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Subtle rotations in ancient light: Decoding the universe's symmetry
- Jan 28, 2026
A team of researchers studying the uncertainties associated with a phenomenon known as cosmic birefringence has developed a method to reduce uncertain...
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A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope
- Jan 28, 2026
Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals th...
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Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
- Jan 28, 2026
A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, each slow, deliberate...
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New ABF crystal delivers high-performance vacuum ultraviolet nonlinear optical conversion
- Jan 28, 2026
Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV, 100–200 nm) light sources are indispensable for advanced spectroscopy, quantum research, and semiconductor lithography. Altho...
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Chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100-fold with minimal energy
- Jan 28, 2026
Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to fiber-optic cables that carry th...
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Laser beam flips a ferromagnet's polarity without heating the material
- Jan 28, 2026
Researchers at the University of Basel and the ETH in Zurich have succeeded in changing the polarity of a special ferromagnet using a laser beam. In t...
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Cell surface glycoRNA clusters found to fine-tune growth factor signaling
- Jan 28, 2026
The recent discovery of glycoRNAs on the cell surface upended the world of cell biology. These glycoRNAs were found to form highly organized clusters...
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New light-based platform sets the stage for future quantum supercomputers
- Jan 28, 2026
A light has emerged at the end of the tunnel in the long pursuit of developing quantum computers, which are expected to radically reduce the time need...
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Cells' built-in capacity limit for copying DNA could impact cancer treatment
- Jan 28, 2026
For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a cell divides, which happens...
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Saltwater crocodiles traveled thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, genetic study suggests
- Jan 28, 2026
Accounts from early expeditions to the Seychelles more than 250 years ago described crocodiles as common along the coasts of the archipelago. But afte...
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Rocket or arugula? How a salad vegetable mapped the Italian diaspora
- Jan 28, 2026
If you watch American cooking shows, you've likely experienced "salad confusion." You see a chef preparing what looks like rocket, but they call it ar...
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Land use acts as a 'silent amplifier' of extreme heat, AI-driven study reveals
- Jan 28, 2026
A new study using Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has revealed land-use change—particularly deforestation and unplanned agricultural expansi...