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First radio signals from rare supernova reveal star's final years
- Jan 27, 2026
Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given them an unprecedented lo...
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AI unlocks hundreds of cosmic anomalies in Hubble archive
- Jan 27, 2026
A team of astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, artificial intelligence–assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived d...
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Red flowers have a 'magic trait' to attract birds and keep bees away
- Jan 27, 2026
For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival—and new resear...
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Claiming your business page on review platforms can have unintended effects on customer reviews, study shows
- Jan 27, 2026
Claiming a business page on an online review platform such as Yelp may result in a sharp decline in ratings and an increase in lengthy, negative custo...
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Where did southern Australia's record-breaking heat wave come from?
- Jan 27, 2026
Millions of people in southeastern Australia are sweating through a record-breaking heat wave. The heat this week is likely to be one for the history...
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Groundhogs are lousy forecasters but valuable animal engineers—and an important food source
- Jan 27, 2026
Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation's premier animal weather fore...
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Most AI assistants are feminine—and it's fueling dangerous stereotypes and abuse
- Jan 27, 2026
In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet. These assistants are hel...
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NASA, GE aerospace hybrid engine system marks successful test
- Jan 27, 2026
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and G...
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Ensuring equitable technological transitions: AI use in the workforce
- Jan 27, 2026
Much of the public conversation about generative AI and work focuses narrowly on job loss or productivity gains. But research by Professor of Sociolog...
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Drug delivery concept boosts nanoparticle surfactants for enhanced oil recovery
- Jan 27, 2026
In an unlikely collaboration between Skoltech's Petroleum Center and the drug delivery team from the Institute's Neuro Center, researchers have propos...
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Ancient Martian beach discovered, providing new clues to red planet's habitability
- Jan 27, 2026
New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater th...
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Peatland restoration can deliver climate mitigation benefits within a few decades
- Jan 27, 2026
New research indicates that restoration of peatlands can result in climate mitigation within just a few decades. In Finland, some 60,000 hectares of p...