A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation and AI-generated ...

Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages inside fake conversations, which could help people ...

Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international group WaterAid ...

In 2004, a remarkable life-saving public-private health project began on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...

Special relativity could be harnessed to build a novel quantum computer, and creating it this way could let us use machine learning to deepen our understanding of the quantum realm. Albert ...

A global biopharma is fighting malaria in endemic countries through partnerships that harness R&D, broaden access to ...

Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, ...

Another antimatter record has been broken. In the smash-up of very energetic lead ions, researchers have uncovered evidence of the heaviest antimatter version of an atomic nucleus ever seen.

Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computers, leaving other people with unknowingly ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...