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A few minutes of freezing can change the fate of iron in nature
Just a few minutes of freezing and thawing can have a decisive impact on how ferrihydrite, the most reactive iron mineral in cold soils, per
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Parental care can influence evolution, beetle experiments show
How has offspring dependence on parents evolved over the course of evolution? Researchers at the University of Bayreuth, in collaboration wi
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How bacteria develop resistance to programmable antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest challenges facing modern medicine. A new class of programmable antibiotics known as asobioti
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Transforming polyamide microplastics into light-emitting carbon quantum dots for UV-blocking food packaging
Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century. As larger plastic debris breaks down through mecha
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Mirror-image molecules steer electron spins and lift perovskite solar cell efficiency
Some molecules come in two "handed" forms. This property, called chirality, can influence not only how molecules interact with light but als
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Study on biodiversity conservation in agriculture and forestry: High motivation, few options
Farmers and foresters manage around 80% of Germany's land area. They are therefore key agents of change in protecting biodiversity—and are o
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Beyond the Petri dish: Testing tomorrow's drugs in human blood
The COVID vaccine is perhaps the first thing many people think of when they hear about mRNA-based drugs. Small packages of genetic material
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Candida fungi can burst immune cells and shape-shift to evade immunity
Candida auris and Candida albicans are microscopic fungi that cause life-threatening human infections, killing almost a million people globa
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Tsunami of dirt: What caused Nepal's deadly glacial flood?
More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more are missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilome
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Researchers reveal the unique 'tagging' mechanism that guides the sleeping brain in remembering key thoughts
Why do we remember certain moments while forgetting others? Every day, our minds are bombarded with thousands of pieces of information, yet
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XY or ZW? Gecko chromosomes reveal evolution's hidden playbook
Why do humans rely on XY chromosomes to determine sex, while birds use ZW—and many reptiles use neither, letting temperature decide instead?
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El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal
As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a University of Michigan study has found that El Niño events
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Exploring how bumble bee queens coordinate chemical signals
New research by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Margarita Orlova is providing new insight into how
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The wisdom of the egg cell: Oocyte epigenetic mark may help prevent excessive placental growth after fertilization
The genome—which contains genes encoded in DNA—acts as the fundamental blueprint of life. But what you might not know is that, in addition t
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Metaphors reveal how a neurosurgeon narrated death while facing terminal cancer
A new study examining death-related conceptual metaphors employed by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi in his memoir, "When Breath Becomes Air," s
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Using AI to thwart election misinformation
Election rumors, such as unverified accounts of voter fraud, have run rampant in the U.S. in recent years. Powered by the speed of social me
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Parasitic plants act like genetic engineers by stealing and remodeling useful genes
Many plant species parasitize other plants by latching on and taking the nutrients their hosts need to survive. But sometimes, plants steal
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ATLAS and CMS narrow in on twin Higgs production
Finding one Higgs boson was hard enough, but physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are hunting for something even more elusive: pair
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'Like uprooting tree stumps'—pulling nanoscale anchors creates tiny pores that could speed biosensor manufacturing
A new manufacturing method could help move the production of nanoscale sensors from specialized fabrication facilities to conventional semic
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How rising air plumes help spike moist heat
As climate change has led to more frequent extreme-heat events around the world, moist heat metrics such as wet-bulb temperature, which comb
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Surprising ingredients suggest ancient Egyptian paint was far more complex than previously assumed
Ancient Egypt has left us a wealth of artistic treasures, including wall paintings, wooden coffins and limestone reliefs. Many retain their
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Tiny transmitters could unlock monarch migration mysteries in Florida
Every spring, many monarch butterflies drift back into Florida on orange-and-black wings that have captivated scientists for generations. Th
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Emperor penguin colonies reveal decades-long resilience and flexible breeding sites
With their charming waddles, heat-conserving huddles and tuxedo-like plumage, emperor penguins are among the world's most recognizable anima
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The physics of kiiking, Estonia's extreme sport of swinging
When an athlete swings upside down atop a 7-meter (23-foot) pendulum, it may seem like a feat of strength, courage or technique. A new study
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