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Policies intended to protect trade secrets may limit late-career wages
- May 1, 2026
Labor market policies intended to protect trade secrets and spur research and development may instead limit late-career wages and encourage firms to r...
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A new way to plan trajectories to asteroids
- May 1, 2026
There are tens of thousands of near-Earth objects (NEOs) that represent some of the most easily accessible resources in the solar system. Planning tra...
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Slower access, faster chemistry: Nanoreactor design improves catalysis by balancing molecular flow
- May 1, 2026
A new study by a team at Tohoku University, published in Chemical Engineering Journal, has shown that more isn't always better when it comes to nanosc...
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Americans care more about future generations than many think—and that gap could matter for policy
- May 1, 2026
Caring about future generations means believing that people who will live decades or centuries from now deserve ethical consideration. In practice, th...
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Bigger, faster, but still outfoxed: How prey escape predators
- May 1, 2026
Predators are typically larger, faster, and more powerful than the animals they hunt. Yet in nature, most attacks fail. A new study published in the P...
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5th-century Belgian burial with 'scrap metal' may reveal missing link between Roman and Merovingian monetary systems
- May 1, 2026
A study published in the journal Britannia analyzed coins and metal items found in an early 5th-century AD burial in Oudenburg, Belgium. The burial oc...
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Dolls beat screens for building children's social skills, study finds
- May 1, 2026
What's the point of play? Is it simply a way to keep children occupied, or something more? For some, it's about learning literacy and numeracy. For ot...
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New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test
- May 1, 2026
You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the smoothest ride you'll ever t...
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How genetic information helps cells resist chaos and stay alive
- May 1, 2026
A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information...
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Living near a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, study shows
- May 1, 2026
Childhood cancers are devastating. Even when the disease is not fatal, its long-term effects can be severe. Not enough is known about the risk factors...
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Understanding the inspiration for social entrepreneurship
- May 1, 2026
New research published in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business suggests that universities have a bigger role to play in sh...
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Explosive evaporation unlocks new possibilities in 3D printing and chemical analysis
- May 1, 2026
Water droplets might seem simple at first. But when nearing evaporation, a desperate power struggle of competing physical forces can emerge, with expl...