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NASA highlights higher sea-level projections from Thwaites Glacier model Science

NASA highlights higher sea-level projections from Thwaites Glacier model

A model incorporating seawater beneath grounded ice projects a larger contribution from Thwaites, with important uncertainties remaining.

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Quantinuum reports sharp reduction in quantum memory errors on Helios Science

Quantinuum reports sharp reduction in quantum memory errors on Helios

A newly listed preprint reports about five logical memory errors per million correction rounds, while major scaling challenges remain.

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Japan prepares MMX launch to bring the first Phobos samples to Earth Science

Japan prepares MMX launch to bring the first Phobos samples to Earth

Japan’s MMX mission targets an October 19 UTC launch to investigate Mars’s moons and return samples from Phobos in 2031.

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Engineered crystal defects strengthen alloys without changing their composition Science

Engineered crystal defects strengthen alloys without changing their composition

Researchers used deformation and heat treatment to strengthen two alloys, with possible future applications in high-temperature machinery.

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ISRO completes Gaganyaan separation tests ahead of uncrewed flight Science

ISRO completes Gaganyaan separation tests ahead of uncrewed flight

Ground tests checked spacecraft separation and the ability of critical capsule systems to withstand shocks ahead of the G1 mission.

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Neanderthal remains in Iraq reveal possible spear killing and earlier care Science

Neanderthal remains in Iraq reveal possible spear killing and earlier care

A 75,000-year-old skeleton suggests a possible wooden-spear attack, earlier care and deliberate treatment of the dead.

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Jurassic bird fossil from China reveals early shift toward life on the ground Science

Jurassic bird fossil from China reveals early shift toward life on the ground

A 150-million-year-old bird with unusually short wings suggests early avian evolution included adaptations to ground-dwelling life.

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Webb maps uneven atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-17b Science

Webb maps uneven atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-17b

Webb observations reveal temperature and shape differences around WASP-17b’s atmosphere, testing predictions about winds on a distant giant planet.

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DNA recorder traces 1.28 million cells through mouse embryo development Science

DNA recorder traces 1.28 million cells through mouse embryo development

A genetic recording system reconstructs cell ancestry in a mouse embryo, offering a tool to study how tissues acquire their identities.

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DNA recorder traces 1.3 million cells in a developing mouse embryo Science

DNA recorder traces 1.3 million cells in a developing mouse embryo

Researchers reconstructed a mouse embryo’s cellular ancestry, opening a new route to studying how organs form.

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Study of 194-year-old tortoise Jonathan reveals clues to longevity Science

Study of 194-year-old tortoise Jonathan reveals clues to longevity

Researchers found unusually youthful gene regulation in Jonathan, but the findings do not establish a way to extend human life.

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Kagan and Soai win Nobel chemistry prize for molecular mirror-image research Science

Kagan and Soai win Nobel chemistry prize for molecular mirror-image research

The 2026 chemistry Nobel recognises discoveries that help chemists favour one molecular mirror image, with applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

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