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Flower-like origami patterns could inspire folding spacecraft

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 8:01pm
Engineers have developed a class of origami structures that unfold in one smooth motion to create flower-like shapes, which could have applications in space
Categories: Astronomy

New moon discovered orbiting Uranus is its smallest one

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 2:20pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon that is small and dim in orbit around Uranus. The discovery brings the planet's total to 29, and scientists say there are probably more to be found
Categories: Astronomy

Brain implant lets man 'experience joy' for the first time in decades

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 2:00pm
A device that has been likened to a pacemaker for the brain has given a man with severe depression great relief
Categories: Astronomy

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:00pm
Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids. Innovative solutions are poised to turn the crisis around
Categories: Astronomy

Having radio waves beamed into our head ramps up our sense of smell

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:00pm
Directing radio waves at the olfactory system deep within our head seems to boost our ability to detect different smells
Categories: Astronomy

Earth's carbon sinks are being eroded by climate change feedback loops

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 11:00am
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen an extra 15 parts per million since 1960 due to the declining ability of the land and sea to soak up excess CO2
Categories: Astronomy

AI-generated responses are undermining crowdsourced research studies

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 4:00am
Many answers to online research questions show signs of being generated by AI chatbots, raising doubts about the validity of behavioural data collected this way
Categories: Astronomy

Unprecedented Arctic heatwave melted 1 per cent of Svalbard's ice

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 4:00pm
A six-week period of extraordinary heat in 2024 melted 62 gigatonnes of ice on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, obliterating all previous melt records
Categories: Astronomy

Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's how to calm it

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00pm
From depression to dementia, we are now realising the profound impacts of long-term inflammation on the brain. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is unlocking new treatments to protect our cognitive function and mental health
Categories: Astronomy

How cocoa beans' microbiomes are key to the finest chocolate flavours

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00pm
Nine species of fungi and bacteria have been found in cocoa beans that produce fine chocolate, and this knowledge could help producers develop better flavours
Categories: Astronomy

Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 9:00am
Defining the fundamental units of electricity used to require two finicky quantum devices – but now scientists have found an easier way to standardise our electrical measurements
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Rare 'triple-dip' La Niña may explain why 2023 was so hot

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 8:00am
The record-breaking global temperatures seen in late 2023 may have emerged partly because of unusual conditions in the Pacific Ocean in the preceding years
Categories: Astronomy

Jupiter's moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matter detector

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 4:00am
Large dark matter particles hitting Jupiter’s largest moon would form distinctive craters in its icy surface, and upcoming space missions might be able to spot them
Categories: Astronomy

Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels – but only among women

Sun, 08/17/2025 - 8:05pm
Women's arteries seem to be stiffer if they have had covid-19, with the same effect not being found among men
Categories: Astronomy

It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 1:00pm
A quantum broadcasting system would end up sending slightly different information to every receiver – and efforts to sidestep this problem are too inefficient for practical use
Categories: Astronomy

Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 12:00pm
Connecting tubes between bacteria and a kind of microbe called archaea may reflect a symbiotic relationship that led to complex cells more than 2 billion years ago
Categories: Astronomy

Oldest fast radio burst ever seen sheds light on early star formation

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 10:00am
A bright flash of radio waves from 3 billion years after the big bang is illuminating parts of the universe that astronomers can’t normally see
Categories: Astronomy

We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 8:00am
An extremely precise detection method for single electrons, which pins down the particles with a resolution of trillionths of a second, may provide a valuable building block for future quantum technologies
Categories: Astronomy

Brain activity can predict whether strangers will become friends

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 6:00am
People who have similar neural responses to movie clips are more likely to become friends, indicating bonds form based off shared thought processes
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Cancer-killing virus becomes more effective when shielded by bacteria

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 6:00am
Virus-based treatments are already approved to treat several types of cancer, and combining them with bacteria could make them even more effective
Categories: Astronomy