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Researchers identify new type of superconductor
The history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave. Now, Cornell researchers have discovered a possible third type: g-wave.
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MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
A zinc-air microbattery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.
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Fiber-infused ink enables 3D-printed heart muscle to beat
The ink helps heart muscle cells align so that they can contract in coordination
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Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted
Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as once thought: An MIT study finds even the tallest ice cliffs are unlikely to collapse catastrophically and trigger a runaway ice sheet retreat.
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In field tests, device harvests water from desert air
You really can extract clean drinking water right from the air, even in the driest of deserts, MIT researchers have found. They’ve demonstrated a real-world version of a water-harvesting system based on metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, that they first described last year.
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Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an impact on the globe’
Research into extending humanity’s healthy lifespan has been progressing rapidly in recent years. In February, a group of aging and longevity scientists founded a nonprofit to foster the work and serve as a resource for governments and businesses looking to understand the potentially far-reaching implications of a…
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Researchers discover physical cause of long Covid tiredness
Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long-COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy than in healthy patients. The results of the study were published today in Nature…
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2024 sea level 'report cards' map futures of U.S. coastal communities
Featuring four new localities, the updated report cards show past and projected rates of sea level rise and acceleration for 36 U.S. coastal communities in a new, interactive dashboard.
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Supercapacitors Batteries charges in seconds without degrading
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John Ioannidis Aims His Bazooka at Nutrition Science (2018)
Dr. Ioannidis is not just a bull in a china shop; he's a bazooka in a china shop. And now the bazooka is aimed at shoddy nutrition research, which he suggests is in need of "radical reform."
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New 'negative light' technology hides data transfers in plain sight
Researchers have developed a ‘negative luminescence’ system to create an innovative way of sending hidden information.
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Biologist E.O. Wilson suggests ‘moon shot’ conservation effort
Biologist E.O. Wilson suggests conserving half of the Earth to save species. He and former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis discuss how to do that.
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Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts
A 93-strong international expedition team has been exploring the northwestern Weddell Sea in the Antarctic on board the Alfred Wegener Institute's icebreaker Polarstern since 8 February 2026. In this key region for global ocean currents, the focus has been on the outflow of ice and water from the Larsen Ice Shelf and…
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Researchers develop a new houseplant that can clean home air (2018)
Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically modified a common houseplant to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.
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AI for scientific discovery: How researchers use Claude
We analyzed 207,000 research sessions to learn how Claude is used in science, why some tasks get more use than others, and how AI could speed up discovery.
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IceCube detection of a high-energy particle proves 60-year-old theory
On December 8, 2016,* a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino hurtled to Earth from outer space at close to the speed of light carrying 6.3 petaelectronvolts (PeV) of energy. Deep inside the ice sheet at the South Pole, it smashed into an electron and produced a particle that quickly decayed into a…
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New work extends the thermodynamic theory of computation
In a paper published in Physical Review X on May 13, a quartet of physicists and computer scientists expand the modern theory of the thermodynamics of computation. By combining approaches from statistical physics and computer science, the researchers introduce mathematical equations that reveal the minimum and maximum…
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11.8M CHF for clinical trials of novel arthritis repair
Swiss government and European Union award 11.8 million CHF for next generation clinical trials of novel arthritis repair. The researchers at the Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, are actively recruiting for clinical trials.
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Jupiter Awaits Arrival of Juno
In preparation for the imminent arrival of NASA’s Juno spacecraft, astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to obtain spectacular new infrared images of Jupiter. They are part of a campaign to create high-resolution maps of the giant planet. These observations will inform the work to be undertaken by Juno over…
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Systems Neuroscience Is About to Get Bonkers
We are all familiar with the standard paradigm in systems neuroscience: Study a simplified behavior in a model organism while measuring neural activity in brain structures thought to subserve the…
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Engines of Evidence – A Conversation with Judea Pearl
In the early 1960s, every company had a huge investment in the future of computers. I fell into a device-oriented research group, wherein the goal was to find new phenomena that we could turn into computer memory. Magnetic core memories were already becoming a nuisance. Some people worked on photochromic phenomena…
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Research team demonstrates world’s fastest optical neuromorphic processor
An international team of researchers has demonstrated the world’s fastest and most powerful optical neuromorphic processor for artificial intelligence, which is capable of processing ultra-large scale data.
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Assessing Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Computer Vision
Posted by Lily Peng MD PhD, Product Manager, Google Brain Team Heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular (CV) diseases continue to be among ...
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Geneticists develop novel gene therapy for glaucoma
The gene therapeutic approach, which shows promise for treating age related macular degeneration (AMD), may also be effective in treating other eye conditions such as glaucoma. It provided benefit in three additional models of mitochondrial dysfunction, including cells taken from patients living with an optic…