Meditation Retreat Sparks Rapid Brain & Immune System Changes

Summary: A week-long retreat combining meditation and mind-body healing produced significant changes in brain activity and blood biology, demonstrating how consciousness-based practices can transform physical health. Participants showed reduced default-mode…

Breakthrough could connect quantum computers at 200X the distance

New research from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) Asst. Prof. Tian Zhong could make it possible for quantum computers to connect at distances up to…

Physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene

Physicists use a new platform to measure magic-angle graphene’s superconducting gap. The method involves “tunneling” electrons between two layers of magic-angle twisted tri-layer graphene (in yellow) while measuring the material’s…

Northern lights may be visible in parts of the US due to solar storms

An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, lights up the night sky off Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph Lighthouse, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Joseph, Mich. Credit:…

China reached out to NASA to avoid a potential satellite collision in 1st-of-its-kind space cooperation

China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between satellites, a space sustainability official said, marking a first for space traffic management. “For years,…

How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the U.S. and 57 million globally. These figures will only increase…

Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system

We’ve all been there: You wait 45 minutes in the exam room when the doctor finally walks in. They seem rushed. A few questions, a quick exam, a glance at…

Qiwen Guo | Do trees adjust their underground schedule when living with different species? – Functional Ecologists

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Qiwen Guo, a PhD student in the Institute of Forest Ecology at BOKU University in Vienna, discusses her new article  ‘Above- and…

Why fears of a trillion-dollar AI bubble are growing

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For almost as long as the artificial intelligence boom has been in full swing, there have been warnings of a speculative bubble that could rival the…

The ‘hard, slow work’ of reducing overdose deaths is having an effect

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, according to a Stateline analysis of…