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Dark matter hunters may have finally spotted a hint of the particles — Shadowy dark matter has eluded scientists for decades. The LZ experiment may have spotted one particle, called a WIMP, but more data is needed to check.
'It can outthink me': How a major manufacturer came to embrace AI — GE Appliances is leaning heavily into artificial intelligence to improve quality and efficiency on the factory floor.
'Wonder Drug': Common Diabetes Pill Could Transform How We Age, Scientists Say — A common drug that's been used to treat patients since the 1950s may hold transformative potential for human health, researchers say.
Breakthrough Evidence: Nuclear Fusion 'Flaw' Could Actually Be Part of The Solution — Fusion power aims to provide a revolutionary energy source, but achieving it remains perennially around the technological corner.
Cancer and virus-free: Bats' longevity genes could hold clues for human health — Scientists are studying the mechanisms behind bats' immune systems to uncover what they could teach about human longevity.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches to space — The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars
Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles — As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.
These worms move faster when you give them less space — California blackworms can squeeze through narrow channels faster than they can wriggle across wide ones, a finding that may help with robot design.
Migraine drugs are getting more precise. Choosing the right one is still tricky — Migraine prevention drugs are more targeted than ever before, and new guidelines may help doctors predict which will work for each patient.
What’s next for NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope? — After a flawless launch, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries
Would You Eat a Cookie Made From Upcycled Plastic? Scientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments — A team of researchers programmed yeast to turn broken-down plastic and agricultural waste into sweet treats called µBites. They might come in handy during deep-space missions or in disaster zones, although some critics say the food is impractical
Dark matter experiment catches quietest neutrino ever measured — In its hunt for dark matter, the XENONnT experiment has detected the rare, feeble glow of neutrinos smacking into electrons
Australian scientists working on revolutionary needle-free IVF — Australian scientists are working towards a world-first needle-free IVF treatment in Victoria.
NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore dark energy and distant worlds — NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to probe dark energy, hunt for distant worlds and transform our view of the universe
Old? Do not fear, your new best friend is here to help — It’s impossible to keep up these days. Lucky, then, that AI has the time and patience to teach us.
Public reacts to Ariane 6 rocket launch with MTG-I2 — Ariane 6 launched the MTG-I2 satellite from French Guiana, a new-generation Meteosat that strengthens Europe's pledge to weather monitoring. "Euronews" spoke to several people after the event to share their excitement first-hand.
Deep Sleep Brain Waves Offer Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease, New Research Shows — In a new study published in the journal Neurology, a team of scientists explores the associations between particular kinds of electrical activity that occur during deep sleep, a peptide neurotransmitter called orexin, and the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The FDA Just Approved The First US Freeze-Dried Plasma, Ready in Minutes — For a patient losing blood, every minute without treatment can matter. But the plasma needed to help control bleeding isn't always available where the injury happens.
Roman, NASA's new space telescope, sets out to search for dark energy and exoplanets — Successfully launched on Sunday aboard a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this telescope is the US agency's most ambitious scientific mission since the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.
New $300m grant to fund nascent technologies in Singapore under RIE2030 — The grant is part of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, which was released in full on Aug 31.
Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All — Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested, multi-room mesh Wi-Fi systems will keep your whole house online.
'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope — The US space agency's telescope is starting a multi-year mission to create a new map of the universe and learn more about dark energy and dark matter.
Teachers with special needs: ‘Sir, are you deaf?’ — SINGAPORE – Science teacher Syed Ali Mohamed Alhabshee, 44, uses hearing aids that his secondary school students have occasionally mistaken for wireless earbuds.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap — Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.
Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored — Burnt out on wrist buzzes and notification overload? A new crop of minimalist wearables promises to collect your health data without demanding your attention.
NASA has successfully launched its newest space telescope — The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.
Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins — The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
AI chatbots may be better than search engines in guarding against foreign propaganda — In a test, popular AI chatbots mostly debunked falsehoods spread by other countries and avoided uncritically spreading falsehoods better than search engines. AI summaries above search results fared worse.
These Patients Couldn't Beat Lyme Disease, So Scientists Tried Giving Them Psilocybin — Of all the diseases spread through the bite of an insect or arachnid in the United States, Lyme disease is the most common.
Free breakfast packs, AI study tool, stress-busting activities to support PSLE pupils — Pupils can meet radio personality Joakim Gomez at AMK Hub’s Cheers outlet during the Sept 3 launch from 1pm.
Scientists Built Prosthetic 'Skin' That Mimics One Crucial Feature of Pain — A prosthetic limb can help people to stand, walk, or run again. But it cannot always warn them when its socket is pressing too hard against the skin of their residual limb.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think — The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets
Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find — Graphene is a very special material, only one atom thick. It has a rare combination of properties, including quantum and magnetic characteristics, that make it unique in many respects.
Scientists Discover a Cannabis Receptor That Could Stop Breast Cancer Spreading — Cancer cells are proving trickier than we thought, so scientists are getting even trickier to shift the survival odds in our favor.
The Way You Draw Can Reveal Parkinson's Disease With Up to 99% Accuracy, Study Reveals — Scientists have found clues to the disease's emergence in people's hair, in their blood, and in their earwax too.
A New Way of Seeing Alien Worlds — The latest telescope launch will be a major step toward finding extraterrestrial life.
This Star Orbits Our Galaxy's Heart at a Record-Breaking Speed—and Could Help Uncover Secrets About the Behemoth Black Hole There — The speedster travels at up to 56 million miles per hour, or about 8 percent the speed of light. It also gets very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
Lights out, Instagram off? The changes to Meta for teens could be a big deal — Researchers and advocates are applauding the changes that Meta agreed to make for minors on Instagram and Facebook. Cutting kids off at night and during the school day are two big changes.
How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer — Installing a large language model on your personal computer gives you a handy digital assistant that won’t compromise your data privacy.
NASA’s new space telescope will reveal the universe like never before — NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark energy and alien planets.
The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants — This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young —Antonio Regalado I knew I’d officially become a “longevity influencer” when a company cal
An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI — Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.
Your skin chemistry may affect which mosquitoes most want to bite you — Three species preferred different people based on their skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help make new microbe-based repellants.
How will NASA’s Roman Space Telescope see exoplanets? — NASA’s newest major observatory will include the most advanced planet-imaging tech ever flown in space. Here’s how it works
Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases — The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.
Top 10 Roman Space Telescope science breakthroughs — NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it’s likely to show us
Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording — Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.
Free-falling atoms in space put a new twist on Galileo’s gravity test — Rubidium atoms on China’s Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
NASA is about to launch a space telescope that could change how we see the universe — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 on a mission to explore some of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos.
No more doomscrolling till dawn: Meta sets curfews for teen Instagram use — Meta's Instagram and Facebook will soon lock kids out at midnight and cap their scrolling at two hours a day, part of an $18bn (€15.4bn) settlement with 48 US states.
Stunning photos capture August's Sturgeon Moon — A lunar eclipse coincided with August's full Moon to make the celestial display even more spectacular
Snails Can Make Their Slime Sticky, Slippery, Foamy or Hard Depending on Their Needs. Here's How They Tweak Their Multipurpose Mucus — The critters can alter the proportions of calcium and collagen in the versatile substance, which changes the protein structure. The different textures can help snails glide, climb or protect themselves
A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic — A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie 'Glow' From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time — The exceptionally elusive neutrinos and their counterpart antineutrinos are known as ghost particles because they almost never interact with matter, due to their lack of electric charge and near-nonexistent mass.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI — Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral — Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.
Stop Touching Your Keyboard. Use This AI-Powered Microphone Instead — The Relay Q, due next year, is the latest attempt to reposition voice as the most seamless method for human-computer interaction.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will rewrite how we study the universe — Astronomers are lining up to leverage NASA’s soon-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which boasts capabilities unlike any previous off-world observatory
From data chaos to clarity: S’pore charities use tech with $60k grant to spot needs, improve care — Rainbow Centre is using a new tech tool to track intervention progress, which helps staff better manage about 900 students across its three schools.
New NASA photos reveal 16 galaxies from across the cosmos in dazzling detail — New photographs from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal a mix of spiral, elliptical and irregular galaxies.

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