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Unlike anything I’ve seen: why this whale season has marine scientists puzzled
Researchers across the southern hemisphere have observed fewer migrating whales and more entanglements.
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Israel election by the numbers: who might form the next government?
A who’s who of Israeli politicians who could feature in the next government.
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$27.5 Million Gift Expands Aerospace Prowess of Caltech and JPL (opens the original)
Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which Caltech manages for NASA, will expand aerospace research, hands-on training, and innovation on campus and at the Lab through two gifts totaling $27.5 million from philanthropists Foster and Coco Stanback. A $20 million gift through the Foundation for the…
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Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy (opens the original)
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain begins his new role at NASA’s center of excellence for robotics and deep space exploration and at Caltech, which manages JPL for NASA, on
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Faculty of Engineering at KKU and Lao Telecom Showcase “Unitree Go2” Quadruped Robot Innovation at Lao Digital Week 2026 (opens the original)
The Faculty of Engineering at Khon Kaen University, in collaboration with Lao Telecommunication Public Company (Lao Telecom), jointly demonstrated the “Unitree Go2” quadruped smart robot at Lao Digital Week 2026 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The initiative aimed to disseminate engineering…
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Maximizing Power Efficiency for the AI Age (opens the original)
edwardleung Thu, 10/29/2026 - 10:38 Data centers require vast amounts of electricity to power growth. They operate non-stop to power, cool, and connect thousands of high-performance servers that run the global internet and AI workloads. But how many of us consider…
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What would happen if the internet went down?
It’s impossible to turn off the entire internet, but it’s still a good idea to be prepared for online services to be disrupted.
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Can a new government solve NZ’s local council crisis? Why a royal commission could help
Local government has experienced massive upheaval over the past years, but the big financial and infrastructural challenges remain. A new blueprint is needed.
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Hidden Resources: Advancing the Search for Critical Elements (opens the original)
A new federally backed project builds on decades of Georgia State University research to identify valuable resources across the region.
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Climate change is killing the plants of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa. Aṉangu traditional owners are concerned
Extreme temperatures combined with withering drought mean plants and animals on Aṉangu land are struggling to bounce back.
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Improving AI-generated images, pixel by pixel (opens the original)
Researchers from URochester and NVIDIA develop new models that provide pixel-level control over AI image generation.
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Artemis III SLS Core Stage Joins Boosters at Kennedy (opens the original)
NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is integrated alongside the twin solid rocket boosters on Oct. 28 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians lifted the 212-foot rocket stage from the facility’s High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed
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Concordia and LITE join forces to accelerate battery technology industrialization in Quebec (opens the original)
New MOU strengthens ties between academic research and industry to advance battery innovation
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Rocky the robot: Taking human-like intelligence where humans cannot go (opens the original)
As Rocky learns to think on its feet, NRC researchers are training robots for disaster zones, the Moon and beyond.
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New DOE consortium advances SI-driven battery manufacturing to strengthen US competitiveness (opens the original)
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is helping lead a national consortium focused on quickly moving energy storage innovations from the lab to U.S manufacturing. Called the Battery Manufacturing (BattMan) Accelerator, the consortium combines the power of four national laboratories…
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New tropical proteas expand flower farming across Hawaiʻi (opens the original)
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in floriculture by breeding new “tropical” pincushion protea hybrids that bloom near sea level. The post New tropical proteas expand flower farming across Hawaiʻi first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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Chemical Data Collected from the Eaton Fire Plume Help Characterize Urban Fires (opens the original)
Caltech scientists have published the first detailed analysis of the atmospheric particles in the smoke plume from the Eaton Fire that devastated much of the town of Altadena in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley and the surrounding areas in January 2025. The results confirm the very different chemical nature…
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A Catholic Framework for Teaching in the Age of AI (opens the original)
Working with K-12 schools through the iDEAL Institute at the LMU School of Education, Meaghan Crowley-Sullivan has spent years helping educators navigate change. The arrival of artificial intelligence brought a new level of urgency
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7 Stellar Honorees Earn UCF’s 2026 SpaceU Awards (opens the original)
As part of the second UCF Space Week, the honors celebrate individuals and organizations who are advancing development, discovery, exploration, and engagement in the field.
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NASA Selects 19 New Citizen Science Proposals in 2026 (opens the original)
So far, 2026 has seen a flood of successes for volunteers who do NASA science, exemplifying NASA’s commitment to gold-standard science—transparent, reproducible and intrinsically collaborative. The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announced that their project volunteers have now discovered most of the known brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are similar to planets. The Zooniverse platform,
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