For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside cells. But how these molecular vehicles identify and bind to the right cargo remained a mystery. ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Across the U.S., some parents have been calling for changes in the education system, including greater transparency around curriculum decisions—a topic that has received national media attention.
Education
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Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed an organic infrared photodiode that achieves record-level sensitivity in devices that are ultrathin and ready to be integrated into different applications. This ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 6, 2025
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Lasers that emit extremely short light pulses are highly precise and are used in manufacturing, medical applications, and research. The problem: efficient short-pulse lasers require a lot of space and are expensive.
Optics & Photonics
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Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with notoriously volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade plantation owners to harvest trees much earlier than planned, a new ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2025
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Current U.S. immigration enforcement and deportation policies are producing widespread harm to physical and mental health, with family separation and the specters of fear and intimidation affecting the well-being of immigrant ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2025
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Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost method to drive key chemical reactions, which could make large-scale drug manufacturing faster, more accessible and affordable.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 6, 2025
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The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has successfully demonstrated entanglement swapping (one of the key quantum communication protocols) using sum-frequency generation (SFG) between ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 6, 2025
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The oxygen evolution reaction is more relevant to your daily life than you would think. It is used in many electrochemical devices, such as batteries. However, this reaction still has a lot of room for improvement that would ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 6, 2025
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Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials play a vital role in modern photonic technology, driving advancements in applications such as laser frequency conversion, ultrafast optical switching, and quantum information processing. ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 6, 2025
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