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Could ultrasound help save hedgehogs?
- Mar 11, 2026
Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths caused by cars. The proposal is bas...
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Ultrafast computing: Light-driven logic tops 10 terahertz in WS₂
- Mar 10, 2026
The future for our computers will literally be at the speed of light. Extremely short light pulses can perform ultrafast logical operations: these are...
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Foraged mushrooms and sea beet featured in British meals in the 16th century. Why not today?
- Mar 10, 2026
Wild garlic, oyster mushrooms and sea beet were once regularly gathered and eaten as part of meals across the UK. Today, some people have concerns abo...
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Hybrid synthetic strategy unlocks previously unattainable molecular architectures
- Mar 10, 2026
The molecular-scale design of materials is one of the major frontiers in modern science. Flat, highly conjugated organic molecules are already used in...
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New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms
- Mar 10, 2026
A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settl...
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Thermal drones boost detection of entangled seals
- Mar 10, 2026
New research from Monash University and Phillip Island Nature Parks is using thermal and infrared drone technology to spot marine debris entanglements...
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Scientists document Europe's first Jurassic lizard trackways in Asturias
- Mar 10, 2026
The article presenting the research results was published online at the end of February in the journal Ichnos. The study focuses on two trackways (T1...
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Language difficulties can hinder young children's social autonomy
- Mar 10, 2026
When considering the challenges faced by children with developmental language disorder (DLD), it's natural to think of difficulties they have in under...
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Live in the city or the country? How your location—and your thoughts on death—shape your travel choices
- Mar 10, 2026
When the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. emerged in January 2020, many Americans began to confront the reality of death. Six years later, researche...
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Antarctica undergoes 'Greenlandification' as ice melt accelerates
- Mar 10, 2026
An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandifi...
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Chemical shifts help track molecules breaking apart in real time
- Mar 10, 2026
When molecules fall apart, their electric charge doesn't stay put—it rearranges as bonds stretch and break. An international team of scientists has no...
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Tapping into the inner workings of long-distance animal calls
- Mar 10, 2026
From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each s...