Credit: CC0 Public Domain An unusual pair of 10-billion-year-old stars, formed when the Milky Way was young, are visiting from the farthest reaches of the galaxy, researchers have discovered. The…
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How Particles of Light May Be Producing Drops of the Perfect Liquid
Newswise — The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator may be producing the world’s tiniest droplets of liquid, right under scientists’ noses. Researchers supported by the Department of Energy’s…
Can plants have their cake and eat it too? – Functional Ecologists
In this new post Kaz Uyehara, postdoc researcher at UC Davies, presents his work ‘Neighbour-detection causes shifts in allocation across multiple organs to prepare plants for light competition’. He explains…
Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do not have clear and simple answers.…
Chinese internet giant Baidu posts flat revenue as consumption slumps
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chinese internet giant Baidu posted flat second-quarter revenue on Thursday, as an uncertain economic outlook in the country weighs on household consumption. Baidu, which operates China’s…
Study uncovers condensed-matter dark states in a quantum system with two pairs of sublattices
Image illustrating four-source interference, which is similar to the mechanism of condensed matter dark states Credit: Chung et al Dark states are quantum states in which a system does not…
Global AI Safety Hindered by Indecision, Regulatory Delays
Governments seek to create security safeguards around artificial intelligence, but roadblocks and indecision are delaying cross-nation agreements on priorities and obstacles to avoid. In November 2023, Great Britain published its…
How to avoid the worst of jet lag and maximize your travel time
A holiday traveler looks out at a airplane at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City, July 3, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File It’s the bane of…
High-Dose Psilocybin Shows Potential as an Antidepressant Treatment
Summary: A meta-analysis suggests that high doses of psilocybin may alleviate depressive symptoms similarly to the SSRI drug escitalopram. While the effect size was small, psilocybin outperformed placebo in clinical…
Childhood Inflammation Linked to Later Mental Health Risks
Summary: Children with persistent inflammation are at a higher risk of developing mental health disorders like psychosis and depression in early adulthood. A study found that elevated inflammation markers, particularly…
