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Listening to polymers collapse: 'Water bridges' pull the strings
- Feb 5, 2026
It is not easy to follow the interactions of large molecules with water in real time. But this can be easier to hear than to see. This is how an inter...
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Pittsburgh study links dark roofs and roads to higher heat and social vulnerability
- Feb 5, 2026
Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g., roofs, streets, sidewal...
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VIP-2 experiment narrows the search for exotic physics beyond the Pauli exclusion principle
- Feb 5, 2026
The Pauli exclusion principle is a cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics and is essential for the structure and stability of matter. N...
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Live-cell tracking reveals dynamic interaction between protein folding helpers and newly produced proteins
- Feb 5, 2026
Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their blueprint—the genetic information...
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From deer to chickadees: How fewer social encounters could raise extinction risk
- Feb 5, 2026
Imagine an asteroid striking Earth and wiping out most of the human population. Even if some lucky people survived the impact, Homo sapiens might stil...
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New study reveals people judge lines by what's ahead—not how long they wait
- Feb 5, 2026
Conventional wisdom is that waiting in a queue online or in a physical line involves a certain cost for people and organizations. Rational analysis ha...
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CRISPR screen maps 250 genes essential for human muscle fiber formation
- Feb 5, 2026
Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, mus...
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Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote
- Feb 5, 2026
A deadly storm that triggered floods and thousands of evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula sparked calls on Thursday for Portugal's presidential run-o...
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A 'crazy' dice proof leads to a new understanding of a fundamental law of physics
- Feb 5, 2026
Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as...
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2018 Kīlauea earthquake may have stalled fault's slow slip for decades
- Feb 5, 2026
The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled episodes of periodic slow...
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Ancient bird routes mapped via plant diversity
- Feb 5, 2026
It's not what they intended to do or expected to find. They're not even all that interested in birds. When Andre Naranjo and his colleagues began work...
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AI-powered compressed imaging system developed for high-speed scenes
- Feb 5, 2026
A research team from the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from t...