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Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time

Even after a nuclear reactor is switched off, activity continues deep inside its core. Long-lived radioactive fission products keep decaying…

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Scientists detect hidden skin damage before it becomes visible

An international research team led by Hiroshima University has developed a technique that can reveal extremely early changes in human…

4 weeks ago

This chain of atoms can detect electric fields with stunning precision

Measuring low-frequency electric fields with high precision is still a major scientific challenge. Existing sensing technologies often fall short when…

4 months ago

Scientists detect hidden brain damage years before MS symptoms

By the time most people begin seeking help for multiple sclerosis (MS), the disease has already been quietly injuring the…

10 months ago

Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery

Researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, and the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation…

1 year ago

Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms—with 98% accuracy

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) have an odour that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a…

1 year ago

From the andes to the beginning of time: Telescopes detect 13-billion-year-old signal

For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the…

1 year ago

Astronomers Detect Methane in the Atmosphere of the Nearest T Dwarf Star to Earth

The scientists have found methane in the atmosphere of WISEA J181006.18 −101000.5, the T dwarf closest to Earth. The study…

1 year ago

Vera C. Rubin Observatory to Detect Millions of Exploding Stars

A major scientific breakthrough is anticipated with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, currently under construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile,…

2 years ago

AI can detect serious neurologic changes in babies in the NICU using video data alone

A team of clinicians, scientists, and engineers at Mount Sinai trained a deep learning pose-recognition algorithm on video feeds of…

2 years ago