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Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making…
Peer into the sky through a powerful telescope, and beyond the glare of the Milky Way, you can make out…
A speck of light that scientists once wrote off as a distant galaxy may actually be the brightest pulsar ever…
With its resplendent ring system, Saturn is arguably the most stunning planet in our solar system. Located sixth in line…
Hamilton County Conservation District staff and volunteers survey the Cooper Creek in a pilot project to demonstrate that adding timber…
Collagen supplements seem to be taking the world by storm, but what is collagen actually good for? Collagen-enriched powders, drinks,…
A spectacularly preserved arrow from the Iron Age — complete with its iron arrowhead, sinew wrappings and aerodynamic feather fletching…
Female birds sing. That is one conclusion of our 2020 study on one of the most abundant, widespread, well-studied bird…
A team of marine biologists realized they definitely weren’t in Kansas anymore after discovering what appeared to be a yellow…
Astronomers have captured the first ever image of the colossal black hole at the center of our galaxy, providing the…
Machine-learning algorithms that generate fluent language from vast amounts of text could change how science is done — but not…
When we humans hear birdsong, which many have appreciated more than ever during the pandemic, we can’t help but think…
Infographic explaining the experiment. Credit: RIKEN A theoretical study shows that long-range entanglement can indeed survive at temperatures above absolute…
Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors. Most research on measuring human…
More and more shipping in the Arctic, including big transport tankers, poses challenges in this remote, pristine environment. Credit: MikhailSS…
When designing a next-generation quantum computer, a surprisingly large problem is bridging the communication gap between the classical and quantum…
CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. aviation company Textron Inc. announced last week that it will “accelerate” its development of an electric fleet,…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University presents a new study demonstrating that a small molecule in brain…
Astronomers have confirmed that an object they thought was a distant galaxy is actually the brightest extra-galactic pulsar ever seen.…
Water flows mysteriously well through narrow carbon nanotubes, but now there is an explanation: it may all be due to…
By Clare Wilson Illustration of a CAR-T cellKEITH CHAMBERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A high-tech gene therapy for treating cancer, which uses what…
Analysis of Bronze Age daggers has shown that they were used for processing animal carcasses and not as non-functional symbols…
Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the identities of more than 200 cell types of the human body…
Extreme heat across much of India and neighbouring Pakistan in March and April exposed more than a billion people to…
Fishers in Cambodia recently received a massive surprise when they reeled in a gigantic 400-pound stingray. The hefty ray was…
Abortion makes many people uncomfortable. I get it. When I was an ob-gyn resident, I recall telling my supervising physician…
Researchers have used the strongest magnetic field ever measured to search for exotic particles called magnetic monopoles, but they came…
“In high-poverty schools that were remote for more than half of 2021, the loss was about half of a school…
While working to map every cell in the human body, scientists uncovered an elusive type of immune cell that first…