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What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer.

December 8, 2022

After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations are finally getting the attention they deserve.

New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI

November 10, 2022

An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.

How Supergenes Fuel Evolution Despite Harmful Mutations

November 8, 2022

Supergenes that lock inherited traits together are widespread in nature. Recent work shows that their blend of genetic benefits and risks for species can be complex.

Brightest-Ever Space Explosion Reveals Possible Hints of Dark Matter

October 26, 2022

A recent gamma-ray burst known as the BOAT — “brightest of all time” — appears to have produced a high-energy particle that shouldn’t exist. For some, dark matter provides the explanation.

Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine’

October 19, 2022

The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed.

High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last

September 21, 2022

A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory.

Record-Breaking Robot Highlights How Animals Excel at Jumping

September 14, 2022

Robots can surpass the limitations on how high and far animals can jump, but their success only underscores nature’s ingenuity in making the most of what’s available.

A Good Memory or a Bad One? One Brain Molecule Decides.

September 7, 2022

When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will go.

Old Problem About Mathematical Curves Falls to Young Couple

August 25, 2022

Eric Larson and Isabel Vogt have solved the interpolation problem — a centuries-old question about some of the most basic objects in geometry. Some credit goes to the chalkboard in their living room.

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