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Space Exploration Aug 31, 2023

Video: Muscle stimulation to enhance astronaut health

Space exploration presents unique health challenges for astronauts due to lack of gravity, isolation, and radiation exposure. ESA's SciSpacE activities aim to comprehend these effects and their implications for human well-being ...

Plants & Animals Aug 25, 2023

An expert's top five reasons why dogs can be considered exceptional animals

Dogs are important to a lot of humans, but what makes them so?

Evolution Aug 22, 2023

Dog brains are tuned to dog-directed speech spoken by women

Dogs show greater brain sensitivity to the speech directed at them than to adult-directed speech, especially if spoken by women, according to a new study in Communications Biology.

Evolution Aug 22, 2023

Scientists study the evolutionary origins of coronary arteries

Coronary arteries are a vital part of the human heart, providing it with oxygen-rich blood so that it can work. By comparing the hearts of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and frogs, a multi-institutional team of researchers ...

Superconductivity Aug 21, 2023

Hopes fade for 'room temperature superconductor' LK-99, but quantum zero-resistance research continues

The past few weeks have seen a huge surge of interest among scientists and the public in a material called LK-99 after it was claimed to be a superconductor at room temperature and ambient pressure.

Space Exploration Aug 21, 2023

Space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, but bone marrow fat may come to the rescue

A study of 14 astronauts suggests that while space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, the body can eventually replenish them back on Earth with the help of fat stored in the bone marrow. The study, published in Nature ...

Condensed Matter Aug 16, 2023

Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

A Princeton University-led team of scientists has imaged the precise microscopic underpinnings responsible for many quantum phases observed in a material known as magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG). This remarkable ...

General Physics Aug 14, 2023

Riding a wave to better medical diagnostic imaging

Medical imaging via X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds provide health-care professionals with unique perspectives and a better understanding of what's happening inside a patient's body. Using various forms of waves, these ...

Superconductivity Aug 9, 2023

Scientists skeptical of superconductor claims that went viral

A recent claim by South Korean researchers that they have created a material which works as a superconductor at room temperature—long a holy grail of physics—has been met with huge excitement on social media but skepticism ...

Condensed Matter Aug 8, 2023

Physicists open new path to an exotic form of superconductivity

Physicists have identified a mechanism for the formation of oscillating superconductivity known as pair-density waves. Physical Review Letters published the discovery, which provides new insight into an unconventional, high-temperature ...

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