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For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive than planets but too small t...
Plants, like people, have a circadian clock and they sense seasonal changes to light and temperature. Plants that bloom in the spring use the longer d...
Brendan Dwyer, Ph.D., has spent his career studying sports consumer behavior, and with the recent legalization of sports betting, he's hit the jackpot...
The rocks beneath our feet are leaving a hidden signature in the shells of marine snails along Australia's ancient coastline, according to new researc...
For decades, birdsong research focused almost exclusively on males. In many species, however, females also sing. Now a study by researchers from the U...
Beavers could engineer riverbeds into promising carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of B...
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that arises without any mechanical...
For more than a century, heparin has been the go-to anticoagulant to prevent harmful blood clots in blood vessels or the heart from forming or getting...
A resurgence of illegal fishing in northern Australian waters is a cause for environmental, biosecurity and social concern, and new research suggests...
Quantum communication systems are emerging solutions to transmit information between devices in a network leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, suc...
An international collaboration, including Northwestern University, has reached a critical milestone in the search for dark matter, the mysterious subs...
A new study from the University of British Columbia has found that artificial turf fields across Metro Vancouver leach 6PPD-quinone, a chemical known...
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