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Panicking scientists, canceled experiments: Federal funding cuts turn research dean to crisis management specialist
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Panicking scientists, canceled experiments: Federal funding cuts turn research dean to crisis management specialist

Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medica...

Water flow in prairie watersheds is increasingly unpredictable—but AI could help
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Water flow in prairie watersheds is increasingly unpredictable—but AI could help

In recent years, the Prairies have seen bigger swings in climate conditions—very wet years followed by very dry ones. That makes an already unpredictable landsc...

Positive views of the #Tradwife movement linked to higher levels of sexism among men
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Positive views of the #Tradwife movement linked to higher levels of sexism among men

Men who generally perceive women through a negative lens tend to be the most likely to positively view the #tradwife movement, says the findings of the world's...

Quantum twisting microscope reveals electron-electron interactions in graphene at room temperature
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Quantum twisting microscope reveals electron-electron interactions in graphene at room temperature

An international team of researchers built a highly sensitive quantum microscope and used it to directly observe, for the first time at room temperature, how el...

Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission
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Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission

The astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are preparing to launch into space on a trajectory that will make them the first hu...

Image: NISAR's View of Mount Rainier
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Image: NISAR's View of Mount Rainier

This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington's Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spann...

Animals are powerful landscape engineers shaping the Earth's surface, global study finds
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Animals are powerful landscape engineers shaping the Earth's surface, global study finds

Wild animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world. Many also act as natural landscape engineers, reshaping Earth's surface as they burrow, feed, and bu...

More evidence doesn't mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases
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More evidence doesn't mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases

Body cameras, satellites and digital verification tools are generating more evidence of violence than ever before. But the institutions responsible for deliveri...

Light switch for life: Controlling molecular droplets with UV
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Light switch for life: Controlling molecular droplets with UV

Biomolecular condensates are tiny, droplet-like structures made up of molecules that help organize key processes in living organisms. Because they are so small...

Money worries and job dissatisfaction drove Europe's populist boom, research suggests
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Money worries and job dissatisfaction drove Europe's populist boom, research suggests

While immigration is often blamed for the rise of populism, it was cost of living and male job dissatisfaction that played a major role in the European surge in...

Improved carp boosts profits by 25% in Bangladesh's polyculture ponds
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Improved carp boosts profits by 25% in Bangladesh's polyculture ponds

A selectively bred carp strain is boosting productivity and profits across polyculture ponds in Bangladesh, improving overall pond performance in smallholder sy...

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s, How and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence
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NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s, How and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence

The next U.S. trip to the moon isn't about planting a flag. It's about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a c...

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