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How cells identify and silence unwanted jumping genes
- May 25, 2026
Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell survival if left unchecke...
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From pore chemistry to carbon capture, new COFs push beyond membrane performance limits
- May 25, 2026
Carbon dioxide (CO2) separation is central to technologies ranging from natural gas purification to hydrogen production and carbon management. One wid...
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Hydrogen puts quantum wormhole conjecture to the test
- May 25, 2026
A new Physical Review Letters study places constraints on the ER = EPR conjecture, showing that under the authors' assumptions, the conjecture would i...
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New maps show where European landscapes can advance climate and biodiversity goals together
- May 25, 2026
Across Europe, many landscapes show strong potential to move forward climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and biodiversity benefits, with low socio...
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Southeast Asia's changing landscape is fueling a deadly air crisis that costs billions
- May 25, 2026
Changes in land-use across Southeast Asia over the past 15 years are worsening air quality and contributing to thousands of excess deaths each year, a...
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Randomization can improve quantum computer performance in presence of noise
- May 25, 2026
New research led by a graduating Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has shown that random...
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Who's missing? Why underrepresentation often goes unnoticed in the workplace and classroom
- May 25, 2026
During a staff meeting, we may look around to take account of who is present—an observation that could consider the race or gender of who is in the ro...
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Rethinking hysteresis—a thermodynamic framework for history-dependent solids
- May 25, 2026
Many solid materials "remember" their past. A piece of metal may respond differently after being stretched, heated, or cooled, and memory materials re...
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The 700-million-year history of our blood cells
- May 25, 2026
Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and componen...
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Months trapped together in Antarctic isolation reveal a risk few long missions can afford to ignore
- May 25, 2026
How can people continue to function as a team when they live together in isolation for months on end? A new study led by the University of Zurich show...
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Payre fossils from Europe's earliest Neanderthals reveal dynamic evolution shaped by climatic oscillations
- May 25, 2026
The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led the international team behind a new study published in Archaeological...
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'Butterfly' molecule spotted at last, completing a 20-year quantum zoo hunt
- May 25, 2026
For two decades, physicists have predicted the existence of a remarkable family of exotic molecules: giant atoms bound to ordinary atoms, with an elec...