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Death of the front yard: The quiet change sweeping Sydney suburbs
- Mar 20, 2026
A new Macquarie University study reveals Sydney suburbs are shifting to denser streetscapes with fewer trees. A typical knock-down rebuild in Sydney's...
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A water solution for drought‑prone South Africa: We designed systems to replenish aquifers
- Mar 20, 2026
South Africa is the 30th driest country in the world. Over 400 towns, especially in the western and central parts of the country, rely on water from a...
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Bird flu risk to Danish cattle: New tool can warn farmers before infection spreads
- Mar 20, 2026
Sudden drop in milk production, thickened milk, and cows under movement restrictions. Since 2024, American farmers have had bitter experiences with th...
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Moral metrics: Are corporate algorithms becoming our new moral authorities?
- Mar 20, 2026
You check your credit score before applying for an apartment. Your fitness watch tells you whether you slept well enough. A workplace dashboard measur...
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Why the gender wealth gap is still so stubborn, and what it means for women's well-being
- Mar 20, 2026
Inequality in wealth between men and women has not always received the same attention as similar disparities in employment and earnings. This is perha...
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Workplace nature breaks may cut stress, study finds
- Mar 20, 2026
With 76% of adults now reporting stress levels that impede daily function, a new Cornell study points to a low-cost intervention hiding in plain sight...
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NASA's Artemis missions promise a return to the moon—but when?
- Mar 19, 2026
NASA's Artemis II mission plans to fly around the moon and back this April. Four astronauts will board the mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) rocket fo...
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How birds are spreading plastic pollution
- Mar 19, 2026
Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That includes waste treatment c...
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Magnetic fields guide lab-grown blood vessels into precise patterns for drug testing
- Mar 19, 2026
Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating tremendous costs for clinica...
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Newly identified disease of corn and sorghum may be mistaken for iron deficiency
- Mar 19, 2026
A newly identified disease affecting corn and sorghum can closely resemble iron deficiency, potentially leading farmers to apply costly nutrient treat...
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Clearing the nanoscale bottleneck holding back next-gen electronics
- Mar 19, 2026
Researchers at UCLA have discovered a way to dramatically improve how electrical current enters perovskite semiconductors, an emerging class of materi...
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Engineered nanoparticles show enhanced intrinsic luminescence for biomedical imaging and cancer treatment
- Mar 19, 2026
The Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group (GNano) at the University of São Paulo's São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC-USP) in Brazil has discovered...