300% More Capacity: New Battery Technology Could Significantly Lower Energy Storage Costs
A new battery has been developed that boasts four times the capacity of lithium batteries, and at a more affordable cost. An international team of…
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Scientists Have Created the Most Detailed Map of the Brain’s Memory Hub – And It Could Change Our Understanding of Memory
Australian scientists have created the most detailed map ever of the communication links between the hippocampus, the brain’s memory control center, and the rest of…
VILPA: Prolong Your Life With One-Minute Bursts of Activity During Daily Tasks
First research to measure the benefits of vigorous physical activity as part of daily living. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both…
New Report: Earth Is “Unequivocally” in Midst of Climate Emergency
16 of the 35 planetary vital indicators used by the researchers to measure climate change are at all-time highs. The Earth’s vital signs have deteriorated to…
Major Implications – Scientists Have Created a “Living Blood Vessel”
This is the first time scientists have observed vessels form with such a close resemblance to the complicated structure of naturally occurring blood vessels. An…
Baffling “Spiderweb” Star Discovered – Is It an Alien Megastructure?
A puzzling image captured by the James Webb Telescope explained. A strange image of the distant star WR140 surrounded by concentric geometric ripples captured by…
Scientists Find That “Protein Hunger” Drives Overeating, Obesity
Study Confirms That Processed Foods Key to Rising Obesity ‘Protein hunger’ drives overeating, a large-scale population study shows. Growing evidence that highly processed and refined…
Thought To Be Extinct for 80 Years – Scientists Rediscover a Unique Insect
Long believed to be extinct on the main island of Lord Howe Island, the wood-feeding cockroach was found at the foot of a single Banyan…
Reduce Your Risk of Cancer, Dementia, Heart Disease, and Death – Scientists Recommend Doing This Activity Everyday
Walking 9800 steps every day was linked to a 50% lower dementia risk. The research tracked 78,500 participants using wearable trackers, making them the largest…
Milky Way’s Graveyard of Dead Stars Found – First Map of the “Galactic Underworld”
A new study creates the first map of our galaxy’s ancient dead stars. In the first map of the ‘galactic underworld’, a study from the…
Ancestral Heritage and Cancer: New Connection Discovered
The study also identified a new prostate cancer taxonomy. Two groundbreaking studies recently published in the journals Nature and Genome Medicine found genetic signatures that explain ethnic…
No, Exercise Can’t Make Up for a Bad Diet
A new study investigates whether high levels of exercise can make up for a poor diet. According to a recent study, increased physical activity does…
New Type Neutron Star Discovered in Unusual Galactic Graveyard
Beginning of a new class of neutron star. A new kind of neutron star has been discovered by a University of Sydney astronomer and her…
An Intragalactic Treasure Hunt: Red Giant Stars’ Mass “Stolen” by Stellar Neighbors
Red Giant Stars Undergo Dramatic Weight Loss Program A new, slimmer type of red giant star has been identified by astronomers, who liken their discovery…
Endangered Delicacy: Tropical Sea Cucumbers in Trouble – Critical for Healthy Ocean Ecosystems
Sea cucumbers are critical for healthy ocean ecosystems. Researchers are calling for better protection of tropical sea cucumbers in the Great Barrier Reef whose numbers…
Missing Link: Global Warming Speeds Up Currents in the Ocean’s Abyss
Finding could help refine climate modeling. University of Sydney scientists have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover that past global warming…
Common Medications Are Affecting Our Immune Response to Infections Like COVID-19
Some common drugs can help and others hinder immune responses. The largest clinical review of immune responses to paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and opioid…
Beyond Qubits: Cryogenic Chip Is Big Step To Scale Up Quantum Computing
Cryogenic chip allows for control of thousands of qubits. Through the Microsoft partnership with the University, Professor David Reilly and colleagues have invented a device…
