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Some ticks can survive from 1 to 3 weeks on home flooring
- Mar 27, 2026
It's fairly common for members of the public to ask bug experts if ticks that hitchhike into a house on people or dogs can actually survive indoors fo...
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How lifetime stress drives abnormal behaviors in lab monkeys
- Mar 27, 2026
It is not unusual for laboratory monkeys to engage in abnormal repetitive behaviors (ARBs), such as pacing and hair-plucking. Conventional thinking is...
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Physicists create laser tornado in miniature structures using synthetic magnetic field
- Mar 27, 2026
Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can—and such "optical tornadoes" have now been created in an extremely small structure by scientist...
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Microwave carrots, air-fry tomatoes: Researchers identify sustainable cooking methods for better nutrition
- Mar 27, 2026
Researchers at the University of Seville's Food Color and Quality Laboratory have studied the effects of different cooking methods used for tomatoes a...
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Understanding protein motion could greatly aid new drug design
- Mar 27, 2026
For many people, "protein" is the key element of a food order. However, beyond the preferred choice of meats or plant-based alternatives, proteins enc...
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Trade-offs between commercial and public satellite data in water mapping accuracy revealed
- Mar 27, 2026
A new study finds that commercial satellite imagery data often outperforms public data sets when identifying surface water, but that public data sets...
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JWST solves decades-long mystery about why Saturn appears to change its spin
- Mar 27, 2026
Researchers at Northumbria University have used the most powerful space telescope ever built to answer one of the longest-standing puzzles in planetar...
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More money, more problems? Study links name, image and likeness commitment to rising athlete stress
- Mar 27, 2026
For decades, the college athlete's world has been split between the classroom and the playing field––and now there's a third role: chief marketing off...
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Physicists create optical phenomenon inspired by the quantum Hall and spin Hall effects
- Mar 27, 2026
Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effec...
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Foreign direct investment is no silver bullet for growth, research shows
- Mar 27, 2026
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has long been seen as a reliable engine of economic growth, bringing jobs, productivity gains and new technologies int...
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Major volcanic eruptions might be driven by gas dissolving back into magma
- Mar 27, 2026
Understanding what triggers large volcanic eruptions is crucial for hazard assessment, but the exact mechanism driving these eruptions is still poorly...
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Global maps show alien plant invasion hotspots shifting poleward
- Mar 27, 2026
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thou...