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Researchers have achieved data rates as high as 424Gbit/s across a 53-km turbulent free-space optical link using plasmonic modulators—devices that use special light waves called surface plasmon polaritons to control and change optical signals. The new research lays the groundwork for high-speed opti...

'It’s not magic, but it’s still very powerful.'

The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence

BepiColombo is on a new trajectory to the innermost planet after suffering a thruster glitch.

A method that renders skin temporarily see-through could offer researchers a non-invasive way to look inside the bodies of live mice.

"It's been here since the beginning alongside gravity and magnetism."

Spacecraft data has confirmed successful deployment of the futuristic technology.

Common wisdom says depression starts in the mind with distorted thinking. But newer models suggest depression starts when the body initiates a defense strategy to help us survive.

Mathematicians have spent over fifty years trying to find the magic formula for the sofa with the largest sitting area that can be moved along an L-shaped corridor in one piece without lifting it. Welcome to the Sofa Problem. #kurzgesagt #inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #scien...

Quartz emits a piezoelectric charge during deformation that may promote the formation of gold nuggets within veins in orogenic settings that experience earthquakes, according to a study using quartz deformation experiments and piezoelectric modelling.

Italians used coca leaves by at least the 17th century.

The Event Horizon Telescope team achieves unprecedented resolution and opens new windows to supermassive black hole studies.

Nijsse and colleagues find that due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies. Uncertainties arise, however, ove...

Scientists have identified a one-dimensional topological insulator that could revolutionize quantum computing and solar cell efficiency. This groundbreaking discovery paves the way for advancements in quantum computing and solar cell efficiency. Researchers have discovered a new topological insul

There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability.

Magic in monitored quantum circuits has an impact on classical simulability transitions that goes beyond entanglement; these transitions can be driven by the degree to which magic can spread within the system.

Hadrosaurs, advanced herbivores, evolved unique teeth to handle tough plants. Their teeth wore down fast, so they constantly grew new ones.

The Juice spacecraft accomplished a historic “double” gravity assist and took photos to prove it.

Large language models exhibit racial prejudices on the basis of dialect.

An international team of scientists, including a researcher from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has, for the first time, successfully measured a planet-wide electric field thought to be as fundamental to …

At the end of the Cretaceous, the duck-billed hadrosaurs were the most advanced herbivores on Earth. New research has revealed just how voracious these dinosaurs were, with their average tooth worn away in less than two months as they consumed enormous amounts of plants. Some of Earth's most success...

To understand the brain better, we need new methods to observe its activity. That is at the heart of a molecular engineering project, spearheaded by two research groups at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), that has resulted in a novel approach to create photoacoustic probes for neuro...

Humans must regulate blood sugar concentrations to stay healthy and to fuel our cells. Too little or too much can cause serious health complications, and high blood sugar is a hallmark of the metabolic condition, diabetes. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research may enable poten...

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The tracks from a once-unified landmass are now 3,700 miles and an ocean apart.

Tough political hack Kevin Maguire steps away from the day job at Parliament and reveals another side to him as Granda Kev. This week he's on holiday in Costa del Cullercoats and wishes the grandkids were with him to hunt for ice creams – even though the science says Neanderthal nans were more impor...

Most fungi need only wind or water to disperse their spores. But some, including truffles, need a little help from animals.

How did early humans use sharpened rocks to bring down megafauna 13,000 years ago? Did they throw spears tipped with carefully crafted, razor-sharp rocks called Clovis points? Did they surround and jab mammoths and mastodons? Or did they scavenge wounded animals, using Clovis points as a versatile t...

Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings in the journal Nature.

For over a decade, scientists have made extraordinary progress on the long-held dream of fabricating an entire cell from nonliving molecules and materials.

Beekeepers across France say it has been a disastrous year for honey, with bees starving to death and production plummeting by up to 80 percent.

An international team of researchers led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents.

Keep an eye on the sky for the second half of 2024 and you might be able to witness a rare astronomical event. A space scientist explains how nova events work and where to look.

Adolescents with insecure attachment to their fathers are more likely to develop internalizing and externalizing mental health symptoms, which can lead to increased alcohol use. Attachment to mothers did not show a similar association with these outcomes.

Some of the Earth’s most “extreme features” have been discovered deep, deep underground, and scientists can’t work out what they are.The mysterious zones have the power to slow down seismic waves by up to 50 per cent, yet experts don’t know what they’re made of or what role they play.These strange b...

Neutron star collisions create a strange, dense "soup" of quarks and gluons in the aftermath of the smashup that scientists are studying.

In a world overrun by petroleum-based plastics, scientists are searching for alternatives that are more sustainable, more biodegradable and far less toxic to the environment.Credit: Joe Angeles /

A mini model of the human intestines suggests that chlamydia bacteria can colonize the gut, potentially contributing to recurrent infections.