48+ min ago   (1106+ words) A week of intensive meditation and other mind and body practices may be capable of producing measurable changes far beyond simple relaxation. In a recent study, researchers at the University of California San Diego found that a seven-day retreat was…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (511+ words) The stress hormone cortisol can interfere with the brain system that helps people navigate and stay oriented. Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany found that cortisol weakens the activity of grid cells, specialized nerve cells that are essential for…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (138+ words) CT scans of the world’s rarest dodo skulls suggest the extinct bird may have had a stronger sense of smell, a highly sensitive beak, and a lifestyle that extended into dawn and dusk. The discoveries are helping overturn centuries-old myths…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1011+ words) A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty. Not long afterward, a meteorite weighing more than two pounds punched through…...

14+ hour, 29+ min ago   (825+ words) Researchers are now exploring ways to reduce some of that strain. A team led by Gang Wu, the Elvera and William R. Stuckenberg Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has developed an approach that…...

15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (348+ words) A protein that evolved long before the human circulatory system may help unlock stronger cancer treatments. When C3 is produced inside tumors, it blocks immune-suppressing cells and gives immunotherapy a better chance to work. Researchers were even able to recreate this…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1084+ words) Quantum materials could reshape fields as varied as high-performance computing, secure communication, sensitive detection, and energy production. Yet one persistent limitation has kept most of them from becoming practical technologies. Almost every quantum material discovered so far works only when…...

15+ hour, 34+ min ago   (695+ words) Scientists have captured previously unseen plasma vortices swirling across the surface of the Sun, revealing tiny structures that could help explain how our star stores, moves, and releases magnetic energy. Tiny Whirlpools Along Solar Granules The newly detected vortices appear…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago   (52+ words) Scientists have generated quantum entanglement directly from sunlight, potentially offering a lower-energy alternative to the lasers normally used in quantum technology. Their outdoor experiment produced entangled photons with about 94% similarity to an ideal state. The result could pave the way…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (415+ words) Tracking Cannabis Use and Cognitive Growth The research team followed 11,036 children from ages 9 to 10 through ages 16 and 17. During that period, the scientists monitored changes in cognitive performance as well as the participants' use of cannabis and other substances. To measure…...