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Scientists illuminate ancient plant-fungus partnership at molecular level
- Jan 22, 2026
For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering phosphorus and other soil min...
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Astronomers discover dense super-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star
- Jan 22, 2026
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-...
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Magnetic 'sweet spots' enable optimal operation of hole spin qubits
- Jan 22, 2026
Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could reliably tackle various computational problems that c...
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'Autoplay got me there': How YouTube's algorithm built a following for fascist group Patriotic Alternative
- Jan 22, 2026
YouTube is a key tool in recruiting far-right activists to the largest British fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA), according to new research.
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Critique highlights challenges in measuring Yellowstone aspen ecosystem response to wolf reintroduction
- Jan 22, 2026
A critique from a team led by Utah State University ecologist Dan MacNulty and published in Forest Ecology and Management has prompted a formal correc...
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The hidden microbial communities that shape health in space
- Jan 22, 2026
Microorganisms live in biofilms—the equivalent of microbial "cities"—everywhere on Earth. These city-like structures protect and house microbial commu...
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Study sheds light on the function of a key antibiotic-producing enzyme
- Jan 22, 2026
Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely used to treat a range of...
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Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible
- Jan 22, 2026
If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product pa...
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Space station crew credits ultrasound machine for handling in-orbit health crisis
- Jan 22, 2026
The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in "super handy" during the medical cri...
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Evidence of 'lightning-fast' evolution found after Chicxulub impact
- Jan 22, 2026
The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of f...
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Humans use local dialects to communicate with honeyguide birds, research shows
- Jan 22, 2026
Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), working with international collaborators, have shown that people in northern Mozambique use region...
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World on track to breach 1.5°C target by 2030
- Jan 22, 2026
Global average temperature increases could pass the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold outlined in the Paris Agreement by the end of the decade, according...