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Life on our planet began in the water. Eventually, one branch of the fish family tree developed legs and came up on land. These early four-legged anim...
A team of LSU researchers has pinpointed a specific type of lung cell that acts as a master switch for the harmful inflammation caused by a dangerous...
Scientists studying lipids—the fatty molecules that store energy, make up cell membranes and act as signals—produce enormous amounts of information. A...
We have built tools that save us hours at work. So why do so many people feel worse for using them? The answer has less to do with AI and more to do w...
Ensuring the research that we all rely on—whether for our health, environment or economy—is trustworthy is important for universities, governments and...
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, a team from the Nägerl group, together with theory collaborator Alvise Bastianello from the CNRS...
Public debates about transgender issues are often framed as disagreements over evidence or safety. In my new article published in the International Jo...
Scientists can learn a lot about a quantum material by watching how it responds to light. In magnetic semiconductors, one especially useful messenger...
The identity of a centuries-old shipwreck discovered off the south coast of England, holding 400 gold coins, has finally been identified as the Dutch...
For decades, biologists have known that hermit crabs forced to live in shells that are too small slow their growth. What wasn't clear was how they did...
Millions of Californians, in every part of the state, live with an uneasy day-to-day preoccupation: Housing is so expensive here, food and gas and uti...
The cause of future food shortages may not be a lack of farmland, but a shortage of agricultural workers. Amid low birth rates and rural decline, a jo...
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