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MIT engineers have developed an ultrasound wristband that tracks 22 hand degrees of freedom in real time, enabling control of…

Researchers have identified a measurable "urban pulse" in cities, defined by patterns across six dimensions (demography, economy, infrastructure, environment, governance,…

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is challenging the traditional fusion timeline by building the SPARC tokamak, an ITER-scale testbed using high-temperature superconductors,…

Ampera, a Florida-based nuclear startup, has created a subsidiary in Australia to procure thorium and build a new fuel supply…

Gold was traditionally considered inert due to its filled electron orbitals shielding reactive electrons, but this explanation failed to account…

Life Biosciences has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial for its experimental therapy ER-100, the first cellular rejuvenation treatment to…

A new study proposes upcycling discarded polystyrene into a solid amine-based material that can act like a sponge to capture…

The Artemis II crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen) completed a 10-day lunar flyby in April,…

AI influencers have evolved from obvious, cartoonish characters like Lil Miquela into highly realistic synthetic personas such as Emily Pellegrini…

A study published in "Frontiers in Sustainability" identifies five common forms of tourism greenwashing: misleading eco-certifications, poor waste management, false…

Ötzi the Iceman, preserved for over 5,000 years, hosts living cold-adapted yeast species that have survived since his death, making…

Automated traffic has surged to 57.3% of all global webpage requests, surpassing human-driven visits (42.7%), marking a historic shift where…

Bumblebees can spontaneously solve object-manipulation puzzles without any prior training, marking the first documented instance of untrained problem-solving in an…

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went silent after 11 years when it failed to reestablish contact following a routine occultation behind Mars…

A group of 16 mathematicians released the Leiden Declaration on AI and Mathematics, which outlines challenges AI poses to the…

Robotaxis have proven safer than human drivers, with significantly lower insurance claims, but a new study shows they may not…

Urbanization is altering courtship displays in male bowerbirds, as they increasingly use brightly colored human-made objects in their bowers. A…

Researchers have identified a single immune receptor in common bean plants that acts as a master switch for detecting caterpillar…

Neanderthals routinely used rhinoceros teeth as hammers, a behavior confirmed by scientists who replicated the ancient pounding by smashing stone…

A Spanish archaeological team discovered a prehistoric cave in the Pyrenees containing 23 hearths with crushed green mineral fragments resembling…