Sea cucumber tissue kept growing for more than three years after removal, surviving in seawater teeming with microbes. Like Thing, the disembodied hand in The Addams Family, a severed piece of sea cucumber tissue kept living without the body it came from, prompting scientists to describe the animal as a “real-life zombie.” Weeks after being […]
Researchers Stretch a Quantum Material and Uncover Two Hidden Superconducting States
Stretching a quantum material revealed two distinct superconducting states, challenging previous assumptions about its behavior and offering new clues to the mechanisms behind superconductivity. Stretching a crystal by less than 1% has allowed scientists to separate two distinct superconducting states in a material that has puzzled physicists for years. The experiment also increased the temperature […]
Researchers Stretch a Quantum Material and Uncover Two Hidden Superconducting States
Stretching a quantum material revealed two distinct superconducting states, challenging previous assumptions about its behavior and offering new clues to the mechanisms behind superconductivity. Stretching a crystal by less than 1% has allowed scientists to separate two distinct superconducting states in a material that has puzzled physicists for years. The experiment also increased the temperature […]
Researchers Stretch a Quantum Material and Uncover Two Hidden Superconducting States
Stretching a quantum material revealed two distinct superconducting states, challenging previous assumptions about its behavior and offering new clues to the mechanisms behind superconductivity. Stretching a crystal by less than 1% has allowed scientists to separate two distinct superconducting states in a material that has puzzled physicists for years. The experiment also increased the temperature […]
A New Test Upends a Long-Held Assumption About Dark Matter
A new study puts very different dark matter theories through the same quantitative test of “naturalness.” Some of the most familiar assumptions about dark matter may depend less on the type of dark matter being proposed than on the details of how a particular model produces it. A new analysis by Stefano Profumo, professor of […]
Scientists Say the Older Brain May Be Optimized for Something Different
New research suggests that healthy brain aging may reflect a shift in cognitive priorities rather than simple decline. The aging brain may not simply be a younger brain in decline. New research from the University of Arizona argues that healthy aging involves a shift in cognitive priorities, with less emphasis on preserving precise details and […]
Scientists Say the Older Brain May Be Optimized for Something Different
New research suggests that healthy brain aging may reflect a shift in cognitive priorities rather than simple decline. The aging brain may not simply be a younger brain in decline. New research from the University of Arizona argues that healthy aging involves a shift in cognitive priorities, with less emphasis on preserving precise details and […]
Scientists Say the Older Brain May Be Optimized for Something Different
New research suggests that healthy brain aging may reflect a shift in cognitive priorities rather than simple decline. The aging brain may not simply be a younger brain in decline. New research from the University of Arizona argues that healthy aging involves a shift in cognitive priorities, with less emphasis on preserving precise details and […]
Scientists Discover an Unexpected New Way To Fight Alzheimer’s Before It Starts
A transplant drug improved brain blood flow in a four-week study of healthy adults at higher genetic risk of Alzheimer’s, suggesting a possible role in prevention. Blood flow to parts of the brain can drop years before memory problems appear in people who carry APOE4, a gene variant associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s […]
Scientists Say the Secret to a Happier, Healthier Society May Begin in Childhood
How children are raised may matter for social well-being worldwide, with surveys across three culturally different countries linking supportive childhoods to adults’ trust and sense of belonging. At home, a child seeking comfort depends on a caregiver’s response, while time for free play offers room to explore. A University of Nottingham-led study linked these experiences, […]