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'Genetic brakes' reveal how embryos shape their limbs
- Jun 2, 2026
Canadian scientists have made a significant advance in understanding the mechanisms that enable embryos to properly form their limbs, thanks to new re...
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Fluorescent nanosensor detects key gut biomarker in minutes for faster testing
- Jun 2, 2026
A research collaboration has developed a novel fluorescent nanosensor capable of rapidly detecting indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), an emerging biomarke...
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Redesigning an elusive bacterial enzyme into an efficient green catalyst
- Jun 2, 2026
Industrial oxidation chemistry is a cornerstone of modern manufacturing, accounting for nearly one-third of all chemical industrial processes. While e...
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Plate tectonics shaped the Cradle of Civilization by merging two ancient rivers, study suggests
- Jun 2, 2026
The Euphrates River is the longest river in Western Asia and runs through the eastern side of the Fertile Crescent. Flowing over 1,700 miles from Turk...
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Climate change exacerbates religious conflicts, study indicates
- Jun 2, 2026
Climate change is contributing to the escalation of existing local conflicts in Africa. A new WZB study by Ruud Koopmans, Daniel Meierrieks, and Danie...
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How a small amount of rare earth metal shapes the environmental impact of magnets
- Jun 2, 2026
Magnets for electric cars and wind turbines contain only a small amount of the rare earth metal dysprosium. Yet, this metal is responsible for a large...
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Animals were sharpening their senses long before the Cambrian explosion, ancient tracks reveal
- Jun 2, 2026
Tracks left by some of the earliest complex animals are giving new insights into how they experienced the world. New research reveals how these creatu...
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Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida's fossil record
- Jun 2, 2026
Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida river. The fossils they l...
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A new origin story for multicellular life points to physics, not genes alone
- Jun 2, 2026
How did life make the leap from single cells to coordinated, multicellular organisms? And how do genetically identical cells still perform a version o...
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First-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US advanced
- Jun 2, 2026
Nearly 69 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home, yet weather warnings have long been issued almost exclusive...
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Antibiotic resistance turns up in Australian horses, raising new concerns about animal and human infections
- Jun 2, 2026
Research into a common environmental germ that can cause severe infections in people and animals has raised concern that horses are starting to develo...
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Twilight hunt reveals falcon feasting on unusual prey at Greek lagoon
- Jun 2, 2026
Falcons are lauded for their speed and agility. The Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo), skilled at snagging birds and insects out of the air, is no excep...