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Flexible wearable patch that generates electricity from sweat using an enzymatic biofuel cell printed on a thin substrate

Japanese scientists print an enzymatic biofuel cell on paper that turns sweat into electricity for wearables

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chest CT scan highlighting the thymus gland and its structure used to assess immune system health in adults

There is a small organ in your body that almost no one talks about, and it turns out it might be much more important to your immune system than we have been led to believe for years

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Global map visualization showing the seasonal movement and northeast shift of Earth’s vegetation center based on satellite data

The planet’s green belt is shifting, and scientists are concerned: terrestrial vegetation is moving northeast at an accelerating rate

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Artistic visualization of multiple exoplanets in habitable zones identified as candidates for future life detection studies

There is already a list of 45 planets that could come in handy if Earth were to find itself in a truly dire situation, and that number gives us plenty of room to dream up a Plan B.

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Atomic-scale image of a carbon ring molecule with half Möbius electron topology mapped using scanning probe microscopy

IBM and university researchers create a molecule whose electrons follow a “half-Möbius” twist

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
llustration of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens individuals representing interbreeding patterns revealed by X chromosome DNA analysis

What if DNA were telling a story of unequal attraction between sapiens and Neanderthals that is far more human, complex, and uncomfortable than we had imagined until now?

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Artist’s illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star in the habitable zone

A potentially habitable super-Earth has been discovered just 10 light years away, and the big question of what might be waiting for us out there returns with a vengeance

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man showing a human figure inscribed in a circle and square with geometric proportions

After 500 years, they believe they have found the key that could solve one of the greatest mysteries of the Vitruvian Man, Leonardo’s most famous and enigmatic drawing.

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Reconstruction of a Neanderthal male and a Homo sapiens female illustrating interbreeding patterns suggested by genetic research

A new study suggests that human women and Neanderthal men interbred much more frequently than previously thought, which rewrites part of the history of our origins

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Living robots gain primitive nervous systems, opening new paths for sensing, movement, and environmental monitoring

Xenobots made from frog cells are no longer just biological robots; they now also have something resembling a primitive nervous system, and that changes everything a little more

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
View of the Moon’s surface illustrating a proposed site for a lunar gravitational-wave detector designed to capture faint cosmic signals

Scientists want to build an instrument on the Moon capable of detecting black hole collisions, and the Moon’s near-total silence could be the key to the project’s success

By ECONEWS
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April 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A microscopic visualization of brain tissue neurons glowing after being successfully thawed from a deep cryogenic freeze.

They froze a brain and then managed to reactivate its electrical activity—a phrase that sounds like science fiction, but is already becoming a central part of real scientific discourse

By ECONEWS
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April 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A close-up view of pristine, dark rocky grains collected from the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu.

An asteroid located about 300 million kilometers away contained the five basic letters of DNA and RNA, and the discovery once again calls into question the idea that life began only on Earth

By ECONEWS
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April 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A $200,000 challenge targets invasive mussels in California as officials race to stop their spread through hidden boat water

Golden mussels in California: a prize of up to $200,000 for ways to stop invasive mussels spreading in boats

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Wild boar standing in a grassy field as a 20-year study reveals peak crop damage months

Wild boars have been wreaking havoc on crops for years in what appears to be a random manner, but 9,871 reports of damage now reveal that their incursions follow a surprisingly predictable pattern

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
A new missile using storable liquid fuel could reshape hypersonic defense by simplifying logistics and reducing handling risks

There is already a flight-tested hypersonic missile that, for the first time, runs on storable liquid fuel, and that small technical detail could mean a major shift in defense

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Bald eagle Shadow midair with talons raised defending nest from intruding bird at Big Bear

On March 16, Shadow starred in one of the season’s most brutal moments when he spun through the air to defend the eggs in the Big Bear nest from an unexpected intruder

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Snake with red, yellow, and black underside coiled on a log, illustrating snake cannibalism research

From the United States to Australia, via Brazil and India: a world map showing the places where snakes have been observed devouring members of their own species

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Ediacaran fossils preserved in rock at Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, linked to research on Earth’s first major animal extinction.

Earth’s first major extinction event was worse than we thought and may have wiped out nearly 80% of species 550 million years ago

By ECONEWS
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April 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Prehistoric pottery vessel with burnt food residue inside, linked to a study on ancient European cuisine.

Food crusts on 5,000- to 8,000-year-old pottery show prehistoric Europeans cooked plants as well as fish

By ECONEWS
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April 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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