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Reusable brick walls could slash construction carbon emissions by 60%
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (1218+ words) A new reusable brick wall system from Austrian researchers could reduce construction waste and cut carbon emissions by 60%. (CREDIT: IBPSC " TU Graz) Brick construction creates lasting materials but often ends in waste when buildings are torn down early. Engineers in…...
AI will not displace jobs, it will radically transform them, research finds
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (1268+ words) New research finds generative AI can boost work engagement and career adaptability when employees trust it without giving up judgment. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Generative AI is changing work faster than many employees can process it, but new research from Finland suggests…...
New discovery rewrites what we know about the speed of light
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (860+ words) A new review tightens limits on whether light changes speed in deep space, sharpening one of physics" most important tests. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) The speed of light remains one of physics" firmest assumptions, but scientists still test whether it ever shifts…...
Fossil study finds dinosaur parents fed their young special diets
11+ hour, 17+ min ago (1198+ words) A new fossil study suggests baby duck-billed dinosaurs ate softer, richer foods than adults, hinting at bird-like parenting. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Maiasaura dinosaur teeth carry a quiet clue: babies were not eating what adults ate. Tiny wear marks suggest…...
The astonishing amount of energy locked inside ordinary matter
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1490+ words) Ordinary matter looks solid and calm, but atomic nuclei hold immense energy locked behind powerful forces. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Matter looks calm and solid, but its atoms hold immense energy locked inside tiny nuclei. That hidden reserve rarely escapes…...
Researchers turn sunlight and CO2 into living biomass
1+ day, 1+ min ago (1341+ words) Researchers developed a semiartificial leaf that uses sunlight, carbon dioxide and engineered bacteria to grow living biomass. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Carbon dioxide has long looked more like waste than resource. A new solar reactor turns it into living bacterial biomass using…...
Scientists discover why deadly lung scarring from IPF refuses to heal
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1180+ words) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis slowly turns the lungs stiff and scarred, but researchers may have found why the damage keeps building. Their work points to a survival signal inside key cells, and to a treatment approach that could help the lungs…...
New AI model reads the language of genes to detect diseases faster
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1282+ words) Mount Sinai scientists developed an AI system that learns how genes interact, opening new paths for disease research and drug discovery. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Artificial intelligence is helping scientists read gene behavior more like language, revealing how genes cluster, shift roles,…...
JWST catches mineral clouds forming and fading on 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1080+ words) WASP-94 A b, a hot Jupiter nearly 700 light-years away, builds mineral cloud cover each morning and loses it by evening. This gives astronomers a rare clear view of its atmosphere and shows how cloud cycles can distort what distant worlds…...
Tiny black holes may form out of a crystal-like state in spacetime
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (381+ words) New math shows how a crystal-like critical state in spacetime can tip into a microscopic black hole. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Microscopic black holes have long hovered at the edge of theory, forming only in exquisitely balanced states. Now physicists…...