It's telling that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration wants to fire bureaucrats. In its view, bureaucrats stand for everything that's wrong with the United States: overregulation, inefficiency and even the nation's ...
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2025
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to survive and replicate.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2025
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No more rancid hazelnuts: A research team at the URV has developed a method that can identify nuts that have gone bad due to oxidation. The technique uses infrared light to determine the chemical composition of hazelnuts ...
Biotechnology
Apr 28, 2025
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In a world where innovation and progress depend on effective teamwork, a new study reveals how sexist behavior within teams sabotages not just individuals, but the very fabric of collaboration.
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2025
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A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head.
Evolution
Apr 28, 2025
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Scientists from China, the UK and the U.S. have collaborated to analyze the inner workings of Bolivia's "zombie" volcano, Uturuncu. By combining seismology, physics models and analysis of rock composition, researchers identify ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2025
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The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest. A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2025
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Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and "smushed" faces, so they're more similar to each other than they are to most other dogs or cats.
Evolution
Apr 28, 2025
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Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion. The "mini prion" folds and stacks into strands (or fibrils) ...
Biotechnology
Apr 28, 2025
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It would be difficult to understand the inner workings of a complex machine without ever opening it up, but this is the challenge scientists face when exploring quantum systems. Traditional methods of looking into these systems ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 28, 2025
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