Observing the birth of a quasiparticle
Over the past decades, physicists worldwide have been trying to gain a better understanding of non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum many-body systems. Some studies investigated what are known as quasiparticles, disturbances or entities in physical sys.....»»
Crocodile"s "virgin birth" is a first for science"s history books
Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilization, have been told throughout history. Mars the ancient Roman god, Horus the ancient Egyptian god and Qi from ancient Chinese mythology were all born to virgins. But virgin births.....»»
Crocodile"s "Virgin Birth" Is a First for Science"s History Books
A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years.....»»
Scientists unlock new horizons for cryogenic microscopy
EPFL scientists have developed a new research instrument for observing biological tissue samples prepared using a method discovered about forty years ago by Nobel Prize winner Jacques Dubochet, emeritus professor at the University of Lausanne. Their.....»»
Level of support for gender-neutral option on state IDs found to be affected by political orientation, social context
As of June, 22 states and the District of Columbia will allow residents to select a gender-neutral "X" marker, rather than "male" or "female," on their driver's licenses, birth certificates, and other government-issued identification documents......»»
Unveiling the RNA-guided mechanisms driving cell fate
The early stages of embryonic development contain many of life's mysteries. Unlocking these mysteries can help us better understand early development and birth defects, and help develop new regenerative medicine treatments......»»
Covid changed the architecture profession forever
The pandemic changed the way architects work, from flattening studio hierarchies to reviving more analog tools. Walking during lockdowns, following protocols and restrictions, city dwellers witnessed the birth of a new architectural aesthetic.Read F.....»»
Gene Therapy in the Womb Is Inching Closer to Reality
Treatment in utero could cure diseases before birth. Recent advances in lab animals may bring medicine closer to achieving it—but this field is still in its infancy......»»
RSV vaccine to protect infants gets green light from FDA advisers
Faint data signal of possible increased risk of premature birth caused some concern. Enlarge / A father cares for his 8-and-a-half-month-old son, who is in the intensive care unit of the pediatric clinic at St. Joseph Hospital in.....»»
RSV vaccine to protect infants gets green light from FDA advisors
Faint data signal of possible increased risk of premature birth caused some concern. Enlarge / A father cares for his eight-and-a-half-month-old son, who is in the intensive care unit of the pediatric clinic at St. Joseph Hospita.....»»
Architecture after COVID: How the pandemic inspired building designers
Walking during lockdowns, following protocols and restrictions, city dwellers witnessed the birth of a new architectural aesthetic......»»
1 million images get stitched together to form an atlas of star birth
Stars are born in dense clouds of dust and gas called, adorably enough, stellar nurseries. Now, researchers have created an atlas of five of these regions......»»
ASEAN offers not just geographical advantages
The rising labor cost in China and the changing international politics have given birth to a new value chain stretching from Shenzhen and Dongguan in southern China to northern Vietnam. Samsung has already established two major handset production bas.....»»
FDA advisers vote unanimously in favor of OTC birth control pills
"We need to trust women." Enlarge (credit: Perrigo) A panel of independent medical experts for the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in favor of allowing the hormonal birth control pill Opill (n.....»»
Long-term study pinpoints who has been shot and witnessed shootings by race, sex, and birth year
Exposure to gun violence is one of the great traumas of American life, but its harms are not equally distributed. In a first-of-its-kind study published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, a Harvard sociology professor and his colleagues set out to examine.....»»
Hubble follows shadow play around planet-forming disk
The young star TW Hydrae is playing "shadow puppets" with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope......»»
Time-resolved crystallography for the masses
Scientists from four research institutes in the Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld have joined forces to develop a ground-breaking experimental setup. Their new Spitrobot greatly simplifies observing changes in proteins as they carry out their functions.....»»
Study using X-Ray telescope indicates that dark energy is uniformly distributed in space and time
When Edwin Hubble observed distant galaxies in the 1920s, he made the groundbreaking discovery that the universe is expanding. It was not until 1998, however, that scientists observing Type Ia supernovae further discovered that the universe is not ju.....»»
Six months into Elon Musk"s Twitter: The fall of verification and birth of Twitter Blue in one very long chart
In the six months since Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the billionaire has turned the platform on its head by overhauling how it decides which accounts to verify......»»
Analyzing the effectiveness of increasing investment in educational support for children in shrinking Japanese cities
In Japan, many municipalities have suffered from population decline due to low birth rates and an aging population. In 2022, the Japanese population over the age of 65 was 36.21 million, accounting for 28.9% of the total population. In addition, appr.....»»
Scientists reconstruct full state of a quantum liquid
A team of physicists has illuminated certain properties of quantum systems by observing how their fluctuations spread over time. The research offers an intricate understanding of a complex phenomenon that is foundational to quantum computing—a meth.....»»