Hand-cranked device tells blood type and red cell levels in 1 minute
When someone is badly injured, doctors urgently need two facts: the patient's blood type, so that a transfusion is…
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Salt crystals could hold clues to life beneath Enceladus's ice
The ocean beneath Saturn's moon Enceladus lies under kilometers of ice, but some of its contents do reach the surface.…
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Australian scavengers don't just eat everything and slink away. They approach a carcass like a buffet
When scientists talk about scavengers, you might imagine an animal sniffing out or stumbling across a carcass, eating…
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The ambiguous costs of climate change
As human activity has increased temperatures globally, determining the costs directly incurred by climate change is…
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Lone, starless cloud may be a 'dark' galaxy
Astronomers using China's FAST radio telescope have discovered a compact cloud of hydrogen with no visible stars or…
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Red-sensitive pigments in mantis shrimp eyes act as reversible light switches
With about 30 visual pigments, compared to just three in humans, mantis shrimp possess a visual system that remains a…
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Electrical sliding switches graphene between magnetic states
In a discovery that could offer a new way to control quantum properties in two-dimensional materials, researchers at…
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Global survey links financial hardship to lower trust in science
Poor access to health care, limited local influence over research priorities and an unequal distribution of scientific…
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Popular song lyrics express less emotion over time, analysis of 38K+ songs finds
New research from Michigan State University finds that popular music has gradually become less explicit about emotion…
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During El Niño, a perfect storm of weather systems could spell disaster for the Great Barrier Reef
The strong El Niño currently under way in the Pacific Ocean raises the specter of marine heat waves and coral bleaching…
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Optical imaging links altered metabolism and oxygen use in Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is best known for its effects on memory and cognition, but the disease also involves changes in how…
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How animal identifiability affects children's food choices
Naming a chicken and describing its favorite habits is enough to make preschoolers choose poultry less often. This…
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Political violence: How justifications influence voter approval
What happens when political violence is presented as a justified response to threat or injustice coming from an…
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Scientists uncover mystery of how snail shells coil to the right or to the left
Scientists have discovered a gene that determines whether Japanese snails develop shells that are left- or…
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Rabbits were a medieval royal luxury in England—until the Black Death made them commonplace
The European rabbit is a common sight in the British countryside today. Yet it was not always so. They are not native…
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Astronomer leads global team on NASA mission to create unprecedented view of the early universe
A University of Missouri astronomer is leading a team of 130 researchers from 62 institutions—including NASA, the…
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Plants shift gene activity within minutes of entering spaceflight, experiment reveals
Plants begin responding to spaceflight almost immediately after leaving Earth, according to a new University of Florida…
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New 3D model reveals how shadows reshape chemistry in stellar nurseries
How do young stars reshape the clouds from which they are born? A new high-resolution 3D model developed by an…
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Scientists discover cell division does more than make new cells: It helps reshape tissues
Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment. That creates a…
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Sexual violence concepts launched online are spilling into the real world
Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist and an online influencer with millions of followers, faces charges in several…
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New high-frequency method boosts 2D material readout for next-gen quantum computers
Quantum computers represent a next step in the fast-paced evolution of technology. Using quantum bits (qubits), they…
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Sunlight gives biodiesel byproduct a second life as hydrogen and valuable chemicals
Australian researchers and international collaborators have demonstrated a solar-driven approach to convert glycerol, a…
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A highway instead of a racetrack: Strong coupling of light and sound in an optical fiber
For the first time, scientists have achieved strong coupling between light and long-lived acoustic vibrations in an…
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Infrared light overcomes mirror coating obstacle in gravitational wave detector upgrades
Researchers have developed and tested a new locking method for gravitational wave detectors that will advance the…
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First comprehensive Mars soil classification offers framework for exploration and future farming
A Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney has produced the first comprehensive classification system and map of…
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Judging strangers' preferences may actually be easier when they're less like our own
Researchers already know that humans have a tendency to use egocentric anchoring—a cognitive bias in which people use…
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Essential oil sprays kill cockroaches on contact but offer little lasting control
A German cockroach races across a kitchen floor. Someone grabs a bottle of essential oil spray, soaks the insect and…
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Wider approach needed to mitigate rising rechargeable battery emissions
A new University of Melbourne-led study has identified insights and evidence that could help mitigate the fast-rising…
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Belief in change matters more than political anger when it comes to voting intentions, study suggests
With the 2026 midterm elections around the corner, voters may be feeling everything from excitement to fear. But how…
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Genetic evidence raises questions about settler-Indigenous relations in New France
A Université de Montréal–led research team has analyzed the genetic origins of human remains found in Old Montreal—and…
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Climate warming can slow how tree roots feed soil microbes
A plant's roots do much of their work out of sight, pulling in water and nutrients and holding the plant in place. That…
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About 2% of natural gas supplied to a Midwest city leaks into the atmosphere
Most natural gas leakage in Indianapolis likely originates from homes and other buildings, not exterior pipelines and…
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New alloy design strategy combines strength and ductility by timing hardening mechanisms
Structural metals used in engineering projects are expected to have both high strength and high ductility: the ability…
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Light and ultrasound reveal renewable routes to compounds for pharmaceutical research
Sustainable packaging is only the beginning. What a medicine is made from—and how its ingredients are produced—matters…
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World-record intensity in attosecond hard-X-ray pulses could unlock closer study of electrons in atoms and molecules
Researchers used the European XFEL to create X-ray flashes that were not only extremely short but also reached record…
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Automated essay assessment can grade writing more accurately across topics, study finds
An artificial intelligence (AI) model can score English essays with improved accuracy across different writing topics,…
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