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New VRscores database maps workplace politics across 530,000 US employers
- Feb 6, 2026
Researchers, including Professor of Management and Organization Reuben Hurst at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, have...
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What Olympic athletes see that viewers don't: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier
- Feb 6, 2026
When viewers tune in to the 2026 Winter Olympics, they will see pristine, white slopes, groomed tracks and athletes racing over snow-covered landscape...
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'Dispersal-driven' evolution fuels diversity at the air-liquid interface
- Feb 5, 2026
As in a batch of kombucha or a barrel of sherry, microbes can assemble into a mat-like layer at the boundary between air and liquid. In laboratory cul...
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How to close the justice gap: What a health-linked legal model showed in three years
- Feb 5, 2026
A three-year study has found that legal services work best when they are designed with communities, delivered face-to-face and closely linked to healt...
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Scientists outline case for next-generation ocean iron fertilization field trials
- Feb 5, 2026
A team of ocean and climate researchers is calling for a new generation of carefully designed ocean iron fertilization (OIF) field trials to determine...
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Thinking of AI-written vows? A study explains why it can backfire
- Feb 5, 2026
Psychologists at the University of Kent are suggesting people think wisely about their use of ChatGPT this Valentine's Day after new research has reve...
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Tuning topological superconductors into existence by adjusting the ratio of two elements
- Feb 5, 2026
Today's most powerful computers hit a wall when tackling certain problems, from designing new drugs to cracking encryption codes. Error-free quantum c...
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When lasers cross: A brighter way to measure plasma
- Feb 5, 2026
Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific understanding of how stars, nu...
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A smarter way to watch biology at work: Microfluidic droplet injector drastically cuts sample consumption
- Feb 5, 2026
Watching proteins move as they drive the chemical reactions that sustain life is one of the grand challenges of modern biology. In recent years, X-ray...
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An estimated 8,000 cold-stunned iguanas removed from parts of Florida
- Feb 5, 2026
An estimated 8,000 invasive green iguanas were removed from various Florida communities this week after a record-breaking freeze event that sent overn...
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NASA Langley makes final preparations for Artemis II mission to launch around the moon
- Feb 5, 2026
When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to thank staff for their con...
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Research team finds E. coli, other pathogens in Potomac River after sewage spill
- Feb 5, 2026
Following one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, University of Maryland researchers have detected high levels of fecal-related bacteria and...