Science & Breakthroughs
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11,000 jobs, $1.4 billion in savings: what a decade of green banking built in Philadelphia
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM An impressive $14.7 million from the city. $1.3 billion in economic investment returned. $1.4 billion i…
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Research reveals honeybees use the same face-reading strategy as humans
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons. A honeybee brain contains roughly one millio…
NASA Breaking News
Nebraska’s Wide, Rolling Domain
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Nebraska’s Wide, Rolling Domain Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All …
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Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11
Visitors are welcome to Explore JPL to learn more about space exploration, robotics, and technology being developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
NASA Breaking News
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unexpected Fireworks in Aftermath of Stellar Explosions
6 Min Read NASA’s Chandra Finds Unexpected Fireworks in Aftermath of Stellar Explosions To view this video please enable JavaScript, and con…
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NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from New Jersey Students
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams collect frozen research samples while living and working aboard the International Space Stat…
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NASA’s SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon Returns Packed with Space Station Science
Scientists await a big splash in the Pacific Ocean as one of the most research-packed Dragon spacecraft to date returns, completing the 34th…
NASA Breaking News
Frontiers Forum Speaker Series
2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Aya Collins, director of the engagement division of NASA’s Of…
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NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Available for Prelaunch Virtual Interviews
NASA astronaut and International Space Station Expedition 74/75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Cent…
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San Francisco’s Patchwork Streets
A period of unsettled weather brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to California’s Bay Area on May 27, 2026. That afternoon, a break …
NASA Breaking News
Experience the Launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
8 Min Read Experience the Launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Are you ready for a new view of the universe? The Nancy Grace Roman Space T…
NASA Breaking News
Metrics
2 Min Read Metrics Services Catalog Click here to view the FY26 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, …
ScienceDaily Top News
This strange material can become strong or fall apart in seconds
Scientists have found that staple-shaped particles can tangle together to create a material that is both strong and flexible. Unlike convent…
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Honey bees have their own personal flight paths and fly them with stunning precision
Researchers tracked honey bees in the wild using a drone-based system and found that each bee follows its own highly consistent flight path.…
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Scientists turned red lettuce green and something surprising happened
Researchers used genome editing to block the production of red pigments in lettuce, causing other beneficial plant compounds to build up ins…
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Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger
Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quan…
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Beneath our feet lies a fungal superhighway stretching 68 quadrillion miles
Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth-and scientists have now mapped it for the f…
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Scientists crack a decades-old CO2 problem and triple fuel production
A new catalyst design could significantly improve the conversion of CO2 into methanol, an important fuel and chemical feedstock. Researchers…
Phys.org Latest
Electron beam curing could unlock tougher, faster coatings for packaging and cars
Coatings are everywhere. A thin protective layer, often barely visible. They keep out moisture, sunlight and rust, helping products last lon…
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Fungal highways are vast, yet hidden underground-new study
Beneath our feet lie some of the largest living organisms on Earth. Fungi are mostly invisible and largely overlooked, but they help sustain…
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Children learn life lessons from movies like Moana
Children not only enjoy watching movies like Moana, but also learn lessons from them and apply those lessons to their own lives. That is the…
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How plants rush energy to injured tissues to help them heal
A new study finds that plants respond to injury by actively redirecting sugars to damaged tissues, helping fuel the regeneration process. Us…
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Bacteria reveal 'glue' protein that fastens antibiotic-resistant outer membrane to cell wall
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have discovered a key process in how the outer membrane of gram-negative bacte…
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New imaging technique measures single scramblase proteins, revealing lipid transport rates
A new single-protein analysis technique gives researchers an unprecedented ability to study proteins called scramblases, which have critical…
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Beyond frozen snapshots, protein 'breathing' comes into view with combined imaging methods
Advances in structural biology have allowed scientists to determine molecular structures with atomic-level detail, sometimes yielding static…
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A star's death throes involve a lot of kicking
When stars like our sun age, they puff up into red giants. Their bubbling outer mass gradually escapes into space, and their remaining cores…
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Abstract algebra unlocks distinguishable states for quantum systems
Researchers around the world are racing to develop new quantum-based systems for sensing, communication, computing and control that have the…
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Chandra reveals flickering supernova remnants in M83 over 14 years
The aftermath of a supernova, a stellar explosion, is usually a slowly fading cloud of hot gas. So when astronomers pointed NASA's Chandra X…
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Deep Earth model traces 270 million years of seamount formation across oceans
Over 40,000 seamounts-undersea mountains that don't breach the ocean's surface-are scattered across the ocean floor. Some form linear chains…
Google News: breakthrough
Breakthrough Immorta Bio Study Collaboration With TAM Global Increases Life Span In Mice over 70% Using Novel Combination Senolytics - PR Newswire
Breakthrough Immorta Bio Study Collaboration With TAM Global Increases Life Span In Mice over 70% Using Novel Combination Senolytics PR News…
Google News: breakthrough
Food Waste Becomes a Powerful Carbon Trap in Climate Breakthrough - SciTechDaily
Food Waste Becomes a Powerful Carbon Trap in Climate Breakthrough SciTechDaily
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Breakthrough offers fresh hope in fight against Alzheimer’s - Starts at 60
Breakthrough offers fresh hope in fight against Alzheimer’s Starts at 60
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Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum-chip material that enables mass production of ultra-pure silicon-28 - Global Times
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum-chip material that enables mass production of ultra-pure silicon-28 Global Times
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Science edges towards breakthrough in male contraception - FemTech World
Science edges towards breakthrough in male contraception FemTech World
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New antibiotic manikomycin could help fight drug resistant superbugs - The Brighter Side of News
New antibiotic manikomycin could help fight drug resistant superbugs The Brighter Side of News
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Weill Cornell Medicine Scientist Honored for Breakthrough Research Identifying New Ovarian Cancer Targets - Bioengineer.org
Weill Cornell Medicine Scientist Honored for Breakthrough Research Identifying New Ovarian Cancer Targets Bioengineer.org
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Success! Physicists Build The World's First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei - ScienceAlert
Success! Physicists Build The World's First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei ScienceAlert
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Scientists Finally See How Antibodies Really Attack Viruses - SciTechDaily
Scientists Finally See How Antibodies Really Attack Viruses SciTechDaily
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Nearly four kilometres beneath the Antarctic ice, Russian scientists in 2012 drilled into a hidden lake the size of Lake Ontario that had been sealed away for at least 15 million years - and when the drill broke through, the pressure was so great that the ancient - Space Daily
Nearly four kilometres beneath the Antarctic ice, Russian scientists in 2012 drilled into a hidden lake the size of Lake Ontario that had be…
Google News: breakthrough
Korean Scientists Created an “Artificial Sun” That Ran for 102 Seconds - My Modern Met
Korean Scientists Created an “Artificial Sun” That Ran for 102 Seconds My Modern Met
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China Achieves Breakthrough in Silicon-28 Mass Production for Quantum Computing - Pandaily
China Achieves Breakthrough in Silicon-28 Mass Production for Quantum Computing Pandaily
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Breakthrough in salt-tolerant potatoes boosts Yellow River Delta agriculture - China Daily
Breakthrough in salt-tolerant potatoes boosts Yellow River Delta agriculture China Daily
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Scientists from Pécs Could Revolutionize Protection against Parasitic Diseases - Hungary Today
Scientists from Pécs Could Revolutionize Protection against Parasitic Diseases Hungary Today
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Young people gave their time, their bodies, and their trust to help unlock breakthrough HIV prevention jab - spotlightnsp.co.za
Young people gave their time, their bodies, and their trust to help unlock breakthrough HIV prevention jab spotlightnsp.co.za
Google News: breakthrough
Scientists Discover Hidden Molecular Switch That Could Strengthen Bones - DD News
Scientists Discover Hidden Molecular Switch That Could Strengthen Bones DD News
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Unand researcher develops breakthrough low-energy wastewater treatment - ANTARA News
Unand researcher develops breakthrough low-energy wastewater treatment ANTARA News
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Breakthrough as scientists hatch live chicks from an artificial egg - MSN
Breakthrough as scientists hatch live chicks from an artificial egg MSN
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Scientists finally crack one of math’s most infamous mysteries - MSN
Scientists finally crack one of math’s most infamous mysteries MSN
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China just made a major breakthrough in quantum computing - NewsBytes
China just made a major breakthrough in quantum computing NewsBytes
ZME Science
Word’s Oldest Known Words Have Survived 15,000 Years. They Include “Mother”, “Not” and “to Spit”
These 23 words link modern and extinct languages. You would have been understood if you used them 15,000 years ago.
ZME Science
World’s Oldest Water is 1.6 billion Years Old - and This Scientist Tasted It
Apparently, it tastes 'very salty and bitter'.
ZME Science
This Detached Sea Cucumber Limb Has Been Living on Its Own For More Than Three Years
Stuck between life and death, this foot consumes nutrients, heals itself, and grows, but doesn’t turn into a whole new organism.
ZME Science
A Tiny Ball-Shaped Robot Helped Japan Figure Out What Went Wrong With Its Moon Landing
Japan’s tiny SORA-Q rover showed what happened when SLIM landed upside down.
ZME Science
A Swab From Your Mouth May Reveal Clues About Fatty Liver and Blood Sugar Risk
A cheek swab may one day flag metabolic risk before symptoms appear.
Health
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New GLP-1 diabetes pill delivers major weight loss and blood sugar control - ScienceDaily
New GLP-1 diabetes pill delivers major weight loss and blood sugar control ScienceDaily
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Major breakthrough offers new hope for melanoma patients - Geelong Advertiser
Major breakthrough offers new hope for melanoma patients Geelong Advertiser
ZME Science
Doctors Found a Way to Make Dreaming During Anesthesia Much More Common
Using the protocol, anesthesia dreams were common, pleasant, and linked to a better patient experience.
Environment & Climate
Reasons to Be Cheerful
French Companies Are Inviting Homeless People to Sleep in Their Offices
For several years, when Pierre-Yves Loaëc left his office in Nantes in the evenings, he passed a woman sleeping rough in the parking lot nea…
Google News: climate solutions
Poland in $12.31m boost for project with hydrogen energy storage facility - Quantum Commodity Intelligence
Poland in $12.31m boost for project with hydrogen energy storage facility Quantum Commodity Intelligence
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Record-scale storage build-out, Adani Green’s Khavda BESS raises the stakes for renewables - AD HOC NEWS
Record-scale storage build-out, Adani Green’s Khavda BESS raises the stakes for renewables AD HOC NEWS
Kindness & Community
Good News Network
6-Year-old Finds Ancient Viking Sword on School Field Trip, Buried for 1,300 Years
Imagine you’re 6 years old, it wouldn’t get much better than finding a dinosaur bone or a sword-and that’s exactly when young Henrik turned …
Good News Network
Wasteful Fisherman Turns into Underwater Garbage Man, Pulls Tons of Tires from Canadian Harbors
From being part of the problem to being part of the solution, a reformed litterer and fisherman now spends his days diving to the bottom of …
Good News Network
African Continent Gains 10 Years of Life Expectancy Since 2000 Despite Wars, Famine, and Instability
You can measure human progress by GDP, by employment rates, home-ownership, or average national income, but when you’re lying in your bed an…
Good News Network
EV Popularity in China Accounts for 262,000 Fewer Deaths from Air Pollution
More than a quarter million people are still alive thanks to improvements in air quality linked to “new energy” vehicles in the world’s larg…
Good News Network
Good News in History, June 15
On this day 811 years ago, England’s King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. The historic document established the foundations of parliam…
Positive News
‘Less scrolling, more play’: UK to ban social media for kids
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Poughkeepsie Teacher Honored as WRRV's Next Homeroom Hero! - cnynews.com
Poughkeepsie Teacher Honored as WRRV's Next Homeroom Hero! cnynews.com
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2 Saginaw youth programs receive $17,500 in grants from Heroes for Kids - MLive.com
2 Saginaw youth programs receive $17,500 in grants from Heroes for Kids MLive.com
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AMED Paramedic Brian Osborne Receives American Heart Association Hero Award - weisradio.com
AMED Paramedic Brian Osborne Receives American Heart Association Hero Award weisradio.com
Underdog Wins
BBC News World
'Greatest feeling ever': Cape Verdeans tell BBC of joy at holding Spain to draw
The streets of the capital, Praia, shook with wild celebrations as the small island nation held Spain to a shock 0-0 draw.
Reuters Oddly Enough
Cape Verde frustrate Spain on stunning World Cup debut as Vozinha stars - Reuters
Cape Verde frustrate Spain on stunning World Cup debut as Vozinha stars Reuters
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See Brockton's impromptu parade celebrating Cabo Verde's stunning draw - Enterprise News
See Brockton's impromptu parade celebrating Cabo Verde's stunning draw Enterprise News
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Canadian Airport Launches First Commercial Flight: Underdog Airline Selected Over WestJet And Air Canada For Inaugural Service - TheTravel
Canadian Airport Launches First Commercial Flight: Underdog Airline Selected Over WestJet And Air Canada For Inaugural Service TheTravel
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How Jalen Brunson and the Knicks Used the Rule of Resilience to Win New York an NBA Championship - inc.com
How Jalen Brunson and the Knicks Used the Rule of Resilience to Win New York an NBA Championship inc.com
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Underdog Cape Verde hold Spain to shock stalemate - westernpost.ng
Underdog Cape Verde hold Spain to shock stalemate westernpost.ng
Tech for Good
MIT Technology Review
This man with ALS is “the first power user” of a brain implant that lets him speak
Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years. Harrell, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…
Google News: breakthrough
Electron Microscopy Breakthrough Delivers Sharper Images of Our Body’s Tiniest Proteins - Technology Networks
Electron Microscopy Breakthrough Delivers Sharper Images of Our Body’s Tiniest Proteins Technology Networks
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KAIST unveils breakthrough that could slash AI data center cooling power - The Korea Times
KAIST unveils breakthrough that could slash AI data center cooling power The Korea Times
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Honouring a Pioneer: Ocampo Fund Invests in Tyndall’s Future Engineers and Breakthrough Technologies - Irish - Irish Tech News
Honouring a Pioneer: Ocampo Fund Invests in Tyndall’s Future Engineers and Breakthrough Technologies - Irish Irish Tech News
ZME Science
This Clear Window Coating Could Help Your Home Stop Leaking Heat
The transparent film is tough enough to sit on the outside of glass.
Wired Science
How Apple Is Making Your Older iPhone Run Faster and Stay Alive Longer
Even the aging iPhone 11 will feel a little more responsive soon, thanks to improvements in an unsung iOS feature.
Animals
BBC News Science
Remote volunteers use CCTV to save red squirrels
The project will allow volunteers to help defend red squirrels by monitoring footage remotely.
BBC News Science
Volunteers could revive scarce bog insect numbers
The project's long-term goal is to reintroduce the wetland insect to more sites.
ZME Science
Camera Traps Finally Catch the Amazon’s Mysterious ‘Ghost Dog’
Camera traps reveal a hidden predator that depends on intact Amazon forest.