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Scientists Recreate Ball-Lightning-Like Plasma Sphere in Laboratory
Scientists in China have made a glowing plasma sphere in a laboratory experiment that was created to study the physics…
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Barnes Ice Cap Study Finds Ancient Ice Advance Reversed by Modern Warming
Research published in Science provides new evidence that the Barnes Ice Cap on Canada’s Baffin Island began expanding again around…
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Can Plastic Waste Become Easier to Break Down? Scientists Investigate a New Enzyme
Researchers found an enzyme that digests biodegradable plastics and penicillin. Here is what it can and cannot do for plastic…
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Scientists Find a Way to Turn Sand Into Building Materials Without High-Heat Cement Production
ETH Zurich researchers use bacteria and 3D printing to bind sand into building elements at room temperature, but it is…
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Can a Kevlar Tether Create Artificial Gravity in Space? The Physics Says Yes, but Human Biology Sets the Challenge
Connecting two spacecraft with a long cable and spinning them around a shared centre could simulate gravity without building a…
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2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for Breakthrough in Asymmetric Chemistry
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries involving non-linear effects and autocatalysis…
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Orionid Meteor Shower 2026 Underway as October Peak Approaches
The Orionid meteor shower is active in October 2026 and will peak later this month, offering fast meteors from debris…
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Europe Seeks to Turn Science and Technology Investment Into New Economic Growth
Europe is trying to solve a long-running economic problem: it produces world-class science but too often fails to turn discoveries…
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Pacific Nations Warn That Deep-Sea Mining Could Create Irreversible Environmental Risks
Pacific governments are intensifying warnings that commercial deep-sea mining could permanently alter poorly understood ocean ecosystems even as the United…
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Biotechnology Emerges as a New Tool for Helping Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change
Conservationists are beginning to use genomics, cloning, selective breeding, engineered microbes and assisted gene flow to help vulnerable species survive…
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Jupiter-Mass Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Star-Forming Region
A September 2026 James Webb Space Telescope discovery has revealed brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter in the…
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Landmark Brain Gene-Activity Atlas Offers New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Aging
A new brain gene-activity atlas mapping 6.3 million cells in the prefrontal cortex offers unprecedented clues into Alzheimer's disease and…
Environment
Extreme Weather and Climate Risks Put Greater Focus on Global Environmental Action
Record ocean heat, a near-decade of exceptional global temperatures, and a still-alarming pattern of costly disasters are keeping climate adaptation…
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Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost 11.3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice. Most of It Was Not Surface Melt
The longest reconciled satellite record yet shows Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023,…
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The Real Science Behind 'Batman' Cancer Immunity: What Bats Could Teach Us About Fighting Cancer
Bats are not cancer-proof, but some species live for decades while showing unusually strong defenses against tumors, DNA damage and…
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17th-Century Polish Burial Reveals a Mysterious Iron Sickle Ritual
Archaeologists in Pień, Poland, have uncovered a mysterious 17th-century grave of a young woman buried with an iron sickle across…
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Indian Scientists Reveal New Insights Into Mars’ Atmospheric Waves and Climate Evolution
Planetary scientists at India's Physical Research Laboratory have mapped Mars' extreme temperature swings and zonal wave patterns, revealing how topography…
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Indian Scientists Demonstrate Novel Technique to Protect Quantum States
Researchers at Bengaluru's Raman Research Institute have demonstrated a novel single-shot timing technique to protect fragile quantum states and prevent…
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Bird Chicks Fight Predators With a Rotten-Meat Smell: The Hoopoe's Unusual Defence
A snake or small carnivore probing a tree cavity for an easy meal of nestlings doesn't usually expect to be…
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Nobody Owns the Water on the Moon — But the Race to Claim It Is Already Reshaping Space Law
As NASA, China, and private firms target the lunar south pole for its water ice, a gap between space ambition…
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ISRO Satellite Detects El Niño Signal in Pacific, Indian Ocean Impact Tracked
ISRO's EOS-06 satellite has captured a visible signature of the strengthening El Niño in the equatorial Pacific, prompting tracking of…
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The Fastest Animal Alive: Inside the Peregrine Falcon's 320 km/h Killing Dive
Peregrine falcons are often cited as diving at 380 km/h, but the reality of their high-speed stoop involves complex aerodynamics,…
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Neelakurinji’s Amazing 12-Year Life Cycle: How One Generation Turns the Western Ghats Blue Before It Dies
Neelakurinji spends years growing, flowers once in a synchronized blue-violet spectacle, produces seeds and dies. Here is the science behind…
Technology
Why Is a Quantum Chip So Tiny but the Machine So Huge?
A quantum chip can be only a few centimeters wide while the complete machine fills a laboratory. The reason is…