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Some metals actually grow more resilient when hot
Pelting metals under high temperatures has revealed that some get even stronger when heated, which c...
Zero-carbon cement process could slash emissions f...
Cement production is a huge source of carbon emissions with no green alternative, but a new process ...
Why viewing cancer as an ecosystem could lead to b...
Researchers have come to see cancers as akin to organisms, existing in complex ecosystems and subjec...
Fungus lost to science for 42 years found again in...
The big puma fungus hasn't been seen since it was discovered in 1982 in Chile’s Nahuelbuta mountains...
Will we get to net zero fast enough, and how will ...
To avoid the worst effects of climate change, the world must balance carbon emissions with carbon si...
Early humans took northern route to Australia, cav...
An excavation on Timor reveals humans first settled on the island 44,000 years ago, long after the e...
Cows used for cuddling therapy may prefer women ov...
Cows seem to be more willing to lick and accept food from women, and are more likely to act aggressi...
X-ray laser fires most powerful pulse ever recorde...
The Linac Coherent Light Source in California fired an X-ray pulse that lasted only a few hundred bi...
Why we still don't know exactly how bird flu is sp...
Early evidence suggests that a bird flu virus called H5N1 may be infecting dairy cows through contam...
What are fractals and how can they help us underst...
Fractals are common in nature because of the surprisingly simple way they are made. Mathematically, ...
What is artificial general intelligence, and is it...
The world's biggest AI companies have made artificial general intelligence, or AGI, their goal. But ...
What neurodiversity means for psychiatrists and th...
Neurodiversity reframes neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD as differences to be embraced rat...
Snow and rising sea levels may have triggered Japa...
In an ongoing swarm of earthquakes that began hitting Japan in 2020, the shifting weight of surface ...
Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make ...
With tentative evidence for long-lasting quantum phenomena inside cells, researchers are beginning t...
Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean...
Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust after studyin...
OpenAI’s chatbot shows racial bias in advising hom...
ChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, showing prejudices refle...
Solar-powered floating islands could help to regro...
A trio of hexagonal islands could generate solar electricity to power a process that accelerates cor...
Acne-causing bacteria can treat dandruff by resett...
An acid produced by an acne-causing bacteria reduced the severity of people's dandruff by adjusting ...
