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An AI model flags 44 star systems that may hide Earth-like planets, using patterns in known planets to guide telescope searches.
Trained on simulated planetary systems, a Bern algorithm uses known planets’ masses and orbits to shortlist targets for follow-up.
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A speech clock links voice and language patterns with brain aging, cognition and dementia in 2,928 Latin American adults.
HealthLarge cognitive health study links speech patterns with brain agingMac Oliveau
The looming-eyes buoy. Floating eye buoys and predator-shaped kites reduced seabird bycatch odds in a monitored trial with Cornish fishermen.
Green ImpactFloating scarecrows help keep diving seabirds out of fishing netsRebecca Shavit
Ancient flooding patterns reveal evidence that Earth’s crust and mantle rapidly shifted relative to the spin axis several times.
Green ImpactScientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaursJoshua Shavit
An optical cavity improves quantum-dot photon indistinguishability by controlling the timing of two successive light emissions.
InnovationsA tiny semiconductor device lifts quantum photon interference visibility to 90%Shy Cohen
A new Mars map shows ancient rain may have concentrated formaldehyde, a key prebiotic molecule, in specific regions billions of years ago.
SpaceRainstorms billions of years ago may have created habitable hotspots on MarsJoseph Shavit
Dramatic plumes spray water ice and vapor from many locations along the famed "tiger stripes" near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
SpaceScientists recreate Enceladus’s ocean and watch Earth microbes thriveJoseph Shavit
Living Asgard archaea use actin-based protrusions to crawl across surfaces, revealing possible roots of complex cell movement.
DiscoveriesAsgard archaea study reveals new insights into the evolution of complex lifeJoshua Shavit
X-ray scans reveal that famed “early reptile” Westlothiana had gills and belonged to a far more primitive aquatic tetrapod lineage.
DiscoveriesScotland’s famous ‘Lizzie’ fossil was not the early reptile scientists thoughtRebecca Shavit
Researcher Ievgeniia Tiukova with the research robot Eve.
AIScientists build an AI that can propose experiments, run them and learn from the resultsShy Cohen
A short gamma-ray burst followed by 10 minutes of X-rays may reveal a long-lived magnetar born from a neutron star merger.
SpaceEinstein Probe catches a neutron star merger glowing far longer than expectedJoshua Shavit
Planetary chemistry suggests Earth grew mostly from pebble-built protoplanets, while Mars formed mainly from larger planetesimals.
SpaceNew evidence challenges the idea that Earth and Mars formed the same wayJoseph Shavit
Laser-generated terahertz waves accelerated 35 MeV electrons at 99.99% light speed through a millimeter-scale structure.
InnovationsCompact particle accelerator uses terahertz waves to accelerate electrons to 99.99% light speedJoseph Shavit
Carbon isotopes suggest dinosaurs and other Cretaceous animals living near ancient seas incorporated marine food into their diets.
DiscoveriesCoastal dinosaurs may have been beachcombers, eating seafood that washed up on ancient beachesJoshua Shavit
Scientists directly observed altermagnetic spin splitting in a layered material that could become a platform for future spintronics.
DiscoveriesUCF researchers discover an unusual magnetic state that could reshape future electronicsShy Cohen
WashU Medicine researchers found lymph node-like structures in mouse skull marrow near the brain.
HealthThe skull may be an active part of the brain’s immune defenseJoshua Shavit
Four lunar satellites kept a BeiDou navigation network stable for 60 days, cutting autonomous orbit error to just 0.35 meters.
SpaceThe Moon could solve a stubborn GPS navigation problem for satellites around EarthJoseph Shavit