Astronomers find evidence that blue supergiant stars can be formed by the merger of two stars

Artistic image of a binary system of a red giant star and a younger companion that can merge to produce a blue supergiant. Credit: Casey Reed, NASA An international piece…

Climate leaders, oil bosses pitch alternate energy-transition realities

As climate officials prepare the next steps in a globally agreed shift away from fossil fuels, oil and gas executives return fire Helsingør and Houston are separated by just over…

New structure transistors for advanced technology node CMOS ICs

The scaling of silicon-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (Si MOSFETs) and evolution of novel structure transistors in accordance with Moore’s Law, especially for modern complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) ICs. Core MOSFETs are…

Harmony in Chaos: How BPD Influences Music Tastes

Summary: Recent research reveals that individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) exhibit distinct music preferences, favoring reflective and complex genres such as classical and jazz over intense, rebellious ones. The…

Scientists uncover a hidden electronic state

Dogs know words for their favorite toys

Dogs may know more than they let on. Pet dogs’ brains displayed neural signs of surprise when their owners showed them an unexpected toy. The findings, published March 22 in…

2023 Haldane Prize Podcast – Functional Ecologists

Podcast out now! Ximena Cibils chats to us about her research paper, Silicon and Epichloë-endophyte defences in a model temperate grass diminish feeding efficiency and immunity of an insect, which has…

Canine Cognition: Dogs Match Words with Objects

Summary: A new study reveals dogs’ ability to understand words as representations of objects, indicating a deeper level of cognitive processing than previously thought. Researchers used non-invasive EEG to measure…

Discovery of a hidden quantum critical point in two-dimensional superconductors

The full picture of fluctuations in superconductivity has been revealed over a wide magnetic field range and over a wide temperature range, from much higher than the superconducting transition temperature…

Allergy season arrived early in US. Here’s how to keep pollen from ruining your spring

The branches of an oak tree are stained with a green tint from pollen at park in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The 2024 allergy season in the U.S.…