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RNA Is the Cell’s Emergency Alert System

July 14, 2025

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals danger.

The Biggest-Ever Digital Camera Is This Cosmologist’s Magnum Opus

July 11, 2025

Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ready to study dark matter and dark energy in unprecedented detail.

How Can Regional Models Advance Climate Science?

July 10, 2025

Elfatih Eltahir explains why we need more local and social data, like disease spread and population growth, to better predict and address climate-related challenges.

Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies

July 9, 2025

An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption schemes.

New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source

After just a few months of work, a complete newcomer to the world of sphere packing has solved one of its biggest open problems.

How Smell Guides Our Inner World

July 3, 2025

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that enter your nose and the individual neurons that translate them into perception in your brain.

Physicists Start To Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms

July 2, 2025

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses. They definitely exist in East Lansing, Michigan.

Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity

June 30, 2025

Image generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it’s an inevitable by-product of their architecture.

When Did Nature Burst Into Vivid Color?

June 27, 2025

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them.

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