Perseverance used onboard suit swatches over 1,645 sols to make the first on-site Mars measurements of fine and ultrafine dust, down to 100–300 nm.
Category: Science
Making science simple for everyone! Explore easy-to-understand insights, discoveries, and breakthroughs that bring complex topics to life for everyday readers.
RIKEN team runs five silicon spin qubits in parallel on a shared microwave line, reaching >99.99% single‑qubit fidelity and ~99.9% with all five, by correcting
From 0 wild birds in 1987 to 300+ returned today, the California condor’s comeback collides with a $200B target, a $1.3T gap, and who gets to decide.
Phase III intismeran trial reported a 42% relative reduction in melanoma recurrence or death after surgery with immunotherapy; 1,137 patients, ~25 months’ follo
An international team unified 2,884 Type Ia supernovae from 3 decades, adding to independent hints from DES 2024 that dark energy may change over time.
UQ’s NASTIC method offers real-time, single-molecule views of protein movement and clustering in living neurons, published in Nature Protocols.
JAXA’s MMX launches Oct 20, 2026 to land on Phobos twice, collect at least 10 g, deploy the 25‑kg Idefix rover, and return samples to Earth in 2031.
LLNL’s 3D Spheral simulations of a nuclear standoff show ~98% damage and ~97% of mass above escape speed, but 59 days of compute covered only 145 ms.
Sprayed nanolayer increases contact coverage in protonic ceramic electrochemical cells, cutting interfacial resistance and improving stability.
El Niño has Manaus choking—PM2.5 above 135 closed schools—while satellites track a long Amazon fire season and a 40% undercount near Santarém.