of scientists have released one of the most precise measurements ever made of how matter is distributed across the universe today.
Researchers have developed an automated driving system based on the concept of 'collaborative steering', which aims to increase transportation safety, efficiency, and comfort by encouraging active interaction between autonomous vehicles and their human drivers.
When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' surface to understand how its interior may have evolved. Numerical simulations of the moon's Herschel impact basin, the most striking feature on its heavily cratered surface, determined that the basin's structure and the lack of tectonics on Mimas are compatible with a…
Experiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life, according to major new research. The study -- the largest of its kind -- also found having just one moderate-to-severe concussion, or traumatic brain injury (TBI), can have a long-term impact on brain function, including memory.
A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models. Researchers also provided proof of concept in a rodent model that the biomaterial could be beneficial to patients with traumatic brain injury and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Researchers have applied a deep learning technique to a previously studied dataset of nearby stars and uncovered eight previously unidentified signals of interest.
Researchers have combined low-power chip design, machine learning algorithms, and soft implantable electrodes to produce a neural interface that can identify and suppress symptoms of various neurological disorders.
Whether you call them comfort foods, highly processed foods, junk foods, empty calories or just some of Americans' favorite foods and drinks, about 13% of people aged 50 to 80 have an unhealthy relationship with them, according to a new poll.
The loss of pollinators, such as bees, is a huge challenge for global biodiversity and affects humanity by causing problems in food production. Researchers have now developed the first passively flying robot equipped with artificial muscle. Could this artificial fairy be utilized in pollination?
Can something as simple as a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory effect in humans? Apparently so, according to a new study. A combination of proteins and antioxidants doubles the anti-inflammatory properties in immune cells. The researchers hope to be able to study the health effects on humans.
In the global push for practical quantum networks and quantum computers, an international team of researchers has demonstrated a leap in preserving the quantum coherence of quantum dot spin qubits.
Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can quickly lead to fatigue damage in normal outdoor use. Adding a dipolar polymer compound to the precursor perovskite solution helps to counteract this. The solar cells produced in this way achieve efficiencies of well above 24 %, which hardly drop under rapid temperature fluctuations between -60 and +80 Celsius…
Scientists are working to understand the cause and how the events of the LPME unfolded by focusing on mercury from Siberian volcanoes that ended up in sediments in Australia and South Africa.
By analyzing meteorites, researchers have uncovered the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building blocks of life.
In a new breakthrough, researchers have solved a problem that has caused quantum researchers headaches for years. The researchers can now control two quantum light sources rather than one. Trivial as it may seem to those uninitiated in quantum, this colossal breakthrough allows researchers to create a phenomenon known as quantum mechanical entanglement. This in turn, opens new doors for companies and others to exploit the technology commercially.
Earth's potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Earth and planetary scientists. Their work shows that some primitive meteorites contain a different mix of potassium isotopes than those found in other, more-chemically processed meteorites. These results can help elucidate the processes that shaped our Solar System and determined the composition of its planets.
An artificial intelligence program may enable the first simple production of customizable proteins called zinc fingers to treat diseases by turning genes on and off. The researchers who designed the tool say it promises to accelerate the development of gene therapies on a large scale.
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These so-called spider systems each contain a pulsar -- the superdense, rapidly rotating remains of a star that exploded in a supernova -- that slowly erodes its companion.
Scientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino acid sequences diverged significantly from any known natural protein.
In an observational feat of high precision, scientists used a new technique with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to capture the shadows of starlight cast by the thin rings of Chariklo. Chariklo is an icy, small body, but the largest of the known Centaur population, located more than 2 billion miles away beyond the orbit of Saturn.
Engineers and physicians have developed a wearable ultrasound device that can assess both the structure and function of the human heart. The portable device, which is roughly the size of a postage stamp, can be worn for up to 24 hours and works even during strenuous exercise.
A team of paleontologists have discovered the first 'unmistakable' Triassic-era caecilian fossil -- the oldest-known caecilian fossils -- thus extending the record of this small, burrowing animal by roughly 35 million years. The find also fills a gap of at least 87 million years in the known historical fossil record of the amphibian-like creature.
What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers discovered that while changing temperatures and rainfall had little impact on the crocodiles' gene flow over the past three million years, changes to sea levels during the Ice Age had a different effect.
A new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel exhaust disrupts the ability of different areas of the human brain to interact and communicate with each other.
Astronomers used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest ever view of a dense interstellar cloud. These observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest of ices from the early universe, providing new insights into the chemical processes of one of the coldest, darkest places in the universe as well as the origins of the molecules that make up planetary atmospheres.
A startling analysis from Globe at Night -- a citizen science program -- concludes that stars are disappearing from human sight at an astonishing rate. The study finds that, to human eyes, artificial lighting has dulled the night sky more rapidly than indicated by satellite measurements.
Research has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by traveling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another.
Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind.
The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a new study.
If you plop these thin wafers, made up of several layers of a stretchy material called 'liquid crystal elastomers,' onto a hot plate, they will begin to warp. Then, suddenly and explosively, they leap into the air.
First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid 'eBiobots' are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics, said researchers.
Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects -- arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented survey were taken with the Dark Energy Camera.
Our solar system is estimated to be about 4.57 billion years old. Previous analyses of ancient meteorites have shown that minerals were created through chemical reactions with water as far back as 4.5 billion years ago. New findings from the Ryugu asteroid samples indicate that carbonates were forming from water-rock reactions several million years earlier, even closer to the solar system's beginnings.
Perseverance has now completed its investigation of the atmosphere throughout the first Martian year (which lasts approximately two Earth years). Specifically, astronomers have studied seasonal and daily cycles of temperature and pressure, as well as their significant variations on other time scales resulting from very different processes.
A temperature reconstruction from ice cores of the past 1,000 years reveals that today's warming in central-north Greenland is surprisingly pronounced. The most recent decade surveyed in a study, the years 2001 to 2011, was the warmest in the past 1,000 years, and the region is now 1.5 °C warmer than during the 20th century, as researchers report. Using a set of ice cores unprecedented in length and quality, they…
Super-thin chips made from lithium niobate are set to overtake silicon chips in light-based technologies, with potential applications ranging from remote ripening-fruit detection on Earth to navigation on the Moon. They say the artificial crystal offers the platform of choice for these technologies due to its superior performance and recent advances in manufacturing capabilities.
Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons -- it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because Antarctica is a desert, and its dry climate limits the degree of weathering the meteorites experience. On top of the dry conditions, the landscape is ideal for meteorite hunting: the black space rocks stand out clearly…
Researchers have discovered a medium-density amorphous ice formed by ball milling hexagonal ice at low temperatures. The post New Form of Ice Discovered: Medium-Density Amorphous Ice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Scientists have found fragments a human-made projectile point in a rib of a mastodon (Mammut americanum) from the Manis site, Washington, the United States. The post 13,900-Year-Old Projectile Point Found in Washington appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The three new species of nautiluses belong to the genus Nautilus and represent populations on the easternmost edge of the overall habitat range of the genus. The post Marine Biologists Identify Three New Nautilus Species appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Physicists have developed a novel theory describing a new state of light, which has controllable quantum properties over a broad range of frequencies, up as high as X-ray frequencies. The post Theoretical Physicists Devise New Path toward High-Energy ‘Quantum Light’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
In November 2019, the nearby single, isolated white dwarf LAWD 37 aligned closely with a distant background source and caused a so-called microlensing event. The post Astronomers Directly Measure Mass of Isolated White Dwarf appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) were the largest terrestrial mammals of the Pleistocene epoch, present in Europe and western Asia between 800,000 and 100,000 years ago. The post Neanderthals Hunted Straight-Tusked Elephants 125,000 Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Paleontologists have examined the fossilized brain and cranial nerve soft tissues of Coccocephalus wildi, a species of early ray-finned fish that lived 319 million years ago. The post Carboniferous Fossil Gives Insight into Neural Anatomy of Early Ray-Finned Fishes appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Researchers have developed a multilayered fluidic system that can reduce the energy costs of heating, cooling and lighting buildings. The post Researchers Create Squid-Inspired ‘Liquid Windows’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The principal animal lineages diverged in the Cambrian period, but most diversity at lower taxonomic ranks arose more gradually over the subsequent 500 million years. The post 515-Million-Year-Old Fossils Shed Light on Evolution of Annelid Worms appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
About 50 species of birds on Earth today do not belong to the same group as the other 10,000 currently in existence. The post Ornithologists Construct New Phylogenetic Family Tree for Paleognath Birds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton and three radio telescopes, astronomers have observed the huge galaxy cluster merger Abell 2256. The post Astronomers Capture Ongoing Collision of Three Galaxy Clusters appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
LEDA 2046648 is accompanied by a profusion of smaller, more distant galaxies which range from fully-fledged spirals to mere bright smudges. The post Webb Spots Large Spiral Galaxy in Hercules appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Mimas, a small moon of Saturn, is heavily cratered and lacks the typical characteristics of an ocean-bearing moon, such as the active surface of Enceladus. The post Mimas Has an Expanding, Young Ocean, New Research Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Breakthrough Listen presents a new machine learning-based method that they apply to more than 480 hours of data from the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, observing 820 nearby stars. The post Artificial Intelligence Detects New Technosignature Signals of Interest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Turnersuchus hingleyae is a new genus and species of thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Early Jurassic epoch. The post Jurassic Sea Crocodile Fossil Found in United Kingdom appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Scientists have found lead(II) formate -- a compound very unusual for paintings -- in several areas of The Night Watch, Rembrandt’s most famous work. The post Unusual Lead Compound Detected in Rembrandt’s Most Famous Painting appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Hibbertopterus lamsdelli is only the fourth, yet most reliable record of an American hibbertopterid sea scorpion. The post New Species of Giant Sea Scorpion Unearthed in New Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
A combination of proteins and antioxidants doubles the anti-inflammatory properties in immune cells, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The post Coffee With Milk Have Anti-Inflammatory Effect, New Study Says appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Astronomers have captured the reflectance spectrum of the double-ringed centaur 10199 Chariklo and observed the shadows of starlight cast by Chariklo’s thin rings. The post Webb Detects Water Ice on Chariklo, Spies Its Ring System appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The robot’s design is inspired by the seed of dandelion, resembling several biomimetic features, i.e., high porosity, lightweight, and separated vortex ring generation under a steady wind flow. The post Researchers Create Dandelion-Inspired Robot Controlled by Power of Light and Wind appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Version 13.0 of Face Verification has a new Presentation Attack Detection algorithm for mobile and web applications that
Recently, a couple of German companies offered the government of the country the possibility to prepare dozens of
Great Britain does not deny the possibility of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine. It seems that the availability
Apparently, German military intelligence drones Vector left a positive impression on the Ukrainian Army – that is why
With the expected arrival of long-range Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine, it is important to
Intense testing of the high-altitude long-endurance drone Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton continues. It is now getting ready to
Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person’s brainwave cycle before they perform
A radioactive capsule the size of a small cylinder 6 mm in diameter and 8 mm long containing
The United States is considering sending a weapon that could effectively double the firing range of the Ukrainian
Sweden is going to send one of the best artillery systems in the world to Ukraine. It is
Inspired by the dynamic color-changing skin of organisms such as squid, the University of Toronto researchers have developed
When it comes to the evolution of mobile robots, it may be a long time before legged robots
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In quantum computers and other experimental quantum systems, information spreads around the devices and quickly becomes scrambled like
It’s been estimated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire twice as many artillery shells as their Western
Ukraine’s military air assets are still getting stronger. While F-16s and other Western-made fighter jets may be just
The InSight Mars mission is history. On 20 December 2022, NASA declared the mission over. The two attempts
Brain-computer interfaces can restore some mobility to paralyzed people by controlling exoskeletons. However, more complex control signals cannot