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Eels adapt to spinal cord injuries by using sensory feedback and neural rhythms, allowing coordinated movement without brain control, as demonstrated through simulations and an eel-like robot by Tohoku University researchers.
EchoStar is selling wireless spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $17 billion, allowing SpaceX to enhance Starlink's cellular satellite service. The deal, along with a $23 billion spectrum sale to AT&T, resolves an FCC investigation...
The space-time analysis method, developed by Rice and Waseda University researchers, combines spatial and temporal flow patterns to improve computational fluid dynamics accuracy for complex problems across various industries.
Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking concept to create neutrino lasers using superradiance, a quantum phenomenon that could make previously "impossible" neutrino beams a reality. By using radioactive Bose-Einstein...
China plans to launch two spacecraft—one to strike a small asteroid millions of miles away and another to observe—aiming to alter its orbit by 1-2 inches. The mission would make China the second country after the US to...
Gold's atomic alchemy: Scientists at the University of Tokyo have captured the first steps of gold nanocluster formation, revealing an unexpected discovery they call "quantum needles." These needle-like structures, built from...
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Quantum cryptographers are developing a revolutionary encryption approach that could withstand attacks even if traditional cryptography fails. Researchers Dakshita Khurana and Kabir Tomer have created a path to practical quantum...
The Fomalhaut star's lopsided dust ring, 25 light-years away, has baffled astronomers for years. New ALMA telescope images reveal that the ring's eccentricity varies with distance from the star, explaining its brightness...
Scientists discovered microbial DNA in mammoth remains over one million years old, the oldest ever sequenced. Analyzing 483 specimens, they identified 310 microbial species, including potentially pathogenic bacteria similar to...
An asteroid impact on the moon created a plasma cloud that briefly amplified its weak magnetic field, allowing rocks to record strong magnetism before dissipating, explaining the moon's magnetic scars.
Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that helps distinguish reality from imagination, featuring a "reality signal" in the fusiform gyrus and evaluation by the anterior insula. This breakthrough could advance...
The universe's earliest magnetic fields were likely much weaker than previously thought, comparable to electrical activity in the human brain. Researchers used 250,000 simulations to determine these primordial fields maxed out at...
Scientists are studying if the HIV drug maraviroc can aid brain recovery post-stroke or injury by blocking the CCR5 receptor, which may inhibit learning and memory. Mice without the CCR5 gene showed better recovery from brain...
Black holes, despite their seemingly invincible nature, may eventually be destroyed. Hawking radiation gradually carries mass away from black holes, with the process accelerating as they shrink. Additionally, phenomena like...
The Super-X exhaust system, tested at MAST Upgrade, reduces heat loads in fusion reactors by cooling plasma more effectively, addressing a key challenge in developing commercial fusion power plants.
Purdue researchers developed thin MXene sheets with up to nine transition metals, discovering that fewer metals create predictable stacking while more metals cause disorder, potentially advancing materials for aerospace, energy,...
University of Copenhagen chemists developed a method to transform waste PET plastic into BAETA, a material that efficiently captures CO2. The process works at ambient temperatures, remains effective at up to 150°C, and targets...
Japanese researchers detected the Anomalous Hall Effect in nonmagnetic cadmium arsenide films using an in-plane magnetic field, confirming theories that AHE can exist without traditional magnetism and potentially leading to new...
Scientists improved terahertz light control using nanostructures, compressing waves into smaller spaces and extending their travel distance, potentially advancing wireless communications, medical imaging, and quantum technologies...
Researchers from the University of Geneva have discovered a previously theoretical "quantum metric" geometry that distorts electron trajectories similar to gravity bending light. By observing this effect at the interface of two...
Physicists are advancing quantum simulations using analog and digital methods to model complex quantum phenomena beyond classical computing limits. Digital quantum computers with qubits or qudits, and analog simulators modeling...
Astronomers have detected the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed, originating 130 million light-years from Earth. Nicknamed "RBFLOAT," this powerful burst came from a galaxy in Ursa Major near a young star-forming...
Webb's new infrared image reveals the Pismis 24 star cluster in the Lobster Nebula, showing dazzling star formation in unprecedented detail. The image captures massive stars, including Pismis 24-1 (140 times the Sun's mass),...
A snake-like robot with soft, flexible tentacles is poised to transform dangerous underwater inspection work, potentially keeping human divers safely on shore. The 3.3-foot robotic tentacle, developed through a UK-Brazil...