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Bacteria have a secret engineering trick to keep themselves in shape
- Mar 10, 2026
Blow up a long balloon and two things happen: it gets longer and it gets wider. Now imagine a living cell that inflates itself under enormous pressure...
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Japanese scientists discover how falling cats almost always make perfect landings
- Mar 10, 2026
When cats fall, they usually land on their feet. This uncanny ability to right themselves before hitting the ground has long puzzled scientists. Now,...
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A new protein timeline explains plasma membrane repair
- Mar 10, 2026
In the evolutionary history of life, the ability of a cell to separate its inner world from the external environment was an important turning point. T...
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Student serves up fresh solutions to the pancake problem
- Mar 10, 2026
David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper author...
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Why lethal mutations persist: Fruit fly study points to newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors
- Mar 10, 2026
Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke Univ...
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First absolute dating of Paleolithic paintings in the Dordogne
- Mar 10, 2026
A research team led by a CNRS researcher has for the first time accurately determined the age of the cave paintings at Font-de-Gaume (Les Eyzies) in D...
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Ancient stone jars shows how tree cover shapes freshwater ecosystems over millennia
- Mar 10, 2026
Researchers at McGill University used 2,000-year-old stone jars in Laos to observe long-term ecological processes, enhancing understanding of how stro...
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Why averages fail for bacteria in the open ocean
- Mar 10, 2026
How can bacteria that forage on organic particles survive in vast ocean regions where such particles are extremely sparse? A new study by researchers...
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How boron helps to produce key proteins for new cancer therapies
- Mar 10, 2026
Chemists from ETH Zurich have found a way to produce poorly soluble proteins by caging a uniquely reactive boron compound. This method opens up new po...
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Distant past may expose companies to claims of hypocrisy
- Mar 10, 2026
Companies risk being criticized as hypocritical when their words and deeds don't match—even if those discrepancies are decades apart, Cornell-led rese...
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Ig Nobel prizes moving to Europe because US 'unsafe' to visit
- Mar 10, 2026
The tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel awards will be held in Europe for the first time this year because the United States has become "unsafe" for internationa...
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Moisture-powered polymers could make cleaning CO₂ from air more efficient
- Mar 10, 2026
Over the past century, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased dramatically. This rise has contributed to global warming and led...