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Need for early, institution-wide AI literacy education highlighted in study
- Jun 8, 2026
Along with researchers from James Madison University, three collaborators in the Office of the Provost recently published in Research & Practice in As...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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Van der Waals forces can play unexpected role in thin film properties
- Jun 8, 2026
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to use van der Waals forces to tune the physical and electronic properties of ferroelectric thin films. The...
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UN warns of 'deepening crisis' in oceans, urges action
- Jun 8, 2026
Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major U.N. report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cove...
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How did a major mangrove restoration project in Senegal end up selling 'ghost carbon?'
- Jun 8, 2026
Nature-based solutions have become central to global climate strategies. From tropical forests to wetlands, restoring nature means trees and plants ca...
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Neutron star merger simulations gain new precision with AI-driven r-process heating
- Jun 8, 2026
Using a novel simulation model based on machine learning, an international research team at GSI/FAIR has succeeded in gaining a deeper understanding o...
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Physicists create new family of Schrödinger-cat states
- Jun 8, 2026
Quantum mechanics, unlike classical physics, allows objects to exist in more than one state at the same time. This idea is often illustrated by Schröd...
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Recovered wild maize gene boosts crop protein without yield loss
- Jun 8, 2026
Maize (Zea mays L.) plays an important role in global food security. During 9,000 years of maize domestication and breeding, however, protein content...
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Tabletop experiment helps reconcile fundamental physics
- Jun 8, 2026
Assistant Professor Haocun Yu is something of a scientific diplomat. In a recent Physical Review Letters publication, she and her colleagues show how...
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How Facebook users affected by data breaches react over time examined
- Jun 8, 2026
A new study by Mannheim Business Administration professor Hartmut Höhle examines the reactions of actual victims of the Cambridge Analytica scandal on...
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Headless skeletons offer new insights into farming societies 7,000 years ago
- Jun 8, 2026
Dozens of human skeletons, lying apparently randomly on and next to each other, with their skulls missing, present a terrifying sight at first glance....
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California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals
- Jun 8, 2026
Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds u...
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Two decades of research shows Indonesia's coral reefs are heat tolerant—but only up to a point
- Jun 8, 2026
Indonesia is home to the world's largest and most biodiverse coral reef system, spanning more than 32,000 square kilometers across the archipelago. Ju...