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Discoveries·from Oct 6·upd. 4d ago
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Francis Halzen outlines next steps for IceCube neutrino astronomy after Nobel Prize win

Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for leading the IceCube observatory in Antarctica, detailing future research goals at an INFN meeting in Turin.

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Discoveries·from Oct 7·upd. 3d ago
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Four astronauts land in the Pacific after eight months aboard ISS, delayed three weeks

Sophie Adenot and three crewmates splashed down off California on 8 October after more than 27 hours of return travel. Their homecoming had been held up about three weeks by capsule repairs.

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Discoveries·from Oct 7·upd. 4d ago
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Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mirror-image molecule research

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 12 million crown prize to the French and Japanese chemists for solving how to direct chiral reactions in drug synthesis.

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Discoveries·from Oct 5·upd. 6d ago
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics

American scientist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discovering light-gated ion channels and developing optogenetics.

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Discoveries·3d ago
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Optogenetic gene therapy restores light sensitivity in seven of ten blind patients

A Phase 1 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that seven of ten participants became more light-sensitive, days after the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to optogenetics pioneers.

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Discoveries·5d ago
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Sardinian village of Bolotana identified as global longevity hotspot with 13.8% centenarian rate for women

A study in Frontiers in Aging reveals that 70-year-old women in the Sardinian village of Bolotana have a 13.83% chance of reaching age 100, ranking second worldwide behind Hong Kong.

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Discoveries·from Oct 5·upd. 6d ago
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Astronomers discover gas giant formed from the debris of white dwarf HS 0209+0832

A research team led by the University of Warwick has identified a gas giant formed from material expelled by a dying star, orbiting the white dwarf HS 0209+0832 every 4.4 days.

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Discoveries·3d ago

Draconid meteor shower peaks Thursday night as solar storm may bring aurora to Poland

Forecasters expect about five meteors per hour, with the best window from 20:00 to 23:00 on Thursday. A solar eruption may also bring a weak geomagnetic storm on Friday, possibly pushing aurora south of its usual range.

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Discoveries·3d ago
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Webb telescope traces record-distant fast radio burst to a young, faint galaxy 10 billion years away

The burst, dubbed FRB 20240304B, was detected by MeerKAT in South Africa on 4 March 2024, but its source galaxy was too faint for ground telescopes and only the James Webb Space Telescope could identify it.

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Discoveries·5d ago
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Researchers identify new prehistoric crocodile Herugavialis cairensis in Sphinx quarry rock

Paleontologists have identified Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct crocodile species from Mokattam limestone quarried to build the Great Sphinx, after re-evaluating a 1920s fossil.

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Discoveries·Oct 5
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Forensic study of First Dynasty skulls in Abydos confirms human sacrifice in early Egypt

A bioarchaeological examination of 46 skulls from royal tombs at Abydos found that 39% suffered fatal head trauma, providing physical evidence of retainer sacrifice during Egypt's First Dynasty.

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Discoveries·from Oct 1·upd. Oct 2
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SpaceX launches Crew-13 to space station in fastest US flight of under eight hours

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday in seven hours and 55 minutes, completing the fastest trip by an American spacecraft.

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