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Severe COVID lockdowns cost home sellers and landlords millions
- Apr 21, 2026
Melbourne home sellers and landlords lost up to $55 million a week as sales prices and rents declined after the second severely restrictive COVID-19 l...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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Simple ocean-based model forecasts a powerful El Niño, over 2 °C warmer than normal
- Apr 21, 2026
For decades, scientists have worked to improve predictions of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate powerhouse that can cause droughts, flood...
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Floating biodegradable beads remove oil in 60 minutes and stay easy to recover
- Apr 21, 2026
Floatable beads made from chitosan and cellulose acetate and enhanced with bentonite have been engineered to effectively clean oil from water. The bea...
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Breaking a shared defense restores antibiotics against two cystic fibrosis lung bacteria
- Apr 21, 2026
A newly discovered mechanism renders antibiotic-resistant bacteria vulnerable by disabling both their individual resistance and a process known as cro...
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AI maps mammals' molecular 'dark matter' by predicting billions of missing metabolites
- Apr 21, 2026
Invisible "dark matter"—what cosmologists call the mysterious glue that holds everything together—is estimated to make up more than a quarter of the u...
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Laser bursts flip nanoscale magnetic vortices at blistering speeds, opening a path to brain-like spintronics
- Apr 21, 2026
Spintronics are devices that operate leveraging the spin, an intrinsic form of angular momentum, of electrons. The ability to switch magnetic states i...
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Pressure-tuned quantum spin liquid-like behavior observed in material Y-kapellasite
- Apr 21, 2026
A quantum spin liquid is a phase of matter in which the magnetic moments in a material do not align or freeze, even at temperatures close to absolute...
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The fast-track tree breeding method that is restoring European ash to the landscape
- Apr 21, 2026
A fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash trees has been developed by researchers leading efforts to conserve the species. Researchers at...
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Report analyzes the present and future of North America's most important trade agreement
- Apr 21, 2026
In 2020, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as the primary trade framework for...
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Promoting communication in English among students learning English as a foreign language
- Apr 21, 2026
Language skills like reading, writing, listening, and speaking are essential for effective communication in English and are closely linked to educatio...
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Daily probiotic could help prevent skin infections in dogs
- Apr 21, 2026
Adelaide University researchers and industry partners have uncovered scientific evidence that daily probiotic and postbiotic supplementation can signi...
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Large mammal declines reshape nutrient flows in African savannas—with consequences for tadpoles
- Apr 21, 2026
A new study led by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin reveals how the loss of large mammals can ripple through ecosystems in unexpected...