The first prototype of the liquid crystal bifocalsLin et al./APS 2025 Lenses made with liquid crystals could lead to eyeglasses that can easily switch between correcting near- and far-sightedness. Bifocal glasses date back to the 18th century, and their design...
Exercise doesn’t have to last long to deliver big benefitsSOL STOCK LTD If you don’t exercise for the sake of...
Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s diseaseLiving Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects when...
An adult female sailback houndsharkJack Sagumai et al. (2025) One of the rarest sharks in the world has turned up...
Antibiotic use can have knock-on effects on the immune systemUrbanImages/Alamy Children exposed to antibiotics in the womb or early in...
The icy dwarf planet Ceres may once have been habitableNASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) The dwarf planet Ceres looks cold and...
Can we broadcast quantum information?Weiquan Lin/Getty Images Sharing quantum information the same way we broadcast TV or radio programs may...
Some atoms simply refuse to obey entropyShutterstock / Mendin Repeatedly energising a collection of ultracold atoms should destroy their collective...
Nickel West in Australia is one of many mines that could use microwaves to store CO2 in waste rockBHP Mining...
Artistic concept of what the gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A could look likeESA/Webb Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R....
