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Obstacle or accelerator? How imperfections affect material strength
- Feb 19, 2026
Imagine a material cracking—now imagine what happens if there are small inclusions in the material. Do they create an obstacle course for the crack to...
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How one molecule's 'voice' was captured: Infrared light meets scanning tunneling microscopy
- Feb 19, 2026
When things vibrate, they make sounds. Molecules do too, but at frequencies far beyond human hearing. Chemical bonds stretch, bend, and twist at chara...
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What 'housane' rings are and why a light-powered route may matter for drugs
- Feb 19, 2026
When developing new drugs, one thing is particularly important: finding and producing the right molecules that can be used as active ingredients. The...
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A 'magic blueprint' for converting CO₂ into resources through atom-level catalyst design
- Feb 19, 2026
A research team led by Professor Su-Il In of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has uncovered the principle that the products a...
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Cheaper green hydrogen? New catalyst design cuts energy losses in AEM electrolyzers
- Feb 19, 2026
Producing clean hydrogen from water is often compared to storing renewable energy in chemical form, but improving the efficiency of that process remai...
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Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
- Feb 19, 2026
Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds h...
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Widely used method underestimates forests' ability to prevent major floods, researchers argue
- Feb 19, 2026
Researchers from the University of British Columbia argue that a widely used method to understand and predict flood risk has led scientists to miscalc...
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New chip-scale microcomb uses lithium niobate to generate evenly spaced light
- Feb 19, 2026
Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a new way to generate ultra-precis...
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Study links 'dark pool' trading to higher risk of sudden stock price crashes
- Feb 19, 2026
More stock trading is moving away from traditional public stock exchanges and into places called "dark pools." These are private, electronic markets w...
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AI tool observes solar active regions to advance warnings of space weather
- Feb 19, 2026
New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF-NCAR) has deve...
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Helping beekeepers fight mites through more effective treatments
- Feb 19, 2026
Researchers from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of California, Davis, are helping beekeepers protect their colonies...
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Nature-inspired method forms ZnO quantum dots in solid crystals at room temperature
- Feb 19, 2026
In nature, tiny crystals known as nanocrystals are formed slowly over many years. Rocks and minerals react with air, water, and carbon dioxide in a pr...