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NASA shuts off instrument on Voyager 1 to keep spacecraft operating
- Apr 20, 2026
On April 17, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 call...
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How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth's most catastrophic extinction event
- Apr 20, 2026
Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to...
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How maze-like magnetic patterns form and evolve in materials
- Apr 20, 2026
The rapid increase in electric vehicle adoption in recent years has highlighted a crucial issue: the energy conversion efficiency of electric motors....
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Engineers develop new plasma spray technique for tungsten–copper protective coatings
- Apr 20, 2026
Engineers have developed a new high-performance tungsten–copper metallic coating in one step using plasma spray, for future high heat flux (HHF) plasm...
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Brushstroke-mapping AI reopens a centuries-old mystery about one of El Greco's masterpieces
- Apr 20, 2026
Spanish Renaissance master El Greco is often considered one of the greatest painters of all time, and many of his artworks are displayed in galleries...
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A long-sought quantum computing milestone arrives as fermionic atom gates top 99% accuracy
- Apr 20, 2026
Two independent research teams have each demonstrated collisional quantum gates using fermionic atoms: a long-sought milestone in quantum computing wh...
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Costly school uniforms a barrier to education for some Kiwi kids
- Apr 20, 2026
The cost of school uniforms is proving a barrier to education for secondary students in Aotearoa, with some missing school because they don't have a f...
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A hidden property of light could power future nanomachines
- Apr 20, 2026
Light does more than illuminate the world—it can also push and twist matter. It was back in the 1870s that James Clerk Maxwell first predicted that li...
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Older workers seen as less competent and trustworthy by their younger peers, study shows
- Apr 20, 2026
Older workers are stereotyped as less competent, less trainable, and less adaptable by their younger colleagues, influencing how they are viewed by ma...
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Mind the gap! The semiconductor industry is relying on the wrong materials
- Apr 20, 2026
2D materials are widely seen as a promising path toward better computer chips. Researchers at TU Wien have now shown that some of these materials are...
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Emojis trigger brain responses like real faces within 160 milliseconds, study finds
- Apr 20, 2026
Facial expressions are a fundamental aspect of human social interaction. While emojis are an extremely popular way for people to communicate, very lit...
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Mediterranean mussel farming could collapse by 2050
- Apr 20, 2026
Greenhouse gas emissions are heating our atmosphere and oceans, and turning seawater more acidic. One of the myriad expected impacts of these conditio...