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Researchers at Lund University developed a blood test that detects tiny traces of tumor DNA long before breast cancer recurrence becomes visible.
New research shows a blood test can detect returning breast cancer months to years before scans or symptoms appear.
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Models suggest stable environments for prebiotic chemistry emerged around 4.33 billion years ago as devastating impacts declined.
Green ImpactNew 3D model finds Earth may have become ready for life 4.33 billion years agoJoshua Shavit
Scientists at UC Riverside found that quantum chips can be linked into larger fault-tolerant systems even when connections are significantly noisier than the chips themselves, bringing scalable quantum computing closer to reality.
DiscoveriesFuture quantum computers may be built like modular data centersJoshua Shavit
The illustration shows how Jupiter uses a series of regions called shocklets to interact with the solar wind and slow it before it reaches the planet’s main bow shock.
SpaceNASA’s Juno reveals how Jupiter’s giant magnetic shield absorbs the solar windJoseph Shavit
Kenneth Loi shows how VIPR RNA (in pink) snakes around the double helix of DNA (yellow and green) to form a unique triplex structure.
HealthScientists find an ancient predecessor of CRISPR hiding in virusesJoshua Shavit
Astronomers found a small planet orbiting backward around a red dwarf, possibly revealing a second generation of planet-forming material.
SpaceAstronomers discover a strange planet circling its red dwarf star in the wrong directionJoseph Shavit
A major study finds lifestyle choices have a stronger impact than genetics on Type 2 diabetes risk, offering hope for prevention.
HealthLifestyle choices can outweigh genetic risk for type 2 diabetesJoseph Shavit
HealthTiny extracellular vesicles delivered through the nose found to improve memory in Alzheimer’s studyJoseph Shavit
MIT researchers use Raman microscopy and gene data to identify biochemical barcodes of senescent cells without destroying tissue.
AIMIT researchers use light to identify aging cells without destroying themRebecca Shavit
Astronomers traced auroral radio bursts directly to Beta Pictoris b, revealing the first direct magnetic-field measurement of an exoplanet.
DiscoveriesSouth Africa’s MeerKAT array detects the first radio signal directly from an exoplanetJoseph Shavit
A CMS search found no microscopic black holes at CERN but excluded masses below about 9 to 11.4 TeV in models with extra dimensions.
DiscoveriesCERN scientists find no evidence that the Large Hadron Collider created microscopic black holesJoshua Shavit
A camper’s map search led scientists to a likely 25-kilometer impact crater in Quebec, with evidence pointing to a 390-million-year-old strike.
SpaceAmateur astronomer leads scientists to a massive 390-million-year-old impact crater in QuebecJoshua Shavit
Evolution gives the chicken-and-egg paradox a clear answer, but defining the first true chicken makes the story far more complicated.
DiscoveriesWhich came first, the chicken or the egg? Evolution has a surprisingly clear answerJoseph Shavit
Scientists have developed a way to transform carbon dioxide into durable, recyclable plastics, paving the way for a circular economy.
Green ImpactScientists turn carbon dioxide into fully recyclable high-performance plasticsRebecca Shavit
An instruction-free game let adolescents across the autism spectrum show researchers how they combine visual evidence.
HealthTreasure-hunt game offers a new window into perception across the autism spectrumJoseph Shavit
Tropical ocean warming redirected moisture toward East Antarctica, helping drive a temporary 695-billion-ton ice mass gain.
Green ImpactA tropical ocean hot spot helped Antarctica gain 695 billion tons of iceJoshua Shavit
A preprint links an unexplained mitochondrial vibration to a possible quantum state and reports a 10% boost in cellular ATP.
DiscoveriesScientists propose a light-matter quantum state inside living cellsJoshua Shavit