Astrophysics

Certain quantum systems may be able to defy entropy's effects forever

Certain quantum systems may be able to defy entropy's e...

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A mathematical proof shows that some quantum states can resist nature’s tendency...

The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?

The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will i...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 3

Two more people in the US have tested positive for a bird flu virus called H5N1,...

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 4

A pair of ctenophores, or comb jellies, can fuse their bodies together, merging ...

Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will live to 100

Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 2

While the 20th century saw rapid rises in average life expectancy at birth, more...

Hackers can turn your smartphone into an eavesdropping device

Hackers can turn your smartphone into an eavesdropping ...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 3

Motion sensors in smartphones can be turned into makeshift microphones to eavesd...

Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA

Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovere...

SIN Oct 7, 2024 0 4

The 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Victor Ambros and Gar...

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what...

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 3

For years, it seemed MDMA-assisted therapy would revolutionise PTSD treatment. B...

Will semiconductor production be derailed by Hurricane Helene?

Will semiconductor production be derailed by Hurricane ...

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 7

Hurricane Helene hit a quartz mine in North Carolina that is key to global semic...

Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million

Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million

SIN Oct 5, 2024 0 3

Mathematician Tom Crawford explains what P versus NP means – and what makes the ...

Space may be filled with more antimatter than we can explain

Space may be filled with more antimatter than we can ex...

SIN Oct 4, 2024 0 3

A detector on the International Space Station found signatures of unexpectedly a...

Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids

Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids

SIN Oct 4, 2024 0 3

Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of...

El Niño pattern can bring wet weather to UK one year later

El Niño pattern can bring wet weather to UK one year later

SIN Oct 4, 2024 0 2

El Niño and La Niña cycles driven by ocean temperatures in the Pacific can influ...

Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test

Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redir...

SIN Oct 4, 2024 0 3

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroi...

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an 'astounding' rate

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an 'astounding...

SIN Oct 4, 2024 0 3

Satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands reveal that the a...

China's answer to SpaceX's Starlink is also threatening astronomy

China's answer to SpaceX's Starlink is also threatening...

SIN Oct 4, 2024 0 3

The first 18 satellites of a planned Chinese mega constellation are brighter tha...

Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss

Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-relate...

SIN Oct 3, 2024 0 3

A monkey that performed poorly on vision tests did much better after having a st...

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