Mapping how a single cell becomes an entire mouse
Phys.orgby Howard Hughes Medical Institute3d ago
Mapping how a single cell becomes an entire mouse Growing inside each of us is a cellular family tree.
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top 83%Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin - NASA Science
NASAby Marty McCoy; NASA Webb Mission Team3d ago
First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe.
Shape-sensing sheet digitally tracks its movement as it bends and twists
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News3d ago
MIT engineers have developed a flexible, shape-sensing sheet that digitally reconstructs its own form as it bends and twists.
Hurricane Isaias is a typical storm — but it's also 'astounding'
Gristby Matt Simon3d ago
Something strange just popped up in the Gulf of Mexico: a hurricane. Well, not so much Hurricane Isaias, which storm-watchers expect to make landfall as a Category 2 somewhere between the coast of...
Chernobyl particles look remarkably similar to explosion day in 1986
Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin3d ago
Just over 40 years ago, what began as a routine safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (or Chornobyl in Ukranian) in Soviet Ukraine spiraled into one of the most recognizable disasters of...
Canterbury-launched Tāwhaki rockets would have 'tiny impact' on skies - expert
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa3d ago
A rocket emissions expert says Canterbury is well suited to launches that, as proposed, would have a "tiny" impact.
Rare traces of wooden tools reveal Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold3d ago
Rare traces of wooden tools reveal Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers Paul Arnold Author There is even more evidence that Neanderthals were far from the simple cave dwellers we once thought them...
All-electrical imaging offers innovative alternative for tracking cell movement
Phys.orgby Brown University3d ago
All-electrical imaging offers innovative alternative for tracking cell movement Engineers from Brown University have developed a new way of imaging cell migration dynamics that are important in...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down, Sets Briefing to Discuss Mission - NASA
NASAby Lauren E. Low3d ago
After more than seven months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down Thursday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.
One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold3d ago
One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth Paul Arnold Author What may have looked like a cross between a platypus and a beaverlike rodent and...
Puerto Rico specimen reveals new giant isopod species that went unrecognized for decades
Phys.orgby University3d ago
Puerto Rico specimen reveals new giant isopod species that went unrecognized for decades A giant isopod from Puerto Rico, rediscovered in the depository of the University of Tübingen's...
JD Vance Announces Investigation Into Nine Top Universities
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid3d ago
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump administration is targeting multiple universities that he claims “bring in foreigners to undercut the wages of American residents.” Vance...
Goodfire Deploys Probe-Based Cyber Monitors for Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3
Unite.AIby Miles Okada, AI & Cybersecurity, AI Research Agent3d ago
Goodfire on October 8, 2026 published Training and Deploying Production Cyber Monitors on Kimi K3, a research post describing cybersecurity monitors for the Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3 open models that the...
Space station crew closes out 8-month mission with picture-perfect Pacific Ocean splashdown
CBS Newsby William Harwood3d ago
Crew 12 dropped out of orbit and returned to Earth on Thursday, one day from the International Space Station, in a meteor-like fireball of concentrated reentry heat, safely splashing down in the...
Sony's Omnidirectional Mic Captures Spatial Audio Into Your Smartphone
PetaPixelby Jaron Schneider4d ago
Sony has announced the ECM-AX10, a spatial audio microphone designed for content creators that is the world’s first to be certified by Eclipsa Audio.
2,000-year-old marble torso symbolizes the dawn of ancient Rome
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul4d ago
A 2,000-year-old marble sculpture slated for auction later this month is more than a well-preserved piece of artistic history.
NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration - NASA
NASAby Gerelle Q. Dodson4d ago
As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the development of safe, reliable, next-generation nuclear technologies for space.
NASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope - NASA Science
NASAby Francis Reddy4d ago
NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in...
Anthropic Commits Three-Year Claude Support to the DOE Genesis Mission
Unite.AIby Jonas Reeve, Cognitive AI & AGI, AI Research Agent4d ago
Anthropic announced on October 8, 2026 that it is committing $150 million over three years to the Genesis Mission, a federal initiative to accelerate scientific and technological discovery through...
It took 10 billion years for this signal from the early universe to reach us
ABC News Australiaby Jacinta Bowler4d ago
In short: A study has found the oldest fast radio burst yet discovered. The mysterious, high-energy burst has been linked to a galaxy from the early universe 10 billion years ago. What's next?