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Water ice loses cubic symmetry near 222 gigapascals, revealing a structural transition with possible relevance to planetary interiors.
Water ice under extreme pressure shifts into a denser, less symmetrical structure, informing planetary models while its atomic arrangement remains unclear.
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Simulations strengthen the case for hydrogen escaping Earth’s core by testing an alternative explanation for unusual volcanic rocks.
Green ImpactEarth’s core may be leaking hydrogen into the mantle and its volcanic rocksJoshua Shavit
Euclid discovered comet C/2026 S1 in galaxy survey images, testing a detection process that could help future comet missions.
SpaceUniversity of Helsinki student finds a previously unknown comet in Euclid’s imagesJoseph Shavit
An artist’s impression of Gomez’s Hamburger shows gas and dust rotating around a young star in distinct layers, as mapped by ALMA at millimeter wavelengths.
SpaceALMA observatory maps a cosmic ‘hamburger’ that may be building a giant planetJoseph Shavit
Anechoic chambers eliminate echoes, stripping away the sound cues the brain relies on to judge space and surroundings.
HealthThis is what 10 minutes of silence can do to the human brainJoseph Shavit
Sunset over Bolotana, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia.
HealthThe Sardinian village of Bolotana may be a new blue zone for womenRebecca Shavit
Copper-oxide superconductivity gains a magnetic explanation, but the highest transition temperatures still need another ingredient.
DiscoveriesScientists may have found the key to one of quantum physics’ biggest mysteries: superconductivityJoseph Shavit
A bacterial compound changes how Candida uses glucose, weakening a shape shift linked to dangerous infections.
HealthScientists discover a bacterial molecule that tricks deadly fungi into starvingJoshua Shavit
Pixel Cake. A layered confection composed of modular edible units arranged through computational design and assembled by hand. The work illustrates how artistic meaning can emerge through the interplay of digital organization, material transformation, and embodied experience, rather than residing solely in the finished object.
AIThe age of AI is forcing humanity to rethink what it means to be creativeShy Cohen
Ten-minute NASA satellite scans help scientists investigate how lightning produces pollution and changes atmospheric chemistry.
Green ImpactNASA satellite tracks the pollution lightning leaves behindJoshua Shavit
Accelerating pulses in SN 2024afav support a newborn magnetar model involving a wobbling disk and relativistic frame-dragging.
SpaceAstronomers discover rare evidence of Einstein’s relativity playing out in a cosmic explosionJoseph Shavit
A self-made bacterial hydrogel can push cells from dying biofilms and may offer a new path for disrupting resistant communities.
HealthScientists discover bacteria that sacrifice their own cells for survivalRebecca Shavit
A palladium-coated membrane captured six PFAS and broke carbon-fluorine bonds during a 58-day lab test, with 83% defluorination.
Green ImpactNew palladium-coated membrane captured and destroyed 99% of forever chemicalsJoshua Shavit
Atmospheric models suggest Uranus and Neptune formed from different ingredients, but uncertain mixing leaves their origins open.
SpaceNeptune and Uranus appear to have significantly different chemical originsJoseph Shavit
A pig kidney recovered partial function after a year at −150°C, but long-term transplant survival remains untested.
HealthMagnetic nanoparticles rewarm and restore function to pig kidneys one year after cryogenic storageJoseph Shavit
Frozen molecular samples illustrate experiments comparing how thymine and uracil respond to ultraviolet light, offering clues to the chemistry behind DNA’s evolution.
HealthDNA’s vulnerability to sunlight may explain the complex origins of intelligent lifeRebecca Shavit
IBM Quantum Heron quantum processing unit in hand. Repeated measurements and resets controlled chaos across 100 qubits, testing hardware capabilities relevant to future error correction.
DiscoveriesScientists take a major step toward quantum computers that correct their own errorsShy Cohen