In a new paper published in the journal iScience, an astrophysicist from Fudan University discusses the possibility of sending a nanocraft to a black hole at 20-25 light-years from Earth to test the nature of the compact object and fundamental…
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Possible clue into movement disorders like Parkinson’s, others — Harvard Gazette
Among the many wonders of the brain is its ability to master movements through practice — a dance step, piano sonata, or tying our shoes.
For decades, neuroscientists have known that these tasks require a cluster of brain areas known as the…
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‘Turning information into something physical’ — Harvard Gazette
The punched card, a paper instrument invented 300 years ago to automate looms, helped create a technology that most of us today can’t live without: computers.
A new Houghton Library exhibition — “The Punched Card from the Industrial…
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Ancient Practice of Blowing through Conch Shell Might Help Individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Improvements in daytime sleepiness, sleep quality, and apnea-hypopnea index observed in a new study suggest that respiratory muscle training through shankh (conch shell) blowing may emerge as a novel therapeutic option for managing symptoms of…
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Carnegie Mellon Joins NSF Effort to Build Trustworthy AI Assistants
07/30/2025 Aaron Aupperlee
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science will contribute to a newly launched National Science Foundation (NSF) AI Research…
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Dinosaur teeth reveal some were picky eaters
Some dinosaurs were fussy eaters.
Certain herbivorous dinosaurs preferred specific parts of plants, challenging long-standing assumptions about their diets, a study of fossilized dino teeth shows. The analysis of calcium isotopes in…
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Accidental lab discovery reveals gold’s secret chemistry
Serendipitously and for the first time, an international research team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory formed solid binary gold hydride, a compound made exclusively of gold and hydrogen…
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Tiny gold “super atoms” could spark a quantum revolution
The efficiency of quantum computers, sensors and other applications often relies on the properties of electrons, including how they are spinning. One of the most accurate systems for high performance quantum applications relies on tapping into…
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The nuclear clock that could finally unmask dark matter
For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter – an invisible substance believed to make up about 80 percent of the universe’s mass and needed to explain a variety of physical phenomena. Numerous methods…
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See how aerosols loft through Earth’s sky
Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere like salt and dust, may offset a third of human-caused climate warming, though their influence is fading.
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