Chemistry in Pictures: Echoes of microplastics
These blood-red clumps are what polypropylene microplastics look like in the body of a live mouse, as…
Japan earthquake injures 50 and traps ‘many people’ inside shopping mall | Asia Pacific
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured. Some are trapped and presumed…
Quantum Computer Feasible in 5-10 Years
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ISS meets Venus in incredible daylight photo photo of the day for July 28, 2026
Venus beside the International Space Station as captured by photographer A.J. Smadi from Edmonds, Washington on July 18,…
A 17-year-old student proposed a hybrid nuclear energy system that could reduce an Antarctic base’s carbon emissions by 3,254 tons annually
Image Credit: Cooperativa Ciencia A 17-year-old Chilean high school student, María Javiera Valenzuela, is drawing attention for proposing…
A NASA instrument the size of a toaster, riding inside the Perseverance rover, converted Martian air into 122 grams of breathable oxygen between 2021 and 2023 — enough to keep a small dog alive for 10 hours, and proof that astronauts could one day make the fuel to fly themselves home
The strangest thing about MOXIE is that 122 grams can sound both tiny and enormous. On Earth, it…
Scientists create an “electron lighthouse” with laser light
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a semiconductor device that uses laser light to direct the…
Collared peccaries vanished from Uruguay after the 1800s; a 17-year breeding effort returned them to forests where a new generation has now been born
For more than 100 years, Uruguay’s grasslands and river forests were missing a native mammal that once moved…
Lightning watch satellites spotted mystery Atlantic fireball
Space Safety 28/07/2026 172 views 1 likes A meteor that exploded high above the South Atlantic off the…
People trapped in Japanese mall hit by earthquake, with others missing after factory chimney collapse
Authorities are warning people of the ‘day-two tremor’published at 13:39 BST 13:39 BST Jake KwonSeoul correspondent We’re still…
BALLS on the moon: China set to launch Africa’s 1st lunar science mission in 2029
China’s Chang’e-8 moon lander mission scheduled for 2029 could send Africa’s first space exploration mission to the lunar…
Twisted laser light can tell mirror-image molecules apart
Many molecules come in two forms that are mirror images of one another, much like left and right…