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- New display technology combines record brightness with pixels that stretch like rubber
- Boosting seawater alkalinity could help communities tackle local carbon emissions, researchers argue
- Stretching boosts thermal and electrical conductivity in new nanocomposite
- What a locust can teach us about how neuromodulators alter odor processing
- Quantum interactions may have locked early universe's fields into existing energy states
- Assembly pathway reveals how bacteria build protein coils that extend in acid
- Molecular network resource identifies unknown compounds for biomarker discovery
- Climate overshoot will leave lasting impacts even after global temperatures fall
- How cities can go greener in a warming climate
- Coastal flooding occurs at predictable times, research reveals
- Machine learning helps identify chemicals that repel honey bees from pesticides
- In Alaska, wildfires help prevent future burns. Researchers question if that feedback loop will hold
- New resource supports parents of preschoolers with suspected developmental delays
- Aardwolves and cats share surprising chromosome similarities
- Anthropic touts AI-led biology discovery
- Gene editing produces soybean with more than 90% oleic acid
- The Antarctic's only two flowering plants reveal opposing strategies for surviving long-term warming
- Unevenness of global warming: Regional warming speedups emerge in waves
- Uncovering gravity's impact on the human genome
- Exercise keeps astronauts' hearts strong enough for flight to Mars
- When everyday sounds trigger big feelings: Inside misophonia research
- These tropical trees breathe at night to survive drought
- Zika virus assembles without protein segment long deemed essential
- AI companions may erode social skills among isolated users, framework suggests
- From deforestation to reclamation, automated satellite tool tracks vegetation shifts around mining sites
- Emissions from the past decade have made Europe's recent heat waves worse
- New tool aims to deliver graziers a faster, more accurate read on exactly how much feed is in front of their cattle
- Liquid crystal takes page from steel in surprising phase transition
- Researcher studies mystical gemstones with a future in space exploration
- Antarctica's lost mountains may have helped early life flourish
- One step closer to quantum computers that can correct their own mistakes
- ALMA catches a dying star mid-transformation, with a ring from its last outburst
- Identity develops well into adulthood and is linked to better mental well-being
- 'Molecular sunscreen' may explain why DNA uses thymine despite its vulnerability to UV damage
- Atypical B cells shift immune roles as they develop, malaria study finds
- AI platform and database map protein phase separation across species
- DNA reveals genetic divide in Australian brolgas, with southern birds facing greater diversity risks
- Why some anglers always follow the rules
- AI system could transform rabies testing around the world
- Study explores why Indigenous communities may accept oil extraction despite its harms
- Model links course design, psychological safety and guided AI use
- AI platforms offer promise in limiting the illegal wildlife trade
- Rescued weather records reveal hot days became nearly twice as common in the Congo Basin over two decades
- Scientists discover a hidden factor that can make or break chemical reactions
- Just 10 minutes of daily exercise could unlock deeper sleep
- New injection makes fat cells self-destruct
- Neanderthals may have used prehistoric glue as an ancient antibiotic
- Bacteria turn a virus’ own weapon against it
- NASA astronauts splash down after 100 million miles in space
- FDA-approved epilepsy drug may help reverse osteoarthritis damage