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CEO Bob Mumgaard‘s First Exclusive Interview with Korean Media 사진 확대 Bob Mumgaard, CEO of CFS Bob Mumgaard, the CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the world‘s largest private fusion…

Cancer can be just like the killer in a horror movie – it may seem like he’s been destroyed forever by the Good Guy, but then he pops back up…

For all the trials and heartbreaks of modern life there is at least one luminous and gratifying reward. Never before in human history have we been able to see so…

The stress hormone cortisol can interfere with the brain system that helps people navigate and stay oriented. Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany found that cortisol weakens the activity…

This week the U.K. AI Security Institute (AISI) reported that artificial intelligence agents—models connected to tools and designed to act across many steps all on their own—utilizing frontier models from…

Alzheimer’s disease is such a challenging condition to study because it presents researchers with a complex mesh of risk factors, causes, and symptoms that need untangling – and sleep is…

Fusion energy—long considered the “holy grail” of clean energy—is rapidly moving from scientific ambition to commercial reality. For more than seven decades, the United States has led the world in…

A week of intensive meditation and other mind and body practices may be capable of producing measurable changes far beyond simple relaxation. In a recent study, researchers at the University…

Imagine trying to swallow a sip of water while your face feels stuffed with congestion, your sense of taste is dulled and your body is floating 250 miles (400 kilometers)…

Researchers have created what they say is the world’s first synthetic cell capable of growing, dividing and repeating the cycle – a breakthrough some experts say marks a major milestone…

People who frequently use cannabis may begin the day with higher levels of cortisol than those who do not use it, according to research from Oregon State University. The finding…

The sun has been generating energy for 4.6 billion years, fusing hydrogen atoms into helium at its core, releasing enough power every second to meet humanity’s current energy needs for…

When a wildfire broke out in the Müritz National Park of north-eastern Germany in July, it was no routine firefighting job. Bomb disposal teams had to work alongside firefighters because…

It’s safe to say that reboots have become the norm in Hollywood, with most franchises forever searching for new ways to revitalize their most beloved IPs. Whether looking at the…

Sleep is the panacea of our time. A vast and growing body of research shows that when we get good sleep, good things happen inside our bodies. When we don’t…

Scientists used artificial intelligence to generate new viruses. The landmark first could lead to new antimicrobial drugs—and may pose immense danger to human health. Scientists at Stanford University and the…

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The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics announced on July 27, 2025, that it’s developing 2-megawatt gyrotrons intended to become the primary plasma heating system for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator—currently…

Scientists have captured previously unseen plasma vortices swirling across the surface of the Sun, revealing tiny structures that could help explain how our star stores, moves, and releases magnetic energy….

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely….

For decades, neuroscientists have searched the brain for the biological basis of consciousness, assuming our thoughts, emotions, and subjective experiences emerge from networks of neurons. But what if that assumption is…

An AI system could help scientists identify a promising new drug. But it could also convince them that a biological effect exists when it does not. Generative AI creates new…

Scientists at UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory just made a major breakthrough in the design of nuclear fusion reactors. The team is at the vanguard of a new…

A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty….

Four words in a Hank Green video—“I appreciate the pushback”—were enough to make some viewers suspect the voice of artificial intelligence, sparking fan backlash, prompting a public apology from Green…

One of the inescapable realities of superhero stories is that the heroes of Marvel and DC Comics often have an affirmative relationship with the institution of policing. Icons like Batman…

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a major shift in the immune environment of the hippocampus, the part of the brain that plays a…

Newswise — The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a suite of cryogenic pellet fueling technologies to Type One Energy, advancing a critical capability for high-performance fusion…

The first time I saw it, I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at. A northern white-cheeked gibbon at Shanghai Zoo was holding and caressing a mouse that had…