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New book examines national pension crisis
- May 18, 2026
Public pension debt has far-reaching consequences, yet there appear to be limited options for addressing it. State and local governments often turn to...
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Smart soil design to stop Australia's underground water pipelines from corroding
- May 18, 2026
Engineers are rethinking the soil surrounding buried pipelines in a bid to help reduce Australia's billion-dollar annual corrosion problem and extend...
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Student well-being drops after move to high school, research reveals
- May 18, 2026
The move from primary to secondary school is a major transition for many children, marked by new environments, new peers and increasing expectations....
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In Tierra del Fuego, a hunt for the rodent carrier of hantavirus
- May 18, 2026
A scientific mission was set to kick off the search Monday for rodents that may be hantavirus carriers after an outbreak on a cruise ship departed thi...
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Bilayer antiferromagnet reveals photocurrent that flips with magnetic state
- May 18, 2026
In recent years, atomically thin materials—crystals only a few atoms thick—have attracted growing attention because they can exhibit physical properti...
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Copper-based sensor explains key defense signaling in stressed plants
- May 18, 2026
Researchers at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, together with collaborators from RIKEN Center for Sustaina...
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Fluorescent RNA sensor gets 10 times more sensitive for water safety
- May 18, 2026
Water is largely tasteless to humans. But to the microbial world, it is anything but. Bacteria that live in contaminated environments have spent milli...
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Roadmap charts three paths to room-temperature quantum materials for cooler computing
- May 17, 2026
Imagine a laptop that never gets hot, a phone that holds its charge for days, or a computer memory chip designed to permanently retain data, even when...
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When politics enter the picture, credentials take a back seat
- May 17, 2026
Most Americans know what a real expert's credentials look like: relevant degree, years of experience, and respect from peers. The problem, according t...
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eROSITA discovers a 'changing-look' Seyfert galaxy
- May 17, 2026
Astronomers have tracked a dramatic "changing-look" active galactic nucleus (AGN) whose central supermassive black hole appeared to switch off and the...
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Surrounded by stardust: Antarctic ice cores confirm Earth is accumulating iron-60 from local interstellar cloud
- May 17, 2026
Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Ea...
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How short-form videos may aid the teaching of small-engine maintenance
- May 17, 2026
The 1974 novel "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" offered a simple but enduring idea: Working on machines should not be about just fixing the...