Scientists discover migration-mediated mechanism enabling bacteria-virus coexistence
Bacteria and the viruses that infect them—known as phages—coexist in soils, oceans and living organisms. Scientists…
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Keeping to warm climates may have helped crocodiles outlast the dinosaurs
Keeping to warm climates throughout their 250-million-year history may have helped crocodiles and their relatives…
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Compulsive social media use is linked with wanting closeness but fearing reliance on others
Compulsive use of social media may be associated with a strong desire for reassurance among people who are afraid to…
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Electronic nose puts police detection dogs to the test
A pilot study tested an electronic nose, called NOS.E, alongside human-remains detection dogs to see whether it could…
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Forensic specialists need only one or two facial features to identify individuals
Researchers led by Carina Hahn at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S., have found that…
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Preschoolers aren't more creative than adults—they're just more confident
Adults are more objectively creative than preschoolers but are inhibited by anxiety and low self-confidence, according…
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Chromosome anchors form hollow shells before cell division, imaging reveals
Whenever a cell divides, it has to split its chromosomes perfectly between two daughter cells, and even a single…
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'Silent' vultures turn out to use a wide range of sounds to communicate
Vultures were long thought to make few and fairly simple sounds. Yet no one had investigated in detail how the birds…
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Ukrainian media coverage casts land as both lifeline and danger zone
An international team led by Alexander Vorbrugg analyzed (online) media reporting on war-related land changes in…
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Ultrafast light can control ferromagnetism without relying on heating
Despite being known for more mundane uses such as sticking notes to refrigerators or keeping bags shut, magnetization…
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Better data analysis links to stronger marketing and innovation in Thai retail sector
A study of 500 Thai retailers has found that businesses with stronger big data analytics capabilities tend to be better…
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When a few people break the rules, bad behavior spreads quickly
The old saying that one bad apple spoils the barrel suggests that an individual behaving badly can have a negative…
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Methane emissions in Baltimore show seasonal, daily trends
Natural gas leaks are a significant source of methane emissions in cities, but it can be hard to pinpoint exactly where…
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Hubble observations challenge supernova winds' role in cosmic reionization
An international team of researchers, including members from the University of Michigan, has revealed surprising…
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Proposed additional ID requirements for voting could disenfranchise more than 1 in 4 Detroit adults
More than 1 in 4 Detroiters cannot easily produce up-to-date documentation of their U.S. citizenship that matches their…
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Poor ocean conditions leave murrelet chicks exposed to nest predators for longer
Less favorable ocean conditions mean marbled murrelet chicks take longer to leave the nest, making them more vulnerable…
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Childhood experiences of war loom large over CEOs' decision-making
The trauma of war has long-lasting reverberations, influencing business decisions made decades later, argue Eun Hye Jo…
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Two-in-one tool tracks viral RNA inside live infected cells in real time
Viruses are sneaky intruders, hijacking the internal machinery of host cells and replicating out of sight.…
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Africa's bats could survive climate change—if they can find somewhere to live
Climate change and changes in the way land is used are the two biggest threats to wildlife because they change the…
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Reindeer grazing changes plant roots in pine forests
Reindeer grazing changes the vegetation of northern pine forests below ground as well as above it. In a recent study in…
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Reexamined Viking 2 signal reveals possible marsquake from region active decades later
Earthquakes and the seismic waves they generate provide some of the best clues to Earth's interior. To extend that…
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How life on Earth experiences climate change
Climate change can look very different at the scale of a forest, field or hillside. A new review shows how changes in…
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Migratory birds spread avian influenza to Greenland's polar bears
Migrating birds that breed in the Arctic are spreading avian influenza to polar bears in eastern Greenland, according…
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Light-based method could offer first way to detect hypothetical 'mirror life'
Scientists have proposed what they believe is the first method for detecting "mirror life"—a hypothetical form of life…
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South Korea guides crowd-pulling shark out of canal
A shark that has become a viral sensation in South Korea was coaxed out of a canal in which it was stuck, authorities…
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Mirror-image molecules are difficult to separate from their counterparts, but a new catalytic method might be the answer
Just like gloves, molecules can have left- and right-handed—or mirror-image—forms. Because the left- and right-handed…
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'Invisible' tweak could help make protein shakes less clumpy
Scientists from RMIT University and Riga Technical University in Latvia have shown that static charge left on surfaces…
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'The fishing's terrible': Deforestation devastates Central African river
Sitting in his narrow dugout canoe, Jean-Romeo Senguemboli frowned at the meager catch in his nets on the Central…
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UN projections say world is losing ground in fight to curb climate change, faulting US a bit
Losing more ground in the fight against climate change, humanity is heading for a hotter world than experts projected…
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Bending a liquid: Liquid membranes flex 100 times more easily than cell membranes
Many structures in biology are bounded by membranes, but not all of them. Droplets of a liquid called a coacervate,…
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Arrival of the Suebi, Alans and Visigoths did not erase deep genetic legacy of Roman Hispania
An international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF) in Barcelona, the Natural Sciences…
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Newly identified metabolic pathway helps explain how cold extends lifespan
Moderately cold temperatures have proven to effectively extend lifespan and delay age-related decline in animals.…
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Scientists reveal how deadly Andes hantavirus attaches to human cells
Earlier this year, an outbreak of Andes hantavirus on a cruise ship, which killed three passengers and sickened 13,…
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Physicists trap and tame single particle of antimatter for months
For the first time, Northwestern University physicists have coaxed a single positron—the antimatter counterpart of an…
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How many insects are there—and why do we need them?
There are an estimated 10 quintillion insects alive on Earth at any given time. That's 10,000,000,000,000,000,000…
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How climate change, new technology are shaping the future of extremes in peak power demands
New research led by the University of Michigan provides utilities and policymakers with forecasts that can help them…
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