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A secretive Chinese spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, one of Earth's temporary "quasi-moons," and will soon attempt the first-ever landing on this space rock. The mission aims to collect samples and return them to Earth in 2027, potentially revealing secrets about Earth's moon and advancing planetary defense research.
Texas A&M researchers discovered that mammals, including humans, may have hidden regenerative abilities that can be activated. Using a two-step treatment combining growth factors FGF2 and BMP2, they successfully regrew bone,...
Space-based solar panels can generate significantly more power than ground-based ones, but the math reveals a complex tradeoff. Panels in geostationary orbit avoid atmospheric losses and nighttime gaps, potentially collecting...
Amazon and QuEra have promised a useful, error-corrected quantum computer called Libra by 2028 — much sooner than the industry's typical five-to-ten-year estimate. Meanwhile, Quantinuum published technical details about its...
Net Zero Energy plans a €2B, 600MW green hydrogen storage facility in Co. Carlow, converting excess wind and solar power into hydrogen stored underground, potentially meeting 10% of Ireland's peak electricity demand while cutting...
Researchers built a silicon chip that synthesizes 64 DNA sequences simultaneously using electric currents and enzymes, far exceeding the previous ~12-sequence limit, enabling scalable DNA production and even storing a 169-byte...
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Sandia National Laboratories' microwave-based recycling method converts 95% of dead EV battery cathodes into reusable nanosheets in 2 hours, versus 7 days traditionally, potentially boosting recycling profits by 30% and creating...
In 1992, mathematicians proved that seven perfect "riffle shuffles" fully randomize a deck of cards. But real-world shuffling is rarely perfect, so researchers have now explored how many messy, imprecise shuffles are needed to...
When physicists simulated slicing a photon with a shutter, they discovered something unexpected: instead of simply splitting, the photon produced a complex swarm ranging from zero to infinitely many particles. This challenges...
Yale astronomers discovered DF9, a third galaxy with almost no dark matter, joining two previously found galaxies (DF2 and DF4) in the same galaxy chain. Scientists believe violent collisions between larger galaxies separated...
Alibaba launched Qwen-Robot, an AI model suite that connects language understanding with real-world robotic actions like navigating rooms, grasping objects, and predicting environmental changes. The move puts Alibaba alongside...
US scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory connected a 20-qubit IQM Radiance quantum computer to Frontier, the world's most powerful open-science supercomputer, creating a hybrid system designed to accelerate research in AI,...
OpenAI is developing a dedicated subscription plan called "ChatGPT for Science," targeting universities, national laboratories, and R&D teams working in biology, chemistry, and physics. The move follows OpenAI's pattern of...
Europe's first superconducting X-ray spectrometer at BESSY II uses 248 sensors to detect X-ray photons up to 1,000× more efficiently, reducing experiment times from hours to minutes for nanostructure and diluted-sample analysis.
Blowing up a bridge sounds simple. It is anything but. When Iowa and Illinois replaced the aging Interstate 74 bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Moline and Bettendorf, the real engineering challenge wasn't building...
A new Rutgers University study challenges the long-held "prisoner's dilemma" theory, which predicted that cheating always wins over cooperation. By allowing individuals to cooperate with some and cheat with others based on...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first image of a "bulge fossil fragment" — an ancient remnant that holds clues about how galaxies like the Milky Way formed their dense central regions, offering astronomers a...
Chandra X-ray Observatory detected supernova remnants in galaxy M83 unexpectedly brightening and dimming over 14 years, possibly due to binary star systems or black holes reaccreting previously ejected material.
ABB Robotics and PSYONIC are using touch data from PSYONIC's Ability Hand prosthetic to train robots on real human grasping, potentially cutting automation engineering time by 30% across automotive, aerospace, and logistics.
KAIST researchers carved microscopic water-cooling channels directly into silicon chips, achieving cooling efficiency ten times higher than the previous world record—significantly reducing the energy data centers consume to keep...
Physicists have built the world's first functioning nuclear clock, a major breakthrough in timekeeping. Unlike traditional atomic clocks that track electrons, this clock measures time using an atom's nucleus, making it far more...
NASA's decades-long search for life on Mars — from Viking's ambiguous 1976 experiments to Perseverance's promising "leopard spot" rock — is stalling due to U.S. budget cuts and shifting priorities toward crewed missions. Europe's...
Solar surpassed coal in the US electricity mix for the first time in May 2026, generating 12.8% vs. coal's 12.2%, continuing a trend where renewables now collectively outpace natural gas.
Scientists have more than doubled the gravitational-wave catalog with 128 new detections, including the heaviest black hole binary ever found, a lopsided pair, and two black holes spinning at nearly 40% the speed of light. These...