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Nanofiltration for cleaner water is stopping one of farming's most persistent chemicals from slipping through
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Nanofiltration for cleaner water is stopping one of farming's most persistent chemicals from slipping through

Water is fundamental to all life—contaminants are harmful to humans and the environment. Herbicides used in agriculture to control weeds present a particular ch...

Molecular probe upgrade could make off-target drug effects easier to measure
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Molecular probe upgrade could make off-target drug effects easier to measure

A UCLA-led international research collaboration has unveiled a new technology that may help scientists better understand how small molecules, including many dru...

What women's work songs reveal about the changing climate
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What women's work songs reveal about the changing climate

Anusuyabai Pandekar and her daughter-in-law Mandabai sit facing each other beside a stone grindmill. The mill is still. No grain rests between its stones. No fl...

Atomic-column imaging uncovers hidden magnetic structures in antiferromagnets
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Atomic-column imaging uncovers hidden magnetic structures in antiferromagnets

Antiferromagnetic materials, with antiparallel atomic spins and zero net magnetization, are fast and resistant to external magnetic interference, making them id...

Young Americans aren't abandoning faith—study suggests they're rebuilding it
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Young Americans aren't abandoning faith—study suggests they're rebuilding it

New sociological research shows that while many young adults are leaving organized religious institutions, they are not abandoning spirituality or belief. Inste...

AI drug target platform pairs prediction with benchmarking to improve early discovery
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AI drug target platform pairs prediction with benchmarking to improve early discovery

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotechnology company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), today announced advancements to its unified AI fra...

Roman cup unearthed in Spain may have been a keepsake representing a soldier's time at the Hadrian Wall
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Roman cup unearthed in Spain may have been a keepsake representing a soldier's time at the Hadrian Wall

Archaeologists recently analyzed a broken, decorative cup found unexpectedly on a Spanish farm. The cup appears to represent Hadrian's Wall—a place 2,000 miles...

Is the SEC slow-releasing market-moving information?
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Is the SEC slow-releasing market-moving information?

IPOs are headline-grabbing events. But public companies raise even more capital through post-IPO issuances of shares, also known as seasoned equity offerings (S...

Puerto Rico's forests recovered in unexpected ways post-Hurricane Maria, research finds
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Puerto Rico's forests recovered in unexpected ways post-Hurricane Maria, research finds

When Hurricane Maria made its ferocious landfall on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in September 2017, the loss extended beyond several thousand human lives:...

Revolving doors and efficient engines: How proteins escape a molecular tangle
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Revolving doors and efficient engines: How proteins escape a molecular tangle

Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can be frustrating and time-consuming. But not so for molecular machines—molecules that convert chemical energy i...

NASA connects little red dots with Chandra and Webb
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NASA connects little red dots with Chandra and Webb

A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent...

New copy of earliest poem in English language discovered by researchers in Rome
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New copy of earliest poem in English language discovered by researchers in Rome

An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity Coll...

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