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Hubble remains scientifically healthy but is losing altitude to atmospheric drag, prompting NASA to seek private servicing options ahead of an eventual uncontrolled re-entry.

The three partners are building an integrated hardware and software effort aimed at making quantum error correction practical for large-scale systems.

The approval marks a new treatment class for chronic hepatitis B, a virus affecting hundreds of millions worldwide.

Johns Hopkins researchers and other groups are linking early-universe star collisions and compact red sources to the growth of supermassive black holes.

Researchers identified a hidden mechanism that protects healthy cells from inflammation meant to fight infections, with implications for treating chronic disease.

Beijing has published a roadmap for its crewed lunar landing, setting up a direct schedule contest with NASA's Artemis program.

Protein extracted from ancient teeth suggests an archaic human lineage once thought to have died out left DNA in living populations.

Coordinated guidelines aim to standardize use of bacteria-killing viruses to treat antibiotic-resistant infections.

The AI-discovered compound produced weight loss in animals and may offer an alternative to drugs like Ozempic.

Low-producing wells account for just 5% of national output but a disproportionate share of methane pollution, according to new research.

The finding suggests many young children diagnosed with peanut allergy could tolerate the food under supervised care.

A single gene-editing treatment could protect against high cholesterol and heart disease for decades, though scientists caution about irreversible edits.

Watkins' command marks a diversity milestone for human spaceflight as agencies debate how to broaden crew pipelines.

Australia designated a sub-seabed storage area off its northern coast, backing a CO2 storage technology that divides climate researchers.

The strategy uses carbon monoxide naturally produced by tumors to synthesize chemotherapy inside cancer cells in early lab experiments.

JWST measurements of the hot giant planet 1,300 light-years away suggest one side is puffed out by heat, challenging the symmetric models previously assumed.

In a study of 46 children ages 7 to 10, those eating more ultra-processed foods showed brain responses that may promote weight gain.

Northwestern researchers and others report techniques that push exoplanet imaging below the telescope stability limit, including work on Webb's jitter.

The Chinese experiment demonstrates in-orbit laser cutting, a capability relevant to satellite servicing and debris work.

Researchers say the decline of the green shield over a major permafrost carbon reserve could accelerate carbon release.

New findings on estrogen challenge established views of cognitive aging in women.

Researchers link amyloid-related changes, altered brain waves during deep sleep and fading memory, pointing to overnight memory processing.

Rising seas, salinity and warming oceans are eroding food, water and livelihoods in the Pacific, with women bearing disproportionate impacts.

Researchers say switching from dairy to plant-based milk like oat could leave consumers short on key nutrients.

Using specialized X-rays, scientists verified a magnetic signature distinct from ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, nearly 90 years after the two-category view took hold.

Flexible molecular connections, rather than rigid ones, enable entirely new ways to arrange nanoparticles, with potential applications from gene delivery to catalysis.

Researchers warn that understanding of large language models is falling behind the pace of their deployment.

The change follows criticism that Google pushed AI features to students while schools still debate classroom use.

Close examination of a frequently visited cave wall revealed a large assemblage of Upper Paleolithic rock art engravings.

Straining an exotic class of magnetic materials changes their magnetic and electrical behavior, a result that could enable faster, more energy-efficient devices.

The clogged-filter-inspired membrane could cut refining energy use by nearly 32% and reduce carbon emissions.

Injecting thoughts directly into large language models lets researchers probe AI's capacity for introspection.

The 49-year-old probe fell silent last month before NASA restored contact, extending its interstellar mission.

Researchers say the launch disturbance affected GPS signals, with possible implications for self-driving cars and drones.

The White House proclamation asserts a US right to develop and settle the solar system under American law.

Researchers argue professional bodies and pension funds should align their work and investments with climate targets, citing a Dutch petition campaign.

New analysis suggests Verica, the ruler whose appeal helped trigger Claudius's invasion, may not have been male as historians assumed.

The study suggests the brain's crossed wiring, linking each hemisphere to the opposite side of the body, emerged more than 500 million years ago.

University of Sydney researchers identify a mathematical reason AI systems can learn divergent behaviors from nearly identical training conditions.

NASA calls its next X-plane a new beginning for aeronautics, testing advanced maneuverability and rapid reconfiguration.

Recent volcanic activity indicates the Red Planet remains geologically alive.

Satellite data show color shifts around a Pacific plastic gyre, with suspended microplastics the most likely cause.

The Roman telescope is scheduled for launch in September with a survey capability far faster than Hubble's.

Archaeologists uncovered remains that may belong to an Argentine sailor and his shipwrecked crew on a remote, windswept island.

The two-step extraction framework corrects biases that arise when AI is used in economic measurement.

The experiment suggests terrestrial microbes could survive in harsh conditions similar to those beneath the Martian surface.

Research links the slowdown from a two-to-five-hour early day to the formation of Earth's first crust.

Machine-learning emulators aim to replace costly billions-of-cells physics simulations for weather forecasting.

Calculations suggest Werner Heisenberg significantly underestimated the amount of material needed for a reactor.

Researchers examining mortality in US immigration detention call for stronger health standards.

Researchers say year-round DST could increase safety risks and disrupt children's biological clocks.

New research finds beaver activity delivers larger ecological benefits than earlier models estimated.

Grave records from a centuries-old cemetery tie climate fluctuations to mortality patterns in Industrial Revolution England.

Australia's federal government is promoting reduced screen use in schools, raising questions about classroom technology.

Radio observations suggest a smaller star called Siwarha is disturbing the red supergiant's outer envelope.

The 1.48 trillion won project clears an early hurdle in South Korea's fusion research plans.

Two fossilized teeth from southern Thailand represent a previously unknown rodent species that lived 33 to 35 million years ago.

Lancaster University linguists observed articulatory changes in English speech as they happen.

New work explores how infinities can be ordered and compared under alternative mathematical frameworks.

A new study finds Europe's startup activity has not translated into broad space capability.

The company aims to apply lessons from drone warfare in Ukraine to autonomous satellite-defense swarms of up to 100 units.

The grant funds research on lunar regolith that could inform future resource use on the moon.

Researchers are investigating a remarkably extended feature lurking in a neighboring stellar system.

UT Dallas researchers propose a mechanism that clears gas and makes certain galaxies appear brighter than expected.

UT El Paso-led research documents for the first time in North America when and where domesticated duck releases altered wild populations.

Research using data from Tokyo schools and gatherings in the US and Israel links crowd behavior to measurable seismic signals.

A Freie Universität Berlin researcher describes how general relativity might leave a measurable signature in Earth's tides.

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk was photographed mid-spacewalk on Oct. 29, 2026, during ISS solar array work.

Research reveals a previously unrecognized bandicoot subspecies, prompting new conservation discussion.

The 'akiapōlāʻau uses an unusual beak to extract insects from branches on islands with no woodpeckers.

Three peer-reviewed papers address some of the world's least-studied freshwater ecosystems.

The neutrino telescope's results place new constraints on theories that break Lorentz symmetry.

Most surveyed patients and families had not heard of patient and public involvement, yet expressed willingness to help shape ALS research.

Nearly seven in ten young children describe sharks positively, but negative associations grow as they get older.

The theoretical study models colliding projectiles as streams of color charges coupling to gluons.

Adding phenanthrene let the second-generation crystalline sponge method solve X-ray structures for 24 of 30 small sesquiterpenoid-type molecules.

A review examines how plants kill infected cells to limit pathogens, and the molecular players involved.

Researchers test the effectiveness of subtle behavioral interventions used for marketing and social causes.

A new long-term UK birth cohort study is beginning recruitment and data collection.

A toothbrush with bristles that generate charge as they bend reduced plaque and gum inflammation in early testing.

A new approach to tracking food purchases finds consumers' habits change less than expected.

The report examines how lifelong intellectual engagement affects men and women differently.

The long-running University of Texas at Arlington study reports new findings on age-related health risks.

The grant funds research on cardiovascular risk among older people living with HIV.

Participants who took cold showers in a controlled experiment showed a surprising result, according to the study.

The football club cited new research in adding houseplants to its changing facilities.

The 'red dots' and companion-star studies are distinct; this entry covers the companion star hypothesis for Betelgeuse's disturbances.

A grant program is accepting applications for discovery research funding.