Over a billion people worldwide have livers with excess fat, which can lead to a host of medical problems。 Researchers think AI tools can spot the condition—and help stop it—early enough to save lives
NASA engineers have found a clever way to squeeze more life out of Voyager 2, nearly half a century after it left Earth。 In an operation nicknamed the “Big Bang,” the team simultaneously shut down certain power-hungry hardware and switched to lower-power alternatives while keeping the spacecraft warm enough to survive
Physicists have found a new way to peer inside one of matter’s most elusive quantum states: the Wigner crystal, where electrons stop behaving like independent particles and organize into a crystal-like pattern。 By shining light on an atomically thin material cooled close to absolute zero, researchers uncovered optical signals that reveal not just w
Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice。 The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ancient genetic code, yet have undergone two separate transitions into free-living existence
As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help
Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a form of transmission often assumed to indicate syphilis。 The discovery could overturn how scientists interpret ancient infections and complicate the long-running mystery of syphilis’s origins
A total solar eclipse will plunge parts of Europe into darkness on August 12, 2026, with Spain offering some of the best views。 ESA will livestream the spectacle from the Javalambre Observatory, combining telescope feeds, drone footage, and expert commentary。 At 20:31 CEST, the observatory will experience 1 minute and 21 seconds of totality, reveal
James Webb has captured a striking new infrared view of NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, revealing the dramatic aftermath of a dying Sun-like star。 At its center, a scorching white dwarf is blasting radiation into surrounding gas and dust, carving out the nebula’s lion-like face while illuminating a sprawling “mane” of surviving dusty clumps