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The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
Numerous researchers whose grants were terminated didn’t respond to inquiries from MIT Technology Review or declined to comment, amid growing concerns that the Trump administration will punish scientists or institutions that criticize their…
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One Molecule to Sleep and Wake: A New Brain Switch Discovered
Summary: Researchers studying the tiny roundworm C. elegans have uncovered a surprising mechanism by which a single brain signal controls both falling asleep and waking up. The chemical messenger FLP-11 activates a receptor called DMSR-1 in…
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Europa’s Fractured Ice Is Leaking Clues From a Hidden Ocean Below
Webb telescope data, backed by lab experiments, reveal Europa’s icy shell is a dynamic landscape, with ice that crystallizes and reshapes under cosmic bombardment. In chaos terrains like Tara Regio, the presence of strange chemicals—including…
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Liquid carbon characterised in the lab for the first time | Research
Using an ultra-powerful laser, researchers have successfully characterised liquid carbon in the lab for the first time. The experiments offer rare insight into one of the most abundant elements in the universe, which, despite its ubiquity,…
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Ukraine hits Russian nuke-capable bombers as peace talks commence
Ukraine has carried out one of its most ambitious and damaging drone strikes of the war, hitting more than a third of all Russian missile carriers in a single coordinated operation. Known as “Operation Spiderweb,” the attack targeted…
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Webb Captures a Cosmic Forest of Ancient Galaxies
Abell S1603 as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. Space enthusiasts are encouraged to head over to the ESA’s website to download the full-size TIFF image. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)’s new “Picture of the…
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AI Cracks Mars Mystery: 500,000 Streaks Solved Without a Drop of Water
A Martian mystery decades in the making might finally be solved! The streaky slopes spotted on Mars since the 1970s—once suspected to be signs of salty water and potential habitability—are now thought to be the result of dry dust avalanches…
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Aurora borealis lights up northern Nevada, Carson City skies
Recent activity on the sun led to an array of northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, over Northern Nevada skies overnight. Carson Now reader Crystal Pacheco captured these images near Carson City in Washoe Valley area early…
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Meet Yambda: The World’s Largest Event Dataset to Accelerate Recommender Systems
Yandex has recently made a significant contribution to the recommender systems community by releasing Yambda, the world’s largest publicly available dataset for recommender system research and development. This dataset is designed to bridge the…
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