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It's the small things: Treating something as even slightly significant affects motivation
When Fan Yang's children came home complaining about a crafting class, they had a particularly strong advocate.
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Soil heterogeneity helps bacteria find nutrients
Microorganisms regulate key processes in soils and aquifers, including nutrient cycling, carbon turnover and contaminant degradation. Many b
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Workers with psychological capital are better prepared to weather increasing work stress
Workers in the U.S. are feeling the strain of stress and economic uncertainty, and nearly two in five U.S. workers (37%) believe their work
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Uncovering gravity's impact on the human genome
The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics. It eventually gave us a sequence of the hum
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The far side of the moon provides clues to a past magnetic field
Unlike Earth, the moon no longer has a core-generated magnetic field. On our planet, the movement of liquid iron in the outer core generates
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Brain organoids uncover how primates develop different brain shapes
Most primate species have relatively large brains with surfaces marked by pronounced bulges and furrows. This is not the case with common ma
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Past emissions from top polluters will keep the planet warmer for decades to come
If someone leaves the faucet running in your bathroom and the house floods, it's easy to assign responsibility for the damage. But for other
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Kibble with microbial proteins appeals to cats and dogs in new study
In a new study, cats and dogs showed a short-term preference for kibble containing some protein derived from microorganisms over kibble cont
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A horse named Pea is first to test focused ultrasound treatment of skin tumors called sarcoids
There is no "one-fix-for-all" solution for sarcoids, said Sophie Bogers, an assistant professor of large animal surgery. Many require chemot
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Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in range of natural and drinking water sources
A new study has found that chemicals that can affect fertility and reproductive health are contaminating natural and drinking water supplies
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Exercise keeps astronauts' hearts strong enough for flight to Mars
Intense exercise during long spaceflights helps maintain heart structure and function within a range needed to tolerate the low-gravity envi
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Variations in virus tails may help predict which phages kill more bacterial strains
Bacteriophages—or phages, for short—are viruses that kill bacteria, and scientists have been studying them for decades as a possible solutio
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Facial recognition trial by police in Australia delivered strong results. But was it an ethical success?
The results of Australia's first live facial recognition trial have been released. Since June 2026, the Western Australian Police Force has
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Tic-tac-toe simulator offers a way to teach quantum physics without matrix algebra
A team from SUNY Polytechnic Institute has designed a quantum rule-based simulator known as Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe. The simulator was originall
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Roaming black holes may tell the hidden history of galaxies
If you want to understand the origins of black holes, Yale astronomers say, you need to look beyond the centers of galaxies and start search
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New mining map highlights damage caused by extracting metals for your smartphone
The most sustainable smartphone is the one you currently own. An estimated 80% of your phone's negative impact on the environment happens be
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Bizarre new dinosaur with giant claws discovered in China
It walked on two legs and may have looked like a feathered bear with giant claws. Meet Kayrasaurus changliensis—well, its almost complete sk
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Spin waves inside a nano-oscillator imaged for the first time
For the first time, researchers have directly imaged the magnetization dynamics inside a spin Hall nano-oscillator—a nanoscale device that c
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SKA may detect magnetic fields on distant exoplanets
Studying exoplanets has given astronomers insights into the characteristics that could help them find life beyond Earth. For years, astronom
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How diffractive solar sails could stop a killer asteroid at 100 km/s
Asteroids don't come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don't know of any currently on course to do so, we are
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DIY filter systems improve air quality in classrooms
As students return to school and cold and flu season begins, researchers are studying ways to improve indoor air quality and reduce the risk
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Report calls for government to introduce a charge on disposable cups
Around 2.5 billion single-use cups are used in the U.K. every year, yet fewer than 1% are recycled. They contribute to litter, contaminate r
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Why a healthy seafloor matters for the Earth system
The seafloor is more than just the ground beneath the sea. Two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, which have an average depth o
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Hunting broadly not responsible for birds declining across Europe, study finds
Hunting is not the main reason bird populations are declining across Europe, according to new research from University College Dublin in col
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