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Female Galápagos warblers sing often, yet song is not tied to aggression
- Mar 18, 2026
For decades, birdsong research focused almost exclusively on males. In many species, however, females also sing. Now a study by researchers from the U...
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Beavers can convert stream corridors to persistent carbon sinks
- Mar 18, 2026
Beavers could engineer riverbeds into promising carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of B...
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Challenging a 300-year-old law of friction
- Mar 18, 2026
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that arises without any mechanical...
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Snail-derived compound could be a safer anticoagulant compared to heparin
- Mar 18, 2026
For more than a century, heparin has been the go-to anticoagulant to prevent harmful blood clots in blood vessels or the heart from forming or getting...
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Reasons for illegal fishing 'more nuanced' than previously thought, international research shows
- Mar 18, 2026
A resurgence of illegal fishing in northern Australian waters is a cause for environmental, biosecurity and social concern, and new research suggests...
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Microwave quantum network shows resilience against heat-related disturbances
- Mar 18, 2026
Quantum communication systems are emerging solutions to transmit information between devices in a network leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, suc...
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Dark matter experiment reaches ultracold milestone
- Mar 18, 2026
An international collaboration, including Northwestern University, has reached a critical milestone in the search for dark matter, the mysterious subs...
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Study links artificial turf fields to lethal chemical threat for salmon
- Mar 18, 2026
A new study from the University of British Columbia has found that artificial turf fields across Metro Vancouver leach 6PPD-quinone, a chemical known...
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Investors willing to pay a little more for green bonds
- Mar 18, 2026
Green investors often boast that they can support sustainability without sacrificing returns. But new research from Texas McCombs suggests otherwise....
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Prodrug lipid nanoparticle could unlock universal immunotherapy for solid cancers
- Mar 18, 2026
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new type of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) that could one day serve as a universal immunotherap...
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Protein sequencing advance offers new insights into life's foundations
- Mar 18, 2026
Proteins, one of the smallest building blocks of life on Earth, hold promise for answering some of biology's biggest questions. Consisting of amino ac...
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A 'consortium' of bacteria cooperates to eat phthalate plasticizers that single microbes can't stomach
- Mar 18, 2026
Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest. Hundreds of plastic-eatin...