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Awe and the 'overview effect' may shape how students learn geography
University of Phoenix College of General Studies announced the publication of a new article in The Geography Teacher, authored by Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., associ...
Synchronized infrared lasers control molecular shape changes and expose hidden fingerprints
Researchers from the Molecular Physics and Physical Chemistry departments of the Fritz Haber Institute have shown how two highly synchronized infrared (IR) lase...
Modern life may be outpacing the human mind
The human brain evolved for a world of familiar faces, immediate threats and small social groups. But the world around us is changing far faster than human biol...
Could 'Trojan horse'-type microorganisms that exploit symbiotic systems be candidates for new biological pesticides?
Researchers at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in collaboration with researchers from The University of Electro-Communi...
Purine-heavy DNA sequences protect Bacillus subtilis genes from Rho termination
In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and riboso...
Brown leaves before fall could signal lasting heat damage, researchers warn
Due to increasing heat and drought, forests are turning brown more often before autumn, when leaf senescence normally occurs. It is often unclear whether the tr...
Compromise drives shared risky decisions, but biased blame and credit can break teamwork
Relationships are all about compromise. From deciding on where to eat dinner with a friend to negotiating chore lists at home, we often experience situations th...
Diffractive networks enable optical information transfer through random and unknown diffusers
The transmission of optical information through random scattering media is a major challenge in optics, biomedical imaging, telecommunications and remote sensin...
How signals in the embryo tell cells what to become: A lab's final discovery
Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan Kettering Institute Developmental Bio...
How winter conditions shape future jellyfish blooms
Marine scientists at the University of Chester have discovered that environmental conditions experienced by jellyfish before winter can have lasting effects on...
More gray seals counted in the Wadden Sea
This year's surveys of gray seals in the Wadden Sea and on Helgoland once again show an upward trend. During the 2025–2026 survey year, 3,385 pups and 12,497 gr...
Instant digital rewards may make hard thinking feel less worthwhile
Imagine opening a difficult book in a quiet room. The first page is dense. You read one paragraph, then reread it. Nothing "clicks" yet. Your brain is doing wha...