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The sun's outbursts may briefly weaken rain and snow events across North America
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The sun's outbursts may briefly weaken rain and snow events across North America

For decades, scientists have searched for a clear link between the sun's explosive storms and the weather that occurs on Earth. A breakthrough study from the Un...

Off-center stellar death points to wandering supermassive black hole stripped of its own galaxy
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Off-center stellar death points to wandering supermassive black hole stripped of its own galaxy

Astronomers have uncovered new details about the black hole that ripped apart a star in a tidal disruption event named AT2024tvd. Findings suggest it is a wande...

Oxygen atoms in 15‑million‑year‑old giant eggshells reveal how plants reacted to a hotter Earth
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Oxygen atoms in 15‑million‑year‑old giant eggshells reveal how plants reacted to a hotter Earth

Some periods in Earth's history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs...

Female baboons keep family bonds strong: Research reveals the benefits
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Female baboons keep family bonds strong: Research reveals the benefits

Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa's primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula. Baboons' ability to spre...

When the rapid adaptation of sales channels pays off
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When the rapid adaptation of sales channels pays off

Greater agility in the sales system—that is, a company's ability to rapidly adapt its sales channels to changing market conditions—is associated with higher ope...

Peptide alternative to antibiotics could combat antimicrobial resistance crisis
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Peptide alternative to antibiotics could combat antimicrobial resistance crisis

A University of Alberta research team has designed a promising alternative for treating antimicrobial-resistant infections, a pressing global health issue. In a...

Burned-home soils showed uneven lead, arsenic contamination after Los Angeles wildfires
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Burned-home soils showed uneven lead, arsenic contamination after Los Angeles wildfires

A chemical analysis of residential soils and ash around California homes burned by the Eaton and Palisades wildfires in early 2025 revealed wide variation in co...

New research identifies types of dishonesty that occur in a relationship—and their consequences
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New research identifies types of dishonesty that occur in a relationship—and their consequences

From "harmless" white lies to infidelity, dishonesty in romantic relationships is a complex phenomenon that takes on many forms. New research from the Universit...

World's largest particle smasher halts for upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter
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World's largest particle smasher halts for upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter

The world's most powerful particle accelerator will shutter operations Monday for four years of renovations to dramatically boost its collision capacity and the...

Lithium-doped carbon nanorings show promise for next-generation optical devices
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Lithium-doped carbon nanorings show promise for next-generation optical devices

Nonlinear optical materials are essential for advanced photonics and laser technologies, but researchers are still searching for ways to optimize organic, carbo...

Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats
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Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

Fossils tucked away in a museum drawer and identified merely as "feline" are actually from a very ancient and enigmatic saber-toothed cat that inhabited North A...

Laser-based 3D imaging system enables precise detection and quantification of methane leakage
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Laser-based 3D imaging system enables precise detection and quantification of methane leakage

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Zhirong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a high-performance las...

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