Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's how to calm it 18. August 2025 (18:00) From depression to dementia, we are now realising the profound impacts of long-term inflammation on the brain. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is unlocking new treatments to protect our cognitive function and mental health(New Scientist)
Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once 18. August 2025 (15:00) Defining the fundamental units of electricity used to require two finicky quantum devices – but now scientists have found an easier way to standardise our electrical measurements(New Scientist)
Rare 'triple-dip' La Niña may explain why 2023 was so hot 18. August 2025 (14:00) The record-breaking global temperatures seen in late 2023 may have emerged partly because of unusual conditions in the Pacific Ocean in the preceding years(New Scientist)
Jupiter's moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matter detector 18. August 2025 (10:00) Large dark matter particles hitting Jupiter’s largest moon would form distinctive craters in its icy surface, and upcoming space missions might be able to spot them(New Scientist)
It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster 15. August 2025 (19:00) A quantum broadcasting system would end up sending slightly different information to every receiver – and efforts to sidestep this problem are too inefficient for practical use(New Scientist)
Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved 15. August 2025 (18:00) Connecting tubes between bacteria and a kind of microbe called archaea may reflect a symbiotic relationship that led to complex cells more than 2 billion years ago(New Scientist)
