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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most valuable tools doctors use to diagnose disease. Yet even with today’s advanced scanners, producing clear images of some areas remains difficult….

There’s a long-standing hypothesis around Parkinson’s disease: that one of the contributors could be viruses that knock out key neurons in the brain, which then makes someone more vulnerable to…

Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside a fusion reactor. The world-first experiment could help clear a path to…

For almost a decade—ever since 2017, when our first known interstellar visitor, 1I/‘Oumuamua, swooped through the inner solar system—astronomers have been grappling with a small but stubborn mystery. Studying this…

LHS 3844b is an exoplanet just slightly larger than Earth that orbits the red dwarf star LHS 3884, located 48.5 light years from our solar system. Unlike Earth, it is…

Which footprint is bigger? An elephant’s or a human’s? It depends on how you measure it. As humanity leaves its mark on more of the African savanna, we are increasingly…

There are several ways you can help scientists study this year’s eclipse Sirbouman/Alamy During the total solar eclipse on 12 August, scientists from around the world will have their eyes…

A physicist at the University of Birmingham has created a laboratory “mini universe” that brings scientists a step closer to answering one of the biggest questions in physics: What is…

KeysQuestions4Explore4 An American startup has built the simplest fusion machine ever conceived — no magnets, no lasers, no cryogenics — just raw current doing everything at once, and it’s already…

More than 22,000 feet above sea level—and 6,000 feet higher than the highest human settlement—you might find an Andean leaf-eared mouse, the highest-dwelling mammal in the world. Six years ago…

Japan has found a potentially perfect place to build a commercial underwater gold mine – although whether it should is another matter inspiring great global debate. In a submerged volcanic…

JOHANNESBURG — The Exploration Company, a space transportation company based in Germany, established TEC Federal, a United States-based entity that will enable it to compete for government programs and contracts….

Two weeks ago, when Till Sawala heard the news of a peer-reviewed paper that purported to upend our understanding of the universe, he immediately suspected that something was off. Then…

China says it will generate its first electricity from nuclear fusion around 2030 — after two 582-tonne toroidal field magnets, the largest superconducting magnets ever built for a fusion device,…

Mars was not always the cold, dry world we see today. Billions of years ago, scientists believe it may have been warm, wet, and wrapped in a much thicker atmosphere,…

Dallas Liu is at the crossroads of his own destiny. After six years in the head of Prince Zuko, the exiled prince — and ostensible fan favorite — of Netflix’s…

For decades, many scientists thought our sleeping habits fit neatly into two categories: we were either night owls or early birds, with the latter group considered healthier overall. New research,…

John Carpenter built a career out of being unafraid to tackle new genres, subjects, and narrative material. From engineering the archetypal slasher in Halloween to exploring nauseating body horror in…

Quasars rank among the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe. They are fueled by supermassive black holes that consume surrounding material at the centers of galaxies, producing so…

MarketsandMarkets Research Pvt. Ltd. Delray Beach, FL, July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MarketsandMarkets™ projects the global Nuclear Fusion Market size is projected to reach USD 33.77 billion by 2031,…

After overhauling a key government vaccine advisory panel to include vaccination skeptics, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. is reportedly preparing to name new members to the U.S….

Deep beneath the oceans’ crashing waves lies a hidden landscape more alien than many of us could ever dream. Below the Atlantic Ocean lies the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone,…

TOKYO — Singapore’s new space agency signed a cooperation agreement with its Japanese counterpart as part of its efforts to build up the country’s space industry. During the Spacetide conference…

Toroidal field superconducting magnet Photo: Courtesy of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China’s “artificial sun” program has cleared one of its toughest engineering hurdles, with two…

Throughout the coming months, El Niño is forecast to bring droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather to every continent on Earth. The cyclical climate event, driven by unusually warm…

The ovaries are the earliest aging organ. Their supply of egg-containing follicles slowly runs out over a woman’s lifetime, so that by the time menopause arrives, follicle numbers have dwindled…

NASA’s nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft’s descent stage during…

Kilometers below the ocean’s surface, Earth’s seafloors are on the move. Across a massive network of underwater mountain chains known as mid-ocean ridges, tectonic plates slowly pull apart, belching molten…

Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based nuclear fusion startup, has secured 411 million, or $469 million, from investors including RWE AG, Germany’s national energy firm, and Google GOOG, Alphabet Inc.’s internet giant,…