Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in a decade in the first half of the year, according to official figures released Friday.
Environment
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China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said.
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2026
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How do bees make group decisions without a leader? Math experts have determined that the best strategy is for a few to assume the risk of foraging under all conditions while the majority stay safely back and forage only when ...
Ecology
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Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tons of carbon—more than is stored in any other terrestrial ...
Environment
Jul 10, 2026
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Mississippi State scientists are building on two decades of irrigation research to identify production practices that help growers save water while improving crop yields.
Agriculture
Jul 10, 2026
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Proving that one quantum measurement is more powerful than another has long been difficult. Physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Lund University and the University of Innsbruck have now developed and demonstrated ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 10, 2026
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Danqing Liu from Eindhoven University of Technology explores how interactions with digital systems can be improved through the sense of touch. To achieve this, she develops advanced liquid crystal polymers that respond to ...
Polymers
Jul 10, 2026
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A large cemetery containing the lavishly adorned remains of unidentified high-status individuals dating from around 2,000 years ago has been uncovered by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East (UCL Institute of Archaeology). ...
Archaeology
Jul 10, 2026
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Nearly 45,000 people in the U.S. died by gun violence in 2024—one person every 12 minutes, on average—and an all-time high of 27,593 died by firearm suicide, according to the latest annual firearm mortality report from the ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2026
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Researchers at the Center for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) have made a significant contribution to a landmark study, uncovering tens of thousands of previously hidden structural variations influencing agriculturally important ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 10, 2026
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