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Latest story• Oct 8, 2025

After 30 Years of Discovery, These Are Astronomers’ Top Five Exoplanets

Thirty years after Swiss astronomers discovered the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star, the search has revealed over 6,000 exoplanets with thousands more candidates. This diverse "exoplanetary zoo" includes hot gas giants, super-Earths, and systems unlike anything in our Solar System, detected primarily by NASA's Kepler and TESS missions. Top discoveries include the nearby Proxima Centauri planets potentially...

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MyGlu: German students grow igloos from mushrooms for shelter in hot, dry climates

German students developed MyGlu, a biodegradable dome shelter made from mushroom mycelium. The prototype provides insulation and water resistance for low-cost housing in disaster zones and hot climates.

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Finnish physicists explore nuclear decay to uncover hidden mass of tiny neutrino

Finnish physicists achieved breakthrough precision in measuring nuclear decay energies at the billionth level, bringing scientists closer to determining neutrino mass and properties that could explain universe formation. Using...

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Water fingerprint found on comet older than our solar system, study reveals

Scientists discovered water signatures on 3I/ATLAS, a seven-billion-year-old interstellar comet traveling through our solar system at 130,000 mph. Using NASA's space-based telescope, researchers detected hydroxyl gas—a chemical...

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Seawater to be turned into fuel to power ships, eliminate diesel usage in sea travel

Researchers at Brunel University and Genuine H2 have developed technology that splits seawater into hydrogen fuel using renewable electricity, storing it safely on ships as a molecular solid that burns cleanly with only steam...

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US boiling-water nuclear reactors to run on next-gen fuel, boosting power output

Global Nuclear Fuel launched GNF4, a next-generation fuel for US boiling-water reactors that increases power output while reducing costs through improved design and safety features. Commercial deployment begins in 2030.

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US creates almost indestructible metal foam for nuclear reactors, extreme engines

North Carolina State University developed Composite Metal Foam (CMF) using hollow steel spheres in a steel matrix. CMF withstood 1.3 million stress cycles at 1,112°F, outperforming solid steel for nuclear and aerospace...

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Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell was backpacking in Wyoming's mountains when he won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, only learning about his victory when his wife's phone exploded with messages after they regained cell service....

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Humanoid robot ‘superworker’ unveiled to offer dexterous industrial assistance

Ati Motors unveiled the Sherpa Mecha, a wheeled industrial robot that carries 26 pounds and handles machine tending tasks. Unlike traditional humanoids, it prioritizes practical functionality over human appearance for immediate...

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China develops wearable exoskeleton to train humanoid robots with high accuracy

A humanoid robot pushed off course doesn't just stumble away anymore—it walks right back to finish its job. That's the breakthrough from China's National University of Defense Technology, which has created a wearable suit system...

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Lockheed Martin’s giant runway-free drone flies like jet, hovers like chopper

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky division unveiled its new Nomad family of vertical takeoff drones that combine helicopter hovering abilities with jet-like speed and range, eliminating the need for runways. The scalable design ranges...

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RSA with multiple primes

RSA encryption typically uses two large prime numbers, but mathematicians can use three or more primes instead, which allows for faster decryption through the Chinese Remainder Theorem while maintaining the same security level....

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Introducing the bananaz Design Agent: Your AI-powered mechanical engineering expert

Bananaz has launched its specialized Design Agent, an AI tool built for mechanical engineers that can read and analyze CAD files, technical drawings, and engineering standards. The system uses computer vision to understand 3D...

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Sulfuric surprise: Scientists uncover clues of ancient moon formation in Apollo 17 samples

Scientists at Brown University discovered unusual sulfur isotopes in sealed Apollo 17 moon samples that differ completely from anything found on Earth, suggesting the moon's surface may still contain remnants from Theia, the...

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This Former SpaceX Engineer Is Using AI To Design Circuit Boards

Former SpaceX engineer Sergiy Nesterenko launched Quilter after experiencing firsthand how designing circuit boards traditionally takes up to three months of tedious, error-prone manual work using mouse and keyboard. His...

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'Closest view' yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by Mars orbiter

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Mars on October 3rd while traveling at 130,000 mph through our solar system. ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured images from 18.6 million miles away, creating an...

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First-of-Its-Kind Kidney Transplant Could Lead to More Cross-Blood Type Donations

Scientists successfully converted a type-A donor kidney to universal type-O by using enzymes to remove specific antigens, then transplanted it into a brain-dead patient where it functioned for six days. This breakthrough could...

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One startup’s paper-thin stainless steel could change how bridges are built

Startup Allium Engineering has developed a solution to bridge corrosion by coating regular steel rebar with paper-thin stainless steel layers, extending bridge life from 30 to 100 years at costs comparable to current epoxy...

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New sunlight-powered film kills 99.995% bacteria to provide safe drinking water

Chinese researchers created a sunlight-powered film using Cz-AQ material that eliminates 99.995% of bacteria from water. The reusable film purifies 10 liters in 40 minutes, providing safe drinking water without electricity.

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US nuclear researchers create model to prevent plasma disruptions in tokamaks

MIT researchers developed a machine learning method to predict dangerous plasma disruptions during fusion reactor shutdowns. Testing on a Swiss reactor showed the model accurately predicts plasma behavior and generates automatic...

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Wind and solar generate more power than coal globally for the first time ever

Wind and solar power surpassed coal in global electricity generation for the first time in 2025. Renewables now account for 34.3% of electricity production versus coal's 33.1%.

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Scientists accidentally create a tiny “rainbow chip” that could supercharge the internet

Scientists accidentally discovered how to create a powerful "frequency comb" light source on a tiny chip while working on LiDAR technology, producing dozens of different colored light beams that can each carry separate data...

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Discoveries that enabled quantum computers to win the Nobel Prize in physics

Three physicists won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for demonstrating quantum effects in electric circuits large enough to hold, involving billions of electrons rather than individual atoms as previously expected. John Clarke,...

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Turning Satellites into Self-Sustaining Markets

Satellites now function as independent economic platforms, automatically trading computing power, data, and bandwidth with each other using blockchain payments to optimize operations and generate revenue autonomously.

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