Administrator Anthropic’s discovery will, at best, be just another gene-editing tool The AI company Anthropic has announced that its Claude large language model has discovered a system reminiscent of CRISPR, but that doesn’t mean the Nobel prizes will start rolling in, says Michael Le... research science
Administrator Chinese scientists find a hidden atomic structure that unlocks methane Scientists found that a tiny atomic structure that forms on nickel oxide during methane conversion is more effective than the metallic nickel long believed to drive the reaction. The discovery allowed... materials science
Administrator Quantum computer simulates matter “popping into existence” Scientists recreated a particle-forming process linked to the extreme physics of the early universe using a 13-ion quantum simulator. The breakthrough suggests quantum computers could eventually help ... materials science
Administrator For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states Stanford researchers have recorded the first real-time quantum jumps of sound, watching single phonons abruptly vanish from one energy state to another. The breakthrough could open new paths for quant... materials science
Administrator Chemistry textbooks have been getting this wrong for nearly 100 years A foundational chemistry concept found in textbooks for almost 100 years may have been taught incorrectly. Researchers say the inductive effect in neutral molecules appears to extend only across one c... chemistry science
Administrator A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surprisingly simple way to turn polyethylene, the common plastic used in shopping bags and cutting boards, into gasoline and diesel-like fu... chemistry science
Administrator A $100 detector can see invisible particles raining down from space A pocket-sized, roughly $100 detector can reveal the invisible stream of cosmic particles constantly passing through Earth and even through our bodies. What began as a student physics project is now b... chemistry science
Administrator Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged The front and back parts of our brain come from different progenitor cells in embryos, which suggests they evolved as separate entities 🔗 Read full article Source: New Scientist... research science
Administrator Physicists are scrambling to make sense of possible dark matter signal Following the possible recent detection of a dark matter particle, researchers have already come up with a veritable cornucopia of possible models for what sort of particle it might have been 🔗 Read f... research science
Administrator Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter Scientists have found a new way to create a controlled beam of muonium, an exotic atom containing a heavier cousin of the electron. The advance could allow researchers to test for the first time wheth... materials science
Administrator Scientists find that “perfect” systems may be surprisingly fragile Complex systems may work better when their parts are not perfectly alike. Northwestern physicists found that carefully balanced variation, or “disorder,” can make networks such as power grids, ecosyst... materials science
Administrator Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests Physicists have detected strong evidence that heavy, fleeting Z bosons can become quantum entangled during Higgs boson decays at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The result shows that Einstein’s “spooky ... materials science