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Busseiron: Tracing the Origins and Evolution of Japan’s Distinctive Physics Tradition
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Perseid meteor shower reaches peak viewing on Wednesday night
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with The Michael J. Fox Foundation to Advance Proteomics-Enabled Parkinson’s Precision Medicine
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Behold the majestic mane of the Lion Nebula photo of the day for Aug. 11, 2026
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NASA Shares Station Research Today Supporting Moon, Mars Tomorrow
The International Space Station has been busy throughout 2026, as it continues to be a bustling workspace for astronauts conducting a variety of scientific experiments that lay the groundwork for missions to the Moon and beyond. NASA’s Artemis II mission in April was the first crewed flight around the Moon in more tha…
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On this day in space! Aug. 11, 1960: 1st object successfully recovered from orbit
President Eisenhower inspects the Discoverer 13 capsule after its return to Earth.
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Behold the majestic mane of the Lion Nebula | Space photo of the day for Aug. 11, 2026
The Lion Nebula glows gloriously in this new snapshot from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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NASA Shares Station Research Today Supporting Moon, Mars Tomorrow
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On this day in space! Aug. 11, 1960: 1st object successfully recovered from orbit
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How DNA Nanotechnology Is Transforming Protein and Materials Research
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Metabolon Launches Peak Science Grant Program to Advance Breakthrough Metabolomics Research
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MIT neuroscientists discover the brain can reason without words
MIT neuroscientists have found striking evidence that language and logical reasoning are powered by separate systems in the brain. Even people with severe language impairments caused by stroke were able to solve challenging logic puzzles as well as people without those impairments, while brain scans showed that language-processing regions stayed largely quiet during reasoning tasks.
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SpaceX wants to put 1 million AI satellites in orbit. What would that do to Earth's climate?
Operating a million or more data centers in space would mean a massive increase in air pollution from rocket launches and concentrations of toxic ash from reentering satellites.
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“Cannot be explained” – New super steel stuns scientists
Scientists have created an unusually corrosion-resistant stainless steel that could replace costly titanium components used to produce green hydrogen. The breakthrough could reduce structural material costs by roughly 40 times and make seawater-based hydrogen production far more economical.