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Ripples from the Big Bang could transform our understanding of the universe — and we may be close to detecting them

Ripples from the Big Bang could transform our understanding of the universe — and we may be close to detecting them

Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those quakes still reverberate to the present day. It will take the most sensitive instruments ever imagined to reveal those ripples, but if they are discovered, they will change our understanding of the entire universe. In 1916, Albert Einstein discovered that his theory of general …

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Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92 | MIT News

Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92 | MIT News

MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, a renowned experimental physicist and Nobel laureate whose groundbreaking work confirmed a longstanding prediction about the nature of the universe, passed away on Aug. 25. He was 92. Weiss conceived of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) for detecting ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, and was later a leader of …

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Phantom limb study rewires our understanding of the brain

Phantom limb study rewires our understanding of the brain

Thursday, August 21, 2025 NIH scientists and collaborators reveal the brain preserves its representation of lost limb in clinical study. During MRI scans, participants moved their hand (pre-amputation) or phantom hand (post-amputation), as well as their lips (both before and after). Brain maps of the hand (red) and lips (blue) are shown for two pre-amputation scans (pre1, pre2) and multiple …

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Experts share advice on understanding D.C. crime rates : NPR

Experts share advice on understanding D.C. crime rates : NPR

Members of the FBI and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department conduct a traffic stop near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Amid President Trump’s ongoing feud with the local leaders of the nation’s capital, both sides have pointed to crime statistics to make their case on how safe …

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Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

This story was provided by Live Science, a sister site of Space.com. For the first time, researchers have recreated the universe’s first ever molecules by mimicking the conditions of the early universe. The findings shake up our understanding of the origin of stars in the early universe and “calls for a reassessment of the helium chemistry in the early universe,” …

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Understanding the importance of B vitamins for health

Understanding the importance of B vitamins for health

Eight different vitamins make up the B complex, and they all play crucial roles in the body, such as producing energy, keeping our nervous system healthy, and supporting cell development. If eight sounds like a lot to keep track of, it might help to know that most research focuses on five in particular: thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), folate …

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Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The earliest stars formed hundreds of millions of years after the Big Bang by employing helium hydride ion reactions. | Credit: John Lund via Getty Images For the first time, researchers have recreated the universe’s first ever molecules by mimicking the conditions of …

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Lakers Rumors: LeBron James ‘Supportive’ & ‘Understanding’ Of Organizational Shift To Luka Doncic – Lakers Nation

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Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

Scientists just recreated the universe’s first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

For the first time, researchers have recreated the universe’s first ever molecules by mimicking the conditions of the early universe. The findings shake up our understanding of the origin of stars in the early universe and “calls for a reassessment of the helium chemistry in the early universe,” the researchers wrote in the new study, published July 24 in the …

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