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Original editorial illustration of a brain injury boundary and neighboring support and immune cells around a tumor.Science
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A stroke changed the neighborhood around brain tumors in lab models

Baylor researchers found injury-linked cell changes that promoted glioma in models; the finding is not a clinical risk test.

Original editorial cross-section of a small fluid channel gently lifting cells from a tissue surface.Science
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A tiny fluid channel could sample living cancer cells without destroying tissue

MIT’s handheld device collected viable cells from removed fallopian-tube tissue; in-patient screening remains a goal.

Original editorial illustration of small and large lipid nanoparticles moving through a two-stage mixing channel.Science
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MIT made RNA’s fatty delivery shells change size on command

An automated process tunes lipid nanoparticle size and shape, but has yet to show better treatment outcomes.

Editorial diagram of three instrument paths converging on one orbit around Earth.Science
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ESA has three ways to measure a changing Earth, but will fly only one

Energy imbalance, upper-atmosphere oxygen and hidden ice conditions are competing for a single Earth Explorer mission.

Repeated DNA bars beside a simplified enzyme shape under a magnifying glass.Science
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Claude spotted a CRISPR-like pattern in phage DNA. Its function is still unknown

Anthropic says AI agents identified an unusual enzyme system and scientists tested its components, but it is not yet a gene-editing tool.

Hubble view of the galaxy cluster MACS J0417 against a dark field of distant galaxies.Science
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Hubble is waiting for the same supernova to appear again

A galaxy cluster bends light from supernova Athena into different paths, giving astronomers a chance to time a cosmic repeat.

Yellow and blue Project Suncatcher announcement artwork with the project name.Science
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Google is about to test an AI chip in orbit, where cooling is the catch

Project Suncatcher's first satellite is a hardware test, not an orbital data center. Google's next obstacle is getting heat out of a vacuum.

Map of Arctic sea ice extent on September 12, 2026, compared with the 1981–2010 average minimum.Science
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Arctic sea ice ties for tenth-lowest summer minimum on record

NASA and NSIDC estimate Arctic sea ice reached 4.6 million square kilometers on September 12, tying three other years for tenth lowest in the satellite record.

Artist’s concept of the proposed PRIMA far-infrared space telescope against a star field.Science
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NASA picks PRIMA far-infrared telescope for next development phase

NASA has advanced PRIMA, its first Probe Explorers telescope, into preliminary design. The far-infrared mission targets a 2033 launch, but must still pass a confirmation review.

False-color NISAR radar visualization of a volcanic eruption on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.Science
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NASA’s NISAR satellite turns a remote volcano eruption into a time-lapse

A NASA-ISRO radar satellite assembled 17 observations of Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano into a view of how lava spread from late 2025 through mid-2026. The sequence shows what repeat satellite imaging can reveal, not a real-time eruption warning.

ISRO chairman V. Narayanan and ESA director general Josef Aschbacher shake hands in front of the Indian and ESA flags while holding signed documents.Science
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ESA and ISRO extend space cooperation to 2032, adding space weather and exploration

The renewed framework broadens a two-decade partnership, but the agencies have not announced a specific new mission or budget.

Steam rises from a muddy boiling pool at Sulphur Works in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Illustrative location photo; the amoeba and sampling site are not shown.Science
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A newly found amoeba can reproduce at 63°C, raising the heat limit for complex life

NASA-funded researchers found a hot-spring amoeba that reproduces above the previous eukaryote record, with clear limits on what the result means for life elsewhere.