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Scientists finally solved how a common gut bacterium triggers colon cancer

Scientists have uncovered how a toxin produced by a common gut bacterium gains access to colon cells, solving a mystery…

1 week ago

The biggest problem with solid-state batteries may finally be solved

Smartphones, electric vehicles, and countless portable electronics all depend on batteries. As demand for better energy storage grows, improvements in…

2 weeks ago

Engineers solved an airflow mystery hidden nearly a mile underground

Running a facility deep beneath Earth's surface requires constant control of two essential elements: air and water. Workers in underground…

3 weeks ago

Supercomputers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about giant stars

Recent advances in supercomputing have allowed scientists to tackle a long-standing question in astronomy. Researchers have been trying to understand…

4 months ago

A quantum mystery that stumped scientists for decades is solved

A global research team led by Rice University physicist Pengcheng Dai has verified the presence of emergent photons and fractionalized…

7 months ago

Decades-old photosynthesis mystery finally solved

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have finally solved a long-standing…

9 months ago

A tiny chip may have solved one of clean energy’s biggest problems

For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in…

11 months ago

Scientists just recreated the Universe’s first molecule and solved a 13-billion-year-old puzzle

Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures…

12 months ago

Quantum tunneling mystery solved after 100 years—and it involves a surprise collision

Recently, Professor Dong Eon Kim from POSTECH's Department of Physics and Max Planck Korea-POSTECH Initiative and his research team have…

12 months ago

Mystery of ‘very odd’ elasmosaur finally solved: fiercely predatory marine reptile is new species

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs -- some of the most famous in North America -- have just been formally…

1 year ago