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The system aims to stave off devastation like that of 2011 when a relentless six-minute-long temblor was followed by a 130-foot tsunami that reached speeds of 435 miles per hour.

Researchers created a cognitive testing apparatus applicable across diverse fish species, allowing examination of cognition in their natural habitats, revealing more about their cognitive abilities.

The system combines a graphene-derived material with machine learning to detect salty, bitter, sweet, and sour flavors, potentially restoring taste for those with neurological conditions.

Isla Keesje Davidson emphasizes the importance of understanding coral reefs, noting that they possess an acoustically diverse environment that reveals critical insights about their health and vitality.

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The research team in the lab of Professor Katia Bertoldi is developing a novel stent-like device designed to help regulate blood pressure spikes for hypertension patients.

A significant 59% of carbon dioxide released by rivers comes from ancient carbon reservoirs that have low carbon-14 levels, complicating assessments of anthropogenic CO₂.

Objects are more memorable when people encounter them while feeling positive emotions than while feeling negative ones.

The squirting cucumber, also known as Ecballium elaterium, propels its seeds explosively as internal pressure builds up, forcing a stream of liquid containing seed pods out at high speeds.

Scientists have warned that Earth’s rotation is accelerating faster than ever, potentially making Wednesday the shortest day of your life by up to 1.51 milliseconds.

Neuralink made headlines in early 2024 for placing a brain-computer interface (BCI) into a paralyzed man which allowed him to, among other things, play video games using just his thoughts.

Nuclear power has surged back into the spotlight in 2025 as a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. Driven by soaring energy demands from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and electrification, governments and corporations are increasingly turning to nuclear energy for its low-carbon, reliable baseload power.

Firewood was humanity's main energy source for centuries, but solid statistics about prices have been difficult to find due to many Americans chopping down wood themselves.

Hundreds of small earthquakes rattled Washington's Mount Rainier, with activity peaking at 4:29 am ET, and tremors not exceeding magnitude of 1.7.

For more than six decades, this river network has been divided between the two countries according to the Indus Waters Treaty, which broadly allocates three rivers each to India and Pakistan.

Breakthroughs in cancer, rare diseases, and drug development require time, space, and the freedom to explore. Instead, scientists are burning out and many are even walking away, with a recent survey showing that 75% of U.S.-based researchers are considering relocation.

SARS-CoV-2, like any virus, needs to enter the cell, start replicating its genome, and then start making all of the building blocks needed to make new progeny viruses, Hultquist said. For a lot of these processes, the virus uses our own cellular architecture, but we had an incomplete understanding of exactly which human proteins the virus was using for which stages of its replication cycle.

The Afar Triangle in eastern Africa is a significant geological location where three rift zones meet, indicative of Earth's crust being pulled apart.

In an online test interface for a system called the Virtual Lab, Montine constructed a team of six artificial-intelligence (AI) characters, all powered by a commercial large language model to examine possible treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

Biosphere 2, a massive greenhouse in Oracle, Arizona, features diverse ecosystems including a rainforest, ocean, and mangrove wetland, designed to test self-sustaining habitats for humans.

Managing empty spaces on bookshelves is a practical metaphor for handling sorted data in computer science, particularly as datasets grow larger and more complexity arises.

Researchers predict that the universe will reach its 'death date' at 33.3 billion years old, with approximately 19 billion years remaining before a Big Crunch occurs.

From an orbital altitude of 550 kilometers [about 340 miles], the capsule re-entered successfully in a controlled manner, with communication established post maximum heat. Communications were, however, lost at 26km altitude, just before the transonic phase preceding the opening of the parachutes.

There are about half a million objects the size of a cigarette pack in Earth's orbit, moving at speeds averaging 28,000 km/h. This creates a severe risk.

The study found that only a small number of sightings described the stereotypical looped body of Nessie, suggesting that most witnesses are truthful in their experiences.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted, sending a toxic column of ash upwards of 63,000 feet, prompting evacuations and flight cancellations as authorities warn residents to stay away.

EEG signals of sleep are associated with improved performance on cognitive tasks, as evidenced by various historical figures experiencing insights after naps.