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Measuring time at the quantum level depends on material symmetry
- Feb 6, 2026
EPFL physicists have found a way to measure the time involved in quantum events and found it depends on the symmetry of the material. "The concept of...
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Did trees in the Dolomites anticipate a solar eclipse? Not quite, say researchers
- Feb 6, 2026
Around 14 hours before a partial solar eclipse passed over the Dolomites in Northern Italy, a group of spruce trees showed a sudden, synchronized incr...
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Concert formats measurably change audience experience, classical music study finds
- Feb 6, 2026
Orchestras and festival organizers continually develop and experiment with new concert formats for classical music. But do these formats actually have...
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Disaster can sway votes but won't deliver climate action, study shows
- Feb 6, 2026
A new study shows that, despite fires, floods and record heat, most Australians do not change their behavior or beliefs in response to climate change—...
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Engineering heat-tolerant, high-yield rice for a warming planet
- Feb 6, 2026
Rising day and night temperatures are threatening rice, wheat, and maize production by disrupting plant growth, grain filling, and grain quality, putt...
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Challenging California's water 'scarcity' narrative
- Feb 6, 2026
California doesn't have a water scarcity problem. It has a distribution problem, according to Nícola Ulibarrí, whose new research is reshaping how pol...
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Promise the Earth: Why real climate action means restraint
- Feb 6, 2026
A new book by a Cambridge engineer and an Oxford theologian argues that our faith in technology to solve the climate crisis is distracting us from the...
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The evolutionary trap that keeps rove beetles alive
- Feb 6, 2026
Rove beetles have evolved a neat trick to survive. They cloak themselves in ant pheromones, allowing them to enter and remain undetected within ant co...
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When the interaction between fungi and bacteria becomes a dangerous alliance
- Feb 6, 2026
Rivals or allies—how do bacteria and fungi interact in our bodies? Until now, bacteria on our mucous membranes were primarily considered to be antagon...
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Rare natural compound from teak tree shows promise for treating diabetes and lipid disorders
- Feb 6, 2026
In a study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology on January 29, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chi...
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Gut physiology, not host species, dictates microbiome diversity: Study
- Feb 6, 2026
A large-scale population metagenomic study has shed new light on the spatial heterogeneity of viral communities across the gastrointestinal tracts of...
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How gold is formed in China's Tianshan mountains
- Feb 6, 2026
A new study led by Prof. Xiao Wenjiao from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds light on the ore-f...