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Blind spots at Antarctic coasts limit sea level projections
The Antarctic coastal zone is not simply the edge of the continent. It is a tightly coupled system where ice from the ice sheet extends over
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World must prepare for 'reality' of missing 1.5C goal: UN
The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5°C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a firs
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US politics is not the world's template for polarization, experts warn
Common global narratives about political polarization are skewed because of an overreliance on literature about the U.S., leaving government
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AI automates the creation of custom functional materials atom by atom
Imagine a construction site where the bricks are individual molecules and the "cranes" are microscopic needles so sharp they can feel a sing
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Belonging, atmosphere key to attracting event-goers
Venues that become entwined in the cultural fabric of a community can be as enticing as the events they hold, according to University of the
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NASA rocket takes first multi-point look inside radio-disrupting clouds
High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude "clouds" form
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Researchers identify the world's first cell line with the KMT2A::SEPTIN6 fusion gene
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures have, for the first time, identified a model
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A new layer of the human genome: Embedded RNA marks may reshape DNA twisting
A new study led by Francesca Storici, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and faculty member of the Parker H. Petit Institute f
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Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
An international team including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on
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Weather shapes bus ridership, but cost and shelters can change the equation
What makes someone decide to take—or skip—the bus on a cold, rainy, hot or smoky day?
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Animal-bone records reveal how cattle and sheep fueled medieval England's changing economy
As populations expanded in medieval England, key changes occurred in the uses of cattle and sheep to produce food and materials, according t
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New nanostructure makes non-linear light conversion 72,000 times more efficient
Researchers from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Harvard and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) have developed an innova
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Principal support helps teachers, but isn't enough to stop turnover from classroom violence
An ongoing national teacher shortage has created a sense of urgency to better understand why educators choose to stay in their positions—and
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Whether you're an introvert or extravert may decide how you should use AI
More than a century ago, the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung made introversion and extraversion central to his theory of psychological types.
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Sorry, this neutrino laser won't work, physicists say
Neutrinos are pervasive yet intangible particles that permeate the universe, streaming through whole planets, stars and our bodies by the tr
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Weak sea-surface temperature gradients may fuel stronger tropical cyclones
The fact that the ocean gets colder as you go deeper is fairly intuitive, but a similar gradient exists along the surface of the ocean, even
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Dolphin-feeding tourism contributes to predicted dolphin decline
A study published in the journal Oikos, titled "Forecasting the impact of food-provisioning and other stressors on a marine top-predator pop
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When biology inspires mathematics: Hidden symmetries explain why widely used evolutionary methods can give false answers
Why do some groups of organisms contain thousands of species while others have only a handful? Evolutionary biologists have spent decades tr
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Wind-wave tunnel helps engineers dive deeper into ocean research
Inside a lab at the University of Texas at Dallas, researchers have re-created a small-scale ocean environment where they can make waves bui
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Iguanodon shinbone growth may be first evidence of an infected skin ulcer in a dinosaur
Fossilized bones can reveal a wealth of details about animals, including their size, appearance, what they ate and any injuries they may hav
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How can we improve school attendance?
Poor school attendance can negatively affect young people's behavior and future health. It is a growing public health concern because rates
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Young sunlike system reveals comets may carry water toward forming planets
Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets—comets in other solar systems—orbiting a young star similar to our
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More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heat waves—but they must be planted near homes
Heat waves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe's capital cities this summer as they experienced record temperatures.
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How cells teach themselves to move together
Scientists have long wondered how cells organized into sheets begin to move together to form organs, especially when the sheets form closed,
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