Natural history collections around the world collectively hold more than 1 billion specimens, spanning a wide variety of times and places. These include species that are extinct or come from areas now transformed beyond recognition, ...
Plants & Animals
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The goal was to build a faster way to search for new antibiotics. The search turned up something unexpected. FIU biochemistry professor Fenfei Leng and a group of researchers set out to develop the first high-throughput screening ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 21, 2026
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Students in Cornell's Space Systems Design Studio (SSDS) have released mission results for two unique light-sail experiments. These sails are slightly larger than a pizza box and harness momentum from photons to accelerate ...
Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2026
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Inclusion has become one of the most prominent concepts in contemporary education policy in England. Its position at the center of the Department for Education's ambitions can be seen in recent guidance on the creation of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2026
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A KAUST-led team has developed the AI tool Unify to help scientists compare similar cell types across distant species. This comparison can help researchers assess which findings from animal studies may be most relevant to ...
Evolution
Sep 21, 2026
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A new study has found a sustainable and scalable way to improve the durability of plant-based packaging; it's a discovery that researchers say could help curb the environmental footprint of plastic. Researchers used advanced ...
Biochemistry
Sep 21, 2026
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This year's El Niño has the potential to be one of the strongest in living memory, and the evidence is showing up around the world.
Environment
Sep 21, 2026
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When NASA's Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars' Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. The geologic area, called the "Margin Unit," stretches along the shoreline ...
Astrobiology
Sep 21, 2026
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Families of babies and toddlers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) face complex and fragmented support systems when trying to find suitable child care, often at a considerable emotional cost.
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2026
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Gliomas are a major cause of cancer-related deaths in younger adults. About 7,000 patients harbor a common genetic mutation that affects the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 1. This mutated enzyme, called mIDH1, can produce ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 21, 2026
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