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Cobalt honeycombs open a new path to quantum computing
- May 28, 2026
Honeycombs are famous for their elegant design, but now they may have found a new application: quantum computing. To collect knowledge from subatomic...
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Bare supercontinent may have tipped ancient Earth into 'Snowball' phase
- May 28, 2026
About a billion years ago, Earth started to come into its own. It was past the awkwardness of its younger years full of growing pains and turmoil: com...
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Teen sex survey highlights violence concerns
- May 28, 2026
Australian teens are experiencing high rates of intimate partner violence, one in 10 are relying on the withdrawal method for contraception and many d...
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Think DEET keeps mosquitoes away? They may be learning to love it
- May 28, 2026
Every summer, millions of people spray themselves with DEET to keep mosquitoes away. But new research suggests mosquitoes may be able to learn to asso...
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Findings could justify greater protections for minks in Everglades
- May 28, 2026
Their fur might feel the same, but a mink in the Everglades is not the same as a mink from northern Florida, researchers from the University of Connec...
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Platform fast-tracks microbial design for high-temp manufacturing
- May 28, 2026
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a platform that engineers heat-loving microbes for industrial-sc...
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Green stones buried with Panama's ancient chiefs confirmed as Colombian emeralds
- May 28, 2026
More than 1,000 years ago, Panama elites were buried together with translucent green stones long suspected to be emeralds. However, scientific analysi...
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Chang'e-5 regolith studies reveal nanoscale space-weathering processes
- May 28, 2026
On the moon, the lack of atmosphere and accompanying features such as biological activity, oxygen-rich air, flowing water and rain, wind, and most ero...
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Scientists develop new method to estimate hidden species
- May 28, 2026
When researchers survey wildlife in a lake, forest, or other habitat, they rarely capture every species present—some are simply too rare or elusive to...
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Ripples in fire-ant collectives suggest motions are driven by neighbor alignments
- May 28, 2026
Researchers in Spain have discovered that in collectives of moving fire ants, rippling "waves" of density and activity are likely triggered by local r...
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New study shows atmospheric compounds formed from tire wear may pose human health risk
- May 28, 2026
Tire rubber contains antioxidant chemicals, most notably 6PPD and DPPD, that are released into the air as tiny particles during normal driving. A sing...
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Neanderthal ancestry may lower defenses against common DNA viruses in people today
- May 28, 2026
Researchers have found surprising links that show that Neanderthal ancestry influences our immune system today in ways more nuanced than previously re...