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July 10, 2026
Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor
Reinforcement learning uses error information to adjust control algorithms.
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July 8, 2026
Ocean rift zone saw spreading happen in a sudden burst
The crust expands at mid-ocean rifts. But how?
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July 6, 2026
NRC is (sort of) getting rid of "as low as reasonably achievable" standard
Its issues with current nuclear safety standards are termed semantic, not physical.
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July 2, 2026
Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division
It only works for a few divisions thanks to a lot of added materials.
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July 2, 2026
Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science
Your comments on a dangerous rule putting politicals in charge of science can matter.
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June 29, 2026
US renewable boom passes key milestone in April
Small-scale solar helped renewables nearly triple coal generation on the US grid.
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June 29, 2026
Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody
But the system would require a massive leap from any of its existing hardware.
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June 25, 2026
Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect
At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.
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June 25, 2026
New effort will get genome sequences for entire Endangered Species list
Colossal Biosciences will be biobanking tissues from all of them as well.
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June 24, 2026
Experimental wine bottle tracks oxygen moving through the cork
The small bit of air in the bottle sees oxygen and other chemicals move in and out.
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June 23, 2026
US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit
Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government.
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June 18, 2026
After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring
It's unclear whether the system is currently intact.
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June 17, 2026
Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.
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June 16, 2026
Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.
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June 12, 2026
Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.
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June 11, 2026
The first complex cells had genes from a complex mix of species
Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.
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June 9, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor
Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.
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June 5, 2026
Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test
The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn't ready to generate power yet.
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June 5, 2026
Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry
Money would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade.
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June 3, 2026
Microsoft, Atom Computing, EeroQ update their quantum computing progress
Some quantum computing companies we've covered have done recent progress updates.
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June 2, 2026
Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.
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May 29, 2026
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
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May 28, 2026
Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks
If it scales up, it can help us diversify our sources of a key element.
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May 27, 2026
"Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole
The black hole accounts for over two-thirds the mass of the object it inhabits.
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May 25, 2026
US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal
Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?
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May 22, 2026
Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
The first data from 2026 seem to indicate that last year was an oddity.
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May 20, 2026
Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg.
In the process, Colossal may have handed a useful tool to developmental biology.
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May 19, 2026
Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks
Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.
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May 15, 2026
Solar power production undercut by coal pollution
Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols.
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May 15, 2026
Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations
One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media.
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