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Webb spots the birth of a giant galaxy and a supermassive black hole
- Jun 22, 2026
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe. They id...
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Broken time-reversal symmetry phase in kagome metals may establish conditions for superconductivity
- Jun 22, 2026
Physicists have long suspected that a peculiar quantum state lurks inside a class of materials known as kagome metals, but proving its existence has b...
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Researchers reveal the pathogenesis of a rare respiratory disease through super-resolution microscopy
- Jun 22, 2026
Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have uncovered how mutations in a specific gene can trigger a rare respirato...
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CRISPR safety check evaluates intended and unintended mutations
- Jun 22, 2026
A team of researchers led by Professor Akitsu Hotta (Department of Clinical Application) developed a comprehensive framework that combines computation...
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How drone AI could help endangered birds
- Jun 22, 2026
Drones and artificial intelligence could provide valuable information to guide efforts to slow the alarming extinction rate of birds across the globe,...
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Machine learning helps identify six promising solvents for carbon dioxide electroreduction
- Jun 22, 2026
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a primary driver of climate change in Earth's atmosphere. At the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook Univ...
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Housing, race, income linked to soil lead exposure in two northeast cities
- Jun 22, 2026
An estimated 25%–40% of homes in the U.S. have soil contaminated with lead, a toxic heavy metal that can harm children's development. Public health re...
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How languages recycle parts of words to avoid confusion
- Jun 22, 2026
Many languages recycle words, giving them different meanings. For example, in English, "run" can mean to move quickly but also to manage something, li...
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Plant‑based products need to be easier to find and consistently affordable for shoppers
- Jun 22, 2026
There is strong evidence that transitioning from animal to more plant-based diets could improve human and planetary health, but progress has been slow...
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Primordial halo simulations reveal how cosmic storms shaped the universe's first stars
- Jun 22, 2026
Just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, the universe was a dark and simple place. There were no galaxies like the Milky Way, no planets,...
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Titan and Pluto exhibit the same mysterious spectral feature—and researchers can't figure out its origin
- Jun 22, 2026
Researchers are constantly sifting through new spectral data gathered by powerful telescopes, like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Most of the...
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Does climate change lead to more migration? Here's why researchers can't agree on the evidence
- Jun 22, 2026
Images of families displaced by floods, prolonged droughts or extreme storms have become a distressingly regular feature of the daily news. As the imp...