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Inspiring science news. Health, Mind, Earth, and Space. Knowridge Science Report is a division of Knowridge Pty Ltd (ACN:663 518 858).

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A discovery about the heart. A new clue about a distant planet. A clever idea that could change how we use energy. Science is full of stories worth reading, and now there’s an easier way to keep up...

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Webb Finds Clues to Huge Collisions That Build and Break Planets knowridge.com/2026/10/webb-f…
Webb Finds Clues to Huge Collisions That Build and Break Planets

Webb Finds Clues to Huge Collisions That Build and Break Planets

Dust around distant stars is revealing clues to collisions powerful enough to reshape young planets. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found that the dust’s mineral composition may...

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Tiny Iron Particles May Hold Clues to the Moon’s Magnetic Past knowridge.com/2026/09/tiny-i…
Tiny Iron Particles May Hold Clues to the Moon’s Magnetic Past

Tiny Iron Particles May Hold Clues to the Moon’s Magnetic Past

The moon has no global magnetic field today, but it has not always been that way. Some lunar rocks and soil still carry signs of ancient magnetism. By studying the minerals that hold those signs,...

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Two Cat Brothers Reveal the First Known Cases of Feline Marfan Syndrome knowridge.com/2026/09/two-ca…
Two Cat Brothers Reveal the First Known Cases of Feline Marfan Syndrome

Two Cat Brothers Reveal the First Known Cases of Feline Marfan Syndrome

Gary and Shaggy looked unusual even as kittens. The brothers had noticeably long legs, and later examinations found problems with their eyes and an enlarged aorta, the large blood vessel that carries...

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Jurassic Vomit Fossils Reveal a Plesiosaur Feeding Mystery knowridge.com/2026/09/jurass…
Jurassic Vomit Fossils Reveal a Plesiosaur Feeding Mystery

Jurassic Vomit Fossils Reveal a Plesiosaur Feeding Mystery

About 160 million years ago, a marine reptile may have eaten shellfish on the seafloor, then swum into shallower water to bring up the hard parts it could not digest. Fossilized clumps found beneath...

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Scientists Find a New Way to Identify Aging “Zombie Cells” knowridge.com/2026/09/scient…
Scientists Find a New Way to Identify Aging “Zombie Cells”

Scientists Find a New Way to Identify Aging “Zombie Cells”

As we grow older, some cells stop dividing but remain in the body. Scientists call them senescent cells. They are sometimes nicknamed “zombie cells” because they are still alive, even though they no...

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When Did Earth Become Ready for Life? knowridge.com/2026/09/when-d…
When Did Earth Become Ready for Life?

When Did Earth Become Ready for Life?

Earth may have become a promising place for the chemistry that led to life about 4.33 billion years ago, according to a new study. At that time, some parts of the planet may have stayed cool long...

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Why Hot Rock Won Out Over Ice in the Early Solar System knowridge.com/2026/09/why-ho…
Why Hot Rock Won Out Over Ice in the Early Solar System

Why Hot Rock Won Out Over Ice in the Early Solar System

Before Earth or any other planet existed, the young sun was surrounded by a wide disk of gas and dust. Tiny pieces of material collided and stuck together, gradually building larger bodies. Those...

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AI Is Producing More Software. Why Isn’t It Being Used? knowridge.com/2026/09/ai-is-…
AI Is Producing More Software. Why Isn’t It Being Used?

AI Is Producing More Software. Why Isn’t It Being Used?

Artificial intelligence coding tools dramatically increase developers’ productivity, but much of those gains are lost before they translate into finished software because human bottlenecks persist...

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New Eco-Friendly Cooling Device Works for One Million Cycles Without Losing Power knowridge.com/2026/09/new-ec…
New Eco-Friendly Cooling Device Works for One Million Cycles Without Losing Power

New Eco-Friendly Cooling Device Works for One Million Cycles Without Losing Power

Researchers have developed a new refrigeration device that maintained its cooling performance through one million operating cycles without any decline. The advance could help create more durable and...

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Smart Nanotech Coating Could Repair Itself and Fight Rust for Decades knowridge.com/2026/09/smart-…
Smart Nanotech Coating Could Repair Itself and Fight Rust for Decades

Smart Nanotech Coating Could Repair Itself and Fight Rust for Decades

Scientists have developed tiny particles that can turn ordinary water-based paint into a self-repairing shield against rust. The technology could greatly extend the life of protective coatings used...

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This Tiny Flying Robot Uses Just One Motor to Navigate the Air knowridge.com/2026/09/this-t…
This Tiny Flying Robot Uses Just One Motor to Navigate the Air

This Tiny Flying Robot Uses Just One Motor to Navigate the Air

A tiny flying robot inspired by a spinning maple seed can now follow complicated flight paths more accurately, thanks to a new control system developed by researchers at the Singapore University of...

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Self-Destructing Chemicals Could Make Organic Electronics 100 Times More Powerful knowridge.com/2026/09/self-d…
Self-Destructing Chemicals Could Make Organic Electronics 100 Times More Powerful

Self-Destructing Chemicals Could Make Organic Electronics 100 Times More Powerful

Scientists have discovered a new way to greatly increase the number of electrical charges in organic semiconductors. The method could help create better flexible electronics, light-based devices and...

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Scientists Find a Cheaper Way to Treat Toxic Mine Drainage knowridge.com/2026/09/scient…
Scientists Find a Cheaper Way to Treat Toxic Mine Drainage

Scientists Find a Cheaper Way to Treat Toxic Mine Drainage

Recycled concrete could offer a cheaper way to treat polluted water flowing from abandoned coal mines, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The research examined whether crushed...

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Nearly 50 Faint “Ghost Galaxies” Found Hiding in Deep Space knowridge.com/2026/09/nearly…
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Solar Storm Delayed a Victorian Train for 16 Minutes knowridge.com/2026/09/solar-…
Solar Storm Delayed a Victorian Train for 16 Minutes

Solar Storm Delayed a Victorian Train for 16 Minutes

A 16-minute train delay in Victorian England has helped scientists solve a 178-year-old mystery about one of the earliest known cases of space weather disrupting technology. Electric telegraph...

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When Stars Engulf Rocky Planets, Beryllium Gives It Away knowridge.com/2026/09/when-s…
When Stars Engulf Rocky Planets, Beryllium Gives It Away

When Stars Engulf Rocky Planets, Beryllium Gives It Away

Binary stars are born in the same cloud of molecular gas, and should share the same chemical composition. But sometimes they don’t. Is this because of minor differences in the protostellar clouds? Or...

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Tiny New Laser Could Help Future Computer Chips Run Faster and Use Less Energy knowridge.com/2026/09/tiny-n…
Tiny New Laser Could Help Future Computer Chips Run Faster and Use Less Energy

Tiny New Laser Could Help Future Computer Chips Run Faster and Use Less Energy

A laser so small that thousands of them could one day fit onto a single computer chip may help change how computers move information. Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark, or DTU, have...

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10-Hour Eating Window May Help With Modest Weight Loss knowridge.com/2026/09/10-hou…
10-Hour Eating Window May Help With Modest Weight Loss

10-Hour Eating Window May Help With Modest Weight Loss

Limiting meals to a set period each day has become a popular way to manage weight. A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study suggests that eating within a 10-hour daily window can be linked to modest weight...

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This Low-Cost Detector Can Spot Nuclear Material in Air Ducts Every Second knowridge.com/2026/09/this-l…
This Low-Cost Detector Can Spot Nuclear Material in Air Ducts Every Second

This Low-Cost Detector Can Spot Nuclear Material in Air Ducts Every Second

Scientists have developed a low-cost device that can continuously check air ducts at nuclear facilities for traces of radioactive material. The detector, created at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

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