In a new paper published in the journal ChemSystemsChem, Hiroshima University’s Professor Tony Jia and colleagues outline the ‘prebiotic gel-first’ framework, which considers how the origin of life could have potentially emerged within…
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LiDAR survey leads to unexpected castle discovery
A previously unknown medieval castle has been discovered in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, following a study of high-resolution LiDAR maps.
The castle was identified in the Töbeli area while searching for distinctive terrain features,…
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Scientists Develop New Plastics That Break Down Safely Instead of Polluting
Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down at specific rates by drawing on a natural principle. Their approach could provide a meaningful new way to tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution. Yuwei Gu…
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Microreactor startup Antares raises $96M for land, sea, and space-based nuclear power
Nuclear startup Antares said Tuesday it has raised $96 million in Series B funding as it pursues its small modular reactor design.
The round, which was led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt Capital, Caffeinated, FiftyThree Stations,…
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Fabergé's rare Winter Egg fetches record £22.9 mn at auction
Fabergé’s The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London, smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweler of Imperial Russia.
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Neuroscientists Identify Five Major Epochs of Brain Structure over Course of Human Life
Neuroscientists have detected five broad phases of brain structure in the average human life, split up by four pivotal turning points between birth and death when our brains reconfigure. Childhood brain topology runs from birth until a turning…
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New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe | MIT News
Imagine having a continuum soft robotic arm bend around a bunch of grapes or broccoli, adjusting its grip in real time as it lifts the object. Unlike traditional rigid robots that generally aim to avoid contact with the…
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Perseverance Finds Tropical-Style Clays on Mars
What was Mars like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as an international team of scientists investigated intriguing evidence…
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Study: Severe and Persistent River Droughts Led to Collapse of Indus Valley Civilization
Severe and persistent river droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, affected the Indus basin between 4,400 and 3,400 years ago, according to new research. The findings may help explain why this ancient civilization slowly declined, and…
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A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve
A research team from the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven has uncovered how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to increase in size throughout their entire lifespan. The work shows that this constant…
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