A shield at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point now has funded engineering studies and a cost estimate. Nobody yet has the authority to switch it on,…
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of astrophysical neutrinos.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
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