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Magnetic microbots steer quantum sensors inside living cells

• Mar 24, 2026

Cells are squishy and soft. Tiny nanometer-sized particles such as quantum sensors cannot move freely inside them due to viscous drag, which makes sen...

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AI avatars promise UK growth if laws can put people first

• Mar 24, 2026

AI avatars are helping UK businesses save time and money, but without clear rules, workers are at risk and growth opportunities are being missed. A re...

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Continued monitoring of sunken Soviet submarine shows ongoing radioactive leakage, but little impact

• Mar 24, 2026

In 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, along with its nuclear reactor and two nucle...

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Study finds overconfident CEOs are 10-15% less likely to delegate deal work

• Mar 24, 2026

A new study finds overconfident CEOs are less likely to delegate responsibilities to underlings, particularly in settings that involve complex transac...

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What's that critter? New tech guidelines can help ensure we get the right answer

• Mar 24, 2026

Have you ever been in the woods and wondered what bug you're hearing or which bird is singing? These days, new technologies are helping both scientist...

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Trapped subsurface heat may have triggered Antarctica's sudden sea ice loss

• Mar 24, 2026

In 2016, Antarctic sea ice, which had previously shown record expansion, shifted rapidly toward unusually low levels. This abrupt shift left scientist...

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A much more sensitive fentanyl detection strip, thanks to physics

• Mar 24, 2026

Following the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, lateral flow assays (LFAs)—the category of test strips in which the presence or lack of a pink line...

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Snow flies produce bursts of heat and proteins to avoid freezing, new study finds

• Mar 24, 2026

In a new study, Northwestern University scientists explored how snow flies—small, wingless insects that crawl across snow to find mates and lay eggs—s...

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Preparing for the next pandemic: Scientists discover a new class of influenza antivirals

• Mar 24, 2026

Researchers from Leiden University, University of York, University of Barcelona/IQTCUB/ICREA and The Francis Crick Institute report a new class of exp...

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NASA to 'pause' orbital lunar space station project

• Mar 24, 2026

NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency "intends to pause" its Gateway project that would have created a space station in orbit around the mo...

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A complicated future for a methane-cleansing molecule

• Mar 24, 2026

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is second only to carbon dioxide in driving up global temperatures. But it doesn't linger in the atmosphere...

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A catalyst-free way to add boron to arenes

• Mar 24, 2026

RIKEN chemists have demonstrated a method to synthesize organic compounds that contain the element boron. Organoboron compounds are used in a wide ran...