Saturday, September 12, 2026

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 29th close approach to the Sun on September 4, coming within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface at a record speed of 430,000 mph while capturing images of structures near the Sun's north pole.^[1]

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have found a way to perform certain quantum computer operations more than 1,000 times faster, cutting thousands of repeated control cycles down to just one and potentially bringing fault-tolerant quantum computers closer to reality.^[2]

Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have created an ultra-small nanolaser that could allow microchips to transmit information with light instead of electricity, potentially making computers faster while cutting energy use roughly in half.^[3]

Researchers from the University of Sydney have shown for the first time that human heart muscle cells can regrow after a heart attack, overturning the idea that damaged areas of the heart are completely incapable of regeneration.^[4]

Semaglutide, the drug found in Ozempic and Wegovy, was linked to nearly 40% fewer asthma attacks and about 20% fewer COPD flare-ups in a large real-world study presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Barcelona.^[5]

Researchers have designed a new DNA-based treatment targeting PCSK9 that reduced cholesterol by 47% in mice after a single injection, offering a potential alternative to statins for managing high cholesterol.^[6]

Marine biologists have discovered and named 11 new species in the Horneridae family of bryozoans, showing that this 250-million-year-old group of lace-skeletoned marine organisms continues to evolve in waters around New Zealand.^[7]

The Danube gudgeon, a fish species considered extinct in the Inn River for more than 100 years, has been documented in a new section of the river by researchers at the Technical University of Munich, following its initial rediscovery a few years ago.^[8]

Two Middle Miocene amber-preserved flowers from southeast China, dating to approximately 15 million years ago, have been identified as ancient lianas, providing evidence that climbing vines contributed to tropical rainforest structure since at least that period.^[9]