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As it heads out of the solar system never to return, the deep space probe Voyager 1 is headed for yet another cosmic milestone. In late 2026, it will become the first spacecraft to travel so far that a radio signal from Earth takes 24 hours, or one light day, to reach it. -
In what could be an industry shifting breakthrough, researchers have created a screen about the size of a human pupil with a resolution that breaks through the limits of pixels. The invention could radically change virtual reality and other applications. -
Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 1,000 square feet, home to an estimated 110,000 spiders that defy nature to coexist in harmony.
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Biomining viruses deliver rare earth elements but no toxic horrors of mining
December 01, 2025 | Malcolm AzaniaUC Berkeley’s reusable bacteriophages offer an ecologically friendly method for mining some of the most valuable materials on the planet, including those in a vast range of consumer electronics, green technology, vehicles, weapons, and more. -
Launch mishap may knock Russia out of astronaut launches for years
November 30, 2025 | David SzondyRussia has suffered a major setback after the launch of its Soyuz MS-28 mission ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) caused severe damage to the country's only pad capable of handling crewed boosters. -
Volcanic gas bubbles provide a 'crystal ball' for the future of coral reefs
November 29, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonOn a remote reef, endless streams of bubbles rise from cracks in the seabed into the shallow water, fed by an underground volcanic system. For scientists, this phenomenon has become a kind of crystal ball, revealing the changes that await marine life. -
Cool idea: Blimps lifting quantum data centers to the stratosphere
November 28, 2025 | Michael FrancoIn a proposal that reads more like the script to a new sci-fi movie, researchers are suggesting a unique way to tackle one of the core problems of quantum computing. If deployed, it would redefine how we think of "cloud computing." -
Secretive 'no arm' lizard crowned new species after decade-long search
November 28, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonWe'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists who had searched for a decade to confirm its existence. -
Your poop could save lives – and 'stool banks' will even pay you for it
November 28, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonYou may be sitting on – so to speak – a very valuable asset that scientists would love to get their hands on: your poop. As well as blood, plasma and organs, you can now donate fecal samples to stool banks for research and use in transplants. -
The 'blue dogs' of Chornobyl reveal a stranger, richer world than imagined
November 27, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonInside the Exclusion Zone surrounding the Chornobyl nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely. Among them are the stray dogs – around 900 descendants of the pets left behind, living in the shadow of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. -
3.3-billion-year-old rocks reveal oldest chemical traces of life
November 27, 2025 | Pranjal MalewarUsing advanced chemistry and AI, a team of Carnegie researchers uncovered new chemical traces of Earth's earliest life in 3.3‑billion‑year‑old rocks, and evidence that oxygen‑producing photosynthesis began over 800 million years earlier than thought. -
Tiny structures kill bacteria by stabbing them with metal spikes
November 27, 2025 | Ben CoxworthNobody wants harmful bacteria on objects such as medical implants, yet we also don't want them building up a resistance to antibiotics. Well, help may be on the way, in the form of metal structures that kill the microbes by poking holes in them. -
Lining pipes with lab-grown diamonds can keep them squeaky clean
November 27, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalIndustrial pipes carrying water or chemicals invariably get gunked up as deposits accumulate on their internal surfaces. Researchers in Texas have found that lining pipes with lab-grown diamond film can prevent buildup like nothing else.
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