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Science The Cool Down Scientists use custom-built 'Thunderbird' device to make game-changing energy breakthrough: 'Holy grail'
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Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have made a breakthrough that could help bring nuclear fusion — often described as the "holy grail" of clean energy — out of giant research facilities and into smaller, more accessible labs....
Science The Brighter Side of News Sunlight’s hidden electric field linked to faster water evaporation
Yahoo News
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Water has always responded well to sunlight, evaporating faster under the sun than when heated by other energy sources. For years, scientists knew this happened but didn’t fully understand why. Now, a new study combining advanced simulations and...
Researchers make game-changing breakthrough that could help protect food supply: 'This is a first step'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 13, 2025
In a breakthrough that could help secure the global food supply, MIT researchers have found that lanthanides, a class of rare earth elements, can make staple crops such as corn, soybeans, barley, and chickpeas more resilient to extreme sun...
Scientist discovered something incredible about himself after 63 days in cave
9News
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September 13, 2025
A French scientist emerged from a cave after 63 days living in total isolation away from natural light on September 14, 1962. Michel Siffre had nothing more than a four-volt lamp for illumination in his two months underground. Though a trained...
Researcher: The future will make the stethoscope digital and pass it to the patient
Portugal Pulse
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September 13, 2025
In an interview, a Brazilian researcher emphasized that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will enhance access to healthcare and provide patients with more autonomy, while doctors will assume the role of educators. “More than a healer, the doctor of the...
Scientists spin synthetic spider silk as fabric of the future
The Asahi Shimbun
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Spiders give some folks the heebie-jeebies, but web-weaving arachnids produce a unique, versatile material that could be the textile of the future. They spin a silk that’s as strong as steel, incredibly elastic and environmentally friendly. From...
Researchers Use AI to Predict Beavers’ Impact on Local Habitats—and Show How Humans Can Help
Inside Climate News
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September 13, 2025
Across the Rockies and Great Plains, beaver dams interrupt narrow streams, slowing currents into chains of ponds that reshape channels and spread wetlands across valleys. The mud-and-stick barriers create habitat for willows and cottonwoods,...
Science The Brighter Side of News Astronomers found the building blocks of new planets swirling around two young stars
Yahoo News
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Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds take shape. These building blocks, called “pebbles,” are tiny solid chunks about the size of a coin. They gather in wide...
Researchers move forward with project that could revolutionize nuclear power: 'Will lay the foundation'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 13, 2025
Over $17 million has been awarded to the University of Manchester to lead a five-year program exploring more sustainable means of producing the graphite that's critical to nuclear reactors while developing ways to recycle irradiated waste....
Science The Cool Down Farmers wave off concerns around innovative new use for their land: 'We just rolled around laughing'
Yahoo News
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Farmers debunked some comical (and common) concerns electricians had about pairing sheep with a solar plant. Known as agrivoltaics, this technique allows farm land to be used twofold. Farmers can raise animals and crops, and they can lend their...
Research says AR and VR games can level up your mental health
Digital Trends
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September 13, 2025
The impact of video games on mental health, both good and bad, has been a topic of hot debate for years. Experts say fitness-related games can even assist with mental well-being. In an interaction with DigitalTrends, Dr. Kelli Dunlap, a clinical...
Scientists Find That Central Asian Glaciers May Be at Risk
InsideHook
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The planet’s glaciers melting at an accelerated rate is, for (hopefully) obvious reasons, cause for alarm. But most of the coverage of this phenomenon has focused on glacial melt in the Arctic Circle or in Antarctica. Those aren’t the only places...
Science ScienceAlert Mysterious Rings at The Bottom of The Ocean Reveal a Toxic Secret
Yahoo News
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Mysterious white halos emerging around sunken barrels of chemical waste on the seafloor off California's coast have been found to contain traces of an alkaline substance, providing a tantalizing clue to their origins. Thousands of containers with...
Scientists Find Evidence of Flowing Water on Giant Asteroid
Futurism
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September 13, 2025
Today, the near-Earth asteroid known as Ryugu is bone dry. But new research suggests that the half-mile space rock may have once been flowing with liquid water — and crucially, at a period in the solar system's history far later than when that...
US scientists find ‘critical gaps’ in Nasa plan to beat China on the moon
South China Morning Post
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September 13, 2025
Scientists have found critical gaps in Nasa’s development of space life support systems that could prevent the United States from competing with China in the pursuit of long-term manned space exploration and habitation. While Beijing and Moscow...
Nigeria must embrace emerging technologies – NIM
Punch
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September 13, 2025
Nigeria must embrace emerging technologies to break from the past and achieve sustainable development, the Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), Commodore Abimbola Ayuba (rtd), has said. Ayuba made the call at the...
Deploy technology to transform medical care in Nigeria, Ondo varsity urges FG
Business Day
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September 13, 2025
The University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, in Ondo State has called on the federal government to deploy technology and innovation to transform the medical care in Nigeria. Hammed Ninalowo, a US trained Double- boarded Diagnostic and...
Young and Safe Project introduces pupils of Ho Dome E.P. Basic to robotics and virtual reality technology
MyJoyOnline
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September 13, 2025
The Young and Safe Project introduces has introduced selected pupils of the Ho Dome Evangelical Presbyterian Basic School in the Volta Region to robotics and virtual reality technology. Now, they have a fair idea of these technologies. The pupils...
Scientists find that breakfast timing is linked to longer life in decades-long study
Fox News
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Physician and wellness influencer Dr. Gabrielle Lyon joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to explain why protein is critical for maintaining a strong, healthy body. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eating breakfast earlier in the day may help add...
U of S researchers' new discovery may help protect against sepsis
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Sepsis is the most common cause of death in hospital intensive-care units around the world, but a new discovery by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan could help improve outcomes for those patients. Dr. Scott Widenmaier, an associate...