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Physics
Scientists Teleport a 100-Pixel Image Using 100 Quantum Channels
Quantum teleportation is poised to change the world. It sounds like science fiction – that the quantum state of one system can be transferred, or &qu…
AI
Development of an AI Technology able to 'Read Emotions' across entire cities to Stop Crime Before it Happen
Artificial intelligence can now read human emotions and use 5G technology to thwart terrorist attacks and crimes before they happen. Scientists have …
AI
AI's Growing Water Demand — and the Technologies That Could Reduce It
Though data centers consume far less water than industries such as agriculture and manufacturing, their growing demand can become a serious issue in …
Biology
Your DNA Influences Your Personality, But It Doesn't Define Who You Are
One of the biggest existential questions an individual can ask is "What makes me, me?" Identical twins have near-identical genetics, yet ca…
On Earth
A third of the Earth's population will live in arid regions by 2070
A new study revealed that if the percentage of greenhouse gases continued to rise and subsequently caused an increase in the average temperature, the…
On Earth
Climate Change Has Disrupted a Centuries-Old Connection Between the Pacific and Indian Oceans
What happens in one ocean doesn't necessarily stay there. For centuries, changes over the tropical Pacific have traveled through the atmosphere t…
Physics
Scientists Prove Quantum Networks Can Work Outside the Lab
If scientists can develop networks based on quantum physics, the potential is huge. It could improve communication security, unite the capabilities o…
On Earth
Seeing Bacteria Like Never Before: How Expansion Microscopy Transforms Research
By combining MERFISH imaging with expansion microscopy, researchers have unlocked a new way to study bacteria at the single-cell level. This allows t…
AI
AI’s Hidden Water Cost: How Data Centers Are Draining Global Water Resources
In the digital age, data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT have become indispensable. They power everything from …
AI
U.S. Lawmakers Demand Answers After OpenAI and Anthropic AI Agents Escape Containment
A coalition of U.S. House Democrats is calling on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to explain how their AI systems escaped conta…
Neuroscience
Consciousness May Not Come From the Brain, New Theory Suggests
For decades, neuroscientists have searched the brain for the biological basis of consciousness, assuming our thoughts, emotions, and subjective exper…
Physics
420 km Apart, Still Connected: A Leap for Quantum Entanglement
Maintaining a long-distance relationship may be difficult for humans, but it's even more difficult for entangled states. The longer the fiber, …
Physics
Why Anything Exists: CERN Scientists Probe the Universe’s Missing Antimatter
Neutral beauty mesons can turn into their own antimatter opposite and back again. Image credit: Ansar Iqbal / CMS. Using the largest sample yet of pa…
Neuroscience
Why Your Brain Can’t Be Uploaded to a Computer - And Probably Never Will Be
We often imagine that human consciousness is as simple as input and output of electrical signals within a network of processing units – therefore c…
