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Mini CRISPR System Jumps From 10% to 90% Gene Editing Efficiency
NIH-funded researchers at UT Austin engineered a compact CRISPR enzyme small enough for targeted delivery inside the body — and it edits genes with up to 90% accuracy.
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Electrons in Graphene Flow Like a Frictionless Liquid
Scientists at India's IISc observed electrons in graphene defying the Wiedemann-Franz law, flowing as a near-perfect quantum fluid with 200x less friction than predicted.
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Chemists Prove a 67-Year-Old Theory About Vitamin B1
UC Riverside researchers stabilized a reactive carbene molecule in water for the first time, confirming a 1958 hypothesis and opening the door to greener drug production.
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Engineered Algae Can Now Pull Microplastics From Water
A University of Missouri researcher has engineered algae that attract and capture microplastics in water — then convert the collected plastic into reusable bioplastic films.
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Scientists Discover a Hidden "Drain" Inside the Human Brain
Using advanced MRI, researchers found a previously unknown waste-removal pathway along the middle meningeal artery — a potential key to treating Alzheimer's.
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Scientists Measure Quantum Data Loss 100x Faster
Norwegian researchers built a method to track qubit information loss in real time — 100 times faster than previous techniques.
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New Filter Removes 98% of 'Forever Chemicals' From Water
Flinders University scientists built a molecular cage that traps even the smallest, hardest-to-catch PFAS compounds at real-world concentrations.
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New AI Approach Cuts Energy Use 100x While Boosting Accuracy
Tufts researchers built an AI system that combines neural networks with symbolic reasoning, slashing training time from 36 hours to 34 minutes.
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Scientists Cure Type 1 Diabetes in Mice With Blended Immune System
By creating a hybrid immune system, researchers transplanted insulin-producing cells that the body didn't reject — eliminating diabetes in every treated mouse.
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Astronomers Find the Universe's Most Pristine Star
A star with less than 0.005% of the Sun's metals has been discovered drifting into the Milky Way — offering a rare window into the universe's earliest era.
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Scientists Map the Brain Circuit That Builds Muscle While You Sleep
UC Berkeley researchers identified the neural feedback loop that triggers growth hormone during deep sleep — and it could lead to new treatments for metabolic and neurological diseases.
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Artemis II Sends Astronauts to the Moon for the First Time in 54 Years
Four astronauts launched aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft on April 1, beginning a 10-day lunar flyby — humanity's first crewed trip beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17.
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Bennu Asteroid Sample Hides 3 Distinct Chemical Worlds
Nanoscale analysis of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample shows organic material and minerals grouped into three chemical regions — clues to how water once shaped the early solar system.
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24 New Species Found in the Pacific — Including a New Branch of Life
Scientists discovered 24 new amphipod species and an entirely new superfamily in one of Earth's least explored ecosystems.
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Scientists Engineer a Superfood for Honeybees — and Colonies Surged 15-Fold
A University of Oxford-led team used synthetic biology to create a nutritionally complete bee supplement, and the results were dramatic: colonies produced up to 15 times more young.
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New Mass Spectrometer Prototype Can Analyze a Billion Molecules at Once
Researchers at Rockefeller University have built a revolutionary mass spectrometer prototype called MultiQ-IT that processes billions of ions simultaneously, potentially transforming drug discovery and single-cell biology.
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All Five Building Blocks of DNA Found in Asteroid Ryugu Samples
Scientists analyzing pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu have confirmed the presence of all five nucleobases essential for life — a landmark discovery suggesting the ingredients for DNA and RNA are scattered across our solar system.
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Common Vitamin B3 Found to Shut Down Key Genetic Driver of Fatty Liver Disease
Researchers have identified microRNA-93 as a central genetic driver of fatty liver disease and discovered that niacin — ordinary vitamin B3 — can effectively neutralize it, opening the door to a safe, widely available treatment for a condition affecting 30% of people worldwide.
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Scientists Create First Lab-Grown Oesophagus That Can Swallow
Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London have engineered the first lab-grown food pipe that successfully restores swallowing function — a breakthrough that could transform treatment for children born with life-threatening conditions.
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Webb Telescope Discovers a Bizarre 'Sulfur World' — A Brand-New Type of Exoplanet
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an entirely new class of exoplanet: a sulfur-drenched world with a molten interior, just 35 light-years from Earth.
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Pink Rocks Lead Scientists to Hidden Granite Giant Beneath Antarctica
Mysterious pink boulders atop Antarctica's Hudson Mountains have revealed a massive 100-kilometer-wide granite formation buried beneath Pine Island Glacier, solving a decades-old geological puzzle.
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Scientists Crack the 250-Year-Old Mystery of How Plants Make Quinine
Researchers have finally decoded the complete biosynthetic pathway that cinchona trees use to produce quinine, one of history's most important medicines — opening the door to lab-grown antimalarials.
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CERN Discovers New 'Charmed' Particle, Expanding Our Map of the Universe's Building Blocks
Physicists at CERN's upgraded Large Hadron Collider have discovered the Xi-cc-plus, a rare heavy particle containing two charm quarks — only the second doubly charmed baryon ever observed.