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Space Force won't launch Vulcan rockets until booster problem solved
- Mar 4, 2026
United Launch Alliance was hoping to ramp up its new Vulcan rocket launches this year, but won't be launching any national security missions until it...
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A tool lets residents track Texas power outages and aids in disaster response
- Mar 4, 2026
Texas is known nationwide for its grueling hot summers. However, hurricanes and occasional winter weather can have a harsher impact on citizens and in...
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Radiocarbon dating rewrites angiosperm trees' lifespan records worldwide
- Mar 4, 2026
For decades, scientists have relied on tree rings to estimate how long trees can live. But new research suggests that this widely used method may have...
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Planting big native trees early can simplify forest restoration in Aotearoa
- Mar 4, 2026
Native forest restoration usually starts with faster growing "nurse plants" that provide shelter under which to plant bigger trees—but new research su...
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Poking a nanostring: Scientists uncover energy cascades in tiny resonators
- Mar 4, 2026
Scientists at TU Delft have designed a nanostring that, when poked, doesn't lose its energy to the environment immediately. Instead, the energy leaks...
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Ancient plant-eater with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth was a 'living fossil' in its own time
- Mar 4, 2026
In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ancient animal. Over the...
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Jackdaw chicks listen to adults to learn about predators
- Mar 4, 2026
Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, new research shows. Scientists played recordings of predator calls to chicks in their nes...
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Four decades of data give unique insight into the sun's inner life
- Mar 4, 2026
Scientists have analyzed more than 40 years of astronomical data to uncover evidence that the sun's internal structure subtly changes from one solar c...
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Bacterial abundance drives dissolved organic carbon distribution in North Atlantic gyre, model suggests
- Mar 4, 2026
In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fracti...
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'Mismatched' plant water isotopes vanish with better sampling: Study points to better drought forecasts
- Mar 3, 2026
For decades, scientists have relied on a chemical fingerprint inside water molecules to determine where plants get their moisture. The method shaped o...
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The 'Bloom cycle' is a newly described biochemical pathway that explains key plant processes
- Mar 3, 2026
For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and ca...
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Paternal mitochondria in plants can rescue defective maternal DNA, study reveals
- Mar 3, 2026
In most plants and animals, including humans, mitochondria are inherited exclusively, or nearly exclusively, from the mother. By contrast, paternal tr...