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Smart irrigation tool saves water without cutting crop yields A smart irrigation tool helps farmers save water without reducing crop yields, offering a solution for more sustainable agriculture.

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42 minutes ago

Tiny drone ‘hears’ its way through fog and darkness A tiny drone combines ultrasound sensing and AI to move safely through fog and darkness, reaching success rates as high as 100 percent.

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1 hour ago

Polar bears may hold the key to protecting the Arctic Ocean Polar bears in Hudson Bay could safeguard marine protected areas, helping sustain certain Arctic ecosystems experiencing climate pressure.

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1 hour ago

Hidden switch turns brown fat into a powerful calorie burner Scientists have discovered that a protein called SLIT3 is essential for making the body's calorie-burning brown fat work properly.

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2 hours ago

Ancient ape fossil from Egypt may rewrite the human origin story A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.

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2 hours ago

Dark structures inside light waves can outrun light itself Dark structures inside light waves can briefly move faster than light without breaking relativity or transmitting energy or information.

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2 hours ago

Shell-cracking turtles defied the odds of extinction Turtles with shell-cracking jaws were far more likely to survive extinction due to their ability to be sustained on a restricted diet.

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2 hours ago

Scientists push solar power beyond its supposed limit Scientists discover a new way to capture more energy from sunlight. This could improve solar panels and reduce wasted energy in the future.

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3 hours ago

Even moderate levels of warming can unleash extreme climate damage Climate models reveal that certain 3.6°F warming scenarios can produce more severe impacts than average projections at higher temperatures.

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Even moderate levels of warming can unleash extreme climate damage Climate models reveal that certain 3.6°F warming scenarios can produce more severe impacts than average projections at higher temperatures.

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5 hours ago

Climate change is reshaping Arctic rivers in different ways Arctic water flow is shifting unevenly as climate change alters rivers, with satellites revealing wetter and drier regions.

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6 hours ago

System that uses underground sensors and AI can predict soil moisture with 95.49% accuracy Researchers report that buried sensors and artificial intelligence can predict soil moisture near plant roots within 5 percent of measured readings 95.49 percent of the time. That finding moves irrigation closer to the hidden conditions that determine when crops are actually running short on water. Buried warning signs Across a test plot about 1,000 square

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7 hours ago

Polar bears are struggling in every aspect of their lives, but scientists are hoping to prevent extinction through genetic management Polar bears are struggling to survive as Arctic ice disappears, limiting food, reducing habitat, and pushing their ability to adapt.

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8 hours ago

Shell-cracking turtles defied the odds of extinction Turtles with shell-cracking jaws were far more likely to survive extinction due to their ability to be sustained on a restricted diet.

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17 hours ago

Satellites discover hidden tsunami waves, revealing the source of the Kamchatka earthquake Satellite data reveals hidden tsunami waves near their source, offering new insight into earthquake rupture.

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17 hours ago

Psilocybin delivers rapid and lasting OCD relief after a single treatment A single psilocybin session reduced OCD symptoms within days in resistant patients, with benefits lasting for weeks.

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17 hours ago

How a tiny skin implant could turn your body into a ‘living pharmacy’ Scientists created a small implant that works like a living pharmacy, producing medicine inside the body using living cells.

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18 hours ago

Sperm whale birth recorded on video for the first time ever shows it’s a group effort, as outside females assist the mother Scientists captured a rare sperm whale birth and found strong teamwork, communication, and social bonds in action underwater.

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18 hours ago

Hidden tsunami waves reveal source of powerful earthquake Satellite data reveals hidden tsunami waves near their source, offering new insight into earthquake rupture.

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18 hours ago

Massive star gamma-Cas found to be the source of powerful X-rays that puzzled astronomers After years of debate, researchers pinpoint the cause of gamma-Cas’s strange behavior to an unseen star consuming its material.

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18 hours ago

Radiation levels in Spanish city surprise scientists Melilla, a Spanish city on the North African coast, has emerged from 15 years of monitoring as a place with lower natural radiation than Spanish and global averages. That result redraws the city’s risk map, turning one volcanic corner into the exception that explains the whole. Quiet city map Across 27 soil samples and 47

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18 hours ago

Concerns raised over the rubber used to seal undersea tunnels Rubber that engineers thought would keep undersea tunnels dry for at least 100 years has been shown to quickly lose 67.66 percent of its sealing force under the real-world pressure and seawater conditions found outside the lab. That finding recasts tunnel durability as a problem of hidden force loss, not just visible wear. Rubber seals

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19 hours ago

First signs of MERS transmission from camels to humans detected in Somalia A farm worker in Somalia has provided the first confirmed sign that MERS, a dangerous respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus, was transmitted from camels to humans inside the country. That single infection turned a long-suspected threat into hard evidence, demonstrating how easily this camel-linked virus can circulate without being clearly detected. Evidence in Puntland

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19 hours ago

2,600-year-old shipwreck discovered off the coast of Israel changes what we knew about Mediterranean trade Archaeologists have identified the oldest securely-dated cargo of raw iron ever found at sea, nine unfinished blocks resting off Israel’s Carmel coast. The find shows that Mediterranean traders around 600 BCE moved iron before blacksmiths finished it, changing where archaeologists place the real work. Raw iron cargo found Buried about 10 feet below the water

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19 hours ago

Scientists discover what caused the Kīlauea volcano’s most violent steam explosions in modern history Kīlauea, one of the most active volcanoes on Hawaii’s Big Island, had a series of violent steam explosions in 1924. A new study shows the explosions started when groundwater penetrated hot rock beneath a drained summit lava lake, triggering the chain of steam-driven blasts.  That finding reframes one of the volcano’s most dramatic events as

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Study raises new concerns about health risks from radiation exposure A new study has found that workers exposed to radiation at higher annual rates face greater risks of dying from heart and stroke-related diseases than those accumulating similar doses more slowly. That finding reframes long-held assumptions by showing that how quickly exposure builds can shape who faces the most serious outcomes. Radiation exposure and health

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Plant-derived cellulose is becoming the best early-warning system for soil problems A new analysis has revealed that plant-derived cellulose has emerged as a working platform for sensors that measure soil moisture, nutrients, stress, and disease directly in the field.  That reframes crops and soils as continuous sources of usable data, where early chemical changes can guide decisions before visible damage appears. From lab to field Across

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New method slows Huntington’s disease progression before wider damage occurs Scientists have identified a previously unknown route by which Huntington’s disease spreads from one brain cell to the next. By exposing the machinery behind that transfer, the finding points to a way of slowing the disease before wider damage takes hold. Identifying the SLC4A7 protein link Huntington’s disease is an inherited brain disorder that gradually

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20 hours ago

Scientists discover a clue in the skin that could change the future of dengue vaccines The search for better vaccines against dengue fever has taken a new direction due to the results of new research. Scientists have found that dengue patients with milder illness carried stronger, virus-killing immune responses in skin than patients who were sick enough to need hospital care. This finding pushes the search for better dengue vaccines

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Psilocybin delivers rapid OCD relief after a single treatment A single psilocybin session reduced OCD symptoms within days in resistant patients, with benefits lasting for weeks.

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