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Quasiparticles are wave-like disturbances that emerge from particle interactions inside materials — they can't exist in isolation. Despite not being fundamental particles, they're considered real because they can be detected, measured, and manipulated.
Researchers used a layered manganese oxide material with water-filled nanochannels to sort rare earth elements by size. Adding magnesium ions achieved 97% neodymium purity in two cycles, replacing toxic solvents.
Using Google's AlphaFold AI, researchers developed ContactSeek to identify and redesign error-causing amino acids in the CRISPR Cas9 protein, cutting off-target DNA edits from 28% to just 5%.
Ultra-pure silicon-28 (99.9999% purity), developed by Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest National Labs, eliminates noise-causing isotopes to extend qubit stability while strengthening the U.S. domestic supply chain for quantum chip...
AI solved the decades-old "unit distance conjecture" in May 2026, and within a week, human researchers used that proof to crack another problem, signaling a powerful new era of human-AI mathematical collaboration.
China has delivered the world's first large-scale solar-powered car carrier, built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, capable of transporting 10,800 vehicles using rooftop solar panels combined with LNG dual-fuel engines to...
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Webb accidentally discovered a third giant planet, Beta Pictoris d, in the Beta Pictoris system by detecting its unique chemical signature—not direct imaging—potentially offering a new method for finding planets hidden in dusty...
Researchers from UChicago, Northwestern, and Argonne developed a cleaner way to separate rare earth elements using layered manganese oxide channels that sort elements by water shell size, achieving 97% pure neodymium with only...
Researchers found that specific brain circuits and the gene doublesex control task division in bee colonies, with neural communication — not a central leader — determining which jobs worker bees perform.
Researchers built AI robots that learn language twice as fast by rewarding curiosity over repetition. The robots spontaneously explored and mirrored child-like learning patterns, including struggling with exceptions before...
ITER's fusion reactor in France reached a key milestone as engineers installed the last of nine 400-ton vacuum vessel sectors, built to millimeter precision to contain plasma exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius.
DL4MCS, a DOE-funded project led by Planette AI, PNNL, and the University of Wyoming, uses deep learning with traditional weather models to predict major thunderstorm clusters up to six weeks ahead.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed programmable "reconfigurable intelligent surfaces" that combat 6G's electromagnetic interference by redirecting and amplifying signals, while also enhancing security by...
Modovolo's portable BFP 3D printing platform is integrating Lyten's graphene-enhanced nylon filament, offering 50% more impact resistance and 2x the tensile strength of carbon fiber, enabling high-performance aerospace and...
Moon rocks from China's Chang'e-6 mission challenge the theory of a sudden impact surge 3.9 billion years ago, suggesting impacts were gradual instead, with earlier data skewed by one massive collision.
John Pardon, 37, won the Fields Medal after a career of rare, high-impact breakthroughs spanning multiple math fields. Colleagues call him quietly brilliant and a once-in-a-generation talent.
Nvidia launched Cosmos 3 Edge, a compact 4B-parameter AI model running on-device robots at 15fps. Competing robot-learning systems emerged from Xiaomi, Stanford, CMU, and NYU, while Travis Kalanick's robotics startup secured...
Proving a major theorem can be more stressful than rewarding. In 2025, mathematician Hong Wang and collaborator Joshua Zahl spent months verifying their 127-page proof, highlighting the emotional toll of solving groundbreaking...
Dark energy is thought to be driving the universe's accelerating expansion, but precisely measuring the expansion rate remains one of cosmology's most debated unsolved problems.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit grew potassium chloride crystals on the ISS, revealing striking stair-stepped, pyramid-like shapes. Without gravity dictating molecular stacking, crystals form in ways never seen on Earth.
A Jupiter-sized object orbiting a brown dwarf—which orbits a small star—has been discovered, becoming the first known "exosatellite." The find challenges traditional planet definitions based on physical properties versus orbital...
ORNL has installed Pathfinder, a 20-qubit IQM quantum computer—the first commercial quantum computer sold in the US. It will work alongside ORNL's supercomputers to develop algorithms for materials science, chemistry, and AI.
Greater gliders travel just 62.7 feet between trees — far less than the 328-foot estimate — forcing more ground time and higher predator exposure, worsened by ongoing habitat loss from logging and road construction.
NANO Nuclear Energy has finished the conceptual design of KRONOS microreactor's fuel handling system and is moving to preliminary design, with construction potentially starting late 2027, subject to NRC approval.