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Europe's drinking water contaminated by 'forever chemical': NGOs
A large sample of European drinking water, bottled and tap, has detected a persistent man-made "forever...
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Researchers discover a new form of scientific fraud: 'sneaked references'
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A researcher working alone—apart from the world and the rest of the...
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Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layer
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Farming methods can reduce nitrous oxide emissions without slowing down the overall...
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Student uses black soldier flies to grow pea plants in simulated Martian soil
Emmanuel Mendoza has been experimenting with pea plant growth using varying amounts of insect waste, known...
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Simple process stores carbon dioxide in concrete without compromising strength
By using a carbonated — rather than a still — water-based solution during the concrete manufacturing...
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Scientists create a cell that precludes malignant growth
Treated human stem cells transplanted into a laboratory animal. The cells have differentiated to produce proteins...
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First local extinction due to sea level rise identified in the US
The Key Largo tree cactus was initially found growing in the United States in 1992 at...
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New computational microscopy technique provides direct route to crisp images
Concept of angular ptychographic imaging with closed-form method (APIC) and comparison between the reconstruction process of...
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Brain size riddle solved as humans exceed evolutionary trend
Rates of relative brain mass evolution. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02451-3 The largest...
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60M yo grape seeds shoe how death o dinosaurs paved the way for grapes
Lithouva - the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia....
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Some landfill 'burps' contain airborne PFAS, study finds
Landfill burps from three sites in Florida, such as this one, contain high levels of airborne...
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Using copper to convert CO₂ to methane
Credit: Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124061 Carbon in the atmosphere is a...
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Alaska's top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The melting of one of North America's largest icefields has accelerated and...
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Scientists discover way to 'grow' sub-nanometer sized transistors
This figure depicts the synthesis of metallic 1D mirror twin boundaries through Van der Waals epitaxial...
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Temporary star from historical documents recreated using new computer model
These images show the two shock regions of the remnant SNR 1181. The bright white at...
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Five common English words we don't know the origins of–including 'boy' and 'dog'
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The naming process, the act of naming the items of the world,...
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The price is wrong: Researchers explore farmers' interests in carbon markets
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The United States, along with 123 other countries, have pledged to reach...
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True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealed
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been...
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Social media is a likely cause of confusion in modern mate selection
Diagram explaining the cascading effects of social media on confusion in relationships. Credit: Chayan Munshi A...
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Aboriginal ritual passed down over 12,000 years, cave find shows
The two miniature fireplaces with trimmed sticks immediately after they were exposed by excavation in Cloggs...
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ITER fusion energy project marks completion of its most complex magnet system
How the toroidal field coils fit around the tokamak vacuum vessel (including human scale). Credit: ITER...
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Digital public archaeology: Excavating data from digs done decades ago
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The ancestors of Alaska Native people began using local copper sources to...
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Public perception of scientists' credibility in the US has gone down
Of the three dimensions that make up scientists' credibility, two of them—perceptions of competence and trustworthiness—saw...