Astronomers hunting through signals from the early universe have stumbled onto something that shouldn't exist: a baby galaxy cluster already burning at temperatures that current models say it has no business reaching for several billion more years.
Jan 5, 2026
When researchers knocked on doors in Sardinian hill towns, they weren't just counting birthdays.
Jan 5, 2026
Engineers designing fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks have long assumed they know where the problem sits: one stubborn, slow step in the oxygen reduction reaction that limits how fast hydrogen converts to electricity.
Jan 5, 2026
Half the world speaks more than one language, but most people can't describe their abilities beyond rough labels like "bilingual" or "I speak some Spanish.
Jan 5, 2026
Back pain often feels like bad luck, something that strikes without warning after a day of yard work or a night of poor sleep.
Jan 5, 2026
The ocean floor off North Carolina is expensive real estate for energy projects.
Jan 5, 2026
The orthopedic clinic smells like plaster and antiseptic. A patient sits for a scheduled follow-up on a knee replacement.
Jan 5, 2026
Watch a centimeter-long aquatic worm wiggle through a dish of scattered sand, and something peculiar happens.
Jan 5, 2026
Breast cancer treatment often leaves behind a gap, a hollow reminder of surgery that can't be ignored.
Jan 5, 2026
About 40 percent of people with advanced melanoma watch their tumors adapt and spread despite immunotherapy, often to the lungs, where cancer cells build molecular shields that keep the body's defenses locked out.
Jan 5, 2026
Stroke patients grinding through repetitive arm exercises know the look: a therapist checking the clock, mentally calculating how many more patients need attention before shift end.
Jan 4, 2026
When parvalbumin neurons fail, the brain loses its ability to enforce rhythm. Neural circuits fire erratically, synchronization collapses, and conditions like schizophrenia and epilepsy can emerge from the chaos.
Jan 2, 2026
For years, the price of clean hydrogen has stubbornly remained three to five times higher than the carbon-heavy version made from natural gas.
Jan 2, 2026
A Saturn-sized world is tumbling through deep space without a star, and astronomers have measured its mass for the first time.
Jan 2, 2026
