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In a South Carolina swamp, researchers uncover secrets of firefly synchrony
- Mar 13, 2026
In the middle of the old-growth forests of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, fireflies put on an otherworldly display every May. Thousands of...
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Improperly disposed wet wipes could shed microplastics in rivers
- Mar 13, 2026
Wet wipes conveniently clean and sanitize soiled surfaces and skin. Because some labels do not clearly indicate how consumers should dispose of them,...
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Dragonfly mission begins rotorcraft integration, testing stage
- Mar 13, 2026
Dragonfly integration and testing—the activities involved in assembling the mission's rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors of launch and ex...
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New DNA tools outperform traditional methods for detecting genetic risk in wildlife
- Mar 13, 2026
Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can lead to the loss of fitness...
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Researchers realize room-temperature two-dimensional multiferroic metal
- Mar 13, 2026
Multiferroic metals are materials that exhibit both electric polarization and magnetic order in the same crystal—a state known as multiferroicity. Bec...
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From guesswork to guidance: How machine learning speeds dopant design for water-splitting photocatalysts
- Mar 13, 2026
MLIP calculations successfully identify suitable dopants for a novel photocatalytic material, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo....
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A 100-solar-mass black hole merger ripples spacetime, and may flash in gamma rays
- Mar 13, 2026
An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger discovery. In November 2024, the...
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The customer might always be right, but apologies actually backfire in customer service
- Mar 13, 2026
The customer is always right. It's the first rule of customer service, one that often means "I'm sorry" is the de facto response if mistakes are made....
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Bright pink insect stands out to blend in, scientists say
- Mar 13, 2026
A tropical insect has been found to change color from vivid hot pink to green within a fortnight, which scientists believe may mimic the young leaves...
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Reading fossil skull fracture patterns: Biomechanical analysis provides new insights
- Mar 13, 2026
A research team associated with the European project DEATHREVOL has published a study in the journal Scientific Reports that proposes new analytical t...
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Real-time protein quality control keeps cells healthy
- Mar 13, 2026
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a biochemical technique that captures fleeting "handshakes" between newly ma...
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Can plants count? Study suggests they can track the number of events they experience
- Mar 13, 2026
It's long been assumed that for an organism to learn, remember or draw conclusions, it needs a brain. But mounting evidence, including a recent Cognit...