See your food in 3D: AR menus are transforming the dining experience
Restaurants are always searching for new ways to attract customers and stand out from competitors.
A new study suggests that augmented reality (AR) menus—menus that...
Reminding people chatbots aren’t human may do more harm than good, study warns
As artificial intelligence chatbots become more common, some governments and organizations have introduced rules requiring these systems to regularly remind users that they are...
Scientists create stretchable surface that repels almost any liquid
Scientists at North Carolina State University have developed a remarkable new material that can repel nearly all liquids—even when stretched to five times its...
NASA’s Hubble finds a ghost galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an extremely faint galaxy that may be made almost entirely of dark matter, the mysterious substance...
Astronomers get to the heart of Mira A’s latest outburst
Just a few hundred light-years from Earth, the famous variable star Mira A is huffing and puffing its outer layers to space. Its most...
Spinning plasma may hold the key to longer-lasting fusion reactors
Fusion energy promises a future of clean, nearly limitless power, but building reactors that can survive the extreme conditions inside them remains a major...
What bonobos’ intimate rhythm can teach us about the origins of music and speech
Scientists studying bonobos, one of humanity’s closest living relatives, have uncovered surprising clues about how rhythm and communication may have evolved.
By analyzing the timing...
How screen time is hurting your head and neck
If you spend hours each day looking at a computer, tablet, or phone, you are not alone. Work, study, and entertainment now happen mostly...
Scientists solve major noise problems blocking quantum computing progress
Quantum computers promise to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s machines, but building them is incredibly difficult.
One of the biggest challenges is...
Dogs’ gut bacteria may hold clues to surviving cancer
A dog’s chances of surviving cancer may depend partly on the tiny organisms living inside its digestive system, according to a new study from...
A cosmic jellyfish from the early universe surprises astronomers
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered the most distant “jellyfish galaxy” ever seen, offering a rare glimpse into how galaxies changed...
Utah’s “soda pop” geysers may hold clues to life on distant ocean worlds
In the dry desert of eastern Utah, strange geysers shoot cold, fizzy water into the air.
Instead of boiling like the famous hot geysers in...
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When it comes to bumblebees, does size matter
Certain crops, like greenhouse tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and blueberries, rely on bumblebees for a style of pollination that only bumblebees can perform.
Round beads could kill off high-pitched noises
Need to reduce high-pitched noises?
Science may have an answer.
In a new study, theoretical physicists report that materials made from tapered chains of spherical beads...
The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter
Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Electrons are a type of fundamental particle, but protons and neutrons are composite particles made...
Why solid-state lithium batteries break down over time
Solid-state lithium batteries are considered the future of energy storage.
They promise to be safer and more powerful than the lithium-ion batteries we use today...
New quantum sensors bring 4D vision to particle physics experiments
In the world of particle physics, scientists explore the tiniest building blocks of the universe by smashing high-energy particles together in massive machines called...