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Algal blooms accelerate plastic weathering, potentially fueling microplastic formation

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Inverse-designed 2D magnonic crystals widen spin-wave band gaps

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Juvenile great white sharks fled their nursery during tropical storm Hilary, research reveals

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Diets high in a particular type of fat help protect bees against pesticides

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Global North-South income gap has widened dramatically

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Global hotspots where drought poses the greatest threat to crop production mapped

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New theory on how six‑tonne Stonehenge rock was transported from Scotland thousands of years ago: On a glacier

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New cell-based method could expand human milk oligosaccharides available for infant formula

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Self-adaptive Cu–Co catalyst converts nitrate pollution into green ammonia through dynamic catalyst reconstruction

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Scientists demonstrate transition between strong and weak coupling regimes in a polariton microcavity

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Nanomace catalyst boosts greenhouse gas breakdown up to 14.4-fold

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Scientists uncover two new ways doxycycline disables bacterial ribosomes

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Children who miss preschool more likely to start school behind, study finds

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Single molecule becomes quantum sensor for imaging proteins at nanoscale

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International team evaluates anoxic marine basins as potential sites for carbon sequestration

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Three new kings uncovered, and a new understanding of the Assyrian King List

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Plant-derived lignin could guide bone repair by forming bone-like minerals

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DNA studies uncover a forgotten population at the top of the world

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Researchers detect potentially harmful substance in solid waste

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Tropical insects may be running out of room as temperatures rise

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Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self‑sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

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Why Einstein's theories of relativity make time travel possible

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Omniscient Tree Networks and Immortal Amoebas: 9 Books We’re Excited to Read This August

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California drought may have pushed parts of the Sacramento Valley aquifer toward permanent collapse

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The future of the UK's renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut

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Play is essential for young children, including when it comes to their learning

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Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on Malta relied on repeated sea crossings, study suggests

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Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation

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Small ants that evict coffee pests may gain reproductive boost while protecting crops

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Social amoebae form nanotube networks linking multiple cells

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'Rivers in the sky' influence marine heat waves

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The Humble Amoeba Is Smarter Than You Think

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Ultracold neutrons don't disappear into the mirror world

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Elephant vaccine shows first signs of protection against deadly virus

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Falling birth rates mean schools are closing—affecting whole communities

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US residents near small rivers face disproportionately high future flood risks

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Fire can destroy peatlands. But in Australia, it can also help protect them

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AI-designed SARS-CoV-2 variants escape prevalent antibodies

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Why We Stopped Burying Our Dead at Home

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Evidence of giant rings in Venus's atmosphere uncovered in archived observations

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Researchers examine academic success for new immigrant high schoolers

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How mental exhaustion changes the choices you make

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Similarity between human and bovine cells could advance drug discovery

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Self-cleaning nanoscale sensor could transform personalized medicine

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Supporters of losing political parties express less trust in fellow citizens, study says

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A lipid switch that blocks anthrax from entering cells

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New report shows nation's population growth is slowing

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Dynamic 'breathing' in nanopore structures can maximize efficiency of molecule separation and diffusion

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New research shows how 'hot electrons' can reshape metals in billionths of a second

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A way to read quantum bits faster and with less hardware

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