First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' could stand as erect as we can

Digital modelling of legendary fossil’s soft tissue suggests Australopithecus afarensis had powerful leg and pelvic muscles…

New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat

Today’s quantum computers often calculate the wrong answer because of noisy environments that interfere with the…

Sun's coldest region stores secret to heating million-degree corona

Researchers have unveiled the discovery of intense wave energy from a relatively cool, dark and strongly…

New images capture unseen details of the synapse

Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture…

Scientists discover small RNA that regulates bacterial infection

Researchers have identified the major mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute P. aeruginosa infections.…

Conflict in marriage less harmful for kids when dad keeps it constructive

Conflict is unavoidable in all marriages. When it erupts in families with children, stressed or angry…

A machine learning approach to freshwater analysis

A team of researchers has applied a machine learning model to explore where and to what…

The Viking disease can be due to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals

Many men in northern Europe over the age of 60 suffer from the so-called Viking disease,…

Shining potential of missing atoms

Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted…

Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus

The search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system just got more exciting. A team of…