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  Breakthrough Evidence: Nuclear Fusion 'Flaw' Could Actually Be Part of The Solution

  ScienceAlert - Ivan Farkas

  Fusion power aims to provide a revolutionary energy source, but achieving it remains perennially around the technological corner. Who knew that …

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  17 hours ago

  GPS Glitched Across The US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists Have Never Seen This Before.

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr

  In November 2025, Earth was buffeted by several massive eruptions of solar material that slammed into the magnetosphere. For many, the result was …

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  What Do You See? This Week's Monday Microscope Mystery

  ScienceAlert - Fiona MacDonald

  Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope – which is why each week we bring you a fresh microscope mystery to put your …

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  2 days ago

  Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find

  ScienceAlert - David Nield

  Graphene is a very special material, only one atom thick. It has a rare combination of properties, including quantum and magnetic characteristics, …

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  3 days ago

  The Hiroshima Atomic Blast Forged a Metal Never Seen Before on Earth

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr

  The world changed forever on 6 August 1945. That was the day humanity first deliberately turned the most powerful weapon ever conceived upon itself – …

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  4 days ago

  Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie 'Glow' From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time

  ScienceAlert - Ivan Farkas

  Unicorns, Bigfoot, and banshees have been scientifically debunked, but ghosts are real – kind of. The exceptionally elusive neutrinos and their …