Astronomy
Is Earth inside a huge void? 'Sound of the Big Bang' hints at possible solution to Hubble tension
Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say.
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Plants & Animals
Young brood-parasitic cowbirds may seek out unrelated adult females as role models
Unlike most other bird species, the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species and leaves the host to raise its young—a behavior known as brood parasitism. To become a successful ...
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Melting glaciers could trigger more explosive eruptions globally
Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes.
Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes ...
Earth Sciences
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Meteorite challenges the timeline of the early solar system
A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging ...
A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest ...

Solid catalyst breaks the rules: Oxygen evolution steps can happen simultaneously
Oxygen evolution is considered one of the most energy-intensive steps in water electrolysis and is therefore a key factor for more efficient green hydrogen production. Modeling of ...
Oxygen evolution is considered one of the most energy-intensive steps in water electrolysis and is therefore a key factor for more efficient green hydrogen ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Scientists reconstruct 540 million years of sea level change in detail
Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use sediments and fossils to roughly reconstruct how sea levels changed over time steps of a million ...
Earth Sciences
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Mutagenesis technique boosts the efficiency of rubisco, a key enzyme in photosynthesis
During photosynthesis, an enzyme called rubisco catalyzes a key reaction—the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds to create sugars. However, rubisco, which is believed to be the most abundant enzyme on ...
Biotechnology
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Scientists uncover 'superfamily' of bacterial predator proteins
Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.
Cell & Microbiology
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PodGPT: AI model learns from science podcasts to better answer questions
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), has marked a transformative shift in data analysis, interpretation and content generation. These models, trained on extensive ...
Education
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An approach to realize heralded photon storage in a Rydberg superatom
Quantum technologies, systems that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potential to outperform classical technologies in some specific tasks. Over the past decades, some researchers have also been trying ...

Microscopic plant stones can cause permanent damage to tooth enamel
Tooth enamel, the hardest substance in the human body, may be at risk of gradual and permanent wear from chewing vegetables.

Low-cost method can remove CO₂ from air using cold temperatures and common materials
Researchers at Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) have developed a promising approach for removing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere to help mitigate global warming.
Engineering
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Running injuries often strike suddenly, not gradually: Study challenges understanding of overuse injuries
A new study from Aarhus University turns our understanding of how running injuries occur upside down. The research project, which is the largest of its kind ever conducted, shows that running-related overuse injuries do not ...
Sports medicine & Kinesiology
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Vancomycin trial shows no significant reduction in recurrent C. diff infections
University of Wisconsin–Madison–led researchers report lower yet statistically non-significant recurrence of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) among adults given low-dose oral vancomycin during antibiotic therapy.

Grigoriev 1: New eclipsing variable star discovered in the Pegasus constellation
Astronomers from the Center of Astronomical and Space Education in Moscow report the discovery of a new star, which turned out to be an eclipsing variable binary. The finding of the new star, which received designation Grigoriev ...

Study uncovers how harmful RNA clumps form—and a way to dissolve them
Look inside a brain cell with Huntington's disease or ALS and you are likely to find RNA clumped together. These solid-like clusters, thought to be irreversible, can act as sponges that soak up surrounding proteins key for ...
Biochemistry
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Fear in sync: Fruit flies experience collective survival through neurogenomic diversity
From schools of fish darting away from sharks to flocks of starlings swirling through the sky, the animal kingdom is full of examples of how group behavior offers a survival advantage. Through collective behaviors, animals ...
Plants & Animals
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Research on ice-forming compound could improve pipeline safety, carbon capture and storage
Canadians may think they're intimately familiar with ice in all its forms, but there is one kind that most have probably never heard of. Clathrate hydrates are tiny crystalline cages of ice that can trap other gases or liquids ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Collective behavior study explores whether pigeons track others' eye movements
There's something magnetic about a group of people looking in the same direction—others will follow their gazes to see what has caught their attention. But is the same true for animals like pigeons? If so, does it make ...
Plants & Animals
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LLMs display different cultural tendencies when responding to queries in English and Chinese, study finds
Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to source information and generate content for various purposes.

North America's oldest known pterosaur unearthed in Petrified Forest National Park
A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Hydrogen atom transfer method selectively transforms carboxylic acids using an inexpensive photocatalyst
Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in bioactive organic molecules and readily available chemical building blocks. Carboxylic acids can be converted into carboxy radicals that can initiate versatile carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Cold hydrogen clouds discovered inside superheated Fermi bubbles at Milky Way's center
Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds—or Fermi bubbles—at the Milky Way's center. The finding challenges current models of Fermi bubble formation and reveals that ...
Astronomy
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How people perceive biodiversity through sight and sound
A study published in People and Nature finds that both sight and sound influence perception of biodiversity, and participants were slightly more accurate when assessing forest biodiversity through sound alone than through ...

Is Earth inside a huge void? 'Sound of the Big Bang' hints at possible solution to Hubble tension
Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say.

Smarter, faster, stronger: AI fuels the rise of new productive forces
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful catalyst for transforming enterprise productivity. A new study analyzing data from more than 27,000 Chinese listed firms finds that AI significantly enhances what are ...

Cracking the quantum code: Light and glass are set to transform computing
European researchers are developing quantum computers using light and glass, in a collaboration that promises breakthroughs in computing power, battery technology and scientific discovery.

Strong geothermal potential discovered in northern Singapore
A joint project which saw two boreholes drilled in northern Singapore has revealed subsurface temperatures reaching up to 122°C at a depth of 1.76 km in Sembawang, significantly higher than earlier findings recorded in Admiralty, ...

Giving back or getting back? The rise of retributive philanthropy
Picture this: A person is so outraged by a company's actions that instead of writing a complaint, they write a check to a charity that stands in direct opposition. Their donation isn't just about doing good. It's about making ...

Satellite observations provide insight into post-wildfire forest recovery
Using satellite observations to evaluate forest recovery following a wildfire could be an innovative, cost-efficient way to assess the effectiveness of land management practices, according to research published earlier this ...

Primordial black holes could have accelerated early star formation
The search for dark matter requires all the best models, theories, and ideas we can throw at it. A new paper by Julia Monika Koulen, Stefano Profumo, and Nolan Smyth from the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) ...

Low-temperature plasma technique boosts nanozyme innovation for tackling antibiotics
Recently, a research team successfully developed a series of CoNi-metal-organic framework (MOF) nanozymes with laccase-like activity using a gas-liquid interface dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) low-temperature plasma (LTP) ...

Texas floods: How geography, climate and policy failures collided
"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say—a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies.

Losing Asian elephants could unravel tropical forest ecosystem
In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the presence of critically endangered Asian elephants (Elephas ...

1% of offshore wind investments could restore millions of hectares of marine life
Offshore wind farms not only deliver clean energy but can also play a vital role in restoring vulnerable ecosystems both above and below the waterline. This includes seabed habitats, coral reefs, seagrass meadows and coastal ...

Stream health assessment tool developed to guide restoration efforts
A new study conducted at Reichman University's School of Sustainability presents an innovative tool to help decision-makers better understand the condition of streams and thereby advance their restoration and rehabilitation. ...

Reusing sunflower seed flour can make bread more protein-packed and rich in antioxidants
The growing demand for healthy alternatives to traditional wheat products has boosted the search for new functional ingredients. In this context, partially defatted sunflower seed flour (SF)—a by-product of industrial sunflower ...

Scientists reconstruct 540 million years of sea level change in detail
Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use sediments and fossils to roughly reconstruct how sea levels changed over time steps of a million ...

Survey records more than 1,400 newts killed on Hong Kong roads in two months
The Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis), which has an orange-spotted belly and is typically 15 centimeters in length, is Hong Kong's only native salamander species. The newt, listed as near-threatened by the International ...

How to use fusion to get to Proxima Centauri's potentially habitable exoplanet
Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed to visit it and send back information. ...

Drones help plant researchers detect soybean dicamba damage from the sky
Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide's label rate—simulating vapor drift—eight days after application. This advancement in remote sensing from the University ...

Reviving search for extraterrestrial intelligence with high-energy astronomy
What new methods can be developed in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)? This is what a recent white paper submitted to the 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (DARES) Request ...

Young adult literature is not as young as it used to be, shows a librarian's research
Despite its name, the young adult genre is increasingly dominated by stories about older teens and even adults. But as protagonists get older, younger readers are getting left behind, a University of Mississippi study indicates.