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Liquid-like histone H1 'glues' nucleosomes, reshaping how DNA compacts
- Apr 9, 2026
DNA inside the nucleus is not packed as a rigid regular fiber—linker histone H1 dynamically binds and loosely "glues" nucleosomes together, creating a...
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It's OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)
- Apr 9, 2026
North America's bee populations are in trouble, but don't blame the honey bees. While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees—th...
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Hydroxyl radicals in UV-exposed water reveal surprising reaction pathway
- Apr 9, 2026
How do radicals form in aqueous solutions when exposed to UV light? This question is important for health research and environmental protection. For e...
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How AI's language barrier limits climate disaster responses
- Apr 9, 2026
A message appears online during heavy flooding: "This rain no be small o, everywhere don red." Someone unfamiliar with the phrasing might hesitate. Bu...
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Study of Tommy Robinson's social media reveals how online influencers mobilize supporters without direct calls to action
- Apr 9, 2026
New research from the University of Bath reveals that online influencers can mobilize followers and legitimize harmful behaviors without ever issuing...
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A smarter way to build vaccines: Scientists harness AI to target emerging alphaviruses
- Apr 9, 2026
A team of scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), led by Nikos Vasilakis, Ph.D., and Peter McCaffrey, MD, has developed a new com...
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Study rethinks the dropout-crime connection
- Apr 9, 2026
Dropping out of high school has been linked to higher rates of delinquency and lower socioeconomic status, but thinking of high school dropouts collec...
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Decoy molecules trick soil bacteria into attacking persistent pollutants without genetic engineering
- Apr 9, 2026
In a study published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nagoya University researchers demonstrated that native soil bacteria, when treated with...
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This giant virus just gave up its atomic blueprint
- Apr 9, 2026
A research group has successfully determined, for the first time in the world, the capsid (outer shell) structure of Melbournevirus—a member of the gi...
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Plant-inspired water membrane filters CO₂ with constant selectivity and adjustable permeance
- Apr 9, 2026
Gas separation membranes are vital for carbon capture, biogas upgrading, and hydrogen purification, all of which require the separation of carbon diox...
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Chimpanzee empire falls apart in rare instance of division and deadly violence
- Apr 9, 2026
The largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists has permanently split in two. In a study published in Science, researchers from the Universi...
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Mammal ancestors laid eggs—and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it
- Apr 9, 2026
A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a decades-old scientific myster...