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A new method reveals hidden rules of gene control
- Feb 23, 2026
Inside every cell, thousands of molecular signals collide, overlap, and compensate, obscuring the true drivers of gene expression. Scientists have now...
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Sniffer dogs can detect wildlife trafficking via shipping container air samples
- Feb 23, 2026
Adelaide University researchers have shown that pairing sniffer dogs with a simple air-sampling device could dramatically improve the detection of ill...
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Plant hormone therapy could improve global food security by balancing growth with immunity
- Feb 23, 2026
Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant's defenses are activated. But there's a...
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How horses whinny: Helium tests reveal whistling while singing mechanism
- Feb 23, 2026
A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. Reporting in Current Biology, researchers demonstr...
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Roadmap outlines 84 biodiversity variables for Europe's monitoring system
- Feb 23, 2026
Biodiversity is changing across the planet, yet governments still lack the robust, consistent data needed to track these changes and guide effective c...
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Reading the enemy: How genome science is reshaping the fight against wheat stem rust
- Feb 23, 2026
In 2013, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia began to notice something unsettling: a familiar variety of wheat was failing in an unfamiliar way. Stem...
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Trauma follows children into the classroom—a new teaching model is changing that
- Feb 23, 2026
Traumatic experiences can have ripple effects that permeate across many aspects of people's lives. For students, adverse childhood experiences have be...
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Students run 'bee hotels' across Canada—DNA reveals who's checking in
- Feb 23, 2026
Can students be on the front lines of conservation? A new Canada-wide study, published in Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, suggests they can. The effor...
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Stretchy plastics conduct electricity via tiny, whisker-like fibers
- Feb 23, 2026
A stretchy, conductive type of plastic could help power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices, like longer-lasting pacemakers or gluco...
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Quantum computers go high-dimensional with a four-state photon gate
- Feb 23, 2026
The collaboration of TU Wien with research groups in China has resulted in a crucial building block for a new kind of quantum computer: The realizatio...
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The optical engineering required to photograph an Earth twin
- Feb 23, 2026
More and more papers are coming out about the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). As the telescope moves from theory to practice (and physica...
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Seabird conservation starts upstream, scientists say
- Feb 23, 2026
New research from Monash University, in collaboration with Phillip Island Nature Parks, has found conclusive evidence that rivers are vital drivers of...