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Researchers used genome language models to design 16 viable bacteriophages, a laboratory proof of concept that points to new antibacterial tools while sharpening questions about biological AI safety.
South Korea’s Danuri orbiter has supplied the first close orbital evidence of where a stray Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon, turning an accidental impact into a useful observation opportunity.
An outdoor experiment has shown that carefully filtered and concentrated sunlight can pump a crystal to produce polarization-entangled photon pairs, although the result remains an early-stage preprint demonstration rather than a replacement for laser-based quantum hardware.
The FDA’s approval of Moderna’s mFlusiva introduces mRNA technology to U.S. seasonal influenza vaccination, but its evidence base and regulatory status differ by age group.
New work by Aaron Landesman and Ishan Levy establishes long-sought statistical results for quadratic function fields, advancing—but not fully resolving—the Cohen–Lenstra programme inspired by Gauss’s study of quadratic forms.
SpaceX has set out a long-term vision for lunar factories that could build AI satellites and launch them with a mass driver, but the concept remains far beyond today’s operational capabilities.
A new modelling study suggests that smoke from Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season reduced potential solar generation across North America and Europe, exposing an overlooked climate risk for electricity systems.
A near rainless July across parts of the UK has turned an unusual weather statistic into a wider test of rivers, farms, ecosystems and water supply resilience.
Temperatures above 90°F in northern Russia highlight an Arctic heat event, the feedbacks behind polar warming and what one record does—and does not—show.
The fires around Spokane underline how heat, low humidity, wind and expanding development can turn a local ignition into a national climate-resilience challenge.
A new review and a mouse study strengthen the case for investigating lower-protein diets in ageing, but neither establishes that cutting protein will extend human life.
China’s suspension of an experimental neck microsurgery for Alzheimer’s disease highlights both the urgency of dementia care and the risks of adopting a plausible biological idea before it has been properly tested.
