Michael Toney and team tested Li-ion battery coin cells for capacity loss over time. Credit: Jesse Peterson/CU Boulder Batteries lose capacity over time, which is why older cellphones run out…
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Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction
Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can…
Latent information carried by photons enables super-precise spectrometer
Frequency lens using multiple diffraction on a diffraction grating. The light pulse is transformed in a frequency analogous to the light beam passing through the real lens (fot. M. Lipka,…
“Vampiric” burial unearthed in Bishop’s former palace
Archaeologists from the Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments have unearthed a “vampiric” burial in the gardens of the Palace of the Uniate bishops, located on Góra Chełmska, Poland. The palace…
Physicists achieve ultrafast steering of quantum-entangled electrons
Sketch of the dissociative photoionization of molecular hydrogen using combined IR and XUV laser pulses with variable delay (white arrow). Credit: MPIK Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear…
How beneficial soil microbes boost indirect plant defenses against herbivores – Functional Ecologists
In our new post, Tuğcan Alınç, postdoctoral research at University of Palermo, presents his work ‘Root inoculation with beneficial soil microbes enhances indirect plant defenses induced by insect feeding and…
Manipulating Brain Waves During Sleep With Sound
Summary: Sound stimulation can manipulate brain waves during REM sleep, a stage crucial for memory and cognition. Using advanced technology, researchers were able to increase the frequency of brain oscillations…
AI Conversations Help Conspiracy Theorists Change Their Views
Summary: AI-powered conversations can reduce belief in conspiracy theories by 20%. Researchers found that AI provided tailored, fact-based rebuttals to participants’ conspiracy claims, leading to a lasting change in their…
