An AI-designed gene-editing tool is opening new possibilities for protecting essential food crops. An artificial intelligence-designed gene-editing tool has helped scientists develop rice plants resistant to bacterial blight, a destructive disease that threatens harvests across Asia and Africa. Researchers at the University of Missouri achieved the result using a technology previously tested in animal cells, […]
Deep-Sea Scientists Capture Extraordinary 4K Footage of a Fish With a See-Through Head
MBARI’s first 4K footage of a barreleye fish offers a rare chance to study how its unusual eyes work in the ocean’s dim twilight zone. The day’s deep-sea research was over when a fish with a transparent head came into view. Research Specialist Shannon Johnson spotted it as MBARI’s pilots were “flying” the remotely operated […]
Deep-Sea Scientists Capture Extraordinary 4K Footage of a Fish With a See-Through Head
MBARI’s first 4K footage of a barreleye fish offers a rare chance to study how its unusual eyes work in the ocean’s dim twilight zone. The day’s deep-sea research was over when a fish with a transparent head came into view. Research Specialist Shannon Johnson spotted it as MBARI’s pilots were “flying” the remotely operated […]
Scientists Find That Older Brains React Very Differently to a Night of Poor Sleep
A single bad night’s sleep may be easier on a healthy older brain than a younger one, though regularly missing sleep still carries risks. Sleep quality often declines with age, yet older adults can seem less affected by a single bad night than younger people. Understanding that apparent mismatch means looking at how the brain […]
Scientists Find That Older Brains React Very Differently to a Night of Poor Sleep
A single bad night’s sleep may be easier on a healthy older brain than a younger one, though regularly missing sleep still carries risks. Sleep quality often declines with age, yet older adults can seem less affected by a single bad night than younger people. Understanding that apparent mismatch means looking at how the brain […]
Scientists Find That Older Brains React Very Differently to a Night of Poor Sleep
A single bad night’s sleep may be easier on a healthy older brain than a younger one, though regularly missing sleep still carries risks. Sleep quality often declines with age, yet older adults can seem less affected by a single bad night than younger people. Understanding that apparent mismatch means looking at how the brain […]
A Hidden Substance in Drinking Water May Be Linked to Heart Problems in Children
The water we drink may hold clues to a rare heart condition in children, but whether naturally occurring lithium plays a role in its development remains unknown. A dangerously fast heartbeat can begin with an extra strand of heart muscle that forms before birth. The strand creates an abnormal electrical connection, allowing the heart’s rhythm […]
A Hidden Substance in Drinking Water May Be Linked to Heart Problems in Children
The water we drink may hold clues to a rare heart condition in children, but whether naturally occurring lithium plays a role in its development remains unknown. A dangerously fast heartbeat can begin with an extra strand of heart muscle that forms before birth. The strand creates an abnormal electrical connection, allowing the heart’s rhythm […]
Scientists Find a Clever Way to Read Quantum Information Without Destroying It
Simulations suggest that one type of qubit could reveal its state through its own electric current, helping researchers monitor quantum computers with less disturbance and fewer components. Like a bit in an ordinary computer, a qubit stores information using states labeled 0 and 1. A qubit can also be prepared in a superposition, a quantum […]
Chemical Breakthrough Could Unlock the “Holy Grail” of Solid-State Battery Technology
A simple chemical treatment could overcome a persistent weakness in next-generation solid-state batteries. Scientists in China have developed a thin protective coating that could help overcome a major obstacle to longer-lasting, high-capacity batteries. In laboratory tests, solid-state batteries using the treated lithium metal retained 82.3% of their initial capacity after 300 charging cycles, compared with […]