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Old newspapers track porpoise populations across the Baltic Sea
- May 12, 2026
Harbor porpoises were once found across a much wider area of the Baltic Sea than they are today, including regions where they are now rare or absent....
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Largest-ever survey of physicists puts Standard Model of cosmology under scrutiny
- May 12, 2026
The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of physics's most important...
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How can low-value agricultural waste be transformed into high-value products?
- May 12, 2026
With plastic pollution at an all-time high, the need for biodegradable materials has never been higher. Most packaging is "single use" and is made fro...
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The shoal remembers: How signs of a collective memory shape a predator-prey arms race
- May 12, 2026
Beneath the tropical trees of southern Mexico, enormous shoals of sulfur mollies blanket the water surface of toxic sulfur springs, where survival dep...
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How temperature changes light: New model could guide smarter LEDs, sensors and photonic devices
- May 12, 2026
Technion researchers have developed, for the first time, a comprehensive physical model explaining how the properties of a radiating material, includi...
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Study uses microphones to eavesdrop on the secret lives of birds
- May 12, 2026
Scientists have discovered that they can eavesdrop on the secret lives of birds using networks of inexpensive microphones, revealing complex behaviors...
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Swapping molecular building blocks one by one reveals how receptors tell adrenaline from dopamine
- May 12, 2026
Different receptors respond to different neurotransmitters or hormones, such as adrenaline involved in the fight-or-flight response, or dopamine linke...
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One graph attempts to connect every object in the universe
- May 12, 2026
If you've ever taken an introductory astronomy class, you've probably seen the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram. This graph maps out the life cycle of...
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Soil food webs grow more varied in farmland and tropics, global analysis reveals
- May 12, 2026
Soils are home to some of the most diverse animal communities on Earth. These animals—including nematodes, springtails, mites, earthworms, spiders and...
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How a single radioactive cloud caused Fukushima particle contamination
- May 12, 2026
A new study shows that a single radioactive cloud was responsible for a large share of the nuclear fallout during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disast...
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Perseverance rover snaps selfie in western frontier of Mars
- May 12, 2026
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team cal...
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Novel technique measures polymer degradation during cathodic overprotection
- May 12, 2026
Oil and natural gas are vital constituents of our energy ecosystem that need to be transported across long distances. Although steel pipelines are the...