**“One in a Million” Find: Soft Tissue Discovered in 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil**

By University of Oklahoma - Published on 12 July 2026

A rare 450-million-year-old fossil with preserved soft tissue is revealing how some of Earth’s earliest reef animals lived and evolved. More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared or forests covered the continents, Earth’s shallow seas were already filled with complex animal communities. Among the most striking inhabitants were crinoids, relatives of starfish [...]

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**Scientists Built a Mars Rover That “Swims” Through Sand**

By University of Würzburg - Published on 01 July 2026

A Sahara desert lizard has inspired a new approach to Mars rover mobility. The research could lead to more capable explorers able to navigate sandy landscapes with greater ease. One of the biggest challenges for Mars rovers is simply staying mobile. Fine, loose sand can cause wheels to slip, sink, or become trapped—a problem that [...]

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**This Strange New Magnet Could Transform Future Electronics**

By Tom Dinki, University at Buffalo - Published on 01 July 2026

Researchers have designed a diamond-based quantum sensor that could help detect altermagnets, a newly discovered type of magnetic material with unusual properties. For almost 100 years, scientists recognized only two fundamental types of magnets. Now, a much newer class called altermagnets is emerging as one of the most exciting discoveries in physics, with the potential [...]

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**Scientists Discover Quantum Entanglement in a Crystal You Can Hold**

By Vienna University of Technology - Published on 01 July 2026

TU Wien has detected strong quantum entanglement for the first time in a centimeter-sized crystal of a strange metal. Many quantum effects are easiest to detect in very small systems, such as individual atoms, molecules or photons, that are carefully isolated from their surroundings. But physicists have long wondered whether much larger objects, made of [...]

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**Scientists Create Tiny “Mini Livers” That Could One Day Replace Liver Transplants**

By Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Published on 01 July 2026

Engineered tissue grafts could help perform key liver functions and benefit thousands of people living with liver failure. The liver is one of the body’s hardest-working organs, carrying out hundreds of vital jobs, from filtering toxins and metabolizing medications to producing proteins essential for blood clotting. Yet when it fails, the only definitive treatment is [...]

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**This Surprising Factor May Predict Heart Disease Decades Before It Strikes**

By Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University - Published on 30 June 2026

Adverse neighborhood conditions in early adulthood may raise the risk of early cardiovascular disease decades later. Your ZIP code may reveal more about your future heart health than previously understood. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers found that people exposed to more adverse neighborhood conditions in early adulthood faced a greater risk [...]

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**New Nonsurgical Knee Treatment Delivers Lasting Pain Relief**

By Radiological Society of North America - Published on 30 June 2026

A minimally invasive procedure that blocks abnormal blood vessels around the knee may offer lasting relief for people with osteoarthritis who have exhausted standard treatments. For millions of people with knee osteoarthritis, treatment options often fall into an uncomfortable middle ground: medications and injections may no longer provide enough relief, while joint replacement surgery can [...]

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**Scientists Discover Hidden Rule That Could Make Fuel Cells Cheaper and More Powerful**

By Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University - Published on 30 June 2026

A new study reveals that dual-atom catalysts behave in a fundamentally different way than scientists previously thought, challenging a long-standing model used to predict catalytic performance. For decades, scientists have relied on a simple rule of thumb to design better catalysts: there is one “sweet spot” where performance peaks. But new research suggests that assumption [...]

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**New Water-Harvesting Jacket Pulls up to 30 Ounces of Drinking Water From the Air Daily**

By University of Texas at Austin - Published on 30 June 2026

Engineers have created innovative materials that pull drinking water from the air, including a water-harvesting jacket and a record-setting collection system. Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a jacket that can generate drinking water from moisture in the air. The innovation could help people who spend long periods in places where [...]

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**Scientists Finally Uncover Why Gold Never Tarnishes**

By Stacey Plaisance, Tulane University - Published on 30 June 2026

Gold may stay shiny because some of its surface atoms reorganize into structures that block oxygen reactions. Gold has been valued for millennia because it keeps its shine, but new research from Tulane University suggests that this durability is not explained by chemistry alone. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, Tulane researchers found [...]

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**Scientists Uncover a Previously Unknown Lineage of Ancient Marsupials**

By Tom Melville, University of New South Wales - Published on 30 June 2026

The discovery of a new branch on the marsupial family tree suggests that the history of Australia’s unique mammals is more complex and less understood than previously thought. Since marsupials reached Australia more than 55 million years ago, they have diversified into almost every kind of habitat and ecological role imaginable. Today, they range from [...]

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**Critically Endangered Monkey Defies the Odds With New Baby After Surgery**

By University of Liverpool - Published on 30 June 2026

A rare roloway monkey has welcomed a new baby after surgery saved her foot and protected her ability to care for offspring. For one of the world’s rarest monkeys, the birth of every infant matters. That’s why conservationists at Chester Zoo are celebrating the arrival of a baby roloway monkey just months after her mother [...]

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