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Researchers find children are good at making parents more eco-friendly
- Apr 22, 2026
Getting people to change their behavior is a challenging task. From the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment to the Piano Stair Experiment, scientists have...
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Engineers develop a new system to track material design processes
- Apr 22, 2026
Discovering and characterizing new materials is important for unlocking advances in fields like clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and improved inf...
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It wasn't just water: The hidden force inside Japan's 2011 tsunami changed everything
- Apr 22, 2026
Mud-rich coastlines could face a greater tsunami risk, at least that may have been the case for the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami that killed more than 19,0...
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Both bonobos and dolphins form unexpected alliances with 'outsiders'
- Apr 22, 2026
Cooperation is a pillar of human society, promoting an exchange of skills and knowledge between different individuals and social groups. Humans typica...
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Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn't done
- Apr 22, 2026
There's a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips. Researchers have spent decades developing potatoes for chip makers that can grow in a...
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Geoengineering could protect Amazon rainforest from climate change
- Apr 22, 2026
Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows. Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) aims to artificially...
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How cells turn mechanical forces into biochemical signals
- Apr 22, 2026
Cells constantly probe their environments, searching for physical cues that guide their behavior. And yet a cell's response to its environment is alwa...
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A vast Indigenous American genome map exposes lost migrations, ancient ancestry and more than a million new variants
- Apr 22, 2026
Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many populations have historically...
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Laser-plasma 'mirror' unlocks a new path to extreme light intensities
- Apr 22, 2026
An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramati...
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Particle thought to break physics followed rules all along, research reveals
- Apr 22, 2026
A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science's most successful theories, hinting at u...
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Global push for reuse stalls as fragmented policies hold back progress of tackling plastic pollution
- Apr 22, 2026
Reuse systems, as a model to reduce plastic pollution, are beginning to emerge across the world but remain constrained by fragmented policies, weak fi...
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Lessons from Finland: Researcher reveals gaps in special education math instruction
- Apr 22, 2026
Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising...