Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according to a new study that could unlock the creation of brand new materials—including those with promising ...
Mathematics
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Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how plants ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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As climate change increases the frequency of droughts, UCLA and UC Davis researchers found one overlooked side effect: People report more conflicts with wildlife during drought, when resources are scarce.
Plants & Animals
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When Junior Professor Catherine Teitz leaves the front door, she steps right into her research field. "I live in Mainz's Kästrich quarter, in the footprint of the Roman legionary camp of Mogontiacum," she says. Even her daily ...
Archaeology
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A newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide with Earth.
Planetary Sciences
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University faculty are expected to have confidence in the classroom. However, the pressures of life in academia can often lead to a sense of self-doubt—commonly known as impostor syndrome—despite objective success.
Education
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The transmission of malaria by the Anopheles cruzii mosquito in the South and Southeast of Brazil was so alarming in the 1940s—with approximately 4,000 cases per 100,000 people—that the disease became known as bromeliad malaria. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2025
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Insects that feed on starch can find veritable feasts in corn, pea, and bean crops or warehouses. It is no coincidence that the ancestors of these commercial plants developed α-amylase inhibitor proteins, which make the starch ...
Biotechnology
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In a recent study, scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have utilized cutting-edge artificial intelligence methods to identify a region of the X chromosome that has maintained ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2025
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Studying historical hourly weather data—and the amount of time that temperatures remain above or below certain thresholds—reveals several impacts of U.S. regional climate change trends.
Environment
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