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NASA's Roman Telescope Is Sharper Than Planned
ScienceNASA's Roman Telescope Is Sharper Than PlannedAfter a tiny mirror tweak, NASA's Roman Space Telescope now gives images nearly 30% sharper than engineers predicted,…
US Rooftop Solar Power Has Quadrupled in a Decade
Planet & EnergyUS Rooftop Solar Power Has Quadrupled in a DecadeNew EIA data shows US rooftop solar generation grew from 18,812 GWh to 92,979 GWh in ten years, led by California,…
Student Volunteers Share 5,000 School Supplies in Texas
KindnessStudent Volunteers Share 5,000 School Supplies in TexasMegha Pillai co-founded DFW Tools4Schools, whose 70+ student volunteers have shared 5,000+ supplies and 500 kits,…
AI Tool Doubles Accuracy of Two-to-Six-Week Forecasts
ScienceAI Tool Doubles Accuracy of Two-to-Six-Week ForecastsAn MIT-led team built a machine-learning add-on that corrects forecast errors, doubling accuracy two to six weeks out…
KAIST's BeetleBot Moves at the Bend of a Finger
TechKAIST's BeetleBot Moves at the Bend of a FingerKAIST researchers built BeetleBot, a small beetle-inspired soft robot with artificial muscles that users steer by…
A World Record and a Long-Awaited Win in Chicago
SportsA World Record and a Long-Awaited Win in ChicagoCatherine Debrunner set a wheelchair world record, Amos Kipruto finally won and Marcel Hug took a fifth straight title…
Vienna Team Builds First Self-Stabilizing Nuclear Clock
ScienceVienna Team Builds First Self-Stabilizing Nuclear ClockPhysicists at TU Wien built a thorium nuclear clock that keeps its own rhythm for over a day, a big step toward…
Giant Tortoises Now Outnumber People in Seychelles
Planet & EnergyGiant Tortoises Now Outnumber People in SeychellesA new survey counts about 180,000 Aldabra giant tortoises, a record for a species once cut to fewer than 1,000, now…
Victoria Honours Its Volunteers at 2026 Awards
KindnessVictoria Honours Its Volunteers at 2026 AwardsThe 2026 Victorian Volunteering Awards named Vinh Nguyen Volunteer of the Year and honoured a soup kitchen, youth…
Swiss Start-Up Charges Electric Buses Through Their Tyres
Planet & EnergySwiss Start-Up Charges Electric Buses Through Their TyresETH Zurich spin-off Winduction charges electric buses wirelessly through special tyres at bus stops, so buses need…
New Material Uses Light to Make Hydrogen From Water
Planet & EnergyNew Material Uses Light to Make Hydrogen From WaterOregon State chemists made a light-driven material that splits water for hydrogen without an extra costly metal…
Smart Fabric Helps Strawberry Plants Triple Their Fruit
TechSmart Fabric Helps Strawberry Plants Triple Their FruitNC State's Plant Armor fabric kept insects off strawberries and raised yields up to 3.56 times in field tests, while…
1,553 Volunteers Clean Oregon Beaches and Rivers
Kindness1,553 Volunteers Clean Oregon Beaches and RiversIn 10 days, 1,553 SOLVE volunteers removed nearly 9,000 pounds of litter from beaches, rivers and parks across Oregon…
Costumed Runners Set Six Records at Berlin Marathon
SportsCostumed Runners Set Six Records at Berlin MarathonA Smurf, a singer and a construction worker were among six Guinness World Records set in costume at the 2026 BMW Berlin…
South Africa Adopts Smarter HIV Drug Resistance Testing
HealthSouth Africa Adopts Smarter HIV Drug Resistance TestingA Wits University study shows clinics a quick way to spot who needs HIV resistance tests, cutting lab costs by 23%, and…
More REM Sleep Linked to Lower Risk of Many Diseases
HealthMore REM Sleep Linked to Lower Risk of Many DiseasesA study of over 95,000 adults links more REM and deep sleep, and 6 to 8 hours a night, with lower risk of dozens of…
AI Scribes Cut Doctors' Note-Taking Time by 69% in Study
HealthAI Scribes Cut Doctors' Note-Taking Time by 69% in StudyA University of Toronto study found AI scribes cut note-writing time by 69.1% in simulated visits, which could help…
FoodCycle Honours 12 Volunteers Who Keep Meals Cooking
KindnessFoodCycle Honours 12 Volunteers Who Keep Meals CookingUK charity FoodCycle named 12 Volunteer of the Year winners, from 'Background Dave' to a 1,000-hour schools hero, for…
Tiny Bolivian Wild Cat Named a New Species
ScienceTiny Bolivian Wild Cat Named a New SpeciesScientists have named Leopardus tilcayo, a tiny tiger cat from Bolivia's cloud forests and the first new living cat…
Europe Launches FLEX to Watch Plants Breathe
Planet & EnergyEurope Launches FLEX to Watch Plants BreatheESA's FLEX satellite and Sentinel-3C launched together on Vega-C. FLEX will measure the faint glow of plants to show…
Chile Wins WHO Validation for Ending Dog Rabies
HealthChile Wins WHO Validation for Ending Dog RabiesChile is the first South American country validated by WHO for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health…
Shrijana Ghising Makes History With Para Taekwondo Gold
SportsShrijana Ghising Makes History With Para Taekwondo GoldShrijana Ghising won Australia's first-ever gold at a World Taekwondo Para Grand Prix in Muju, beating four top-ranked…
Georgia Teen's Free Bike Clinics Reach 350 Kids
KindnessGeorgia Teen's Free Bike Clinics Reach 350 KidsJonathan Thai, 17, founded Pedal Forward, which has raised $30,000, given away 400 bikes and taught more than 350…
Kākāpō Numbers Hit 325 After a Record Breeding Season
Planet & EnergyKākāpō Numbers Hit 325 After a Record Breeding SeasonNew Zealand's rare kākāpō parrot has reached 325 birds, its highest count since recovery work began, after a record 90…
AI Helps London Surgeons Protect a Patient's Sight
TechAI Helps London Surgeons Protect a Patient's SightIn a world first, AI read the live camera feed during brain surgery at a London hospital, helping surgeons remove a…
FDA Approves First RAS-Targeted Pancreatic Cancer Drug
HealthFDA Approves First RAS-Targeted Pancreatic Cancer DrugThe FDA approved daraxonrasib for advanced pancreatic cancer after a 500-patient trial showed median survival of 13.2…
Fastest Star in the Milky Way Could Reveal Black Hole Spin
ScienceFastest Star in the Milky Way Could Reveal Black Hole SpinAstronomers using ESO's VLTI found S301, a star racing at 25,000 km/s around our galaxy's central black hole, so close…