Chinese Scientists Propose a New Live-Virus Flu Vaccine
Using attenuated, live viruses as vaccines is a promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza. Traditional live-attenuated virus vaccines…
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Scientists Find Strong Magnetic Fields Can Relieve Anxiety and Depression
Scientists recently conducted a series of studies to test the biosafety and neurobehavioral effects of 33.0 Tesla high static magnetic fields (SMF) using the self-designed…
Scientists Discover the Real Reason Giraffes Had Long Necks
Fossils demonstrate that head-bashing combat contributed to the development of the long necks of giraffes. The authors of the study propose an alternative theory for the…
Astronomers Discover Binary System Ejecting Common Envelope at 450,000 MPH
Chinese and Australian Astronomers Find Direct Evidence for Binary Common Envelope Evolution A team of astronomers has jointly discovered a binary system ejecting a common…
Effective Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Two-Dimensional Ionic Liquids
A new technology for CO2 capture, utilization, and storage has attracted broad attention in the context of global concern about climate change and greenhouse gas…
New Record for Strongest Magnetic Field in Universe: More Than 1.6 Billion Tesla
Insight-HXMT Breaks Own Measurement Record for Strongest Magnetic Field in Universe Neutron stars generate the strongest magnetic fields in the universe. However, the only way…
Extinct Creatures Fill Puzzling Gap in the Fossil Record
Research reveals yunnanozoans as the oldest known stem vertebrates. New findings answer questions in the fossil record. The puzzling gap in the fossil record that…
Scientists Synthesize New Carbon Material: A Two-Dimensional Monolayer Polymeric Fullerene
Synthetic carbon allotropes are intriguing due to their exceptional properties and potential applications. Scientists have devoted decades to synthesizing new types of carbon materials. However,…
419-Million-Year-Old Chinese Fossil Shows Human Middle Ear Evolved From Fish Gills
The human middle ear—which houses three tiny, vibrating bones—is key to transporting sound vibrations into the inner ear, where they become nerve impulses that allow…
“Ocean of Storms” – China’s Lunar Lander Finds Source of Water on Moon
China’s first lunar sample-return mission, Chang’e 5, is the fifth lunar exploration mission of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, launched on November 23, 2020. It…
Real Telekinesis: Chinese Scientists Advance Toward Moving Things With Our Thoughts
A published scientific paper entitled “Remotely Mind-controlled Metasurface via Brainwaves” advances the first step towards real-time, remote, and wireless mind control of metamaterials. When you…
Strange Giraffoid Fossil Solves Giraffe Evolutionary Mystery
Giraffes are quite distinctive due to their extremely long necks. In fact, their necks can be as long as 7.9 feet (2.4 m). Even though…
Stanford Scientists Discover That Adding a Particular Seafood to Your Diet Can Reverse Signs of Aging
Supplementing your diet with the sea organisms Ascidiacea, also known as sea squirts, reverses some of the main signs of aging, according to a new…
On-Chip Photodetection: 2D Material Heterojunctions for “Post-Moore Era” Microelectronics
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) use photons as information carriers and feature ultra-high transmission speed, low delay, and anti-electromagnetic crosstalk. These advantages are expected to solve…
Latest CMIP6 Climate Models Overestimate Future Afro-Asian Monsoon Rainfall and Runoff
Climate projections are critical for adaptation and mitigation planning. The output of the latest round of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, phase 6 (CMIP6) has…
Intelligent AI-Empowered Metasurface Could Revolutionize Our Lives
The manipulation of electromagnetic waves and information has become an important part of our everyday lives. Intelligent metasurfaces have emerged as smart platforms for automating…
Weird New Type of Stars – Covered in Helium Burning Ashes – Discovered by Astronomers
A German team of astronomers from the Universities of Tübingen and Potsdam, led by Prof. Klaus Werner, have discovered a new type of strange stars….
New Ancient DNA Study Reveals 5,000-Year Population History of Xinjiang, China
Xinjiang, in northwest China, lays at an important junction between east and west Eurasia and has played a historically important role in the exchange of…
