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Scientists develop 'light switch' for the love hormone
- Apr 15, 2026
Researchers have developed a molecular "light switch" for the so-called love hormone oxytocin, offering new insights into how social behavior, partner...
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Nature might have a universal rhythm
- Apr 15, 2026
Animal communication can look wildly different—flashing lights, chirping calls, croaking songs and elaborate dances. But new research from Northwester...
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Study confirms that guessing before learning improves memory in language learning
- Apr 15, 2026
Learning a second language is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with millions of people turning to digital tools and mobile applications to pic...
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Drought takes a heavy toll on bumblebees
- Apr 15, 2026
Drought significantly reduces the reproductive success of bumblebee colonies, according to a new study conducted by a research team at the University...
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New technique maps cancer drug uptake inside living cells
- Apr 15, 2026
A new analytical method could improve how cancer treatments are designed—by allowing scientists to track, for the first time, exactly where inside a l...
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Multitasking quantum sensors can measure several properties at once
- Apr 15, 2026
A special class of sensors leverages quantum properties to measure tiny signals at levels that would be impossible using classical sensors alone. Such...
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JWST spots methane on a giant exoplanet, but its star may be distorting the signal
- Apr 15, 2026
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and elsewhere have observed a giant exoplanet known as HA...
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Bottled lightning makes a cleaner fuel
- Apr 15, 2026
Northwestern University chemists have discovered a new way to turn natural gas into liquid fuel—and it's lightning in a bottle. By harnessing tiny bur...
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Coral-eating starfish outbreaks may be driven by both the land and the deep sea
- Apr 15, 2026
A "perfect storm" of conditions combining upwelling from the deep with run off from the land may be driving crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks...
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Like a house of cards, buried weak snow layers buckle under pressure and unleash slab avalanches
- Apr 15, 2026
Although the fundamental constitutive laws for steel and concrete were established more than a century ago, weak layers in snow remain a mystery. Ther...
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New model helps investors and regulators understand complex businesses and see their positive sides
- Apr 15, 2026
Warren Buffett advised that you should never invest in a business you can't understand. But that hasn't stopped many investors. New research from the...
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America's sewage and manure hold a $5.7 billion key to breaking synthetic fertilizer dependence
- Apr 15, 2026
Nutrients recovered from animal and human waste could drastically reduce synthetic fertilizer use in the U.S., according to a new Cornell University s...