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42 years of measuring the sun, the Earth and the energy in between
- Feb 19, 2026
On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was desi...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing—and it doesn't wear off quickly
- Feb 19, 2026
A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which o...
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Natural olive-derived compound, controls insecticide-resistant cabbage stem flea beetle
- Feb 19, 2026
Scientists at Rothamsted Research and ApresLabs Ltd have demonstrated that SYN-A, a naturally derived synergist extracted from olive oil, can restore...
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Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage?
- Feb 19, 2026
Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces...
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Terahertz spectroscopy finds nitrogen can lengthen GaAs-like LO phonon decay
- Feb 19, 2026
An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated the decay time of coherent longitudinal optical (LO) phonons both in a GaAs1−xNx epila...
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Can human heart failure interventions work in dogs?
- Feb 19, 2026
Mitral regurgitation is the most prevalent valvular heart disease in humans. It's also common among dogs, especially older and smaller breed dogs. In...
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Obstacle or accelerator? How imperfections affect material strength
- Feb 19, 2026
Imagine a material cracking—now imagine what happens if there are small inclusions in the material. Do they create an obstacle course for the crack to...
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How one molecule's 'voice' was captured: Infrared light meets scanning tunneling microscopy
- Feb 19, 2026
When things vibrate, they make sounds. Molecules do too, but at frequencies far beyond human hearing. Chemical bonds stretch, bend, and twist at chara...
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What 'housane' rings are and why a light-powered route may matter for drugs
- Feb 19, 2026
When developing new drugs, one thing is particularly important: finding and producing the right molecules that can be used as active ingredients. The...
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A 'magic blueprint' for converting CO₂ into resources through atom-level catalyst design
- Feb 19, 2026
A research team led by Professor Su-Il In of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has uncovered the principle that the products a...
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Cheaper green hydrogen? New catalyst design cuts energy losses in AEM electrolyzers
- Feb 19, 2026
Producing clean hydrogen from water is often compared to storing renewable energy in chemical form, but improving the efficiency of that process remai...
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Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
- Feb 19, 2026
Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds h...