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A 4.5-billion-year-old Saharan meteorite provides the first direct evidence of a moon-sized protoplanet in the early solar system, with chemical analysis confirming it formed under extreme pressure before the body broke apart.
Scientists have pinpointed a tiny brain circuit in the amygdala that controls anxiety, depression-like behavior, and social withdrawal. By correcting an imbalance in a specific group of neurons, researchers reversed these...
A PhD researcher at Finland's University of Turku has developed plant-inspired polymer films that can both store energy and change color when electricity is applied — a combination that could one day lead to smart windows that...
Researchers at EPFL have built the first chip-scale ultrafast laser rivaling lab equipment, using a Mamyshev oscillator design on a silicon wafer. It could enable affordable portable atomic clocks, medical diagnostics, and...
New York Power Authority is seeking developers to build 1+ GW of advanced nuclear power in Upstate New York, backed by $40M in workforce funding. Projects must break ground before 2033 to qualify for IRA tax credits; submissions...
MIT chemists discovered that adding intentionally weak "sacrificial" chemical bonds to plastics makes them far more impact-resistant. When struck, these bonds break first, absorbing destructive energy while protecting the...
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Yale researchers discovered that lacosamide, an existing epilepsy drug, can both relieve osteoarthritis pain and repair cartilage by blocking an overactive protein called Nav1.7. Delivered via an injectable smart gel that slowly...
UK researchers discovered that platinum and nickel atoms can separate and reorganize in real time, creating a record-breaking catalyst for splitting water into green hydrogen. The platinum-nickel oxide interface produced...
Adding trace calcium to lanthanum oxychloride boosted chloride ion conductivity up to 10,000x, potentially enabling seawater-based batteries as a sustainable alternative to lithium for large-scale renewable energy storage.
Earth is glowing, and that glow is telling us something important. It's called airglow, a faint luminescence created when sunlight excites gas molecules in the upper atmosphere, causing them to release light as they settle back...
Microsoft's new Majorana 2 quantum chip keeps qubits stable for 20 seconds versus milliseconds for its predecessor — making it 1,000 times more reliable. Microsoft claims a commercially useful quantum computer is achievable by...
Chinese robotics firm Pudu has unveiled the D7, a semi-humanoid robot built for factory and warehouse environments. Powered by its PuduFM 1.0 AI model, the D7 learns from real-world experience rather than following fixed...
Impulse Space, founded by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, raised $500 million in Series D funding, bringing its total to over $1 billion. The company's spacecraft already serves commercial customers and the US Space Force, with...
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine test at Cape Canaveral, but critical fuel tanks and the support tower survived, allowing faster recovery. CEO Dave Limp confirmed they'll fly again before year's end —...
Scientists from Japan's Tohoku University and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology have built the world's first silicon-based spintronic probabilistic bit, or p-bit. Unlike traditional binary computing, p-bits...
Each of us has won an almost incomprehensible lottery — out of a hundred thousand billion possible human beings that could have resulted from our conception, only one combination led to you. Against the vastness of space and...
German startup Focused Energy raised $240 million, led by utility RWE, to build a commercial fusion reactor using the same laser-based approach behind the world's only net-energy fusion experiment. The company plans a...
NPCbots — stem cells fused with magnetoelectric nanoparticles — can be magnetically guided to spinal cord injuries and electrically stimulated to regenerate nerves, restoring near-normal movement in zebrafish and mice within...
A 2023 supernova, 1.3 billion light-years away, brightened for 190 days and released 10x more energy than typical supernovae. Scientists think it may be an extremely rare pair-instability supernova from two merged massive stars.
Modern ships using high-tech wind sails see wildly inconsistent fuel savings — between 2% and 25% — because current wind models are too simplified. SINTEF's reSail project used laser-based LiDAR technology on a real tanker to map...
Roaring Springs, a single cave-fed spring on the Grand Canyon's North Rim, supplies water to millions of visitors and entire ecosystems. Researchers are using 3D lidar mapping and snowmelt tracking to understand how water travels...
Scientists have developed a cold plasma device that kills bacteria on astronaut clothing without using water — a major step for long-duration space missions. The compact tool ionizes helium, air, and water vapor to create...
ETH Zurich researchers used entangled superconducting qubits to generate truly unbiased random numbers, eliminating the subtle patterns in conventional generators that hackers can exploit, significantly strengthening...
Over 130 mathematicians have signed the Leiden Declaration on AI and Mathematics, warning that unchecked AI use threatens the integrity of math research. Key concerns include AI-generated proofs that bypass peer review, improper...