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What Are Mars Boxwork Formations and Why They Matter Science

What Are Mars Boxwork Formations and Why They Matter

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring eerie spider-web-like rock structures on Mars called boxwork formations. Here's what they are, how they form...

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Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Fail: Dendrites Explained Science

Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Fail: Dendrites Explained

Microscopic metal spikes called lithium dendrites grow inside batteries during every charge cycle, causing capacity loss, short circuits, and fires. N...

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What Is Chirality and Why It Matters in Medicine Science

What Is Chirality and Why It Matters in Medicine

Chirality—the mirror-image 'handedness' of molecules—is one of chemistry's most consequential properties. It explains a 1960s drug disaster, drives mo...

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Duslo Šaľa Halts Ammonia Production as Gas Prices Soar Economy

Duslo Šaľa Halts Ammonia Production as Gas Prices Soar

Duslo Šaľa, Slovakia's largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers, has curtailed ammonia production to a technical minimum following a sharp rise in nat...

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What Are Interstellar Comets and How Do They Work? Science

What Are Interstellar Comets and How Do They Work?

Interstellar comets are icy visitors from other star systems that pass through our solar system on hyperbolic trajectories. Only three have ever been...

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How Textile Recycling Works—and Why It's So Hard Science

How Textile Recycling Works—and Why It's So Hard

The fashion industry generates 92 million tonnes of textile waste every year, yet less than 15% is recycled. Here's why recycling clothes is so techni...

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New Mars Mineral Found in Ancient Sulfur Deposits Science

New Mars Mineral Found in Ancient Sulfur Deposits

Scientists have identified ferric hydroxysulfate, a potentially brand-new mineral, in ancient sulfate-rich sediments on Mars. The discovery, published...

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IBM: 2026 Will Mark First True Quantum Advantage Technology

IBM: 2026 Will Mark First True Quantum Advantage

IBM has declared 2026 the year quantum computers will demonstrably outperform classical supercomputers on specific tasks for the first time, with chem...

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How Self-Healing Materials Work and Why They Matter Science

How Self-Healing Materials Work and Why They Matter

Self-healing materials can automatically repair cracks and damage—from concrete bridges to spacecraft composites. Here is the science behind this brea...

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What Is the Exposome and How It Shapes Your Health Science

What Is the Exposome and How It Shapes Your Health

The exposome captures every environmental exposure a person encounters from conception to death — and scientists now believe it explains far more abou...

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Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells Science

Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells

A landmark study published in Nature Communications has discovered more than 200 metabolic enzymes sitting directly on human DNA, revealing a hidden '...

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How Directed Evolution Engineers Better Proteins Science

How Directed Evolution Engineers Better Proteins

Directed evolution mimics Darwinian natural selection in the lab to create powerful new enzymes — tools that are already cleaning up plastics, making...

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