The State Office for Archaeology of Saxony (LfA) has announced the discovery of a 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin near Gundorf, northwest of Leipzig. The 2-gram coin, made of almost pure gold,…
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Immune cell subset reveals biological age beyond chronological years
A student working in Prof. Alon Monsonego’s lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on the Marcus Family Campus in Beer-Sheva. Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Prof.…
Dense, thick electrodes pack more energy into batteries
A team at Penn State is researching a new approach to manufacturing highly thick electrodes, while maintaining battery performance. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State. All Rights Reserved. Electrodes are the veins…
Interactive web tool brings quantum game theory concepts to life through music
At the 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity, Kobe University quantum engineer SOUMA Satofumi presents a newly designed browser interface that expresses concepts such as quantum uncertainty…
Kai Shi | Between Drought and Grazing: The Ecological Secret Behind Solanum rostratum Invasion – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Kai Shi, a PhD student at Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delves into their article ‘Aridity and…
You won’t see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom closest to the sun on Oct. 30 — but these spacecraft will
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just a day away from perihelion, which is its closest point to the sun and the time around which it is expected to be most…
Why are 4.7 million Floridians insured through ACA marketplace plans, and what happens if they lose their subsidies?
Significant Figures is a series from The Conversation in which scholars explain an important number in the news. The Conversation, CC BY-ND When the Affordable Care Act, also known as…
CDC’s ability to prevent injuries like drowning, traumatic brain injury and falls is severely compromised by Trump cuts
Much has been written about the unprecedented impact that the second Trump administration has had on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from massive job cuts and entire programs…
A newly-discovered mechanism could contribute to the therapeutic effects of deep brain stimulation
High-frequency STN DBS causes sustained inhibition in STN neurons after initial excitation in normal mice. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-02088-w Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that…
Floating solar panels are stressing the seafloor
Location of existing wind turbines in the Belgian portion of the North Sea (A-C), alongside the modeled layout (F) of combined wind turbine monopiles (D) and floating photovoltaic structures (E).…
