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iRonCub3: World’s First Jet-Powered Humanoid Robot Heralds New Era

This robotic flight demonstration marks the newest achievement of the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence (AMI) Lab at IIT in Genoa under the leadership of Daniele Pucci. Their research focuses on advancing the frontiers of multi-modal humanoid robotics by integrating ground-based locomotion with aerial mobility to create robots capable of functioning in unstructured and extreme environments.

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Anauchen picasso by Vukašin Gojšina, Biologist, Serbia

The Picasso of Snails: Art in Nature’s Smallest Forms

In the misty limestone karsts of Southeast Asia, an extraordinary discovery has emerged: a tiny architect with a flair for the avant-garde. Meet Anauchen picasso, a 3-millimeter snail whose shell defies conventional design with its sharply angular, rectangular whorls reminiscent of the great cubist master’s revolutionary art…

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Artistic visualization of the electromagnetic forces at play during ultra-peripheral collisions at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, where lead ions traveling at near-light speed generate intense photon bursts capable of nuclear transmutation. The glowing energy streams represent the moment when physics transforms lead into gold through pure electromagnetic interaction, bringing ancient alchemical dreams into the realm of quantum reality.

Turning Lead into Gold: The Real Alchemy at CERN

Picture of the ALICE detector, Image Credit: CERN How Relativistic Physics Fulfills an Ancient Alchemical Dream In the hushed corridors of CERN‘s sprawling complex near Geneva, a pursuit that once captivated medieval alchemists has found a modern scientific realization. Physicists using the ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) detector have observed the transformation of lead

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Allen Institute's Informatics team created this image

Consciousness Reconsidered: Landmark Study Challenges Theories and Illuminates the Brain’s Sensory Core

In a historic neuroscience experiment years in the making, researchers have released groundbreaking findings that reshape our understanding of consciousness. Published in Nature on April 28, 2025, the study evaluates two leading theories,…

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The image depicts a glowing blue hexagonal crystal structure with one side perfectly intact and the other side fracturing yet seemingly self-healing. This visualization represents Dr. Panče Naumov and his NYU Abu Dhabi research team's groundbreaking discovery of self-healing crystals—challenging traditional views of crystals as merely rigid and brittle materials. Small light particles emanate from the healing zones, illustrating this remarkable scientific breakthrough.

Molecular Regeneration: Inside Dr. Panče Naumov’s Groundbreaking Research on Self-Healing Crystals

Crystals, traditionally seen as symbols of rigidity and brittleness, are now revealing a remarkable hidden characteristic: the ability to heal themselves. Leading this breakthrough is Dr. Panče Naumov and his research team at New York University and New York University Abu Dhabi…

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