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Warming weakens natural enemies of insects, new research shows
- Jan 28, 2026
A warming climate is disrupting the delicate balance of nature. An international team of scientists led by entomologists from the Biology Center of th...
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Superfluids are supposed to flow indefinitely. Physicists just watched one stop moving
- Jan 28, 2026
Ordinary matter, when cooled, transitions from a gas into a liquid. Cool it further still, and it freezes into a solid. Quantum matter, however, can b...
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Mineral dust accelerates Greenland ice sheet melt by promoting algae growth
- Jan 28, 2026
Large-scale melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is irreversible and happening at a rapid rate, and now a new international study is the first to unders...
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Q&A: Learning how we respond to wildfire smoke to help inform policy and programs
- Jan 28, 2026
With wildfires growing in size, frequency, and intensity, more and more people are being exposed to their smoke, sometimes thousands of miles from the...
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Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it
- Jan 28, 2026
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among bir...
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New radio method uncovers hidden bursts from dwarf stars and hints of exoplanets
- Jan 28, 2026
An international team including Cornell researcher Jake Turner has developed a novel analysis method capable of uncovering previously undetectable ste...
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How iron-sulfur nanolayers are formed: X-ray methods enable real-time view
- Jan 28, 2026
Researchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first time in re...
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Alfvén waves act as the power source behind Earth's auroral displays, research reveals
- Jan 28, 2026
The dazzling lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth's atmosphere. While scientists have long unders...
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Study reveals shrinking package sizes hide significant food inflation
- Jan 28, 2026
A new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist shows that shrinking package sizes at U.S. grocery stores have played a hidden but...
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Strength-in-numbers X-ray technique can map previously unattainable atomic structures
- Jan 28, 2026
For many decades, the method to obtain atomic-level descriptions of chemical compounds and materials—be it a drug, a catalyst, or a commodity chemical...
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Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
- Jan 28, 2026
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles,...
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Roadkill offers an ethical alternative to live wildlife in scientific research
- Jan 28, 2026
A recent review of over 312 studies has identified dozens of unique uses of roadkill in scientific research. The review, published in Biology Letters,...