The Sharpest Image Ever Taken of the Sun Reveals a Hidden Phenomenon
For decades, scientists had theorized that the sunâs surface must be crisscrossed by tiny plasma vortices, generated by the interaction between its intense magnetic fields…
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Pickles glow when you plug them in. Science explains why
Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writersâ…
Scientists find unexpected life on Ătzi the Icemanâs 5,300-year-old body
Researchers used multiple sampling techniques to determine which microorganisms lived inside Ătzi during his lifetime and which arrived after his death. The later microbes could…
Is your ill fate bad luck or a curse? You could ask Ted Lasso, but why not consider the psychology | Helen Pilcher
As the new season of Ted Lasso started, I was reminded of one of the showâs stranger storylines. When Dani âFootball is life!â Rojas gets…
Team turns corn into natural replacement for artificial food dyes
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers are turning a unique variety of corn into…
Trajectory forecasting lifts the femtosecond ceiling in molecular simulation
Allen, M. P. & Tildesley, D. J. Computer Simulation of Liquids 2nd edn (Oxford Univ. Press, 2017). Thiemann, F. L. et al. Nat. Mach. Intell….
Novel Molecular Glue Discovery Platform Unlocks Undruggable Cancer Targets
Credit: Thom Leach / Science Photo Library / Getty Images Targeted protein degradation is a therapeutic strategy that leverages the ubiquitinâproteasome system to eliminate disease-associated…
Evaluating clinical and neuroimaging predictors for cognitive-behavioral therapy outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Main discussion In this study, we evaluated the prediction of treatment outcomes in OCD patients using a combination of demographic, clinical, and neuroimaging data through…
Universal vaccine for pneumococcal disease moves closer to reality
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02462-z Targeting shared proteins could help to control bacterial subtypes that current vaccines do not protect against.
The sun is covered in tiny whirlpools weâve never seen before
Scientists have captured previously unseen plasma vortices swirling across the surface of the Sun, revealing tiny structures that could help explain how our star stores,…