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Supersized quantum sensors make faint photons easier to catch
Our everyday life is flooded with photons, the quantum building blocks of light. For cutting-edge technology, from quantum computing to deep
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Catching cow burps in real time: Methane sensor matches industry monitor in early field test
Methane is a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas; cutting methane emissions can slow near-term warming and improve air quality by reduci
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The midlife clock is ticking: How we understand 'time left' can help us use it well
In Adaptation and the Life Cycle, psychologist Bernice Neugarten tells us that we arrive in our middle years by our social clocks, not our a
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Molecular trick opens the door to a new generation of glass
Researchers at TU Dortmund University, Paderborn University, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Oxford have developed a
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Wildlife trafficking spreads across social media, putting thousands of species at risk
Researchers monitoring online activity for six weeks in mid-2025 found primates, birds, snakes, frogs, orchids and many other wildlife group
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Human rights rankings reveal surprising over- and underperformers
When it comes to human rights, it probably won't surprise you that Scandinavian countries perform well by statistical measures, along with C
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Temperature-tunable micropillars enable programmable sorting of particles and cells
A programmable microfluidic device developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, combines deterministic lateral displacement, a microf
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A bird's eye view of illegal logging and its consequences in the Peruvian Amazon
When I first arrived in Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in 2005, a local youth surprised me with an offer to sell me a live owl,
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AI finds six ways to print rocket-grade alloy on commercial 3D printers
Washington State University researchers used artificial intelligence to find a more efficient, less expensive way to 3D-print a high-perform
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Deuterium enables chip waveguides to generate broadband light from infrared pulses
A research team from Singapore, led by Associate Professor Dawn Tan of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Dr. Luo
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Bacteria from ancestral wheat microbiomes help protect plants against root rot fungus
In the journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, researchers from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) and the University o
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Metal ceramics under AI control: A new approach for calculating the mechanical properties of materials
Researchers from the Skoltech Materials Center have proposed a new approach to modeling the mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials
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How atmospheric dryness limits increases in typhoon rainfall
Under global warming, scientists have widely expected tropical cyclones (including typhoons and hurricanes) to bring more intense and freque
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Woodlands and other natural spaces could help cities cope with extreme heat
Green and blue spaces, such as woodlands and riversides, could provide a vital line of defense for cities facing increasingly hot summers, a
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New study reveals how space rocks become meteorites
What happens to a space rock as it falls through Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteorite? By studying 75 meteorite falls captured on vide
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Vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity demonstrated for the first time
In a study published in Nature on Aug. 19, a research team has enhanced superconductivity through vacuum fluctuations for the first time. Th
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Chemicals banned in the 1970s still widely detected across Europe, new study finds
A new study has found that regulatory restrictions introduced more than half a century ago have failed to eliminate contamination from banne
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Assembly of giant wild sunflower family genomes unlocks potential for new perennial crops
The Land Institute and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with key partners, have assembled the first chromosome-scal
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Shell-crushing predators may have sparked early Cenozoic boom in marine snail evolution
A large-scale study of nearly 700 species reveals the evolutionary relationships and history of Neogastropoda, a diverse group of marine sna
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When to trust the experts? Follow these guidelines to evaluate science on any topic
When should we trust the evidence and the experts who interpret it for us?
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Glacier retreat could promote the spread of diseases among bees
A study conducted in the Swiss Alps by the University of Lausanne and the University of Milan shows that glacier retreat and changing vegeta
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Ball milling enhances the antiviral activity of inexpensive inorganic materials
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, developing surfaces that can inactivate viruses upon contact has become an important goal in public health care
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Marker words suggest sharp rise in AI-assisted biomedical writing after ChatGPT
Up until two years ago, using large language models was still considered a special skill that everyone was encouraged to learn. Now, it is u
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Women and racialized CEOs may outperform their peers because they face tougher barriers to the top
Every so often, a headline declares that women make better leaders. A widely cited 2019 Harvard Business Review analysis, for instance, foun
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