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Some Coastal Cities Are Sinking Faster Than the Ocean Is Rising
Coastal communities are facing a hidden threat that is making rising seas far more dangerous: the land beneath them is sinking, ScienceDaily reports.
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VIP Deep Dive: Global Warming Has Shifted Into a Faster Gear - What the New Acceleration Data Actually Says
After removing El Nino, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35C per decade over the past ten years - up from 0.2C per decade from 1970-2015.
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JWST Detects Possible Biosignature DMS in the Atmosphere of K2-18b
Two new transits from the James Webb Space Telescope show a stronger-than-expected signal of dimethyl sulfide, a gas produced almost exclusively by life on Earth. Confirmation will require a third transit and a careful false-positive analysis.
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China's LHAASO Observatory Confirms Cygnus X-3 as First Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Variable Source
Cosmic rays from the binary system are accelerated to at least 30 PeV — 30 times the mainstream theoretical limit — and vary on a 4.8-hour orbital cycle, opening a new field of time-domain astronomy.
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Discovers Vast 'Honeycomb' Rock Field on Mars
The rover found an extensive concentration of polygon-shaped rock patterns in Gale Crater's Valle Grande — the largest such field ever seen in one location — and mission scientists don't yet know how they formed.
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DESI Releases the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Ever Built, and Dark Energy Looks Stranger Than Expected
Three years of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument suggest the standard cosmological model may need a substantial rewrite — or a careful reanalysis.
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China Announces August Launch of Quantum Internet Satellite; Mozi Team Wins International Quantum Award
Chinese officials confirm an August launch for a next-generation quantum internet satellite, while the original Mozi (墨子号) team receives a major international quantum award for the foundational work that made it possible.
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D-Wave and AT&T Announce Quantum Computing Partnership: Network Optimization and Operations
Quantum annealing pioneer D-Wave teams with AT&T to explore how quantum-hybrid computing can optimize telecom network routing, scheduling, and operations at carrier scale.
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Nature Cover: Silicon Quantum Chips Autonomously Run Error Correction for the First Time
Two independent teams demonstrated silicon-based quantum processors that run error-correction rounds without real-time help from room-temperature electronics, a milestone for scaling quantum computers.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Releases First-Light Images: LSST Decade Survey Begins, 20 TB per Night
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has published its first official science images, formally opening the ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. The 8.4-meter telescope and 3.2-gigapixel camera will produce roughly 20 TB of data every observing night.
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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Builds Hybrid Quantum-Classical Supercomputer, Pairs With D-Wave / AT&T Push
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center will build a new hybrid quantum-classical machine integrating quantum accelerators with traditional HPC, while D-Wave and AT&T advance a parallel quantum-telecom track.
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KAUST Team Inserts Large Genes Precisely Into Plant Genomes, While Alzheimer's Research Opens a Non-Amyloid Path
A new genome-engineering method lets scientists drop large functional genes into precise locations in tobacco and rice. In a separate advance, an Alzheimer's therapy restores cognition without clearing amyloid plaques.
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VIP Deep Dive: First Confirmed Exomoon - A Revolutionary Moment for Planet Formation Theory
An exomoon of planetary mass orbiting a brown dwarf has been confirmed beyond a habitable zone for the first time, ending a decade-long hunt and reshaping theories of how satellites form.
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DeepMind's AlphaFold 4 Accelerates Drug Discovery Pipeline
A new DeepMind model predicts not just protein structure but drug-binding affinity, cutting early-stage discovery timelines from years to weeks. Three candidates are already entering preclinical trials.
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Quantum Computing Hits 1,000 Logical Qubits — What It Means for Tech
IBM has achieved a landmark milestone with its Condor II processor, crossing the 1,000 logical qubit threshold. This could mark the beginning of practical quantum computing.
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Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: First Net-Positive Energy Plant Announced
Commonwealth Fusion Systems announces a commercial fusion power plant that consistently produces more energy than it consumes. The facility could begin powering the grid by 2030.
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CRISPR 3.0: Gene Editing Gets Precise Enough for Brain Surgery
A new generation of CRISPR tools can edit individual neurons with unprecedented accuracy, opening the door to treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative diseases.