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Five hidden mussels walk out of the mud — and into the record books Phys.org · 2026-10-03 · United States A 2-million-year-old ancestor steps out of the dark La Trobe University · 2026-09-30 · South Africa The northern lights, whole at last: a spacecraft sees the full ring Tech Times · 2026-09-30 · France She spent her mornings catching invisible baby sea-stars — and found three new species Phys.org · 2026-10-03 · USA Arabia's stay-at-home whales may finally get a name of their own Popular Science · 2026-10-03 · Oman Florida scientists trace a cancer-fighting compound to its true ocean source University of Florida College of Pharmacy · 2026-10-01 · United States The brain's wiring had hidden pinch points all along Scientific Inquirer · 2026-10-02 · Germany Joshua Kutryk is in space — and he can hardly believe it The Weather Network (via CBC) · 2026-10-01 · Canada After 30 years with nothing, a medicine for Alexander disease SciTechDaily · 2026-10-02 · United States Tiny sea spiders with glowing red eyes, brand-new to science Smithsonian Magazine · 2026-10-02 · Canada 'Loki the Sea Cucumber' and 56 other new neighbors from the deep eco magazine · 2026-10-02 · Argentina Qatar's endowments ministry wins a second Google Cloud award for AI that serves mosques Press Arabia · 2026-09-23 · Qatar 1,250 students built tech to bring legal aid to rural Bangladesh FundsforNGOs · 2026-10-01 · Bangladesh Three 16-year-olds made a powder from tamarind seeds that pulls microplastics out of water The Earth Prize · 2026-05-14 · India An Indian startup's satellites can see through clouds and darkness — now shielded by a US patent Reuters · 2026-09-08 · India India's newest eye in the sky will watch the whole country from 36,000 km up The Hindu BusinessLine · 2026-09-04 · India Danish scientists are brewing protein from thin air Nordisk Post · 2026-09-22 · Denmark Europe's biggest carbon-capture plant opened in the Netherlands Reuters · 2026-09-07 · Netherlands Cactus fungi could help chocolate survive drought Phys.org · 2026-04-13 · Colombia A young Nigerian's AI cuts MRI scan times by up to 90% AIBase Nigeria · 2026-09-08 · Nigeria Chile mapped the genome of Antarctica's toughest flower SRN News (Reuters) · 2026-08-17 · Chile How a deep-sea protein survives being crushed — and what it teaches medicine Phys.org · 2026-09-10 · Japan The first atlas of life in the ocean's dark heart Phys.org · 2026-09-16 · USA Scientists found the cell's recycling chute — and why it matters for young brains Research in Germany · 2026-09-15 · Germany Bacteria that brew plastics and cosmetics without oil Phys.org · 2026-06-01 · Germany Scientists mapped the machine parasites can't live without SciTechDaily · 2026-09-23 · Belgium Alpine lake bacteria turned out to be virus fighters Phys.org · 2026-09-30 · Switzerland Denmark switched on storing carbon under the North Sea Agence Europe · 2026-09-18 · Denmark A crack in solar panels' 33% speed limit Tech Xplore · 2026-09-17 · Netherlands Crystals that heal their own cracks — in milliseconds, with no help Devdiscourse · 2026-04-01 · India A seed-sized robot that does five surgeries in one BioSpectrum Asia · 2026-05-28 · Singapore Korean engineers scaled up pulling CO2 straight from the air — 19-fold Seoul Economic Daily · 2026-02-05 · South Korea A solar battery that makes hydrogen at the touch of a button MyScience.de · 2026-02-26 · Germany Australian rooftops just set clean-energy records PV Magazine Australia · 2026-09-29 · Australia Scientists watched a virus build itself, molecule by molecule Phys.org · 2026-09-16 · UK India lofted its heaviest-ever eye in the sky India Strategic · 2026-09-04 · India Europe launched its first homegrown orbital rocket from the continent ESA · 2026-09-05 · Norway A European telescope found the most ancient beacons in the universe NASA · 2026-07-06 · France Webb spotted a hidden planet around a famous young star Phys.org · 2026-07-16 · USA A fusion machine hit 150 million degrees — hotter than the sun's core GeekWire · 2026-02-13 · USA Scientists found the brain's hidden wiring behind Parkinson's News-Medical · 2026-02-04 · USA NASA and IBM gave the world a free AI that reads the Moon NASA · 2026-09-10 · USA Humans flew around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years NASA · 2026-04-01 · USA Astronomers found a hidden galaxy almost as old as the universe AAS Nova · 2026-09-29 · USA A Spelman junior made a scientific first in tuberculosis research Spelman College · 2026-09-03 · USA A blood test that needs half the blood could spare babies repeat draws Research Nova Scotia · 2026-09-15 · Canada Starship reached orbit for the first time The Hill (via CW7 Arizona) · 2026-09-28 · USA NASA's Webb found water where no one expected it — in a dying star NASA · 2026-09-10 · USA Trinidad and Tobago Scientists Found 20 Possible New Species in Their Deep Sea Popular Science · 2026-09-06 · Trinidad and Tobago Cuba Is Teaching AI to Outsmart Heart Disease Granma (English) · 2026-02-04 · Cuba Cuba Built Its Own Pneumonia Vaccine for Kids Granma (English) · 2026-02-16 · Cuba Guatemala Just Gave Its 'Fossil Fish' a Fighting Chance AFP via Phys.org · 2026-09-26 · Guatemala A Mexican Student Satellite Rode a NASA Balloon to the Edge of Space Intelligent CIO LATAM · 2026-09-08 · Mexico A shoebox satellite hitchhikes to the Moon Reuters · 2026-04-01 · Argentina A Galápagos-born scientist just mapped the genome of the endangered brown sea cucumber Charles Darwin Foundation · 2026-02-04 · Ecuador A Greek scientist just won the Einstein World Award for rewriting human origins Bioengineer · 2026-07-27 · Greece Czechia just switched on its first green hydrogen electrolyser Hydrogen Central · 2026-09-26 · Czechia A French startup's fusion magnets just won Europe's €50,000 innovation prize European Commission · 2026-09-23 · France The Smile spacecraft reached its science orbit — and started grinning at the Sun European Space Agency · 2026-06-20 · France A third kind of magnetism wins Europe's top physics prize European Physical Society · 2026-07-26 · Germany Light can now be given a 'handedness' with just a twist of geometry Laser Focus World · 2026-06-01 · UK Einstein's 'spooky action' just survived the most violent test ever Phys.org · 2026-09-14 · Switzerland A digital bridge between brain and spine is helping paralyzed people walk again Medical Xpress · 2026-05-11 · Switzerland One app replaced 19 university systems for 60,000 NTU users Asian Business Review · 2026-10-02 · Singapore Malaysian students' gaze-tracking study tool takes second at BEYOND Hack Day TechNode Global · 2026-06-15 · Malaysia A Korean physicist is painting with light beyond red, green and blue Seoul Economic Daily (English) · 2026-09-02 · South Korea Korea's Nuri rocket flies with private industry at the controls Korea.net · 2025-11-27 · South Korea A Korean university just won the 'Olympics of AI chips' — a first Newswise · 2026-07-01 · South Korea Korea's top science prize goes to the man steering brain cells with magnets Seoul Economic Daily (English) · 2026-07-06 · South Korea A pint-sized humanoid is learning the rhythms of a Tokyo care home Third News · 2026-09-10 · Japan Hayabusa2 threads a needle past an asteroid — 400 metres from its surface JAXA · 2026-07-30 · Japan A mirror so precise it could spot a coin from a kilometre away phys.org · 2026-04-15 · Japan World Bank puts $137 million into internet access for Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone Ecofin Agency · 2026-03-10 · Benin A 240-million-year-old new species unearthed in Tanzania Taylor & Francis Newsroom · 2026-09-16 · Tanzania Côte d'Ivoire signs NASA's Artemis Accords Cerebral Overload · 2026-09-26 · Côte d'Ivoire Over 100 South African satellite parts are now in orbit Ubuntu Times · 2026-07-12 · South Africa Algeria puts two satellites in orbit in a single month Space in Africa · 2026-02-02 · Algeria Kenya climbs five places in the Global Innovation Index YNews · 2026-09-30 · Kenya AI reads the X-ray, the miner gets treated — TB screening goes digital UN News · 2026-08-20 · Ethiopia Starship finally reached orbit — and dropped off 26 satellites on the way AFP · 2026-09-28 · USA The screen you're reading this on has this physicist to thank Bioengineer.org · 2026-10-03 · Japan An AI went digging in the genome — and struck a CRISPR-shaped surprise Smithsonian Magazine · 2026-10-03 · USA Tiny threads that teach brain cells to grow Phys.org · 2026-10-01 · USA Beyond comparison: the giant earthworm of the Western Ghats Research Matters · 2026-10-03 · India The tiny dinosaur that rewrote the story of flight Nature · 2026-10-02 · China We just filmed a molecule bending to the light Phys.org · 2026-10-03 · South Korea We just heard the aurora of another world CNN · 2026-10-02 · USA The first enhanced geothermal plant — built in 23 months TechCrunch · 2026-10-01 · USA Google's AI chips are now orbiting Earth The Wall Street Journal · 2026-10-02 · USA Underwater umbrellas give corals a fighting chance Phys.org · 2026-10-02 · USA The algorithm that learned to read the body, cell by cell Phys.org · 2026-10-02 · Japan The power plants of life, mapped across the tree of life Phys.org · 2026-10-01 · USA Chemists just tied uranium to carbon — three bonds deep Phys.org · 2026-10-02 · UK The crystal that breaks time — politely Phys.org · 2026-10-02 · India Two dead stars are dancing — and Einstein called the tune Phys.org · 2026-10-02 · China A new key for a lock nobody knew existed PR Newswire · 2026-10-01 · Italy The tiny protein pulling strings behind a third of all medicines Phys.org · 2026-10-01 · Sweden Twelve months, twelve people, zero decline GlobeNewswire · 2026-10-01 · USA A hidden enzyme gives up breast cancer's escape plan News-Medical · 2026-09-30 · USA The wallpaper that drinks the air and makes electricity Binghamton University · 2026-10-01 · USA