Singular black hole and non-singular alternatives. Credit: Sissa Medialab. Background image sourced from ESO/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (eso.org/public/images/eso1101a/) Ever since general relativity pointed to the existence of black holes, the…
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Shingles vaccine lowers the risk of heart disease for up to eight years, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart failure, and coronary heart disease, according to…
Health assessment tool gauges body’s biological age better than current methods
The Health Octo Tool is comprised of eight components designed to assess multidimensional health. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58819-x A novel health-assessment tool uses eight metrics derived from a…
Computer scientists create algorithm to protect videos from quantum hacking
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world’s most powerful computers.…
Major study transforms understanding of Roman Augusta Raurica
In advance of construction works in the “Schürmatt” district of Kaiseraugst, archaeologists have unearthed significant Roman remains in the former settlement of Augusta Raurica. Augusta Raurica, formerly Rauracorum, was a…
Ancient poems document the decline of the Yangtze finless porpoise
The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.
New quantum theory of gravity brings long-sought ‘theory of everything’ a crucial step closer
The gravity quantum field is calculated in flat spacetime. The curved classical metric is calculated using the expectation value of the gravity quantum field. Credit: Aalto University At long last,…
Is it dangerous to kiss someone who’s eaten gluten if you have celiac disease?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Celiac disease is not a food allergy or intolerance. It’s an autoimmune disease that makes the body attack the small intestine if gluten (found in wheat,…
