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How to train your catalyst, one atom at a time
- Mar 3, 2026
How do you keep a copper catalyst from losing its oomph? Just add a dusting of platinum, says a new study published in Nature Materials. A team of res...
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Chemists create complex DNA structures without hydrogen bonds
- Mar 2, 2026
No "sticky ends"? No problem. A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the sticky cohesion of hydrogen...
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Good samaritan or bad: Research supports a more nuanced view of international monetary fund reforms
- Mar 2, 2026
In many countries, austerity is a hard sell. Loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can provide economic stabilization and financial support...
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Are these killer whales cannibals? They probably don't think so themselves
- Mar 2, 2026
In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with th...
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Porpoises can 'turn down the volume' to withstand ship noise
- Mar 2, 2026
Porpoises are entirely dependent on their hearing for survival. They navigate, hunt, and communicate by emitting rapid click sounds and listening to t...
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Low fertility may not be an economic threat, researchers argue
- Mar 2, 2026
In their piece, published in Nature Human Behaviour, IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar Wolfgang Lutz and IIASA Senior Researcher Guillaume...
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Oman ophiolite study suggests subduction zones can lock away CO₂
- Mar 2, 2026
A research team led by a Keele scientist has shed new light on how a mysterious rock formation in Oman was created, which could reveal new details abo...
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Greenhouse gas fluxes in Everglades provide path for maximizing carbon capture via water management
- Mar 2, 2026
The Florida Everglades is a complicated climate actor. The 1.5-million-acre wetland system remains a carbon sink, removing an average of 13.7 million...
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Research reveals cosmic tug-of-war behind the Crab Pulsar's zebra stripes
- Mar 2, 2026
For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating from the Crab Pulsar, the re...
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Feral horses and cattle create more resilient nature, rewilding study reveals
- Mar 2, 2026
Protected natural areas across Europe are changing. Climate change, with rising temperatures and heavy rainfall, is turbocharging the growth of shrubs...
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Isolating vesicle-cloaked viruses in city and hospital wastewater
- Mar 2, 2026
Viruses such as human norovirus can travel in vesicles, small fluid-filled sacs that are like shipping containers for cells. Viruses hidden in these c...
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Large land predators were hunting big plant-eaters more than 280 million years ago, study finds
- Mar 2, 2026
A study examining fossil evidence shows that large land predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 million years ago. Unive...