How Mercury formed its graphite crust and core
As the BepiColombo mission prepares to enter the final phase of its journey to Mercury, a series of studies conducted…
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El Niño set to bring warmer spring to NZ and Australia
El Niño is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with major impacts on…
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Embedded platinum channels bring nanoscale spin-based thermoelectric conversion to bulk materials
A joint research team from NIMS and the University of Tokyo has developed a new composite in which three-dimensional…
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Food and water stations for wild birds are contributing to spread of deadly diseases, study finds
Feeding stations providing food and water for wild birds are contributing to the spread of disease-causing parasites…
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Students with lower grades earn degrees more often when they belong to an academic major's majority group
Despite efforts to encourage broader participation, women earn about 25% of undergraduate engineering degrees and 18%…
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Same-sex marriages surged before Bolsonaro took office, Brazil data reveal
A new study has shown that the election of Jair Bolsonaro, known for his homophobic views, as president of Brazil in…
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Virus-like particles enable gene activity tracking over time in the same cells
In recent years, scientists have developed methods to measure a cell's transcriptome, or all the RNA produced by a…
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Sound waves and water droplets transform paper waste into higher-value chemical compound
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a fast, simple way to turn lignin, a…
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Underlying mechanism of Atg2-mediated lipid transfer in autophagy identified
Autophagy is an intracellular degradation mechanism in eukaryotes. The autophagosome, which encloses damaged or excess…
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Particle shape and size predict asteroid strength, revealing Bennu's surface is 50 times weaker than ground coffee
In a new Nature Communications study, researchers developed a universal scaling framework for the strength of granular…
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From pets to zoos: How students perceive animal husbandry
Animals fulfill a wide range of roles in human society. They provide food, contribute to scientific research, live…
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Want a solution to plastic pollution? Scientists urge UN to require global reporting
Plastic is a wonder material that has molded itself to fit a wide variety of applications. But it comes with a host of…
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Archaea as 'flexitarians': Ammonia-oxidizing microbes also feed on amino acids
Symbiotic ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges are not strict specialists but true "flexitarians." A team led by…
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Mixed grazing, controlled burns and collaboration can curb Mediterranean wildfire risks
Wildfires in the Mediterranean region are becoming drastically more intense. The recent major fires in France, Spain…
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Turbulent times for star formation in Stephan's Quintet
Star formation in galaxies is closely linked to molecular gas. In the distant past, when galaxy interactions were more…
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Mosque workshops help Muslim women discuss reproductive health in NSW
Governments across Australia have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward women's health services in recent…
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'Hidden order in disorder' makes nanodevices easier to design
Augmented reality (AR) glasses, lenses thinner than a human hair, and holograms floating above your fingertips may…
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'Soft crosslinking' strategy makes brittle, glassy plastics tougher
Glassy polymers are those whose chains become immobilized below their glass transition temperature. The immobilized…
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Bats show promise as a form of biological pest control in South African macadamia plantations
Labor-intensive harvesting and complex processing make macadamias among the most expensive nuts in the world. This…
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Ultrafast electrons and lasers reveal unexpectedly strong radiation signals in common semiconductors
Detecting radiation is key to technologies ranging from particle accelerators and scientific instruments to medical…
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Capturing localized protein and metabolic information from a single tissue section
Revealing how proteins and end products of biological activity (metabolites) change within specific tissue functional…
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Why some Alaskan rock glaciers race downhill while their neighbors barely move
Two massive rock glaciers are creeping down mountain valleys in Alaska's Wrangell–St. Elias National Park. They sit…
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Betelgeuse's atmosphere is becoming spotty and asymmetric—and a nearby companion could be shaping the pattern
For the first time since its dramatic dimming in 2020, a team of astronomers has observed the inner atmosphere of…
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Physics-informed AI improves predictions of how critical minerals move through rock
The key to finding more critical minerals may lie in understanding how fluids and chemicals move through rock. As these…
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As global heating heads to 1.8°C, is it time to consider the 'Voldemort' of climate policy?
The world is set to miss the 1.5°C global warming target, and plans are underway for U.N. climate talks in the Pacific…
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Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares during summer
A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares (1.3 million acres) of…
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Hiking canyons can quickly turn deadly when storms hit—what you should know before going in
Hiking a picturesque valley or climbing a craggy gorge are among the most exhilarating experiences in nature. As a…
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Ultrafast sample spinning improves protein structural data by dizzying proportions
Researchers have been elucidating the structures of complex molecules for more than 100 years using a variety of…
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Since the 1980s, climate change has increasingly altered European bumblebee habitats
Global biodiversity loss is occurring at a rapid pace, driven by multiple human-caused factors, including…
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Shoppers buying online while drunk is big business—but who is responsible?
One Sunday morning, Juliet* woke up to a delivery driver with a large package that she had no recollection of ordering.…
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Not a cheetah: Ancient DNA reveals the surprising Arctic life of extinct North American cat
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has overturned decades of assumptions about…
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Most money laundering arrests involve people under the age of 30
The majority of money laundering arrests involve people under 30, a new analysis has found.
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Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it
A private spacecraft that was supposed to supply a lifeline to NASA's Swift Observatory managed to get close to the…
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Patent-reading AI could strengthen early warning systems for hazardous chemicals
Patents are far more than legal documents protecting intellectual property. They are a vast source of scientific…
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Divergent molecular mechanisms for fungal plant biomass conversion
Fungi are major degraders of plant biomass, including leaves, stems and roots. Investigating the molecular mechanisms…
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Critically endangered pygmy raccoons observed making their own paper toys
Some of the most intriguing scientific breakthroughs happen when researchers aren't explicitly looking for them. Take,…
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