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The psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT seemed to induce similar patterns of brain activity in a lama - a revered spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism - as meditation, advancing our understanding of the drug's neurological effects

A study from FAU has shown that lipid nanoparticles restructure their membrane significantly after being absorbed into a cell and ending up in an acidic environment. Vaccines and other medicines are often packed in little fat droplets, or lipids. In this form, they are absorbed by cells and release their "cargo" once they are there. The trigger is a change in the pH value in the droplet's surroundings. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now created a computer simulation of what exactly happens. Their findings may help to optimize the release of the active substances. The results have been published in the journal Small.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that particles of matter emerging from energetic subatomic smashups retain a key feature of virtual particles that exist only fleetingly in the quantum vacuum. The finding offers a new way to explore how the vacuum—once thought of as empty space—provides important ingredients needed to transform virtual "nothingness" into the matter that makes up our world.

Terpenes are volatile organic compounds that are responsible for, among other things, the typical scents of plants, resins or citrus fruits. These compounds occur naturally in the environment and influence chemical processes in the atmosphere. At high concentrations, they can irritate the respiratory tract and contribute to the formation of harmful derivatives. Many terpenes exist in two mirror-image forms, known as enantiomers, which can differ significantly in terms of their effects and how they are perceived—but which are difficult to distinguish between using technical means.

Tim Cook recently called out one specific AI feature—visual intelligence—as being among the most popular Apple Intelligence capabilities so far. And rumors indicate that later this year, it could get a lot more powerful. more…

New formulations of nanopesticides with natural ingredients have appeared in specialized literature using terms such as "green pesticide," "ecological," "based on natural elements," and "with natural nanoparticles," among others. However, there is no consensus on what truly constitutes a green pesticide, and these terms are used even when the active ingredients are synthetic or conventional and only encapsulated in formulations based on natural polymers.

Ammonia, a key part of nitrogen fertilizers, is central to sustaining global food production. However, its manufacture is also energy intensive: Ammonia production requires 2% of global energy to meet global demand. Approximately 170 million metric tons (50%) of the global supply of ammonia is produced by the Haber-Bosch process, a common industrial process. Biological nitrogen fixation produces the other 50% of the global ammonia supply.

Ray Kurzweil’s 1991 AI predictions feel strikingly familiar today, revealing how progress advanced faster than our understanding of intelligence and purpose.

"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, and modeled potentially observable high-energy signals."

Is Google actually winning the AI war? Discover how its different AI products have helped it to finally surpass the competition.

Author(s): Afif Omar and Adam RitzDespite its strong constraints, the consequences of big bang nucleosynthesis on near-GeV mass dark matter that decays to long-lived light hadrons have received little attention. With minimal model assumptions, the authors establish bounds on the parameter space of mass and branching fractions to hadrons superior to those of other indirect methods. [Phys. Rev. D 113, 035004] Published Wed Feb 04, 2026

Author(s): Thomas Gozlinski, Qili Li, Rolf Heid, Oleg Kurnosikov, Alexander Haas, Ryohei Nemoto, Toyo Kazu Yamada, Jörg Schmalian, and Wulf WulfhekelBy exploiting defects in a superconductor, scientists have observed the switching of a material’s two superconducting states into one. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 056401] Published Wed Feb 04, 2026

A breakthrough in gas detection technology has emerged from the research group at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). Their innovative solution, detailed in the journal PhotoniX, addresses longstanding challenges in achieving accurate, miniaturized gas detection that combines high selectivity and sensitivity. This advancement comes at a critical time when energy […]

Scientists have found “strange quarks” that originated as virtual particles that sprang from nothing

Alphabet (GOOGL) reports Q4 results today. As a major player in digital advertising and AI, Google's earnings are a key indicator for the global economy. Traders are betting on mentions of Ironwood TPU, Gemini 3 Pro, and YouTube Shorts. Importance Rank:  1 read more

An array of 15,000 qubits made from phosphorus and silicon offers an unprecedentedly large platform for simulating quantum materials such as perfect conductors of electricity

AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ:APP) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching. On February 2, Benchmark analyst Mike Hickey reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $775.00 price target. The firm sees AI-native game creation risks as overstated, seeing no direct impairment to the company’s long-term positioning. Benchmark noted how a new artificial-intelligence […]

A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for extraterrestrial life.

Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for space exploration, scientific advancement and national security. But figuring out where exactly to put them into a stable orbit can be a huge, computationally expensive challenge.

Developed by and for academics, OpenScholar aims to improve searches of the ballooning scientific literature

In the ever-evolving landscape of scientific advancement, where millions of research papers are published annually, staying updated can feel overwhelming for scholars. The reliance on artificial intelligence to navigate this vast sea of information is gaining momentum, yet concerns about accuracy persist. One notable development in this arena involves the creation of OpenScholar, a novel […]

In a groundbreaking advancement within the realm of condensed matter physics, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised an innovative terahertz microscope capable of probing quantum-scale phenomena in superconducting materials with unprecedented spatial resolution. This pioneering microscope circumvents the traditional diffraction limit imposed by terahertz radiation’s inherently long wavelength, enabling direct visualization of […]

In a groundbreaking advancement poised to reshape our understanding of gene regulation, scientists have developed a novel deep learning model known as PARM (Promoter Activity Regulatory Model), revealing that the mechanisms controlling gene activity are far more predictable than previously conceived. This transformative discovery, recently published in the prestigious journal Nature, marks a decisive step […]

Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats It's bot versus bot! Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-made biological and chemical weapons, the US Army has plans to fight autonomy with autonomy by getting its hands on some bot-based chemical weapon cleanup tech.…

Scientists at Rutgers University–Newark have developed a first-of-its-kind RNA-based nanotechnology that assembles itself inside living human cells and can be programmed to stop propagation of harmful cells. The findings, recently published in Nature Communications, represent a major breakthrough in biomedical research. The researchers are now in the midst of testing the technology on human cancer cells as a potential cure for the disease but have not yet finished the study or published results.

Medicare has launched a six-year pilot program that could eventually transform access to health care for some of the millions of people across the U.S. who rely on it for their health insurance coverage.

An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all

Last summer, a team of researchers reported using a brain-computer interface to detect words people with paralysis imagined saying, even without them physically attempting to speak.

Scientists have developed an innovative microscope that uses the ultimate sensor - a single atom - to reveal the invisible energy terrain that guides electrons inside quantum materials.

For the first time, the new scope allowed physicists to observe terahertz 'jiggles' in a superconducting fluid.

You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its internal structures and infrared captures a material's radiating heat. Now, MIT physicists have used terahertz light to reveal inherent, quantum vibrations in a superconducting material, which have not been observable until now.

Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every year, that can prove difficult. Artificial intelligence systems show promise for quickly synthesizing seas of information, but they still tend to make things up, or "hallucinate."

MAMMOTION expands U.S. retail presence, bringing wire-free robotic lawn mowers to Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s stores nationwide.

This is a major milestone in Amazon’s effort to reinvent Alexa for the age of large language models. The post Amazon Expands Alexa+ AI Assistant to All US Users After Yearlong Rollout appeared first on TechRepublic.

A new study led by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D., and international collaborators highlights a new approach to treating depression that bypasses many limitations of traditional antidepressants. The team has developed a highly selective protein-based biologic called a nanobody that targets a newly discovered brain receptor implicated in depression.

Yet the work shows that using AI can lead to a shrinking of research focus The post Using AI boosts scientific productivity and career prospects, finds study appeared first on Physics World.

We recently published 10 Stocks Crushing Wall Street With Massive Gains. AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) was one of the top performers on Tuesday. AST SpaceMobile snapped two days of losses on Tuesday, jumping 10.72 percent to close at $115.76 apiece as investors took heart from Elon Musk’s optimistic comment for the space sector, saying that […]

Anker introduced a nifty little charger at CES 2026, which is a refresh of the pre-existing Nano Charger. It's already on sale for $30 on Amazon, which is a 25 percent discount. The 45W charger includes a smart display that shows real-time data like power flow, temperature and charging status. It also features "fun animations to keep things cheerful." Anker says it can recognize what's being charged and automatically adjust certain metrics to ensure a longer battery lifespan. To that end, it works with just about everything. The company advertises that this charger is a good fit for the iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods and Samsung devices, among others. The new Nano Charger is on the smaller side, with dual folding prongs that rotate to fit most outlets. Follow @EngadgetDeals on X for the latest tech deals and buying

Microsoft's new AI chip shows how consumer computing devices like laptops and phones might eventually escape the AI bubble and spiraling prices.

OpenAI recently revealed that we will soon see ads in ChatGPT conversations, and Anthropic is having some fun with this. It will reportedly run an ad during Sunday’s Super Bowl (below) in which ChatGPT isn’t named but is very clearly the target … more…

A serviceman, call sign "Karib", says the ground-based drone saved the lives of four soldiers, two of them seriously wounded

Apple ecosystem developers are now able to use agentic AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic within Xcode.

In 2022, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returned to a game against the Buffalo Bills after sustaining a head injury that the NFL later acknowledged should have been classified as a concussion.

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching. On February 2, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated the stock as “Overweight,” stating that it’s sticking with Tesla. The firm believes that this year is transformational for Tesla as it transitions into autonomy, AI, and robotics. “We are also bullish on Optimus and the opportunities in […]

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching. On February 2, Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney reiterated an Outperform rating on the stock with a $335.00 price target. The firm sees a potential script flip for AMZN from AI laggard to AI winner by 2026. Evercore ISI expects Amazon to deliver […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Google for more information about its plans to build a checkout feature into its Gemini AI chatbot. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Warren expresses concerns that the integration could allow Google and retailers "to exploit sensitive user data" or "manipulate consumers into spending more and paying higher prices." Last month, Google announced that it will soon allow users to buy products directly within Gemini through the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a standard it developed in partnership with Shopify, Target, Walmart, Wayfair, and Etsy. The UCP is supposed to make it easier for AI age … Read the full story at The Verge.

Shoppers share their best GeForce RTX 50-series purchases in a Reddit thread from Walmart's electronics clearance aisle.

HetCCL, a proposed computing library, could make Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators play nicely with one another in the same cluster by bridging the two companies' hardware over RDMA.

In the landscape of modern medicine, particularly in the realm of oncology, the therapeutic use of chemotherapeutics has proven indispensable yet fraught with challenges. The serious side effects associated with these drugs—including toxicity, bioavailability, and solubility issues—have prompted researchers to seek innovative delivery mechanisms. RNA nanotechnology has emerged as a potential solution, offering a promising […]

The optofluidic approach to 3D microfabrication achieves high assembly rates and broad material use, paving the way for advanced microdevice applications.

Once deployed on corporate networks, AI agents can become every threat actor's fantasy. Lesson one for cybersecurity pros: limit privileges.

Trump administration officials vetoed the FDA's plan to fast-track the review of a psychedelic treatment for severe depression, STAT has learned.

Author(s): Marric StephensFabricating some structures using niobium instead of aluminum could lead to more resilient superconducting quantum computers. [Physics 19, s20] Published Tue Feb 03, 2026

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PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning systems, released a new brochure introducing PI as a long-term OEM partner for cutting-edge solutions in semiconductor, photonics, laser processing, industrial automation, microscopy and life sciences applications.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly taunted Elon Musk after a federal judge allowed Musk's fraud lawsuit—alleging he was misled about OpenAI's nonprofit promises—to proceed to trial, setting the stage for Musk's deposition and a high-stakes courtroom battle involving Microsoft. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Musk’s timeline for cheap AI compute in orbit after SpaceX bought xAI ignores the massive logistical and physical hurdles that remain.

In an era where artificial intelligence is transforming various sectors, the integration of AI technologies has reached a revolutionary point in medical education. With the advent of AI scribes, a new wave of innovation is ushering in enhanced clinical documentation processes. As healthcare systems worldwide strive to improve efficiency and quality of patient care, this […]

An image of polar bears napping along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026.

Picture a spacecraft returning to Earth after a long journey. The vehicle slams into the planet's atmosphere at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. A shockwave erupts. Molecules in the air are ripped apart, forming a plasma—a gas made of charged particles that can reach tens of thousands of degrees Fahrenheit, many times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Gigantic black holes lurk at the center of virtually every galaxy, including ours, but we've lacked a precise picture of what impact they have on their surroundings. However, a University of Chicago-led group of scientists has used data from a recently launched satellite to reveal our clearest look yet into the boiling, seething gas surrounding two supermassive black holes, each located in the center of massive galaxy clusters.

Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land: Microsoft launches the Publisher Content Marketplace in partnership with Condé Nast, Hearst, AP, and others, to let publishers license content to AI companies  —  Table of Contents  —  New marketplace lets publishers set terms, track usage, and get paid when AI systems ground answers in premium, licensed content.

Can a single particle have a temperature? It may seem impossible with our standard understanding of temperature, but columnist Jacklin Kwan finds that it’s not exactly ruled out in the quantum realm

Microsoft says it is working on the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that shows usage terms set by publishers. That way, AI companies can easily shop the terms and set up deals to use online content for "grounding" their AI models, while the content owners get usage-based reporting to help set prices. Microsoft says it's been codesigning PCM with companies including Verge parent Vox Media, The Associated Press, Condé Nast, People, and others. The AI boom has been largely fueled by content ingested without payment, and many of the previously mentioned publishers have filed lawsuits and/or arranged content licensing de … Read the full story at The Verge.

Concerns escalating over the pervasive infiltration of micro- and nanoplastics into ecosystems have now extended into the realm of human health, prompting urgent scientific inquiries. A groundbreaking study led by researchers at Flinders University sheds new light on the potentially detrimental impacts of nanoplastic particles on renal cellular integrity. Published in the esteemed journal Cell […]

As psychedelics emerge as tools for cognitive resilience and healthspan, Devin Partida looks at how outdated drug policy collides with geroscience. Psychedelics are reemerging in modern medicine, backed by early-stage research exploring their therapeutic effects beyond mental health. Once sidelined by stigma and strict drug policies, compounds like psilocybin and LSD are now being studied […] The post The regulatory path for rescheduling psychedelics for healthspan appeared first on Longevity.Technology.

Manipulated text in physical spaces can hijack autonomous systems, while existing cybersecurity tools offer no protection against this risk.

Author(s): N. Bruckmoser, L. Koch, I. Tsitsilin, M. Grammer, D. Bunch, L. Richard, J. Schirk, F. Wallner, J. Feigl, C.M.F. Schneider, S. Geprägs, V.P. Bader, M. Althammer, L. Södergren, and S. Filipp rise above the plane of a circuit and are essential elements for dense, low-crosstalk signal routing in superconducting quantum circuits, but the microwave loss that they typically introduce has limited their scalability and functionality. This work presents a subtractive hard-mask fabrication process for niobium air bridges with no measurable extra loss. Beyond routing, the authors use these structures to form low-loss vacuum-gap capacitors, and incorporate those into transmon qubits with lifetimes above 50 µs. These results establish niobium air bridges as scalable, low-loss building blocks for superconducting quantum hardware. [Phys. Rev. Applied 25, 024007]

SunRobi, the robotic-assisted construction division of Sunstall, is the first certified operator of autonomous solar module installation systems developed by Cosmic Robotics. The certification follows multiple successful deployments of the Cosmic-1A system on live solar projects across the United States. This designation formalizes a close, execution-driven collaboration between SunRobi and Cosmic Robotics focused on bringing… The post SunRobi is first certified operator of Cosmic Robotics autonomous solar installation systems appeared first on Solar Power World.

Death Clock adds AI-powered blood biomarker analysis and preventive health guidance in new Life Lab offering.   Provocatively-named digital health startup Death Clock has launched an AI-driven tool designed to make longevity services offered by concierge medicine and elite wellness clinics more accessible to a mass audience. The San Francisco–based company, best known for its […] The post Death prediction app launches ‘AI health concierge’ appeared first on Longevity.Technology.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has just bought Elon Musk's xAI (which owns the Grok chatbot and the X social network previously known as Twitter), in a stock-only reshuffling of Elon Musk's companies that aren't Tesla. Unfortunately, the opportunity to rename the combined entity SpaceXai hasn't been taken advantage of, at least not yet. Musk says the deal was done "to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world's foremost real-time information and free speech...

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe capable of producing such energy—100,000 times more than the highest-energy particle ever produced by the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator. However, a team of physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently hypothesized that something like this could happen when a special kind of black hole, called a "quasi-extremal primordial black hole," explodes.

John Martinis has already revolutionised quantum computing twice. Now, he is working on another radical rethink of the technology that could deliver machines with unrivalled capabilities

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Jen Judson / Bloomberg: Overland AI, which develops off-road robots and autonomous vehicles for military purposes, raised $100M led by 8VC, bringing its total funding to $142M  —  The Seattle-based defense firm Overland AI Inc. has raised $100 million in new funding to help accelerate the use of robots …

It’s tough to simulate nonlinear wave dynamics, so scientists often test theories in wave flumes, where they can create more controlled waves than what we see in the wild. But conventional wave flumes are big–meters-long, complicated equipment–and can only test a small range of conditions. To reach more extreme nonlinear dynamics, researchers have turned to […]

A new study finds that humans and AI spot different kinds of deepfakes — hinting at the need to team up to fight them.

Robotics is forcing a fundamental rethink of AI compute, data, and systems design Partner Content  Physical AI and robotics are moving from the lab to the real world— and the cost of getting it wrong is no longer theoretical. With robots deployed in factories, warehouses, and public settings, large-scale simulation has become tightly coupled with real-world operations.…

As concerns rise about the effects of tiny plastic particles on human health, Flinders University researchers have led new research on whether nanoplastics can accumulate or cause damage in kidneys—our body's major blood filtering system. Their study, just published in the journal Cell Biology and Toxicology, calls for more investigations into the long-term risks, warning that high nanoplastics (NPs) particle "burden" could seriously compromise kidney cell health and function.

South Korea leads global markets as AI-driven chip profits fuel an epic rally, but Ed Yardeni warns the boom may be making things dangerously easy. Importance Rank:  1 read more

How are superconductivity and magnetism connected? A puzzling relation between magnetism and superconductivity in a quantum material has lingered for decades—now, a study from TU Wien offers a surprising new explanation.

This study reveals carbon nanotubes with pH-switchable gates, enhancing our understanding of ion transport and offering insights for synthetic membrane design.