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Flinders University's Nano-Cage Filter Removes 98 Percent of Short-Chain PFAS from Tap Water, Tackling the Hardest Class of Forever Chemicals
A molecular cage embedded in silica captures short-chain PFAS that elude conventional filters, achieving 98 percent removal in lab tests and remaining effective after five reuse cycles.
Tel Aviv University Demonstrates Nanoscale Graphene Switch That Flips Stacking Order With Less Than One Femtojoule of Energy
Researchers achieved reversible switching between graphene polytypes at 30-nanometer scale using sub-nanonewton forces and sub-femtojoule energy, opening a path to slidetronic memory and neuromorphic computing.
Hiroshima University Researchers Crack the Code for 3D Printing Tungsten Carbide, One of Industry's Hardest Materials
A Hiroshima University team used a hot-wire laser technique to 3D print defect-free tungsten carbide-cobalt exceeding 1,400 HV hardness, opening a path to cheaper, less wasteful production of cutting tools and industrial components.
Fermilab's Electronically Tunable Quantum Sensor Scans for Dark Photons 20 Times Faster Than Mechanical Methods
A SQUID-based detector that tunes itself electronically rather than mechanically achieved a 20-fold speedup in scanning for dark photon dark matter, covering a 22 MHz frequency range in three days.
Comet MAPS Post-Mortem Yields First Dual-Coronagraph Dataset of a Kreutz Sungrazer's Destruction and a 1,600-Year Orbital Genealogy
The first dual-coronagraph record of a Kreutz sungrazer's destruction and a pre-print tracing the comet's 1,663-year orbit to a daylight comet of 363 AD are reshaping models of cometary survival and the family's ancient genealogy.
New 'Jerk' Seismic Method Predicted 92 Percent of Volcano Eruptions Over a Decade, Now Heading to Mount Etna
Researchers from IPGP and GFZ have validated a single-seismometer technique that detects nanometer-scale ground signals hours before eruptions, and plan to deploy it on Mount Etna in 2026 through the POS4dyke project.
Comet C/2026 A1 MAPS Disintegrated Hours Before Perihelion, Ending Hopes for a Daylight Spectacle
The Kreutz sungrazer broke apart approximately six hours before reaching its closest point to the Sun on April 4, peaking at magnitude -0.6 in coronagraph imagery before its nucleus shattered. Only submicron dust debris emerged on the far side, leaving nothing visible from the ground.
Global Insect Rescue Plan Needs New Monitoring Technology to Measure Whether Conservation Targets Are Working
A Conservation Letters study finds that current biodiversity indicators cannot detect changes in insect populations, calling for AI-powered camera traps, weather radar, and automated identification systems to track whether 2030 conservation targets are protecting the planet's most numerous animals.
CSIRO Expedition Discovers More Than 120 New Species in Australia's Coral Sea, Including a Ghost Shark and New Rays
A 36-day voyage aboard CSIRO's RV Investigator surveyed 61 deep-water sites in Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park, collecting over 6,000 fishes and 80,000 invertebrates and identifying more than 120 species new to science at depths reaching 3,600 meters.
Ancient DNA From a Beijing Burial Site Reveals a Previously Unknown Human Lineage That Vanished From Modern East Asian Genomes
Genome-wide analysis of 11,000-year-old remains from the Donghulin site near Beijing has identified a deeply divergent northern East Asian lineage with no match in any previously studied population, offering new evidence that cultural continuity does not guarantee genetic continuity.
Yale Astronomers Discover a Third Galaxy Missing Its Dark Matter, Strengthening the Case for Violent Cosmic Collisions
NGC 1052-DF9 is the third ultra-diffuse galaxy found lacking dark matter in a linear trail near NGC 1052, lending significant support to the Bullet Dwarf collision theory and challenging alternative gravity models.
University of Houston Physicists Break 32-Year Ambient-Pressure Superconductivity Record With Pressure-Quenched Ceramic at 151 Kelvin
A team at the Texas Center for Superconductivity used a pressure-quenching technique on a mercury-based copper-oxide ceramic to achieve a transition temperature of 151 K at ambient pressure, surpassing a record that had stood since 1993.