A stressful year leads to anxiety. Lasting isolation gives way to depression. An old trauma nags until it becomes paralyzing. Psychological and social experiences shape the brain, potentially leading ...

Finding the derivative of a vector function is a fundamental concept in calculus that extends the idea of differentiation from scalar functions to functions that output vectors. This process is ...

Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering introduced a framework for universal point spread function (PSF) engineering, enabling the synthesis of arbitrary spatially varying 3D PSFs using ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

The last time I went to the doctor, I lived in a different zip code, belonged to a different body-weight category, and was rounding out a different decade. I never consciously swore off health care, ...

The PQ implementation was tested on datasets ranging from 1,000 to 1,000,000 vectors (128 dimensions each), using 16 subspaces and 256 centroids per subspace. Key ...

A new type of cryptocurrency scam is rising in China, with locals losing money to a scheme known as “point running,” according to a warning posted by the Public Security Bureau on Sept. 10. The term ...

How much have you changed over the past couple of years? The passage of time continues, constantly, unremittingly. We're all getting older, and time's arrow marches on. It's... inevitable. Recently, I ...

A major clinical trial showed such promising results that the drug’s maker halted it early. By Dani Blum Dani Blum has reported on Ozempic and similar drugs since 2022. Semaglutide, the compound in ...