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How competitive gaming on Discord fosters social connections
- Feb 20, 2026
Human beings are social animals; they need places to relax, connect with others, and feel a sense of belonging beyond the demands of home and work. Tr...
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'All-in-one,' single-atom could power both sides of water splitting
- Feb 20, 2026
Green hydrogen production technology, which utilizes renewable energy to produce eco-friendly hydrogen without carbon emissions, is gaining attention...
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Letting children play can support development
- Feb 20, 2026
Preschool-age children are most engaged in pretend play 10–15 minutes after playing begins. In addition, girls exhibit higher organizational skills, a...
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Birds change altitude to survive epic journeys across deserts and seas
- Feb 20, 2026
Every year, billions of birds undertake extraordinary migrations, crossing vast deserts and open seas with no place to stop, feed, or rest. A new inte...
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Social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities, research shows
- Feb 20, 2026
Messages intended to suppress votes can be precisely delivered to particularly vulnerable and consequential groups of people via social media and keep...
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Neutron scattering helps clarify magnetic behavior in altermagnetic material
- Feb 20, 2026
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have identified the true source of a magnetic effect seen in the material ruthenium dioxide (Ru...
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New generation of climate models sheds first light on long-standing Pacific puzzle
- Feb 20, 2026
Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean accompanying global warming. Existin...
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Blood marker from dementia research could help track aging across the animal world
- Feb 20, 2026
A protein called neurofilament light chain (NfL)—studied in humans in the context of neurodegenerative diseases and aging—is also detectable in the bl...
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Scientists home in on Acinetobacter baumannii's resistance evolution
- Feb 20, 2026
Acinetobacter baumannii is a bacteria which can become a virulent killer in health-care settings among severely ill patients. The germ has rapidly dev...
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Symbiotic bacteria in planthoppers break record for smallest non-organelle genome ever found
- Feb 20, 2026
Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Natu...
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Flexible force fields can protect our return to the moon
- Feb 20, 2026
Lunar dust remains one of the biggest challenges for a long-term human presence on the moon. Its jagged, clingy nature makes it naturally stick to eve...
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How massive lava fields formed in the Pacific Northwest
- Feb 20, 2026
Volcanic eruptions are significant geologic hazards. Underwater volcanoes are challenging to study, yet they play an integral role in marine geology a...