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Barcelona researchers say a new optical-cavity cell architecture could push single-junction solar efficiency from 33.7% toward 43%.
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“the simplicity of the cavity cell design does not introduce any additional fabrication complexity, unlike many of the approaches currently being explored to…”— Francisco Bernal Texca · full quotes →
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Observations of the exceptionally blue, gravitationally lensed galaxy EBG-1 suggest it may be unusually transparent to ionizing radiation.
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“Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found evidence that a distant, exceptionally blue galaxy may allow most of its ionizing radiation…”— Phys.org · full quotes →
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A newly identified dinosaur species from 66 million years ago challenges assumptions about prehistoric diets.
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“Not all dinosaurs ate meat. This 66-million-year-old 'hell chicken' loved fruit”— India Today · full quotes →
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XKCD and Minute Earth collaborate on theoretical physics exploration of setting off a nuke in Earth's deepest ocean trench.
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“Saw this and thought, yeah, that's like one of the central threats in The Abyss, surely this question is a reference to the movie. Video failed to mention it.”— aaronsgiles@corteximplant.com · full quotes →
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Overfishing, warming waters, and drought threaten an $8 billion fishing industry and 100,000 jobs.
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“Sometime around 2029, 2030 it's going to go off a cliff, and it's going to be ugly.”— Patrick Paquette · full quotes →
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NASA's daily astronomy feature captures a rare mutual occultation of Ganymede and Io, occurring once every six years.
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“Jupiter is one of the least lonely planets in the Solar System, at least when it comes to natural satellites. 115 moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter…”— NASA APOD · NASA Science · full quotes →
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Harvard astrophysicist Shep Doeleman discusses the international collaboration that turned Earth into a world-sized telescope to image…
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“the mass density inside the event horizon never exceeds neutron star levels, and becomes in fact lower the heavier the black hole gets”— myrmidon, Hacker News commenter · Hacker News · full quotes →
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University of Birmingham experiment with ultracold atoms demonstrates time may arise from internal changes rather than be fundamental to…
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“Using thousands of atoms cooled to temperatures barely above absolute zero, Professor Giovanni Barontini demonstrated that the passage of time can be measured…”— Science Daily · full quotes →
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Research reveals the mechanism behind an Indigenous practice of adding shells to beach sand to help clams, oysters, and mussels survive…
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“New research from the University of California, Davis, reveals why adding crushed shells to beach sand helps protect shell-making animals—such as clams…”— Phys.org · full quotes →
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A piece by Tove Danovich explains that shellac, used to coat candy corn and other sweets, is made from resin secreted by female lac bugs in…
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“Quite a few candies still use it, including I think jelly beans, gums and chocolates. Candy corn is far from the standout here.”— zdragnar, Hacker News commenter · Hacker News · full quotes →
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A psychonaut at the Qualia Research Institute describes experiencing near-complete cancellation of a classic optical illusion while under…
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“i don't believe this is good science. the test is self made by the subject while under the affect of the drug. the subject has a bias as well. this is a trip…”— tim-star, Hacker News commenter · Hacker News · full quotes →
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NASA, ESA and CSA release complementary visible- and infrared-light views of a dust filament nicknamed for its feline silhouette.
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“What is lurking in the star-forming region known as the Carina Nebula? The Cat's Head Nebula!”— stsci.edu · full quotes →
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A new result reportedly improves on the 30-year-old Dor-Halperin-Zwick bound for estimating shortest paths across huge networks.
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“2‑approximation”— Science Daily, science news outlet · Hacker News · full quotes →
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A moderately explosive eruption sent ash 3,000 meters skyward; authorities ordered evacuations within 6km of the crater.
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“Mayon is in a new phase of magmatic eruption, with increased chances of lava flows and hazardous PDCs (pyroclastic density currents) … affecting the upper to…”— Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology · full quotes →
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Archaeologists uncover jewellery, cosmetics and coins in cabinet preserved since Mount Vesuvius eruption in AD79.
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“The fact that money and personal objects were left behind could point to the owners having to flee the eruption at short notice.”— Gabriel Zuchtriegel · full quotes →
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Oxford-led research shows the seabirds' body clocks can desync from local time, causing them to veer off course by using a sun compass with…
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“We've slightly shied away from using the term jet lag itself, because people associate that with the health impacts of that clock shift, rather than the clock…”— Patrick Lewin, University of Oxford researcher · full quotes →
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NASA says the 49-year-old interstellar probe is fine after a thruster-related fault briefly knocked out its signal, following a September…
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“The Big Bang was unique because it required the swaps to occur simultaneously.”— NASA Voyager team, Mission team, NASA/JPL · Mastodon · full quotes →
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A Nature study reveals how mild cold triggers production of BH2, a metabolite that extends life in animals—and suggests the benefits might…
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“These findings suggest that specifically targeting a single tissue, such as muscle, could provide organism-wide protection.”— David Vilchez · full quotes →
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The space agency is accepting names on a microchip that will fly aboard a rotorcraft exploring Saturn's largest moon starting in 2028.
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“NASA's Dragonfly mission will simply blow your mind. By flying the first-ever rotorcraft science mission, NASA will explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan, as we…”— Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters · full quotes →
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New research reveals asteroids don't immediately disintegrate near white dwarfs but remain in larger fragments due to internal molecular…
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“Understanding the details of how debris around white dwarfs is produced and evolves is important for putting the observations into context.”— Kat Volk · full quotes →
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Archaeologists analyze 13,000 bone fragments from a 21,000-year-old shelter to understand ancient social organization and conflict.
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“We are archaeologists who do research in Malawi, excavating fossil animal bones and stone tools from natural shelters of rock.”— Research team · full quotes →
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A US startup's concentrated solar plant in India can switch to combustion during bad weather, sharing hardware for both modes.
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“Our systems are their own backup. During times of low solar resource—long duration, bad weather, whatever the case may be—they're able to burn a variety of…”— Mark von Keszycki · full quotes →
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Museum specimens reveal 6% skull size reduction in giant bats since the 1980s as hunting pressure increased.
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“We saw a clear drop in size starting around 1980, when we believe bat hunting became more commercialized.”— Dr. Emily Ruhs, Study lead author · full quotes →
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Incendiamoeba cascadensis reproduces at 63°C, breaking the theoretical limit for complex cellular life and revealing how organisms adapt to…
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“Incendiamoeba cascadensis, which is able to reproduce at 145 F (63 C). This finding marks the highest temperature yet recorded for eukaryotic life.”— Kristen Skruber, Assistant Professor of Biology, Gonzaga University · The Conversation · full quotes →
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The agency invites the public to place their names on a microchip riding with the 2028 Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan.
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“La misión Dragonfly de la NASA les dejará impactados... Nos entusiasma hacer partícipe a la humanidad de este viaje único en la vida”— Nicky Fox · full quotes →
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NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronauts complete seven-hour mission to install new power system for the orbiting laboratory.
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“NASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk are currently installing and deploying the Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) on…”— AkaSci, Mastodon user · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Benjamin Skuse teamed with IEEE Access editor Jenny Mahoney to see if AI-generated "research" could slip past peer review.
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“It’s not just the [scientific] record under threat, it’s science as a whole.”— Amanda Sulicz, IEEE research-integrity manager · IEEE Spectrum · full quotes →
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the upcoming Starship 42 test flight will mark the vehicle's first catch by the launch tower.
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“As the prophecy foretold, Starship 42 will be the first tower catch”
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A Hong Kong Polytechnic University team has created a novel metallic material that maintains strength and flexibility at extreme cold…
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“Materials Science is wild for how little fanfare it gets. Story like this goes nowhere, and then in 10 years people wonder how we're able to dig for deeper oil…”— GrinningPariah · full quotes →
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New solar eclipse photography highlights a dark coronal hole and faint plume-like structures in the sun's upper atmosphere.
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“Solar eclipse photography provides a unique vista into the processes taking place in the sun's upper atmosphere.”— Space.com, Publication · full quotes →
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Two newly isolated archaeal strains hint at how cells evolved from simple microbes to complex organisms.
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“The archaea–eukaryote transition would involve a steep transition in cell structure and physiological shift from anaerobiosis to (facultative) aerobiosis.”— Imachi et al. · full quotes →
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Kutryk will exit the ISS Thursday with Canadarm2 to install new solar panels, the first Canadian spacewalk since 2019.
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The Moon moves through its waning gibbous phase with 87–94% of its surface visible, offering viewing opportunities through early November.
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“Tonight, without the use of visual aids you should be able to spot the Tycho Crater, Copernicus Crater, and the Mare Imbrium.”— Mashable · full quotes →
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A new study argues cosmic acceleration could emerge naturally from general relativity, potentially eliminating the need for dark energy.
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“The instability of all Friedmann spacetimes to accelerated expansion suggests a simpler, more natural explanation for the acceleration of the universe than…”— Blake Temple, UC Davis mathematics professor · Science Daily · full quotes →
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Single-neuron sequencing finds over a quarter of fetal cortical neurons carry major chromosomal defects, nearly all cleared by the time of…
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“Your brain quietly gets rid of billions of faulty neurons around the time you are born: scientists studied over 2,300 brain cells and found over 1 in 4 neurons…”— u/mvea, Reddit poster · Reddit · full quotes →
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