Science and Technology Chronicles: 2026

Saturday, April 04, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 4th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 3

Who Said this?

There is no glory in using artificial intelligence for military war. The glory of AI lies in using it to remove the sufferings of humanity.

Today, 350 links Curated

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This Liquid Snapped Instead of Flowing and Scientists Were Shocked

#viscosity #critical stress #fluid dynamics #rheology

Domino polymerization provides a new route to versatile, degradable plastics

#degradable #poly(disulfide) #PDTL #thiolactone

Scientists Uncover Giant Lava Fields From an Active Underwater Volcano

#Axial Seamount #Juan de Fuca #inflation #dikes

This New Sensor Could Sniff Out Pneumonia on a Person's Breath

#nanoparticles #biomarkers #PlasmoSniff #protease enzymes

Meteor impacts may have sparked life on Earth, scientists say

#Asteroid #hydrothermal #deep-sea vents #Chicxulub

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Friday, April 03, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 3rd, 2026

Vol VI Issue 2

Who Said this?

People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

Today, 485 links Curated

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Earth’s magnetic field went wild 600 million years ago and scientists finally know why

#Ediacaran #magnetic signals #paleomagnetism #Anti-Atlas

Mysterious Structure Found Buried Beneath an Ancient Egyptian City

#Buto #ERT #Sentinel-1 #3D inversion

3D Printed Bone Grafts From Georgetown Researchers Could Replace Traditional Implants

#pectin #pores #3D-Bioplotter #natural materials

Physicists Found Something That Can Move Faster Than Light: The Darkness Inside It

#optical vortices #wave pattern #electron microscopy #interferometry

Deafness reversed: One injection restores hearing in just weeks

#gene therapy #congenital deafness #OTOF #AAV

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Wednesday, April 01, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 1st, 2026

Vol VI Issue 1

Who Said this?

Bankers are looting the world. You're not in the middle of a recession; you're in the middle of a robbery.

Today, 519 links Curated

Today's Five Links

These “smart” crystals bend and snap back when hit with light

#Perovskite #photostriction #smart materials #ABX3

Stanford scientists create shape-shifting material that changes color and texture like an octopus

#topography #visual #nanophotonics #color patterns

Scientists Have Figured Out How To Best Restore Oyster Reefs

#geometry #structure #spatial arrangement #3D systems

Giant Study Reveals Why Some Viruses Hide Inside Your Body For Life

#viral load #DNA #loci #MHC

Scientists discover hidden “winds” inside cells that could explain cancer spread

#internal currents #proteins #iPALM #actin

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 31st, 2026

Vol V Issue 75

Who Said this?

Our own desires stand between us and our Better Angels

Today, 472 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Can a Common Vitamin Fight the Most Aggressive Brain Cancer?

#niacin #glioblastoma #immune #rejuvenates

NASA Just Found Something Strange Inside Asteroid Bennu Sample

#carbon-rich #OSIRIS-REx #aliphatic #water

Pig semen molecule could deliver chemotherapy to hard-to-reach eye cancer, mouse study suggests

#exosomes #retinoblastoma #sperm #hydrogen peroxide

Scientists discover sleep switch that builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts brainpower

#Deep sleep #teenagers #brain circuit #hypothalamus

The ’80s Submersible That Transformed Underwater Exploration

#Deep Rover #acrylic bubble #Newtsuit #Ingenium

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 29th, 2026

Vol V Issue 74

Who Said this?

To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.

Today, 210 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Giant craters may reveal if Psyche is a lost planetary core

#protoplanet #3D simulations #distribution #shape

Chemists harness electricity to create biomass-based building blocks

#furfural #plant-based #bromide salts #2(5H)-furanone

Scientists detect magnetic waves deep within the sun, helping predict solar activity

#solar cycle #rotation #global-scale #Magnetohydrodynamics

This new therapy turns off pain without opioids or addiction

#preclinical #gene therapy #Pain Circuits #brain-specific

Scientists Figured Out How to Turn Plastic Waste Into a Parkinson's Drug

#PET #Escherichia coli #levodopa #paracetamol

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 28th, 2026

Vol V Issue 73

Who Said this?

I am not interested in picking up the crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master.

Today, 392 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Drilling Down to Open Up New Understanding of Earth’s Continents

#Early Projects #sediments #rift basins #Coring

When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen

#Katmai #Novarupta #dacites #andesites

Physicists create laser tornado in miniature structures using synthetic magnetic field

#optical #miniature #photonic #optical vortex

Scientists discover a hidden system that turns brown fat into a calorie burner

#SLIT3 #thermogenesis #metabolic sink #BMP1

Solar cells just did the “impossible” with this 130% breakthrough

#spin-flip #metal complex #singlet fission #exciton

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Friday, March 27, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 27th, 2026

Vol V Issue 72

Who Said this?

In 100 years of teaching we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching Remedial English in College

Today, 469 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists “Bottle the Sun” With Revolutionary Liquid Battery

#energy density #stability #pyrimidone #solar thermal

Discarded oyster shells may pull rare earth metals from polluted water

#crystals #seashells #template #mineral-driven

Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold

#yeast #pollen #sterols #Yarrowia lipolytica

Scientists stunned as Mars dust storms blast water into space

#water-altered #minerals #Northern Hemisphere #summer

Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later

#Holocene #Kikai #airgun arrays #lava dome

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 26th, 2026

Vol V Issue 71

Who Said this?

False Necessity is the Mother of Dumb Invention.

Today, 423 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Mysterious Ancient Ape May Have Evolved a Key Human Trait

#Graecopithecus freybergi #bipedalism #femur #Azmaka

Chinese lander reveals giant 'cavity' of radiation between Earth and the moon

#Chang'e-4 #magnetic field #cosmic rays #high-energy

Sodium-ion EV battery breakthrough delivers 11-min charging and 450 km range

#Aurora battery #prismatic #Sodium #temperature

Most mass spectrometers handle a few molecules. This new prototype handles billions

#spectrometry #MultiQ-IT #Bottleneck #parallelization

New antibiotic alternative fights foodborne Salmonella

#bacteriophage #biocontrol #biofilms #W5

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 25th, 2026

Vol V Issue 70

Who Said this?

Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy that enables some information related business models at the expense of others.

Today, 454 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A rare active volcano on Mars may be causing the whole planet to spin faster

#InSight #Tharsis #plume #geologic heat

Scientists just solved a major mystery about how your brain stores memories

#content #context #neurons #interaction

Red-tailed bumblebees found to be key hosts for dangerous bee virus

#paralysis #honeybees #reservoir #R?

Combining algae and oyster shells for biodiesel born in the bayou

#calcium oxide #algae-oyster #biodiesel #energy balance

Metformin’s hidden brain pathway revealed after 60 years

#brain-based #pathway #Rap1 #VMH

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 24th, 2026

Vol V Issue 69

Who Said this?

Americans are far more squeamish about the abundance of tits than they are about the abundance of bullet holes.

Today, 480 links Curated

Today's Five Links

* Stealth Superstorms Reveal Lightning on Jupiter: Beyond the Superbolt*

#convection #Equatorial Belt #Microwave Radiometer #Waves

Volcanism Could Lead to Less, Not More, Atmospheric CO₂

#Paleozoic #magmatic activity #erosion #weathering

Scientists discover hormone that may stop chronic back pain at its source

#spinal degeneration #parathyroid #vertebral endplates #osteoblasts

A surprising foam discovery could change everyday products

#drainage #osmotic pressure #surfactants #yield stress

Physicists just turned glass into a powerful quantum security device

#encryption #random number #quantum communication #borosilicate

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Monday, March 23, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 23rd, 2026

Vol V Issue 68

Who Said this?

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

Today, 296 links Curated

Today's Five Links

DNA Robots Are Coming: Tiny Machines That Could Transform Medicine and Technology

#molecular scale #origami #Scaling #Integration

Viruses That Jump to Humans Don't Need Special Mutations

#zoonotic #adaptive #spillover #phylogenetic

Scientists Open Moon Rocks Locked Away Since 1972 – and Find Something Totally Unexpected

#sulfur-33 #Taurus-Littrow #isotopes #mantle

World’s first quantum battery could enable ultra fast charging

#super absorption #quantum mechanics #spectroscopy #proof-of-concept

Strange 'Half-Mӧbius' molecule has rare properties chemists have never seen before

#topology #ribbon #conjugated rings #orbitals

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Sunday, March 22, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 22nd, 2026

Vol V Issue 67

Who Said this?

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

Today, 220 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Revolutionary New Cancer Treatment Reprograms Immune Cells Inside the Body

#CAR-T #DNA sequence #T cells #CARs

NASA’s Hubble accidentally caught a comet breaking apart in real time

#C/2025 K1 #coma #perihelion #dust

Mussel-inspired glue from recycled plastics can be detached and reused

#crosslinkers #reversible #megapascal #acetoacetate

Friction without contact discovered as magnetic forces break a 300-year-old law

#magnetic interactions #resistance #contactless #Amontons' law

Altered colony chemistry reveals a process that destroys termite societies

#colonies #uric acid #molecular #physiological

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Friday, March 20, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 20th, 2026

Vol V Issue 66

Who Said this?

One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.

Today, 466 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Your Gut-Brain Link May Offer a New Way to Fight Cognitive Decline

#gut-brain connection #microbiota #FMT #neuroprotective

Low-cost hypersonic rocket engine takes flight for US Air Force

#Draper #scalable #hydrogen peroxide #throttleable

Scientists thought ravens followed wolves. They were wrong

#Yellowstone #learned patterns #spatial #scavengers

Can Fungi Control the Weather? Scientists Say It’s Possible

#ice formation #clouds #nucleators #fungal protein

This virus therapy supercharges the immune system against brain cancer

#oncolytic #glioblastoma #herpes simplex #T cells

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 19th, 2026

Vol V Issue 65

Who Said this?

Honesty is the best policy... if you can fake that you’ve got it made.

Today, 462 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists discover a new brain pathway that rapidly depletes diet-resistant body fat

#adipocytes #leptin #catecholamines #hypoglycemia

1,700-Year-Old Roman “Advanced Engineering” Unearthed in a Rare Archaeological Discovery

#hypocaust #central heating #Sergius Orata #suspensurae

Scientists Discover the Brain Chemical That Helps Break Old Habits

#acetylcholine #behaviors #interneurons #lose-shift

Clearing circular RNA from cells extends lifespan, C. elegans study reveals

#RNASEK #aging #Caenorhabditis elegans #clumping

The surprising cancer link between cats and humans

#genetic alterations #environments #patterns #Genomics

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 18th, 2026

Vol V Issue 64

Who Said this?

The greatest obstacle to our understanding of the US Constitution is our familiarity with it.

Today, 426 links Curated

Today's Five Links

New Enzyme Discovery Could Protect Jaw Cartilage and Stop Arthritis

#TMJ-OA #LOXL2 #osteoarthritis #chondrocytes

Using cow dung for sustainable carbon dioxide capture

#CCUS #CO2 #precursor #NDPC

New material can collect clean and safe drinking water from the air

#elastomer #polymer #cycles #water generators

AI-powered robot learns how to harvest tomatoes more efficiently

#automation #labor-shortage #image recognition #harvest-ease

Snail-derived compound could be a safer anticoagulant compared to heparin

#hemostatic #thrombus #glycosaminoglycan #iFXase

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 17th, 2026

Vol V Issue 63

Who Said this?

Science is an attempt to remove our emotions and ego from reality.

Today, 468 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists Harness 19th-Century Optics To Advance Quantum Encryption

#Talbot #quantum cryptography #QKD #high-dimensional

Milk-derived nanoparticles may enable physicians to target aggressive bile duct cancer

#cholangiocarcinoma #siRNA #aptamer #Cell-SELEX

A 60-year old mystery about the moon's magnetosphere is finally solved

#LEMEs #Kelvin-Helmholtz #velocity shear #nonlinear

ADHD brains show sleep-like activity even while awake

#neurotypical #auditory #ADHD #brain activity

This massive crater could expose the heart of a lost planet

#Psyche #metal-rich #porosity #silicate

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Monday, March 16, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 16th, 2026

Vol V Issue 62

Who Said this?

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Today, 295 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Physicists break longstanding high-temperature superconductivity record at ambient pressure

#Tc #pressure quenching #superconductivity #cryogenics

Extreme Ocean Pressure Is Feeding Deep-Sea Life in a Way Scientists Never Expected

#marine snow #hydrostatic pressure #climate #diatoms

Psilocybin might not be the most psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, new research suggests

#interplay #psilocin #entourage effect #aeruginascin

What Happens Inside Your Cells When You Exercise Could Help Fight Diabetes

#exercise-triggered stress #hormetic response #mitochondria #AMPK

Ancient Sponge Discovery May Rewrite the Origins of Animal Life

#Vilesida #sterols #ecological #Ediacaran

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 15th, 2026

Vol V Issue 61

Who Said this?

When a population is dependent on a machine, they are hostages of the men who tend the machines.

Today, 258 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Cell death in eye photoreceptor cells is reversible

#apoptosis #mitochondria #mitophagy #stressors

Dry ice detected in a planetary nebula for the first time

#NGC 6302 #carbon dioxide #ISM #PNe

Scientists tested vitamin D for COVID and found an unexpected long COVID clue

#D3 #COVID-19 #signal #VIVID

How we turned plastic waste into vinegar

#sunlight #iron-based #acetic acid #carbon nitride

Scientists discover hidden water beneath Mars that could have supported life

#Gale Crater #sand dunes #groundwater #gypsum

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Saturday, March 14, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .March 14th, 2026

Vol V Issue 60

Who Said this?

Capitalism is a social cancer. It has always been a social cancer. It is the disease of society. It is the malignancy of society.

Today, 356 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists Solve a Mystery Behind Your Sense of Touch

#protein #PIEZO2 #ion channels #somatosensory

Your personality and upbringing predict if you will lean toward science or faith

#environments #worldviews #Sense-making #credibility-enhancing

Bacterial strain breaks decades-old bottleneck in chemotherapy drug manufacturing

#doxorubicin #DnrV #Fdx4 #FdR3

Scientists discover ancient DNA “switches” hidden in plants for 400 million years