Science and Technology Chronicles: February 2026

Saturday, February 28, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 28th, 2026

Vol V Issue 48

Who Said this?

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Today, 364 links Curated

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A lost moon may have created Titan and Saturn’s rings

#orbit #surface #Hyperion #Cassini

Greenland Dust Delivers Nutrients to Ice-Melting Algae

#aerosols #mineral dust #algae #albedo

New study suggests binge-watching and marathon reading may have hidden psychological benefits

#memorable #Stories #narrative structure #involvement

Iron outperforms rare metals in stunning chemistry advance

#photocatalyst #blue LED #chiral ligand #photoredox

Stale bread and bacteria could power a new era in green chemicals

#E.coli #hydrogen #fermentation #metabolites

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Friday, February 27, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 27th, 2026

Vol V Issue 47

Who Said this?

If Earth was ever to be saved, its people would have to be taught to believe in reason.

Today, 510 links Curated

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Apollo rocks reveal the Moon had brief bursts of super-strong magnetism

#magnetic field #region #Titanium #melting

Aging Isn’t Random, and It Starts Earlier Than You Think

#synchronized #cytokines #atlas #ATAC-seq

Carbon-based catalyst can use sunlight to degrade PFAS

#carbon nitrite #PIM-1 #polyfluoroalkyl #photocatalyst

A cosmic explosion with the force of a billion suns went unseen—until we caught its echo

#gamma-ray burst #orphan afterglows #transients #wide-field surveys

Mitochondria can reshape lipid storage in cells by repurposing a protein-insertion complex

#droplets #organelles #cytosol #baker's yeast

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 26th, 2026

Vol V Issue 46

Who Said this?

You can train cats to do anything they want to.

Today, 414 links Curated

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We now know why shoes squeak, and it involves miniature lightning bolts

#basketball #friction #supersonic #sparks

Natural Compound From Pomegranate Leaves Destroys Deadly Amyloid Clumps

#transthyretin #PGG #disruptor #Punica granatum

Quakes on The Moon Are Far More Widespread Than We Realized

#fault ridges #lobate scarps #tectonism #moonquakes

Could This Hormone Replace Insulin? Scientists Revisit a Once-Ignored Diabetes Breakthrough

#DKA #Leptin #brain #hypothalamus

Colorectal Cancer Has a Unique Microbial “Fingerprint,” Scientists Discover

#WGS #microbes #colon #signatures

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 25th, 2026

Vol V Issue 45

Who Said this?

Abandon a standard when it is demonstrably harmful to productivity or user satisfaction.

Today, 517 links Curated

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Can solar storms trigger earthquakes? Scientists propose surprising link

#electric fields #fracture #electrostatic pressure #flares

Ocean warming drives a nearly 20% annual decline in fish biomass, research confirms

#fish populations #Northern Hemisphere #Marine heat waves #fisheries management

Canada's Magdalen Islands' peatlands hold vital clues about ancient Atlantic hurricanes

#core #peat #geochemical analysis #Havre-Aubert

Brain Researchers Finally Know Why Cannabis Use Increases Appetite

#Brain-Mediated #Endocannabinoids #hypothalamus #Appetite Loss

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may cut risk of preeclampsia

#coronavirus #preeclampsia #placental dysfunction #Vaccinations

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 24th, 2026

Vol V Issue 44

Who Said this?

Forget Governments. If they can't tax it, they won't understand it

Today, 443 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists create universal nasal spray vaccine that protects against COVID, flu, and pneumonia

#lungs #innate immunity #intranasally #mutate

Writing May Have Begun 40,000 Years Ago

#proto-cuneiform #sequences #complexity #Swabian Jura

A hidden force beneath the Atlantic ripped open a 500 kilometer canyon

#King’s Trough Complex #tectonic #Rifting #plume

Treating a Common Dental Infection May Have Effects That Extend Far Beyond the Mouth

#root canal #inflammation #metabolic markers #integrated

How bacteria can reclaim lost energy, nutrients and clean water from wastewater

#microbial #chemical energy #nutrients #METs

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Monday, February 23, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 23rd, 2026

Vol V Issue 43

Who Said this?

You’ll never fashion anything clever by drinking water!

Today, 324 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Flea and tick treatments for dogs and cats may be harming wildlife

#isoxazoline #dung-feeding #antiparasitic #recycling

New oxygen gel could prevent amputation in diabetic wound patients

#battery-powered #chronic wounds #inflammatory #Hypoxia

Caffeine might ease anxiety and depression by calming brain inflammation

#neuroinflammation #Neurotransmitters #dopamine #serotonin

Pecans found to improve cholesterol and boost heart health

#cardiovascular #lipids #antioxidant #HEI

Shining a light on the secret life of carbon dioxide in cells

#CO₂ #CarboSenR2 #cytometry #microscopy

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Saturday, February 21, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 21st, 2026

Vol V Issue 42

Who Said this?

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Today, 397 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Artificial sweeteners spark more intense brain activity than real sugar

#metabolism #Alpha #Delta #EEG

Scientists Think Greenland's Ice Is Churning Like Molten Rock

#radar #convection #geodynamics #upwellings

'Universal' nasal-spray vaccine protects against viruses, bacteria and allergens in mice

#GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA #coronaviruses #mites #adaptive

What is a 'seesaw protein' that switches functions by changing shape?

#amino acids #three-dimensional #atomic force #Anfinsen's dogma

A hidden reason inner ear cells die—and what it means for preventing hearing loss

#hair cells #stereocilia #channels #membrane

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Thursday, February 19, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 19th, 2026

Vol V Issue 41

Who Said this?

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Today, 498 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A spinning gyroscope could finally unlock ocean wave energy

#flywheel #precession #absorption #resonant

Supercomputers simulated the orbits of 1 million satellites between Earth and the moon — and less than 10% survived

#megaconstellations #Kessler syndrome #cislunar #Quartz and Ruby

Microsoft’s new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

#Archival storage #femtosecond lasers #density #voxel

What’s Causing Antarctica’s Strange “Gravity Hole”? Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery

#climate #density #height #gravity field

New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater

#wet #Sodium Vanadium Oxide #NVOH #desalination

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 17th, 2026

Vol V Issue 40

Who Said this?

Society is indeed a contract; between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

Today, 345 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A Wearable Textile Sensor Sets New Standard for Continuous Heart and Vessel Monitoring

#electrophysiological #sleeve #electrical #blood-flow

A Massive Star Suddenly Vanished and Left a Black Hole Behind

#core #collapse #M31-2014-DS1 #convection

How a Single Gene Keeps Melon Fruits in Check

#causal genes #CmFUL1 #regulator #elongation

Massive magma surge sparked 28,000 Santorini earthquakes

#Aegean Sea #Kolumbo #Hellenic arc #InSAR

Vanishing lakes in Tibet may have triggered earthquakes by awakening faults in Earth's crust

#faults #weight #Lake Nam #crust

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Monday, February 16, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 16th, 2026

Vol V Issue 39

Who Said this?

My best teacher is my last mistake.

Today, 333 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Aging Rewrites the Brain’s Protein Code – and Scientists Just Found the Switch

#tagging #degradation #ubiquitylation #proteasome

Scientists discover the enzyme that lets cancer rapidly rewire its DNA

#chromothripsis #N4BP2 #tumors #genome rearrangement

Sea Levels Are Rising Globally. Around Greenland, They're Projected to Fall.

#modeling #thermal expansion #glacial ice #weight

Microbes harvest metals from meteorites aboard space station

#platinum group #biomining #BioAsteroid #carboxylic acids

Lab grown human spinal cord heals after injury in major breakthrough

#inflammation #glial scar #organoids #neurites

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 15th, 2026

Vol V Issue 38

Who Said this?

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

Today, 244 links Curated

Today's Five Links

One of the ocean's saltiest regions is freshening: What it means for circulation

#Indian Ocean #salty #wind #freshwater

Scent analysis reveals the composition of ancient Egyptian embalming materials

#VOCs #embalming #GC/MS #profiles

Porous material uses green and blue light to repeatedly store and release CO₂

#visible light #PAFs #molecular switches #light-driven

Replacing humans with machines is leaving truckloads of food stranded and unusable

#digital #supply-chain #AI #overrides

A Spacecraft Flew Closer to the Sun Than Ever – and Is Rewriting a Century-Old Mystery

#Parker Solar Probe #solar wind #space weather #chromosphere

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 14th, 2026

Vol V Issue 37

Who Said this?

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

Today, 335 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation

#methane #nitrous oxides #reduction #hydroxy radicals

Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself

#copying #polymerase #ligase #QT-45

A microfluidic chip for one-step detection of PFAS and other pollutants

#analytical device #solids #LLME #trap-based

Exchanging Saliva May Help You Fall in Love

#influencer #microbes #intimacy #exchange

Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery Behind Rare COVID Vaccine Blood Clots

#adenovirus #antibodies #blood proteins #VITT

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Friday, February 13, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 13th, 2026

Vol V Issue 36

Who Said this?

Though I am an old man, I am forever a young gardener.

Today, 507 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

#clinker #geopolymers #silicon #aluminum

Scientists discover hidden trigger behind achilles pain and tennis elbow

#HIF1 #tendons #tendinopathies #collagen

Scientists Caught Sperm Ignoring a Major Physical Law

#viscous fluids #Newton's Third Law #non-reciprocal #flagellum

Scientists discover hidden brain cells that help heal spinal cord injuries

#astrocytes #CCN1 #debris #fibers

Sunlight extracts oxygen from regolith using solar chemistry

#CaRD #carbothermal #oxidation #reduction

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 12th, 2026

Vol V Issue 35

Who Said this?

Be curious, not judgmental

Today, 443 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Linked to Problems With The Brain's 'Replay Mode'

#consolidate #replay #hippocampi #neurons

These Molecular Filters Thousands of Times Thinner Than a Human Hair Could Change How the World Cleans Water

#Membrane #separations #POMbranes #aquaporins

Antarctic magnetic anomaly is a trace of an ancient continental collision

#East Antarctica #Rodinia #bedrock #zircon

'DNA origami' could be key for making an effective HIV vaccine, early study hints

#three-dimensional #scaffold #antigens #off-target

New Treatment May Free Kidney Transplant Recipients From Lifelong Daily Medications

#infusion #immunosuppressant #belatacept #dazodalibep

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 11th, 2026

Vol V Issue 34

Who Said this?

False Necessity is the Mother of Dumb Invention.

Today, 429 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Something supercharged Uranus with radiation during Voyager flyby 40 years ago.

#space weather #radiation belt #corona #co-rotating

Your Genes Determine How Long You’ll Live Far More Than Previously Thought

#longevity #genetics #lifespan #twins

Scientists just made living blood vessels on a chip that act like real ones

#vessel-chip #microfluidic #aneurysms #stenosis

The Clean Energy Transition at the Salton Sea

#lithium #water #sovereignty #brine

Human Mini Spinal Cord Shows Stunning Recovery After Injury

#organoids #trauma #regenerative treatment #stem cells

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 10th, 2026

Vol V Issue 33

Who Said this?

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

Today, 552 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Caltech: Extending Optical Fiber’s Ultralow Loss Performance to Photonic Chips

#silicon wafers #PICs #ultralow-loss #optical circuits

Asteroid Bennu Just Changed the Origin Story of Life

#amino acids #OSIRIS-REx #radiation #glycine

Scientists find genes that existed before all life on Earth

#universal #ancestor #genome #universal paralogs

A 307 Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals a Surprising Shift in Early Diets

#fossil #vertebrates #herbivory #Tyrannoroter heberti

Scientists find a clue to human brain evolution in finger length

#index #ring #2D:4D ratio #testosterone

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Monday, February 09, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 9th, 2026

Vol V Issue 32

Who Said this?

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Today, 257 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists finally solve a 100-year-old mystery in the air we breathe

#nanoparticles #irregularly shaped #simple #predictive

Topological antenna could pave the way for 6G networks

#topological photonics #terahertz #electromagnetic #perforated

Scientists turn sunflower oil waste into a powerful bread upgrade

#sunflower flour #defatted #protein #chlorogenic acid

Quantum Teleportation Was Performed Over The Internet For The First Time

#quantum states #infrastructure #radiation #decoherence

This tiny organism refused to die under Mars-like conditions

#Saccharomyces cerevisiae #perchlorate salts #shock waves #ribonucleoprotein

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Sunday, February 08, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 8th, 2026

Vol V Issue 31

Who Said this?

Americans love free speech, survey finds... until they realize everyone else has it, too.

Today, 308 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists find a missing link between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

#CD8+ #T-Cells #CD4+ #cerebrospinal

A Simple Blood Protein Could Transform Treatment of a Deadly Fungal Disease

#Albumin #mucormycosis #Mucorales #hypoalbuminemia

What the science says about working to music

#rhythmic entrainment #cognitive load #lyrics #soundscape

This Common Nutrient Could Be the Key to Faster Wound Healing

#serine #epidermal #hair follicle #ISR

A hidden Aloe vera compound takes aim at Alzheimer’s

#beta-sitosterol #acetylcholinesterase #butyrylcholinesterase #acetylcholine

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Friday, February 06, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 6th, 2026

Vol V Issue 30

Who Said this?

I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.

Today, 464 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A high-sugar breakfast may trigger a “rest and digest” state that dampens cognitive focus

#cognitive planning #sympathetic #parasympathetic #task switching

A Tiny Antibody Just Crushed the Coronavirus’s Secret Weak Spot

#SARS-CoV-2 #spike Protein #evolved #llama

Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms

#apple snails #delphacids #dry field #copper sulfate

Amino acid 'stickers' help decode spider silk's strength and flexibility

#molecular interactions #Dragline silk #AlphaFold3 #amino acids

Rare natural compound from teak tree shows promise for treating diabetes and lipid disorders