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Climate warming may reduce urban vitality
- Apr 14, 2026
Mobile phone data on 13 million people in Spain—more than a quarter of the population—show that hot days reduce individual mobility, thereby reducing...
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Shredded stars reveal how black holes ignite trillion-sun flares
- Apr 14, 2026
Supermassive black holes are among the most enigmatic objects in the universe. They typically weigh millions or even billions of times the mass of the...
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Picky methane-consuming microorganisms prefer carbon monoxide, opening the door to more greenhouse gas release
- Apr 14, 2026
Research by microbiologists Reinier Egas and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer car...
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Hidden damage in stony corals revealed using 3D imaging and AI
- Apr 14, 2026
Florida's coral reefs are under siege. Since 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has spread rapidly across the Florida Reef Tract and Caribb...
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Andean volcanic eruptions during the Late Miocene likely drove global cooling
- Apr 14, 2026
Mark Clementz, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics, and colleagues have produced a compelling study that sho...
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Discarded wood helps produce hydrogen peroxide with more than 95% selectivity
- Apr 14, 2026
Hydrogen peroxide, a versatile chemical used in a wide range of applications—from medical disinfectants to semiconductor manufacturing and water treat...
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A built-in 'hairpin' mechanism in CRISPR-Cas13 prevents rogue RNAs
- Apr 14, 2026
The CRISPR-Cas gene-editing system has long been the focus of research as a promising tool in genome editing. However, the emphasis has been on its un...
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Fluorescent technique reveals hidden scale of microfiber pollution from our clothes
- Apr 14, 2026
Pollution released from our textiles is smaller and more irregular in shape than previously thought, according to new research led by The University o...
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Limonene enables highly efficient asymmetric synthesis via the Mitsunobu reaction
- Apr 14, 2026
Many bioactive molecules used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics contain enantiomers, which are structural isomers that exist as nonsuperimposable mirro...
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Integration of two genes: A valuable strategy for developing virus-resistant tomatoes
- Apr 14, 2026
Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD), caused by begomoviruses, is a global problem in tomato production, affecting yield. While introduction of res...
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Torsion balances set strongest direct limits yet on ultralight dark matter
- Apr 14, 2026
Dark matter is believed to make up a large fraction of the matter in the universe, yet its true nature remains unknown. Most past experiments have foc...
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Mirror-positioning method could make quantum gravity tests possible
- Apr 14, 2026
In quantum physics, objects can exist in multiple states at the same time—a phenomenon known as quantum superposition, where a particle does not have...