In quantum sensing, what beats beating noise? Meeting noise halfway

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Noise is annoying, whether you’re trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental disturbances will always be with us, a…

A novel prognostic model predicts severe cutaneous adverse reaction mortality

The AUC of (A) model 1 (HRR, PLR, and monocyte count): 0.798; and (B) model 2 (HRR, PLR, monocyte count, malignancy, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune disease): 0.8372. AUC, Area under…

Apple’s iPhone 17 line-up includes a new ultra-thin model and $100 price hike for Pro model

An attendee takes a closer look at the iPhone Air during an announcement of new products at Apple Park on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Godofredo…

Did NASA’s Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars? The plot thickens

Since February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring a region on Mars known as Jezero Crater, a huge cavity believed to have once hosted a lake. It’s considered one…

Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system

The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a…

Keto diet linked to reduced depression symptoms in college students

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study shows an association between at least 10 weeks of following a well-formulated ketogenic diet and a roughly 70% decrease in depression symptoms among…

Even healthy children can be severely affected by RSV

Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is not only premature babies and children with underlying diseases who suffer from serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Even healthy, full‐term babies are at…

A hungry star is eating its cosmic twin at a rate never seen before

Double star V Sagittae—10,000 light years from Earth—is burning bright because greedy white dwarf is gorging on its larger twin. Credit: University of Southampton A greedy white dwarf star not…

Archaeologists uncover major Slavic settlement

Excavations for the SuedOstLink infrastructure project have revealed a major Slavic settlement and cemetery west of Nauendorf, Saxony-Anhalt. Spanning 120 metres in length and up to 40 metres in width,…

Wet biomass and renewable power yield cost-competitive fuel