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A star right here in the Milky Way galaxy is the purest ancient star astronomers have found to date. That means that it’s remarkably (although not entirely) unpolluted by the…

The Buzz ■ Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion total, with most capital concentrated in five major players including Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Helion Energy ■ The funding surge reflects…

Autism BrainNet has released new survey results that reveal a major gap between public support for autism research and awareness of how that research is carried out. While most Americans…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Imagine you’re in line at your favourite bakery, deciding whether to have a…

It’s an exciting time to be a space fan! The safe return of the Artemis II crew has marked a historic milestone – humans have travelled to the Moon for…

A declining sense of smell may be one of the earliest warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease, appearing even before noticeable memory problems. New research from scientists at DZNE and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität…

The crises of the 1970s stimulated a great wave of R&D and innovation in energy. The three technologies that today dominate investment in US power generation – solar, wind and shale gas – all took vital steps forward as a result of pioneering research undertaken in the 1970s. In the current crisis, nuclear…

April 11, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm See NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon in 12 stunning photos The Artemis II mission’s 10-day odyssey around…

If you has asked any of the main creative forces behind Critters if their film was inspired by the recent success of Joe Dante’s Gremlins, you would get in response…

Satellite observations show that the planet is steadily getting brighter at night, but the trend is far from uniform. Data from the VIIRS DNB instrument, covering 2014 to 2022, indicate…

  The astronauts of the Artemis II mission have made it home. Their journey, which began in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 April, took them around the moon and further…

April 10, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm New fundamental physics measurement deepens quantum mystery A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson,…

During the last ice age, when glaciers spread across the northern world, ancient humans had some serious adapting to do; our species wouldn’t survive without developing new ways to keep…

April 11, 2026.  Add Us On Google – Add SciAm ‘Moon joy’ and the overview effect—how views from space change us. Artemis II’s views from space trigger a special type…

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that a newly funded study by the National Institutes of Health is helping advance a potential new approach to Alzheimer’s disease treatment. The focus…

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil, and ARPA-E Director Conner Prochaska visited General Atomics (GA) this week to tour its fusion research…

The Artemis II mission ended in a dramatic fashion on April 10, 2026, when NASA‘s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of San Diego,…

East Aurora, NY – Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems, highlights the critical…

German stellarator Wendelstein 7-X reaches milestone in fusion by generating high-energy helium ions, advance may help control plasma and understand the Sun. In 2025, scientists from the Max Planck Institute…

If you were to watch the music video for the Flight of the Conchords song “Fashion is Danger,” from Season 2 of that series, you’ll notice that Bret McKenzie and…

Adapt or die: How do you grow and evolve to fit into an alien environment? How do you create change in the face of overwhelming power? And how do you…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains one of the most pressing global health challenges, especially as aging populations continue to grow. The condition steadily erodes memory and thinking abilities, deeply affecting daily…

Between all the monitors, wires and keyboards are the normal trappings of a workplace: lunchboxes, water bottles, backpacks and smartphones. A Snoopy astronaut from the Apollo era. A model of…

April 10, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA’s Artemis II crew returns today—here’s what to know ahead of splashdown After a ten-day mission around the moon,…

Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in spacetime created by powerful cosmic events such as colliding black holes. Until now, scientists have detected them by measuring extremely small changes in distance…

By 1981, John Boorman was in dire need of creative rebirth. The British director had made a name for himself first with the stylish revenge thriller Point Blank, and then…

The Energy Department announced its intent Thursday to provide a $263 million loan to support the construction of a medical isotope production facility in Wisconsin that uses fusion technology. The…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have uncovered a finding that could reshape how doctors approach two of the most devastating brain disorders. Their work points to an unexpected player…

A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen, from which the proton’s size was inferred Axel Beyer/MPQ At long last, we have pinned down the size of…