https://scitechdaily.com/ Science, Space and Technology News 2026 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:06:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-expose-hidden-quantum-identity-of-a-superconductor/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-expose-hidden-quantum-identity-of-a-superconductor/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:49:50 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527366 Two strongly coupled superconducting states can disguise themselves as a single energy gap in ultrathin materials. Two ultrathin superconductors appeared to have a simple internal structure, but closer measurements revealed something more complex. Instead of relying on one superconducting state, each material contains two strongly coupled states whose combined behavior makes them look like a [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-expose-hidden-quantum-identity-of-a-superconductor/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/black-holes-may-not-be-the-bottomless-pits-we-imagined/ https://scitechdaily.com/black-holes-may-not-be-the-bottomless-pits-we-imagined/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:14:27 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527238 A black hole caught feeding on a nearby star kept spitting matter into space even after its outburst nearly faded away. Astronomers led by the University of Warwick have uncovered new details about how black holes consume and expel matter. Their observations suggest that even faint black holes are not simple bottomless pits. Instead, they [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/black-holes-may-not-be-the-bottomless-pits-we-imagined/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/perseverance-finds-organic-carbon-preserved-just-beneath-the-martian-surface/ https://scitechdaily.com/perseverance-finds-organic-carbon-preserved-just-beneath-the-martian-surface/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:39:35 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=524055 Perseverance has found shallow preserved organic carbon on Mars, raising new questions about ancient Martian environments. Mars keeps offering clues that are promising enough to study, but not definitive enough to settle the biggest question. In September of last year, NASA reported that its Perseverance rover had found a potential biosignature, a substance or structure [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/perseverance-finds-organic-carbon-preserved-just-beneath-the-martian-surface/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/beetroot-juice-may-ease-pregnancys-strain-on-the-kidneys/ https://scitechdaily.com/beetroot-juice-may-ease-pregnancys-strain-on-the-kidneys/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:32:54 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527463 Daily beetroot juice showed early signs of safely supporting pregnant women with chronic kidney disease. For a pregnant woman with chronic kidney disease (CKD), protecting her own kidneys can become harder just as her body is supporting a developing baby. Many kidney treatments are considered unsafe during pregnancy, often requiring medication to be paused for [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/beetroot-juice-may-ease-pregnancys-strain-on-the-kidneys/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/tick-found-in-austin-apartment-linked-to-rare-relapsing-fever/ https://scitechdaily.com/tick-found-in-austin-apartment-linked-to-rare-relapsing-fever/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:57:54 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527467 A likely urban case of soft tick-borne relapsing fever shows that infected ticks may be present inside Texas homes. While sitting inside an Austin apartment, a resident discovered an engorged tick attached to their ankle. Testing later connected the tick to a likely case of soft tick-borne relapsing fever (STRF), raising concerns that infected soft [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/tick-found-in-austin-apartment-linked-to-rare-relapsing-fever/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/ozempic-changes-your-body-but-does-it-change-your-life-a-new-study-suggests-not/ https://scitechdaily.com/ozempic-changes-your-body-but-does-it-change-your-life-a-new-study-suggests-not/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:22:29 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527527 Research by a University of Chicago economist found no measurable changes in mood, employment, or marriage among people taking medications such as Ozempic. GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic can help people with Type 2 diabetes control blood sugar, lower cardiovascular risk, and, in many cases, lose substantial weight. Yet those medical gains raise another question: [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/ozempic-changes-your-body-but-does-it-change-your-life-a-new-study-suggests-not/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/super-deep-diamond-reveals-how-water-travels-to-the-earths-interior/ https://scitechdaily.com/super-deep-diamond-reveals-how-water-travels-to-the-earths-interior/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:05:13 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527331 A stone analyzed at the Sirius particle accelerator supports the hypothesis that the mineral goethite can carry water from the planet’s surface into rocks in the lower mantle. A microscopic pocket sealed inside a diamond only 3 millimeters long may record how water travels from Earth’s surface into the planet’s deep interior. A Brazilian research [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/super-deep-diamond-reveals-how-water-travels-to-the-earths-interior/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/300-million-year-old-fossil-babies-challenge-the-textbook-story-of-lifes-move-onto-land/ https://scitechdaily.com/300-million-year-old-fossil-babies-challenge-the-textbook-story-of-lifes-move-onto-land/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:30:32 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=524064 Fossils of young tetrapods suggest that the common ancestors of amphibians, reptiles and mammals did not evolve from animals with tadpole-like larvae, as scientists once thought. The first animals to move from water onto land may not have grown up the way scientists long assumed. For decades, the standard picture was that early tetrapods, the [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/300-million-year-old-fossil-babies-challenge-the-textbook-story-of-lifes-move-onto-land/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-super-eruptions-may-have-frozen-earth-for-centuries/ https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-super-eruptions-may-have-frozen-earth-for-centuries/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:55:56 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527595 Some of history’s most powerful eruptions may have plunged Earth into centuries of sustained cooling. A volcanic eruption can darken skies and cool the planet for a year or two. New research suggests that some of the largest eruptions did something far more powerful: they pushed Earth into cold spells that lasted for centuries. The [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-super-eruptions-may-have-frozen-earth-for-centuries/feed/ 3 https://scitechdaily.com/sleep-strengthens-memories-but-epilepsy-can-break-the-connection/ https://scitechdaily.com/sleep-strengthens-memories-but-epilepsy-can-break-the-connection/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:44:56 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527531 During sleep, three brain regions work together to strengthen memories, but epilepsy can disrupt that process. While the brain sleeps, three regions appear to synchronize their activity to strengthen newly formed memories. Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine found that disturbances in this coordination were associated with poorer memory performance in people [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/sleep-strengthens-memories-but-epilepsy-can-break-the-connection/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/living-by-the-sea-may-not-be-as-healthy-as-it-seems/ https://scitechdaily.com/living-by-the-sea-may-not-be-as-healthy-as-it-seems/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:09:26 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527586 The promise of a healthier life by the sea may depend less on the coastline than on who can afford to leave. A long-running study of people in England and Wales found that adults who remained in coastal communities or moved to the coast were more likely to develop multiple chronic health problems by middle [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/living-by-the-sea-may-not-be-as-healthy-as-it-seems/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/a-common-sugar-may-loosen-cancer-cells-and-help-them-spread/ https://scitechdaily.com/a-common-sugar-may-loosen-cancer-cells-and-help-them-spread/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:34:08 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527547 Chemotherapy may kill most ovarian cancer cells, but the few that survive can turn dangerously active. By releasing fructose, they may help nearby tumor cells break free and spread. Researchers at The Wistar Institute uncovered this unexpected chain reaction while studying treatment-induced cellular senescence, a state in which damaged cancer cells stop dividing but remain [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/a-common-sugar-may-loosen-cancer-cells-and-help-them-spread/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/nearly-invisible-fish-killing-pathogens-found-in-brazil-for-the-first-time/ https://scitechdaily.com/nearly-invisible-fish-killing-pathogens-found-in-brazil-for-the-first-time/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:51:02 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527342 Pathogens that cause columnaris disease, previously found only in Asia and the United States, were identified in samples from São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Paraná. A nearly transparent bacterial colony can be easy to miss under a microscope. Yet identifying it matters for fish farms, where columnaris disease can damage the skin and gills of [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/nearly-invisible-fish-killing-pathogens-found-in-brazil-for-the-first-time/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/a-single-immune-switch-could-help-drive-widespread-aging/ https://scitechdaily.com/a-single-immune-switch-could-help-drive-widespread-aging/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:16:43 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=526020 Blocking a single inflammatory receptor protected mice from many of aging’s most damaging effects. Aging may be driven in part by a breakdown in the body’s cleanup system. New research suggests that as specialized immune cells lose their ability to remove worn-out cells, inflammatory debris begins to accumulate, damaging organs throughout the body. In experiments [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/a-single-immune-switch-could-help-drive-widespread-aging/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-major-brain-change-that-starts-around-age-50/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-major-brain-change-that-starts-around-age-50/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:41:05 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=526292 NIH-supported findings reveal a previously unknown aspect of human brain aging that may contribute to cognitive decline and dementia risk later in life. Beginning in middle age, the immune cell population inside the hippocampus appears to undergo a major and rapid transformation. The hippocampus supports learning and memory, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-major-brain-change-that-starts-around-age-50/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-what-makes-hydrogen-go-quantum/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-what-makes-hydrogen-go-quantum/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:29:20 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527361 The symmetry of vanadium’s crystal structure acts as a switch for hydrogen’s quantum behavior. Inside a vanadium crystal, hydrogen can travel in two very different ways. It may move as a conventional particle that needs enough energy to jump between locations, or behave like a quantum wave that passes through barriers. Researchers have now identified [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-what-makes-hydrogen-go-quantum/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-extreme-acceleration-inside-a-nuclear-fireball/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-extreme-acceleration-inside-a-nuclear-fireball/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:54:12 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527337 Simulations reveal some of the strongest accelerations ever produced on Earth, opening new avenues for QCD research. When atomic nuclei smash together at almost the speed of light, their internal matter briefly transforms into quark–gluon plasma, an extremely hot fluid in which quarks and gluons move freely. Scientists have closely examined the plasma’s intense rotation [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-extreme-acceleration-inside-a-nuclear-fireball/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/giant-plasma-waves-may-be-stripping-away-mars-atmosphere/ https://scitechdaily.com/giant-plasma-waves-may-be-stripping-away-mars-atmosphere/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:19:49 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527381 Kelvin–Helmholtz waves may help the solar wind strip atmospheric particles from Mars. Mars is continually exposed to a stream of charged particles racing outward from the Sun. Earth’s global magnetic field deflects much of this solar wind, but Mars lacks a comparable shield. The flow can therefore strike the planet’s upper atmosphere directly and gradually [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/giant-plasma-waves-may-be-stripping-away-mars-atmosphere/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/a-daily-multivitamin-may-help-older-adults-stay-active/ https://scitechdaily.com/a-daily-multivitamin-may-help-older-adults-stay-active/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:08:48 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527236 A daily multivitamin may offer older adults a simple way to support everyday function and independence. Maintaining the ability to handle ordinary tasks without severe symptoms is an important part of quality of life in later years. New research suggests that taking a daily multivitamin may help older adults preserve that everyday level of functioning. [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/a-daily-multivitamin-may-help-older-adults-stay-active/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/blood-test-may-reveal-alzheimers-risk-years-before-symptoms/ https://scitechdaily.com/blood-test-may-reveal-alzheimers-risk-years-before-symptoms/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:33:56 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=526916 A large international study suggests that very high p-tau217 levels may identify cognitively healthy adults who face a substantially greater chance of impairment years later. A person can appear cognitively healthy while carrying biological changes linked to a greater chance of future cognitive decline. An international study led by researchers at the Mass General Brigham [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/blood-test-may-reveal-alzheimers-risk-years-before-symptoms/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-thought-superagers-had-lucky-genes-they-were-wrong/ https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-thought-superagers-had-lucky-genes-they-were-wrong/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:58:38 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=526398 SuperAgers may keep their memories sharp not because they dodged Alzheimer’s genes, but because their brains possess hidden defenses scientists are only beginning to uncover. Some people reach their 80s and 90s with memory abilities that rival, or even surpass, those of adults decades younger. Known as SuperAgers, these exceptional individuals are helping scientists investigate [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-thought-superagers-had-lucky-genes-they-were-wrong/feed/ 7 https://scitechdaily.com/humans-and-mice-may-process-smells-in-very-similar-ways/ https://scitechdaily.com/humans-and-mice-may-process-smells-in-very-similar-ways/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:57:17 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=524839 Every deliberate sniff may activate a brain system that has survived millions of years of evolution. A mouse searching for food may sniff several times each second. A person checking whether a cantaloupe is ripe usually leans in for one slow, deliberate breath. Those behaviors look completely different, but new research suggests the brain may [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/humans-and-mice-may-process-smells-in-very-similar-ways/feed/ 0 https://scitechdaily.com/these-beautiful-flowers-can-paralyze-you-but-their-chemistry-could-save-lives/ https://scitechdaily.com/these-beautiful-flowers-can-paralyze-you-but-their-chemistry-could-save-lives/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:22:10 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=527391 Researchers take the first steps toward recreating powerful chemicals derived from plants in the laboratory. Wolfsbane and larkspur can cause neurotoxicity and paralysis at extremely low doses, yet their chemistry has also been used against pain, malaria, cancer, and pests. Researchers have now taken the first steps toward recreating some of these powerful plant compounds [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/these-beautiful-flowers-can-paralyze-you-but-their-chemistry-could-save-lives/feed/ 1 https://scitechdaily.com/new-stroke-treatment-turns-brain-cavities-into-repair-hubs/ https://scitechdaily.com/new-stroke-treatment-turns-brain-cavities-into-repair-hubs/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:47:00 +0000 https://scitechdaily.com/?p=526702 An injectable biomaterial turned stroke-damaged areas into hubs of repair, helping mouse brains grow new blood vessels and nerve fibers while restoring near-normal movement. A stroke can leave behind more than damaged brain cells. In severe cases, it creates an empty cavity where living tissue once carried signals, supplied blood, and controlled movement. Duke University [...]]]> https://scitechdaily.com/new-stroke-treatment-turns-brain-cavities-into-repair-hubs/feed/ 3