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Adults who suffer from gum disease could be more likely to show signs of injury in the brain’s white matter, according to new research published on October 22, 2025, in…

Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic – in a significant discovery made not by breaking new ground, but by revisiting familiar territory. The compound, pre-methylenomycin C lactone, was…

When Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on October 28, it showed just how devastatingly powerful a Category 5 hurricane can be—and then some. It will be weeks before experts can…

When Sam Altman arrived at Helion Energy’s small Redmond, Wash., office in early 2014, nuclear-fusion textbooks tucked under his arm, the company was focusing its efforts on research and development….

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Cybersecurity for years has been an afterthought in the commercial space industry — viewed more as a line item than a lifeline. But that mindset is…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made the first direct measurements of both the chemical composition and physical conditions of a possible moon-forming disk surrounding a massive exoplanet. The carbon-rich…

October 28, 2025 3 min read Spooky Web Patterns May Help Spiders Sense Prey Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a…

Astronomers have produced the first-ever three-dimensional map of a planet outside our solar system — WASP-18b — marking a major leap forward in exoplanet research. Using the James Webb Space…

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape…

Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-21620-3 The night sky is cluttered with debris. A constant hail of space junk falling out of orbit, mixed with ever-growing trains of SpaceX satellites,…

Germany consumes vast amounts of energy to sustain its manufacturing might and energy-intensive industries like automotive and chemicals.  The country, Europe’s largest economy, still relies heavily on fossil fuels for…

October 29, 2025 3 min read This Overlooked Bird Flu Strain Might Be the Next Pandemic Risk Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person transmission…

A team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has achieved a major milestone in particle physics by measuring the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at different stages of its…

Dogs of an unnatural hue have been spotted running around the Chernobyl exclusion zone. According to two Instagram posts uploaded by non-profit organization Clean Futures Fund – one a series…

Detecting dark matter, the invisible substance thought to keep galaxies intact, remains one of the most enduring mysteries in physics. Although it cannot be directly observed or touched, researchers suspect…

For generations, UFO enthusiasts have longed for claims of aliens visiting Earth to be seriously investigated by scientists. Now they are getting their wish. This month prominent peer-reviewed journals have…

Photo Credit: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Scientists at Princeton University are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to fill in the blanks on plasma and, consequently, utilize it to unleash nuclear…

Modifications to a type of immune cell programmed to recognize and kill cancerous tumors could make them even more effective assassins. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and…

Flatworms are infamous in biology labs for their surreal ability to regenerate heads when you decapitate them. Now, researchers have discovered that an odd developmental defect can cause them to…

October 28, 2025 3 min read How Hurricane Melissa Became One of the Most Intense Atlantic Storms on Record A nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa to…

Earlier this month, China National Nuclear Corporation quietly marked a groundbreaking achievement. It announced that Linglong One – which it has billed as the world’s first commercial land-based small modular…

Jasper County Sheriff’s Department Here’s what we know for sure: a truck that was transporting research monkeys crashed on an interstate in eastern Mississippi after leaving Tulane University, and some…

October 28, 2025 1 min read Hurricane Melissa Images Reveal a Monster Storm for the Record Books These images of Hurricane Melissa show the Category 5 storm in all its…

LOS GATOS, CA—Cambrian Works is pleased to announce their partnership with Aptos Orbital to revolutionize space to space connections. This collaboration marks an advancement in the capabilities of Cambrian Works’…

A key component of a system that would deliver fusion energy in the U.S. has arrived at Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ (CFS) campus in Devens, Massachusetts. The company on October 28…

October 28, 2025 3 min read Surprise Meteorite Debris Uncovered on Moon’s Far Side These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal…

A satellite image of Hurricane Melissa taken on 28 October Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo Jamaica is being directly hit by what may be the strongest hurricane ever to…

Get ready for a new era of miniature displays. Scientists have developed the tiniest pixel ever made – just 300 × 300 nanometers – and it’s bright enough to rival…

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues…