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Artificial feeding platform transforms study of ticks and their diseases
- Mar 6, 2026
The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has transformed the study of...
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The 'Great Texas Freeze' killed thousands of purple martins: Biologists worry recovery could take decades
- Mar 6, 2026
Thousands of birds, including beloved purple martins, died in "The Great Texas Freeze" of 2021. A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution led by...
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Fluorescent imaging reveals how a global parasite develops, opening new paths for drug treatment
- Mar 6, 2026
It infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes the parasite difficult for scientists to study. That parasite is...
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Upconversion materials: A new frontier in solar water-splitting
- Mar 6, 2026
Solar water splitting is one of the most direct ways to produce green hydrogen using sunlight. However, most photocatalysts and photoelectrodes absorb...
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Elephants avoid humans far more than baboons, waterbucks or antelopes
- Mar 6, 2026
Wild animal species respond very differently to human development, and as a result, they use ecological corridors in agricultural and urban areas in d...
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Soybeans recruit beneficial soil microbes to defend against a major pest
- Mar 6, 2026
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is among the most damaging pests affecting soybean crops around the world, with current management strategies relying prim...
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Toxic evolution: How wasps and frogs mimic pain molecules to deter predators
- Mar 6, 2026
Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discov...
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Engineers improve infrared devices using century-old materials
- Mar 6, 2026
After decades of intense research, surprises in the realm of semiconductors—materials used in microchips to control electrical currents—are few and fa...
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Tracking the toxic metals left behind by wildfires
- Mar 6, 2026
Between 2023 and 2025, more than 30 million hectares burned in Canada due to wildfires. The threat from increasingly frequent and intense wildfires go...
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New research warns charities against 'AI shortcut' to empathy
- Mar 6, 2026
A new report from the University of East Anglia (UEA) warns that the potential reputational damage of charities using AI-generated images in their cam...
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Plant cell structure could hold key to cancer therapies and improved crops
- Mar 5, 2026
Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The proteins that give plants t...
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AI-designed diffractive optical processors pave the way for low-power structural health monitoring
- Mar 5, 2026
A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a novel framework for monitoring structural vibrations using...