We could make roads on the moon by melting lunar dust
Lunar dust can be melted with a laser to make a strong, glassy material – and a similar effect could…
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People with partial resistance to Alzheimer’s could inspire new drugs
Researchers have identified two people from the same Colombian community with genes that both promote and prevent early onset Alzheimer's…
Earliest signs of horse riding found in 5000-year-old human remains
The bones of nine men from graves in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania show hallmarks of horse riding in the patterns…
Go-to therapy for chronic sinus condition doesn’t work that well
Surgery, not antibiotics, might be the best way to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition that leaves people with a permanently…
Dozens of dinosaur footprints found in rock at Australian school
Palaeontologists have discovered 66 three-toed dinosaur footprints in a slab of rock that has been on display for 20 years…
Moss that survives deep freeze and radiation could live on Mars
Syntrichia caninervis is found in some of the most extreme places on Earth and can survive conditions that would kill…
DeepMind AI can predict how drugs interact with proteins
The latest version of the AlphaFold AI can help biologists predict how proteins interact with each other and other molecules,…
The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse
When the moon hides the sun in a total solar eclipse, some animals seem to think that it is briefly…
Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light years away
The orbits of six planets around the star HD 110067 have been in a fixed pattern for billions of years,…
AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working battery – it requires up…