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Could working from home help reverse declining birth rates?
- Mar 4, 2026
Couples who work from home at least one day a week are having more children and planning larger families, according to a comprehensive new study spann...
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Research shows risk‑averse producers sell earlier in grain marketing year
- Mar 4, 2026
A new study from University of Nebraska–Lincoln agricultural economists finds that producers with safety-first risk preferences likely make notably di...
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Astronomers discover TOI-5734 b, a hot sub-Neptune twice Earth's size
- Mar 4, 2026
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern Hemisphere (HARPS-N), an int...
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Black soldier fly larvae show promise for safe organic waste removal
- Mar 4, 2026
People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, res...
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New peptide catalyst enables stereoselective head-to-tail macrocycle synthesis
- Mar 4, 2026
A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish. Macrocyclic compounds are ub...
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Forest exhibits resilience after California mega fire
- Mar 4, 2026
In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Vol...
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Software tool shows potential for cost effective coastal erosion monitoring
- Mar 4, 2026
A tool originally designed to monitor the erosion of Scotland's coast has proven its worth on a tropical island the other side of the world. The open-...
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Effective marine protection can more than triple dive tourism revenue
- Mar 4, 2026
Funding sustained, effective management of marine protected areas is one of ocean conservation's most stubborn problems. Now, a new study from researc...
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How natural history museums can help restore the natural world
- Mar 4, 2026
Natural history museums contain an astonishing snapshot of the planet's biodiversity. Using this information to better research and inform conservatio...
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Loneliness linked to fear of embarrassment, teen research reveals
- Mar 4, 2026
A University of the Sunshine Coast study of young teenagers has identified a vicious cycle of loneliness linked to the fear of embarrassment or judgme...
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Rice-based cheese? Study points to possibility for new rice markets
- Mar 4, 2026
For vegans and people who are allergic to dairy, nuts or gluten, rice is a surprising source to make a hypoallergenic alternative cheese. As a bonus,...
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New 4D-STEM method isolates atomic structures from clustered nanocrystals
- Mar 4, 2026
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new way to determine atomic structures...