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22/09/2026

Technique uses chemical tags to shut down viral DNA lurking in host’s genome.

22/09/2026

Observations of a memory effect in the p-wave superconductor candidate UTe2, which can be controlled by varying the strength and duration of the electrically applied stimuli, are described.

22/09/2026

22/09/2026

The September 2026 issue of Science Robotics is out!

This month's cover depicts AthenaZero, a robot with humanlike mass and dynamic capabilities that enable it to throw, catch, and hit a baseball quickly. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4gTYXzl

22/09/2026

This week's is a Copernicus EU Sentinel-2 image shows an area of the Andean Altiplano in southern Bolivia 🇧🇴 near the border with Chile 🇨🇱.

Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA

22/09/2026

Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.

22/09/2026

Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy (APOD: 2026 Sep 18)
Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260918.html

Explanation: The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, Messier 33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way. About 3 million light-years from the Milky Way, M33 is itself thought to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy and astronomers in these two galaxies would likely have spectacular views of each other's grand spiral star systems. As for the view from the Milky Way, this sharp telescopic image shows off M33's blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions along the galaxy's loosely wound spiral arms. In fact, the cavernous NGC 604 is the brightest star forming region, seen here at about the 5 o'clock position from the galaxy center. Like M31, M33's population of well-measured variable stars have helped make this nearby spiral a cosmic yardstick for establishing the distance scale of the Universe.

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Starship Asterisk* • APOD Discussion Page
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10/09/2026

"I used to sit down and just let my mind drift. Most of the time a useless activity, but occasionally it would lead to something that was useful. That sort of dreamlike state was very important in my life."

Richard Robson tells us how he accesses a restful state-of-mind in which ideas flow in this episode of our podcast – Nobel Prize Conversations.

We also speak with Robson's co-laureates Omar Yaghi and Susumu Kitagawa about how they changed chemistry forever by letting their minds wander to unplanned places.

Join us for a discussion with the 2025 chemistry laureates: https://linktr.ee/nobelprizeconversations