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Active fault mapped for first time in New Zealand's largest city
- Jun 2, 2026
A fault line running alongside the Hunua Ranges in South Auckland is now identified as active and has the potential to cause a major earthquake with s...
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For satellites as small as a briefcase, getting around in space just got a whole lot easier
- Jun 2, 2026
MIT engineers are testing a new propulsion system that combines the power and speed of conventional chemical thrusters with the precision and fuel-eff...
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Why researcher independence doesn't start or end with a PhD
- Jun 2, 2026
A Ph.D. is often treated as the point where scholars become "independent." Yet, a new study by Hiroshima University shows that achieving independence...
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Biohybrid microrobots repair spinal cord by combining stem cells with magnetoelectric nanoparticles
- Jun 2, 2026
Spinal cord injuries can have devastating consequences for those affected. Nerve cells in the spinal cord rarely regenerate naturally, while scarring...
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Nanoparticles boost delivery of lung cancer drugs 30-fold
- Jun 2, 2026
Lung cancer remains one of the world's deadliest cancers, yet despite decades of effort to develop new drugs, many fail because they don't stay in the...
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The future of agriculture
- Jun 2, 2026
It's a mild early spring morning at the historic Cottonwood Field Station in western South Dakota, and a herd of 150 Angus steers are scheduled to mov...
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Dormant black hole revives in under three years, brightening 10-fold in nearby galaxy
- Jun 2, 2026
Astronomers monitoring a nearby active galaxy for six years have watched its supermassive black hole dramatically wake up, brightening by a factor of...
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Astrobiology's looming statistical crisis
- Jun 2, 2026
Multi-billion-dollar space telescope programs aren't only feats of aerospace engineering. They also feature "lies, damn lies, and statistics." Or at l...
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New mantises planking their way to urban dominance
- Jun 2, 2026
A team of scientists have discovered and named three new "leaf-planking" praying mantis species and recorded another mantis species turning up far fro...
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Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass
- Jun 2, 2026
As voters are increasingly asked to decide complex health policy questions at the ballot box, new research from the Brown School at Washington Univers...
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New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness
- Jun 2, 2026
Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) publis...
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Q&A: Most biology education guidelines lack any connection to society, researchers explain why that's a problem
- Jun 2, 2026
Is it a doctor's job to get the best outcomes for their patients or to tell the truth? What happens when these two things are not aligned? These are q...