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A charity is worried about microplastics but a council says the plans follow environmental guidance.

Everyone knows Yuri Gagarin as the first person to go to space. But was he? Physicist Vladimir Brljak tells the tale of the intrepid balloonists who first flew beyond the blue terrestrial sky, challenging the definition of where our world begins to . ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a gigantic, flat sheet of matter surrounded by huge empty ...

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Electrons in solar materials can be launched across molecules almost as fast as nature allows, thanks to tiny atomic vibrations acting like a "molecular catapult." In experiments lasting just 18 femtoseconds, researchers at the University of ...

Researchers created an AI-driven liquid biopsy that scans patterns in fragments of DNA circulating in the blood. The system detected early liver fibrosis and cirrhosis--conditions that often go unnoticed until serious damage occurs. By analyzing ...

As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.

NASA's Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) project is transforming the National Airspace System in partnership with the FAA and the aviation community.

Scientists have uncovered new genetic rules that determine whether the immune system's "killer" T cells remain powerful long-term defenders or become worn out and ineffective. By building a detailed genetic atlas of CD8 T cell states, researchers ...