London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is transforming children’s journeys to school by making streets safer, improving perceptions of air quality and encouraging children to live healthier lives. A new study published today in BMJ Open, and…
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Predicting the Future: When Will the Next Ice Age Begin?
Earth has experienced several climate cycles throughout its long history, including several ice ages that caused the planet to freeze over. The last ice age occurred approximately 11,700 years ago, but when…
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The 17 worst ideas of the 21st century (so far)
Not all ideas can be hits. Alongside ground-breaking innovations, 21st-century scientists have helmed their share of wild tech flops, dubious theories and overhyped breakthroughs. Here are the biggest to forget.
The metaverse
If you don’t know…
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A child who got CAR-T cancer therapy is still disease-free 18 years later
About 18 years ago, a 4-year-old girl with a rare nerve cell cancer received an infusion of immune cells that were genetically engineered to fight the disease. Since then, she has remained cancer-free, possibly making her the
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Exploring superconducting electrons in twisted graphene — Harvard Gazette
Superconductors, materials that can transmit electricity without resistance, have fascinated physicists for over a century. First discovered in 1911 by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who observed the phenomenon in solid mercury cooled…
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NASA Funds Jumping Robot for Enceladus Exploration
Salto has been one of our favorite robots since we were first introduced to it in 2016 as a project out of Ron Fearing’s lab at UC Berkeley. The palm-sized spring-loaded jumping robot has gone from barely being able to chain together a few…
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The universe’s first supernovas probably produced water
The first generation of stars in the universe could have produced significant amounts of water upon their deaths, just 100 million to 200 million years after the Big Bang.
Signatures of water have previously been observed some 780…
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A private mission to Venus aims to look for signs of life
BOSTON —Droplets of Venus’ clouds may someday come to Earth. Researchers are testing a device that can gather mist from our planetary neighbor’s atmosphere and deliver it to scientists so they can test the samples for signs of…
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My summer writing for Chemistry World | Opinion
I would begin my days – hot chocolate at the ready – looking at various science journals to see if there were any new and interesting papers to pitch at Chemistry World’s daily news meeting. Once everyone has pitched their ideas, the…
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Total synthesis of anti-addictive alkaloid in just seven steps | Research
A short modular synthesis has been developed to produce the psychoactive substance ibogaine and related compounds.1 The approach could help to reduce dependency on natural plant sources for these products and generate new compounds with potential…
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