China's '2D' chip could soon be used to make silicon-free chips - By - Alan Bradley - published - 30 April 25 - Advances in materials and architecture could lead to silicon-free chip manufacturing thanks to a new type of transistor.

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What is 'induced atmospheric vibration' and did it really cause power outages across Spain and Portugal? By - Jess Thomson - published - 29 April 25 - Power blackouts that left millions of people across Spain and Portugal without electricity may have been caused by a bizarre atmospheric phenomenon, though the true cause is yet to be determined.

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Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'carbon-free' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors - By - Sascha Pare - published - 29 April 25 - Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places like Yellowstone, Tanzania's Rukwa Rift and India's Bakreswar-Tantloi province.

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Do sharks make noises? An accidental discovery might just answer that question - By - Jacklin Kwan - published - 29 April 25 - Scientists noticed the clicking sound after handling the rig sharks during routine behavioral experiments.

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China saves 2 doomed satellites with novel 'gravitational slingshot' By - Matthew Williams - published - 28 April 25 - Chinese engineers have rescued two satellites that were stuck in the wrong orbit using a novel 'gravitational slingshot' method.

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Mass graves of Black Union soldiers slaughtered by Confederate guerrillas possibly identified in Kentucky - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 28 April 25 - Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.

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Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'missing' supermassive black hole? (video) By - Robert Lea - published - 28 April 25 - Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive black hole in a distant spiral galaxy.

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There's liquid on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. But something's missing and scientists are confused - By - Julian Dossett - published - 27 April 25 - Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely lacking in river deltas, a new study suggests.

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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck

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'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers

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Astronomers discover giant 'bridge' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'

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Chinese scientists makes nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research

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