For years, researchers have grappled with one of autism’s enduring mysteries: why males receive diagnoses at more than four times the rate of females. While many theories have suggested that ...

Laser-driven ion acceleration has long been a powerful tool, capable of generating extreme energies in an instant. It has been hailed for applications ranging from cancer treatment to semiconductor ...

Large language models (LLMs) can handle language tasks, logic, and social reasoning. In the human brain, a core language system supports language processing. EPFL researchers found key units in AI ...

For years, farmers and policymakers have believed that regenerative farming practices, designed to pull carbon from the air and store it in soil, would naturally boost crop yields. However, a ...

This six-panel illustration of a tidal disruption event around a supermassive black hole shows the following: 1) A supermassive black hole is adrift inside a galaxy, its presence only detectable by ...

The red shade shows the atomic hydrogen gas content of the galaxy overlaid on the optical image. Credit: Legacy Surveys / D. Lang (Perimeter Institute)/ T. Westmeier – ICRAR Astronomers have uncovered ...

Phonons are energy waves that travel through crystal lattices via atomic vibrations. Often compared to ripples in a pond, phonons play a vital role in optoelectronic applications and tunable photonic ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a promising new drug combination that could improve outcomes for patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), the most common ...

A new study from Imperial College London and Coventry University has uncovered a striking connection between how older adults perceive aging and their ability to recover physically after a fall. The ...

The landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” known as the Cosmic Cliffs is actually a portion of the nebula Gum 31, which contains a young star cluster called NGC 3324. Both Gum 31 and NGC 3324 are part ...

This heatmap shows the concentration of known deep-sea dives with visual observations in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: Ocean Discovery League The deep ocean, covering 66% of Earth, is the planet’s most ...

Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of Salford have discovered why boundary layer ingesting (BLI) engines—used in future electric and hybrid aircraft—produce irritating noise ...