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Rapid sequencing method offers same day detection of antibiotic resistance
- Mar 16, 2026
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a rapid and cost-efficient sequencing method that can identify antibiotic resistance within the sa...
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Half of Native Hawaiian University of Hawaiʻi students experience period poverty, study reveals
- Mar 16, 2026
Approximately 14% of college students across the United States experience period poverty, meaning they cannot afford to purchase or access menstrual p...
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Satellite mapping reveals recent and large-scale habitat changes across the Southern Ocean's seascapes
- Mar 16, 2026
New research reveals that changes following the recent and dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice could help a low-nutritional species prosper, with ma...
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AI analysis of nanoribbon assembly reveals protein design principles
- Mar 16, 2026
Two parallel experiments in protein self-assembly produced strikingly different results, demonstrating that protein designers should consider incorpor...
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Molecular chains with bite: Customized carbon nanoribbons open a cleaner path to molecular electronics
- Mar 16, 2026
The longest chains of the conductive polymer poly(p-phenylene; PPP) produced to date are just under one micrometer (thousandth of a millimeter) long—a...
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Cannibalism takes major bite out of young blue crabs, but the shallows offer a refuge
- Mar 16, 2026
The Chesapeake Bay's most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity waters where th...
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Origin of lowest density super-puff planet remains a hazy mystery
- Mar 16, 2026
A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's composition, but also its origin, a...
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Extremely rare second-generation star discovered inside ancient relic dwarf galaxy
- Mar 16, 2026
Discovered in the Pictor II dwarf galaxy, star PicII-503 has an extreme deficiency in iron—less than 1/40,000th of the sun. This signature makes it th...
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Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades‑old book into the Sahara Desert
- Mar 16, 2026
My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page tome in French about the roc...
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Sugar-processing enzyme has a hidden second job—controlling when cells divide
- Mar 16, 2026
A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function—it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional fun...
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Whale song remix: Study shows that humpbacks shift pitch when a neighbor joins in
- Mar 16, 2026
A humpback whale alters the pitch of its song when joined by a neighboring singer, a finding that opens a new chapter in the ongoing effort to underst...
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Ocean bacteria team up to break down biodegradable plastic
- Mar 16, 2026
Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health. But how long plastics t...