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How intertidal sediment stratification regulates coastal nutrient fluxes
- Feb 5, 2026
A research team led by Prof. Xiao Kai from the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically elucida...
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High-entropy garnet crystal enables enhanced 2.8 μm mid-infrared laser performance
- Feb 5, 2026
Recently, a research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully grew a high-entropy garnet-str...
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Seeds 'listen' to mom: Study finds mother plants send ABA hormone signals that set seed dormancy
- Feb 5, 2026
Whatever challenges life throws, mothers often know best as they guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This scenario, familia...
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When Earth's magnetic field took its time flipping
- Feb 5, 2026
Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic...
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Range-resident logistic model connects animal movement and population dynamics
- Feb 5, 2026
Despite decades of independent progress in population ecology and movement ecology, researchers have lacked a theoretical bridge between these two dis...
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The compleximer: New type of plastic mixes glass-like shaping with impact resistance
- Feb 5, 2026
Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, should not be able to exist....
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Philadelphia communities help AI machine learning get better at spotting gentrification
- Feb 5, 2026
Over the last several decades, urban planners and municipalities have sought to identify and better manage the socioeconomic dynamics associated with...
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Global map catalogs 459 rare continental mantle earthquakes since 1990
- Feb 5, 2026
Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in our planet's mantle, the...
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Increasing pesticide toxicity threatens global biodiversity protection goal: Only one country is currently on target
- Feb 5, 2026
At the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, in 2022, nations committed to reducing the risks associated with pesticide use in...
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Two-day-old babies show brain signs of rhythm prediction, study finds
- Feb 5, 2026
Babies are born with the ability to predict rhythm, according to a study published February 5 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Roberta Bianc...
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Scientists explain why methane spiked in the early 2020s
- Feb 5, 2026
A combination of weakened atmospheric removal and increased emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural land increased atmospheri...
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Could apes 'play pretend' like toddlers? A study tracks imaginary juice and grapes
- Feb 5, 2026
In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can use their imagination and...