In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development ...

Currently, scientists struggle to forecast volcano eruption events, as no universally reliable, real-time eruption ...

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Zimbabwe is one of the most lightning-struck places on Earth, and a mix of extreme weather and deep-rooted superstition is ...

The ESA's Euclid space telescope has been in space for just over a year, investigating some of the deepest mysteries of the ...

Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction. This innovation solves ...

Western University researchers have uncovered hidden potential in the historically discarded MRI data that is recorded in start-up period of scans.

Melting sea ice in polar regions is transforming how the oceans move and mix. In a recent study, researchers used a high-resolution climate model to explore how rising CO? levels intensify ocean ...

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Researchers are uncovering the origins of cosmic rays, linking them to mysterious cosmic accelerators called PeVatrons New research from astrophysicists at Michigan State University may bring scientis ...

Sabyasachi Mukherjee was recently conferred with the Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award by the Central Government.