Science and Technology Chronicles: April 2026

Thursday, April 30, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 30th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 27

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If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.

Today, 473 links Curated

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Scientists just found a chilling way life may have begun

#freezing #thawing #lipid #membrane

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,'

#African Plate #silica-rich #alkali #low-velocity

Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest, scientists say

#subduction #Juan de Fuca #earthquake #Cascadia

a 100-million-year-old bacterial toxin could reshape pest control and antibiotic discovery

#Streptomyces #SAIPs #pathogens #Adaptation

Replacing nitrogen with organic fertilizer found to improve soil and crops

#organic #inorganic #balance #nutrient cycling

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 29th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 26

Who Said this?

Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability is in the opponent.

Today, 450 links Curated

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Solar Foam Keeps Fresh Water Flowing After Sunset

#desalination #SDIE #hypersaline #evaporator

Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee

#extraction yield #triboelectricity #potentiostat #flavor profile

Common Food Compound Shows Surprising Power Against Superbugs

#cinnamic acid #antibiotic-resistant #conjugation #plasmids

Natural Compound Shows Powerful Potential Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

#Phellodendri cortex #obakulactone #ACOT1 #macrophages

Radioactive imaging reveals ants' secret food networks

#positron imaging #food sharing #roles #colony

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 28th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 25

Who Said this?

I don’t want to believe... I need to know.

Today, 399 links Curated

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Scientists may have found the brain’s switch for chronic pain

#CGIC #signals #chemogenetic #allodynia

Next El Niño could be tipping point for a hotter climate

#heat engine #1.5 Degrees #climate regime shifts #2 standard deviations

Forget Chemicals. This Plant Removes Microplastics From Water

#moringa #saline extract #coagulate #treatment

Scientists Discover Why Cats Suddenly Stop Eating Their Food

#bored #satiety #VOCs #olfactory

Infrasound likely a key factor in alleged hauntings

#mechanisms #manifesting #angular gyrus #cortisol

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Monday, April 27, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 27th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 24

Who Said this?

The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.

Today, 360 links Curated

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds More Evidence of Ancient Lakes on Mars

#ChemCam #lake #plasma #phyllosilicate-rich

Scientists Discover a New Meteor Shower From a Mysterious Crumbling Asteroid

#meteor cluster #all-sky #fragile #evolution

Orangutan uses Indonesia canopy bridge in 'world first'

#canopy bridges #Sumatra #infrastructure #fragmentation

The Splintering of the American Diet

#tribalism #algorithms #influencers #insight

China Identifies Two New Lunar Minerals from Chang'e 5 Samples

#magnesiochangesite-(Y) #changesite-(Ce) #merrillite #composition

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 26th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 23

Who Said this?

Take the risk of thinking for yourself; much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.

Today, 227 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Gravitational waves may have created dark matter in the early universe

#Big Bang #ripples #stochastic #Particle Formation

This exotic particle could finally explain why matter has mass

#particle systems #mesons #mesic nuclei #WASA

Scientists Say a Hidden Structure May Exist Inside Earth’s Core

#layer #seismogram #anisotropy #axis

Graphene kills harmful bacteria “superbugs” but spares human cells

#superbugs #Graphene Oxide #Antibacterial #membranes

Nanogenerator harvests electricity from evaporating seawater

#evaporation-driven #hydrovoltaic #nanopillars #interfacial

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 25th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 22

Who Said this?

In our obscurity... in all this vastness... there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.

Today, 338 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists just found where airborne microplastics really come from

#land #ocean #model #mass

Astronomers may have found a strange new kind of cosmic explosion

#superkilonova #neutron stars #AT2025ulz #LIGO

Simplifying clean hydrogen production with a new all-in-one photocatalytic cocatalyst

#sunlight #water #Co-HHTP #SrTiO₃:Al

Gut Bacteria Could Be a Hidden Trigger For Neurodegenerative Diseases

#Bacterial sugars #glycogen #C9ORF72 #Parabacteroides merdae

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Is Now Available for Download

#7.0 kernel #Gnome 50 #APT 3.2 #Mesa 26.0

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Friday, April 24, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 24th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 21

Who Said this?

United we bargain, divided we beg.

Today, 440 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A new study explores the boundary between everyday caffeine and panic

#panic disorder #anxiety #avoidance #Interoception

New bioreactor turns stem cells into an immune-cell factory

#macrophages #pluripotent #somatic #immunology

Scientists Overcome Major Quantum Bottleneck, Potentially Transforming Teleportation and Computing

#quantum states #W state #tomography #symmetry

Lunar Dust Transformed Into Structural Reinforcement for Moon Base Construction

#fiber-reinforced #composites #repel #embedding

Strange Water on 3I/ATLAS Hints at the Alien Conditions of Its Birth in a Frigid, Low-Radiation Region

#cold #radiation #deuterium #hydrogen

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 23rd, 2026

Vol VI Issue 20

Who Said this?

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

Today, 487 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Gene therapy improves hearing in 90% of patients with inherited deafness in largest trial of its kind

#OTOF #congenital #otoferlin #hair cells

NASA eyes September for Roman Telescope launch

#infrared #dark energy #dark matter #exoplanets

This volcano that 'slept' for 100,000 years was never truly quiet

#Methana #superhydrous #zircon #water-saturated

For the first time, scientists pinpoint the brain cells behind depression

#excitatory neurons #microglia #genetic patterns #inflammation

Honeybees pass their math test, upending an animal intelligence debate

#cognitive #sensory #human-centric #behavior

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 22nd, 2026

Vol VI Issue 19

Who Said this?

Be curious, not judgmental

Today, 442 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists discover skincare compound that kills drug-resistant bacteria

#madecassic acid #Centella asiatica #antibiotic-resistant #cytochrome

A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune

#superionic #carbon hydride #Hot Ice #energy flows

Scientists Discover Caffeine Can Repair Key Memory Circuits After Sleep Loss

#sleep deprivation #Social memory #CA2 #adenosine

Scientists Revive Failing Cells With Mitochondria Transplants

#tethers #proteins #binders #genome

Plants can sense the sound of rain, new study finds

#seeds #dormant #germinate #statoliths

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 21st, 2026

Vol VI Issue 18

Who Said this?

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Today, 470 links Curated

Today's Five Links

This common plant could clean microplastics from your drinking water

#Moringa oleifera #aluminum sulfate #coagulate #filtration

Large Hadron Collider Experiments Hint at ‘Undiscovered Physics’ That Could Soon Overturn the Standard Model

#framework #gravity #dark matter #B mesons

Could Humans Regrow Limbs? New Study Reveals Promising Genetic Pathway

#regeneration #SP genes #CRISPR #FGF8

Tinnitus May Be Linked to a Crucial Brain Chemical

#serotonin #severity #auditory system #SSRIs

Atomic Clocks Could Reveal The Hidden Quantum Nature of Time Itself

#optical clocks #superposition #ion-clocks #proper time

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Monday, April 20, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 20th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 17

Who Said this?

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

Today, 257 links Curated

Today's Five Links

The Elements That Built Us: Rewriting How Dying Stars Seeded the Cosmos

#X-ray light #elements #supernovae #Metallicity

After 200 years scientists finally crack the “dolomite problem”

#growth #stalls #calcium #magnesium

Water simulation of famous quantum effect reveals unexpected wave patterns

#fluid analog #topological #AB effect #phase

Scientists Restore Memory In Aging Mice Using a Simple Nasal Spray

#neuroinflammaging #extracellular vesicles #microglia #hippocampus

A cheaper way to fight 'forever chemicals': How pH-controlled traps could clean drinking water

#sugar molecules #PFAS #linear #alkaline

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 19th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 16

Who Said this?

A litigious milieu is the enemy of personal autonomy and freedom.

Today, 299 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Artificial neurons successfully communicate with living brain cells

#Printed #interact #decomposition #MoS2

What caffeine does to ants could change pest control

#baits #focused #Linepithema humile #spatial memory

DESI completes planned 3D map of the universe and continues exploring

#Dark Energy #high-resolution #3D #cosmology

Scientists develop dirt-powered fuel cell that could replace batteries

#microbes #sensors #agriculture #environment

Hollow-sphere catalyst enables greener production of 99% pure propane at room temperature

#propene #dehydrogenation #SnO2 #membrane–electrode

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 18th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 15

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, 364 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Milk Nanoparticles Could Revolutionize Treatment for Deadly Bile Duct Cancer

#cholangiocarcinoma #milk fats #siRNA #aptamer

Maturing brain pathways explain the sudden leap in children’s language skills

#grammar #neural pathways #premotor cortex #ventral pathway

Nature Might Pulse to a Universal Rhythm – 2 Beats Per Second

#synchrony #faunal communication #xeno-canto #Neurons

Quantum Breakthrough: Unhackable Keys Sent Over 120 km Using Quantum Dots

#Quantum dot #SQDs #photons #QKD

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

#Amoc #observations #air temperatures #salinity

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Friday, April 17, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 17th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 14

Who Said this?

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Today, 430 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Industries Most Exposed to AI Are Not Only Seeing Productivity Gains but Jobs and Wage Growth Too

#AI exposure #generative AI #productivity #Augmentation

Deep earthquakes triggered by the olivine-poirierite transition

#Seismicity #transformational faulting #shear transition #diffusionless shear

A “lost world” beneath the North Sea was once full of forests

#Doggerland #sedimentary #DNA #Storegga tsunami

Largest Brain Imaging Study of Psychedelics To Date Reveals a Surprising Neural Signature

#brain activity #imaging #internal networks #cross-talk

The complete story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and how a 20-year journey to Saturn rewrote our understanding of habitable worlds

#planetary science #Titan #Enceladus #Ring System

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 16th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 13

Who Said this?

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Today, 516 links Curated

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Scientists discover gene that helps the brain repair itself

#low-oxygen #myelin #oxygen #Retsat

The Grand Canyon’s “Swiss Cheese” Rocks Hold a Critical Secret

#Roaring Springs #caves #Kaibab Plateau #limestone

This Strange Material Can Turn Superconductivity on and off Like a Switch

#Graphene #strontium titanate #electrons #condensed matter

'Dancing jets' from black hole reveal an immense power equivalent to 10,000 suns

#Cygnus X-1 #X-ray #matter #radio

Fool’s gold isn’t so foolish: Scientists find hidden treasure in pyrite

#lithium #Appalachian #middle-Devonian #shale

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 15th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 12

Who Said this?

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Today, 451 links Curated

Today's Five Links

The people you live with could be changing your gut bacteria

#gut microbiomes #Cousin Island #relationships #anaerobic

Scientists discover why bread can cause weight gain without extra calories

#metabolism #Obesity #carbohydrate-rich #calorimetry

Scientists Uncover Hidden Force Powering Yellowstone’s Supervolcano

#geodynamic #supereruptions #lithosphere #asthenosphere

Scientists Found Human Speech-Like Patterns in Sperm Whale Clicks

#codas #structured #phonetics #phonology

Subaru telescope captures comet 3I/ATLAS composition change

#perihelion #nucleus #composition #coma

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 14th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 11

Who Said this?

You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Today, 438 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Light makes plants stronger but also holds them back

#p-coumaric acid #cell walls #epidermal #bonds

Scientists Uncover Hidden Clues to the Origin of the Genetic Code

#protein fragments #dipeptide #tRNA #ribosome

Scientists Grow Electronics Inside the Brains of Living Mice

#wire-free #electrode mesh #conductive #bioelectronics

Protein clusters reshape cell movement and may help cells build amino acids faster

#molecule transport #fluorescent #Microcompartments #clusters

Scientists Shrink a Lab Spectrometer to the Size of a Grain of Sand

#silicon detectors #PTSTs #neural network #inverse problem

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Monday, April 13, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 13th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 10

Who Said this?

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past

Today, 488 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A 67-year-old “crazy” theory about vitamin B1 has finally been proven

#carbene #thiamine #ligands #water

AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands.

#autonomously #cloud #programmable biology #automated labs

Astronomers Finally Track Down the Universe’s Missing Hydrogen

#HETDEX #halos #Cosmic Noon #UV

Tiny particles in Arctic ponds may play role in cloud formation and climate change

#nucleating #balance #aerosol #radiative

These New Molecules Could Change How We Treat Lupus and Arthritis

#autoimmune #ENDOtollins #inflammation #proteins

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Saturday, April 11, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 11th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 9

Who Said this?

The dividing line will not be Masons and Dixons, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.