Over the weekend, a bomb cyclone is forecast to hit the Southeast United States. This prediction follows a week of bitter cold for most of the country and record-breaking snowfall in some areas, including New York City and Dayton, Ohio.
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Europa’s Ice Shell is Much Thicker than Previously Thought
New microwave measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal Europa’s ice shell may stretch nearly 29 km (18 miles) deep, reshaping planetary scientists’ understanding of how the icy moon’s hidden ocean might exchange life-giving…
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Real-time imaging captures contact between cells and between a single neuron's extensions
Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way to track how and when cells touch each other…
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Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt
If that 60-second jaunt into the AI world isn’t enough, you can just run the prompt again. Because this is generative AI, the results will be a little different each time. Google also lets you “remix” its pre-built…
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Can desert sand be used to build houses and roads?
The world may be running out of sand suitable for concrete. Researchers are therefore testing a possible solution for using desert sand as a material. Ren Wei and several researchers at NTNU and the University of Tokyo have made a prototype of a…
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NASA researchers probe tangled magnetospheres of merging neutron stars
New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash. The team…
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New map of the Milky Way's magnetism offers insights into cosmic evolution
A UBC Okanagan-led research project has given a group of international scientists their clearest view yet of the Milky Way’s magnetic field, revealing that it is far more complex than previously believed.
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Taking daily aspirin does not reduce long-term cancer risk for older adults
Prior studies, largely among middle-aged adults, have reported that taking aspirin reduces the risk of cancer after 10 years, particularly for colorectal cancer. However, new Monash University research has found that for healthy older adults who…
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Russian Soldiers Seen Surrendering to Gun-Wielding Robot
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth year, remotely-operated ground robots have become a startlingly common sight on the battlefield.
According to the defense policy think tank, the Jamestown Foundation, Ukraine has turned…
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Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot
Microsoft delivered a solid earnings report on Wednesday with $81.3 billion in revenue for the quarter (up 17%), net income profits of $38.3 billion (up 21%), and a record-breaking Microsoft cloud revenue of over $50 billion.
But the stock…
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