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Exposing a hidden anchor for HIV replication
- Feb 18, 2026
The tiny shell protecting the HIV virus resembles a slightly rounded ice cream cone, but there is nothing sweet about it. More than 40 million people...
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From power grids to epidemics: Study shows how small patterns trigger systemic failures
- Feb 18, 2026
Why do some systems collapse suddenly after what seems like a minor disturbance? A single transmission line failure can cascade into widespread blacko...
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Most roadless areas in Great Britain are smaller than 1 km², fragmenting wildlife habitats
- Feb 18, 2026
Britain's landscape is highly fragmented by roads, with researchers from Cardiff University finding that more than 70% of the UK's roadless areas are...
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Antarctic warming is altering atmospheric stability: New evidence from the 1950s to the present
- Feb 18, 2026
A new study published in the Journal of Climate reveals how surface warming in Antarctica, particularly over the Antarctic Peninsula, is significantly...
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Identifying priority Southern Ocean conservation hotspots
- Feb 18, 2026
New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of ge...
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'Boomerang' earthquake simulations suggest ricocheting ruptures may be more common than previously thought
- Feb 18, 2026
An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that...
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Mass production technology developed for ultra-high color purity perovskite emitters
- Feb 18, 2026
A research team led by Professor Tae-Woo Lee has developed a technology to mass produce ultra-high color purity perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs), the c...
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National analysis maps German hospital vulnerability to flood-driven traffic disruptions
- Feb 18, 2026
Due to climate change, extreme weather events such as flooding are expected to increase in Germany in the future. This poses hidden risks to the healt...
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Map suggests up to 30% of western bird hotspots face severe wildfire risk
- Feb 18, 2026
Up to 30% of bird diversity hotspots, places where large numbers of different bird species occur, in the western United States face threats from high-...
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Indigenous Peoples and locals report a drastic decline in bird size across three continents
- Feb 18, 2026
Birds currently inhabiting many territories across Africa, Latin America and Asia are, on average, considerably smaller than those that predominated i...
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Quantum simulator reveals statistical localization that keeps most qubit states frozen
- Feb 18, 2026
In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, it will eventually evenl...
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New durable hybrid materials enable faster radiation detection
- Feb 18, 2026
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed new hybrid materials that challenge conventional thinking about how light-emitting compounds...