3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (855+ words) It works fast, is easy to set up, and runs via a very intuitive mobile app. After my cat moved into my house a few years ago, it took her a while to get comfortable. When she did, she decided…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (214+ words) The batteries last more than 12,000 charge cycles, meaning they could one day dethrone lithium-ion alternatives. “People often think of modern nanotechnology tools as complicated and high-tech, but our approach is surprisingly simple and straightforward,” said study coauthor Maher El-Kady, PhD,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (261+ words) Electrical activity that was fine-tuned in waking brains grew more chaotic under anesthesia. “The relationship between traveling waves and information transfer has been suggested previously,” the team writes in the study. “However, it has never been directly examined whether traveling…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (326+ words) Indefinite causal order let physicists reverse a rule of nature, then confirm it with a split light beam. Explorations like this aim to bring quantum and classical physics closer to a unified theory of gravity. For instance, while ICO explains…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (295+ words) Scientists long thought this pricey piece of carbon held no piezoelectric properties, but a new study says that isn’t the case. And while that’s true for bulk diamonds, a team of researchers from the University of Hong Kong wondered if…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (323+ words) A magnetized mix of oil, water, and nickel particles created a never-before-seen state. As Homer Simpson once famously phrased, “in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics,” but a completely unexpected discovery by a student at the University of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (272+ words) The object is so dense that physics itself starts behaving in strange, unfamiliar ways. A team of scientists believes they’ve identified the true nature of the small red dots that are popping up on many images of the farthest reaches…...