Archaeologists unearth significant religious treasure

Archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck have uncovered a 1,500-year-old reliquary during excavations of a hilltop settlement in southern Austria. The settlement is located on the summit of Burgbichl, a…

Detective work enables Perseverance Mars rover team to revive SHERLOC instrument

This image of NASA’s Perseverance rover gathering data on the “Walhalla Glades” abrasion was taken in the “Bright Angel” region of Jezero Crater by one of the rover’s front hazard…

New work explores optimal circumstances for reaching a common goal with humanoid robots

Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have demonstrated that under specific conditions, humans can treat robots as co-authors of the…

New research shows importance of precise topography in solid neon qubits

A diagram of an electron-on-solid-neon quantum bit. Credit: Wei Guo Quantum computers have the potential to be revolutionary tools for their ability to perform calculations that would take classical computers…

New discovery leads to novel probiotic for eczema

Colorized electron micrograph of Roseomonas mucosa bacteria. Image captured by Emily Fitzmeyer and Monica Paneru at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana. Credit: NIAID NIAID research has led to the availability…

AI generated exam answers go undetected in real-world blind test

Median grades attained by real (orange) and AI (blue) submissions across each individual module and all combined. Grade boundaries 2:2, 2:1 and 1st classifications are shown as dotted lines. Credit:…

Brain Control of Escape Behavior May Unlock Anxiety Treatments

Summary: Researchers discovered how the brain controls sensitivity to threats, influencing escape behavior in mice. The study found that inhibitory neurons in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) regulate both the initiation…

Service dogs can reduce the severity of PTSD for veterans – new research

Service dogs can alleviate some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans, according to a study our team published in June 2024 in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. Over…

AI, IoT, Quantum Security Among Top 10 Emerging Tech: Forrester

Ten technologies that need to be on every company’s radar were identified Tuesday in a trends report released by global technology research company Forrester. The 30-page report identified four technologies…

Scientists discover high-risk form of endometrial cancer—and how to test for it—using AI

Dr. Ali Bashashati, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and pathology and laboratory medicine at UBC, observes an endometrial cancer sample on a microscope slide. Credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine A…