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Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
205Science
The Brittle Metal That Learned to Bend
The Brittle Metal That Learned to Bend For decades, materials scientists have accepted a frustrating trade off. The strongest metals tend to be the most brittle. The most flexible ones tend to be weak. This has been a...
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206Science
Spin Qubits Achieve Major Scaling Breakthroughs
Spin Qubits Achieve Major Scaling Breakthroughs For years, the quantum computing field operated on a quiet assumption. Spin qubits, tiny electron traps carved into semiconductor wafers, were considered the underdogs....
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207Science
Toba Eruption Cooling Lasted Less Than Two Years
Toba Eruption Cooling Lasted Less Than Two Years From space, the signal was unmistakable. A vast plume of ash and sulfur dioxide rising from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, visible from orbit, spreading like a dark...
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208Science
CAR T cell therapy enables healthy pregnancies in autoimmune patients
CAR T cell therapy enables healthy pregnancies in autoimmune patients The human immune system is a paradox. It defends the body with remarkable precision, yet in autoimmune diseases, that same defense system turns...
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209Science
Mary Gray Uses Math to Bring Justice After Genocide
Mary Gray Uses Math to Bring Justice After Genocide Most researchers build a career inside a single narrow question. Mary Gray built hers across the wreckage of entire societies. Before her statistical methods reached...
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210Science
Europe's quiet fire decade masks a looming threat
Europe's quiet fire decade masks a looming threat For years, something strange was happening in southern Europe. The weather conditions that make wildfires likely were getting worse. Hotter summers. Drier vegetation....
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211Science
Venus rift valleys reveal planet still geologically active
Venus rift valleys reveal planet still geologically active For decades, scientists believed Venus was a dead world. Its surface, hidden beneath thick clouds of sulfuric acid, seemed frozen in time. The planet was...
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212Science
Rare Earth Separation Breakthrough From Lab Mistake
Rare Earth Separation Breakthrough From Lab Mistake From Failed Mixture to Foundational Discovery The separation of rare earth elements has long been described as one of chemistry's most stubborn problems. For decades,...
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213Science
Erdos Problems Solved by AI Models
Erdos Problems Solved by AI Models Paul Erdős did not own a house. He carried his life in two suitcases, sometimes three, and he showed up at colleagues' doorsteps unannounced, often at three in the morning. The...
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214Science
AI models can expose patient identities from medical data
AI models can expose patient identities from medical data For years, the medical world has operated on a quiet understanding. Patients allow hospitals to use their records for research, usually after names and...
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215Science
Europe Losing Ground in Bioengineering Innovation Race
Europe Losing Ground in Bioengineering Innovation Race For decades, European life sciences have been a quiet powerhouse. The sector contributes €1.5 trillion to the region's economy and supports 29 million jobs. 2] Yet...
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216Science
Siberian Permafrost Methane Could Undermine Global Emission Targets
Siberian Permafrost Methane Could Undermine Global Emission Targets For years, the global climate community operated on a quiet assumption: that cutting human made methane emissions by 2050 would be enough to stabilize...
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