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Astronomers may have discovered the first moon beyond our Solar System

Artist’s impression of CD-35 2722, a system with a moon-like object

Artist’s impression of CD-35 2722, a system with a moon-like object (Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a bizarre, potentially historic discovery: the first moon ever detected beyond our Solar System. Unlike familiar moons, this mysterious object is at least as massive as Jupiter and orbits a browndwarf, which itself circles a star. The unusual arrangement challenges traditional definitions of planets and moons, leaving scientists unsure what to call it.

Astronomers may have found the first moon beyond our Solar System, but the mysterious object is unlike any moon we know. Observations from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have uncovered evidence of an enormous moon-like body in the CD-35 2722 star system...

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Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and cancer survival

A clinical trial found that daily vitamin C did not slow abnormal blood cell growth, but it was linked to favorable inflammatory changes, fewer serious complications, and a possible survival benefit. Credit: Shutterstock

A surprising clinical trial suggests that taking vitamin C daily could improve survival in people with precancerous blood disorders and early-stage blood cancers. Patients receiving the supplement had fewer adverse events and showed a promising survival advantage, raising hopes that a common vitamin could help protect against leukemia-related complications.

Vitamin C plays an important role in keeping the immune system healthy, helping wounds heal, and protecting cells from damage...

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Researchers thread the world’s first touchscreen into a garment

NUS researchers thread the world's first touchscreen into a garment
The fibers support the functions early generations of smartphones could perform. The 96-by-54-pixel display can run a calculator, show a photo gallery, play a video, work as a compass, respond to voice commands, receive images over Bluetooth, as well as read and display body temperature. Credit: National University of Singapore

Researchers at the National University of Singapore’s College of Design and Engineering (CDE) have developed a fiber that functions as pixels and senses touch at the same time, integrating 54 of them into a sleeve to create the world’s first touchscreen built into a garment.

The sleeve displays images and video, responds to finger presses and connects wirelessly to other devices, yet stays as washable, breathable and flexible as ordinary clothing...

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Background static can carry wireless data without an actively generated radio signal

Thermal noise used to send data without an active signal
Green circuit board with gold connectors mounted on a horn antenna inside a chamber lined with blue foam cones. The experimental setup used to test thermal noise communication. Credit: Jida Zhang

Stanford researchers recently revealed how a seemingly physics-defying wireless communication technology works. The new technology, called thermal noise communication, harnesses background static that normally is the bane of radio, cellular and other wireless signals. In their new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team showed how a transmitter could deliver data to a receiver without any actively produced signal by manipulating tiny oscillations in voltage.

The findings describe how the system works at a fundamental level, opening the door to improv...

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