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Seals, dolphins, and seabirds are becoming ill and dying in disturbing numbers on West Coast beaches. The culprit is an algae-based toxin named domoic acid. The way this works is fascinating.

56-mile particle smasher, planned to replace Large Hadron Collider, expected to cost $16B

Inspired by mollusks, no less.

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that NASA's Voyager 2 probe began decades ago.

Its bland exterior belies a dynamic world full of surprises

In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains illuminate about human speech and how ADHD is mischaracterized on TikTok.

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The $233 million Mayo Clinic Proton Therapy facility in Jacksonville, Florida, was commissioned in March 2025. PENETRON ADMIX SB, a...

Charged water droplets generate sparks that can forge organic compounds

New work reveals a surprising hero in combating altitude sickness

The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures.

Method makes use of the atomic-scale defects found in all crystals

Companies are thinking seriously about how to link quantum processors

Tea leaves can remove heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and chromium from water. And steeping time has the biggest impact.

A new record for maintaining plasma burning inside a fusion reactor has been set in France, beating China's previous benchmark by 25%.

First, some context on why batteries degrade. Lithium-ion battery aging is primarily influenced by the growth of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) layer on the anode, which...

Once there was a company called AffinityLifeStyles.com. It sold Alkaline Waters – and got into "hot" water. It's now bankrupt. Maybe that's why Gatorade stepped in to fill the market void – and empty your pocket?

An AI analysis and a chemical sensor determine drinks' dilution, freshness and type

Next year's Samsung Galaxy S26 could have better battery life than any phone that has come before, thanks to a new type of battery technology.

Researchers saw a chain of atoms in a quantum simulator go from being magnetic to not magnetic at all, the first time such a change has ever been seen in one spatial dimension

From totality to tremendous light shows, our sun put on a shining performance.