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A solar-powered artificial plant removes 95% of cesium from radioactive soil in 20 days by mimicking transpiration to trap contaminants while evaporating clean water.
Lehigh University engineers received a $2 million NSF grant to develop materials for rotating detonation engines (RDEs), which use supersonic detonation waves for higher power, better fuel efficiency, and lower emissions than...
Tennessee Valley Authority plans to build a 350-megawatt commercial nuclear fusion power plant at a retired coal mine site near Knoxville using Type One Energy's stellarator technology. The Infinity Two plant, expected to operate...
Swedish researchers have overcome a major obstacle in solar fuel production by revealing how iron-based molecules can transfer charge more efficiently to acceptor molecules. They discovered that neighboring molecules can help...
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane gas on Makemake, a distant dwarf planet with an extremely thin atmosphere located beyond Pluto.
A towering rocket stands poised to propel humans beyond Earth's immediate neighborhood for the first time in over five decades. NASA officials now anticipate a February 5, 2026 launch date for Artemis II, the mission that will...
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MIT engineers created a magnetic transistor using chromium sulfur bromide that switches current 10 times stronger than other designs, combining memory and processing functions while using less energy than silicon transistors.
Scientists have developed a 3D printable bio-active glass that approaches bone's strength. This new material supported bone cell growth longer than regular glass in rabbit tests, with most bone cells attaching to the bio-glass...
European researchers demonstrated how mirrors can manipulate self-driving cars by tricking LIDAR sensors, making vehicles either fail to detect real obstacles (Object Removal Attack) or brake for nonexistent objects (Object...
Venture capitalist Alexa von Tobel believes quantum computing may unlock scientific breakthroughs that surpass AI's potential, despite acknowledging the risk of investing too early. Through her firm Inspired Capital, which...
AI technology reveals how routine blood tests can predict mortality and severity of spinal cord injuries by analyzing patterns in electrolytes and immune cells over time. Researchers analyzed data from 2,600 patients and found...
Oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon are causing lunar minerals to rust, according to recent laboratory experiments. Scientists found that when Earth blocks solar particles for five days each month, "Earth wind"...
Microsoft's new microfluidic cooling system uses hair-thin silicon grooves and AI-directed liquid flow to reduce GPU temperatures by 65%, enabling more powerful and efficient computing hardware.
NASA's Curiosity rover is exploring boxwork terrain on Mount Sharp, analyzing ridges and hollows formed by fluid processes while documenting texture and composition differences before reaching a drilling site.
Australian scientists created a breakthrough zinc-air battery that lasted 74 days and survived 3,570 charging cycles by replacing expensive platinum catalysts with cobalt-doped carbon sheets. The Monash University researchers...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers created an iron-doped solid-state battery material eliminating protective interlayers and developed a method recovering 99.79% pure lithium from spent EV batteries.
Researchers 3D printed millimeter-scale ion traps that achieved 98% quantum gate fidelity with calcium ions, enabling faster prototyping and better scalability for quantum computing hardware.
Scientists have discovered massive lava tubes on Venus, surprisingly more similar to the Moon's tunnels than Earth's despite Venus having Earth-like gravity. Researchers confirmed these underground passages after spotting surface...
Early universe magnetic fields were surprisingly weak—comparable to brain neuron magnetism but billions of times weaker than fridge magnets—yet they left lasting traces throughout the cosmic web. Scientists at SISSA and partner...
Astronomers have observed an unexpected reversal of the magnetic field around the M87* black hole, located 55 million light-years away. Initially imaged in 2017 with properties matching theoretical predictions, the black hole's...
Japanese researchers have captured water's elusive "premelting state" within nanopores using nuclear magnetic resonance. This unique phase shows water simultaneously exhibiting solid-like fixed positions and liquid-like...
A tangled mathematical puzzle that has confounded experts for nearly 150 years has finally unraveled. Two mathematicians have disproven a century-old conjecture about knots using a collection of overheated laptops and remarkable...
Despite the Trump administration's claim linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism, scientific evidence on this connection is weak and inconsistent. Research shows autism has complex genetic and environmental causes, with...
Chinese researchers have developed Stereo-seq V2, an advanced RNA-mapping tool that can analyze previously unusable biological samples, including decade-old cancer tissues stored in poor conditions. The technology improves RNA...