Study uncovers genetic switches that control process of whole-body regeneration
When it comes to regeneration, some animals are capable of amazing feats—if you cut the leg off a salamander, it will grow back. When...
Scientists left camera traps to record wild apes—watch what happens
Researchers analyzed video from remote camera-trap devices placed in ape-populated forests throughout Africa to see how wild apes would react to these unfamiliar objects....
Researchers put machine learning on path to quantum advantage
There are high hopes that quantum computing's tremendous processing power will someday unleash exponential advances in artificial intelligence. AI systems thrive when the machine...
Testing the symmetry of space-time by means of atomic clocks
According to Einstein the speed of light is always the same. But according to theoretical models of quantum gravitation, this uniformity of space-time does...
Potential cystic fibrosis treatment uses ‘molecular prosthetic’ for missing lung protein
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing in the lungs...
From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us human
Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates. A new...
Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest large-scale celebrations in Britain -- with people and animals travelling hundreds of miles for prehistoric feasting rituals.
The...
Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM’s quantum computer
We all mark days with clocks and calendars, but perhaps no timepiece is more immediate than a mirror. The changes we notice over the...
What the world’s oldest eggs reveal about dinosaur evolution
A study of the world's earliest known dinosaur eggs reveals new information about the evolution of dinosaur reproduction.
An international team of researchers led by...
ALMA observes the formation sites of solar-system-like planets
Researchers have spotted the formation sites of planets around a young star resembling the sun. Two rings of dust around the star, at distances...
Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes in the early universe
Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan and Princeton University have discovered 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes in the distant universe, from a time when the...
