Anyone who has struggled with an arcade claw machine knows that controlling a mechanical arm is not as easy as it looks. Excavator operators face a much harder version of the same problem. They must coordinate several joystick movements to control the machine’s boom, arm, bucket and cab at the same time. Learning those controls […]

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A gigantic line of cliffs may once have stretched for thousands of kilometers across ancient North America, helping erase more than a billion years of geological history from rocks now exposed in the Grand Canyon. Scientists led by the University of Southampton in the UK believe this enormous landscape formed about 800 million years ago, […]

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A faint gravitational-wave signal spreading across the universe may contain clues about mysterious stars that existed more than 13 billion years ago, according to new research. Scientists from Colgate University have investigated whether some of the earliest supermassive black holes could be responsible for much of the extremely low-frequency gravitational-wave background detected today. Their findings […]

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Some of the earliest massive galaxies in the universe may be hiding enormous numbers of small, faint stars, suggesting they contain much more mass than astronomers previously believed. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by researchers at Leiden University studied nine massive galaxies from the early universe. They discovered that […]

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A urinary tract infection may make memory problems worse after a traumatic brain injury, according to new research in mice. The study raises an important question about whether a common infection could interfere with the brain’s recovery after an injury. Traumatic brain injury, often shortened to TBI, happens when a blow, fall or other force […]

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A compound connected with foods such as pomegranates and walnuts could point scientists toward a new treatment for one of the most stubborn forms of heart failure. Researchers found that urolithin A helped stiff heart tissue relax and reduced several damaging changes linked to the disease. Urolithin A is not simply a nutrient that comes […]

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Moving your body is generally good for your health, but new research suggests that all physical activity may not have the same relationship with the aging brain. A huge analysis found that exercise chosen for fun was linked to less dementia, while heavy physical activity at work was linked to more. The research came from […]

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Parents often notice differences between their first and second child and wonder whether birth order really matters. A massive new study suggests it may be linked to health in unexpected ways, although the differences are much smaller than many people might imagine. The findings were published in Nature Health. Researchers analysed health records from more […]

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A long-running study suggests that chemicals formed during drinking water disinfection may play a role in uterine cancer risk. Scientists tracked more than 53,000 California teachers and school administrators for nearly two decades and found that women exposed to higher levels of certain water treatment byproducts were more likely to develop uterine cancer. The findings […]

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Scientists have shown that sunlight can be used to create quantum entanglement, a surprising advance that could eventually help make quantum technologies more energy efficient. Quantum entanglement is a strange phenomenon in which two particles become connected so strongly that their properties remain linked, even when they are separated. It is an important part of […]

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Scientists have developed a new 3D printing technique that can create soft materials programmed to either stretch or shrink when heated. The advance could eventually lead to more capable soft robots, artificial muscles, wearable devices and medical tools that change shape inside the body. The research was led by Professor Suk-kyun Ahn of Pusan National […]

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SIM cards are normally trusted parts of our phones and other connected devices. But new research shows that if a SIM card is malicious or compromised, it could become a surprisingly powerful tool for attacking the device that contains it. Researchers from the University of Birmingham, working with cybersecurity company Fuzzware, investigated how hostile SIM […]

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A rare meteorite from Mars is giving scientists a new look at a mysterious period in the Red Planet’s history. Researchers at Boston College have found that the rock formed about 1.27 billion years ago and may have come from a part of Mars’s deep interior that remained largely unchanged for billions of years. The […]

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Keeping the bladder has long been one of the biggest challenges for people whose high-risk bladder cancer returns after standard treatment. For many years, removing the bladder has been the safest option because it greatly reduces the chance of the cancer spreading. However, the surgery can permanently affect daily living, making the search for effective […]

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People with type 2 diabetes are much more likely to develop heart disease than those without diabetes. High blood sugar can damage blood vessels over time, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure. Even when blood sugar is controlled, many patients remain at high risk of serious heart problems, so researchers continue […]

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Many weight-loss plans ask people to count calories, measure portions, or deliberately eat less. A new clinical study suggests there may be another approach: changing the kinds of foods on the plate so that people can eat satisfying amounts while naturally taking in fewer calories. The research found that adults with overweight who followed a […]

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Depression and suicidal thoughts are usually identified through conversations, questionnaires and a clinician’s judgment. These methods are essential, but researchers at the University of Southern California are exploring whether signals from the body could provide doctors with another source of information. The work is part of a research project called PRECOG, which began in June […]

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Tanya Chapman Griffin was coughing so often that she bought jumbo bags of extra-strong menthol cough drops to quell the nearly constant tickle in her throat. “It must be that Saharan dust storm,” Tanya would tell people, referring to the massive dust plume that travels across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and the southern United […]

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For about 40 years, physicists have puzzled over a strange problem: What happens when an electrically charged particle encounters a hypothetical magnetic monopole? Some calculations suggested that the outgoing particle simply disappears from the theory. Now, researchers from Ghent University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford may have found an answer. Their […]

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