• SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea (photos)
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUMETSAT today (July 1), then came back down to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.
  • James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how the Milky Way and other modern galaxies evolved.
  • Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the journal Iraq.
  • Built-in protein sensors allow noninvasive tracking of molecular assemblies in living cells
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Cornell researchers have found a new and potentially more accurate way to see what proteins are doing inside living cells—using the cells' own components as built-in sensors.
  • New 'gene gun' design boosts efficiency of plant genetic modification
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.
  • Scientists discover how light activates cheaper nickel catalysts to replace expensive palladium
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A team of scientists across several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has unraveled how light and a previously unknown form of certain nickel-based catalysts together unlock and preserve reactivity. This research,...
  • Polymer-protected DNA sensors enable two-month storage for 50-cent disease diagnostics
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to detect a variety of diseases, including cancer or infectious diseases such as influenza and HIV.
  • Senate Version of Trump’s Policy Bill Ends Many Clean Energy Credits
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    By ending tax credits for wind and solar power, Senate Republicans may have jeopardized billions in investments in their own districts.
  • High-velocity molecular clouds in M83 provide new insight into how galaxies evolve
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A new result from the molecular gas survey in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Telescope reveals a discovery of 10 high-velocity clouds composed of molecular gas, moving at...
  • Scientists target 'molecular machine' in war against antimicrobial resistance
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet—in the fight against antibiotic resistance. The "molecular machine" flagellum is essential for bacteria to cause infection, allowing bacteria to "swim"...
  • An enormous 'X' and 'V' will grace the moon's surface on July 2. Here's how to see them
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.
  • Vera C. Rubin Observatory Captured This Cotton Candy Nebula, Here's What it Will Capture Next
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.
  • This puzzle game shows kids how they're smarter than AI
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    While the current generation of artificial intelligence chatbots still flub basic facts, the systems answer with such confidence that they're often more persuasive than humans. Adults, even those such as lawyers with deep domain...
  • Signs of rising planetary strain highlight need for accelerated climate targets
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    In their paper published in Science of the Total Environment, researchers from IIASA and Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine presented a novel approach to measure and understand human pressure on planet Earth. The researchers...
  • AI-designed inhibitor targets key enzyme to fight prostate cancer drug resistance
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men globally. Hormonal therapies targeting the androgen–androgen receptor axis have significantly delayed disease progression. However, drug resistance remains inevitable, and new...
  • Is 'balance' just gentrification in disguise? New study challenges housing policy
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Cities around the world pursue urban renewal under the banner of resilience and diversity. The idea is simple: if neighborhoods include socially and economically diverse residents, it will lead to stronger social cohesion, greater trust,...
  • 7000-year-old fossilized reefs reveal how human fishing reshaped Caribbean food webs
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as sharks declined by 75% and fish preferred by humans became smaller, prey fish species flourished—doubling in...
  • Pulsing Mantle Beneath Africa May Create a New Ocean
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Deep beneath East Africa, scientists have discovered powerful forces at work that could eventually split the continent in two and create a brand-new ocean—though not for a long while. New research reveals that pulsing molten rock beneath...
  • Brain stimulation can boost math learning in people with weaker neural connections
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    The strength of certain neural connections can predict how well someone can learn math, and mildly electrically stimulating these networks can boost learning, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Roi...
  • The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    A resident of Altadena, Calif., during wildfires in January 2025. Wildfires are getting more extreme because of climate change. The Trump administration has taken down the website for the National Climate Assessment, which is the most comprehensive and authoritative source of information about how climate change is affecting all parts of the U.S. The National Climate Assessment is the most influential source of information about climate change in the United States.
  • New geometry discovery could stop lunar landers from falling over
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Meet Bille, the name given to the world's first monostable tetrahedron—a four-faced object that will always land on the same side, no matter its starting position. This feat of geometry and engineering solves a nearly 60-year-old...
  • Sale of 23andMe Will Go Forward
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Anne Wojcicki's bid to buy 23andMe , the genetic testing company she cofounded nearly 20 years ago, has received the court greenlight. That means Wojcicki's nonprofit TTAM Research Institute will purchase "substantially all" of San...
  • How people spread gossip without getting caught
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Cognitive neuroscientists at Brown University investigated one of humanity's favorite pastimes and discovered how people can spread gossip without the subject of that gossip finding out—at least not right away.
  • National Climate Report Website Goes Dark
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.
  • Omega-6 Fatty Acids Do Not Raise Inflammatory Markers, Study Shows
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com
    In a large community-based study, researchers at Fatty Acid Research Institute observed weak but statistically significant inverse associations between several types of inflammatory biomarkers with omega-6 fatty acids. The post Omega-6...
  • Multimodal method combines imaging and sequencing to study gene function in intact tissue
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Imagine that you want to know the plot of a movie, but you only have access to either the visuals or the sound. With visuals alone, you'll miss all the dialog. With sound alone, you will miss the action. Understanding our biology can be...
  • Photon 'time bins' and signal stability show promise for practical quantum communication via fiber optics
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena, Germany, together with international collaborators, have developed two complementary methods that could make quantum communication via fiber optics...
  • Australia's first orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris-1, to launch July 2 after nose cone glitch
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    The Australian company Gilmour Space is back at the launch pad with its Eris-1 rocket, preparing for the country's first orbital launch on July 2.
  • Increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could explain some of the loss of Antarctic sea ice
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    New York Times: The study used data from satellites to track changes.
  • Lucian Leape, Whose Work Spurred Patient Safety in Medicine, Dies at 94
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to reduce errors, paving the way for a global standard. Thousands of lives have been saved.
  • Web-based tool improves CRISPR accuracy by identifying off-target effects across genetic variations
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have transformed biology, medicine, and agriculture, but concerns remain about unintended edits at off-target DNA sites. These off-target effects can cause harmful mutations and are difficult...
  • US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
  • More parm than good? Cheese may be what’s giving you nightmares, scientists say
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    The majority of those reporting poor sleep and nightmares were women
  • Ancient organisms stored arsenic to survive early Earth's toxic oceans, study suggests
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their environment, a new study suggests.
  • Unique cell receptor interactions found essential for embryo body plan formation
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    During animal development, cells divide and arrange themselves in a coordinated way, eventually forming the embryo. The cells communicate with one another during this process through cell-surface receptors, which interact with proteins...
  • New fluorescent probe enables rapid, visible detection of harmful pesticide residues
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A team of researchers led by Prof. Jiang Changlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a fast and simple way to detect harmful pesticide residues, with results visible to the...
  • Limescale deposits reveal how ancient Arles adapted its aqueducts
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the ancient aqueduct system of Arles in Provence. This was made possible by...
  • Remains of British man identified 12 years after death thanks to new technology
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Michael Hill, who died aged 75 in the United States, has become the first British citizen to be identified through the new DNA analysis method.
  • Mathematical modeling links sea ice loss to Antarctic ice shelf calving events
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-up to three large-scale iceberg "calving" events in Antarctica, revealing common patterns.
  • Dog owners who let pets walk in long grass need to do 'important check' after
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    A vet has issued a warning to dog owners who walk their pets in long grass and urged them to be "a little paranoid" about something in particular.
  • ‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world Russell glacier, at the edge of Greenland’s vast ice sheet, sounds as if...
  • A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans
  • Robotic eyes mimic human vision for superfast response to extreme lighting
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    In blinding bright light or pitch-black dark, our eyes can adjust to extreme lighting conditions within a few minutes. The human vision system, including the eyes, neurons, and brain, can also learn and memorize settings to adapt faster...
  • NASA's Curiosity rover takes a closer look at 'spiderwebs' on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.
  • Astonishing 'halo' of high-energy particles around giant galaxy cluster is a glimpse into the early universe
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from SPACE.com
    A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black holes or a cosmic particle accelerator.
  • Could Your Nightmares Come From Cheese? Maybe, If You’re Lactose Intolerant
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Learn more about the link between food intolerance, poor sleep, and nightmares.
  • ‘Cyborg’ beetles could help rescue crews locate survivors after natural disasters
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Australian researchers were able to control darkling beetles with removable electronic backpacks
  • The U.S. Sends Lots of Plastic Trash Overseas. Malaysia Just Said No Thanks.
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.
  • Public takes the lead in discovery of new exploding star
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest images of a section of night sky to an image of the same section of space taken on previous nights. Their goal—to...
  • Living materials now easier to build with a larger palette of ingredients
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Sustainable materials—powered by sunlight and living microbes—that remove pollutants from water, release oxygen into a wound or heal themselves after damage could become simpler to create thanks to new research by a team of biologists...
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