LiDAR study reveals a vast fortified city

A LiDAR study of Guiengola, a 15th-century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, has revealed a vast fortified city. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), is a method of remote sensing…

Excavations planned in the ancient city of Sebastopolis

Archaeologists from Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) are embarking on a long-term excavation project to fully uncover the ancient city of Sebastopolis. Located in the Sulusaray district of Tokat, Turkey, Sebastopolis…

Ketogenic Diet May Stabilize Mood in Young People with Bipolar

Summary: Researchers are launching a multi-site pilot study to assess whether a ketogenic diet, alongside standard medications, can stabilize mood symptoms in young people with bipolar disorder. The 16-week trial…

Supernova ‘rains’ could give rise to mysteriously magnetic dead stars

Out in the universe lie dead stellar remnants called neutron stars, and these stars gain tremendously powerful magnetic fields when matter ejected from during their explosive supernova deaths falls back…

An unexpected mechanism regulates the immune response during parasitic infections

Virtual memory T cells (TVM), activated by IL-4 during a parasitic infection in the intestine, expressing the CD22 receptor, which enables them to regulate this activation. Credit: ULiège/B.Dewals Researchers at…

Flu season in the US is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years

A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File The U.S. winter virus season is in full force,…

AI model masters new terrain at NASA facility one scoop at a time

A snapshot of policy’s scooping preferences during testing on NASA Ocean World Lander Autonomy Testbed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Extraterrestrial landers sent to…

OpenAI’s Altman warns EU regulation may hold Europe back

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has warned Europe that its risks getting left behind on AI development. OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Friday suggested European regulation could hold back the…

There could be a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud hurling stars at the Milky Way

This beautiful image shows the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud above the ESO’s Paranal Observatory and the four Auxiliary Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Array. New research shows…

Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris

Credit: NASA/Suni Williams Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a “capture cube” in this image from Feb. 4, 2025. The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection…