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Ashwagandha is having a moment—researchers want to take this shrub further
- Jan 31, 2026
Ashwagandha is a small shrub that's having a big moment. Used in traditional Indian medicine for thousands of years, ashwagandha is now one of the mos...
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Why well-known brands invest millions in repetitive advertising
- Jan 31, 2026
Auto insurance companies are some of the largest advertisers, with top brands spending upward of $1.5 billion per year, even though they're household...
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A world-first mouse that makes gene activity visible
- Jan 31, 2026
DNA can be thought of as a vast library that stores all genetic information. Cells do not use this information all at once. Instead, they copy only th...
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Saturday Citations: Understanding procrastination; delicious baby sauropods; a study on musical 'pleasure chills'
- Jan 31, 2026
This week, researchers identified the role of the brain's protein clean-up system in dementia. Fecal transplants show promising benefits in treating m...
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Experts urge schools to embed critical thinking skills from early years
- Jan 31, 2026
Education systems need to focus more on independent critical thinking and rational, evidence-based learning and problem-solving to find answers to man...
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Using complex networks to tame combustion instability
- Jan 31, 2026
Engineers have long battled a problem that can cause loud, damaging oscillations inside gas turbines and aircraft engines: combustion instability. The...
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'Negative viscosity' helps propel groups of migrating cells, study finds
- Jan 31, 2026
The cells in our bodies move in groups during biological processes such as wound healing and tissue development—but because of resistance, or viscosit...
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Puzzling slow radio pulses are coming from space. A new study could finally explain them
- Jan 30, 2026
Cosmic radio pulses repeating every few minutes or hours, known as long-period transients, have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in 2022. Our...
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How a broken DNA repair tool accelerates aging
- Jan 30, 2026
Although DNA is tightly packed and protected within the cell nucleus, it is constantly threatened by damage from normal metabolic processes or externa...
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Study finds renewing city service taxes boosts commercial redevelopment in Ohio
- Jan 30, 2026
It's common to wonder as tax season ramps up: Are taxes too high? According to a new study by University of Cincinnati economics professor David Brasi...
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Scientists teach microorganisms to build molecules with light
- Jan 30, 2026
Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful f...
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Record-breaking photons at telecom wavelengths—on demand
- Jan 30, 2026
A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg led by Prof. Stefanie Barz (University of Stutt...