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Freshwater ecosystems could play a critical role in climate resilience
- Feb 11, 2026
A major new international review co-authored by Professor Gemma Harvey, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment...
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Strike against mask wearing in 1930s echoed COVID-19 protests, study finds
- Feb 11, 2026
New research from The University of Manchester has shown that debates and resistance about wearing face masks go back a lot further than the COVID-19...
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Not all gigs are equal: Informal self-employment linked to lower pay, poorer health and instability
- Feb 11, 2026
Not all self-employment guarantees financial security, with informal arrangements posing the greatest risks to well-being for many workers. Using mach...
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UK winters grow wetter as greenhouse gases rise, research reveals
- Feb 11, 2026
UK winters are becoming significantly wetter mainly due to warming driven by human burning of fossil fuels releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosph...
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Tiny marine animal reveals bacterial origin of animal defense mechanisms
- Feb 11, 2026
Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early evolutionary origins of animal life...
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Not like other rats: Getting to know the rakali
- Feb 11, 2026
It's been a good few months in the press for the rakali (known as moytj in Noongar)—Australia's native water rat. These long-whiskered rodents finally...
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Ammonia leaks can be spotted in under two seconds using new alveoli-inspired droplet sensor
- Feb 11, 2026
Researchers from Guangxi University, China have developed a new gas sensor that detects ammonia with a record speed of 1.4 seconds. The sensor's desig...
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7,000-year-old deer antler headdress from Eilsleben illustrates contact between hunter–gatherers and early farmers
- Feb 11, 2026
Central Germany is among the regions where, as early as the mid-6th millennium BC, farmers displaced the Mesolithic hunter–gatherers from the fertile...
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Keeping an eagle eye on carbon stored in the ocean
- Feb 11, 2026
Geologic reservoirs that trapped petroleum for millions of years are now being repurposed to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. New research is...
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New experiments suggest Earth's core contains up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen
- Feb 11, 2026
Scientists have long known that Earth's core is mostly made of iron, but the density is not high enough for it to be pure iron, meaning lighter elemen...
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Majorana qubits become readable as quantum capacitance detects even-odd states
- Feb 11, 2026
The race to build reliable quantum computers is fraught with obstacles, and one of the most difficult to overcome is related to the promising but elus...
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Quick course correction needed to avoid 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists say
- Feb 11, 2026
Scientists say that multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed, putting the planet in increased danger...