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Gut bacterium Akkermansia may slow brain ageing
UCLA study in Nature Communications finds Akkermansia muciniphila slowed brain ageing signs in older mice. How the gut-brain link works.
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Rebuilt Nazi reactor shows Germany was far from atomic bomb
A reconstruction of Nazi Germany's B8 reactor shows it needed twice the uranium and heavy water to work, settling a decades-old debate.
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New quantum material could lead to better computer memory
University of Chicago scientists found a flat-band state in iron germanium telluride that could enable denser, energy-efficient memory devices.
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Dark matter detector sees one unexplained signal
LUX-ZEPLIN saw a single unexplained 248 keV event at 2.6 sigma after 220 live days; researchers say it is not a discovery.
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ISRO to build advanced radar facility for space-weather research
ISRO has announced the ISTRAC Advanced Radar Research Facility for atmospheric, ionospheric and space-weather research, with its base in Assam.
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World Space Week 2026 begins with Rocket Revolution theme
World Space Week 2026 runs October 4-10 in 100 nations under the Rocket Revolution theme, celebrating how launch innovation is opening space…
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Voyager 1 performs rare roll to study solar wind’s edge
NASA's Voyager 1 has performed a rare 70-degree roll, last done in 1990, so its particle instrument can study the solar wind…
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Feathered dinosaur fossil reveals a parallel path to flight
Newly discovered feathery-limbed dinosaur from China shows dinosaurs evolved toward flight along a path parallel to birds, Nature reports.
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Scotland’s ‘Lizzie’ fossil was not an early reptile after all
Synchrotron X-rays reveal Scotland's 345-million-year-old 'Lizzie' fossil had gills and fish-like teeth; reclassified as aquatic stem tetrapod.
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57 new marine species found in Argentina’s deep sea
Scientists identify 57 new marine species and five genera from Argentina's Mar del Plata Canyon, including 'Loki the Sea Cucumber'.