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A Wits optical neural network reads topological information in structured light, with promising lab results and practical limits ahead.
Trained optical layers classify hidden features of laser beams, offering a new way to decode information carried by topological light.
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Mount Sinai sends brain and heart tissue models to the ISS to study spaceflight, genetic risk and changes linked to aging.
HealthMiniature brain and cardiovascular models head to orbit on SpaceX CRS-35 to study agingJoseph Shavit
A SwRI-led model filters false far-side solar detections and improves magnetic maps, with a measured trade-off in missed active regions.
SpaceImproved magnetic field maps bring the Sun’s hidden hemisphere into focusJoshua Shavit
Electron microscopy tracks dark wave singularities moving faster than light, without carrying energy or information at that speed.
DiscoveriesEinstein was right: Darkness can travel faster than light without breaking relativityJoseph Shavit
FDA-approved Juvmo targets D1/D5 receptors to ease Parkinson’s motor symptoms, building on decades of UVA research.
HealthFDA approves once-daily Parkinson’s pill (Juvmo) built on decades of work by husband-and-wife teamMac Oliveau
DNA Typewriter reconstructs a 1.28-million-cell lineage tree in a mouse embryo, revealing ancestry and unequal developmental contributions.
HealthScientists construct a ‘family tree’ containing 1.28 million cells from a single embryoJoseph Shavit
A major review finds stronger human climate fingerprints across the atmosphere and oceans, reinforcing evidence available in 2009.
Green ImpactClimate change models and measurements provide clear evidence of human influenceJoshua Shavit
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish DNA contacts reveal stable domains and changing loops, offering clues to nervous-system evolution.
DiscoveriesNew DNA findings may explain how octopuses evolved complex brainsRebecca Shavit
Railway timetables and magnetic records place Exeter’s reported solar-storm train delay in 1848, correcting a longstanding date error.
SpaceA delayed Victorian train reveals a 185 year-old error in space weather historyJoshua Shavit
Artist’s impression of WISE 0855, a cold, free-floating world about 7.5 light-years away. Webb observations provide evidence of changing water-cloud thickness and atmospheric chemistry beneath the clouds.
SpaceJWST discovers the first shifting water clouds on a planet outside of our solar systemJoseph Shavit
Recent research links ancient kissing records with primate evolution, grooming and microbial exchange, while leaving its origins uncertain.
DiscoveriesKissing may be millions of years older than its earliest written recordsJoseph Shavit
Scientists develop a quantum sensor that uses one molecule to detect atomic signals, opening new paths for studying proteins.
InnovationsQuantum sensor breakthrough could finally map proteins and other biomoleculesJoseph Shavit
Cell movement activates a new biomaterial that speeds wound repair while using far lower doses of healing proteins.
HealthCell-activated wound dressing releases healing proteins in preclinical testsRebecca Shavit
Tiny artificial samples exposed a rugby-ball-shaped nucleus whose properties closely match modern nuclear theory.
InnovationsLasers reveal a rugby-ball-shaped nucleus inside fermium-255Shy Cohen
Reconstruction of potential scenario for the cause of tooth marks on TMP 2022.007.0040: Atrociraptor scavenge the carcass of Albertosaurus along the edge of a river floodplain; artwork by JAD.
DiscoveriesAlberta fossil offers first reported evidence of raptors feeding on tyrannosaursJoseph Shavit
PhotoTat inks reveal and erase tattoo colors with light, but human safety and blue-dye durability remain unresolved.
InnovationsLight-activated tattoo inks make skin a rewritable, animated canvasJoshua Shavit
A Brazilian Tametara fossil supports an underground lifestyle and reveals early snake diversity without settling where snakes originated.
DiscoveriesAncient Brazilian snake fossil sheds new light on the origin of snakesJoseph Shavit