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Engineered E. coli can monitor arsenic, offering a cheap biosensor
- Mar 23, 2026
Cornell scientists have engineered E. coli to act as a sensitive biosensor for monitoring environmental arsenic, a toxic pollutant most notably found...
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Record-smashing heat continues: 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot'
- Mar 23, 2026
After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may...
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CryoPRISM: A new tool for observing cellular machinery in a more natural environment
- Mar 23, 2026
The blobfish, once considered the ugliest animal in the world, has since had quite the redemption arc. Years after it was first discovered, scientists...
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Researchers reveal m6A epigenetic modification controls arbovirus infection and transmission
- Mar 23, 2026
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as dengue and Zika viruses, transmit widely across the globe, posing threats to human health and biosecuri...
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Roll-call votes may understate polarization in Congress, study finds
- Mar 23, 2026
For decades, scholars have estimated the ideology of members of Congress by analyzing roll-call votes, recorded tallies of each member's "yea-or-nay"...
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Prolonged exposure to microplastics disrupts the metabolism of Mediterranean octocorals, finds study
- Mar 23, 2026
Prolonged exposure to microplastics can disrupt vital physiological processes in gorgonians, such as respiration. Although these pollutants do not cau...
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Astronomers discover 87 stellar stream candidates in the Milky Way
- Mar 23, 2026
Stellar streams are trails of stars that astronomers can study to solve mysteries about the history of our Milky Way galaxy and, potentially, the dark...
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Astrophysicists resolve 'negative superhump' conundrum of deep-space binary star systems
- Mar 23, 2026
New UNLV-led research is helping to unravel clues to a cosmic mystery that has eluded scientists for decades. Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary s...
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One step closer to deciphering TOR, the molecular machinery that makes humans and yeast grow
- Mar 23, 2026
The name might sound like a Nordic god, but it is actually the molecular machinery that allows many different species to eat and grow: fungi, plants,...
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Shorebird science and conservation collective shows big data can protect birds
- Mar 23, 2026
New research from the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), publ...
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Genome-hopping 'Starships' may explain why some pest-killing fungi stop working
- Mar 23, 2026
A new study from Kiel University shows how the massive exchange of mobile genetic elements between fungi can impair their effectiveness against insect...
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Stealth superstorms reveal lightning on Jupiter: Beyond the superbolt
- Mar 23, 2026
Jupiter's lightning has long been of interest to planetary scientists, as it marks stormy spots where researchers can look to learn more about convect...