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From seat cushions to mattresses to insulation, foam is everywhere—even if we don’t always see it. Now, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have fused chemistry with technology to create a 3D-printed foam that is more durable and more recyclable than the polymer foam found in many everyday products.

The research, published in RSC Applied Polymers, focused on creating a sturdy but lightweight that could be 3D-printed, a method that is still largely unexplored in commercial manufacturing, said the study’s co-lead author, UT Dallas doctoral student Rebecca Johnson BS’20.

“This is probably the longest project I’ve ever done,” said Johnson, who plans to complete her Ph.D. in chemistry in May. “From start to finish, it was a little over two years. A lot of it was trying to get the polymer formulation correct to be compatible with the 3D printer.”

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The new test could help identify which patients are most likely to benefit from new Alzheimer’s drugs. A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer’s disease not only helps confirm the presence of the condition but also provides information about how far the disease has progressed, according to resea

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This article isn’t about whether AI is conscious. It’s about how it behaves—or, more precisely, how it performs something that resembles thinking within a completely different geometric, structural, and temporal reality. It’s a phenomenon we’ve yet to fully name, but we can begin to describe it—not as a function of symbolic logic or linear deduction, but as something more amorphous, more dynamic. Something I call the fluid architecture of cognitive possibility.

Traditional human thought is sequential. We move from premise to conclusion, symbol to symbol, with language as the scaffolding of cognition. We think in lines. We reason in steps. And it feels good—there’s comfort in the clarity of structure, in the rhythm of deduction.

But LLMs don’t think that way.

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Harvard scientists have developed a groundbreaking photon router that connects optical signals to superconducting microwave qubits, the building blocks of many quantum computers. This innovation could overcome one of quantum computing’s biggest hurdles: getting different quantum systems to “talk”

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Returning to Earth would be nothing without a warm welcome from (wo)man’s best friend.

Heartwarming footage captured the moment stranded Boeing Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams received a joyous reunion with her excited dogs after being stuck in space for 264 days.

Williams and fellow astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore finally departed the International Space Station, where they were stuck for more than nine months, and returned to Earth on March 18.

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A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, an innovation that may surpass today’s atomic clocks.

By manipulating nuclear quantum states with lasers, researchers are pushing the boundaries of precision and stability in time measurement. Though the journey has spanned decades and major technical hurdles remain, recent experimental milestones have brought this futuristic clock closer to reality. If successful, it could reshape our understanding of time and the universe itself.

Pushing the Limits of Timekeeping.

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The reality of what lies within our oceans has fascinated people since time immemorial, so it’s no wonder we’ve created countless myths about the watery depths.

But step aside, Atlantis, scientists have discovered a real Lost City beneath the waves, and this one is teaming with life.

The rocky, towering landscape is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge mountain range, hundreds of metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and consists of massive walls, columns and monoliths stretching more than 60 metres (200ft) tall.

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