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Humanity's oldest geometries, engraved on ostrich eggs
- Feb 25, 2026
At several archaeological sites in southern Africa, hundreds of highly unusual fragments of ostrich eggs have been found. Dating back more than 60,000...
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Modern science catches up with native knowledge with discovery of Clerodendrum kelli
- Feb 25, 2026
The indigenous Bugkalot people of Nueva Ecija call it "kelli": a plant with white, starburst-like flowers and oval-shaped leaves that are traditionall...
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Smarter shelf strategy can boost retail profits and cut food waste by more than 20%, study finds
- Feb 25, 2026
Grocery retailers may not need new technology—or behavior change from shoppers—to meaningfully reduce food waste. New research in the journal Manageme...
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2D memristors could help solve AI's energy problem
- Feb 25, 2026
New generations of memristors could reliably store information directly within the molecular structures of graphene-like materials. In a new review pu...
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How long could Earth microbes live on Mars?
- Feb 25, 2026
Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rover...
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Viruses reveal shared way to kill bacteria by jamming small transporter MurJ
- Feb 25, 2026
Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored...
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The physics of sneaker squeaks: High-speed imaging shows how they arise from supersonic detachment pulses
- Feb 25, 2026
Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds ha...
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'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: A 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history
- Feb 25, 2026
A team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastian Apesteguía has identified a 90-mil...
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Researchers create DNA detection tool to stop spread of invasive Asian swamp eels, bullseye snakeheads
- Feb 25, 2026
In the canals, marshes, and swamps of the Florida Everglades, invasive fish are silently slipping into new waterways. Among them are the Asian swamp e...
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ALMA explores giant molecular clouds in nearby galaxy NGC 1387
- Feb 25, 2026
An international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby gal...
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How a one‑eyed creature gave rise to our modern eyes
- Feb 25, 2026
There is a tiny cyclops among your oldest ancestors, and humans share these remarkable ancestral roots with all other vertebrates. Researchers from Lu...
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Iron and blue LEDs synthesize natural molecules, cutting the need for expensive chiral components
- Feb 25, 2026
Photocatalysts facilitate chemical reactions by absorbing light. Metal-based photocatalysts are widely used in organic synthesis due to their durabili...