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Mars Rover’s Selfie Surprise – NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust Devil in Martian Sky
Jezero Crater, Mars: NASA’s Perseverance rover snapped a selfie with a dust devil twirling in the background, delighting scientists and space fans...
Life Sciences Roundup: Custom CRISPR Therapy, Novo Nordisk CEO Change, Quantum AI in Drug Discovery
Multiple Locations: A unique CRISPR-based gene therapy saved an infant with CPS1 deficiency after just six months of development, gaining FDA...
Study Suggests Climate Change May Hinder Smog Reduction Efforts in Some Regions
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT researchers found that in regions like North America and Western Europe, rising temperatures may make...
Researchers Reveal ‘Intercrystal’ Materials with Breakthrough Electronic Properties
Berkeley, California, USA: Scientists have discovered “intercrystals,” a novel class of materials featuring interlocking crystal networks that...
Bird Flu Jumped to Cows, so Scientists Made a Vaccine
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA: Researchers developed the first mRNA vaccine for cattle against H5N1 bird flu, after the virus spilled over to U.S....
Regeneron Buys 23andMe to Harvest Genetic Data
Tarrytown, New York, USA: Pharmaceutical giant Regeneron is acquiring consumer DNA pioneer 23andMe for $256 million after the latter filed for...
OpenAI Introduces Codex, Its First AI Agent for Production-Ready Software Code
San Francisco, California, USA: OpenAI launched Codex, an AI model designed to generate and refine complex software code. Positioned as a leap...
Breaking Down the Mystery of Dreams: New Insights and Debates
Worldwide: Recent studies in sleep science shed fresh light on dreams, suggesting they help process emotions and store memory fragments more than...
First Full 3D Scan of Titanic Reveals New Clues About 1912 Disaster
Atlantic Ocean: Researchers completed the first complete digital mapping of the Titanic wreck, stitching together 700,000 sonar images into a 3D...
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