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Molecular grappling hooks improve cancer drug targeting and effectiveness

• May 13, 2026

Medications are designed to treat diseased tissues while sparing healthy ones, often by attaching the drug to something that helps guide it directly t...

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Strange 500-million-year-old marine fossils reveal a feeding strategy that still shapes oceans today

• May 13, 2026

More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a myriad of marine animals...

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Atomic bands in two transition metal dichalcogenides hint at long-theorized quantum state

• May 13, 2026

Insulators are materials in which electrons cannot move freely. Past theoretical studies predicted the existence of an unusual insulating state dubbed...

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Amazon's carbon clock is speeding up, and violent storms may be only part of why

• May 13, 2026

Tropical forests store more than 60% of the world's vegetation biomass and are among the most important ecosystems for regulating the global carbon cy...

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After winter storms, fires now threaten Portugal's forests

• May 13, 2026

In a forest of pine and eucalyptus trees in central Portugal, chainsaws and diggers hum away clearing paths blocked by trees uprooted in winter storms...

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Ten years on, the Nagoya Protocol on sharing genetic resources is still confusing scientists—guidance now available

• May 13, 2026

More than a decade after the Nagoya Protocol, which aims to fairly share the benefits of utilizing genetic resources, became law, microbiologists and...

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The cinema effect: Turning films into a gateway to science

• May 13, 2026

The sci-fi film Project Hail Mary, currently in theaters, is capturing the attention of both audiences and the scientific community for its science-ba...

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Image: Australia's cloudy beauty

• May 13, 2026

It's autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, which means it's fog season in the Victorian Alps. NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of morning fog fi...

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Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer's Iliad?

• May 13, 2026

Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer's Iliad. It wasn't placed beside...

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Iodine deficiency is creeping back. Vegans, vegetarians and pregnant women are most at risk

• May 13, 2026

Iodine deficiency is often seen as a problem of the past, but this isn't entirely true. During the 20th century, the iodization of salt became one of...

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Study identifies geysers the JUICE mission could explore on Ganymede

• May 13, 2026

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, is also the solar system's largest satellite, even larger than the planet Mercury. It is also the only celestial bod...

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Gravitational wave detectors can now 'autotune' signals to harmonize the heavens

• May 13, 2026

Gravitational wave researchers working on the world's most sensitive scientific instruments have found a way to tune their detectors using a process a...