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India's Skyroot Aerospace Launches First Private Orbital Rocket
The launch of the Vikram-1 rocket makes India the third country after the U.S. and China to have a private company capable of orbital launches.
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Chinese JUNO Experiment Releases First Physics Results on Neutrino Mass
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory has delivered early data that improves measurements of key neutrino properties and targets the mystery of mass hierarchy.
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Researchers Improve Quantum Processor Logical Error Rates
A new study published in Nature demonstrates a reduction in logical error rates through advanced quantum correction and detection techniques.
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Global Migration Movements Surged to 35 Million Annually by 2023
New research utilizing deep learning reveals that annual global migration rose from 13 million in 2000 to approximately 35 million people by 2023.
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Researchers Develop Device to Detect Secret Nuclear Material Production
A new antineutrino detector could identify if fusion reactors are being used illicitly to produce plutonium-239 for nuclear weapons.
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GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Linked to 30% Lower Breast Cancer Risk
A large study of women undergoing breast imaging suggests that GLP-1 medications may reduce the likelihood of developing breast cancer.
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Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle $368 Million Ocean Monitoring System
Scientists and lawmakers warn that removing the Ocean Observatories Initiative's infrastructure will degrade weather predictions and create critical data blind spots.
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Scientists Discover Vast Fan-Shaped Basin Province Beneath East Antarctica
Researchers have identified a massive geological structure of hidden basins beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, providing new insights into the continent's tectonic history.
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Diagnostic Gaps Delayed Response to Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak
Limited access to specialized tests in the Democratic Republic of Congo allowed a rare strain of Ebola to spread undetected for weeks.
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Fusion Startup Xcimer Activates World's Largest Privately Owned Laser
The company has launched its Phoenix laser system as a first step toward building a commercial fusion power plant for grid-scale electricity.
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Gene Therapies for Heart Failure Gain Momentum After Period of Stagnation
New research and clinical trials are reviving interest in gene therapies to treat failing hearts and manage cholesterol levels.
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Experimental Pill Nearly Doubles Survival Time for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Clinical trial data shows daraxonrasib extends median survival to 13.2 months compared to 6.7 months for chemotherapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
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Experimental Pill Targets 'Undruggable' KRAS Mutations in Pancreatic Cancer
A new drug from Revolution Medicines uses molecular glue to bind with KRAS subtypes, targeting mutations long considered impossible to treat.
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First Pig Liver and Kidneys Transplanted into Human Patient
A medical milestone has been reached with the first simultaneous transplantation of a pig liver and kidneys into a person, offering a potential solution to organ shortages.
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Meteor Explodes Over Massachusetts, Triggering Sonic Booms
A high-speed meteor disintegrated over the northeastern United States, causing ground shaking and sonic booms felt across several states.
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Open-Source ESMFold2 Model Predicts Shapes of 1 Billion Proteins
The new open-source atlas surpasses the AlphaFold Database by more than 800 million entries, according to Biohub researchers.
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Solar Desalination System Produces Fresh Water Without Toxic Brine
Researchers have developed a laser-textured metal system that turns seawater into drinking water while recovering salts as solid materials.
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AI-Powered Blood Tests Show Potential for Early Lung Cancer Detection
Researchers are utilizing artificial intelligence to identify DNA fragment patterns and protein markers in blood to detect lung cancer at earlier, more treatable stages.
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Research Identifies Lung Cancer in Women as Distinct Disease
New findings suggest lung cancer in women differs from the disease in men, potentially requiring specialized diagnostic and treatment approaches.
Tech
Redesigned Algorithm Reduces Toxicity in Social Media Feeds
New research highlights how redesigning social media algorithms can break echo chambers and reduce online polarization.
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Low Lung Cancer Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa Are an 'Illusion'
Official statistics underrepresent the lung cancer burden in sub-Saharan Africa due to gaps in diagnosis and reporting, researchers warn.
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Gene Therapies for Heart Failure Gain Momentum After Period of Stagnation
Researchers are developing a new wave of gene therapies designed to regenerate heart tissue and reverse heart failure, a condition previously considered irreversible.
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Open-Source AI Model Predicts Structures of 1 Billion Proteins
The ESMFold2 model from Biohub provides an open-source alternative to AlphaFold, generating an atlas of over one billion predicted protein structures.
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Eli Lilly Gene-Editing Therapy Cuts Bad Cholesterol by 62% in Early Trial
Interim Phase I trial data shows a single dose of a gene-editing treatment significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels in participants.
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University of Houston Scientists Break 30-Year Superconductivity Record
Researchers achieved a record transition temperature of 151 Kelvin for a superconductor operating at ambient pressure.
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CERN Researchers Detect Particle Behavior Challenging Standard Model
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have observed rare particle transformations that may indicate the existence of unknown forces or particles.
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Texas A&M Researchers Develop Nasal Spray to Reverse Brain Aging
A new nasal spray developed by Texas A&M scientists has shown the ability to reduce brain inflammation and restore cognitive function in preclinical models.
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Quantum Light Source Advances Attosecond Science
New developments in quantum light sources, including bright squeezed vacuum, are enhancing the ability to observe electron motion on the shortest accessible timescales.
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NIH Research Identifies Cause of Weight-Loss Plateaus in Semaglutide Drugs
New research from the NIH reveals how appetite-controlling brain cells respond to semaglutide, offering insights into why weight loss eventually stalls.
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France Primate Research Project Proceeds Despite Ethics Panel Opposition
A French primate research initiative is moving forward despite warnings and opposition from the country's own ethics panel.
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Global River Oxygen Levels Dropping as Climate Change Intensifies
A global analysis of more than 21,000 river systems found that nearly 80% have steadily lost dissolved oxygen over the past four decades.
Tech
AI 'Scientists' Emerge to Automate Research and Drug Discovery
New autonomous AI systems are capable of generating hypotheses, executing code, and writing full research papers, prompting a shift in academic oversight.
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Sleep Duration Outside Optimal Window Linked to Faster Organ Aging
Research indicates that sleeping too little or too much is associated with accelerated biological aging across the brain, heart, lungs, and immune system.
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Researchers Enable Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging Using Consumer LiDAR
A new multi-frame fusion strategy allows consumer-grade LiDAR sensors to image objects hidden from their direct field of view.
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OpenAI Model Solves 80-Year-Old Mathematics Conjecture
An internal OpenAI reasoning model has autonomously solved the planar unit distance problem, a decades-old challenge posed by Paul Erdős.