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Zirconia thin films unlock new reversible nonpolar-to-polar mechanism
- Apr 18, 2026
Researchers from National Taiwan University break traditional frameworks by unveiling a new symmetry-transition mechanism in ZrO2 thin films, achievin...
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How poison frogs built a chemical weapons system one evolutionary step at a time
- Apr 18, 2026
Poison frogs are small and brightly colored amphibians that originate from Central and South America. As suggested by their name, these frogs can rele...
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Q&A: How research aims to improve bad housing data
- Apr 18, 2026
Nicholas J. Marantz, associate professor of urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine, is investigating how effectively current data sources track...
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Surprising link between metallicity and superconductivity uncovered in twisted trilayer graphene
- Apr 18, 2026
Superconductivity is a state of matter characterized by an electrical resistance of zero, typically at very low temperatures. Past studies have found...
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The moon might be more prone to fires
- Apr 18, 2026
Engineers love a good practical challenge, especially when it comes to spaceflight. But there's one particular challenge facing the crewed missions of...
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Universal quantum protocol extracts maximum work without knowing a system's state in advance
- Apr 18, 2026
A new study published in Nature Communications has shown that in the asymptotic limit, extracting the maximum possible work from many copies of a quan...
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New research aims to reduce microfiber pollution released from cruise and hotel laundry
- Apr 18, 2026
Microfiber pollution from large-scale laundry operations is emerging as a significant and largely unseen environmental issue. New research led by the...
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Saturday Citations: Neuroinflammaging treatment stuns; a hidden magma lake; decoding little red dots
- Apr 18, 2026
This week in science news: Researchers are calling to exploit sewage waste and manure to break U.S. synthetic fertilizer dependence. Wasps have begun...
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Bright quantum light emission achieved at room temperature in 2D semiconductors
- Apr 18, 2026
A joint research team led by Professor Park Kyoung-Duck and Associate Director Suh Yung Doug of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials withi...
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Flat optics move toward market with 300-per-second metalens production
- Apr 18, 2026
A collaborative research group has developed a fully automated roll-to-roll manufacturing platform capable of producing large-area visible metalenses...
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PFAS detected in dolphin milk may pass from mothers to calves
- Apr 18, 2026
Researchers have found that a group of chemicals known as PFAS can be transferred from mother dolphins to their nursing calves, adding to the evidence...
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Earth's tectonic elevator hauls ancient buried microbes back to the seafloor to revive and spread
- Apr 18, 2026
In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports long-buried subseafloor mic...