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Early warning for wine spoilage glows in the dark
- Jan 26, 2026
Researchers built a living biosensor made of bacteria that lights up when it detects acetic acid, the main chemical signal that wine is starting to sp...
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Epigenetic switch found to halt fat cell formation in adipose tissue
- Jan 26, 2026
Metabolic diseases such as obesity, fatty liver, and insulin resistance are rapidly increasing worldwide, but fundamental methods to regulate the proc...
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How starfish control tube feet without a central nervous system or brain
- Jan 26, 2026
Starfish, also known as sea stars, are equipped with an almost alien-like anatomy. Despite lacking a brain, blood, and central nervous system, these o...
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The masters behind Bronze Age rock art
- Jan 26, 2026
For more than 200 years, Nordic Bronze Age rock art has sparked the interest of academics. Yet we still know surprisingly little about the individuals...
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Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You're not alone
- Jan 26, 2026
Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show "This American Life," is not a computer scientist. He doesn't work at Google, Apple or Nvidia. But he doe...
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Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here's how psychology says you can shift the dynamic
- Jan 26, 2026
Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point,...
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Journey to center of Milky Way with upcoming NASA Roman core survey
- Jan 26, 2026
At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black hole at the very center. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Te...
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How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm
- Jan 26, 2026
A severe winter storm that brought crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. in late January 2026 left a mess in states from...
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Practice using bags and lunchboxes: How to build your child's confidence as they start school
- Jan 26, 2026
Starting school is a big moment in a child's life. It is a time filled with new routines, new people and new places. These changes can also mean it is...
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Scientists reveal gold precipitation mechanism at pyrite-water interface
- Jan 26, 2026
Gold is generally associated with pyrite (iron disulfide, FeS2), and pyrite-induced gold precipitation is critical to the formation of high-grade gold...
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What is dark energy? Research shines light on space's biggest question
- Jan 26, 2026
Dark energy is still one of the greatest cosmic mysteries. For all the time, money and telescopes that humanity has used to uncover its nature, scient...
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Elucidating liquid-liquid phase separation under non-equilibrium conditions
- Jan 26, 2026
Crystallization is a well-explored natural phenomenon where atoms or molecules arrange themselves into highly organized solid forms called crystals. T...