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Washington University researchers created hollow carbon spheres with tiny channels to stabilize platinum cobalt nanoparticles, boosting hydrogen fuel cell efficiency and durability—retaining 85% efficiency after 150,000 voltage cycles.
A meteorite that struck a New Jersey home in 2024 is only the second witnessed fall of a CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite ever recorded, containing ancient salts, amino acids, and organic compounds that hint at life-building...
LSU physicists engineered a microscopic gold crystal that manipulates quantum light states at room temperature—no costly cooling required. This hair-thin chip could enable smaller, cheaper quantum computers, communication...
SpaceMD and SpaceX have agreed to launch up to 32 pharmaceutical labs on the Starfall spacecraft in 2028, using microgravity to improve drug crystal growth for cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease research.
South Korea's Danuri orbiter captured images of the crater left by a SpaceX Falcon 9 stage that crashed into the moon after over a year in unstable orbit. The Very Large Telescope confirmed the impact by detecting sodium and...
The Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever solar image, confirming century-old theory on plasma vortices called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, which may explain how the sun transfers energy and triggers geomagnetic...
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A one-micrometer wrinkle in chip materials can reduce heat conductivity by 4–5x, causing dangerous hotspots. MIT's laser-pulse X-ray technique maps these defects precisely, helping engineers tackle overheating in AI and...
The Einstein Probe satellite captured the precise moment supernova SN 2026gzf exploded 500 million light-years away, but despite expectations, no relativistic jet or afterglow was detected, suggesting the jet may have been choked...
Researchers used automated theorem-proving software to verify Gödel's 1970s ontological argument for God's existence, confirming its logical validity—though validity doesn't equal factual truth. It's a rare case of...
Number Garden arranges integers in a 2D spiral, highlighting multiples, primes, or custom sequences to reveal hidden geometric patterns and make mathematical relationships visually intuitive.
This new cancer drug starves cancer cells by forcing rapid glucose consumption, then blocking fatty acid use as backup fuel. It's smaller and simpler than existing treatments, and can target proteins inside cells.
American Airlines completed the first flight using Infinium's synthetic jet fuel—made from captured CO₂ and renewable electricity—through an unmodified plane and airport fueling system, potentially cutting emissions by over 90%.
Robin is a kid-sized social robot deployed in ~30 healthcare facilities to reduce patient anxiety through conversation and play. Expper Technologies plans 10 more deployments as it refines human-robot communication.
Oklo achieved first criticality at its Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Texas in under a year, supporting domestic isotope production for medicine, research, and national security under a DOE fast-track approval program.
China's Tianwan nuclear plant completed a cold functional test on Unit 8, verifying its cooling systems are leak-free ahead of fuel loading. The Russian-designed VVER-1200 reactor will join Unit 7 to produce 18.8 billion kWh...
Magnetars, Odd Radio Circles, rogue planets, the ultra-cold Boomerang Nebula, and Earth-aimed blazar jets are among the universe's most extreme and poorly understood phenomena.
New research suggests sugar, not just meat, drove human brain evolution. Modeling 4 million years of hominin diets, scientists found natural sugars provided 20–35% of energy intake, challenging the notion that carbohydrates are...
Researchers at the University of Ottawa generated quantum entanglement using sunlight instead of lasers, achieving 94% entanglement quality. This could enable satellites to create secure encryption keys using solar energy,...
AI-designed bacteriophages were successfully created by Stanford researchers, with 16 of 285 candidates proving functional—some featuring extreme mutations unlikely to occur naturally. However, researchers caution this method...
Researchers at MIT can now grow large, air-stable sheets of superconducting niobium diselenide by sandwiching it under graphene. This could help miniaturize quantum computing hardware and improve quantum detector sensitivity.
Curio, NuScale Power, and Framatome are partnering to convert recycled nuclear materials into next-gen reactor fuel. Curio's recycling tech could cut nuclear waste by 97%, supporting a fully integrated domestic nuclear fuel...
Researchers created a tiny nanoreactor mimicking cellular chemistry, using sunlight to produce hydrogen peroxide. Embedded in a recyclable gel, it ran continuously under natural sunlight with strong efficiency, advancing clean...
A faulty oxygen valve in a BE-4 engine caused New Glenn's May 2026 explosion at Cape Canaveral. Blue Origin is fixing the valve and rebuilding the launch pad, targeting a return to flight by year's end.
Neuroscientist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor is studying the brain pathways that determine why touch feels pleasurable or painful depending on context—such as why the same touch feels comforting from a loved one but unsettling from a...