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Seaweed compound shows major methane cuts in beef cattle
- Apr 20, 2026
Adelaide University researchers have demonstrated that a naturally derived seaweed compound can dramatically reduce methane emissions from beef cattle...
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How resilient fungus might survive Mars and space
- Apr 20, 2026
Scientists have long known that fungi are resilient, but a new study suggests that some strains might survive every step of the long, brutal trip to M...
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AI makes granular pricing easier, but consumer psychology may make it less profitable
- Apr 20, 2026
Big data, artificial intelligence and advanced pricing algorithms make it easier than ever for companies to fine-tune prices for individual products t...
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Why so many mollusks sound Greek—their naming evolves at a snail's pace
- Apr 20, 2026
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare's famous play. And the same is presumably true for mollusk...
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Water simulation of famous quantum effect reveals unexpected wave patterns
- Apr 20, 2026
In the quirky quantum world, particles can be affected by forces that they never directly encounter. A classic example is the Aharonov–Bohm (AB) effec...
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A cheaper way to fight 'forever chemicals': How pH-controlled traps could clean drinking water
- Apr 19, 2026
Forever chemicals don't break down and don't disappear, but Florida International University scientists have developed a safer, cheaper, and reusable...
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A light-controlled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move
- Apr 19, 2026
Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a cell-like system to move...
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Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play
- Apr 19, 2026
Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely preserve and the fleetin...
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Wafer-scale 2D magnetic films emerge thanks to a new low-defect growth technique
- Apr 19, 2026
In a major advance, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have devised a method to grow high-quality 2D magnetic materials (2D-MMs) ov...
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'Protected' seagrass meadows aren't necessarily healthy, because pollution doesn't stop at the shoreline
- Apr 19, 2026
I spent last summer wading through seagrass meadows across Northern Ireland, from the sheltered waters of Strangford Lough to the exposed coast at Wat...
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Sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth's do
- Apr 19, 2026
Mercury is a small, rocky planet about which researchers know relatively little. Two missions, taking readings as they passed over the planet, have re...
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Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought—new discovery
- Apr 19, 2026
In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, a global team of paleontologists and geologists has discovered new remains of a very un...