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New research reveals high option trading fees and barriers to competition
- Mar 24, 2026
Could the rules of the options market be quietly costing you ten times more than your stock trades? A recent study in The Review of Financial Studies...
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All herbivores, great and small, help protect Australia's endangered grassy woodlands
- Mar 24, 2026
A new QUT-led study has found both grazing mammals and plant-eating insects together play a major role in maintaining the health of Australia's endang...
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Satellite-driven model provides 'more realistic and reliable' predictions of sand and dust storm emissions
- Mar 24, 2026
The technology used to predict sand and dust storm (SDS) severity has for decades systematically overestimated when and where sediment is transported...
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Belt-like VO₂(B) single crystals unlock high-sensitivity gas detection at room temperature
- Mar 24, 2026
An international research team has successfully synthesized oriented belt-shaped vanadium dioxide (VO2(B)) single crystals via a hydrothermal reductio...
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Genomic test could help stop destructive Asian spongy moth in its tracks
- Mar 24, 2026
Invasive species cost Canada billions of dollars each year. Now, a team led by UBC researchers has developed a new genomic test that can trace the Asi...
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Why Americans think they won't benefit from Social Security
- Mar 24, 2026
Social Security's trust funds are projected to run out by 2035, but that doesn't mean retirees will be left with nothing. New research from the Cornel...
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'Gray-box' AI reveals why catalysts work while speeding discovery
- Mar 24, 2026
Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly accelerating materials discovery, but can they also explain their...
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New NMR method allows the observation of chalcogen bonds
- Mar 24, 2026
Toward the right side of the periodic table below oxygen, are the chalcogens, or "ore-forming" elements. The chalcogens that occur naturally, includin...
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Catalina Island study highlights open-coast seagrass restoration success
- Mar 24, 2026
New research led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography is shining a spotlight on one of the ocean's most overlooked habi...
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When shrubs disappear: Exploring long-lasting effects of drought in southwest China
- Mar 24, 2026
Droughts are becoming both more frequent and more intense in many parts of the world. Savannas, which cover nearly 20% of Earth's land surface and pla...
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We are flushing paracetamol down the toilet and into our water supply: Here's how it could be removed
- Mar 24, 2026
Many people use drugs, including paracetamol, on a regular basis to treat headaches. But only part of each drug is taken into the bloodstream, while t...
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Electronics of the future: Ultra-efficient graphene switch developed at nanometer scale
- Mar 24, 2026
A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with colleagues from Japan, has taken an important step toward the next generation of...