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Lines of computer code in various colors are seen on a dark computer screen
Quantum scheme protects videos from prying eyes and tampering

By S. S. Iyengar, Yashas Hariprasad Published

Today's encryption works well, until tomorrow's quantum computers arrive.

Particle Physics
Alien life on Mars or Europa could survive off cosmic rays instead of the sun, scientists suggest

By Keith Cooper Published

Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex organic molecules.

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A look inside the Large Hadron Collider full of different scientific instruments
New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter

By William Barter Published

A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.

Particle Physics
Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission

By Daisy Dobrijevic Published

Satellites don't stop at borders and neither should science.

Climate Change
A series of rock formations stand on the edge of Lake Mono
Scientists behind controversial 2010 arsenic-based life study clap back as paper gets pulled: 'We do not support this retraction'

By Keith Cooper Published

A retraction intends to bring to an end the acrimonious debate about the validity of the 15-year old findings that threatened to upend what we thought we know about life.

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Dried and cracked mud is seen in a dried out area
Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal

By Tereza Pultarova Published

The US West Coast is the world's worst mega-drying region.

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Climate Change
(Main) An illustration shows a retrostyle rocket leaving Earth and encountering cosmic rays (Inset) a still from the forthcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps in which the heroes receive their powers through cosmic ray bombardment
Cosmic rays gave the Fantastic Four their incredible powers — but what do they really do?

By Robert Lea Published

It's 1961, and four intrepid cosmic explorers journey to space under the leadership of Reed Richards, where they encounter cosmic rays that change them forever. But what are cosmic rays?

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A series of chambers and wires holding together a system that contains antimatter qubits
Scientists just made the 1st antimatter 'qubit.' Here's why it could be a big deal

By Keith Cooper Published

Although the antimatter qubit won't find use in quantum computing, it will be used to test the differences between matter and antimatter.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's TRACERs space weather mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 23, 2025.
SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather

By Keith Cooper Last updated

NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off July 23 on a Falcon 9 rocket with three other small agency satellites that will act as technology demonstrators to monitor space weather.

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An illustration of a satellite with two solar panels orbiting Earth in space
Sharp-eyed US-Indian satellite set to launch July 30 to monitor Earth's surface, warn of natural disasters

By Keith Cooper Published

NISAR, a joint mission of NASA and ISRO set to launch on July 30, will be able to see shifts in the landscape smaller than a centimeter to give warning of potential natural disasters.

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