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New Camera Captures Events Unfolding in Trillionths of a Second
Chinese researchers unveiled an imaging method that captures both brightness and structural change in a single shot at femtosecond speeds — opening a new window on ultrafast science.
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Mini CRISPR Jumps From 10% to 90% Editing Efficiency
A compact CRISPR enzyme from NIH-funded UT Austin researchers is small enough to deliver inside the body — and edits genes with 9x the accuracy.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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We're Living in a Golden Age of Species Discovery — And Scientists Say the Best Is Yet to Come
Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species every year, from deep-sea creatures to high-altitude fungi, revealing a planet far more biodiverse than anyone imagined.
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Duke Engineers Build the Fastest Light Detector Ever — and It Needs No Power to Run
A new ultrathin photodetector from Duke University captures light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum in just 125 picoseconds, opening doors to revolutionary cameras for medicine and agriculture.
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CRISPR Breakthrough: Scientists Can Now Edit Genes Without Cutting DNA
A new technique from UNSW Sydney activates silenced genes without snipping DNA — making gene therapy safer for conditions like sickle cell disease.
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Svalbard's Polar Bears Are Thriving Against All Odds, New Study Finds
A 27-year study reveals that polar bears in Norway's Svalbard archipelago are healthier and more numerous than expected, defying predictions about the impact of melting sea ice.
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Psilocybin Shows Powerful Results Against Treatment-Resistant Depression in Major Trials
Two large clinical trials show that a synthetic form of the compound found in magic mushrooms can rapidly relieve symptoms in patients who haven't responded to conventional antidepressants.