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Astronomy Jul 29, 2026

Little red dots may mark temporary black hole phase

Since their discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers. Understanding the nature of these extremely distant, compact red sources has ...

General Physics Jul 29, 2026

Two attosecond flashes capture electrons in motion

Electronic motion sets the stage for virtually every light-induced process in nature, from the first step of a chemical reaction to the flow of charge in a solid. Yet these processes unfold so rapidly that they can be observed ...

Astronomy Jul 29, 2026

ESCAPADE's cameras capture Earth and moon

In November 2025, NASA's Mars-bound ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral with special cargo on board: two camera systems designed and built by faculty and ...

Astronomy Jul 29, 2026

A distant primordial object may be a newborn 'Little Red Dot'

The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has conducted multiple surveys of the very distant universe, digging into what was happening in the first billion years after the Big Bang. As part of these deep surveys, ...

Environment Jul 28, 2026

Algal blooms accelerate plastic weathering, potentially fueling microplastic formation

Every summer, algal blooms turn rivers and lakes green. Although they are widely known as a major form of water pollution that makes water murky, a KAIST research team has now shown for the first time that algal bloom conditions ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 28, 2026

Self-adaptive Cu–Co catalyst converts nitrate pollution into green ammonia through dynamic catalyst reconstruction

Nitrate contamination originating from agricultural runoff, industrial wastewater and municipal effluents is a growing global environmental problem. At the same time, ammonia has emerged as a key chemical feedstock and an ...

Polymers Jul 28, 2026

Scientists repair damaged plastics at the molecular level, boosting recycling potential

Plastic recycling could become far more effective thanks to a new technique that restores the strength of damaged engineering plastics by repairing them at the molecular level.

Planetary Sciences Jul 28, 2026

NASA science soars during August total solar eclipse

Each time the moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse—darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the sun's ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona—it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 27, 2026

Water's local asymmetry drives proton hopping between molecules, simulations reveal

Complex simulations—the most intricate of their kind to date—carried out by an international research team led by scientists at Heidelberg University's Institute for Physical Chemistry, have revealed how water governs the ...

Plants & Animals Jul 27, 2026

Tropical species near thermal limits as global warming compresses safety margins

With global warming and extreme weather intensifying, can animals raise their thermal tolerance to cope with a continuously warming environment? A joint research project by the Division of Science at Lingnan University and ...

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