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More activity means less response in active materials
- Apr 25, 2026
For some time, researchers have assumed that solid materials could gain more useful properties by making their microscopic components more active. Now...
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Legacy preference bans may not increase college diversity, researchers say
- Apr 25, 2026
At some highly selective colleges and universities, cohorts of mostly white, wealthy applicants have three to eight times greater odds of admission th...
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This life‑threatening bacterium's hidden motor just gave medicine an unexpected opening to fight back
- Apr 25, 2026
Scientists have mapped in unprecedented detail the structure of Vibrio bacteria, which can cause life-threatening infections linked to antibiotic resi...
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Don't just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future
- Apr 25, 2026
Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity lo...
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Studying the emergence of leaders in moving crowds of pedestrians
- Apr 25, 2026
When humans are moving as a crowd, their movements tend to be highly coordinated, similarly to the collective motions of bird flocks or other groups o...
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Century of data shows global decline in fish growth
- Apr 25, 2026
A new analysis has revealed a global decline in fish growth over the last century, with scientists warning that overfishing and environmental change a...
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Magnet with near-zero external field could reshape future electronics
- Apr 25, 2026
An international research team led by DTU has developed a new magnetic material that features a stable internal magnetic structure, almost no external...
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How accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heat waves—new study
- Apr 25, 2026
As global warming accelerates, extreme heat waves are causing widespread death of tropical reef corals. Most corals rely on tiny algae cells living wi...
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Saturday Citations: Cruise ship pathogen spread in ancient Rome; Plus: Pomegranates, retinal implants
- Apr 25, 2026
This week, researchers reported that malaria influenced population distribution in Africa thousands of years ago. Mathematicians at MIT report that cl...
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Inside 18 years of ape minds, a vast record that may upend how human intelligence began
- Apr 25, 2026
A pioneering project led by researchers from the University of Stirling and the Max Planck Institute has opened the door for new insights into the evo...
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Can jarrah forests be recovered after bauxite mining?
- Apr 25, 2026
In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA's Northern Jarrah Forest. About...
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The most energetic neutrino ever detected could be primordial
- Apr 25, 2026
In the exotic world of particle physics, neutrinos may be the most mysterious members. They rarely interact with other matter, have almost no mass, an...