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Quantum diamond sensor measured heart signals from a living rat

For the first time, a quantum sensor has been used to record magnetic signals from the heart of a living animal, opening the door for future uses of quantum technology in medical settings

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Bornean Flat-headed Frog (Barbourula kalimantanensis)

Life

World鈥檚 only lungless frog species actually does have lungs after all

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The device that delivers electrical stimulation to the spinal cord via pads on the skin

Health

Zapping spinal cord injuries helps restore hand strength and movement

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Mathematics

Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one can explain it

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Technology

VR headset can give you 360-degree vision like an owl

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Health

Heatwaves seem to be driving severe asthma flare-ups in children

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Physics

Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility crisis

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Health

Keto diet may accelerate organ ageing

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Bird specimen at NHM Tring
Life

Auks, Darwin’s finches and a mummified falcon: Inside NHM bird archive

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The common spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)

Life

Orchids feed their young through underground fungal connections

A common species of orchid seems to pass food packages to nearby seedlings, in a kind of plant parental care

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Health

Food ‘addiction’ should be treated like drug abuse, claim doctors

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Humans

Nomads thrived in Greece after the collapse of the Roman Empire

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Environment

Tech firms claim nuclear will solve AI’s power needs 鈥� they’re wrong

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Chemistry

Fragile quantum entanglement may survive chaos of chemical reactions

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