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Nobel-winning US chemist will move to China to lead AI institute

Omar Yaghi, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has left his faculty post at the University of California, Berkeley, for one in China.

Thailand names new snake-necked dinosaur from Kalasin province

The dinosaur has been named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a new genus and species of sauropod from the Phu Kradung Formation in north-eastern Thailand.

Artificial cloud brightening could tame El Nino, but with risks: Study

The study, which uses computer models show that artificially brightening clouds over the Pacific, when timed right, could neutralise the influential weather pattern and blunt its worst impacts.

Scientists made a cell with most of the hallmarks of life. Here’s what to know

PHOTO: ADAMALA LAB

‘Diving suits’ developed to assist cyborg cockroaches in underwater search-and-rescue efforts

Equipped with infrared cameras, sensors and electrodes, cyborg cockroaches can help to locate survivors in disaster-hit areas.

‘Spare tyre’ fat around the belly making you age faster, study says

The study found that people carrying more visceral fat tended to show signs of faster biological ageing, regardless of how much they weighed overall.

World’s largest particle smasher halts for 4 years in upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter

The tunnels of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) and the current Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva.

Scientists seek clues to longevity from three Brazilian sisters over 100

(From left to right) Levita de Deus Nunes, Zulina de Deus Nunes and Zoraide de Deus Mota, were recognised as the world’s oldest living trio of sisters.

What’s the average night-time temperature in S’pore bedrooms? A muggy 28 deg C, says new study

‘Fingerprints’ of black hole’s event horizon detected for first time

A black hole’s event horizon is the boundary from which nothing can escape - not even light.

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