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Using amino acids as fuels to make conductive graphene
- Jan 24, 2026
Graphene has drawn attention as a scientific curiosity owing to its record conductivities, strength and thermal properties. But now, it's starting to...
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Saturday Citations: A weird, extinct life form; cholesterol hacking; interspecies prosociality of whales
- Jan 24, 2026
It's Saturday! This week, in an eminently practical analysis of the Boltzmann brain conjecture, physicists put constraints on the idea that memories c...
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Icy storm threatens Americans with power outages, extreme cold
- Jan 24, 2026
Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially "catastrophic" winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across th...
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What weather apps sometimes miss about dangerous winter storm conditions
- Jan 24, 2026
Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists...
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Radicalism, extremism, fundamentalism: International study finds numerous commonalities—and certain differences
- Jan 24, 2026
From a social sciences perspective, people with radical, extremist, or fundamentalist attitudes are similar in some respects: In most cases, they are...
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Q&A: The present and future of the ecosystem reflected in marine life
- Jan 24, 2026
An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the Graduate School of Maritime...
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Q&A: Fairness and well-being in society
- Jan 24, 2026
When we assign work or chores in social units like our workplaces and households, feelings of unfairness are inevitable. While we hope to keep things...
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Western governors called to Washington as Colorado River impasse drags on
- Jan 24, 2026
With western states deadlocked in negotiations over how to cut water use along the Colorado River, the Trump administration has called in the governor...
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Q&A: Achieving a carbon neutral society through freshwater carbon research
- Jan 23, 2026
CO2 that has been absorbed and accumulated in fresh water areas like lakes and reservoirs—is receiving attention for its potential contributions to ac...
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Ion accumulation in liquid–liquid phase separation regulates biomolecule localization, finds study
- Jan 23, 2026
Researchers have identified a new physicochemical principle governing liquid–liquid phase separation in polymer solutions. Their research demonstrates...
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Ultra-thin wireless retinal implant offers hope for safely restoring vision signals
- Jan 23, 2026
An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Sedat Nizamoğlu from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koç University has de...
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Hydrogen's role in generating free electrons in silicon finally explained
- Jan 23, 2026
Researchers announced that they have achieved the world's first elucidation of how hydrogen produces free electrons through the interaction with certa...