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Q&A: Gas fermentation could be game changer for the circular economy
- Feb 21, 2026
Central goals of the circular economy include closing material cycles, reducing waste, and permanently keeping raw materials in the economic system. A...
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New microscopy technique lets scientists see cells in unprecedented detail and color
- Feb 21, 2026
Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths of two powerful microscopy...
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How your body senses cold—and why menthol feels cool
- Feb 21, 2026
When you step outside on a winter morning or pop a mint into your mouth, a tiny molecular sensor in your body springs into action, alerting your brain...
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Sometimes less is more: Messier nanoparticles may actually deliver drugs more effectively than tightly packed ones
- Feb 21, 2026
The tiny fatty capsules that deliver COVID-19 mRNA vaccines into billions of arms may work better when they're a little disorganized. That's the surpr...
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A low-cost microscope to study living cells in zero gravity
- Feb 21, 2026
As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now,...
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How tuberculosis bacteria use a 'stealth' mechanism to evade the immune system
- Feb 21, 2026
Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery that could le...
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A hidden reason inner ear cells die—and what it means for preventing hearing loss
- Feb 21, 2026
Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membr...
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How travel and dating apps are changing relationship rules for queer men
- Feb 21, 2026
Travel and dating apps like Grindr are reshaping how some queer men in relationships negotiate sex and intimacy—often through careful discussion and a...
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Minnesota is falling short on its climate goals, new state data shows
- Feb 21, 2026
Minnesota is struggling to achieve its climate goals despite decades of falling greenhouse gas emissions, newly released state data shows. State law r...
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Pushing the right buttons: Fern guides its embryo's sense of up and down
- Feb 21, 2026
Passing on fundamental life lessons from parent to offspring is not unique to humans and animals. Ferns do it too. Not with words, but through pressur...
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In Tampa, storm-weary residents detail the costs of extreme weather
- Feb 21, 2026
An Ybor business owner closed her yoga studio repeatedly from worries over moldy, waterlogged walls. A Pinellas woman's home flooded in one hurricane,...
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Linguist explains how AI makes fake news more credible
- Feb 21, 2026
Fake news generated by AI is often perceived as more credible than texts written by humans. That worries linguist Silje Susanne Alvestad. In 2017, "fa...