While quantum computers are still in their infancy, more and more people are training to become quantum software developers

The first “failed star” ever discovered has been a weird outlier since it was found nearly 30 years ago. New observations show that it is unusually massive because it isn’t a single star after all

Human FOXP3 promoter–driven OX40L–CAR-Tregs potently suppress alloreactivity and control graft-versus-host disease.

Nuclide and optical probes targeting TROP2 support the identification of margins during breast-conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer.

Versatile PAMless CRISPR base editors enable efficient and precise therapeutic correction of CGD mutations in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.

MTNR1A loss-of-function variant rs374152717 impairs bone turnover and provides evidence of a genetic etiology of idiopathic osteoporosis.

After nerve injury, follistatin is up-regulated and interacts with IGF1R to activate Nav1.7 in nociceptive neurons, leading to neuropathic pain.

Next-generation phone networks could dramatically outperform current ones thanks to a new technique for transmitting multiple streams of data over a wide range of frequencies

The Euclid space telescope's massive “cosmic atlas” promises to shed light on fundamental questions in physics and cosmology

A simulator for the process of scientific discovery shows that AI models still fall short of human scientists and engineers in coming up with hypotheses and carrying out experiments on their own

Meet NASA’s NEO Surveyor, the space telescope identifying hazardous asteroids and comets within 48 million kilometres of Earth’s orbit

A new way to store numbers in computers can dynamically prioritise accuracy or range, depending on need, allowing software to quickly switch between very large and small numbers

A 6000-kilogram spacecraft will embark on a six-year journey to Jupiter to explore whether its icy moon Europa has the conditions to support life

SpaceX claims the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket will happen “within days”, but the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet approved the launch

Autonomous taxis are already operating on US streets, while Elon Musk has spent years promising a self-driving car and failing to deliver. The newly announced Tesla Cybercab is unlikely to change that

The UK government's decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius surprisingly threatens the extinction of millions of website addresses ending in ".io", and no one is quite sure what will happen next

The ion tail of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could appear as a blue streak across the northern hemisphere sky during October, in a rare event thought to happen only every few decades

Two of the three science Nobel prizes in 2024 have been won by people working in AI, but does this mean that AI models are now vital for science?

My first sight of Saturn through a telescope inspired my love of space. Dig out your telescopes or visit your local astronomy club, and you may be lucky enough to spot our sixth planet's stunning thick band of rings, says Leah Crane

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