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Snail robot excretes sticky mucus that helps it cr...
A remotely controlled robot with an inflatable foot that oozes mucus can crawl across surfaces like ...
Quantum memory device could stop unhackable networ...
A memory device that temporarily saves quantum information could become an important addition to qua...
Damaged coral reefs can recover quickly after rest...
Four years after being restored with steel frames, coral reefs in Indonesia damaged by blast fishing...
Chemical injection brings dying batteries back to ...
Researchers restored degraded lithium-ion batteries to nearly full capacity by injecting them with a...
AI chatbot models ‘think’ in English even when usi...
When answering questions posed in Chinese, French, German or Russian, large language models seem to ...
Engineers are diverting Mississippi river to resto...
South of New Orleans, a project to divert the Mississippi river could restore ecosystems destroyed b...
How one theory ties together everything we know ab...
All known natural phenomena fit into just a few categories and unifying them all is quantum field th...
Clownfish avoid the sting of their anemone hosts w...
As a clownfish spends time with an anemone, its mucus coating begins to change. Chemical tweaks to s...
6 things to look out for during the total solar ec...
A total solar eclipse is a unique experience. From shadow bands to the sun’s majestic corona and pin...
Worm-like amphibian produces a kind of milk for it...
After hatching from eggs, young ringed caecilians feed on their mother’s skin, but also on a milk-li...
Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more pot...
The results, of 13 per cent weight loss after three months, need to be confirmed by larger and longe...
D-Wave says its quantum computers can solve otherw...
Quantum computing firm D-Wave says its machines are the first to achieve "computational supremacy" b...
Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass di...
Mass mortality events at salmon farms have been getting more frequent since 2011, sometimes killing ...
Jupiter’s stormy surface replicated in lab
By rotating a tank of water at 75 revolutions per minute, it’s possible to replicate some of the stu...
Light and sound therapy for Alzheimer’s may also p...
An experimental Alzheimer's treatment involving sounds and flickering lights also prevented a declin...
AI chatbots use racist stereotypes even after anti...
Large language models still demonstrate racial prejudice against speakers of African American Englis...
The world just experienced the hottest February on...
February was the ninth month in a row to set a global heat record, with global average temperatures ...
Microplastics linked to a greater risk of heart at...
People with artery plaques containing microplastics were about four times as likely to have a heart ...
