Dark energy 'doesn't exist': Challenging the theory of an …
Dec 21, 2024 · Professor David Wiltshire, who led the study, said: “Our findings show that we do not need dark energy to explain why the Universe appears to expand at an accelerating rate. New precise measurement of the universe’s expansion rate “Dark energy is a misidentification of variations in the kinetic energy of expansion, which is not uniform in a …
A historic milestone: Two people communicate in dreams
Oct 16, 2024 · Researchers at REMspace, a startup in California, have made an important discovery: lucid dreams might help people communicate in new ways. They used special equipment to help two people enter lucid dreams and send a simple message to each other.
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Building the virtual cell with artificial intelligence
Dec 14, 2024 · Cancer researchers could simulate how specific mutations can transform healthy cells into malignant ones. Microbiologists might eventually forecast the impacts of viruses on infected cells and even their host organisms. Doctors could someday evaluate treatments using “digital twins” of their patients, hastening the arrival of a …
Researchers create first web-slinging technology inspired by …
Oct 11, 2024 · These remarkable sticky fibers, crafted at the Tufts University Silklab, are derived from silk moth cocoons. By boiling the cocoons in a solution and breaking them down into their fundamental proteins, known as fibroin, the researchers have created a solution that can be extruded through narrow bore needles to form a stream.
Boltz-1: A model to predict biomolecular structures
Dec 17, 2024 · MIT scientists have unveiled Boltz-1, a powerful open-source AI model that could speed up biomedical research and drug development. Created by the MIT Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, Boltz-1 is the first fully open-source model to achieve top-tier performance, similar to AlphaFold3 from Google DeepMind, which predicts the 3D structures of proteins and other biological molecules.
Scientists generate Stem Cell Models with Notochord
Dec 19, 2024 · The notochord is a rod-shaped tissue that plays a vital role in the scaffold of the developing body. It is a defining feature of all animals with a backbone and is critical in organizing tissues in the developing embryo.. The formation of the vertebrate body involves the coordinated production of trunk tissues.
False vacuum decay: New research sheds light on the phenomenon
Jan 23, 2024 · The application of metastability to quantum field theory and quantum many-body systems has garnered considerable interest in statistical physics, protein folding, and cosmology. In these contexts, it is anticipated that thermal and quantum fluctuations may initiate the transition from a metastable state (false vacuum) to the ground state …
New world record: QKC reaches 200 Million°C fusion temp
Nov 11, 2024 · Quantum Kinetics Corporation (QKC) has set a new world record in fusion energy by achieving 200 million degrees Celsius plasma fusion temperatures for 24 hours. This breakthrough, tested in two peer-reviewed experiments, also successfully cracked Uranium isotopes (U-234/235/238), something previously thought impossible.
Researchers make advancements in the quantum simulation of …
Dec 21, 2024 · A study conducted by researchers at Rice University has made a meaningful advancement in the simulation of molecular electron transfer. This study utilized a trapped-ion quantum simulator to analyze electron transfer dynamics. Researchers assert that this significant leap forward could open up new avenues for scientific exploration, ranging from molecular electronics to photosynthesis.