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Climate warming causes bleaching in key Arctic lichen, study finds
- May 15, 2026
Long-term climate warming is causing a bleaching effect in a key Arctic lichen species, according to new research led by researchers in the School of...
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Implantable bacteria can now be safely contained, clearing a major hurdle for fighting infection and cancer
- May 15, 2026
Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body. However, safely and successful...
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Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk
- May 15, 2026
It is one of the strangest puzzles in human evolution. About 90% of people across every human culture favor their right hand—with no other primate spe...
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Researchers identify enzyme that prevents chromosome breaks during DNA copying
- May 15, 2026
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have identified how a key enzyme called ATR protects DNA from breaking when cells copy da...
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Warming climate favors shallower cyclones, challenging current risk assessments
- May 15, 2026
As tropical cyclones (TCs) are among the most destructive natural hazards worldwide, understanding how TCs change under climate warming is of critical...
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Physicists create hybrid light-matter particles that interact strongly enough to compute
- May 15, 2026
Eighty years ago, Penn researchers J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly launched the age of electronic computing by harnessing electrons to solve comple...
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Dense soils may spread earthquake surface ruptures into wider damage zones, particle models suggest
- May 15, 2026
Earthquakes can visibly and permanently crack the ground apart in dramatic and unpredictable surface fault rupture, but new research led by University...
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Bacterial energy enzyme reveals dual-trigger sodium pump mechanism, offering antibiotic clues
- May 15, 2026
The Na+-NQR enzyme is vital for energy production in pathogenic bacteria like the one that causes cholera, making it a highly promising target for new...
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Q&A: Evolution may reshape how urban forests, wetlands and reefs protect cities
- May 15, 2026
Over the past decade, cities around the world have increasingly turned to nature-based infrastructure to become more resilient in the face of a changi...
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How 'gentle power' leads to successful environmental conservation
- May 15, 2026
Environmental conservation is one of the most pressing debates across the world. For decades, it has often been viewed as a choice between strict gove...
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Climate change costs lives by breaking down social connection, says study
- May 15, 2026
Climate change is widely understood as an environmental and economic threat, but new research from the University of Sydney shows it is also a growing...
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New scenarios needed to address climate crisis, say scientists
- May 15, 2026
Scientists, including those working with the Earth Commission, are calling for a fundamental rethink of how the world imagines its future, arguing tha...