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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.
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Scientists Discover a Tiny Plant's Secret That Could Supercharge the World's Crops
Researchers found that humble hornwort plants use a molecular trick to turbocharge photosynthesis — and they've already shown it works in other species, opening the door to dramatically more efficient food crops.
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Scientists Discover Molecule That Stops Aggressive Breast Cancer in Its Tracks
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed SU212, a new molecule that blocks a key enzyme fueling triple-negative breast cancer — one of the deadliest forms of the disease — opening the door to treatments where few currently exist.
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Just 24 Minutes of Specially Designed Music Can Significantly Reduce Anxiety, Clinical Trial Finds
A randomized clinical trial at Toronto Metropolitan University found that listening to music paired with auditory beat stimulation for just 24 minutes significantly lowers both cognitive and physical symptoms of anxiety — no drugs required.
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The World's Most Climate-Resilient Crop Just Got a Massive Genetic Upgrade
An international team has published the first sorghum pangenome in Nature, unlocking hidden genetic diversity that could accelerate breeding of drought- and heat-resistant crops for the world's most vulnerable farmers.
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Slippery Nanopores Could Turn River Mouths Into Power Plants
EPFL researchers tripled the output of blue-energy systems with lipid-coated nanopores — a step toward tapping the electricity where rivers meet the sea.
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World's First In-Utero Stem Cell Therapy for Spina Bifida Declared Safe in Landmark Trial
A UC Davis research team has successfully combined fetal surgery with stem cells to treat spina bifida before birth, with results published in The Lancet showing the pioneering approach is safe for both mother and baby.
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Scientists Discover the Protein That Triggers Diabetic Blindness — And How to Stop It
Researchers have identified LRG1, a protein that causes the earliest damage in diabetic retinopathy, and shown that blocking it in mice completely prevents vision loss — offering hope for the 100 million people at risk worldwide.