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Pesticides significantly affect soil life and biodiversity, study finds
- Jan 28, 2026
Seventy percent of soils in Europe are contaminated with pesticides. A Europe-wide study co-led by researchers of the University of Zurich now shows t...
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Ocean Equity Index offers first global tool to measure ocean fairness
- Jan 28, 2026
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations Agreement on the High Seas (BBNJ) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF...
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Establishing design principles for achieving ultralow thermal conductivity via controlled chemical disorder
- Jan 28, 2026
A major challenge in thermal-management and thermal-insulation technologies, across multiple industries, is the lack of materials that simultaneously...
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A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife
- Jan 28, 2026
Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's North Island, the first time...
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A protein thought to play a supporting role in DNA replication actually facilitates the whole process
- Jan 28, 2026
Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes know...
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Global livestock antibiotic use falls, but trade shifts the problem abroad
- Jan 28, 2026
After decades of growth, the use of antimicrobials—including antibiotics—in livestock peaked in 2013 and then dropped by nearly a third by 2020, finds...
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Unprecedented 3D views of sensory cells accelerate hearing research
- Jan 28, 2026
The cochlea is the spiral-shaped structure within the inner ear responsible for our sense of hearing. To fully understand hearing functions and open t...
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Novel ferroelectric ultraviolet photodetector achieves near-10,000-fold speed increase
- Jan 28, 2026
Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new ferroelectric ultraviolet photodetector...
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Record stretching of metallic bond reveals quantum conductance in gold atomic chains
- Jan 28, 2026
Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have stretched a chain of gold atoms by a record-breaking 46...
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PlasmoBridge chip enables ultrasensitive and rapid monitoring of methotrexate
- Jan 28, 2026
A research team led by Prof. Wang Hongzhi from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a dual-functio...
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How smart polymer solutions transition to gels around body temperature
- Jan 28, 2026
In the world of modern medicine, most people focus on the active pharmaceutical ingredients, which are the chemicals that specifically fight a disease...
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NASA science flights venture to improve severe winter weather warnings
- Jan 28, 2026
A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature...