Astrophysics

X-ray laser fires most powerful pulse ever recorded

The Linac Coherent Light Source in California fired an X-ray pulse that lasted o...

Why we still don't know exactly how bird flu is spreadi...

Early evidence suggests that a bird flu virus called H5N1 may be infecting dairy...

Snow and rising sea levels may have triggered Japan's e...

In an ongoing swarm of earthquakes that began hitting Japan in 2020, the shiftin...

Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean

Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping e...

OpenAI’s chatbot shows racial bias in advising home buy...

ChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, show...

Solar-powered floating islands could help to regrow cor...

A trio of hexagonal islands could generate solar electricity to power a process ...

Acne-causing bacteria can treat dandruff by resetting s...

An acid produced by an acne-causing bacteria reduced the severity of people's da...

Quantum diamond sensor measured heart signals from a li...

For the first time, a quantum sensor has been used to record magnetic signals fr...

Zapping spinal cord injuries helps restore hand strengt...

Electrical stimulation on the back during rehabilitation exercises causes lastin...

World’s only lungless frog species actually does have l...

The rare Bornean flat-headed frog was thought to be the only frog with no lungs,...

Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one...

Mathematicians are celebrating a 1000-page proof of the geometric Langlands conj...

VR headset can give you 360-degree vision like an owl

A virtual reality system and a head-mounted 360-degree camera make it possible t...

Heatwaves seem to be driving severe asthma flare-ups in...

Children are more likely to be hospitalised for asthma complications during a he...

Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility...

A contentious meeting of physicists highlighted concerns, failures and possible ...

Keto diet may accelerate organ ageing

In mice, a ketogenic diet increases the build-up of zombie-like cells in the hea...

Food 'addiction' should be treated like drug abuse, cla...

A group of doctors and scientists is getting behind the controversial idea that ...

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