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This Quantum Breakthrough Could Change How Materials Are Made
Scientists have shown that it may be possible to transform materials simply by triggering internal quantum ripples rather than blasting them with intense light. Imagine being able to change what a material is capable of simply by shining light on it. That idea may sound like some...
scitechdaily.com | -316 mins agoScientists Turn to DNA From Poo To Save the World’s Rarest Marsupial
New research could help conserve the world’s rarest marsupial. New findings from Edith Cowan University (ECU) could strengthen efforts to safeguard one of the planet’s rarest marsupials. The Gilbert’s potoroo, a critically endangered marsupial found only in Western Australia, now...
scitechdaily.com | 5 hours agoEven Antarctica Isn’t Safe: Microplastics Found Inside the Continent’s Only Insect
Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and E...
scitechdaily.com | 5 hours agoTextbooks Were Wrong: Human Hair Doesn’t Grow the Way Scientists Thought
A new imaging study challenges long-standing ideas about how hair grows and could lead to new treatments for hair loss. Scientists have discovered that human hair does not emerge because it is pushed upward from the root. Instead, it is pulled along by forces generated by a previ...
scitechdaily.com | 6 hours agoThe Gout Advice Going Viral on TikTok Isn’t What Works
TikTok’s viral gout advice may be popular, but doctors say it leaves out what actually works. A new study published in Rheumatology Advances in Practice by Oxford University Press reports that TikTok videos about gout frequently contain information that is misleading, inconsisten...
scitechdaily.com | 9 hours agoBreakthrough Experiment: How We Can Stop the Spread of Flu
A surprising flu experiment shows that good airflow and fewer coughs can stop the virus from spreading, even up close. This year’s flu season has been particularly severe. As a fast-moving new strain known as subclade K continues to circulate, researchers have released new findin...
scitechdaily.com | 10 hours agoMicroplastics Can Rewire Sperm, Triggering Diabetes in the Next Generation
UC Riverside led mouse study finds microplastics affect male and female offspring differently. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have reported for the first time that a father’s exposure to microplastics (MPs) can lead to metabolic problems in his offspring. ...
scitechdaily.com | 10 hours agoRobots That “Think Before They Pick” Could Transform Tomato Farming
A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing interest in robotic systems that can automate harvesting. Yet some crops remain especially challenging for machines. Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, m...
scitechdaily.com | 13 hours agoWhy We Don’t Talk Like Computers: Scientists Finally Have an Answer
Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience. Human languages are remarkably complex systems. About 7,000 languages are spoken around the world, ranging from those with only a few remaining speakers to ...
scitechdaily.com | 13 hours agoYou Don’t Have Just Five Senses – New Research Suggests Humans May Have up to 33
Human perception is multisensory, with dozens of interacting senses shaping how we experience taste, movement, balance, and the world around us. Neuroscientists increasingly treat perception as a distributed system, where multiple sensory channels continuously negotiate a single,...
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