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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science
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A super-stretchy hydrogel can stretch to 15 times its original length and return to its initial shape, and could be used to make soft inflatable robots (New Scientist)
Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night
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The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has sent back images after surviving its second lunar night – generally these periods are so cold they destroy spacecraft electronics (New Scientist)
Could bone marrow transplants transmit Alzheimer's disease?
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The mainstream view is that Alzheimer's starts in the brain, but researchers were able to transfer the condition in mice by injections of bone marrow (New Scientist)
Mathematicians are bitterly divided over a controversial proof
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An attempt to settle a decade-long argument over a controversial proof by mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has seen a war of words on both sides, with Mochizuki dubbing the latest effort as akin to a "hallucination" produced by ChatGPT (New Scientist)
Chair for gamers boosts player performance and prevents muscular aches
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Gamers seemed to be more comfortable after playing in a specialist gaming chair compared with a standard office chair (New Scientist)
Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons
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How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin (New Scientist)
Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae
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The light signature from GLASS-z12, one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen, suggests some of its stars have already exploded as supernovae (New Scientist)
Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2
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We already have evidence that rock dust can remove carbon dioxide from the air – now there are signs that spreading the dust on farm fields also enhances crop growth (New Scientist)
NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon
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Three experiments have been selected to fly to the moon alongside NASA’s Artemis III astronauts, all designed to help with future long-term stays on the moon and eventually Mars (New Scientist)
This robot predicts when you're going to smile – and smiles back
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An AI-powered robot named Emo watches people’s facial expressions and tries to match them, in an effort to make robots more relatable (New Scientist)