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Scientific discoveries and research

A molecular 'cork' reveals how cells control growth
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A molecular 'cork' reveals how cells control growth

How do cells know when to activate or slow down their activity? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) provides new insights by studying TORC2, an essenti...

Tolls saved Britain from pothole hell in the Industrial Revolution, diaries reveal
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Tolls saved Britain from pothole hell in the Industrial Revolution, diaries reveal

The "turnpike" toll road system deserves far more credit for improving roads in eighteenth-century England and Wales, a new study argues. Analysis of nearly 100...

Scientists focus on the challenges of working and living in outer space
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Scientists focus on the challenges of working and living in outer space

Long-duration spaceflight can chip away at an astronaut's health, prompting scientists to find new ways to make living in space easier on the body. The journey...

Could glass be dethroned as wine's top packaging? Researchers unbox consumer perceptions of wine packaging
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Could glass be dethroned as wine's top packaging? Researchers unbox consumer perceptions of wine packaging

With nearly 400 years under its cork, glass is still the top choice for consumers when it comes to packaging preferences for wine, but sustainability concerns m...

Study finds consumers pay extra for cars just under multiples of 10,000 miles
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Study finds consumers pay extra for cars just under multiples of 10,000 miles

Think you're shopping intelligently for a used car? New research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin suggests you might be...

In Eastern Africa, the cradle of humankind is tearing apart
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In Eastern Africa, the cradle of humankind is tearing apart

Eastern Africa's Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of volcanic activity caused by shifting tec...

Accelerating drug discovery with fragment screening
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Accelerating drug discovery with fragment screening

Modern medicine has played a significant role in improving the length and quality of our lives. While many treatments may seem like miracles, they are the resul...

New study presents the eLTER Framework of Standard Observations for long-term, integrated environmental monitoring
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New study presents the eLTER Framework of Standard Observations for long-term, integrated environmental monitoring

A new study published in Earth's Future introduces the eLTER Framework of Standard Observations (eLTER SO)—a structured, harmonized system designed to support c...

Peptide synthesis could stop global potato pathogen once linked to Ireland's Great Famine
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Peptide synthesis could stop global potato pathogen once linked to Ireland's Great Famine

Scientists in Sweden have taken an important step toward fighting potato late blight, a plant disease that once triggered a historic famine in Ireland and now t...

What intentional communities can teach us about resilience amid global instability
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What intentional communities can teach us about resilience amid global instability

As conflict intensifies in the Middle East, energy markets swing wildly and the cost of living keeps climbing, a pressing question is emerging for anyone who is...

Promiscuity and parental behavior in birds are driven by demographics, not the other way around
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Promiscuity and parental behavior in birds are driven by demographics, not the other way around

New research shows that variation in mating behaviors, parental care and differences in ornamentation of the sexes in bird species is driven by demographics rat...

Chicken gene-editing advance opens path to drug-producing eggs
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Chicken gene-editing advance opens path to drug-producing eggs

Chicken eggs are already used to harvest helpful proteins called antibodies to protect humans from viruses such as influenza. Now, a breakthrough at the Univers...

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