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Ancient iceberg scratches reveal reverse Great Lakes snowbelt
- May 13, 2026
Buffalo's legendary snowfall totals are largely the result of one unlucky geographic reality: the city sits east of the Great Lakes instead of west. A...
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Atomic outfittery: Targeted substitution unlocks record thermoelectric performance in Heusler compounds
- May 13, 2026
A research team at TU Wien has succeeded in modifying known materials in such a way that they possess new, desirable properties. These materials are e...
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From Bali to Brussels: Remote work is reshaping Europe's regions
- May 13, 2026
As digital nomads rethink where to live, researchers are exploring whether their choices can help close Europe's urban-rural divide. New research sugg...
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InclusiveAI: Public voting model could open AI decisions to broader communities
- May 13, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems affect many parts of daily life, including health care, education, and public policy, but the public has had few...
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Waterworn chaos on Mars stretches the length of Italy
- May 13, 2026
This month, ESA's Mars Express takes us to Shalbatana Vallis: a fascinating Martian valley surrounded by signs of water, lava, craters and chaos. Shal...
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Sustainable electrosynthesis enables production of amines directly from airborne nitrogen
- May 13, 2026
Amines are a functional group characterized by the presence of a nitrogen atom bonded to one or more alkyl or aryl (aromatic ring) groups. Derived fro...
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From molecules to meaning: A search engine developed for the chemistry of life
- May 13, 2026
An international team led by researchers at University of California San Diego and University of California, Riverside has developed a free, web-based...
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Astronomers directly detect how turbulence between stars distorts light
- May 13, 2026
Astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have made the first direct detection of turbulence distorting light in th...
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The first domesticated horses: 6,000 years of a complex story
- May 13, 2026
Horses were being ridden, worked, and traded long before anyone thought it possible. New research pushes back the accepted timeline of human use of ho...
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Precision DNA editing targets root cause of severe childhood epilepsy in preclinical study
- May 13, 2026
Gene editing can repair a DNA error in mice that causes Dravet syndrome, a rare, incurable, and potentially deadly form of childhood epilepsy. After t...
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A new method for improving ecological monitoring in intermittent rivers
- May 13, 2026
Current indices for assessing the biological status and quality of rivers are designed to study perennial rivers, so they are not suitable for tempora...
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TESS reveals fullest night-sky map yet, with nearly 6,000 exoplanet worlds
- May 13, 2026
NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date, filling in gaps from previous obser...