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Heat drove medical emergencies across the country last summer. Tracking those changes more quickly could help doctors prepare. By Keerti Gopal The volume of patients in Dr. Robert Brewer’s upstate New York emergency room isn’t always predictable, but when there’s a heat wave, he knows he needs to staff up. Continue Reading

Laughter therapy can help people with COPD breathe more easily

A clinical trial for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) shows that laughter therapy can reduce breathing difficulties and is as effective as more traditional breathing exercises. The research was presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Barcelona, Spain…Read MoreContinue Reading

Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed?

Microbes from space have fueled the plots of science fiction mainstays like “Project Hail Mary” and “The Andromeda Strain.” But with more space missions launching each year, finding extraterrestrial life in a microbial form is becoming more plausible. What will the response be back here on Earth if—or when—scientists discover extraterrestrial microbes? Will the international policy andContinue Reading

James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy’s rarest stars inside the ‘Treasure Chest’ globule — Space photo of the week

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the “Treasure Chest,” a cometary globule in the star-forming Carina Nebula, on Aug. 6, 2026 (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgment: M. H. Özsaraç) Quick facts What it is: The Treasure Chest, a cometary globule in the Carina Nebula star-forming region Where it is: 7,500 light-yearsContinue Reading

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Humanitarian official Athena Rayburn dissects the Israeli tactics making life ‘untenable’ for millions of Palestinians., Humanitarian official Athena Rayburn dissects the Israeli tactics making life ‘untenable’ for millions of Palestinians. In this episode, Athena Rayburn, the executive director of the Association of International Development Agencies, describes what daily life hasContinue Reading

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Two wrestlers have become the latest to flee while abroad, drawing a wave of sympathy as well as legal threats., Cairo, Egypt – Four days after he disappeared from the Egyptian team camp at the 2026 Under-20 World Wrestling Championships in Slovakia last month, 19-year-old wrestler Ziad Hajjaj Abu GabalContinue Reading

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says his opposition to Russia will not change following the far-right, Moscow-friendly AfD’s victory in regional elections. The results from Saxony-Anhalt show support falling for parties that oppose Russia, and rising support for parties skeptical of aid for Ukraine. Merz was responding to a question fromContinue Reading

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Manufacturing an EV battery requires much more than assembling cells. A gigafactory combines chemical processing, solvent recovery, vacuum drying, electrolyte filling, cell formation, cooling, and final battery assembly, all supported by an extensive network of piping and process equipment. During electrode production, solvents such as NMP must be transferred, contained,Continue Reading

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Specialists at Schaeffler’s E-Mobility plant in Szombathely, Hungary have developed a process for recovering rare earth magnets from defective electric motor rotors and reusing them in new ones. Seven people in Szombathely and two in Germany worked on the project, which Schaeffler calls “Pioneering Sustainability.” The magnets are pressed outContinue Reading