Science

Ultra-hot Jupiter in death spiral may reveal how rocky worlds are born

Macquarie University astronomers have tracked an extreme planet's orbital decay, confirming it is spiralling towards its star in a cosmic…

12 months ago

Scientists just recreated the Universe’s first molecule and solved a 13-billion-year-old puzzle

Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures…

12 months ago

Breakthrough lung cancer treatment supercharges immune cells with mitochondria

While chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment, it often weakens the immune system it relies on for long-term…

12 months ago

The hidden climate battle between forests and the ocean

Terrestrial plants drove an increase in global photosynthesis between 2003 and 2021, a trend partially offset by a weak decline…

12 months ago

Einstein was wrong: MIT just settled a 100-year quantum debate

MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate,…

12 months ago

After 50 years, scientists finally catch elusive neutrinos near a reactor

Neutrinos are extremely elusive elementary particles. Day and night, 60 billion of them stream from the Sun through every square…

1 year ago

Rutgers physicists just discovered a strange new state of matter

Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist - one that is different from the usual states of…

1 year ago

Max-dose statins save lives—here’s why doctors are starting strong

There is broad consensus that the overall body of evidence shows lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol provides both statistically significant…

1 year ago

Fat melts away—but so does muscle: What Ozempic users need to know

Popular GLP-1 drugs help many people drop tremendous amounts of weight, but the drugs fail to provide a key improvement…

1 year ago

Reversing Alzheimer’s damage: Two cancer drugs demonstrate surprising power

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that occur…

1 year ago