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A Baby Planet Is Growing Faster Than Astronomers Expected
Elias 2-24 b is less than a million years old and already roughly Jupiter’s mass. Its discovery gives astronomers an unusually early look at planet formation.
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Waste Plastic Is Becoming the Structure Beneath Our Feet
An MIT spinout has supplied recycled composite trusses for a real bridge. The development takes printed plastic beyond novelty objects and into structural construction.
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Tiny Wireless Antennas Attack Brain Cancer in Early Tests
Magnetically activated nanoantennas damaged drug-resistant glioblastoma cells and extended survival in mice. The research opens an unusual avenue, but human benefit remains untested.
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MIT’s HardFlow Gives Generative AI Rules It Has to Follow
A robot’s route cannot be merely convincing. MIT’s HardFlow research explores how generative AI can produce useful results while meeting explicit physical constraints.
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Nvidia’s Weather AI Is Learning to Forecast the Air You Breathe
Researchers are adapting Nvidia’s Earth-2 tools to air pollution. The promising part is how much forecasting work could become practical on a researcher’s desk.
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AMD Is Challenging Nvidia Where AI Still Needs a CPU
AI agents need more than powerful GPUs. AMD’s latest Venice update brings the server CPU back into the contest, with ambitious performance claims that deserve a closer look.
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ProLogium’s New Battery Moves the Solid-State Race Onto the Factory Floor
ProLogium says a large-format cell delivering 381 Wh/kg is in production. The significant next test is how that performance translates into useful, affordable battery systems.
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A New Crater Shows the Moon Is Still Taking Violent Hits
A 222-metre crater appeared during the lifetime of NASA’s lunar orbiter. The discovery reveals how a single impact can disturb terrain far beyond the hole it leaves behind.
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AI’s Next Surgical Skill Is Learning One Patient at a Time
A new system adapts to a patient’s own scans in about five minutes. Its aim is to make the relationship between flat X-rays and three-dimensional anatomy easier to follow.
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MIT’s Robot Builds a Working Laser in 30 Minutes
A robotic arm can assemble, align and repair a delicate optical experiment. The breakthrough is in the patient physical work that laboratory automation often struggles to handle.
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SpaceX Just Won Another $946 Million Vote of Confidence From NASA
Three more astronaut missions underline the strength of SpaceX’s established business. The latest NASA award is about keeping a vital route to orbit running.
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Nvidia and AMD Both Claim AI Victories. The Fine Print Changes the Fight
Nvidia is showing off its next generation. AMD is squeezing more performance from existing hardware. Their latest benchmark claims reveal a more interesting contest than a single winner.