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Glaciers in the ‘roof of the world’ have suddenly started melting

One of the world’s last stable glacier regions may have finally begun to succumb to global warming, with researchers...

New laboratory at MIT aims to advance quantum research for the nation

On May 28, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced plans for a new...

What You Get With Each Paid AI Subscription

It's difficult to get away from AI inside apps and on devices now, and if you're making a lot of use of these...

MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocks

Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries power increasingly more of our world....

Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism

Click here for our video on what happens when scientists release homing pigeons with disabled magnetic immune cells.Homing pigeons don’t rely on gut instinct to return to the roost. But a nearby organ — the liver — might point...

A new sensor could enable earlier detection of bladder cancer

Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer...

Media Advisory: MIT to establish regional quantum hub

MIT and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced plans to establish the Quantum Systems Laboratory (QSL) at MIT, which...

Can DEET attract mosquitoes? A lab study offers clues

Pesky mosquitoes on the hunt for a blood meal may find the smell of a common repellent alluring rather than repulsive. Yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) exposed to the insect repellent DEET can learn to associate the off-putting chemical with food, researchers...

How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines – NASA Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac36aovF8ZQTens of thousands of abandoned mines threaten waterways across the American West, but identifying which sites urgently need cleanup is slow and expensive. Now, NASA’s EMIT instrument can analyze the unique light signatures of mine waste from space to...
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China’s leader Xi Jinping set to make rare visit to North Korea

Xi will be in North Korea from 8-9 June, a rare visit to the isolated regime that is a...
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