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From order to chaos: Understanding the principles behind collective motion in bacteria

The collective motion of bacteria—from stable swirling patterns to chaotic turbulent flows—has intrigued scientists for decades. When a bacterial swarm is confined in small circular space, stable rotating vortices are formed. However, as the radius of this confined space increases, the organized swirling pattern breaks down into a turbulent state.

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BWC: Suspect drives car into lake, raises knife at Texas officer before OIS

The San Antonio Park Police officer fired a shot at the man as he walked toward her with a knife; the man was struck but continued to get closer, leading the officer to fire another shot

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NASA super pressure balloons return to New Zealand for test flights

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more.

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NASA space station research helps power moon science

The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities, from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future moon exploration missions and beyond.

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How heavy are neutron stars at birth? We now know the answer

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born.

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Two new brown dwarfs discovered with TESS

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The newfound objects are about 30 times more massive than Jupiter. The finding was detailed in a paper posted on March 7 to the arXiv preprint server.

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Milestone achieved in predicting turbulence in fusion plasmas

In a comprehensive experimental study, an international team of researchers has confirmed the calculations of a leading turbulence simulation code to an unprecedented degree. This marks a major breakthrough in understanding turbulent transport processes in nuclear fusion devices.

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The discovery of pressure-driven charge amorphization: A new twist in material transformations

Researchers have uncovered a surprising phenomenon in the material BiNiO3: when subjected to high pressure at low temperatures, its well-arranged electrical charges are disrupted, leading to a disordered “charge glass” state.

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Quantum genesis: The emergence of a flat universe and its mirror from nothing

I’ve long been fascinated by the fundamental mystery of our universe’s origin. In my work, I explore an alternative to the traditional singularity-based models of cosmology. Instead of a universe emerging from an infinitely dense point, I propose that a flat universe and its time-reversed partner—an anti-universe—can emerge together from nothing through a smooth, quantum […]

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission

It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission.

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A new law gives the energy needed to fracture stretchable networks

Interconnected materials containing networks are ubiquitous in the world around us—rubber, car tires, human and engineered tissues, woven sheets and chain mail armor. Engineers often want these networks to be as strong as possible and to resist mechanical fracture and failure.

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Former Fla. school cop gets 30 years after caught on video shooting deputy ex-boyfriend in the face

Yessenia Sanchez pleaded guilty to attempted murder and aggravated stalking in the November 2022 shooting of then-Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy Damian Colón

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JWST captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a key target for planet formation studies.

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This Giant Ancient Underground City may be the largest in the world

Dating back at least 5,000 years and located in the area beneath Fort Nevşehir, a Byzantine-era hilltop castle in Nevşehir, the mysterious underground city has proven to be one of the most shocking discoveries in recent years in the Cappadocia region where this, and other underground cities are located.

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FAA issues environmental take on SpaceX request for more launches, new landing pad

If SpaceX gets its way, the Space Coast will get a lot more rocket rumbles and sonic booms as the company increases Falcon 9 launches and builds out new landing pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center.

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