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Consumers demand transparency, but is it rewarded?
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Consumers demand transparency, but is it rewarded?

Transparent supply chains boost consumer trust—if the results are positive. But what if they aren't? A new paper by Kühne Logistics University (KLU), in collabo...

JWST ruled out finding tiny moons around an exoplanet—that's great news
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JWST ruled out finding tiny moons around an exoplanet—that's great news

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened many wonders of the cosmos to scientists since it began science operations a few years ago. But one thing it ha...

Astronomers unmask a supernova impostor
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Astronomers unmask a supernova impostor

A distant star has captured astronomers' attention over the past decade, teasing them with indications that it will soon explode as a supernova. But new researc...

AI helps microscopes find the most informative nanoscale features in a sample
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AI helps microscopes find the most informative nanoscale features in a sample

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an artificial intelligence framework that helps researchers use at...

Masked tectonic structures suggest Mercury contracted 40% more than its visible scars alone indicate
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Masked tectonic structures suggest Mercury contracted 40% more than its visible scars alone indicate

The surface of Mercury is filled with craters, ridges and steep cliffs. Over billions of years, as the planet's interior cooled, the planet also shrank. Just as...

AI automates 3D membrane mapping, matching manual results in a fraction of time
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AI automates 3D membrane mapping, matching manual results in a fraction of time

Cell membranes and the proteins within them control many vital processes and play a key role in health and disease. But studying them in 3D images of cells has...

Luminescence dating pushes age of South Dakota's Mammoth Site back by more than 100,000 years
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Luminescence dating pushes age of South Dakota's Mammoth Site back by more than 100,000 years

Deep within an ancient sinkhole lie the remains of dozens of mammoths, prehistoric wanderers who waded into the warm springs to their deaths. These deaths had l...

The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers' needs
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The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers' needs

Solo travel is surging—and an industry still largely built for two is taking note. Google reported in April 2026 that online searches involving "solo travel" hi...

Gravitational-wave analysis narrows the search for black hole impostors
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Gravitational-wave analysis narrows the search for black hole impostors

Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. When two black holes orbit each other and merge, they...

Fish may be highly sensitive to antidepressants found in water
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Fish may be highly sensitive to antidepressants found in water

Many of the drugs that target human brain chemistry, such as antidepressants, are still biologically active when they leave the body. These substances and their...

Cataract surgery will be needed in space, surgeon predicts
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Cataract surgery will be needed in space, surgeon predicts

An eye surgeon with a passion for space since childhood predicts that as astronauts start to make journeys to the moon and Mars in the near future, eye surgery...

A 1,000-fold longer charge lifetime helps organic catalyst produce solar hydrogen faster
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A 1,000-fold longer charge lifetime helps organic catalyst produce solar hydrogen faster

Researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researcher...

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