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• Asteroid Florence has two moons

  06-09-2017 20:13
  Florence, an asteroid that came within 4.4 million miles (7.0 million kilometers) of Earth last week, has two small moons, according to radar images obtained by NASA.
  
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• New “Cancer Flashlight” Could Reveal Who Truly Benefits From Targeted Treatments

  14-01-2026 15:04 via scitechdaily.com
  A University of Missouri scientist develops a cancer “flashlight” that helps identify which patients are most likely to respond to targeted therapies. To better understand which patients may respond to targeted cancer therapies, a University of Missouri researcher is developing a new way to make tumors visible at the molecular level. In a recent study, [...]
  
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• Beyond Opioids: The New Gene Therapy That Relieves Pain Without the Addiction

  14-01-2026 14:30 via scitechdaily.com
  The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy approach that focuses directly on pain-processing regions of the brain while avoiding the addiction risks associated with narcotic drugs. The advance could eventually benefit [...]
  
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• Physicists Discover Bizarre New Oscillation States Inside Magnetic Whirlpool

  14-01-2026 04:27 via scitechdaily.com
  Magnon frequency combs may make it possible to link and interact with a wide range of physical systems, opening new pathways for communication and control between otherwise separate technologies. Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have identified a previously unknown type of oscillation in extremely small magnetic vortices, known as Floquet states. In contrast to [...]
  
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• These Brain-Inspired Computers Are Shockingly Good at Math

  14-01-2026 03:52 via scitechdaily.com
  New research shows that advances in technology could help make future supercomputers far more energy efficient. Neuromorphic computers are modeled after the structure of the human brain, and researchers are finding that they can tackle difficult mathematical problems at the heart of many scientific and engineering fields. In a study published in Nature Machine Intelligence, [...]
  
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• Mysterious Pink Rocks Expose a Massive Secret Buried Under Antarctica’s Ice

  14-01-2026 03:17 via scitechdaily.com
  Ancient granite boulders reveal a vast hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier, reshaping understanding of Antarctic ice flow. Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica have pointed scientists to a massive granite formation hidden beneath Pine Island Glacier. This buried body spans nearly 100 kilometers (about [...]
  
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• AI Reveals How Each Country Can Boost Cancer Survival

  14-01-2026 01:01 via scitechdaily.com
  AI has revealed why cancer survival differs so dramatically around the world, highlighting the specific health system factors that matter most in each country. Researchers have, for the first time, applied machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), to pinpoint the factors most closely linked to cancer survival across nearly every country worldwide. The [...]
  
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• A Simple Trick Could Make Sodium-Ion Batteries Cheaper, Faster, and More Powerful

  13-01-2026 22:55 via scitechdaily.com
  Leaving water inside a sodium battery material boosts performance and enables desalination. Sodium-ion batteries could play a major role in the future of sustainable energy storage and may even help turn seawater into safe drinking water. Researchers at the University of Surrey have found a straightforward way to improve how these batteries perform by keeping [...]
  
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• Astronomers Reveal Incredible New View of the Milky Way

  13-01-2026 22:20 via scitechdaily.com
  A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way created to date. This striking new image presents the Milky Way as seen from the [...]
  
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• Life on Mars? Ancient Biomolecules Could Still Be Hiding in Its Ice

  13-01-2026 21:45 via scitechdaily.com
  A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly in pure water ice than they do in mixed soil samples. Ancient microbes, or traces of them, may still be preserved within Martian ice, waiting to be discovered by future missions to the Red [...]
  
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• Strange New Side of Viral Evolution Revealed on the International Space Station

  13-01-2026 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight. In a new experiment conducted aboard the International Space Station, scientists found that viruses which infect bacteria can still successfully infect E. coli under near-weightless microgravity conditions. While infection still occurred, the interaction between viruses and [...]
  
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• Ancient Humans Left a Bigger Ecological Footprint Than Scientists Thought

  13-01-2026 19:13 via scitechdaily.com
  New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of years before agriculture emerged. According to the study’s co-authors, the findings offer a revised view of how early humans interacted with the landscape. Picture Europe tens of thousands of years ago as a landscape dominated by [...]
  
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• Stanford Researchers Develop New Material That Changes Color and Texture Like an Octopus

  13-01-2026 18:38 via scitechdaily.com
  Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine scales. Octopus and cuttlefish are masters of disguise. Many species can quickly shift both the color and surface texture of their skin, and scientists have long [...]
  
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• These Alien-Looking Fossils May Explain the Origins of Complex Life

  13-01-2026 18:03 via scitechdaily.com
  Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as jellyfish, are rarely preserved for long periods of time. Preservation is even less likely in sandstone, a rock made of coarse grains that is full of pores and [...]
  
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• Scientists Trap Thyme’s Healing Power in Tiny Capsules

  13-01-2026 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A new micro-encapsulation breakthrough could turn thyme’s powerful health benefits into safer, smarter nanodoses. Thyme extract is often praised for its wide range of health benefits, giving it a reputation as a natural medicinal powerhouse. This reputation comes from several biologically active compounds — thymol, carvacrol, rosmarinic acid, and caffeic acid — that are known [...]
  
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• Technocracy Remembered: The Shape Of A Continental Imagination

  13-01-2026 16:50 via technocracy.news
  The 1930s Technocrats were the voice of reason behind the machines; now the machine (AI) is expressing judgement, agreement, and consent, “as though the public dispute it replaces had already occurred within the circuitry itself.” Trump is assembling the North American Technate, which others have failed to establish over the last 100 years. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.There are periods in which societies attempt to recover order not through passion or ideology, but through calculati
  
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• Your Brain Is on Autopilot Two-Thirds of the Day, New Research Reveals

  13-01-2026 15:35 via scitechdaily.com
  Most daily actions are driven by habit, often aligning with goals and shaping how behavior change succeeds or fails. Most of what people do each day is guided by habit rather than deliberate decision-making, according to new research from the University of Surrey, the University of South Carolina, and Central Queensland University. The study, published [...]
  
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• What’s Lurking in Diabetic Foot Wounds May Explain Treatment Failure

  13-01-2026 15:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A global DNA deep dive shows why E. coli infections in diabetic foot wounds can be so stubborn, dangerous, and hard to treat. A new study led by King’s College London, working with the University of Westminster, offers a clearer picture of the E. coli bacteria involved in diabetic foot infections. The research explores how [...]
  
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• One Day, Your Skin Could Signal Inflammation by Glowing

  13-01-2026 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how engineered skin turns internal biological signals into visible light, offering a new way to monitor inflammation without wearables or blood tests.
  
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• Scientists Develop Spray-On Powder That Instantly Seals Life-Threatening Wounds

  13-01-2026 14:26 via scitechdaily.com
  KAIST scientists have created a fast-acting, stable powder hemostat that stops bleeding in one second and could significantly improve survival in combat and emergency medicine. Severe blood loss remains the primary cause of death from combat injuries. To address this challenge, a research team at KAIST that included an active duty Army Major set out [...]
  
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• Scientists Discover Method To Erase Toxic Tau From Human Neurons

  13-01-2026 13:56 via scitechdaily.com
  A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of New Mexico have uncovered an unexpected role for OTULIN, an enzyme best known for its involvement in immune system regulation. The team found that OTULIN also plays a key role in the production of tau, a protein [...]
  
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• Can We Build a Better Social Network?

  13-01-2026 13:00 via nytimes.com
  A “Hard Fork” and “Search Engine” collaboration.
  
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• This Hidden Soil Nutrient Can Double Forest Recovery Speed

  13-01-2026 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A hidden nutrient in the soil could double the speed at which tropical forests, and their climate benefits, come roaring back. New research shows that tropical forests can rebound up to twice as fast after deforestation when soil nitrogen levels are high. The findings highlight how conditions below the forest floor play a major role [...]
  
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• People inside Iran describe heavy security in first calls to outside world

  13-01-2026 10:02 via abcnews.go.com
  Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on protests in which activists say at least 646 people have been killed
  
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• Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

  13-01-2026 09:05 via abcnews.go.com
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s AI engine inside the Pentagon network
  
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• Doctors Warn a Widely Used Eye Ointment Can Damage Glaucoma Implants

  13-01-2026 08:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A common eye ointment may quietly damage glaucoma implants—sometimes to the point of rupture—by making them swell from the inside. New research from Nagoya University in Japan suggests that widely used eye ointments may pose a serious risk for some glaucoma patients. The study shows for the first time, using both patient data and laboratory [...]
  
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• New Clues Suggest Life’s Building Blocks Were Sorted in Space Before Reaching Earth

  13-01-2026 05:42 via scitechdaily.com
  New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar dust grains, possibly contributing to the origins of life as we know it. In a study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Stephen Thompson, I11’s principal beamline scientist, and Sarah Day, an [...]
  
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• NFL playoff schedule: Divisional round set as Texans move on to face Patriots - The Athletic - The New York Times

  13-01-2026 05:20 via news.google.com
  NFL playoff schedule: Divisional round set as Texans move on to face Patriots - The Athletic  The New York TimesOur early primer for the divisional round matchups: How every team could win next weekend  ESPNNFL playoff field, divisional round weekend schedule: Seahawks to host 49ers, Broncos to host Bills  Yahoo Sports49ers Set to Face the Seattle Seahawks in Divisional Round  49ers.comSeahawks learn kickoff time for playoff game vs. 49ers  The S
  
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• Lost Iron Age Ship Cargoes Discovered in Ancient Israeli Port Rewrite Mediterranean Trade History

  13-01-2026 05:02 via scitechdaily.com
  Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New findings from researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa are changing how scholars understand ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Recently published in Antiquity, the study reports the first documented [...]
  
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• New 190-Million-Year-Old “Sword Dragon” Rewrites Ichthyosaur Evolution

  13-01-2026 04:32 via scitechdaily.com
  A uniquely preserved ichthyosaur from the Pliensbachian period helps resolve when a major evolutionary shift occurred among Jurassic marine reptiles. A nearly complete skeleton discovered along the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a previously unknown and rare species of ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile that once dominated ancient seas. The dolphin-sized species, named [...]
  
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