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Osteoporosis occurs when the body fails to replace old bone as it is broken down. This causes bones to become brittle and weak, making them more prone to fractures and…

Researchers at Monash University have identified a promising new approach to tackling Alzheimer’s disease. In laboratory studies, they found that a copper-based drug not only reduced the buildup of toxic…

Anthony Fauci is an American physician-scientist who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022 and served as a key public health adviser during multiple…

You might understandably think that pets always offer emotional support to their owners, but solid scientific evidence for this is surprisingly limited. Despite the general assumption that pets are good…

Prominent Russian mathematician Mikhail Verbitsky was arrested by Armenian authorities last week, international sources reported over the weekend. Russia has called for his extradition to face charges of inciting terrorism….

Glaciers are awe-inspiring, slow-moving rivers of ice powerful enough to reshape Earth—but for certain wee creatures, they’re also home. New research has identified more than 150 different species that live…

The Atacama Desert started forming about 20 million years earlier than scientists previously thought, long before the nearby Andes Mountains took shape, new research reveals. Previously, the desert’s hyperarid core…

By Wu Po-hsuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer The National Atomic Research Institute (NARI) has stepped up research into small modular reactors (SMRs) and nuclear fusion,…

Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at first glance, ought to be clear. How many kinds of elementary particles…

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured a dramatic scene about 26,000 light-years away from Earth. Scientists suspect it could be a supernova remnant, the violent shock wave and cloud of…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed hundreds of previously unknown earthquakes beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, including some in an unexpected place: in the middle of a tectonic plate, far…

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Science and Technology Council has allocated NT$250 million (US$7.6 million) over four years to support research into nuclear fusion and small modular reactor technologies,…

What if the best-tasting morsel isn’t on your plate, but the one you steal? New research suggests “forbidden food” really may taste better. In a quirky but revealing experiment by…

A common amino acid found in protein rich foods and many brain health supplements may have an unexpected connection to longevity, according to new research. Scientists reporting in the journal…

Imagine spotting someone across the room at a party, then heading over to speak to them. According to new research, your brain could be rehearsing those actions in your head…

General Atomics is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to test a fusion “blanket,” which lines the inside of a fusion vessel. They use lithium-based materials to capture energy…

Fentanyl has become one of the deadliest drugs in the United States. Each year, fentanyl and related synthetic opioids are responsible for more deaths than car crashes and gun violence…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Today marks the release of one of the summer’s hottest blockbusters: Disclosure Day. Here’s what director Steven Spielberg had to…

Researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and McMaster University in Canada have shown that the structures of dust rings surrounding young…

Even with today’s advanced DNA sequencing technologies, the underlying genetic causes of many rare movement disorders remain unknown. Researchers in Germany have now uncovered an important new clue. By analyzing…

If something is allowed by the laws of physics, then scientists can assume that it probably exists. Under that reasoning, certain exotic structures of spacetime called closed timelike curves may…

Nuclear fusion. The dream of generating clean energy by recreating a tiny piece of the Sun here on Earth. What images pop into your head when you think about the…

Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm’s way. In a striking example of this phenomenon in 2024, a stone pyramid in…

Autism is a complex condition that can affect different people in very different ways. While researchers have learned a lot about the condition in recent decades, classifying distinct subtypes of…

Kenneth Barish, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine, says the decline of extended family involvement has helped fuel what the U.S. Surgeon General has described as a…

We need to keep better track of invaders from space. And by invaders, I mean meteors. And by we, I mean you—or, more accurately, any astronomy nerd who can. Meteors,…

CATL‘s move into nuclear fusion has aligned the world’s largest battery maker with one of its closest EV partners, Nio, which placed its own bet on the technology three years ago….

Mercury reaches greatest elongation on June 15, placing the elusive planet at its farthest apparent distance from the sun in the evening sky. That makes this one of the best…

For many Americans, middle age is becoming more challenging than it was for previous generations. People born in the 1960s and early 1970s report higher levels of loneliness and depression,…