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The definitive census of multiple star systems within ten parsecs
- May 28, 2026
Our sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we've known for a long time that that's actually rel...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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How the greenhouse effect governs temperature changes across Antarctica
- May 27, 2026
A decade ago, Bradley Markle, an assistant professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder, noticed an...
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Expanded susceptibility and transmission in circulating avian influenza viruses reshape wild bird mortality
- May 27, 2026
Johanna Harvey, an assistant professor of wildlife disease ecology at the University of Rhode Island, has described bird flu in public presentations a...
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Temporary carbon removal could help support climate goals, if used correctly
- May 27, 2026
Persistent methane emissions from sectors such as agriculture and growing debates over the credibility of carbon offsets are creating new challenges f...
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Newly discovered 'thunder' of Atlantic sturgeons inspires awe
- May 27, 2026
When a team of researchers recorded a low thundering underneath the surface of the Hudson River, they thought they were hearing the muffled rumble of...
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Monkey see, monkey do: Study sheds light on cooperative decision-making
- May 27, 2026
The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the primate brain facilitates...
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Scientists forecast milder Chesapeake Bay dead zone in 2026
- May 27, 2026
Scientists at William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS, FlowWest and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently announced that...
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DNA 'nicks' make for safer, more precise genetic analysis
- May 27, 2026
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently dev...
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Researchers push back fundamental limit on energy transfer between particles without 'spilling' radiation
- May 27, 2026
Researchers at TU/e have demonstrated that energy transfer without loss via light or heat can occur over much greater distances than previously though...
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Metamaterials enable control of heat transfer at nanoscale, potentially transforming energy and electronics
- May 27, 2026
Heat behaves in predictable ways: a hot cup of coffee cools, a laptop warms your hands, the sun heats Earth. But at scales thousands of times smaller...
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Where are all the intermediate mass black holes? Microlensing fast radio bursts might reveal them
- May 27, 2026
Astrophysicists think that black hole masses are hierarchical. The largest are supermassive black holes (SMBH) like the one at the center of the Milky...
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Are the chemicals around you safe? Researchers are using AI to find out
- May 27, 2026
People are exposed to thousands of chemicals every day—through the products they use, the food they eat and the environments they live in—but only a f...