Antarctic bacteria share 'life‑support' genes to survive extreme conditions
Phys.orgby Yongyi Peng; Ry Holland·40m ago
Antarctic bacteria share 'life‑support' genes to survive extreme conditions Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life survives its extremes.
Hot vs cold: What's the ideal temperature for solar panel efficiency? - Engadget
Engadgetby staff@engadget.com (Husain Parvez)·50m ago
Hot vs cold: What's the ideal temperature for solar panel efficiency? There is a correct answer, but ambient temperature is just one of several variables. Sunlight is a solar panel's best friend.
Making the case for independent science
Phys.orgby Alvin Powell·1h ago
Making the case for independent science Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule ended in the spring, when voters replaced him with Péter Magyar, who has pledged to undo Orbán-led...
Scientists Develop Microbes That Make Vanilla Cookies Out of Plastic Bottles
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·1h ago
Chemistry is very strange. Depending on how it’s bonded, the same element can either be the most harmless thing in the world or the most toxic substance imaginable.
Tiny ocean plankton hold clues to the future of Maine lobster
Phys.orgby Heather Johnson·1h ago
Tiny ocean plankton hold clues to the future of Maine lobster The future of Maine's lobster industry may depend on a creature the size of a sesame seed.
Hidden Stars Reveal the True Size of Ancient Galaxies in the Distant Universe, and It Isn't What We Expected
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie·1h ago
The Webb space telescope has helped astronomers peer into the distant cosmos, revealing a population of galaxies that had grown into their massive size within a mere 500 million years after the Big...
How chromosomes find their partners
Phys.orgby Peter Rüegg·2h ago
How chromosomes find their partners For a long time, so-called satellite DNA was considered largely worthless.
An Early History Of Space Stations: Where’s My Wheel?
Hackadayby Al Williams·2h ago
Last time we found out the idea of space stations is surprisingly old. By the 1950s, everyone knew we’d be working in beautiful space stations that rotated like a wheel to give us the illusion of...
GenAI cannot accurately grade student essays in higher education, study finds
Phys.orgby Cardiff University·2h ago
GenAI cannot accurately grade student essays in higher education, study finds New research from Cardiff University and the University of Melbourne has investigated whether GenAI could mimic human...
New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network
Phys.orgby Danielle Roedel·2h ago
New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network There's a new lighthouse on Long Island.
Speculative Decoding on CPUs: Nearly 4x Faster Token Generation with DFlash | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Ehssan Khan·2h ago
This post explains what speculative decoding is, and how DFlash in particular allows you to speed up your AI workloads on CPU.
Common medications may change your gut for years
ScienceDaily·3h ago
Common medications may change your gut for years - Date: - August 24, 2026 - Source: - Estonian Research Council - Summary: - Common medications may reshape the gut microbiome long after the last...
A 4-star system caught eclipsing itself in a way never seen before
Phys.orgby Shreejaya Karantha·3h ago
A 4-star system caught eclipsing itself in a way never seen before Shreejaya Karantha Author Astronomers have found a four-star system doing something that has never been confirmed before.
NASA engineer saw UFO light up sky like a 'nuclear bomb'
PerthNowby BANG - Entertainment News·3h ago
NASA engineer saw UFO light up sky like a 'nuclear bomb' A NASA engineer claims to have seen a UFO light up the sky like a "nuclear bomb" before disappearing into the sea.
Personalized brain stimulation can ease chronic pain
Science Newsby Laura Sanders·3h ago
By mapping a woman’s pain in her brain, scientists could dial it down. A small series of case studies, published July 30 in Brain Stimulation, suggests that even tenacious, complex pain signals can...
This Giant Crocodile Relative Weighed as Much as a Car And Preyed on Rhino-Sized Mammals
ScienceAlertby Ivan Farkas·3h ago
Crocodiles are among today's most feared predators, but their ancient relatives make today's crocs seem as threatening as a cuddle-prone kitty with a cold.
A ghostly ribbon of stars reveals hidden dark matter
ScienceDaily·4h ago
A ghostly ribbon of stars reveals hidden dark matter A ghostly stream of stars beyond the Milky Way is giving astronomers a new way to map the universe’s invisible dark matter.
A tiny “rainbow on a chip” could help supercharge 6G networks
ScienceDaily·4h ago
A tiny “rainbow on a chip” could help supercharge 6G networks - Date: - August 24, 2026 - Source: - Loughborough University - Summary: - Researchers have created a tiny chip that produces a stable...
Bigfoot expert explains how he spots potential hoaxes
PerthNowby BANG - Entertainment News·4h ago
Bigfoot expert explains how he spots potential hoaxes A Bigfoot expert has explained how he spots potential hoaxes - insisting it's usually easy to tell if someone is lying about a sighting.
Ancient clue cracks open a 2,000-year-old mystery near famed Colosseum
FOX Newsby Andrea Margolis·4h ago
Archaeologists digging near Rome's Colosseum believe they may have found an ancient firehouse dating back nearly 2,000 years.
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