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Detection system uses gravitational waves to map merging black holes
- Feb 5, 2026
An international collaboration of astrophysicists that includes researchers from Yale has created and tested a detection system that uses gravitationa...
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Researchers propose multi-sector approach for global challenge posed by presence of pharmaceuticals in environment
- Feb 5, 2026
Pharmaceutical products are essential for health, and they play and will continue to play a key role in disease prevention and treatment. However, the...
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Natto fermentation actively produces health-promoting supersulfide molecules, study reveals
- Feb 5, 2026
Supersulfide molecules, metabolites from plants that are important in cellular metabolism, are attracting attention in the medical and nutritional fie...
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Removing southern African fences may help wildlife and boost economy
- Feb 5, 2026
Fences intended to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wild animal m...
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Faster enzyme screening could cut biocatalysis bottlenecks in drug development
- Feb 5, 2026
A team of biochemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed a faster way to identify molecules in the lab that could lead to more...
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Listening to polymers collapse: 'Water bridges' pull the strings
- Feb 5, 2026
It is not easy to follow the interactions of large molecules with water in real time. But this can be easier to hear than to see. This is how an inter...
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Pittsburgh study links dark roofs and roads to higher heat and social vulnerability
- Feb 5, 2026
Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g., roofs, streets, sidewal...
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VIP-2 experiment narrows the search for exotic physics beyond the Pauli exclusion principle
- Feb 5, 2026
The Pauli exclusion principle is a cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics and is essential for the structure and stability of matter. N...
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Live-cell tracking reveals dynamic interaction between protein folding helpers and newly produced proteins
- Feb 5, 2026
Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their blueprint—the genetic information...
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From deer to chickadees: How fewer social encounters could raise extinction risk
- Feb 5, 2026
Imagine an asteroid striking Earth and wiping out most of the human population. Even if some lucky people survived the impact, Homo sapiens might stil...
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New study reveals people judge lines by what's ahead—not how long they wait
- Feb 5, 2026
Conventional wisdom is that waiting in a queue online or in a physical line involves a certain cost for people and organizations. Rational analysis ha...
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CRISPR screen maps 250 genes essential for human muscle fiber formation
- Feb 5, 2026
Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, mus...