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Personal change thresholds may explain why popular policies fail to spread
- Mar 16, 2026
Why do widely supported solutions to major problems, such as climate change, so often struggle to gain real traction? A new study suggests that part o...
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Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling
- Mar 16, 2026
The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. L...
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Location of reforestation projects has greater effect on climate than number of trees planted, study shows
- Mar 16, 2026
In the fight against the climate crisis, countries are pinning great hope in reforestation projects. In a new study, ETH Zurich researchers show that...
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Why some metals turn transparent: A key mechanism for touchscreen conductors
- Mar 16, 2026
Researchers Gyanendra Singh and Josep Fontcuberta, from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, have experimentally confirmed a theory they p...
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Frog-cell 'neurobots' grow self-organized nervous systems and alter gene activity
- Mar 16, 2026
Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built exclusively using frog embryonic...
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Breathing in nanoparticles could enable a 10-minute pneumonia check at point of care
- Mar 16, 2026
Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect disease-related compounds in a patie...
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Photorespiration may help maintain plant epigenome by fueling C1 metabolism
- Mar 16, 2026
Photorespiration is a cellular conversion process in which plants release carbon dioxide and consume oxygen when exposed to light. Until now, it has b...
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Hunted by Neanderthals, giant elephants traveled hundreds of kilometers across ice-age Europe
- Mar 16, 2026
Neumark-Nord in northeastern Germany was a lake landscape in the last interglacial period. It is rich in archaeological finds discovered during lignit...
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ChatGPT can provide original mathematical proofs, researchers show
- Mar 16, 2026
VUB's Data Analytics Lab has published new results showing that it is possible to develop original mathematical proofs using commercial language model...
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Single-cell data reveal a cellular 'developmental hourglass' in vertebrate embryos
- Mar 16, 2026
Scientists have long observed that embryos of different species within a phylum look quite distinct at early and late developmental stages but resembl...
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To protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA experts keep their eyes on the sun
- Mar 16, 2026
As four astronauts travel around the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth's protective magnetic field. The crew's spacecr...
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Do political social media ads influence the outcome of elections?
- Mar 16, 2026
Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and X, are accessed daily by millions of people worldwide. In the weeks or months leading up to el...