A large study of London's tap water has revealed that trace amounts of PFAS "forever chemicals" are present, but their levels are within U.K. and EU safety limits. The analysis, led by researchers at Imperial College London ...
Environment
May 12, 2026
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Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such remnants, and now, 80 years ...
Every summer, beach closures disrupt families, harm local businesses, and raise public health alarms. Most of the time, the warning comes after it is already too late.
Environment
May 12, 2026
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Quantum computers could someday solve pressing problems that are too convoluted for classical computers, such as modeling complex molecular interactions to streamline drug discovery and materials development.
Superconductivity
May 12, 2026
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Experiences in the first days and weeks of life can have a profound impact on humans—and birds. A new study led by Sage Madden, a graduate student in evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, shows how ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2026
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Living organisms sustain themselves through intricate metabolic processes that continuously convert energy and materials into useful functions. Inspired by these biological systems, researchers are now engineering synthetic ...
Polymers
May 12, 2026
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Could "dark triad" traits like narcissism and manipulation in leadership actually foster entrepreneurial energy? New research shows they may, but the same traits that build successful start-ups can also break them.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2026
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Most drugs work by inhibition: they block a protein's activity but leave the protein itself intact. Targeted protein degradation takes a fundamentally different approach, harnessing the cell's own quality-control machinery ...
Biotechnology
May 12, 2026
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We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan.
Archaeology
May 12, 2026
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Extreme weather poses a big threat to birds. Yet there is a lack of both knowledge and methods for measuring its negative effects. In a new study published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, researchers from Lund University ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2026
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