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Medaka males can mate 27 times daily, but sperm performance drops fast
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Medaka males can mate 27 times daily, but sperm performance drops fast

Oryzias latipes, commonly known as medaka, is a small fish measuring about 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 inches) in length that exhibits highly active spawning behavior durin...

Scientists recover sub-Saharan Africa's oldest ancient animal DNA
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Scientists recover sub-Saharan Africa's oldest ancient animal DNA

Ancient DNA can be a powerful tool for helping us reconstruct the long-dead past. Most surviving genetic material comes from the bones and teeth of animals that...

Plasma agriculture makes strides toward super-seeding conventional methods
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Plasma agriculture makes strides toward super-seeding conventional methods

Occasionally, the sun unleashes powerful flares and coronal mass ejections, which hurl plasma and energetic particles into space. On the infant Earth, this sola...

Not the greatest glider: First study puts Australia's biggest glider to the test
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Not the greatest glider: First study puts Australia's biggest glider to the test

Australia's largest gliding marsupial may not be the country's best glider after all, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) th...

New study reveals what drives the evolution of remarkable eyes in deep‑sea hyperiid amphipods
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New study reveals what drives the evolution of remarkable eyes in deep‑sea hyperiid amphipods

Hyperiid amphipods are a small but anatomically diverse group of shrimp-like crustaceans with remarkable adaptations for life in the ocean's twilight zone. A te...

Sensitive measurements uncover dual superconducting states in atom-thin NbSe₂ and TaS₂
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Sensitive measurements uncover dual superconducting states in atom-thin NbSe₂ and TaS₂

A new study reveals that two widely studied ultrathin superconducting materials are more sophisticated than they appear. Although they seem to behave like simpl...

Sustainability reports: What 10 years of corporate data reveal—and conceal
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Sustainability reports: What 10 years of corporate data reveal—and conceal

A new study finds that companies are increasingly disclosing climate data—yet coverage of value chains and social factors remains patchy. Using an AI-powered me...

Quantum currents turn a nano 'soccer ball' into a powerful molecular electromagnet
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Quantum currents turn a nano 'soccer ball' into a powerful molecular electromagnet

Driving an electric current through a molecule can create a magnetic field. Yet in practice, such fields are often too weak to be detected experimentally. Throu...

Kohlrabi greenhouse trial shows nutrients recovered from human excreta can replace mineral fertilizer
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Kohlrabi greenhouse trial shows nutrients recovered from human excreta can replace mineral fertilizer

A new study by Caroline Ganglo and Stefan Karlowsky from the Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) investigated whether human excreta-derived ferti...

Asteroid with unexplained orbital shift turns out to be a 'dark comet'
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Asteroid with unexplained orbital shift turns out to be a 'dark comet'

Typically, astronomers identify comets by their distinct atmospheres, or comae, and their tails, which are created as the sun vaporizes a comet's ice. These fea...

Naked mole-rat queens produce an odorous chemical that ensures that only they can reproduce
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Naked mole-rat queens produce an odorous chemical that ensures that only they can reproduce

An international team led by Dr. Gary Lewin, group leader of the Molecular Physiology of Somatosensory Perception lab at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, has...

Desert dust in Europe is increasing with implications for health and solar energy installations
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Desert dust in Europe is increasing with implications for health and solar energy installations

While particulate matter air pollution from human activity in transportation, households and industry is decreasing in Europe, thanks to strict regulations, ano...

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