In a win for pollinator conservation, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a machine learning-based method to identify chemical compounds that can safely repel honey bees from pesticide-treated ...
Ecology
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Gut microbiota influence multiple aspects of host physiology, including metabolic and immune functions. Many metabolites produced by gut bacteria can cross the intestinal epithelium (which the bacteria may not be able to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2026
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Quantum materials do things ordinary materials cannot. They carry current without any loss, or conduct only along their outer edge while the inside insulates. Future quantum computers and quantum sensors will run on materials ...
Superconductivity
Sep 24, 2026
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Behind every secure online transaction or encrypted message lies a string of completely unpredictable numbers. A team of physicists has now proposed a theoretical way around a long-standing roadblock, opening the door to ...
General Physics
Sep 24, 2026
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The first skill I learned when I became a political science professor nearly 20 years ago was how to quiet a room full of chatty undergraduates.
Education
Sep 24, 2026
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Researchers at the Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), a center within Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), discovered that atomic-scale steps can guide superconducting vortices in ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 24, 2026
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Publishing original research in a top-tier academic journal has been an ambition of Arsalaan Ahmad's since he enrolled in an undergraduate computer science program at Cardiff University.
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2026
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Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's distant past. They provide insights into extinct animals and plants, as well as past ecosystems. However, the fossil record is incomplete: Fossilization is rare, and only a small fraction ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 24, 2026
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Honeycomb-shaped structures are familiar from beehives. Researchers have now designed molecules that self-assemble into a similar pattern on a scale far too small to see with the naked eye. These molecules are peptides: short ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2026
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Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ice covered an estimated 1.78 million square miles ...
Earth Sciences
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