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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory may have found a dramatically more efficient route to fusion energy by reversing the traditional approach: heating plasma first, then increasing its density. Their calculations could help future reactors reach self-sustaining fusion with far less energy while avoiding hidden problems that make ignition harder.
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Astronomers have discovered a bizarre star system about 300 light-years from Earth where a small star is slowly devouring a nearby brown dwarf, an object too massive to be a planet but too small to be a true star. Unlike stars that rapidly swallow their companions, this one is gradually stealing material in a process that could continue for billions of years.
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Scientists have developed a powerful new way to calculate the Kondo effect, a strange quantum phenomenon that appears when magnetic atoms are embedded in metals. Instead of relying on simplified models, the method uses the real atomic and electronic structures of materials, allowing researchers to predict their behavior with far greater accuracy.
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An ROV collects mineral samples from the Escanaba seafloor. (ROV Jason/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) What strange physics. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.
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The entertainment economy in Hollywood is struggling as studios lose jobs to industry consolidation and film producers look outside California. Akiko Fujita has more.
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A federal judge in New York has ruled to stop the government from deporting a man shot by ICE agents amid widespread protests. Ali Bauman reports.
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President Trump is arguing that Ukraine needs a new president as Volodymyr Zelenskyy refuses to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries despite the country's commitment to provide diesel fuel to the U.S. Kamal Afzali has the story.
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The White House had blocked access for CNN, MS Now and Politico, leading them to restrict pool coverage.
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The Environment Agency has warned approximately 6.3 million homes and businesses in England remain at risk of flooding.
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Kimberley Atkinson assumed her symptoms were depression until her behaviour started to change dramatically.
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President Trump's criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes after Russian strikes killed at least 20 people, including three children, in Ukraine.
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Amid a surge in AI content, many are placing extra value on art that's obviously made by a human. But can that last, asks Ros Atkins
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Lizzy, Charlotte and Libby studied at the same time, but their student debt now looks very different.
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MPs are seeking to stop immunity applying when police fabricate evidence or are dishonest or negligent.
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The WHO says the lack of a confirmed diagnosis remains a key uncertainty, with no sign of ongoing transmission.
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Though mostly visible near the Arctic Circle, the natural phenomenon dazzled sky-gazers as far south Devon, Hampshire and Kent The northern lights illuminated the skies across the UK on Friday and Saturday evening. Sky-gazers as far south as Devon, Hampshire and Kent were treated to the dazzling natural phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis. Continue reading...
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A desperate junta is in a war of attrition against ethnic militias and and civilian resistance.
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A reenactment of the Battle of Hastings, which took place almost a millennium ago, is drawing crowds of enthusiasts in the UK.
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The natural phenomenon, known as the Aurora Borealis, is the result of increased solar activity.
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The US has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
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Pupils have been protesting after the implementation of a new dress code restricting the hijab in Azerbaijan’s schools.
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US leader suggests Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war amid tensions with Kyiv over a diesel deal with Russia.
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Immigration debate and visa uncertainty are putting students off and increasing pressure on budgets Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast University leaders warn they’re struggling to fill international student places due to visa uncertainty and heated political debate on immigration, with regional areas hit the hardest amid concern that financial deficits could affect domestic students. The latest numbers from the Department of Education in October show on average universities are filling just two-thirds of their allocated places, and just five public universities have reached more than 80% capacity, all in capital cities. Continue reading...
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US President Trump criticised Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he called for new leadership in Ukraine.
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The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.
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The King spoke of "threats to our international order" in a letter marking the 10th anniversary of the National Cyber Security Centre.
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Vincent Chan went on to abuse children after being cleared of ‘significant concerns’ following council-overseen inquiry A paedophile nursery worker was cleared by an investigation overseen by a local authority three years before he was arrested. In February, Vincent Chan was jailed after pleading guilty to 56 offences , including assault by penetration on three-year-old girls in his care at a Bright Horizons nursery on Finchley Road in north-west London. After his conviction, prosecutors described him as a “prolific sexual predator”. Continue reading...
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President Trump says Russia has agreed to release millions of tons of diesel fuel over the next several months in an attempt to combat high prices amid the Iran war. The move comes weeks ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
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Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Local anger over energy bills and lost farmland are reaching top-of-the-ticket races battleground races.
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Children are still allowed to marry here in the United States because of zealots on the left and right alike.
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The aging Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, pushed off the planned vote until late 2027. Palestinians haven’t had major elections for about two decades.
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Sweden and Denmark are pouring money into defense, tightening ties with each other and Europe—and moving beyond the U.S. It’s paying off.
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This week in politics: Which Democrats? And whose A.I. morals?
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Prosecutors are still pursuing individual cases against people who investigated Trump.
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Panelists joined to discuss what the crucial races in battleground states and districts could mean for both parties in the midterm elections.
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The Justice Department said it will stop broadly enforcing federal registration requirements for firearm suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and certain other guns.
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The clash marks a new low point in White House relations with Kyiv as Russia escalates its bombing of Ukrainian cities.
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The president appeared on Friday at a rally with the Republican nominee for governor in New York, where his party is hoping that upstate voters will sway key races.
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The governor’s decision, which is at odds with New York’s teachers’ unions, would provide federal tax dollars to parents for both private and public school expenses.
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The anger over the voting lists has melded with grievances from young Indians struggling to find work.
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Millions of dollars are flowing to help Democratic socialists and other progressives.
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The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.
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The National Park Service notified a court of the plan as part of continuing litigation over the president’s proposal to create a “champion-level” course.
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Chronic diabetic wounds may fail to heal because immune cells remain locked in damaging inflammatory states instead of transitioning toward tissue repair. Researchers are exploring treatments that reprogram these immune responses, raising hopes for more targeted and effective therapies for diabetic ulcers.
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Potent powders can produce a nearly catatonic state, particularly in those who have not tried the drug before.
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A short course of immunotherapy before surgery may offer remarkably durable protection for some patients with stage two or three bowel cancer. In the NEOPRISM-CRC trial, 32 patients with a specific genetic form of bowel cancer received pembrolizumab for up to nine weeks before surgery instead of the usual post-surgery chemotherapy. After nearly three years of follow-up, none of the patients had experienced a cancer recurrence, including those who still had small traces of disease after treatment.
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Public EV chargers continue to be installed at a steady clip, even as the industry faces a tough road to long-term profitability.
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The highly vulnerable devices have turned into tools for combatants to track, surveil and attack the enemy.
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A change in Reckitt’s sales tactics led to 12 consecutive quarters of double-digit sales growth in the country.
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Max-cushion shoes are all the rage. But some doctors worry they could pose long-term risks to feet, ankles, knees or hips.
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A large study suggests loneliness and social isolation can cost people years of healthy life, especially when it comes to mental health. Men experiencing both lost about 5.8 years free from depression and anxiety, while women lost roughly 3.7 years.
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