Science
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Why do rival plants coexist? The secret is in the soil beneath the oaks
How can plants that compete for the same resources grow in the same area without one driving the other to extinction? Ecologists have been trying to answer this...
Transnational history explores the Japanese migration to Canada 1877–1988
"Japanese Migration to Canada, 1877–1988," a new reference essay by Masumi Izumi, was published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Migration Studies. The ar...
Physicists discover attractive forces between molecular condensates may cause running off
Inside cells, certain functions are carried out by locally adjusting molecular composition. This condensation of material results in the formation of dense drop...
Did this star eat its planets? A new study offers clues on 'chemical paradox' of a binary system
Astronomers have investigated a puzzling binary star system in which two stars that may have formed together now show dramatically different chemical compositio...
Light pulses uncover Higgs mode that reshapes perovskite crystal symmetry
Waves of light and sound interact to drive electronic and structural changes in a perovskite crystal. At the atomic scale, nothing is ever truly still. Material...
Hagfish fossils reveal stepwise eye simplification before near-total vision loss
Many animals, including humans, rely on their eyes to detect changes in their surroundings. The eyes of vertebrates, animals with a backbone or a similar suppor...
Dengue is no longer just a travel risk—what Google's mosquito plan could mean for your summer
This is not science fiction or some perverse prank. A Silicon Valley tech giant is seeking federal approval to release up to 64 million sterilized male mosquito...
Critical Te-104 decay measurements may help answer century-old alpha particle formation question
University of Tennessee, Knoxville physicists and their colleagues have made critical measurements of the lifetime and decay energy of tellurium-104 (Te-104), a...
First steps: America's grueling second spacewalk
One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA's first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled f...
Europe's aversion to eating insects may have deep ecological and evolutionary roots
In recent years, human population growth, coupled with the climate crisis, environmental pressures, and current production and consumption patterns, has driven...
RNA-guided transposon mechanics show use of figure-eight intermediate and direct-transfer route
IS110 transposons are a large, diverse family of bacterial insertion sequences (IS elements)—small, mobile DNA elements that can move from one genomic location...
Passive AI use at work increases feelings of work meaninglessness, study finds
Approximately 88% of organizations around the world implemented artificial intelligence (AI) into at least one business function by the end of 2025, the latest...