Microplastics have become an invisible but persistent threat in rivers, lakes, oceans, and even in the water we drink. These tiny plastic fragments can drift for miles, settle on the seafloor, or remain suspended for years, harming ecosystems and…
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An open-source tool to measure microplastic sinking rates in water
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Nonlocality-enabled photonic analogies unlock wormholes and multiple realities in optical systems
Researchers have harnessed nonlocal artificial materials to create optical systems that emulate parallel spaces, wormholes, and multiple realities. A single material acts as two distinct optical media or devices simultaneously, allowing light to…
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A new 'blueprint' for advancing practical, trustworthy AI
A new “blueprint” for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data—beyond vision and language—to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the University of…
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Hera and Europa Clipper will pass through 3I/ATLAS' tail
All sorts of crazy things have been suggested regarding 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object that we’ve discovered. Some are simply conspiracy theories about it being an alien spacecraft, while others have been well-thought-out…
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This company’s plan to launch 4,000 massive space mirrors has scientists alarmed: ‘From an astronomical perspective, that’s pretty catastrophic’
California-based start-up Reflect Orbital has applied for a government license to launch a giant mirror to space next year. The mission is meant to be the first step in the company’s ambitious plan to operate a constellation of more than 4,000…
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Exotic roto-crystals can break into individual fragments then reassemble themselves
It sounds bizarre, but they exist: crystals made of rotating objects. Physicists from Aachen, Düsseldorf, Mainz and Wayne State (Detroit, U.S.) have jointly studied these exotic objects and their properties. They easily break into individual…
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With commercial wind comes rising community home values, researcher finds
Siting new commercial wind energy installations is no easy feat.
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Calcium bicarbonate crystals synthesised for first time using ethanol method after 200 years
Crystals of calcium bicarbonate have finally been synthesised, nearly 200 years after the mineral was first proposed to exist. The researchers say that obtaining and resolving the structure of such crystals (see video) ‘addresses a historical…
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How to use Visual Intelligence on your iPhone with iOS 26
By now you should’ve upgraded to iOS 26 on your iPhone, and the update is a…
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