Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube high-energy neutrino discovery
The award recognizes Halzen's work on the IceCube South Pole detector, which first traced high-energy astrophysical neutrinos back to cosmic sources.
Newscientist · +15 outlets
Nobel Prize in Medicine honors three scientists for optogenetics, controlling brain cells with light
Optogenetics, which lets researchers switch individual neurons on and off with light, has become a foundational tool for mapping brain circuits.
Ars Technica · +14 outlets
International study finds cancer rates rising faster among younger people
The finding adds urgency to research into early-onset cancers, whose causes remain poorly understood.
تسنیم · +14 outlets
UK launches 250,000-person study into diet, lifestyle and rising bowel cancer in under-50s
The large cohort aims to identify what is driving a global increase in colorectal cancer among younger adults.
Cancer Research UK · +14 outlets
Stanford scientists regrow knee cartilage by blocking an aging protein
The approach restored cartilage in old mice and prevented osteoarthritis after ACL injury, suggesting a possible alternative to joint replacement.
Sciencedaily · +13 outlets
Physicists just saw quarks make waves in the Big Bang’s primordial soup
Tracking individual quarks in LHC collisions supports models of the primordial soup that filled the early universe.
Sciencedaily · +10 outlets
NASA's Roman Space Telescope takes step toward directly imaging alien worlds
Roman's coronagraph technology is designed to block starlight so faint planets can be seen directly.
SciTechDaily · +14 outlets
Astronomers find 'phoenix planet' that may have formed from the ashes of a dead star
The second-generation planet candidate appears to be accreting material from a white dwarf, an unusual path for planet formation.
CNN · +13 outlets
Anthropogenic warming reorganizes North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns
The shifts affect storms over Europe and cold spells in eastern North America.
Phys · +10 outlets
Chinese doctors shrink lung tumour of a baby still in the womb in reported medical first
The case points to growing interest in fetal surgery and in-utero treatment of congenital tumours.
NDTV · +4 outlets
Study finds ecosystems' capacity to 'bounce back' from species loss is vastly overestimated
The global analysis challenges the assumption that ecosystems carry enough redundancy to absorb extinctions.
Phys · +12 outlets
Physicists measure the 'other' kind of quantum entanglement after 25 years
The long-sought measurement could open new tests of quantum mechanics and inform quantum computing designs.
ScienceAlert · +13 outlets
Major global study finds women experience more pain than men across the body
The findings point to biological and social factors behind sex differences in pain experience.
The Guardian · +14 outlets
India demonstrates 5.56 km free-space quantum key distribution link
The demonstration advances practical free-space quantum communication, a step toward secure satellite-based networks.
dqindia.com · +14 outlets
Warming oceans reshape plankton, potentially leaving fish with less nutritious food
Changes at the base of marine food webs could ripple through fisheries.
Phys · +1 outlets
As the planet warms, cities like Bangkok could face increasingly deadly floods
Tropical cities confront heavier rainfall and greater flood risk as the climate warms.
Phys · +10 outlets
NASA's Webb telescope captures commotion from a nebula's stellar jets
Webb's infrared view reveals the structure of jets blasted from young stars in a nebula.
NASA Science (.gov) · +1 outlets
Webb telescope investigates what happens when planets collide
Observations of planet-shattering collisions help explain debris and dust seen around young stars.
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