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How did humans develop sharp vision? Lab-grown retinas show likely answer
- Feb 13, 2026
Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, J...
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Syntax discovered in the warbling duets of wild parrots
- Feb 13, 2026
With a few minutes of searching, anyone can find videos online of chatty birds: macaws talk to their keepers, cockatoos sing to the camera, corvids mi...
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Helping lobster hatcheries safeguard genetic diversity
- Feb 13, 2026
Some lobster mothers produce offspring that are far more likely to survive—in findings that could help safeguard lobster diversity. University of Exet...
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Fossil evidence reveals how gray wolves adapt diets to climate change
- Feb 13, 2026
Gray wolves adapt their diets as a result of climate change, eating harder foods such as bones to extract nutrition during warmer climates, new resear...
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Advancing porous materials: Scientists create solar-powered water treatment material
- Feb 13, 2026
Brazilian scientists have made advances in an area recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: the development and application of metal-organic f...
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Hologram processing method boosts 3D image depth of focus fivefold
- Feb 13, 2026
Researchers from the University of Tartu Institute of Physics have developed a novel method for enhancing the quality of three-dimensional images by i...
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New MOF material achieves real-time fluoride removal and detection in water
- Feb 13, 2026
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Kong Lingtao at the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese A...
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Shaping carbon fiber with electricity: Wireless voltage pulses drive reversible bending
- Feb 13, 2026
Controlled manipulation of fibers that are as thin as or even thinner than human hair is a real challenge. Despite technological development, the prec...
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Hunting dark matter 'stars' that mimic black holes
- Feb 13, 2026
Hypothetical dark matter stars known as "boson stars" could leave telltale ripples across the cosmos, offering researchers a new way to probe the invi...
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Time crystals could become accurate and efficient timekeepers
- Feb 13, 2026
Time crystals could one day provide a reliable foundation for ultra-precise quantum clocks, new mathematical analysis has revealed. Published in Physi...
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Changing the way we warn about natural disasters
- Feb 13, 2026
With extreme weather events, fires and floods growing increasingly common, general warnings are no longer adequate. Researchers at Uppsala University,...
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Model maps Valencia's October 2024 flood, finding water topped four meters
- Feb 13, 2026
A study led by Francisco Vallés Morán, a researcher at the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) at the Universitat Politècnica de...