Nationwide Map Predicts Childhood Lead Exposure Risk by Neighborhood
A new risk score uses housing age and poverty data to estimate childhood lead exposure for every U.S. neighborhood, validated against blood lead levels in 11 states.
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European Children Born Today Face Twice as Much Extreme Fire Weather
A new study projects that a child born in Europe in 2025 will experience over three additional years of extreme fire weather compared with someone born in 1950 under current climate policies.
Perfectly Aligned Systems May Be More Fragile, Physicists Find
New research from Northwestern suggests that a little disorder can make complex networks like power grids and ecosystems more resilient.
Pond Protist Rewrites Rules of the Genetic Code
An accidental discovery shows a single-celled organism can reassign two stop signals to different amino acids, overturning a near-universal biological assumption.
Ultra-bright nanoparticles reveal hidden chemical differences
Newly developed nanoparticles can detect trace amounts of chemicals and tell apart nearly identical molecules, potentially enabling cheaper screening for drug impurities and pollutants.
Z Bosons Show Quantum Entanglement in Higgs Decays at CERN
Physicists report strong evidence that Z bosons produced in Higgs boson decays become quantum entangled, confirming nonlocality under extreme conditions.
Deep-sea 'golden tree' coral forces creation of new family
A bright yellow, branching coral found on Costa Rican seamounts is so genetically distinct that scientists placed it in a newly created family.
Ghost of Superconductivity: Pair Density Waves Survive
New evidence shows electron pair ripples persist in uranium ditelluride even after superconductivity is destroyed.
NASA Sharpens Tracking of Earth's Shifting Center of Mass
New laser-ranging measurements capture millimeter-scale seasonal swings in Earth's center of mass caused by moving water, ice, and air.
Snow Machine Traverse Links Arctic Coastal Communities to Study Change
A 3,196-kilometer snow machine expedition across Arctic Alaska gathered community knowledge on coastal erosion, permafrost thaw, and infrastructure risks.
Jumping Genes: From Genomic Parasites to Evolutionary Partners
Transposons, which make up half the human genome, are increasingly understood as crucial evolutionary collaborators rather than mere genetic junk.
Satellites Detect Only 16% of Extreme Carbon Flux Locations
A simulation study shows that current satellite monitoring captures only a fraction of extreme carbon cycle events, with magnitudes consistently underestimated.
Aboard the Lake Guardian: Tracking the Great Lakes' Health
The vessel's long-running monitoring program supplies crucial data for scientists and resource managers.
Racing an AI Proof: Unique Games Result Published in a Hurry
A team at MIT rushed out a milestone result on the unique games conjecture after rumors that OpenAI had proved the famous open problem.
What Forces Make Fluid Spiral in a Pipe? Readers Answer
New Scientist's Last Word column compiles reader explanations for the forces that cause spiral flow in pipes.
NASA Activates Roman Telescope’s 300-Megapixel Infrared Camera
The Roman Space Telescope’s main camera and coronagraph have passed initial activation, moving the mission closer to wide-field infrared surveys.
Molten Salt Process Turns Plastic Waste Into Fuel
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a simple, inexpensive method using aluminum-based molten salts to convert polyethylene plastic into gasoline and diesel-like fuels.
Flies, Mice, Humans Share Walking Pattern Despite Different Bodies
A new study finds that across vastly different species, joints farther from the body's center move faster than nearer ones, revealing a common movement rule.