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Fingerprints of the sea: Identifying sharks by their fins alone
Every oceanic whitetip shark has a fin pattern as unique as a human fingerprint. In a new study published in Marine Biology, FIU researchers identified more tha...
Snøfrid the Sámi: Matriarch of Norway's royal bloodline?
For a long time, some researchers believed that the South Sámi population arrived in Central Norway in the 18th century at the earliest, and that Norwegian farm...
Light-emitting nanoparticles help ultrasound direct gene editing to selected mouse brain regions
Scientists can now edit genes in precise locations deep in the brain and body without the use of invasive surgery or implants, thanks to new work from researche...
Who mapped Africa? Debunking the myth that Europeans alone plotted the continent
After the United Nations adopted a resolution in September 2026 endorsing a map that more fairly represents the size of Earth's landmasses, author and journalis...
Zombie bacteria keep building DNA after death
Researchers at Aarhus University have discovered that bacteria can continue producing DNA after they die. And they have found a way to control what gets produce...
Electrical signals reveal hidden magnetic information in altermagnets for first time
Researchers have experimentally demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to obtain from an altermagnet a spin current that can transport magnetic i...
Newly discovered amoeba reproduces at 145 F, breaking heat record for eukaryotic life
Organisms are products of the environments they live and evolve in. While the physical world is governed by universal laws like thermodynamics and gravity, ther...
Fresh as the microplastic-laden Sierra snow: Storms can deliver pollution to even remote locations
For the first time, UC Riverside scientists have measured how much microplastic pollution falls on the Sierra Nevada during snowstorms and were surprised to fin...
Light reshapes gelatin scaffolds to steer cell growth in three dimensions
Soft, flexible hydrogels have enabled significant advancements in engineering biological tissue by mimicking the natural scaffolding that provides structure and...
Political information increasingly comes from pop culture
Research on political polarization points to how people's preferred news outlets and social media use create information silos, environments in which people pri...
Experimental study on moths supports the molecular cookie cutter idea proposed for butterflies
Have you ever thought about reinventing yourself? According to a new study on moths conducted by Andrei Sourakov, collection coordinator of Lepidoptera at the F...
Is it a boy or a girl? For alligators, it may come down to one degree
The future of the alligator species could come down to a one- or two-degree temperature difference, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Th...