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Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain
- Apr 4, 2026
It's a well-established fact that forests and water are deeply connected. For decades, paired-watershed experiments—a scientific method for evaluating...
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Microscopic mechanism of 'quantum collapse' in real-world environments uncovered for the first time
- Apr 4, 2026
A research team has, for the first time in the world, elucidated the microscopic mechanism by which quantum order is lost and collapses in "open quant...
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New study pinpoints climate conditions for restoring the endangered butternut tree
- Apr 4, 2026
The butternut tree, a close relative of black walnut prized for its pale wood and wildlife value, is on the brink of disappearing from North American...
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New insights into hornification could strengthen the future of paper production
- Apr 4, 2026
When paper dries and is subsequently rewetted, its properties change permanently. This phenomenon is known as hornification. New research now shows th...
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Iridium's hidden surface chemistry may change how hydrogen and chlorine are made
- Apr 4, 2026
Iridium is a key component in many electrochemical technologies used for chemical transformations. These include producing hydrogen fuel from water, m...
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NASA's water-hunting tool will help scout moon's South Pole
- Apr 4, 2026
NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting i...
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Artemis astronauts more than halfway to Moon, putting Earth in rearview
- Apr 4, 2026
The Artemis 2 astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the moon on Saturday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA rel...
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Tiny African fish caught climbing to the top of a 50-foot waterfall
- Apr 3, 2026
For over half a century, people in Central Africa have told tales of the fish seen climbing waterfalls, but these claims have never been officially co...
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Exposing secret night operations between hawkmoths and Japan's black-nectar flowers
- Apr 3, 2026
Researchers Soma Chiyoda, Ko Mochizuki, and Atsushi Kawakita from the University of Tokyo have discovered that nocturnal hawkmoths are the main pollin...
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Can unpaved roads and watersheds co-exist? Researchers wade into the question
- Apr 3, 2026
Imagine a dump truck dropping 13 tons of dirt into the waters of Brush Creek, a waterway that feeds northwest Arkansas' primary drinking water source,...
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A tiny detector for microwave photons could advance quantum tech
- Apr 3, 2026
Detecting a single particle of light is hard; detecting a single microwave photon is even harder. Microwave photons, the tiny packets of electromagnet...
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High-throughput platform helps engineer fast-acting covalent protein drugs
- Apr 3, 2026
A team led by principal investigators Bobo Dang and Ting Zhou at Westlake University/Westlake Laboratory have developed a high-throughput platform for...