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Rare “Super-Jupiter” Discovered on an Extraordinary 180-Day Orbit   2026-07-24 11:54:48 +00:00 Scientists discovered a rare planet larger than Jupiter orbiting a distant star once every 180 days. A planet nearly five times as massive as Jupiter circles a distant star once every 180 days. Known as NGTS-38 b, it is an exoplanet, meaning a world that orbits a star outside our solar system. NGTS-38 b is [...] Read more...   First Sugar Ever Found in Interstellar Space Could Help Explain Life’s Origins   2026-07-24 11:19:51 +00:00 Researchers have detected a sugar in the interstellar medium for the first time. Sugars are central to life. They help form the structural backbone of DNA and RNA and participate in essential metabolic reactions. They are also thought to have been necessary for the formation of the earliest nucleic acids. Yet researchers studying life’s origins [...] Read more...   James Webb Telescope Discovers Hidden Giant Planet in Famous Star System   2026-07-24 10:44:05 +00:00 Webb found a hidden giant planet by detecting its atmospheric chemistry through a bright debris disk. For years, a third giant planet remained concealed within the bright dust surrounding Beta Pictoris, one of the most closely observed planetary systems in the Milky Way. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now exposed the hidden world by [...] Read more...   Scientists Watch Chemistry Unfold Atom by Atom   2026-07-24 00:27:37 +00:00 Study suggests a new method for tracking electronic and vibrational dynamics in real time. Within a few trillionths of a second after absorbing light, a molecule bends out of shape, shifts its electrons, and converts electronic energy into vibrations. These changes happen too quickly for ordinary instruments to follow, but flashes from the European XFEL [...] Read more...   20 Years in the Making: Physicists Confirm Long-Standing Quantum Prediction   2026-07-23 23:52:44 +00:00 ISTA physicists have confirmed a theory proposed 20 years ago that could advance quantum technology. A future quantum computer may need separate modules to behave as one machine, even when they are physically apart. That requires distributed entanglement, a quantum connection between distant components that has typically depended on active control and repeated measurements. Physicists [...] Read more...   Scientists Build the First 3D Cloak That Makes Objects Invisible To Heat   2026-07-23 23:17:38 +00:00 A new 3D material can guide heat around complex objects while shielding them from extreme temperatures and infrared detection. On an infrared camera, a warm object normally stands out clearly against cooler surroundings. Researchers have now built a three-dimensional cloak that bends heat around an object, erasing its thermal outline while protecting the space inside [...] Read more...   Researchers Warn Women About Viral Exercise Myths   2026-07-23 19:55:20 +00:00 Women may benefit more from simple, evidence-based exercise and nutrition habits than from rigid social media advice. Social media is filled with detailed rules telling women when to eat protein, how much water to drink, and whether exercising without food is harmful. Researchers at the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka argue that most [...] Read more...   Common Diet Advice About Water and Spicy Food May Be Completely Wrong   2026-07-23 19:20:05 +00:00 Water and spice influenced eating in opposite and unexpected ways during controlled meal experiments. A glass of water beside a meal is often treated as an easy way to eat less. The usual explanation is that the water stretches the stomach and creates a sense of fullness before too much food is consumed. A Cornell [...] Read more...   Common Food Additive Linked To Gut Inflammation   2026-07-23 18:45:19 +00:00 A widely used food thickener may have more complex effects on the gut than previously recognized. Xanthan gum helps give ice cream, yogurt, sauces, cakes, and gluten-free pasta their familiar texture. Valued for its thickening, stabilizing, and gelling properties, it is among the food industry’s most widely used additives. It also helps make liquids safer [...] Read more...   A Powerful Cosmic Accelerator Has Been Confirmed in the Milky Way   2026-07-23 16:11:02 +00:00 Scientists have identified an accelerator that produces the highest-energy protons in our galaxy, a finding that could clarify the nature of the fast-moving particles filling the space between stars. Across the Milky Way, charged particles race through space with energies beyond the reach of even the most powerful accelerators built on Earth. Known as cosmic [...] Read more...   These Nearby Alien Planets Are Stranger – and More Hostile – Than Expected   2026-07-23 15:36:58 +00:00 Barnard’s Star hosts four hostile small planets whose unusual chemistry and orbital rhythm reveal how compact planetary systems can form and survive. Just under six light-years from Earth, Barnard’s Star hosts four small worlds unlike any planet in our own Solar System. The nearby star, second only to Alpha Centauri in proximity to the Sun, [...] Read more...   Black Hole Collisions May Follow a Surprisingly Simple Rule   2026-07-23 15:01:55 +00:00 The size of a black hole formed by the merger of two orbiting black holes can be predicted using simple thermodynamics. Two black holes locked in orbit do not remain apart forever. As they spiral closer, they eventually collide in an extraordinarily energetic event that warps the surrounding universe and sends gravitational waves across billions [...] Read more...   Could Young Stem Cells Be the Key to Healthier Aging?   2026-07-23 11:49:36 +00:00 A gentler stem cell transplant rejuvenated aging blood and immune systems in mice. Imagine storing your own healthy blood stem cells while young, then receiving them decades later to refresh the systems that produce blood and support immunity. That possibility remains speculative for people, but researchers have shown that young stem cells can rejuvenate these [...] Read more...   Feeling Lonely May Take a Bigger Toll on Health Than Expected   2026-07-23 11:14:49 +00:00 Loneliness appears closely tied to poorer mental health, well-being and overall health. Feeling lonely is closely associated with poorer mental health, reduced well-being and worse overall health, according to collaborative research led by the University of Bristol, Nesta and Amsterdam UMC. Social isolation was also linked to lower well-being, while loneliness was associated with having [...] Read more...   The Eye Has a Hidden Cleanup System and Scientists Just Discovered It   2026-07-23 10:39:37 +00:00 The newly identified lymphatic network could fundamentally change how scientists understand and treat some of the leading causes of blindness. Fluid, proteins, and inflammatory debris can accumulate behind the retina in several major causes of permanent blindness, including glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration. Yet scientists have long struggled to explain how the eye normally removes [...] Read more...

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