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Unified framework sorts spacetime fluctuations for quantum-gravity experiments - Phys.org
science 2026/01/21 18:22:33

Unified framework sorts spacetime fluctuations for quantum-gravity experiments - Phys.org

A team of researchers led by the University of Warwick has developed the first unified framework for detecting “spacetime fluctuations”—tiny, random distortions in the fabric of spacetime that appear in many attempts to unite quantum physics and gravity.

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Massive black hole mystery unlocked by researchers - Phys.org
science 2026/01/21 18:16:55

Massive black hole mystery unlocked by researchers - Phys.org

It’s one of astronomy’s great mysteries: how did black holes get so big, so massive, so quickly. An answer to this cosmic conundrum has now been provided by researchers at Ireland’s Maynooth University (MU) and reported today in Nature Astronomy.

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A Deep Sea Expedition Will Soon Confirm if 'Dark Oxygen' Exists - ScienceAlert
science 2026/01/21 18:03:11

A Deep Sea Expedition Will Soon Confirm if 'Dark Oxygen' Exists - ScienceAlert

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing “dark oxygen”.

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Tomorrow’s “Full Moon” Phase of 3I/ATLAS - Avi Loeb – Medium
science 2026/01/21 17:49:20

Tomorrow’s “Full Moon” Phase of 3I/ATLAS - Avi Loeb – Medium

In a new paper that was just accepted for publication yesterday (and posted as a preprint here), I reported with Mauro Barbieri that…

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Ageing promotes microglial accumulation of slow-degrading synaptic proteins - Nature
science 2026/01/21 16:53:05

Ageing promotes microglial accumulation of slow-degrading synaptic proteins - Nature

Newly developed mouse models that enable cell-specific analyses of proteostasis dynamics across the lifespan of the mice reveal key aspects of neuronal proteostasis with ageing.

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Gravity Solved? This Wild New Idea Might Explain the Entire Universe in One Shot - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/01/21 16:45:00

Gravity Solved? This Wild New Idea Might Explain the Entire Universe in One Shot - The Daily Galaxy

Scientists propose one idea to explain it all from gravity to dark matter.

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