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Scientists have created computer chips that transmit light with almost zero loss, matching the performance of fiber optic cables. This breakthrough could revolutionize quantum computing, AI data centers, and precision timekeeping.
Caltech researchers invented Sidewinder, a breakthrough method that stitches together short DNA pieces like numbered pages in a book, enabling scientists to build complete genes in hours instead of years. This breakthrough could revolutionize personalized medicine and sustainable materials.
Scientists at Caltech and USC created a medical imaging system that produces vivid 3D color images of tissue and blood vessels in under a minute, without radiation or dyes. The breakthrough could transform how doctors detect cancer, monitor nerve damage, and study the brain.
Viruses that attack bacteria have revealed a critical weakness that could lead to powerful new antibiotics. The discovery offers hope as drug-resistant infections claim tens of thousands of American lives each year.
Viruses that attack bacteria have revealed a promising new way to defeat drug-resistant superbugs. By studying how these viruses shut down a key bacterial protein, scientists may have found the blueprint for a new generation of lifesaving antibiotics.
An 18-year-old high school student from Pasadena built his own AI algorithm to analyze NASA satellite data and discovered 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, including supermassive black holes and newborn stars. His groundbreaking work won him $250,000 and could revolutionize how we study everything from astronomy to climate change.
A scientist's new AI framework is revolutionizing everything from weather forecasts to medical devices by simulating physical processes millions of times faster than traditional methods. Her work is already preventing dangerous plasma disruptions in fusion reactors and designing catheters that reduce infections 100-fold.
Scientists are building a revolutionary radio telescope in Nevada with 1,650 dishes that will discover more celestial objects in one day than all other telescopes have found combined. The best part? All data will be free and public from day one.
China's 46-year effort to plant trees around one of Earth's harshest deserts just proved humans can transform wastelands into climate solutions. The massive green wall is now actively pulling carbon dioxide from the air.
A 17-year-old high school student created a machine learning model that discovered 1.5 million hidden cosmic objects in NASA's archived data. His tool processes stars 53 times faster than humans could and may change how we study the universe.
NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its sixth selfie from Mars while exploring some of the oldest terrain it's encountered in five years. The rover is now studying rocks nearly 3.9 billion years old that could hold clues to ancient microbial life.
PG&E employees are giving back to their communities by funding over $300,000 in scholarships for students across Northern and Central California. The money comes entirely from worker donations and fundraising, not corporate coffers.
NASA's SPHEREx mission has revealed massive frozen water complexes spanning 600 light-years across the Milky Way, mapping the cosmic ice reservoirs that could someday deliver water to newborn planets and potentially support future life.
A college junior helped uncover dust grains a billion times smaller than a grain of sand swirling around a rare dying star system. The discovery shows how massive cosmic forces create some of the universe's smallest building blocks.
Scientists discovered that when you picture something in your mind's eye, your brain activates the exact same neurons used for actually seeing it. This breakthrough could help researchers restore sight to people with vision loss.
Astronomers are finding new clues about a hidden giant planet beyond Neptune, and the mystery is getting more exciting. Fresh discoveries suggest Planet Nine could be real but lurking much farther away than anyone expected.
Scientists just delivered the first weather report from a planet nearly 700 light-years from Earth, and it's partly cloudy with a chance of vaporized rock. The James Webb Space Telescope spotted dramatically different skies on opposite sides of a distant giant planet, proving we can now track weather patterns across the galaxy.
Scientists using a revolutionary technique discovered mysterious plate-like structures deep beneath the Pacific Ocean where nothing should exist. The finding could rewrite our understanding of how Earth's interior works and shapes our planet's surface.
New telescope data suggests Neptune's moon Nereid survived a catastrophic collision that wiped out the planet's original moons over 4 billion years ago. The discovery challenges what scientists thought they knew about how our solar system formed.
Most breakthrough inventions never leave academic labs, but a San Francisco VC firm just helped launch 100 science-based businesses through a free 13-week program. From autonomous cargo ships to infinitely recyclable clothing, these scientist-founders are turning research into real-world solutions.
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