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Aircela’s compact machines turn air, water, and renewable electricity into real, drop-in gasoline, fully compatible with today’s engines and infrastructure.
A startup unveiled a machine that pulls CO2 from air and turns it into gasoline compatible with today’s cars.
Rebecca Shavitupda
Mammals descend trees in different ways, and primates stand apart.
DiscoveriesThe odd ways mammals descend trees and what it means for primate evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
Olympic champion Alysa Liu earns hometown honors, including ice cream for life, after historic figure skating victory.
Good NewsAlysa Liu’s Gold Ignites a Sweet Homecoming in OaklandAmyn Bhai
Cleaner wrasse quickly scraped off a mirror-only mark, then used shrimp scraps to probe mirror space, researchers report.
DiscoveriesCleaner fish display intelligence and self-awareness — just like mammalsMac Oliveau
Two Physical Review A papers outline how anyons could exist in one dimension, and how cold-atom experiments might spot them.
DiscoveriesNew research discovers quantum particles that exist in one dimensionShy Cohen
In an artist's recreation, 'Spinosaurus mirabilis' stands along the river’s edge over its prey some 95 million years ago.
Discoveries‘Hell-heron’ dinosaur fossils uncovered in the central SaharaJoshua Shavit
A University of Sheffield team reports signs that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, offering a new way to explain a cosmic tension.
SpaceDark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each otherJoseph Shavit
Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, informally known as Ultima Thule. New simulations suggest Kuiper Belt “snowman” objects can form directly from gravitational collapse, without rare events.
SpaceNew simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond NeptuneJoshua Shavit
A survey of nearly 65,000 students links heavy social media use with higher odds of loneliness and flags a two-hour-a-day threshold.
HealthMajor college study links heavy social media use with higher odds of lonelinessRebecca Shavit
Family support and community donations helped Laila Edwards make Olympic history in women’s hockey.
CelebritiesLaila Edwards’ family watches her win Olympic gold live with help from Kelce brothers and GoFundMeAmyn Bhai
A Tokyo team built a neutral PEG-DNA complex that boosted gene expression in mouse muscle, avoiding cation-linked inflammation.
HealthResearchers create new molecule to insert DNA into cellsHannah Shavit-Weiner
A Stanford-led mouse study reports a nasal vaccine that boosted broad lung defenses against infections and allergens.
HealthNew nasal vaccine protects lungs for months against viruses, bacteria, and allergensMac Oliveau
Paola Tiranti of Northumbria University.
SpacePHD student built the first-ever 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphereJoseph Shavit
University of Western Australia researchers found a sleeper shark swimming into the spotlight of a video camera in Antarctica in January 2025.
DiscoveriesGlobal first: A massive sleeper shark was filmed in cold Antarctic watersJoshua Shavit
PhD researcher Robert Komljenovic holds the tough and flexible nylon film developed at RMIT University that generates electricity when bent, pressed or compressed.
InnovationsFlexible nylon film generates electricity from compressionRebecca Shavit
The team used their new printing method to encode a photo of the Mona Lisa onto their "smart skin" material (left). The photo, which can initially appear hidden in the material, can be revealed by stretching, exposure to heat, exposure to liquid or by adjusting the material from a 2D to a 3D shape (right).
InnovationsProgrammable hydrogel ‘smart skin’ can hide images, shift texture, and morph shapeHannah Shavit-Weiner
CDG-2 in the Perseus cluster was found through four globular clusters and a faint glow seen by Hubble and Euclid.
SpaceNearly invisible galaxy may be built mostly of dark matter, Hubble findsJoseph Shavit