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Phys.org / Primate evolution kept aging rates stable for 25 million years despite lifespan gaps

Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species in the same order can have very different average lifespans.

10 hours ago
Phys.org / Coastal and estuarine carbon removal technique may backfire when pushed too far

Scientists investigating a proposed way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using seawater have found that adding too much alkalinity to neutralize acids can trigger chemical reactions that undermine the process.

8 hours ago
Phys.org / The bond between humans and dogs remains remarkably consistent across societies, cross-cultural study reveals

A new study by an international research team led by Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) has revealed striking similarities in the way humans and dogs interact ...

9 hours ago
Phys.org / Non-Hermitian geometry reveals when quantum amplification depends only on start and end points

In quantum mechanics, the geometry of quantum states has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding phenomena ranging from electrical conductivity to superconductivity. One research direction aims to extend these geometric ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / New workflow transforms nonfunctional protein scaffolds into active enzymes

Enzymes are regarded as the key to sustainable chemistry. Despite major advances in protein design, creating artificial enzymes from scratch has so far remained a grand challenge. A research team at the University of Bayreuth, ...

5 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Heat waves can leave homes dangerously hot, even for young, healthy adults

Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than outdoors.

3 hours ago
Phys.org / Lithium-doped carbon nanorings show promise for next-generation optical devices

Nonlinear optical materials are essential for advanced photonics and laser technologies, but researchers are still searching for ways to optimize organic, carbon-based alternatives. Using computational modeling, scientists ...

3 hours ago
Tech Xplore / AI assistant uses smartwatches, speech and text to spot distress early

What if your smartwatch could tell when you were struggling emotionally and offer support before you even thought to ask? That's the idea behind a new AI-powered system developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa, ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Lamprey brain atlas reveals 450-million-year blueprint of vertebrate brains

What did the very first complex vertebrate brain look like? To find out, scientists turned to an unlikely time traveler: the lamprey, a jawless, eel-like fish whose body plan has barely changed in roughly 360 million years.

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Hospital AI tool predicts low blood sugar in patients up to 24 hours in advance

Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators developed an AI-based model that can identify hospitalized patients at risk of low blood sugar up to 24 hours before the condition occurs. The long short-term memory (LSTM) ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Predicting earthquakes; two types of water; observing event horizons

Howdy, pards, here's a quick roundup of the week's science news: Moose, previously thought to be a transplanted species, are actually native to Colorado. A digital twin of a two-year-old child's brain revealed neural signatures ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Laser-based 3D imaging system enables precise detection and quantification of methane leakage

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Zhirong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a high-performance laser-based three-dimensional methane gas cloud imaging telemetry ...

4 hours ago