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AI-powered diagnostics can identify antibiotic-resistant infections with over 99% accuracy in hours instead of days, potentially saving lives by enabling…

Negativity bias, an evolutionary survival instinct, causes people to focus more on criticism and risks than on praise and successes,…

The UK’s ARIA agency has launched a £69 million initiative to develop precise neurotechnologies for treating brain circuit disorders like…

A fan-designed plush toy named Rise, which served as a zero-gravity indicator aboard NASA's Artemis II mission, is now available…

Brain size varies more among modern humans than between Neanderthals and Pleistocene Homo sapiens, and since brain size is a…

The Supreme Court case "Chatrie v. United States" challenges the legality of geofence warrants, which law enforcement used to track…

University of Oregon chemist Christopher Hendon developed a method to assess coffee flavor by running an electric current through a…

Infrasound from sources like vibrating pipes, HVAC systems, traffic noise, or wind turbines can cause unsettling sensations often attributed to…

Motif Neurotech has received FDA approval for a clinical study of its blueberry-sized brain implant that treats severe depression by…

78% of University of California, Berkeley undergraduates believe their phone use hinders deep thinking and creativity, sparking a student-led movement…

Unlike smartphones, upgrading robotic arms has traditionally required rebuilding everything from scratch, as learned skills are locked to specific robot…

A study found that the average number of words spoken daily dropped by nearly 28% between 2005 and 2019, from…

Doomscrolling, the compulsive consumption of social media content, is a widespread habit, with 64% of Americans admitting to it, and…

The Artemis II crew set a new record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth, reaching 252,756 miles,…

Researchers in Japan have developed an AI-powered tool called TEGNet that designs thermoelectric generators 10,000 times faster than conventional methods,…

A new metasurface-based liquid lens (MLL) enables a switchable 2D–3D viewing experience by controlling light at the nanoscale without bulky…

A new study challenges the traditional view that Cretaceous seas were dominated only by vertebrate predators like mosasaurs and sharks,…

The gravitational constant (Big G) is notoriously difficult to measure precisely, with different experiments over 200 years yielding variations of…

Carbon nanotubes were initially celebrated for their unique properties including metallic and semiconducting varieties, extreme lightness, and exceptional strength, but…

A newly analyzed malware specimen called Fast16, dating back to 2005, was likely created by the US or its allies…