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An Image of the newly discovered spiral galaxy Alaknanda (inset) as observed in the shorter wavelength JWST bands. Several bright galaxies from the foreground Abell 2744 cluster can also be seen.

A teenage galaxy with a midlife crisis and the deuteron that wouldn’t die

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A representative MRI tractography image of the general pattern seen across the human brain in the first era of its neural wiring: 0-9 years of age.

Brain’s five-act play; motherhood’s hidden shield; and a velocity the cosmos didn’t expect

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From ocean to opportunity: The nylon generated from the IISc recycling process was tested to 3D print objects, including a speedboat.

Nylon 66 gets a makeover; good news for polyglots; CERN stretches horizon

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Nov 18, 2025

The image shows patient-derived tumour organoids before (top) and after treatment (bottom). The colours show the activation of pathways related to cell differentiation in cancer stem cells. Shortly after these images were taken, the cancer stem cells spontaneously collapsed.

Teaching cancer to die; AI finds room in space; and Neutrinos in rare agreement

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Image extracted from the Euclid Flagship simulations catalogue. Each dot represents a galaxy: blue points mark galaxies at the centres of dark matter clumps, while red points denote satellites within them.

Universe, now in Ultra HD; and the Dirac dip

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Oct 14, 2025

A high-resolution image of the flare from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope taken on August 8, 2024, at 20:12 UT. The image is about four earth diameters on each side.

Loops in the sun, clues in the grave

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The median of structural variants the new study saw between individuals was a mind-boggling 7.5 million letters of DNA, which shows how much genome editing nature performs on its own.

A re-written human genome, a pocket neutrino trap, and a lunar reactor race

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Aug 22, 2025

An infographic showing the binary binary black hole merger that produced the GW231123 signal.

Cosmic collisions, cellular short-circuits, and the art of splitting water

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Jul 30, 2025

Motor neurons, shown with their axons (nerve fibres) coloured green, growing on a spinal cord organ chip developed by scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

Chip off the ALS block; No pattern? no problem; and Plasmin’s human loophole

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Jul 11, 2025

Exposure to PM2.5 induces the generation of reactive aldehydes, resulting in ciliary dysfunction.

How PM2.5 hijacks your airways’ housekeeping system; and when Rubin eyes the skies

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Jun 26, 2025

Tim Friede, centre, at a laboratory in South San Francisco, California., in 2023. The laboratory is using his blood to prepare an antivenom that will be effective against several snake neurotoxins at once.

A venomous volunteer; universe’s gold factories; and diabetes rolls out Type 5

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May 30, 2025

A view of the LHCb experiment in its underground cavern at CERN.

Physicists catch rule-breaking baryons; uranium batteries arrive; and Europe gives donanemab the cold shoulder

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