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October 14, 2026
Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.
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October 9, 2026
What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?
Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.
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October 7, 2026
Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
Altering molecular handedness has implications for the origins of life.
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October 5, 2026
Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
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October 2, 2026
The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy
It wasn't obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.
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September 30, 2026
Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
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September 25, 2026
Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?
Renewables easily cover changes in US demand, which is rising by 2% in 2026.
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September 23, 2026
Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains
A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.
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September 21, 2026
Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.
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September 16, 2026
Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex
The results are only a slight improvement over missing the entire brain structure.
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September 16, 2026
What happens when neutrinos swap identities inside a supernova?
Identity-fluid particles may carry some energy out, leading to direct collapse.
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September 11, 2026
Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
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September 9, 2026
Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change
Most one-base changes to the human genome do nothing, but a few are significant.
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September 8, 2026
NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research
Money would ostensibly fund research the NIH leadership said it no longer wanted.
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September 4, 2026
Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed
Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.
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September 2, 2026
Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants
Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.
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August 26, 2026
Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time
Messing with the genetic code might have gotten a bit easier to do.
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August 26, 2026
Xtracycle's Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes
A steel frame cargo bike with a unique twist: You can let it choose your gear.
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August 25, 2026
Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images
Image changes that would get a paper retracted are widespread among suppliers.
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August 21, 2026
Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.
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August 19, 2026
Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole
Star, moving at 8% the speed of light, may let us measure the black hole's rotation.
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August 7, 2026
Trump is losing his war on wind power
A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.
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August 6, 2026
Large genome models used to design new viruses
The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.
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August 5, 2026
D-Wave on rails: Company tests entanglement on its dual-rail qubits
Company noted for building quantum annealers now also making gate-based hardware.
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August 5, 2026
Pushing the limits: Infinite Machine's Olto is barely a bicycle
Scooter layout makes pedaling a bad experience. But it does have pedals.
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July 31, 2026
Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.
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July 30, 2026
Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust
Three approaches to the issue of quantum results that can't be verified classically.
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July 29, 2026
Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies
Companies are making sure we have a surplus of options for building qubits.
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July 24, 2026
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.
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July 24, 2026
Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
Google's AlphaFold can help ID what parts of a gene editing protein enable mistakes.
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