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Earth Sciences
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Earthquake fatality measure offers new way to estimate impact on countries

Earth Sciences
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Common mineral in red soils tends to lock away trace metals over time, study finds

Environment
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New study describes how chemical composition of US air pollution has changed over time

Plants & Animals
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Scientific report reveals livestock as the key factor in cheatgrass spread

Optics & Photonics
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Study shows promise of transceiver-based sensing for active monitoring of fiber networks

Planetary Sciences
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Spot the king of planets: Observe Jupiter

Plants & Animals
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Researcher discusses how dicamba drifts

Ecology
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Fishermen, ecologists unite in northern France against 'sea bulldozer'

Environment
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Group of united academics publish 'scientists' warning' on climate and technology

Social Sciences
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Research shows studies with more diverse teams of authors get more citations

Social Sciences
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Study finds individual tests cannot predict optimal teams

Cell & Microbiology
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Programming cells to organize their molecules may open the door to new treatments

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Environment
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Conflict in Ukraine found to be causing significant greenhouse gas emissions

Environment
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Which countries are most likely to make the deep sustainability turn?

Ecology
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Florida coral reef still struggling after 2023 heat wave

Earth Sciences
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Study shows methane emissions from wetlands increase significantly over high latitudes

Archaeology
5

How Chinese migrants in Los Angeles Chinatown gained self-reliance

Earth Sciences
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Study finds oxygen rise in the tropical upper ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Social Sciences
8

Exploring why we all hate to wait

Plants & Animals
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Car fumes, weeds pose double whammy for fire-loving native plants

Bio & Medicine
33

Study finds new inhalable therapy is a big step forward in lung cancer research

General Physics
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New nuclei can help shape our understanding of fundamental science on Earth and in the cosmos

Nanophysics
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Researchers capture strange behavior of laser-excited gold

Social Sciences
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Know a secret you're burning to share? Read this first instead of becoming an 'a-hole'

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Earth Sciences
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How do oceans start to close? New study suggests the Atlantic may 'soon' enter its declining phase

Economics & Business
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State laws governing debt collection lawsuits vary widely and most still offer little protection to consumers

Education
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Study finds Massachusetts school desegregation program benefits K-12 students

Social Sciences
12

Dating app users less satisfied with relationship status than non-users, finds study

Social Sciences
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Spaces to remake and mend clothes would bring new life into shopping centers, study says

Plants & Animals
8

A different picture of the Serengeti: Competition for food drives planet's remaining mass migration of herbivores

Astronomy
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Euclid's 'twin' arrives at ESA mission control

Education
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Digital literacy expert explains differences between reading in print and online

Cell & Microbiology
32

Study reveals how cells keep telomerase in check

Mathematics
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Studies recommend increased research into achievement, engagement to raise student math scores

Nanophysics
48

Research team discovers two-dimensional waveguides

Economics & Business
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Hiring 'problem directors' can knock up to 64% off a firm's value

Economics & Business
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Is an end to single-use plastic bags in sight?

Social Sciences
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A new tool for UK police forces to improve rape investigations

Space Exploration
9

Flame burns out on NASA's long-running spacecraft fire experiment

Ecology
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Misguided reforestation programs threaten vast area of Africa's tropical grasslands, study warns

General Physics
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Scientists report first look at electrons moving in real-time in liquid water

Ecology
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Researchers introduce new model that bridges rules of life at the individual scale and the ecosystem level

Biochemistry
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Superbug killer: New synthetic molecule highly effective against drug-resistant bacteria

Analytical Chemistry
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Applying a small voltage to a catalyst can increase the rates of common reactions used in manufacturing, study finds

Analytical Chemistry
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Researchers observe highly excited 'roaming' energy pathway in chemical reactions

Biochemistry
20

Scientists achieve first total synthesis of potentially anti-rheumatic sesquiterpene merillianin

Analytical Chemistry
10

Researchers use electron beams to eradicate forever chemicals in water

Cell & Microbiology
47

Interaction between two common oral bacteria creates chemical compound responsible for bad breath

General Physics
38

A star like a Matryoshka doll: New theory for gravastars

Social Sciences
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Study shows background checks don't always check out

Plants & Animals
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New research reveals New York Bight is an important year-round habitat for endangered fin whales

Nanomaterials
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Nanodiamonds could hold key to cool clothing

Earth Sciences
43

Mapping how deforested land in Africa is used

Planetary Sciences
7

Life as a planetary regulator: Researchers propose an experimental test

Social Sciences
7

Suicide rates in the US are on the rise. A new study offers surprising reasons why

Social Sciences
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For professional women, having high-status connections can backfire, reveals study

Social Sciences
1

New research demonstrates synergy between social cohesion and volunteering

Condensed Matter
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Uncovering the physics of how electrons screen against conductivity-killer in organic semiconductors

Social Sciences
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Addressing anti-Black racism is key to improving well-being of Black Canadians, says researcher

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Social Sciences
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New study reveals four critical barriers to building healthier Canadian cities

Biochemistry
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Researchers develop protocol for rapid detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Social Sciences
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The rise of robo-retail: Who gets left behind when retail is automated?

Bio & Medicine
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Scientists develop new technology to identify individual full-length human proteins

Biochemistry
11

Scientists develop color-changing dyes that light up cellular activity

Ecology
6

Researchers identify human activities as drivers of biodiversity decline in central Mexico's reserves

Cell & Microbiology
5

Important molecular pathway for control of aging discovered

Quantum Physics
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A new design for quantum computers

Social Sciences
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Most people would be equally satisfied with having one child as with two or three, finds research

Astronomy
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Scientists find evidence of geothermal activity within icy dwarf planets

Social Sciences
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Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes—if we prebunk rather than debunk, researchers say

Plants & Animals
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Australia's shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don't need to chop down every tree under attack

Cell & Microbiology
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SPNS2 found to be directly exporting S1P for signaling, can be inhibited

Analytical Chemistry
33

Do AI-driven chemistry labs actually work? New metrics promise answers

Cell & Microbiology
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RNA-dependent protein research advances the fight against malaria

Optics & Photonics
31

A new record for atom-based quantum computers: 1,000 atomic qubits and rising

Evolution
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An evolutionarily conserved pathway that achieves a peaceful co-existence with genomic parasites

Quantum Physics
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New thermometry method reveals that compressing a gas may lead to cooling

Plants & Animals
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Using text analytics, scientists map the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine

Cell & Microbiology
41

Root microbes may be the secret to a better tasting cup of tea

Evolution
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Ancient retroviruses played a key role in the evolution of vertebrate brains, suggest researchers

Cell & Microbiology
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Researchers discover that a rare fat molecule helps drive cell death

General Physics
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Unlocking the full potential of Auger electron spectroscopy

Molecular & Computational biology
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Discovery could lead to new RNA therapeutics for many cancers

Ecology
5

Scientists discover microbe unique to New Zealand

Molecular & Computational biology
23

Scientists discover 'jumping genes' determine cabbage's exterior

Condensed Matter
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Innovative technique reveals that leaping atoms remember where they have been

Astronomy
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Astronomers investigate the atmosphere of a nearby cold brown dwarf

Plants & Animals
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How a wayside weed builds up explosive force to hurl seeds

Biochemistry
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Study shows how proteins guide electrons to the right place

Environment
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Trapping sulfate to benefit health, industry and waterways

Condensed Matter
74

Altermagnetism experimentally demonstrated

Biotechnology
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Researchers remotely map crops, field by field

Archaeology
27

Study reveals Neolithic groups from the south of the Iberian Peninsula first settled in Andalusia 6,200 years ago

Cell & Microbiology
32

Application of ultrasound found to greatly speed up motility of human sperm

Molecular & Computational biology
37

Detection of a new state in the protein folding process

Archaeology
113

Cave art in Patagonia found to be oldest pigment-based cave art in South America

Bio & Medicine
92

'μkiss': A new method for precision delivery of nanoparticles and small molecules to individual cells

Cell & Microbiology
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Asexual propagation of crop plants gets closer with new study

Ecology
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Diving deeper into our oceans: Underwater drones open new doors for global coral reef research

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Soft Matter
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A first in the lab: A tiny network of microparticles that is both strong and flexible

Cell & Microbiology
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New study examines ATP synthase at acidic state to reveal how the enzyme functions

Environment
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Multimillion-dollar homes on the edge after landslide crumbles Orange County cliff

Ecology
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A salamander hiding in Eastern Kentucky is rare, but is it on the verge of extinction?

Plants & Animals
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Exotic cats' ability to recognize familiar human caregivers' voices

Astronomy
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Scientists map the largest magnetic fields in galaxy clusters using synchrotron intensity gradient

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Earth Sciences
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New 'time travel' study reveals future impact of climate change on coastal marshes

Environment
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Groundwater upsurge floods homes in Libyan coastal town

Space Exploration
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Russia launches supply rocket to ISS

Environment
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Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city

Space Exploration
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Space surgery: Doctors on ground operate robot on ISS for first time

Ecology
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Rhinos are returned to a plateau in central Kenya, decades after poachers wiped them out

Space Exploration
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US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week

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Environment
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New study finds little-known toxic crop chemical in four out of five people tested

Ecology
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Scientists are unraveling the secrets of red and gray squirrel competition