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Computer scientists discover new vulnerability affecting computers globally

Neural nets used to rethink material design

Move over CRISPR, the Retrons are coming

Milestone for next-gen acceleration experiment

Fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics

Researchers analyzed circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles

A silver lining for extreme electronics

Defect that limits hybrid perovskites solar-cell performance identified

How to level up soft robotics

Small galaxies likely played important role in evolution of the Universe

Not just for finding planets: Exoplanet-hunter TESS telescope spots bright gamma-ray burst

Using cosmic-ray neutron bursts to understand gamma-ray bursts from lightning

Driving behaviors harbor early signals of dementia

High vaccination rate is key to future course of COVID-19 pandemic, computer modeling shows

How acidic are atoms?

New optical hydrogen sensors eliminate risk of sparking

Wearable glucose monitors shed light on progression of Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults

Researchers find how tiny plastics slip through the environment

New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch

Finding the optimal way to repay student debt

Machine learning algorithm helps unravel the physics underlying quantum systems

Small generator captures heat given off by skin to power wearable devices

Research advances emerging DNA sequencing technology

Blueprint for a robust quantum future

Battery parts can be recycled without crushing or melting

Tool to track marine litter polluting the ocean

The shape of light changes our vision

How to get salt out of water: Make it self-eject

Reducing blue light with a new type of LED that won't keep you up all night

New computer model helps brings the sun into the laboratory

Mapping the electronic states in an exotic superconductor

How a SARS-CoV-2 variant sacrifices tight binding for antibody evasion

Using nanobodies to block a tick-borne bacterial infection

Virtual reality could help improve balance in older people

Scientists harness molecules into single quantum state

Ship traffic dropped during first months of COVID pandemic

Cloth face coverings can be as effective as surgical masks at protecting against COVID-19, study finds

Major advance enables study of genetic mutations in any tissue

A path to graphene topological qubits

Measuring the Moon's nano dust is no small matter

Researchers use a nanoscale synthetic antiferromagnet to toggle nonlinear spin dynamics

Solar-powered desalination unit shows great promise

Exploiting non-line-of-sight paths for terahertz signals in wireless communications

Nontoxic, flexible energy converters could power wearable devices

Black hole-neutron star collisions may help settle dispute over Universe's expansion

Switching to light

Drones provide bird's eye view of how turbulent tidal flows affect seabird foraging habits

New AI tool calculates materials' stress and strain based on photos

Physicists net neutron star gold from measurement of lead

Rain, rain, go away: New waterproofing solution

How to build a better 'nanopore' biosensor

Neural implant monitors multiple brain areas at once, provides new neuroscience insights

Silicon could be a photonics game-changer

Following nature's cue, researchers build successful, sustainable industrial networks

Asteroid that hit Botswana in 2018 likely came from Vesta, scientists say

Exposure to high heat neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in less than one second, study finds

Scientists design 'Nanotraps' to catch, clear coronavirus

New 2D superconductor forms at higher temperatures

Astronomers detect hydroxyl molecule signature in an exoplanet atmosphere

Nature provides inspiration for breakthrough in self-regulating materials

Fully recyclable printed electronics developed

New two-dimensional material

The new EU climate target could phase out coal power in Europe as early as 2030

Future drones likely to resemble 300-million-year-old flying machine

Value from sewage? New technology makes pig farming more environmentally friendly

Plasma acceleration: It's all in the mix

Energy-saving gas turbines from the 3D printer

Skin and bones repaired by bioprinting during surgery

Vertical turbines could be the future for wind farms

Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes

Cleaner water through corn

Airports could generate enough solar energy to power a city

Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste

3D holographic head-up display could improve road safety

Seismicity on Mars full of surprises, in first continuous year of data

Inspired by nature, the research to develop a new load-bearing material

From toxic ions to single-atom copper

Synthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly's stretch and strength

Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness

Experimental drug shows potential against Alzheimer's disease

Analysis of famous fossil helps unlock when humans and apes diverged

Radar satellites can better protect against bushfires and floods

Quantum steering for more precise measurements

Study paves the way for new photosensitive materials

Silver ions hurry up, then wait as they disperse

Machine learning model generates realistic seismic waveforms

The wave beneath their wings

The wave beneath their wings

A breakthrough astrophysics code rapidly models stellar collisions

Genetic effects of Chernobyl radiation

Scientists uncover structure of light-driven enzyme with potential biofuel applications

Genetic effects of Chernobyl radiation

Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study finds

Fearsome tyrannosaurs were social animals, study shows

High school junior's consumer seismometer delivers low-cost earthquake early warning

Fiber optic cable monitors microseismicity in Antarctica

DeepShake uses machine learning to rapidly estimate earthquake shaking intensity

3D printed models provide clearer understanding of ground motion

SMART breakthrough in materials discovery enables 'twistronics' for bulk systems

Ankle exoskeleton enables faster walking

Scientists glimpse signs of a puzzling state of matter in a superconductor

Artificial intelligence model predicts which key of the immune system opens the locks of coronavirus

Faster air exchange in buildings not always beneficial for coronavirus levels

Average-risk individuals may prefer stool-based test over colonoscopy for cancer screening

Ground and satellite observations map building damage after Beirut explosion

The science of spin: Asteroseismologists confirm older stars rotate faster than expected

Fighting harmful bacteria with nanoparticles

Collaborative research could help fine-tune the production of antimalarials, chemo drugs

Detailed look at intriguing property of chiral materials

Using exoplanets as dark matter detectors

Using floodwaters to weather droughts

Scientists capture image of an electron's orbit within an exciton

Mechanical engineers develop new high-performance artificial muscle technology

Aerial photos uncover an invisible fault in Chinese city

'Fingerprint' for 3D printer accurate 92% of time

Mars' changing habitability recorded by ancient dune fields in Gale crater

The future looks bright for infinitely recyclable plastic

A growing problem of 'deepfake geography': How AI falsifies satellite images

Pepper the robot talks to itself to improve its interactions with people

Jane Austen quote encoded in a polymer

ALMA discovers rotating infant galaxy with help of natural cosmic telescope

Astronomers release new all-sky map of Milky Way's outer reaches

Astronomers release new all-sky map of Milky Way's outer reaches

In calculating the social cost of methane, equity matters

Bi-stable pop-up structures inspired by origami

To design truly compostable plastic, scientists take cues from nature

Carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in ancient meteorite

AI algorithms can influence people's voting and dating decisions in experiments

Fast material manipulation through a laser

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet

Solar panels are contagious - but in a good way

Cracking open the mystery of how many bubbles are in a glass of beer

Illuminating invisible bloody fingerprints with a fluorescent polymer

Bubble with titanium trigger titanic explosions

New process breaks down biodegradable plastics faster

Identification of the wettability of graphene layers at the molecular level

Enormous flare from sun's nearest neighbor breaks records

Outback radio telescope discovers dense, spinning, dead star

Augmented reality in retail and its impact on sales

Energy unleashed by submarine volcanoes could power a continent

New conductive polymer ink opens for next-generation printed electronics

Designing healthy diets with computer analysis

Materials advances are key to development of quantum hardware

Helpful, engineered 'living' machines in the future?

Marine animals inspire new approaches to structural topology optimization

Fixed network of smartphones provides earthquake early warning in Costa Rica

Combining light, superconductors could boost AI capabilities

Boosting fiber optics communications with advanced quantum-enhanced receiver

Astronauts' mental health risks tested in the Antarctic

Reversal of blood droplet flight predicted, captured in experiments

Forensics puzzle cracked via fluid mechanical principles

Stone skipping techniques can improve reentry of space vehicles

AI agent helps identify material properties faster

New catalyst for lower CO2 emissions

2D nanomaterial MXene: The perfect lubricant

Is social media use a potentially addictive behavior? Maybe not

New infrastructure approach could save millions

Body mass index, age can affect your risk for neck pain

New pulsed magnet reveals a new state of matter in Kondo insulator

Cool and COVID-safe: How radiant cooling could keep our cities comfortable and healthy

Flushing a public toilet? Don't linger, because aerosolized droplets do

Tiny implantable tool for light-sheet imaging of brain activity

New algorithm uses online learning for massive cell data sets

Early deaths rising in workers using methylene chloride paint strippers

DNA robots designed in minutes instead of days

Sustainable chemical synthesis with platinum

Understanding interfaces of hybrid materials with machine learning

Green hydrogen: 'Rust' as a photoanode and its limits

Mapping performance variations to see how lithium-metal batteries fail

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeds in historic first flight

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeds in historic first flight

How to make online arguments productive

Scientists crack 'the Brazil-nut' puzzle, how do the largest nuts rise to the top?

Elusive particle may point to undiscovered physics

Tarantula's ubiquity traced back to the Cretaceous

COVID-19: Scientists identify human genes that fight infection

Hidden magma pools pose eruption risks that we can't yet detect

New CRISPR technology offers unrivaled control of epigenetic inheritance

Joyful screams perceived more strongly than screams of fear or anger

Plastic planet: Tracking pervasive microplastics across the globe

A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star

Scientists generate human-monkey chimeric embryos

How many T. rexes were there? Billions

Entanglement-based quantum network

Coral reefs prevent more than $5.3 billion in potential flood damage for U.S. property owners, study finds

Thermoelectric material discovery sets stage for new forms of electric power in the future

Wearable sensors that detect gas leaks

The future of particle accelerators is here

Sunlight to solve the world's clean water crisis

New nanoscale device for spin technology

Engineers improve performance of high-temperature superconductor wires

Process simultaneously removes toxic metals and salt to produce clean water

Entanglement-based quantum network

Oxygen migration enables ferroelectricity on nanoscale

The whitest paint is here - and it's the coolest. Literally.

Tracking the progress of fusion power through 60 years of neutral particle analysis

Water purification system engineered from wood, with help from a microwave oven

Physicists develop theoretical model for neural activity of mouse brain

Plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants

Investigating heavy quark physics with the LHCb experiment

Researcher uses bat-inspired design to develop new approach to sound location

Experts' predictions for future wind energy costs drop significantly

Uncovering the secrets of some of the world's first color photographs

Research breakthrough in understanding how neural systems process and store information

Physics: Resources to look for cracks in the standard model

3D-printed proton-conductive membrane paves way for tailored energy storage devices

New 'time machine' technique to measure cells

Simulations reveal how dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain binds to host, succumbs to antibodies

A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star

On the pulse of pulsars and polar light

Scientists may detect signs of extraterrestrial life in the next 5 to 10 years

Experiments cast doubts on the existence of quantum spin liquids

Surprise twist suggests stars grow competitively

New CRISPR technology offers unrivaled control of epigenetic inheritance

New method measures super-fast, free electron laser pulses

Fast radio bursts shown to include lower frequency radio waves than previously detected

Transparent nanolayers for more solar power

Plasma device designed for consumers can quickly disinfect surfaces

Snake species from different terrains surrender surface secrets behind slithering success

Triangular-shaped spikes key to coronavirus transmission, finds new study

How to gain a sense of well-being, free and online

AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images

New NASA visualization probes the light-bending dance of binary black holes

A neuromagnetic view through the skull

Baked meteorites yield clues to planetary atmospheres

Lipid research may help solve COVID-19 vaccine challenges

Giant electronic conductivity change driven by artificial switch of crystal dimensionality

Novel guidelines help select optimal deconvolution method

Self-assembling nanofibers prevent damage from inflammation

Stretching the boundaries of medical tech with wearable antennae

Picosecond electron transfer in peptides can help energy technologies

Satellite map of human pressure on land provides insight on sustainable development

Reliably measuring oxygen deficiency in rivers or lakes

Using sound waves to make patterns that never repeat

3D-printed material to replace ivory

Transforming circles into squares

Auxin makes the spirals in gerbera inflorescences follow the Fibonacci sequence

Little swirling mysteries: Uncovering dynamics of ultrasmall, ultrafast groups of atoms

Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles

Superbug killer: New nanotech destroys bacteria and fungal cells

Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole

Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole

New method for putting quantum correlations to the test

Machine learning can help slow down future pandemics

New approach to centuries-old 'three-body problem'

No batteries? No sweat! Wearable biofuel cells now produce electricity from lactate

Atom interferometry demonstrated in space

Combining mask wearing, social distancing suppresses COVID-19 virus spread

Elusive particle may point to undiscovered physics

Powered prosthetic ankles can restore a wide range of functions for amputees

People may trust computers more than humans

A molecule that responds to light

Using emotion and humor to combat science misinformation

Basketball Mathematics scores big at inspiring kids to learn

Plastic planet: Tracking pervasive microplastics across the globe

Spotting cows from space

Scientists watch 2D puddles of electrons emerge in a 3D superconducting material

Bubbles speed up energy transfer

165 new cancer genes identified with the help of machine learning

Following atoms in real time could lead to better materials design

Technique allows mapping of epigenetic information in single cells at scale

New biosealant can stabilize cartilage, promote healing after injury

Amounts of organic molecules in planetary systems differ from early on

Ocean bacteria release carbon into the atmosphere

SMART discovers the science behind varying performance of different colored LEDs

A multidimensional view of the coronavirus

Search for sterile neutrinos: It's all about a bend in the curve

Centrifugal multispun nanofibers put a new spin on COVID-19 masks

Lighting the way to folding next-level origami

The indestructible light beam

Life on Venus? First we need to know more about molecules in the atmosphere

Making music from spider webs

Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants

Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa

New research reveals secret to Jupiter's curious aurora activity

Optically active defects improve carbon nanotubes

Discovery could help lengthen lifespan of electronic devices

Glass injection molding

Pillar of support: Breakthrough discovery could speed up bone implant recovery

Can a 3D printed beetle model simulate the real thing?

Pulp mill waste hits the road instead of the landfill

Caught speeding: Clocking the fastest-spinning brown dwarfs

Curiosity rover explores stratigraphy of Gale crater

Graphene: Everything under control in a quantum material

Could Mario Kart teach us how to reduce world poverty and improve sustainability?

Engineering researchers visualize the motion of vortices in superfluid turbulence

Green chemistry and biofuel: The mechanism of a key photoenzyme decrypted

Discovery of rare 'quadruply imaged quasars' can help solve cosmological puzzles

Novel algorithm reveals birdsong features that may be key for courtship