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AI is Reengineering Drug Discovery by Speeding Up Testing and Scanning Petabytes of Data for Connections Between Diseases
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AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery.
Why Iran Targeted Amazon Data Centers and What That Does – and Doesn’t – Change About Warfare
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Attacks are forcing nations to recognize that data centers are targets of war – even if they don’t directly support military operations.
New Study Measures Titanium in Apollo Rock to Uncover Moon’s Early Chemistry
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By uncovering the conditions under which the Moon’s rocks formed, scientists move closer to understanding the origins of our own planet.
The Conversation: Researchers develop biodegradable, plant‑based packaging from natural fibers – new research
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Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.
How Sewage Treatment Plants Could Handle Food Waste, Sparing Landfills and the Climate
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Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.
A Successful USDA Program That Has Supported More Than 533,000 Affordable Rental Homes in Rural America is Getting Phased Out
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The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well.
US Military Leans Into AI for Attack on Iran, But the Tech Doesn’t Lessen the Need for Human Judgment In War
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Digital systems are only as good as the organizations that use them. Some organizations squander the potential of advanced technologies, while others can compensate for technological weaknesses.
Hacking the Grid: How Digital Sabotage Turns Infrastructure Into a Weapon
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To understand how a nation can turn an adversary’s lights out without firing a shot, you have to look inside the controllers that regulate modern infrastructure.
Iran’s Latest Internet Blackout Extends to Phones and Starlink
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The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has severely diminished the flow of information out of the country.
Illness Is More Than Just Biological – Medical Sociology Shows How Social Factors Get Under the Skin and Cause Disease
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By studying the way social forces shape health inequalities, medical sociology helps address how health and illness extend beyond the body and into every aspect of people’s lives.