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Room-temperature superconductivity claim survives independent replication
Two labs independently reproduced zero resistance in a hydride compound under moderate pressure, reviving a contested field.
Articles by James Okoro
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Physicists trap antimatter long enough to measure how it falls
In a landmark test, antihydrogen was shown to fall downward under gravity — exactly as Einstein predicted, ending a century…
Preprint
New measurement deepens the muon mystery that could break physics
The muon's magnetic moment still disagrees with the Standard Model — but a rival calculation muddies whether it's truly new…
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Webb telescope spots the most distant galaxy yet — 290 million years after the Big Bang
JWST confirmed a galaxy so early and bright it challenges models of how the first stars and galaxies formed.
Preprint
Possible biosignature detected in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet
A tentative signal of dimethyl sulphide — on Earth produced only by life — was found on a Hycean world…
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Sample from asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life
Analysis of NASA's returned sample revealed amino acids and nucleobases, strengthening the case that space seeded early Earth.