Treasures of the Alanian culture found in Alkhan-Kala necropolis

Archaeologists have discovered an intact burial mound containing the tomb of an Alanian elite during excavations at Alkhan-Kala west of Grozny, Chechnya. The Alani were an Iranic-speaking, nomadic pastoralist people…

The sun’s natural gravitational lensing is more powerful than you thought

A collection of gravitational lensing taken with the Euclid telescope. Credit: ESA Let’s turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don’t have to do any work—we just have…

Can Brain Scans Tell Which Antidepressant Will Work for You?

Summary: A new study shows that brain connectivity patterns, especially in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, can help predict how patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) will respond to antidepressants.…

Quantum messages travel 254 km using existing infrastructure for the first time

US and Europe set for clash on what “energy security” means

At a high-profile summit in London, Trump administration officials are expected to clash with European politicians and experts over differing visions of what energy security means. After Russia’s invasion of…

Detecting lung cancer four months earlier at the GP using AI

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain General practitioners (GPs) may soon be able to identify patients with an increased risk of lung cancer up to four months earlier than is currently the…

Designing long-duration toxin sensors

Microelectronic devices consisting of two metal combs with interleaved teeth with a coating of a porous material designed by Sandia National Laboratories to trap and detect sarin, and related chemical…

Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas

Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador and…

Amazon indigenous people call for oil drilling ban at COP30

Jonas Mura, head of the Mura Indigenous people, says he lost peace when oil and gas companies knocked on his people’s door about a decade ago. For years, he has…

Police officers fire more shots than civilians in homicides, research shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An analysis using data from the US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) has found that in homicides with police shooters, victims have been shot far…