Primary school food provision 'complex, fragmented and lacking central oversight', study reveals
A lack of central oversight and shifting catering models in primary schools could be putting children's dietary health…
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Los Angeles Basin map shows deep sediments that could amplify earthquake shaking
In computer simulations of the Big One—a large-magnitude earthquake that may occur along the San Andreas Fault in…
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Some of Australia's biggest companies are planning for an unbearable climate future
Even as unprecedented fires and heat waves rage across Europe, scientists track the retreat of Antarctic sea ice and a…
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Growing bacteria line up single-file, then buckle in liquid crystals
When scientists study bacteria that are not in a Petri dish or a test tube but in environments that more closely mimic…
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Drone laser scans map more than 1,000 trees across 90-acre campus
It took one drone, 300 million laser data points and seven teams of students on foot to map Wake Forest University's…
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Bees see the world in more ways than previously thought
The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what…
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Kaikōura erosion monitoring holds answers for world's rock coastlines
Erosion rates on parts of the Kaikōura Peninsula more than doubled after the 2016 earthquake, showing major quakes can…
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A supermassive black hole erupted in X-rays, and its radio jets followed 300 days later
By combining roughly two decades of observations from NASA's Swift X-ray Telescope with radio monitoring, astronomers…
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Research highlights hidden impact of domestic violence on women and their pets
New research from James Cook University has found that women experiencing domestic violence are often forced to choose…
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When exposed to air, new nanomaterial becomes magnetic at high temperatures
While fridge magnets are great for saving favorite recipes, modern magnetic materials are useful for improving fiber…
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How do you get middle schoolers to eat more fruit? Give them smoothies
At lunchtime in rural Maine middle schools, University of Maine researchers stood at two points in the cafeteria.
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Engagement-driven curation can trap culture consumers in 'overfamiliarity,' leading to less long-term satisfaction
Sometimes you can be too good at your job. Take streaming services, like Spotify or Netflix. With engagement as their…
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New research compares civil servant experiences under Trump in the US to those under Bolsonaro in Brazil
A new comparative survey of nearly 150 career civil servants (66 in the U.S. and 82 in Brazil) probed differences in…
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In Japan's mountains, a different way to manage bears
As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the forests of Nagano, Japan, where rising…
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Food innovation in your kitchen: Giving peas, beans and lentils a surprisingly meat-like bite
Separating things and then putting them back together is a common principle in industrial food production. Agricultural…
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Declining star formation not caused by simple 'fuel crisis,' new measurements suggest
The universe has been having fewer and fewer stellar "babies." Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star birth…
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Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators
Just off one of New York's famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day's prize…
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Eruption of Sinabung volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island prompts higher alert
Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) from the…
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Higher cutting could reduce annual bluegrass contamination in tall fescue seed
Harvesting tall fescue above annual bluegrass seed heads could help reduce contamination and seed-cleaning costs.…
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New policy brief outlines how EU policies can better support sponge restoration
Europe's water and climate resilience is under increasing pressure, with degraded soils, drained catchments and the…
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National survey measures full financial burden of community sport in Australia
The cost of playing community sports in Australia is far higher than previously understood, with a new national study…
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Cover crops could ease the shift from perennial seed to annual crops
Transitioning an aging perennial forage seed stand into annual cropping can be difficult, particularly when the…
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Drones take farming to new heights
High above the fields of the Morven Sustainability Lab, drones equipped with heat and light sensors are changing what…
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Australia's reefs follow trend of global coral cover decline
Australia's coral reefs are in relatively good condition compared with coral reefs globally, although coral cover on…
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Important role of plastid ion channels in plant stress response identified
When plants are attacked by herbivores or pathogens, they must respond rapidly while also preparing for potential…
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Even small amounts of ocean plastic can affect petrel chicks
Ocean plastic pollution is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks. Even small nibbles of it may…
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Sliding sugars offer simpler, smarter route to precision liver-targeted therapies
Targeted drug delivery directly to the liver has unlocked major breakthroughs across medicine, but constructing the…
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Even ancient bacteria possessed intercellular communication structures like humans today, study finds
Communication between cells in plants, animals and humans takes place via specialized connecting structures. An…
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AI chatbot use for emotional support tied to loneliness in students
Young people leaning on AI chatbots for emotional support or personal advice are significantly more likely to struggle…
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Role of ethics education in accounting fraud prevention
Two SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) College of Business faculty members are exploring how integrating ethics and…
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'One-pot' CRISPR platform delivers lab-like sensitivity in 30 minutes for at-home testing
A research team from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative "one-pot"…
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Nature's color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue
Biologists and linguists alike have long puzzled over the universal human tendency to see and name colors as a…
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Faint far-infrared radiation drives a correlated insulator-to-metal transition in magic-angle graphene
One of the central ideas in modern physics is the phase transition—a sudden transformation of the state of a material.…
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A single fix reverses the case for rolling back vehicle emissions standards
Two administrations, the Biden administration and the second Trump administration, reached opposite conclusions about…
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Q&A: What dinosaur teeth reveal about diet and evolution
What did dinosaurs eat? Teeth provide important clues to understanding the ecology of dinosaurs, which became extinct…
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Femtosecond nano-imaging reveals ultrafast optical control of phonon polaritons
A collaborative research team has successfully visualized in real space the ultrafast optical modulation of hyperbolic…
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