Now scientists report that Neanderthals might have used this ancient glue as a topical antibiotic. They found that birch tar ...

Researchers have found that birch tar produced using methods available to Neanderthals carries measurable antibacterial properties, raising the possibility that this sticky substance served a dual ...

A prehistoric plant distills water so intensely it looks it came from space. Researchers at the University of New Mexico have discovered that a common, prehistoric plant distills water to such an ...

While LPG cylinders are commonly seen as a primary fuel source in homes and kitchens, the fuel itself is not produced directly as a standalone product.

Iranian crude oil has a rare chemical profile that neither American shale nor Venezuelan heavy crude can replicate, making it irreplaceable for refineries across Asia. Here is the science behind why ...

OpenAI accused Chinese startup DeepSeek of misusing its AI technology via distillation techniques Distillation involves smaller AI models learning from larger models by mimicking their responses The ...

LLMs tend to lose prior skills when fine-tuned for new tasks. A new self-distillation approach aims to reduce regression and simplify model management. A new fine-tuning technique aims to solve ...

From the precision of fermentation to the artistry of distillation, each of these iconic pleasures is the product of centuries of molecular insight, technical refinement, and scientific mastery. Join ...

At first glance, the lab seems normal. Undergraduate students are gathered around copper apparatuses, fiddling with hot plates as they wait for something to happen. And then the first sweet-smelling ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it ...

The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it focused on the fact that a relatively small and unknown company said ...

In chemistry, solvents (generally in liquid form) are used to dissolve, suspend or extract other materials, typically without chemically altering either the solvent or the other materials. Solvents ...