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NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision

July 6, 2026

Science & Nature In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something...

Researchers in Switzerland invent a new type of pixel

July 6, 2026

Science & Nature Pixels either control light or analyze it. This one does both. The post Researchers in Switzerland invent a new type of pixel...

Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider

July 6, 2026

Science & Nature After 18 years of discovery, it's goodbye LHC and hello High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider. The post Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider appeared...

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Deep-sea mining interests cannot shape research | Science

May 5, 2025

Science & Nature Although understanding deep-sea ecosystems will require decades of additional scientific work (1), activation for the first time of the socalled “2-year...

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These deep-sea “potatoes” could be the future of mining for renewable energy

April 8, 2023

Battery materials dot the ocean floor. Should we go get them?Polymetallic nodules contain nickel, cobalt, and other key battery ingredients.ROV KIEL 6000, GEOMAR via Wikipedia I’ve been on the road this week, and by a stroke of luck I got to visit one of my favorite places in the world: the whale shark exhibit at

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Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July

April 4, 2023

As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the March 7-31 meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated body responsible for regulating deep-sea mining in international waters...

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