More than 10,000 years ago, people living in the southwestern United States carried a wild ancestor of the modern potato across long distances. According to a study published January 21, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One, this movement…
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Entangled atomic clouds separated in space boost measurement precision
Measuring the world precisely is much harder than it sounds. At very small scales, nature is noisy, and the rules of quantum physics make even the best instruments slightly uncertain. This limits how accurately scientists can measure things like…
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Viruses Play a Critical Role in The Ocean’s Food Web, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Virus. The word evokes images of illness and fears of outbreaks. Yet, in the oceans, not all viruses are bad news.
Some play a helpful, even critical, role in sustaining marine life.
In a new study, an international team of scientists and I…
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How to see 2 total solar eclipses in the next 2 years — including the ‘eclipse of the century’
There has not been a total solar eclipse since the “Great American Eclipse” on April 8, 2024 — but now, two are coming up in the next two years.
The first of these total solar eclipses, on Aug. 12, 2026, will grace parts of Greenland, Iceland…
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Scientists Discover Crystals That Spin, Twist, and Heal Themselves
These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter. It may seem hard to believe, but crystals made from spinning components are real. Researchers from Aachen, Düsseldorf,…
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Trend Towards IRL Events With More Authenticity. What’s Behind It
Eventbrite’s 2026 Social Study found that many of those surveyed “wish events felt less curated and more real”, indicated that “it’s important that events feel spontaneous or unpredictable”, said that “socializing is ‘somewhat…
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40,000-lb military vehicle to offer extended battle power to Ukraine
A Rhode Island-based company is set to deliver 65 Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV), Commando Select vehicles to Ukraine. Combat-proven in the toughest combat environments, Textron Systems’ Commando Select is designed to be easy to operate…
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Scientists twist tiny crystals to control electricity
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, along with their collaborators, have developed a technique for building three dimensional nanoscale devices directly from single crystal materials. The method relies on a focused ion…
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Russia tests record-breaking superconductor wire for nuclear fusion
Engineers at the DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA), a branch of Rosatom, have reached a milestone in nuclear fusion research by testing a high-temperature superconductor (HTSC) wire.
This development is a component…
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Research shows holistic approach to health care helps bodies and brains
Judith and Matthew are among the 8 million people in Canada aged 65 and older. In recent months, both noticed subtle changes in how they moved and how well they remembered things—so each went to see their doctor.
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