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New database enables comparative archaeological and historical urbanism
- Feb 6, 2026
Archaeology offers an unparalleled material record of urban dynamics, spanning thousands of years and operating in varied environmental and cultural c...
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'Energy efficiency' proves key to how mountain birds adapt to changing environmental conditions
- Feb 6, 2026
Research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) sheds new light on how mountain birds adapt to changes in climate. Scientists know that species di...
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Watching a critical green-energy catalyst dissolve, atom by atom
- Feb 6, 2026
Iridium oxide is one of the most important—and most problematic—materials in the global push toward clean energy. It is currently the most reliable ca...
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Study reveals microscopic origins of surface noise limiting diamond quantum sensors
- Feb 6, 2026
A new theoretical study led by researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory has identified the microscopic mechanisms by w...
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Aerobic respiration began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, study suggests
- Feb 6, 2026
Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2.3 billion years ago that oxygen...
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New 3D method maps Paleolithic engravings at submillimeter resolution
- Feb 6, 2026
A team of archaeologists from the Universitat Jaume I, the University of Barcelona, and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICR...
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Compound in 500-million-year-old fossils sheds new light on Earth's carbon cycle
- Feb 6, 2026
A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, i...
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The surprising power of a tiny, disordered protein in a mitochondrial supercomplex
- Feb 6, 2026
For decades, scientists assumed that order drives efficiency. Yet in the bustling machinery of mitochondria—the organelles that crank out adenosine tr...
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Self-assembling 'bundlemers' could reshape next-generation protein-based materials
- Feb 6, 2026
Proteins are the building blocks of life. These biomolecules comprise chains of amino acids that fold into precise shapes to perform specific jobs in...
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Artificial light is reshaping caracal behavior, limiting where the South African wild cat can hunt
- Feb 6, 2026
Artificial light is one of the most ingrained features of modern life. For humans, light after dark offers convenience and a sense of safety. For wild...
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Norway's Sami population posed an enigma for the occupying Nazis, researcher says
- Feb 6, 2026
Historian and Ph.D. research fellow Andreas Eliassen Grini at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has delved into German soldier...
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Extreme plasma acceleration in monster shocks offers new explanation for fast radio bursts
- Feb 6, 2026
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists have performed the first global simulations of monster shocks—some of the strongest sh...