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Genetic discovery offers hope for global banana farming
- Feb 18, 2026
Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. I...
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Homes in the fire zone: Why wildland-urban blazes create significantly more air pollution
- Feb 18, 2026
A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory...
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When fluctuations shape biodiversity: A minimalist model explains why 'rarity' is so common
- Feb 18, 2026
An ecosystem is not a still life. Even where everything looks stable—a woodland, a lake, the soil—the internal "bookkeeping" keeps changing: how many...
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When electronics become flexible: Atom-thin materials for future devices
- Feb 18, 2026
In a paper published in the journal Small, a team of physicists from IISER Pune have developed tiny electronic devices from a special semiconductor ma...
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Machine learning helps solve a central problem of quantum chemistry
- Feb 18, 2026
By applying new methods of machine learning to quantum chemistry research, Heidelberg University scientists have made significant strides in computati...
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Plant-based material offers sustainable method of recovering rare earth element
- Feb 18, 2026
Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial electronics, the lack of a s...
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Chemistry-powered 'breathing' membrane opens and closes tiny pores on its own
- Feb 18, 2026
Ion channels are narrow passageways that play a pivotal role in many biological processes. To model how ions move through these tight spaces, pores ne...
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Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover
- Feb 18, 2026
In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in...
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Beyond Mendel: Researchers call for a new understanding of genetics
- Feb 18, 2026
For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through te...
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Current levels of violence, harassment should classify Canadian schools as hazardous workplaces, says report
- Feb 18, 2026
Violence and harassment in Canadian schools have reached such crisis levels that these public institutions should be categorized as hazardous workplac...
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Simplifying quantum simulations—symmetry can cut computational effort by several orders of magnitude
- Feb 18, 2026
Quantum computer research is advancing at a rapid pace. Today's devices, however, still have significant limitations: For example, the length of a qua...
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Quantum-level effects in biology: Weak magnetic fields and isotopes can alter cell protein structures
- Feb 18, 2026
A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a significant step in the treatment o...