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Diamond Detector Captures Electron Bursts One Picosecond Long at SLAC

A collaboration of UC campuses and three national laboratories built the system and tested it last July using the Linac Coherent Light Source II accelerator in Menlo Park.

Jun 18, 2026

FDA Advisors Vote 9 to 0 to Back Moderna mRNA Flu Vaccine

The vaccine, called mFlusiva, showed 27 percent better effectiveness against seasonal flu than a standard flu shot in a Phase 3 trial of more than 40,000 adults.

Jun 18, 2026

Two Physicists Say Dark Matter Explains Bullseye Galaxy's Nine Rings

A new study in The Astrophysical Journal argues the rings formed from quantum behavior of axion particles, not a galaxy collision.

Jun 18, 2026

Comb Jelly Experiment Pushes Origins of Animal Body Plan Coordination Back 700 Million Years

Biologists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena transplanted comb jelly embryo tissue and triggered the formation of a second body axis, replicating a Nobel Prize-winning experiment from 1924.

Jun 17, 2026

FDA Clears Second Fly Species for Maggot Wound Therapy, Giving One Company Both Approvals

Singapore-based Cuprina Holdings now holds FDA clearance for Lucilia cuprina, the Australian sheep blowfly, in addition to the more common green bottle fly.

Jun 17, 2026

Stone Age Wooden Posts Near Stonehenge Tracked Solstices 5,000 Years Ago

Two postholes about 400 feet apart were found near the village of Bulford, aligned to mark both the summer and winter solstice.

Jun 17, 2026

NASA Partners With Relativity Space To Study Mars Atmosphere Before Human Landing

The Aeolus instrument suite, scheduled to launch in 2028, will give scientists the first daily global view of Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds.

Jun 17, 2026

AI Company LTX Releases Open Tools So Creators Can Train Their Own Video Models

The LTX Trainer update, released on GitHub, lets filmmakers and studios build custom AI video models without extensive coding or uploading content to outside servers.

Jun 17, 2026

Australian Researchers Find Hidden Mechanism Helps Plants Survive Heat and Drought

A study on cotton, sunflower, and dwarf bean shows a second internal process buffers CO2 levels at the site of photosynthesis during climate stress.

Jun 17, 2026

James Webb Telescope Captures Exoplanet Heating Up 1,100 Degrees in Hours

HD 80606 b, a gas giant four times the mass of Jupiter, swings so close to its star that Webb's instruments recorded its temperature skyrocketing in real time.

Jun 17, 2026

HPE Offers Free Virtualization Software for a Year to Pull Customers From VMware

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced the promotion at its Discover event in Las Vegas, targeting users frustrated by Broadcom's VMware pricing changes.

Jun 16, 2026

Trump Administration Moves to Dismiss NAACP Clean Air Lawsuit Against xAI

The Justice Department argues that xAI's gas turbines in Mississippi power an AI system used in military operations, including strikes during Operation Epic Fury.

Jun 16, 2026