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Phys.org / Get ready for the Rubin Observatory's deluge of discoveries
It's been about eight months since the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) saw first light. Now the telescope is scanning the night sky to detect transient changes and sending alerts to astronomers and observatories around the world ...
Tech Xplore / Brain-like chips and LIDAR sensors may enable safer human-robot teamwork
Robotics technology that not only performs simple tasks but also supports humans in all their tasks is among the key technologies in industrial manufacturing. But this requires that robots be able to master complex movements, ...
Phys.org / Study suggests fire ant baiting in Queensland may help invaders spread faster
A provocative new international study published in Austral Ecology warns the massive "broadcast baiting" campaign currently used to combat Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) in south-east Queensland may be doing more harm than ...
Medical Xpress / Do doctors treat poorer patients differently? Our study in Tunisia found they do, in subtle ways
People with lower income and less education get sick more often, have worse access to care, and don't live as long. This is one of the most consistent findings in health research across the world.
Medical Xpress / Free 10‑minute online programs aimed at overcoming depression led to real improvements: New research
A well-designed 10-minute online exercise can spark small reductions in depression. That's the key finding of my team's paper, published in Nature Human Behaviour.
Medical Xpress / Learning to slow down: Cold-water swimming benefits explored in new study
Taking a freezing dip in a lake or the sea is a valued well-being practice in the world's happiest country. In Finland, over 720,000 people (about 1 in every 8) are regular cold-water swimmers, voluntarily plunging into water ...
Phys.org / Superfluids emerge in 2D moiré crystal formed from time, study predicts
Conventional crystals are materials in which atoms arrange themselves in repeating spatial patterns. Time crystals, on the other hand, are phases of matter characterized by repeating motions over time without constantly heating ...
Phys.org / Rare Type Icn supernova SN 2024abvb is among the most luminous known
An international team of astronomers has carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2024abvb—a recently discovered supernova of a rare Type Icn. The new observational campaign yields important information ...
Phys.org / How invasive house sparrows are helping scientists detect dangerous contaminants
The house sparrow is a highly invasive pest in North Carolina, and bluebird enthusiasts frequently throw their eggs out and remove their nests to keep them from overtaking the nestboxes that bluebirds call home. A new study ...
Tech Xplore / Electron microscopy shows 'mouse bite' defects in semiconductors
Cornell researchers have used high-resolution 3D imaging to detect, for the first time, the atomic-scale defects in computer chips that can sabotage their performance. The imaging method, which was the result of a collaboration ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cells retain a 'molecular memory' of their tissue location, study shows
A new AI-based method reconstructs spatial information about where immune cells were originally located in an organ, even after these cells have been removed from the tissue and analyzed individually. To accomplish this, ...
Phys.org / Ancient Greek priestesses may have turned ergot fungus into a psychedelic brew during the Eleusinian Mysteries
The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, and aimed to remove the fear of death. The ceremonies included days of fasting, rituals and ...
