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Using fiber-optic cables to detect moonquakes
- Mar 18, 2026
Two recent studies suggest that fiber-optic cables laid directly on the moon's surface could potentially detect moonquakes, offering a simpler way to...
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Can't stop endlessly scrolling? Tips to help you take back control
- Mar 18, 2026
It's called the infinite scroll—a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the...
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A world‑first quantum battery charges faster when it gets bigger—but it's tiny and only lasts nanoseconds
- Mar 18, 2026
You're late for an important appointment. Just as you are leaving your house, you realize your phone is flat. Imagine you could charge it almost insta...
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Rapid melting of Antarctic sea ice is largely driven by ocean warming, research reveals
- Mar 18, 2026
Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed by research led by the U...
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Clearest evidence yet that giant planets spin faster than their cosmic lookalikes
- Mar 18, 2026
For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive than planets but too small t...
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Video: How do plants know when to bloom? Spring flowering explained by chronobiologist
- Mar 18, 2026
Plants, like people, have a circadian clock and they sense seasonal changes to light and temperature. Plants that bloom in the spring use the longer d...
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Billions in March Madness betting pool is fodder for research
- Mar 18, 2026
Brendan Dwyer, Ph.D., has spent his career studying sports consumer behavior, and with the recent legalization of sports betting, he's hit the jackpot...
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Abalone shells could help trace seafood origins
- Mar 18, 2026
The rocks beneath our feet are leaving a hidden signature in the shells of marine snails along Australia's ancient coastline, according to new researc...
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Female Galápagos warblers sing often, yet song is not tied to aggression
- Mar 18, 2026
For decades, birdsong research focused almost exclusively on males. In many species, however, females also sing. Now a study by researchers from the U...
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Beavers can convert stream corridors to persistent carbon sinks
- Mar 18, 2026
Beavers could engineer riverbeds into promising carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of B...
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Challenging a 300-year-old law of friction
- Mar 18, 2026
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that arises without any mechanical...
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Snail-derived compound could be a safer anticoagulant compared to heparin
- Mar 18, 2026
For more than a century, heparin has been the go-to anticoagulant to prevent harmful blood clots in blood vessels or the heart from forming or getting...