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Scientists Find Preserved Blood Vessels Inside a 66-Million-Year-Old T. Rex
High-powered X-ray imaging of the largest T. rex ever found revealed an intact network of blood vessels in a healed rib — a rare glimpse of dinosaur biology in action.
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New Brain-Inspired Chip From Cambridge Cuts AI Energy Use by 70%
A new memristor built from a special form of hafnium oxide can store and process information in the same place — slashing the biggest energy cost in modern AI hardware.
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IonQ Links Two Quantum Computers With Light for the First Time
The quantum computing company photonically connected two independent trapped-ion systems using entanglement — a first for commercial quantum hardware.
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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.
Technology
NVIDIA Open-Sources First AI Models for Quantum Computing
NVIDIA's new Ising model family automates quantum processor calibration and delivers 2.5x faster error correction — and it's free for anyone to use.
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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.
Technology
Solar Panels That Generate Power From Raindrops? It Works.
Spanish scientists have created a thin-film coating that lets solar panels harvest energy from both sunlight and falling rain — with a single drop producing over 100 volts.
Technology
GEN-1 Robot AI Hits 99% Reliability Folding, Packing, and Fixing Things
Generalist's new physical AI model can fold laundry, pack phones, and service vacuums at production-level accuracy — and recover from mistakes on its own.
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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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Scientists Build First Quantum Battery That Charges With Light
Australian researchers built a laser-charged quantum battery that gets faster as it grows — flipping how conventional energy storage works.
Technology
New Chip-Making Machine Prints 8nm Features in a Single Step
ASML's latest EUV lithography system can pack 2.9x more transistors per chip — a leap driven by surging AI demand.
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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.
Human Achievements
Artemis II Crew Now the Farthest Humans From Earth
NASA's four astronauts have traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13's 55-year-old record during their loop around the Moon.
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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.
Technology
New UTI Test Finds the Right Antibiotic in Under 6 Hours
A direct-from-urine test developed by UK researchers matched lab results in 97% of cases, cutting wait times from days to a single morning.
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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.