Microwaves seem to experience imaginary time – and now we know how
Almost a decade ago, researchers calculated that microwaves can seemingly spend an imaginary amount of time within a material –…
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Intensely grieving a loved one could shorten a mourner’s life
Feeling profound grief years after a loved one has died could affect our own longevity By Caris
How to spot the 2025 Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers
The Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers can both be seen starting in late April, with viewing opportunities in both…
Chimps and bonobos relieve social tension by rubbing their genitals
When competition for food is high, both chimps and bonobos sometimes rub their genitals together to cope
Covid variant JN.1 may have become dominant due to just one mutation
The covid-19 variant JN.1 may have been able to evade antibodies and spread globally due to one critical mutation to…
Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier
Weeding robots can sometimes struggle to tell weeds from crops, but genetically modifying the plants we want to keep to…
Atom-by-atom recordings track what happens after substances dissolve
Solvation is the complicated process through which a dissolved substance like salt interacts with a solvent like water – and…
Obesity may damage immune cells that prevent psoriasis
Mice with obesity have fewer immune cells in their skin that protect against psoriasis-related inflammation, potentially explaining why obesity increa
Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery
By consuming oxygen near to tumours, the battery makes a class of experimental drugs target oxygen-free cancerous cells more effectively
Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse
A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of…