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New model predicts the melting of free-floating ice in calm water
- Feb 3, 2026
A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm wate...
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Chromosome-level genome unlocks evolution of endangered fern Brainea insignis
- Feb 3, 2026
Ferns, defined by large genomes, high chromosome counts, and pervasive aneuploidy as well as intraspecific polyploid complexity, diverge significantly...
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Probiotics for plants: Microorganisms boost growth and nitrogen uptake
- Feb 3, 2026
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have identified a bacterial genus that promotes root growth and nitrogen uptake in plants. The...
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High-tech imaging could improve cultivation of trees essential to Alberta's forestry industry
- Feb 3, 2026
University of Alberta researchers have, for the first time, captured a much better view of what may be contributing to failures in lodgepole pine seed...
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Superconductivity exposes altermagnetism by breaking symmetries, study suggests
- Feb 3, 2026
How are superconductivity and magnetism connected? A puzzling relation between magnetism and superconductivity in a quantum material has lingered for...
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Microplastics behave differently in aquatic environments depending on whether they are fragments or fibers
- Feb 3, 2026
Researchers led by Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1357 Microplastics at the University of Bayreuth have overturned a common scientific assumption...
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Infrared-activated hydrogel uses lysozyme 'nets' to combat resistant bacteria
- Feb 3, 2026
Each year, bacterial infections are responsible for roughly 7.7 million deaths worldwide, with this problem further exacerbated by rising antibiotic r...
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Tiny droplets navigate mazes using 'chemical echolocation,' without sensors or computers
- Feb 3, 2026
A recent study by a team of researchers led by TU Darmstadt has found that tiny amounts of liquid can navigate their way through unknown environments...
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Stacked graphene sandwich reveals switchable memory without traditional ferroelectrics
- Feb 3, 2026
A research team led by Professor Youngwook Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, in collaboration with the research team of Profess...
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Stable boron compounds pave the way for easier drug development
- Feb 3, 2026
A major step toward simpler drug development has been taken at the University of Gothenburg. In a new study, researchers have developed stable boron-f...
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Ultra-thin metasurface can generate and direct quantum entanglement
- Feb 3, 2026
Quantum technologies, devices and systems that process, store, detect, or transfer information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potenti...
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JWST discovers a new extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy
- Feb 3, 2026
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new dwarf galaxy, which received designation CAPERS-39810. Further investig...