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Microalgae can photosynthetically produce and secrete biofuel precursors
- May 13, 2026
Microalgae have attracted growing attention as a promising platform for sustainable biofuel production because they can use photosynthesis to convert...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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Geologists in films are the good guys... but they often die
- May 13, 2026
It all began with a perfectly ordinary chat over coffee between four researchers. How many films featuring geologists can we think of? Quite quickly,...
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Quantum geometry provides theoretical limits on measurable properties of solids
- May 13, 2026
Two RIKEN physicists have established new theoretical limits for experimentally measurable quantities by viewing solids through a lens of quantum geom...
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Tiny forces, big effects: How particle interactions control the flow of soft materials
- May 13, 2026
Sitting in a restaurant, you reach for the ketchup bottle, eyeing the basket of fries in front of you. You give the bottle a shake, then a tap. For a...
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Study reveals how, when political parties communicate with citizens in multiple languages
- May 13, 2026
A new Washington University in St. Louis' study takes on the Herculean task of studying the linguistic choices of more than 800 political parties from...
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NASA bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to Mars
- May 13, 2026
Nasa is developing ways to use nuclear power to send spacecraft to their destinations. Nuclear propulsion could greatly reduce the journey time to Mar...
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Twisted liquid-crystal structures unlock on-demand skyrmions at room temperature
- May 13, 2026
Researchers have recently found a new way to summon useful structures in magnetic materials using light, heat, and electric fields. This new method, d...
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Bee magnetism appears far more widespread than expected across 120 species
- May 13, 2026
As married research professors at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dustin Gilbert and Anne Murray often discuss their work once they get home e...
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Methane fingerprints sharpen global emissions map, pointing to China, India and Central Africa
- May 13, 2026
Atmospheric methane levels have surged to record highs in recent years and are projected to increase by as much as 13% by 2030, according to a report...
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What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague
- May 13, 2026
In our research in the British Library's medieval collections, we have identified a previously unnoticed document that provides fresh insights into th...
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Most people don't know what they don't know, but think they do
- May 13, 2026
Do you know what the Apple logo looks like? Chances are, you think you do. It's ubiquitous and iconic. How could you not know it? But when tested, it...
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Bottom trawling is scraping oceans of wildlife
- May 13, 2026
Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world's fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and social concerns. Given t...