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Using millions of tiny needles, the patch samples molecular data from inside cells without damaging them, providing intel on composition in minutes.... Read more »

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.... Read more »

Even without reaching heat wave levels, sustained high temperatures may contribute to a litany of health issues.... Read more »

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.... Read more »

Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Having very little spin at birth may explain the galaxies’ small sizes.... Read more »

The origin of red beans — also called adzuki — has been murky. A new study says Japan is where it all started.... Read more »

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.... Read more »

An egg-shape trend found among birds shows up in miniature with very protective bug parents. Elongated eggs fit more compactly under mom.... Read more »

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.... Read more »

Special quantum states allow computers to perform the most difficult class of quantum computing operations.... Read more »

Finding a Saturn-sized world around the young star TWA 7 could pave the way for the Webb space telescope’s direct observation of other exoplanets.... Read more »

Too little Bifidobacterium, used to digest breast milk, in babies' gut microbiomes can increase their risk of developing allergies and asthma.... Read more »

Squash’s killer “nick shot” has a formula. It’s all about height and timing, a new study shows.... Read more »

People who are uninsured or part of a minority racial or ethnic group are underscreened for cervical cancer. Mailing them a self-sample kit may help.... Read more »

Perovskite solar cells promise to revolutionize clean energy, but fragile materials and finicky fabrication have...... Read more »

Assistive robotics and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are rapidly transforming how people with disabilities regain independence....... Read more »

We’ve only heard about legends, but it looks like we’re experiencing the making of one....... Read more »

In a breakthrough that could transform life after paralysis, scientists have successfully used a tiny...... Read more »

Israel’s Augwind Energy has announced plans to build the world’s first commercial-scale AirBattery energy storage...... Read more »

Passengers prone to motion sickness in electric vehicles may soon find relief in an unexpected...... Read more »

Sierra Space, the company behind the in-development Dream Chaser spaceplane, announced a technology center expansion...... Read more »

Australian researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have developed strong, sustainable bricks made from used...... Read more »

The US Army has formally advanced the Blackbeard Ground Launch (GL) hypersonic strike missile into...... Read more »

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings—conditions Ryugu was never thought to experience. The surprise find hints that the asteroid either endured unexpected heat spikes or captured exotic material transported across the early Solar System. Microscopy and chemical clues... Read more »

A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers have identified a massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy clusters. With a mass roughly ten times greater than that of the Milky Way, this structure could contain some... Read more »

Bathed in scattered starlight, this glowing blue nebula in the Taurus Molecular Cloud cradles a trio of young stars—HP Tau, G2, and G3—and a newly forming protostar cloaked in a planet-building disc. Captured by Hubble, this scene reveals a dynamic nursery just 480 light-years from Earth, where cosmic dust, gravity,... Read more »

A new brain scan could help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s by spotting a protein linked to memory loss. It works well in Hispanic and White adults who also have amyloid buildup, but not in Black adults, highlighting the need for more diverse studies. New Brain Imaging Benchmark for Alzheimer’s... Read more »

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically unstable tumors. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences have identified a tumor-suppressive response that could lead to new treatments for... Read more »

University of Texas at Arlington scientists have pinpointed an enzyme, IDO1, that flips the body’s cholesterol-processing machinery into chaos during inflammation. By shutting this “off switch,” immune cells called macrophages regain their ability to soak up cholesterol, potentially stopping heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and more before they start. The team... Read more »

Eoplatypleura messelensis is the oldest known true cicada ever identified in Europe. For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been identified from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is among the oldest known representatives of modern true cicadas in Eurasia and marks the earliest record of the subfamily... Read more »

Across 540 million years, fossil shell records show marine biomass rising hand-in-hand with biodiversity, dipping only during the planet’s great extinctions. Stanford scientists stitched together 7,700 limestone samples to reveal that more diverse seas recycle nutrients better and build bigger food webs—an ancient trend now threatened by human-driven species loss.... Read more »

Deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, scientists have detected rhythmic surges of molten mantle rock—geologic heartbeats powerful enough to thin Earth’s crust, pry Africa apart, and seed a future ocean. Chemical “barcodes” in volcanic rocks reveal that these pulses rise in waves, guided by shifting tectonic plates and varying with plate... Read more »

The Rochester Quantum Network transmits information by sending single photons through two fiber-optic telecommunications lines. Researchers at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have recently linked their campuses using an experimental quantum communications network built with two optical fibers. In a new paper published in Optica Quantum,... Read more »

A phase 2 trial shows that a single dose of psilocybin provides lasting relief from symptoms of depression and anxiety. New results from a clinical trial show that a single dose of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in mushrooms, can lead to lasting reductions in depression and anxiety... Read more »

Researchers have discovered and functionally characterized the myokine CLCF1, which declines with age but is released during exercise and helps protect against musculoskeletal aging. Everyone knows that “exercise is good for your health,” but not many can actually explain why that’s the case. A joint research team led by Dr.... Read more »

Treat it like tobacco: avoid criminalizing it, discourage its use, and protect bystanders, says editorial. Cannabis use is associated with twice the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, along with significantly increased risks of stroke and acute coronary syndrome, which is a sudden reduction or blockage of blood flow to... Read more »

NASA and Australia’s ANU are teaming up to push laser communications to the Moon, using a budget-friendly transceiver built from off-the-shelf parts. If successful on Artemis II, the tech could beam 4K video and rich data back to Earth at record speed, proving deep-space lasers are ready for prime time... Read more »

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited... Read more »

AI models change their medical recommendations when people ask them questions that include colourful language, typos, odd formatting and even gender-neutral pronouns... Read more »

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species... Read more »

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and should even be effective against new strains... Read more »

Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why... Read more »

People with PCOS who struggle to conceive tend to have lower levels of a gut microbe that has been linked to endometrial function... Read more »

A flexible fabric called X-Wear could replace some parts of medical scanners, which would make taking X-rays and CT scans far more comfortable and convenient... Read more »

With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a real-life version from carbon fibre and tungsten... Read more »

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation moving – but some experts are sceptical... Read more »

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance... Read more »

In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are given an insight into how deep-space travel works in Adam Roberts’s universe... Read more »

The author of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on why, in a world awash with fictional dystopias, he set out to write the opposite... Read more »

There have been hundreds of reports of sightings of a “fireball” in the skies over the southern US – it may have been a meteor breaking up as it falls through Earth’s atmosphere... Read more »

DNA sequencing shows young trees are more likely to have gene variants that confer partial resistance to a fungus that has been wiping out ash trees across Europe... Read more »

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