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Scientists Turned Off Consciousness in Rats—and Their Brains Went Wild
3+ day, 22+ 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…...
Scientists Just Built a Fridge 180 Times Colder than Deep Space—It Could Unlock the Quantum Era
1+ week, 3+ day ago (369+ words) • Quantum computers require extremely cold temperatures to maintain coherence, but creating a refrigerator big enough to scale with all the hardware and wiring isn’t easy. • IBM announced earlier this month the creation of a modular system that relies on dilution…...
Half the World’s Population Will Be Nearsighted by 2050. Scientists Found a Life-Changing Fix.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (247+ words) A hidden band between violet and blue keeps animals’ eyesight perfect—but lightbulbs don’t emit it. Because tree shrews are “near primates,” whose eyes have more in common with ours than those of mice, these results suggest that the same…...
A ‘Third State’ Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say
2+ week, 1+ day ago (399+ words) A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected. The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die....
An Oxford Physicist Discovered Particles Doing the Impossible. It Could Finally Solve the Quantum Gravity Mystery.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (147+ words) And lead to an understanding of how gravity and quantum mechanics can play together in the same universe. But is that really what happens? However, Hawking’s logic suggests that as evaporation continues beyond this point, still further entanglement must be…...
Scientists Grew a Brain Cortex in a Lab for the First Time Ever
3+ week, 4+ day ago (162+ words) This new organoid will provide valuable insight into how the brain—both mouse and human—develop in the body. The research gives scientists a good idea of which current brain organoids are good candidates for further study—and which aren’t....
There’s a Vast Network Beneath Your Feet—And It Could Be Conscious, Some Theories Claim
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (1714+ words) It’s so large that it could stretch from the sun to Pluto an unfathomable number of times. These AM fungi are essential for plants across the world, as they play a major role in their sustenance. For instance, mycorrhizal fungi…...
AI Just Designed New Viruses From Scratch. What Could Go Wrong?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (291+ words) While these viruses could offer a new weapon in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, the breakthrough also raises worries of AI-designed bioweapons. The oldest battle on Earth is unseen to the naked eye. Bacteria and phages—viruses that only infect…...