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A survival strategy inside stressed cells: Ribosomes in pairs
- Feb 20, 2026
Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When...
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DNA analysis illuminates the lives of East Marshall Street Well individuals
- Feb 20, 2026
She had brown eyes and black hair. She was almost 5 feet, 7 inches tall and chewed tobacco. She was in her 20s, carried heavy loads with her left arm...
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Chemists synthesize first stable copper metallocene complex, closing a 70-year gap
- Feb 20, 2026
Almost half a century ago, a remarkable molecule called metallocene took center stage in chemistry, earning Geoffrey Wilkinson and Ernst Otto Fischer...
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Citizen science: Map the Earth's magnetic shield with the Space Umbrella Project
- Feb 20, 2026
A stream of charged particles known as the solar wind flows from the sun toward Earth. Here, it meets Earth's magnetic fields, which shield our planet...
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Evidence points to early goat and sheep dairy consumption in Neolithic Iran
- Feb 20, 2026
Approximately 9,000 years ago, human communities in Southwest Asia underwent a dramatic transformation, known as the Neolithic revolution. This period...
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The bouba-kiki effect: Baby chicks match sounds to shapes just like humans
- Feb 20, 2026
When we hear certain sounds, our brains often pair them with specific shapes. For example, most people will associate a sharp-sounding word with a jag...
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From local action to global impact: New framework presented for advancing sustainable development
- Feb 20, 2026
As countries strive to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, a new international study published in Nature Communi...
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3D method can accurately measure gravity in wide binary stars, as demonstrated by pilot study
- Feb 20, 2026
Since the third Gaia data release in 2022, wide binary stars with separation greater than several thousand astronomical units have been intensely inve...
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REGALADE: The most extensive catalog of galaxies for modern astronomy
- Feb 20, 2026
An international team of scientists led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies...
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How choices made by crowds in a train station are guided by strangers
- Feb 20, 2026
In crowds, most people are strangers to you, and everyone else for that matter. However, until now, the effect of stranger-to-stranger interactions on...
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Impact-formed glass provides evidence of cosmic collision in Brazil about 6 million years ago
- Feb 20, 2026
For the first time in Brazil, researchers have identified a field of tektites. These are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of extraterr...
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Small but mighty microplate reader could transform NASA research
- Feb 20, 2026
A small but mighty piece of lab equipment, about the size of a cellphone, has arrived at the International Space Station after launching with NASA's S...