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Space Exploration Oct 6, 2026

Simulated moon soil and recyclable thermoplastics could help build future space infrastructure

Transporting material from Earth to the moon is an expensive proposition: By some estimates, moving a single kilogram (2.2 pounds) can cost more than $1 million. Any plan to build a permanent human habitat up there will depend ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 6, 2026

X-ray technique reveals how quantum materials respond to laser pulses in real time

Creating a quantum device often begins by intentionally damaging a crystal. Scientists fire an ultrafast laser pulse into a material, knocking atoms out of place and leaving behind tiny imperfections called vacancies. Far ...

Ecology Oct 6, 2026

New Zealand's native plant seeds may survive wildfires

Mākaka (native broom) and kōwhai seeds might be able to survive the heat of fires, new research shows. Scientists heated native and exotic seeds in a lab oven to temperatures they may face in the soil during a fire, expecting ...

Nanophysics Oct 6, 2026

Stretching boosts thermal and electrical conductivity in new nanocomposite

A joint research team led by professors Seunghyun Baik and Joonmyung Choi from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed a new nanocomposite material whose electrical and thermal ...

Social Sciences Oct 6, 2026

Hit songs fade faster from the Billboard charts than albums

Favorite songs can stay with us for a lifetime, but their shelf life on the music charts is fleetingly short. Tracks that shoot up the U.S. Billboard charts may flood the airwaves for a short while, but just a few weeks later, ...

Earth Sciences Oct 6, 2026

El Niño and tropical Atlantic warming could offer early warning of extreme heat in the Amazon

El Niño and warming in the tropical Atlantic could help provide advance warning of extreme heat in the Amazon, with some signals appearing as much as seven months earlier, new research has found. Researchers from the ARC ...

Astronomy Oct 6, 2026

Webb captures commotion from nebula's stellar jets

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled numerous stars formerly hidden by clouds of dust in a stellar nursery known as NGC 7129—a cauldron of cosmic creation, 3,300 light-years from Earth. Webb captured infrared ...

Earth Sciences Oct 6, 2026

Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change?

This summer broke records around the U.K. for maximum temperatures and dry weather. According to the U.K.'s Met Office, while it was rare to hit 35°C (95°F) in the 20th century, that temperature has been surpassed in six ...

Earth Sciences Oct 6, 2026

As the planet warms, cities like Bangkok could be increasingly inundated by deadly floods

In the humid tropics of Southeast Asia, afternoon thunderstorms roll through almost every day. Daytime heat causes towering, fluffy cumulonimbus clouds to form and swell before unleashing torrential rain on cities such as ...

Ecology Oct 6, 2026

Rising heat linked to faster telomere loss in wild Australian birds

Extreme heat can have a profound impact on wild animals, causing their death in the most extreme cases and leaving less visible marks in others. Understanding the effects of temperature changes on specific species could inform ...

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