Credit: CC0 Public Domain Houston Methodist nurses are using an adapted screening tool at the bedside to assess whether patients have true penicillin allergies, thus enabling their care teams to…
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Legged robots skateboard successfully with reinforcement learning framework
Credit: Liu et al. Legged robots, which are often inspired by animals and insects, could help humans to complete various real-world tasks, for instance delivering parcels or monitoring specific environments.…
Dark skies above world’s best astronomy sites could be ruined by new energy project
A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile’s Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world’s most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%,…
Stinky penguin poop strikes fear into the hearts of Antarctic krill
The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers…
Mediterranean neutrino observatory sets new limits on quantum gravity
The visualization of a simulated event in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector. Credit: CC BY-NC 4.0 Credits KM3NeT Quantum gravity is the missing link between general relativity and quantum mechanics, the yet-to-be-discovered…
Parts of the brain that are needed to remember words identified
Graphical abstract. Credit: Brain Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf067 The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy,…
Rare Viking-era bracelet uncovered on Öland
An extremely rare Viking-era bracelet has been uncovered near Löt on the Swedish island of Öland. Öland is the second-largest island in Sweden, which during the Viking-era was a major…
Latest dark energy survey data suggest possible variations in dark energy over time
The U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. The Blanco is home to the 570-megapixel…
Canada’s new leader culls carbon tax seen as burden on voters
He may be dubbed “Carbon Tax Carney” by his political rivals, but upon becoming Canada’s prime minister last Friday, Mark Carney cancelled the unpopular carbon levy on consumers. The former…
Basalt fabric-based cathode enhances solar-powered wastewater treatment
(A) Fabrication of the BF-CNT/AgNWs composite cathode material; (B) Experimental setup of the solar-powered electrocoagulation (SPEC) system; (C) Comparative analysis of oil-water emulsions before and after SPEC treatment; (D) Antibacterial…
