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New study assesses potential dust control options for Great Salt Lake
- Feb 13, 2026
A new collaborative study, led by University of Utah Professor of atmospheric sciences Kevin Perry, provides policymakers, agency leaders, and the pub...
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Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms
- Feb 13, 2026
Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroac...
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Why phage contamination is hard to kill, and how charged nanoparticles could help
- Feb 13, 2026
Bacteriophages are viruses that can kill bacteria through highly specific interactions. While this property can be beneficial in selected applications...
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Researchers develop high-resolution daily atmospheric CO₂ dataset for China
- Feb 13, 2026
Researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Chongqing University of Posts...
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The war after the war: How violence is passed down through generations
- Feb 13, 2026
From Gaza to Ukraine and from Sudan to Myanmar, war rages across the globe, exacting its gravest toll on those least implicated in the violence: child...
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Swarms of AI bots can sway people's beliefs, threatening democracy
- Feb 13, 2026
In mid-2023, around the time Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X but before he discontinued free academic access to the platform's data, my colleagues an...
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Researchers identify key genes controlling rice tiller angle
- Feb 13, 2026
Rice tiller angle is an important trait affecting population structure, light utilization, planting density, and yield potential. Although several gen...
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How children's play with everyday objects can encourage skills needed for STEM success
- Feb 13, 2026
Parents looking to support their children's learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) will find no shortage of branded STEM...
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Rare Red Rock sunflower at high risk of extinction, petition argues
- Feb 13, 2026
About 3 million people visit Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas every year, but few have noticed the tiny yellow sunflower that has called it home f...
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Protecting vertebrates from biodiversity loss: Study identifies priority threats
- Feb 13, 2026
The most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the effects of overexploitation,...
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UK space firm Skyrora explores buying assets of struggling rival Orbex
- Feb 13, 2026
British company Skyrora, which designs and builds rockets to carry small satellites into space, announced Thursday it could acquire "select" assets fr...
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Wearable sensor can detect dangerous ammonia gas through color and electronics
- Feb 13, 2026
Ammonia (NH3)—the second-most-produced chemical globally—has proven to be highly important in furthering human civilization over the centuries, both i...