Largest known prime number, spanning 41 million digits, discovered by amateur mathematician using free...
The largest known prime number has been discovered by an amateur researcher and former Nvidia employee.The new number is 2136,279,841 – 1, which...
2,000-year-old temple from ‘Indiana Jones civilization’ found submerged off Italy
Archaeologists have discovered ancient altars and inscribed marble slabs submerged along the Italian coast near Naples. The finds are likely the remains of...
Can cell phone signals help land a plane?
Dangling from a weather balloon 80,000 feet above New Mexico, a pair of antennas sticks out from a Styrofoam cooler. From that height,...
How the coronavirus defeats the innate immune response
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell's innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it is more infectious...
Full-bodied cheese flavor quickly and efficiently
Peptides formed during cheese ripening are crucial for the full-bodied flavor of aged cheeses, known as kokumi. A research team led by the...
Morphing red blood cells help bats hibernate – and we could do it too
The common noctule...
Melatonin disruption tied to early-onset osteoporosis, new study suggests
Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause of an extremely rare bone-weakening disease seen in young people.Idiopathic osteoporosis is a bone disease estimated to...
Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?
The US Department of Homeland Security is trialling chemical sensors that detect the first whiff of smoke in the air and alert fire...