Tiny atomic changes could lead to smarter wireless technology
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that making extremely small changes to the structure of a…
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Narwhals help researchers uncover unique data from the deepest East Greenland fjords
They live in some of the most inaccessible waters on Earth, where ocean temperatures hover around freezing. Because…
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Chagas parasite's survival trick offers antimalarial-style target
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have identified a potential new target to prevent the spread of Chagas…
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Buried underwear shows land use is key to soil health
Soil is the foundation of our food supply. It stores water, carbon and nutrients and is home to a large share of the…
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Did ocean motion carve Enceladus's tiger stripes?
Saturn's moon Enceladus sports a thick shell of ice surrounding a liquid water ocean. As though scraped by an enormous…
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Even protected Florida wetlands can't escape microplastic pollution
Microplastics are turning up almost everywhere—from oceans and rivers to soils and sediments—yet far less is known…
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How high scores in an online brain teaser made mathematicians lie for three years
It might not yet be the phenomenon that is Wordle, but for hundreds of thousands of players, Digit Party has scratched…
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Congo Basin study reveals nuanced relationship between people and flooding
In the Lac Télé Community Reserve, a vast tropical peatland in Africa's Congo Basin that is home to about 20,000…
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Expert Comment: More extreme weather is coming—AI may help us to better prepare for it
As of August 2026, the world is bracing for what forecasters describe as one of the strongest El Niño events on record.…
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Reconstructed Jurassic insect calls evoke a 165-million-year-old forest soundscape
The sights and sounds of the Jurassic era are long gone, and we will never know for sure what that ancient world looked…
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Looking into the eyes of gibbons: New noninvasive eye-tracking study features these little-studied apes
When you look at someone, you usually look at their face. It serves as one of the most important sources of social…
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Gambling branding dominates Premier League YouTube highlights, new study finds
New research from the University of Nottingham has found that gambling brands were visible in 32% of Premier League…
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Human activity is pushing lakes beyond their natural carbon limits
Lakes play an important role in capturing and storing carbon, which accumulates in their sediments. But the amounts…
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Researchers develop hydrogels to create a programmable niche for blood stem cells
A research team from Tel Aviv University and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), led by Ayala…
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Narrow ultrasonic beam enables stable 3D levitation six times farther than before
Scientists have developed a new acoustic levitation technique using an ultrasonic beam capable of levitating and moving…
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CanopyFit maps urban tree sites with greatest cooling potential
UBC researchers and municipal partners have developed a modeling tool to help cities adapt to rising temperatures by…
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Tax break 'megadeals' spurred innovation in local communities
When cities, counties or states provide corporations with big tax breaks to lure factories, corporate headquarters and…
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Why some lava-covered exoplanets retain atmospheres for billions of years
Stanford researchers have offered an explanation for why some sizzling, lava-covered worlds nestled tightly around…
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Tangled plastic and fishing gear found in pilot whales stranded in Hawaii
A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that…
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No sick days? How remote work is changing the way we work when ill
Working from home and digital technology may be making it easier for employees to work while ill and blurring the…
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Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models
The adult human brain has limited capacity to repair or regenerate neurons lost to Alzheimer's disease, the most common…
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One molecule, one photon: Entanglement makes an imperceptible recoil measurable
For decades, light has been used to understand the molecular structures of matter. A sample is irradiated with light,…
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Bat DNA adaptations may connect virus defense, longevity and cancer resistance
Bats are anomalies in the mammalian world—they fly, have long lifespans and rarely get cancer. Scientists now suspect…
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Sharpening an essential tool for biotechnology
Scientists at the Department of Energy (DOE)'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have shown that more than 93% of…
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AI robot trains teachers to handle heated issues
Researchers at La Trobe University are using a robot driven by artificial intelligence (AI) to better prepare teachers…
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High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the…
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Comet 220P McNaught puts on an encore performance
It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug.…
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LLM-based platform for generating new materials synthesis recipes dramatically cuts trial and error
A research team led by Professor Sung Beom Cho of the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at…
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Too hot to incubate: Nile crocodiles hatch on their own in French reserve
France's heat waves have produced an unusual outcome at a wildlife park, where 10 Nile crocodiles hatched without human…
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Parents are increasingly abusive toward teachers and principals. How can schools respond?
Some private schools have begun asking parents to sign a code of conduct to try to stop abusive behavior toward…
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A field guide for the Wild West of AI-assisted environmental science
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) are blazing a trail…
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Dogs may use blinking as a subtle social signal
Blinking keeps eyes moist, sweeps away bits of dirt and dust, and helps the brain rest when processing visual…
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Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here's what the numbers say
Whenever there's a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: Are…
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After 80 years, elusive molecules reveal how ozone starts turning plant emissions into haze
Scientists have directly observed a fleeting chemical reaction that creates a key ingredient in urban smog. The…
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Historic sulfur emissions—the likely cause of damage to Murujuga rock art
Murujuga is a sacred cultural landscape of land and sea Country across the Burrup Peninsula and Dampier Archipelago in…
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What has the return‑to‑office movement taught us? People, not technology, help companies get ahead
We like to believe that whatever ails a company can be fixed by digitizing it. And technology is easy to swap. Rip out…
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