Transparent Solar Cells Could Be Mounted Right on Windows
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have created ultrathin, semi‑transparent perovskite solar cells only 10 nm thick—about 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. The cells achieve up to 12% efficiency in opaque form and 7.6% while letting 41% of visible light pass, using a vacuum‑based thermal evaporation process compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing. The technology could turn glass façades, windows, and vehicle sunroofs into power generators, potentially delivering several hundred megawatt‑hours per year for a skyscraper. However, commercial adoption hinges on proving long‑term stability and scaling the process to large areas.
New Study: This Overlooked Brain Space Could Be the Key to Understanding Memory Loss in Women
Northwestern Medicine researchers discovered that estrogen loss after menopause disrupts the brain's extracellular matrix (ECM), especially in the hippocampus, impairing memory networks in female mice. The preclinical study, published in Aging Cell, compared young and old male and female mice...
Claude Mythos Reportedly Solves OpenAI's Landmark Erdős Problem with a "Cute, Simple Proof"
Anthropic announced that its Claude Mythos model produced a concise, "cute, simple" proof of the Erdős unit‑distance conjecture, a problem that has eluded mathematicians since 1946. The claim follows OpenAI’s recent breakthrough that also resolved the conjecture, but Mythos reportedly...
Rocklin Lab Releases Megascale Open Protein Stability Dataset to Advance Biomolecular AI
The Rocklin Lab at Northwestern University released the MGnify Stability Dataset, a megascale collection of folding‑stability measurements for 1.8 million protein domains. Supported by the OpenFold Consortium, the data span more than 200,000 sequence families and include both stable and unstable...
Why Temperature Records Are Being Not only Broken but Smashed
An unprecedented heatwave is shattering temperature records across western Europe, with the UK reaching 35 °C in May—over 2 °C above the previous May high—and France logging hundreds of new heat extremes. Scientists attribute the surge to a persistent high‑pressure “heat dome”...
Compound in Veggies May Help Repair Gut Damage Caused by HIV
A recent JCI Insight study using SIV‑infected primates showed that long‑term antiretroviral therapy does not fully restore gut‑protective immune cells, leaving the intestinal barrier compromised. Researchers identified that indole compounds naturally present in mustard‑family vegetables, such as broccoli, can boost...
Addition of Electricity Drastically Lowers Carbon Footprint of Cement Production
Scientists at the University of British Columbia unveiled an electrochemical process that replaces most of the high‑temperature kiln heat in cement manufacturing with electricity. The method creates an intermediate called eCSH at 140 °F (60 °C) and finishes clinker at 1200 °F (650 °C),...
Astrophysicists Strike Black Gold with Treasure Trove of Gravitational Wave Detections
The LVK collaboration released GWTC‑5.0, adding 161 new black‑hole merger detections and bringing the total catalog to 390 signals. Highlights include a record‑tight sky localisation of 6 square degrees for GW240615, the clearest gravitational‑wave signal ever recorded (SNR 76.9) from GW250114,...
8 Habits Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk in Postmenopausal Women
A new analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative found that postmenopausal women who score high on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) framework face a dramatically lower chance of developing type 2 diabetes. Researchers tracked 19,403 women aged...
Using AI, Fermilab Researcher Probes How Transistors Behave in Extreme Cold
Fermilab Ph.D. student Olivia Seidel is applying artificial intelligence to model how transistors operate at cryogenic temperatures near absolute zero. Her prototype replaces a labor‑intensive step in traditional physics‑based modeling, delivering accurate parameter sets in roughly 120 milliseconds after two...
Brain Wave Patterns Shed Light on How You Make Memories
Researchers at the University of Chicago identified distinct spatial patterns in traveling brain waves that encode memory formation and retrieval. Using intracranial electrodes implanted in epilepsy patients, they mapped spirals, radiating sources, and sink‑like waves while participants performed word‑recall and...
How Sleep and Dementia May Be Linked
A new review in Science argues that sleep‑dependent brain rhythms drive the glymphatic system, which clears toxic proteins like amyloid‑beta and tau. Disruption of these rhythms—by stress, cardiovascular disease, fragmented sleep or aging—may impair waste removal and raise dementia risk....
The Development of Breast Apocrine Carcinoma (BAC) Score that Distinguishes Breast and Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinomas
Researchers have created a Breast Apocrine Carcinoma (BAC) score that reliably separates breast‑origin apocrine cancers from cutaneous apocrine carcinomas. The classifier was built from multi‑cohort transcriptomic data using a LASSO logistic regression model and leverages distinct hormone‑signaling and proliferative signatures....
New Drug Works Against Diseases Like Measles and Croup
Researchers at Georgia State University have identified GHP-88310, a new oral antiviral candidate that targets orthoparamyxoviruses such as measles and human parainfluenza virus type 3. The drug demonstrated potent, once‑daily efficacy and high tolerability in both rodent and non‑rodent animal models,...
SpaceX’s Starship V3 Reaches Key Milestones Despite Booster Loss
SpaceX successfully flew the latest Starship‑Super Heavy configuration, dubbed Version 3, on May 22, completing a full suborbital trajectory and hitting all pre‑flight objectives. The vehicle’s first‑stage booster detached prematurely and was lost, but the Starship upper stage continued on schedule, executing...
Poznan University of Technology Deploys On-Premises IQM Quantum Computer to Core Academic Campus
Poland’s Poznan University of Technology (PUT) has installed its first on‑premises quantum computer, the IQM Radiance R1 superconducting system. This is the second IQM system in Poland and aligns with national and EU quantum sovereignty roadmaps. The deployment enables direct...
ROBOZE to Conduct Research Into Carbon–Carbon & Ceramic Matrix Composites with Swiss University
ROBOZE has teamed up with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) to research carbon‑carbon (C‑C) and ceramic matrix composites (CMC) using advanced additive manufacturing. The partnership leverages ROBOZE’s expertise in high‑performance production and SUPSI’s capabilities...
Scientists Ditched a Scary Climate Scenario. What Now?
An international research team has officially retired the high‑emissions climate pathway known as RCP8.5, labeling it implausible given recent declines in coal use and accelerating renewable adoption. The scenario, long‑standing in climate‑impact studies, projected a worst‑case warming trajectory that many...
Pioneering High-Pressure Cold Spray Transforms Manufacturing of Complex Copper Rocket Nozzles
Engineers at Scotland's National Manufacturing Institute have demonstrated a high‑pressure cold spray process that builds large copper rocket nozzles layer by layer. The solid‑state method deposits up to 10 kg of copper per hour, eliminating melting‑related distortion and cutting lead times...
Large Hadron Collider Detects Strange Particle Behavior that Could Rewrite Physics
Researchers at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, using the LHCb experiment, have reported a four‑sigma deviation in the decay patterns of B mesons that conflicts with Standard Model predictions. The anomaly, observed in rare electroweak penguin decays, aligns with earlier, less...
Just 1.2 Billion Years After the Big Bang, Galaxies Were Already Shaped by Where They Lived
Astronomers using Subaru's Hyper Suprime‑Cam discovered the Loktak Protocluster, a massive galaxy overdensity that existed 12.6 billion years ago (z≈4.9). Follow‑up imaging with JWST revealed that galaxies inside this dense region are about 1.4 times larger in optical light than comparable galaxies in...
Could a Cosmic Uncertainty Principle Help Explain Dark Matter?
Theoretical physicist Savvas Koushiappas proposes a cosmic uncertainty principle, treating the universe's size and expansion rate as non‑commuting quantum operators. This leads to a deformed Friedmann equation that can generate late‑time accelerated expansion without invoking dark energy. The model predicts...
Why Is Hantavirus so Deadly? It’s Not What You May Think
New World hantaviruses such as Andes virus cause a rapid, lethal capillary‑leak syndrome rather than direct lung‑cell damage, killing up to 40 percent of those infected. An ongoing outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius has placed more than 150 people in...
Silanol Networks Control Methanol Reactivity in Nano‐ and Micron‐sized Silicalite‐1
Researchers have shown that silanol groups in pure‑silica MFI zeolite (silicalite‑1) are not inert defects but active participants in methanol conversion. By comparing micron‑sized (Sil1_micro) and nano‑sized (Sil1_nano) crystals, in‑situ FTIR and operando studies revealed distinct hydrogen‑bonding networks that dictate...
Mercury's Water Ice May Have Been Deposited by a Larger, Slower Impactor than Previously Thought—In only One Day
A new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets models how a single, Hokusai‑scale impact could have dumped water onto Mercury’s polar cold traps in just one Mercurian day (176 Earth days). The simulations show that a 17 km comet...
Researchers Upcycle Pomegranate Peel Into High-Performance Water Purifier
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have transformed discarded pomegranate peels into a nanoscale carbon material, called nanobiochar, that can adsorb the industrial pollutant 4‑nitrophenol (4‑NP) from water. The material is produced by heating the peels to 600 °C and...
This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs
Paleontologists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County have described a new Triassic archosaur, Labrujasuchus expectatus, a toothless, beaked, bipedal crocodile ancestor. The species belongs to the Shuvosauridae family, which sits near the split between crocodile and bird...
New Instrument Used Antarctic Ice Sheet to Probe Extreme Universe
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) launched from Antarctica on Dec. 20, 2025, and spent 23 days at 120,000 ft altitude probing the continent’s ice sheet for ultra‑high‑energy neutrinos and cosmic‑ray air showers. By using a novel interferometric phased‑array trigger and...
Signs of El Niño Emergence by June, Says Australian Met Body
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says the tropical Pacific is moving toward an El Niño, with sea‑surface temperatures expected to cross the official threshold by June 2026. Climate models agree on at least a moderate‑strength event, though a stronger episode cannot be...
How Mars Can Help Us Understand 'Marginal' Exoplanets
A new study in the Planetary Science Journal argues that Mars, once warm and wet, now a cold, thin‑atmosphere world, offers a concrete template for understanding the habitability of Mars‑mass exoplanets. The authors, led by UC Riverside’s Stephen Kane, synthesize...
Schrödinger’s Kittens Are All Grown Up
Erwin Schrödinger, frustrated with the Copenhagen interpretation, penned a 1935 letter to Albert Einstein describing a thought experiment where a cat in a sealed box could be simultaneously alive and dead until observed. The scenario, now known as Schrödinger’s cat,...
A New Test Could Flag People at Risk for Anemia by Filming Their Eyeballs — No Needles Required
Researchers at Sheba Medical Center have created a needle‑free test that estimates hemoglobin and red‑blood‑cell counts from 10‑second videos of the eye's white surface. Using a microscope camera, AI‑driven software cleans the footage and a model called VesselNet predicts blood...
Even Careful Scuba Divers Can Damage Coral Reefs
Researchers filmed 732 scuba divers in Indonesia and the Philippines, revealing that divers touch coral about once every four minutes. About 60% of these contacts are unintentional, and 75% of divers overestimate their reef‑avoidance abilities, making five times more contacts...
Women With Alzheimer’s Are Often Missing These Nutrients, Study Shows
A new study of 841 participants published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia reveals distinct blood‑lipid patterns in women with Alzheimer’s disease. Women with the condition show lower levels of protective omega‑3‑rich lipids and higher saturated‑fat lipids, a shift that appears early...
Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems for Ovarian Cancer: Targeting Strategies, Theranostic Platforms, and Translational Challenges
A new review maps the evolution of nanoscale drug delivery systems (DDS) for ovarian cancer, shifting focus from blunt chemotherapy to precision nanomedicine. It outlines three core design strategies—active targeting, microenvironment‑responsive release, and theranostic integration—across carriers such as liposomes, polymeric...
From Atoms to Autonomy: The Carbon Revolution in Triboelectric Nanogenerators Toward Self‐Powered Electronics
The review maps carbon‑based materials to triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) performance, linking dimensionality—from quantum dots to graphene, carbon nanotubes, and porous carbon—to charge generation, transport, and trapping. Atomic‑scale features such as functional groups, defects, and morphology are shown to dictate macroscopic...
Ultrasensitive Detection of Neurofilament Light in Plasma Using F(Ab’)2‐Modified Graphene Field‐Effect Biosensor
Researchers have created a graphene field‑effect transistor (GFET) biosensor modified with F(ab’)2 antibody fragments to detect neurofilament light (NfL) in plasma. The fragment‑based design reduces Debye screening, delivering a 114% sensitivity boost and a five‑fold lower limit of detection (0.18 pg/mL)...
A Photothermally Triggered Cascade Nanodelivery Platform for On‐Demand Nitric Oxide Release in Targeted Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy
Researchers have engineered a gold nanocage‑based nanoplatform (GIL9R) that co‑encapsulates indocyanine green and L‑arginine and is surface‑functionalized with the HCC‑targeting peptide 9R‑P201. Upon near‑infrared irradiation, the platform produces localized heat, reactive oxygen species, and catalyzes nitric‑oxide release, delivering combined photothermal,...
Your Brain May Be Shrinking For Reasons Beyond Normal Aging
A study of 159 patients with bipolar disorder or major depression found that poor metabolic health—especially insulin resistance and elevated leptin—correlates with reduced gray‑matter volume in the hippocampus, amygdala, and frontal‑temporal regions. Brain scans, cognitive tests, and blood panels showed...
A More Accurate Prediction of Band-Gap Energies
Researchers at UC Berkeley introduced a many‑body perturbation framework that uses the GW approximation to model temperature‑dependent semiconductor band gaps. By explicitly treating electron‑phonon interactions, the method corrects the systematic underestimation seen in density‑functional theory (DFT). Validation on diamond, silicon...
How Corals Stir Seawater
A team led by S. A. Selvan introduced a rotlet‑based model that quantifies how thousands of coral cilia coordinate to generate three‑dimensional fluid flows. By treating each beating cilium as a localized torque, the framework reproduces experimentally observed vortical patterns on...
'Very Interesting Wiggles' In Data From Silent NASA Mars Spacecraft Lead to Unexpected Solar Wind Discovery
Scientists analyzing data from NASA's silent MAVEN orbiter have identified the Zwan‑Wolf effect—a magnetic deflection phenomenon previously seen only around strongly magnetized planets—within Mars' upper atmosphere. The effect was captured during the aftermath of a powerful solar storm in December 2023,...
This Fat Burns Calories & Protects Your Heart Health, Study Finds
A new study published in *Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology* found that obese adults who retain metabolically active brown adipose tissue exhibit markedly lower inflammation in the aorta, a key early marker of atherosclerosis. Researchers used PET/CT scans after cold...
NASA Readies Mission to Reverse the Swift Observatory’s Skyfall
NASA is preparing a June launch of a robotic spacecraft, nicknamed LINK, to rendezvous with and re‑boost the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it succumbs to atmospheric drag. The $30 million contract was awarded to Arizona‑based Katalyst Space Technologies, marking its...
Tiny On-Chip Circuit Could Power Next-Generation Quantum and AI Technologies
Researchers at Monash University have unveiled a nanoscale on‑chip circuit that can generate, direct, and read light‑based information using the valley degree of freedom. The integrated device combines atom‑thin materials with metasurface nanostructures, achieving full signal control on a single...
Harnessing Polyploidy for Climate-Resilient Crops: Lessons From the Evolutionary Model, Allotetraploid Cotton
The review highlights allotetraploid cotton (*Gossypium* spp.) as a premier evolutionary model for exploiting polyploidy to build climate‑resilient crops. Whole‑genome duplication merged distinct A and D subgenomes 1–1.6 million years ago, triggering structural rearrangements, gene duplication, and sweeping epigenetic reprogramming. These...
Massive Supercomputer Simulations Unlock Cosmic Magnetic Mystery
University of Wisconsin‑Madison researchers used the most detailed supercomputer simulations to date to show that large‑scale, ordered cosmic magnetic fields can arise from turbulent plasma when a steady velocity gradient is present. The 3‑D model employed 137 billion grid points across...
Heatwaves Are Becoming the Norm. This Is What Britain Will Look Like in the Year 2052 | Bill McGuire
Bill McGuire paints a stark picture of Britain in July 2052, where a week‑long heatwave pushes temperatures to 40 °C and beyond, turning London into a sprawling refugee‑like camp. Decades‑old insulation upgrades stalled, leaving most homes unable to keep out heat,...
Beyond Glucose: The Brain May Feed Itself
Traditional neuroscience taught that glucose alone powers the brain, but new research shows a far more collaborative energy system. Astrocytes convert glucose to lactate for neurons, while oligodendrocytes deliver lactate to axons, creating a metabolic shuttle across cell types. Recent...
SHANK3-Variant Effects in Primates, and More
Researchers have engineered macaques that carry a single copy of a SHANK3 variant, creating a primate model of Phelan‑McDermid syndrome. Using deep‑learning video analysis, the study documented heightened repetitive behaviors, reduced sociability, poorer sleep, selective cognitive deficits, and altered functional...