‘Accidental discovery’ creates candidate for universal memory — a weird semiconductor that consumes a billion times less power
A chance discovery by researchers could drastically lower the energy needed for next-generation memory technologies.
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‘Cataclysmic’ solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal
If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating.
Dramatic photo captures moment giant bird closes hidden 3rd eyelid while snatching locust from mid-air
The secretary bird photograph was among the winners of the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Prize.
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman cleaned her fish tank and ended up in the hospital
A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium.
Here’s how long it would take 100 worms to eat the plastic in one face mask
An experiment reveals that a bio-solution to humans’ microplastics mess is likely to fall short, but could inspire other ways to attack the problem.
5,000-year-old artifacts in Iraq hint at mysterious collapse of one of the world’s 1st governments
Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.
James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed
James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Starchy nanofibers shatter the record for world’s thinnest pasta
The fibers, made from white flour and formic acid, average just 372 nanometers in diameter and might find use in biodegradable bandages.
1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from ‘rich women’
Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries.
Scientists reveal ‘neural tourniquet’ that can stop bleeding with nerve stimulation
Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery.
