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A new scientific discipline to ensure humanity's deep future
- Feb 27, 2026
Will humanity extend into the far future? It's likely many of us think it should. The problem is that each of us, individually and collectively, act o...
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Cooling without gases: Molecular design brings solid-state cooling closer to reality
- Feb 27, 2026
Some solid materials can cool down or heat up when pressure is applied or released. This behavior enables cooling and heating technologies that do not...
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Size-shifting nanoparticles successfully deliver mRNA medicine to the pancreas
- Feb 27, 2026
In recent years, mRNA in lipid nanoparticles (mRNA–LNPs) has emerged as a promising strategy for treating numerous conditions, including COVID-19, var...
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Assessment of rare 'teenage' planetary system deepens understanding of cosmic evolution
- Feb 27, 2026
Planetary systems such as our solar system take hundreds of millions of years to evolve. Since humanity has only existed for a sliver of that time, as...
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DOE climate report 'demonstrably incorrect', say scientists in new analysis
- Feb 27, 2026
A leading climate scientist has sought to set the record straight over "demonstrably incorrect" claims made in a major U.S. government report that mis...
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Putting sports stats to the test: Unpredictable play helps pick a winner in soccer
- Feb 27, 2026
A comprehensive game plan and strategic tactics are critical to winning soccer, but how much does a team's unpredictability in moving the soccer ball...
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We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires
- Feb 27, 2026
Wildfires in the northern boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia may be more damaging to the climate than previously thought, a new...
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Stress-testing the Cascadia Subduction Zone reveals variability that could impact how earthquakes spread
- Feb 27, 2026
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to California, the fault marks the co...
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Sustainability research overlooks key actors and actions in the face of the environmental crisis, says study
- Feb 27, 2026
Efforts to advance toward a more sustainable world focus heavily on a limited set of actions and actors while overlooking key strategies and sectors n...
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Are climate models detecting monsoon changes a decade too early? 'Super-simulations' say yes
- Feb 27, 2026
Changes in rainfall within global monsoon regions affect the livelihoods of billions. For years, climate models have suggested that the fingerprint of...
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Molecular map reveals Andes hantavirus entry protein at the nanoscale
- Feb 27, 2026
Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They're found around the world, and because there are no approved...
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Genetic discovery could lead to faster growing duckweed
- Feb 27, 2026
Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to ev...