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Volunteers find oddly high solar flare rates
- Mar 16, 2026
Patches of the sun's surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, som...
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Planning Titan entry? New lab tests flag nitrogen-driven heat shield debris risks
- Mar 16, 2026
Heat shields are designed to protect the surface and cargo of a spacecraft as it enters an atmosphere. Aerospace engineers in The Grainger College of...
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Plastic bottles transformed into Parkinson's drug using bacteria
- Mar 16, 2026
A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power...
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A new class of molten planet stores abundant sulfur in a perpetual magma ocean
- Mar 16, 2026
A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep withi...
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Could reduced air pollution from climate mitigation boost crop yields and lower hunger risk?
- Mar 16, 2026
An international research team used multiple global agroeconomic models and found that climate mitigation consistent with the 1.5 °C target could rais...
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Archaeologists untangle how Bronze Age textiles were made
- Mar 16, 2026
Analysis and reconstruction of a warp-weighted loom from the second millennium BC site of Cabezo Redondo, Spain, provides an unprecedented glimpse int...
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Pesticides from flea treatments and sheep dips found at damaging levels in Welsh rivers
- Mar 15, 2026
Pesticides used in pet flea treatments occur widely in Welsh rivers and were detected in over three quarters of river water samples, finds new researc...
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'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami
- Mar 15, 2026
In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged t...
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Rising seas threaten barrier islands, but seabird guano could speed recovery
- Mar 15, 2026
Birds that live and breed in vegetated coastal areas, such as dunes and small islands, not only build nests but also—unintentionally—shape their own s...
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New microscope offers sharper view into momentum space
- Mar 15, 2026
Electrons are tiny and constantly in motion. How they behave in a crystal lattice determines key material properties: electrical conductivity, magneti...
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Avalanche risks are rising—researchers say governance must rise with them
- Mar 15, 2026
The findings of a new paper show governance and preparedness rather than hazard magnitude determine whether avalanches become mass-casualty events. Wi...
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Models warn Thwaites Glacier could rival entire Antarctic ice loss by 2067
- Mar 15, 2026
The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using satellite calibrated ice s...