Microorganisms from our planet could survive on celestial bodies where water is present, such as Mars. That is the conclusion of Ph. D.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-06-mars-conditions-earth-pathogens.html)
El Niño, characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific, made its return in June 2026. Observations of sea surface height from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite that month indicated that the 2026 event was continuing to strengthen.
Physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have examined a fundamental property of quantum mechanics in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR). In an article published in the journal Physical Review Letters, they show that this theory does not necessarily need to be...
You come home after a stressful day and reach out to your cat for a bit of comfort. It hisses. Maybe takes a swipe.
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A remarkable quality of bioengineering is that scientists can take biological processes honed by millions of years of evolution and use them to efficiently create drugs, chemicals and other products to improve our lives. Now Tufts researchers have found new ways to expand the potential for using...
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