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A study published on Aug. 29, 2026, in Communications Earth & Environment estimates how much carbon dioxide Mexico's groundwater use puts into the atmosphere, using satellite measurements of the…
Thirteen transiting giant exoplanets observed by JWST fall on the same color-magnitude sequence as free-floating brown dwarfs at similar temperatures, and the methane expected in the planets'…
Researchers have assembled near-complete genomes for eight closely related species of Myotis bats and report that the group adapts to DNA viruses and to RNA viruses in two different ways, in a paper…
NASA switched two of the three science instruments on its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory back on Wednesday, Aug. 26, resuming observations suspended since February. The Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope…
The Food and Drug Administration approved Mimrylo (rusfertide) on Aug. 28 for adults with polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder in which the body produces too many red blood cells. The approval…
A ten-author team posted a laboratory analysis on Aug. 26 reporting three distinct phases of organic matter inside Antarctic micrometeorites of probable cometary origin, one of them nitrogen-rich and…
The security firm VulnCheck said on Aug. 27 that it had found two more implants built into the shipped firmware of routers made by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics, or ZBT, and that its own internet…
A rubidium atom interferometer aboard the China Space Station has completed an in-orbit quantum test of the weak equivalence principle, the rule that objects fall at the same rate regardless of what…
Blood thinners lowered the rate of serious cardiovascular events in people with atrial fibrillation whose stroke risk is classed as intermediate, according to results from the SINGLE-AF trial…
A study published on Aug. 28, 2026, in Environmental Research Letters projects that heat stress on crops and farm workers leaves global economic output roughly 1% lower by 2100 under a…
A phase III trial of the gene-silencing drug eplontersen in patients whose hearts are stiffened by protein deposits did not meet its primary endpoint, the European Society of Cardiology reported on…
Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute have engineered a marine bacterium to make the mineral olivine dissolve faster, and measured carbon dioxide being pulled out of the air in a pilot-scale tank…