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Advanced aluminum material structure representing a new catalyst alternative to rare and expensive critical metals

King’s College London chemists create a three-atom aluminium molecule that could replace scarce metals in catalysts

By ECONEWS
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April 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ukrainian soldier operating a drone near a forested battlefield during the war with Russia.

Russia floods Ukraine with fake logs, and the real reason has nothing to do with classic camouflage: this is how it’s trying to blind drones from the front lines

By ECONEWS
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April 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A complex, high-tech superconducting particle accelerator used for researching the reduction of long-term nuclear waste.

ARPA-E funds particle accelerator projects to cut nuclear waste storage from 100,000 years to a few centuries

By ECONEWS
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April 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A massive, twin-hull semi-submersible research platform floating in the ocean, designed by China for deep-sea exploration.

China launches a floating island unlike anything seen before and takes a giant step toward dominating deep-sea research

By ECONEWS
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April 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Experimental solar technology demonstrating singlet fission with 130 percent quantum yield for next generation panels

Singlet fission: Kyushu and Mainz researchers reach 130% quantum yield, a step toward more efficient solar cells

By ECONEWS
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April 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A yellow-chevroned parakeet with unusual blue plumage caused by a rare genetic mutation known as cyanism

A rare blue parakeet with cyanism, a genetic mutation, photographed in the wild in Brazil

By ECONEWS
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April 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Artist’s impression of a blue jet lightning discharge rising from a thunderstorm as seen from the International Space Station.

How NASA studies blue jets, sprites and ELVES above storms from the International Space Station

By ECONEWS
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April 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A side-by-side comparison of a standard coastal elevation map and an adjusted map showing significantly higher sea levels and flood risks.

An error in hundreds of sea level studies could change the map of coastal risks

By ECONEWS
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April 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Surface fault rupture and ground damage from an earthquake in California showing lateral displacement

California may be overlooking a type of earthquake that is much more destructive than it appeared

By ECONEWS
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April 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Concept illustration of a warp drive spacecraft bending space-time for faster-than-light travel

Scientists believe they’ve found a way to travel at the speed of light, but there’s one detail dampening the excitement: humanity would have to wait 1,000 years to test it

By ECONEWS
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April 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant reactor facilities in Japan during restart operations

The world’s largest nuclear reactor is back online, and its reopening raises an uncomfortable question about the world’s energy future

By ECONEWS
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April 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Joro spider with yellow and black markings hanging in its web in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A giant, invasive spider is already moving through one of the most famous parks in the United States

By ECONEWS
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April 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
View of Earth from space used to illustrate satellite tracking of global vegetation and seasonal greening patterns

What satellites have observed about the spread of vegetation could change agriculture in several countries

By ECONEWS
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April 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Red streetlights illuminate a road and surrounding trees in Gladsaxe, Denmark, in a bat-friendly lighting project

Denmark is turning off the white light from its streetlamps and painting a road red to solve a nighttime crisis that almost no one sees: urban light was blocking the path of bats

By ECONEWS
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April 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Visitors feed a giraffe at Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita’s Sedgwick County Zoo plans a $46 million African savanna with a hotel overlooking the habitat

By ECONEWS
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April 21, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Woman looking out a window alone, illustrating why kind people may struggle to form close friendships, according to psychology

Psychology suggests that the kindest people don’t always end up surrounded by close friends; they have often learned to be helpful, understanding, and available in ways that make others feel cared for, but not necessarily understood by them

By ECONEWS
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April 21, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Close-up of honey bees illustrating research on how bee gut DNA can reveal urban ecosystem health and biodiversity

Scientists are studying the digestive tracts of wild bees, and what they’re discovering is forcing us to rethink why some parks appear green but are far less beneficial than we thought

By ECONEWS
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April 21, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft approaching the Dimorphos and Didymos asteroid system in space

For the first time, humanity significantly altered the orbit of a celestial body

By ECONEWS
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April 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Two killer whales swim side by side at the ocean surface in a photo used to illustrate research on possible orca-on-orca predation

A colleague sent Olga a strange photo taken on a Russian beach, and now scientists believe they have discovered a macabre pattern among orcas: sometimes they hunt each other

By ECONEWS
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April 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Astronaut photo of Salinas Las Barrancas in Argentina, a heart-shaped pink salt lake seen from the International Space Station

NASA observes Argentina from the International Space Station and detects a gigantic pink heart nearly 10 kilometers wide, whose color does not have as romantic an origin as it seems

By ECONEWS
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April 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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