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Camera monitoring in Bolivia's rainforests revealed the elusive "ghost dog" is 30x more common than estimated, at over 30 per square mile. These endangered, web-footed canids rely on protected upland forests to survive.
MIT engineers created an ultrasound wristband that tracks 22 degrees of hand motion by reading tendon and muscle movement in the forearm, with no cameras or finger sensors required. In tests with eight volunteers, the device...
The "hairy ball theorem" — a real concept in topology — proves it's mathematically impossible to comb a sphere's surface without creating at least one cowlick or bald spot. While human heads don't perfectly qualify as spheres,...
NASA has named the four-person crew for its Artemis III mission, targeting 2027. Commander Randy Bresnik, ESA pilot Luca Parmitano, and mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio will launch into low Earth orbit to test...
ARC reactor's physics are peer-reviewed and promising, but significant hurdles remain: controlling plasma instabilities and competing financially with cheaper renewables like solar.
Gold's surface atoms form a protective hexagonal pattern, making it chemically inert. However, nanoparticles lack sufficient atoms for this rearrangement, exposing a reactive square lattice as catalytically active as platinum.
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Zoomlion's new LW3600-240NB tower crane can reach 791 feet and lift 240 tons, making it the world's largest. Designed for 10+ megawatt wind turbines, it could revolutionize large-scale wind farm construction.
Q8botOne is a palm-sized, open-source quadruped robot designed to make advanced legged robotics affordable and accessible. Built by Eric Wu, it comes fully assembled with eight DYNAMIXEL smart actuators, letting it walk, trot,...
Australia's Pitch Drop Experiment, running since 1927 at the University of Queensland, proves pitch — a tar-like substance — is actually an extremely slow-moving liquid, not a solid. Only nine drops have fallen in nearly 100...
Singapore researchers built a self-verifying quantum chip that generates encryption-grade random numbers while continuously monitoring its own hardware, automatically halting if anomalies are detected — making it the most secure...
Two extra giant planets may have once existed in our outer solar system, orbiting near Uranus and Neptune before being flung into interstellar space. A new study using over 100 simulations suggests these "super Earths" disrupted...
Scotland's Orbital O2 is the world's most powerful operational tidal turbine, generating 2 MW of electricity from ocean currents near Orkney — enough to power 2,000 homes annually. Unlike wind and solar, tidal energy is highly...
Volcanoes become truly dangerous when explosive power meets dense populations. Seven stand out globally: Vesuvius threatens millions near Naples, Merapi erupts frequently near Yogyakarta, Nyiragongo's fast lava flows through...
A humanoid robot has climbed one of the world's tallest volcanoes, and the goal is eventually Everest. A modified robot named "Pemba" recently reached the 20,341-foot summit of Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano during a grueling...
Scientists at Japan's Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology discovered that acetylcholine, a brain chemical, helps animals abandon failing strategies and try new ones. When expected rewards disappeared, acetylcholine surged...
Space-time — Einstein's interwoven fabric of space and time — is widely described as the foundation of reality, but physicists and philosophers disagree on what it actually is. The confusion partly stems from language: words like...
Chinese startup Prinano claims it can produce 8-inch photonic chip wafers using nanoimprint lithography—physically stamping patterns instead of using light—cutting costs by 90% and potentially bypassing ASML export restrictions.
Chinese robotics company GigaAI has deployed 100 SeeLight S1 humanoid robots into real homes in Wuhan, marking China's first large-scale domestic robot trial. The robots can cook breakfast, fold laundry, and organize closets, but...
Atomera's MST technology inserts a thin engineered film into silicon wafers, reducing GaN chip manufacturing defects by over 10x. This improves signal quality and power efficiency while potentially replacing costly silicon...
GLP-1 drugs like tirzepatide cause muscle loss alongside fat loss, but experimental antibody apitegromab halved this effect in a 102-person trial. Whether preserving muscle improves long-term health outcomes remains unclear.
Princeton mathematician Sergiu Klainerman, who grew up under Communist Romania's repressive regime, found in mathematics a truth no government could control. Over 50 years, he proved that empty space and black holes are stable —...
Cells stay small because of two key physics rules: surface area-to-volume ratio and diffusion. As cells grow larger, their membranes can't keep up with energy and waste needs, and molecules take too long to find each other — a...
Researchers at Finland's Aalto University have developed 3D-printed "metacrystal panels" that passively redirect 6G signals around walls and dead zones without using electricity. Costing just a few euros each, these...
Researchers created a laser-based method to age sharks by analyzing vertebrae chemistry, revealing that traditional band-counting is unreliable. Tested on endangered Speartooth Sharks, the findings could significantly impact...