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1+ min ago   (514+ words) Technology that uses light to clean water filtration systems in real time won the 2018 MADMEC competition on Oct. 9. The team that developed the system, Fiat Flux, received the $10,000 grand prize after five student teams presented their final results from the…...

51+ min ago   (372+ words) Math tests have been the benchmark method for testing the capabilities of AI models like ChatGPT and Claude. OpenAI says its models are now performing so well that existing math tests are becoming less useful. So researchers tried something harder....

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (582+ words) For decades, researchers believed overhunting drove the giant lemurs’ extinction. However, this is far too simplistic an explanation. Thanks to a collection of ancient cattle bone samples from Madagascar, researchers have realized that cattle played a significant role in the…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (356+ words) The Times of India The sighting is significant because it was recorded outside a designated protected area and represents a recent record of the species from the Lohit river system.Gautam Baruah, chief operating architect of Balipara Foundation, said biodiversity…...

54+ min ago   (515+ words) Drone and satellite images showed that the volcanic island of Zavodovski lost more than 680,000 – or two-thirds – of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). “That’s a very rapid loss,” Norman Ratcliffe, the lead author of…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (410+ words) Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work resolving a long-standing mystery over how mirror-image forms of chemical molecules can emerge spontaneously. “Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution…...

4+ min ago   (559+ words) Now, Patel specializes in developing advanced materials that could transform the future of human spaceflight. “My research fundamentally tries to figure out how to keep astronauts safe in space,” she says. From designing radiation-shielding nanocomposites to training as an analog…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (716+ words) NOBEL PRIZE. Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 7, 2026. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via REUTERS STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Scientists Henri…...

5+ min ago   (674+ words) While earning her dual master’s degrees in aeronautics and astronautics and public policy, Carissma McGee SM ’25 learned to navigate between two seemingly distinct worlds, bridging rigorous technical analysis and policy decisions. “I want to bring an expert level in science…...

6+ min ago   (103+ words) The post Request for proposal: Full genome sequencing of potato tissue samples appeared first on International Potato Center. The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to receive proposals from firms who believe that they have the qualifications to…...