Plants are consummate chemists, using the sun's energy and carbon dioxide from the air, to conjure a dazzling array of complex natural products in ways that cannot be replicated synthetically in the lab.
Biochemistry
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Detecting dark matter—the mysterious substance that holds galaxies together—is one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics. Although it cannot be seen or touched directly, scientists believe dark matter leaves weak signals ...
General Physics
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A remote island at the very northern tip of Australia has been revealed as a tropical refuge for three species new-to-science—a gecko and two frogs—found nowhere else on Earth.
Plants & Animals
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The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city. However, a comprehensive new archaeological analysis by researchers Dr. Gretchen ...
Feelings of awe, sparked by nature's grandeur, can inspire consumers to buy fewer but higher-quality products, according to a new study co-authored by University of Auckland marketing experts Associate Professor Yuri Seo ...
Economics & Business
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Member states of the International Maritime Organization will decide on Friday whether to formally adopt a plan to cut carbon emissions in the face of opposition from the United States.
Environment
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Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Until now, scientists had believed that as division occurs, the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 17, 2025
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A study led by University of Arizona researchers shows that decades of groundwater pumping by humans has depleted Tucson-area aquifers far more than natural climate variation. Published in the journal Water Resources Research, ...
Earth Sciences
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Brazilian navigator Tamara Klink told AFP she encountered "very little" sea ice on her solo sail through the Northwest Passage—a rare feat that would have been impossible without an icebreaker ship three decades ago.
Environment
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Nearly 80% of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday.
Environment
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