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Permanent Daylight Saving Time could lead to at least 2B more dark commutes to school for US children (opens the original)
Permanent Daylight Saving Time would lead to darker mornings from November to March. This would mean darker commutes for everyone, but how much would it affect children going to school? University of Washington researchers did the math for 14 out of the 19 states that preapproved the change. Using school start times…
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Envía tu nombre a Titán a bordo de la misión Dragonfly de la NASA (opens the original)
Read this release in English here. Puede que nunca llegues a surcar los cielos bajo las nubes o sobre las arenas orgánicas de la luna Titán de Saturno, ¡pero tu nombre sí puede hacerlo! La NASA invita al público a enviar su nombre a bordo de la aeronave de ala giratoria Dragonfly de la agencia
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Students tackle public policy challenges with support from GAD (opens the original)
Postgraduate students have presented research on health, social care and climate risks after completing projects supported by GAD industry supervisors.
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CMU to Host Challenge to Put Scientific Data to Work With AI (opens the original)
CMU will host the inaugural ProtoStar Challenge, a new initiative announced Oct. 29 that brings together Hugging Face, a platform for developing and sharing AI models and datasets, and universities participating through the Open Forum for AI (OFAI), an initiative founded at CMU.
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Send Your Name to Titan Aboard NASA’s Dragonfly Mission (opens the original)
You may never soar under the clouds or over the organic sands of Saturn’s moon Titan, but your name can. NASA is inviting the public to send their names aboard the agency’s Dragonfly rotorcraft and be part of the first science mission to fly and explore the surface of another world. To have your
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CWRU law student’s AI innovation leads to summit invitation (opens the original)
Hero Type Image Lauren Marchaza Thu, 10/29/2026 - 11:09 2L Jamie Werner selected to join legal and tech leaders in NYC Business, Law + Politics Editorial Staff October 29, 2026 Being first has its benefits.Take, for instance, how Case Western Reserve…
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RESEARCH: New gel fuel could make rocket and satellite propulsion easier to control (opens the original)
Concordia researchers develop a kerosene-based gel that could potentially improve fuel delivery to engines
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Lector Ties van de Werff is the new director of the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music as partners Maastricht University, Philzuid and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences renew collaboration (opens the original)
29 October 2026 s.fixe@maastri… Thu, 10/29/2026 - 16:06 Lector Ties van de Werff from the research centre…
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NASA’s ISAM State of Play: The Industry Standard for Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (opens the original)
When companies began approaching NASA’s Langley Research Center, asking to be included in the In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) State of Play for access to competitive intelligence, the team knew they had crossed an inflection point. “We’ve had some unnamed companies ask if we have any…
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University of St Andrews joins £20m Tay Create partnership (opens the original)
St Andrews is playing a key role in a major new regional partnership backed by £20 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) that aims to turn creative id
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5 Ontario education unions hold strike votes as cuts squeeze classrooms
The current stall in negotiations follows the government’s indication that it wants greater control over negotiating issues such as staffing redundancies.
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NASA’s Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope (opens the original)
A sweeping barred galaxy takes center stage in this Oct. 22, 2026, image, but the gravitational lensing at bottom right is the real target. This observation is one of many gravitational lensing images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in preparation for science with the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Astronomers will use these
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Undergraduate research enjoys real-world impact, funding at ECU (opens the original)
East Carolina University undergraduate researcher Lucia Wall turned a childhood passion for earth and her environment into an institutionally funded research project on fungal communities and soil salinity, championed by interdisciplinary faculty mentorship and supported by an undergraduate research model. The model…
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Fidelity Investments Canada gift advances cybersecurity research and student success at Ontario Tech (opens the original)
Ontario Tech University has received a $100,000 gift from Fidelity Investments Canada ULC to strengthen research addressing growing digital risks and prepare students for a secure, technology-driven future.
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How the quantum vacuum perturbs atoms, shrinks black holes and formed our galaxies
From the microscopic structure of particles and atoms, to the fate of black holes and the large-scale structure of the universe, the quantum ‘vacuum’ plays a role.
Picture: (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy)
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FSU Discovery Days: Arts-Humanities-Health Symposium fosters interdisciplinary collaboration (opens the original)
Florida State University artists, scientists and therapists united at the Arts-Humanities-Health Symposium during Discovery Days to explore how the arts
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A simple blood test could detect cancer
A simple blood test to detect cancer before symptoms even appear: that’s the promise of liquid biopsy, a rapidly developing technology that could revolutionize the diagnosis, monitoring and personalization of cancer treatments.** –
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Clemson, USDA develop tools to breed disease-resistant watermelons (opens the original)
Findings from this study are used to develop DNA-based markers to help breeders spot promising plants before they show signs of disease.
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Neurologist and clinician scientist aiming to improve the odds for stroke patients (opens the original)
As part of World Stroke Day on Oct. 29, 2026, Shared Health is highlighting the significant clinical research, innovation, and specialized care that is advancing stroke care and improving outcomes for Manitobans. The odds are staggering. In Manitoba, approximately seven people suffer a stroke every day, or about…
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