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The ethereal fire of blue lava
Despite the name, blue lava is not actually molten lava, but rather an extremely rare natural phenomenon caused by the combustion of sulphuric gases emitted from certain volcanoes and fumarole vents.
Unlike the familiar warm red and orange hue in…
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New gene editor enables greater precision
Ask scientists what gene editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they’d probably describe a system that’s now close to realization in the labs of Samuel Sternberg at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons…
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Researchers develop new metallic materials using data-driven frameworks and explainable AI
Found in knee replacements and bone plates, aircraft components, and catalytic converters, the exceptionally strong metals known as multiple principal element alloys (MPEA) are about to get even stronger through to artificial intelligence.
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CMU’s Autonomous Reforestation Robot Earns National Award
05/15/2025 Mallory Lindahl
Appleseed Labs, a team within the Kantor Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, received the Excellence in Regenerative Agriculture award at the 2025 Farm Robotics Challenge. The team was advised…
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Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago
Wavelike patterns in 115-million-year-old amber suggest that a long-ago tsunami inundated what is now northern Japan, researchers report May 15 in Scientific Reports.
Tsunamis can be destructive and, to anything alive nearby, often…
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What gene makes orange cats orange? Scientists figured it out
Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domestic cats, solving a decades-long mystery.
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A Map of Everyday Morality from the r/AITA Subreddit
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Light-driven cockroach cyborgs navigate without wires or surgery
In a breakthrough that blends biology and robotics, researchers at The University of Osaka have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously — without wires, surgery, or stress-inducing electrical shocks. The system uses a…
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Superconductors: Amazingly orderly disorder | ScienceDaily
A surprising effect was discovered through a collaborative effort by researchers from TU Wien and institutions in Croatia, France, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland, and the US during the investigation of a special material: the atoms are arranged…
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