Palladium single-atom catalyst. Credit: Zhenxing Feng, Oregon State University A chemical reaction that’s vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and less…
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Hot Schrödinger cat states created
In Erwin Schrödinger’s thought experiment, it is a cat that is alive and dead at the same time. Credit: University of Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Quantum states can only be prepared and…
Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. The study on mice shows…
Novel genomic screening tool enables precision reverse-engineering of genetic programming in cells
Schematic of Perturb-multiome’s biotinylation enrichment procedure to retrieve the identity of the sgRNA. Created in BioRender. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ads7951 Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer…
Fruit flies are a major source of inspiration in robotics
Pavan Ramdy. Credit: EPFL/Alain Herzog, CC-BY-SA 4.0 Researchers at EPFL’s Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the brain of the common fruit fly, Drosophila…
Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles
In this image from video provided by SpaceX, a Dragon capsule carrying four space tourists prepares to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday,…
Microsoft’s AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users
Attendees are pictured before a presentation of the Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot, and celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary at Microsoft headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. Credit:…
A chance alignment in Lupus
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 is situated 40…
Autism-Linked Gene Alters Face Perception in Dogs
Summary: A new study shows that Beagle dogs with mutations in the autism-linked Shank3 gene exhibit face processing abnormalities similar to those seen in humans with ASD. Using behavioral tests,…
