Brains in People With Autism Are More Symmetrical
The left and right halves of our brains develop differently, as each hemisphere ‘specializes’ in certain functions. For example, for most people, the left hemisphere—controlling…
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New X-Ray Telescope Reveals the Beauty of the Hidden Universe
The scientific performance demonstrated in the first weeks of operations of the eROSITA X-ray telescope promises a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic Universe….
Revolutionary Way to Search for Elusive Dark Matter: “Hear” It Through “Axion Radio”
Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionize the search for the…
Astronomers Observe Two Young Suns Collecting Matter in a Binary System
Food for young twin stars: Astronomers observe how two suns collect matter in a binary system Stars are born in the midst of large clouds…
Detailed Insights on the Disappearance of the World’s Largest Mammals From Microscopic Evidence
New, state-of-the-art methods provide detailed insights into the timing and causes of ‘megafauna’ extinctions in the past. Understanding the causes and consequences of Late Quaternary…
A Cosmic Pretzel: Twin Baby Stars Grow Among a Twisting Network of Gas and Dust
Astronomers using ALMA have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young stars are growing, fed by a complex pretzel-shaped network of…
Do Children’s Brains Really Get Thinner? Neuroscientists Striking Results Are Unexpected.
Neuroscientists provide striking results that suggest the brains of children likely do not thin as much as expected. Using state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, Vaidehi Natu…
Powerful Pulsating Gamma Rays Emitted From Neutron Star Rotating an Incredible 707 Times a Second
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely at the system and raise new questions. An international research…
Scientists Develop Solution for Transparent Electronic Devices
Scientists develop solution processable ferroelectric nylons. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) led by Dr. Kamal Asadi have solved a four-decade long…
New Concept for Self-Assembling Mobile Micromachines
In the future, designers of micromachines can utilize a new effect. A team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in…
Astronomers Discover 18 Earth-Sized Planets Beyond Our Solar System
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), the Georg August University of Göttingen, and the Sonneberg Observatory have discovered 18 Earth-sized…
Earliest Animals Developed Later Than Previously Thought
Sponges belong to our earliest ancestors. However, fossils, molecules and genes disagree on the rise of these early animals. A large international team of researchers…
Scientists Realize Optical Version of Schrödinger’s Thought Experiment
An old thought experiment now appears in a new light. In 1935 Erwin Schrödinger formulated a thought experiment designed to capture the paradoxical nature of…
Researchers Discover Human-Specific Gene for Building a Bigger Brain
The human brain owes its characteristic wrinkled appearance to its outer layer, the cerebral cortex. During human evolution, the neocortex, the evolutionarily youngest part of…
Scientists Identify Synaptic Protein Target for New Anxiolytic Treatments
Anxiety disorders are severe mental disorders in which patients suffer from intense fears and anxiety or from sudden, inexplicable panic attacks. In extreme cases, the…
LIGO and Virgo Reveal Four New Sources of Gravitational Waves
Scientists have carried out a closer analysis of previously recorded data from the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, tracking down four new signals. They…
Scientists Paint a New Comprehensive Picture on How Humans Think
It is one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: How do humans think? Until recently, we seemed far from a conclusive answer. However, scientists…
AI Controlled Quantum Error Correction System Capable of Learning
Neural networks enable learning of error correction strategies for computers based on quantum physics Quantum computers could solve complex tasks that are beyond the capabilities…