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Economics & Business
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How new product development shapes firms and the economy

Economics & Business
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Are women CEOs more risk-averse than men? Not necessarily, study shows

Plants & Animals
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Research reveals novel herpesvirus in South American pinnipeds

Planetary Sciences
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Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to uncover clues about Neptune's evolution

Cell & Microbiology
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Uncovering the cyclization mechanism of cyclic β-1,2-glucan synthase

Social Sciences
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Research identifies key drivers of life satisfaction and happiness

Other
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Nobel laureates warn Milei budget cuts 'canceling' scientific research

Space Exploration
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SpaceX eyes March 14 for next Starship test launch

Nanophysics
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Selective operation of enhancement and depletion modes of nanoscale field-effect transistors

Astronomy
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What are Hubble and Webb observing right now? NASA tool has the answer

Analytical Chemistry
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Photocatalytic nonoxidative coupling of methane to ethylene over carbon-doped ZnO/Au catalysts

Environment
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In peatland soil, a warmer climate and elevated carbon dioxide rapidly alter soil organic matter

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Ecology
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A new genus of fungi on grasses

Plants & Animals
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Comparison of diploid and triploid hybrid fish from the same parents

Earth Sciences
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Deep sea and sediments bring iron to Antarctic waters, finds researcher

Social Sciences
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Research shows people's perceptions can fuel political unrest

General Physics
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Beam balance designs could elucidate the origins of dark energy

Nanophysics
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New nano-microscope enables simultaneous measurement of nano-composite material properties

Materials Science
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Introducing multi-component liquid-infused surfaces for adaptive and functional coatings

Economics & Business
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New report reveals Australia's material use and circular rate

Earth Sciences
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Comparable net radiation between the high-elevation Tibetan Plateau and the low-elevation Yangtze River region: Study

Social Sciences
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Civilian 911 responders can enhance public safety, study finds

Space Exploration
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Back on Earth: NASA's Orion capsule put to the test before crewed mission

Earth Sciences
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Understanding wind and water at the equator are key to more accurate future climate projections: Study

Political science
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Can we still trust public opinion polls?

Economics & Business
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Q&A: 'Geoeconomics' makes sense of a turbulent world

Education
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Study finds Black boys are less likely to be identified for special education when matched with Black teachers

Plants & Animals
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From Texas to Tennessee: Burrowing owl makes odd migration, draws attention

Social Sciences
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What drives 'drug-induced homicide' prosecutions in North Carolina?

Astronomy
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Subaru Telescope discovers the faintest moon around icy giant planets

Archaeology
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Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus

Social Sciences
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Older adults want to express themselves with emojis, they just don't understand how to

Earth Sciences
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Q&A: A cutting-edge methane monitor

Analytical Chemistry
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Mystery of curling paper solved

Plants & Animals
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Not just humans: Bees and chimps can also pass on their skills

Plants & Animals
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Invasive plant time bombs: A hidden ecological threat

Archaeology
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Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine date to over 1 million years ago, and may be oldest in Europe

Astronomy
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Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars

Ecology
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Engineers facilitate the restoration of lake deltas

Astronomy
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Astrophysicists unveil new phenomenon challenging textbook definition of white dwarf stars

Cell & Microbiology
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Study sheds light on relationship between mitochondrial calcium dynamics and autophagy

Social Sciences
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Nature experiences may hold the key to a healthier relationship with time

Social Sciences
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Film festivals are becoming more diverse in several ways, new study reports

Molecular & Computational biology
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Genetic mutation in a quarter of all Labradors hard-wires them for obesity

Plants & Animals
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New deep-sea worm discovered at methane seep off Costa Rica

Paleontology & Fossils
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New analysis uncovers major issues with earlier suggestions that Spinosaurus pursued prey underwater

Bio & Medicine
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Scientists use a new type of nanoparticle that can both deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant

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Cell & Microbiology
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First atom-level structure of packaged viral genome reveals new properties and dynamics

Cell & Microbiology
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How insects tell different sugars apart

Ecology
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More for less: A smarter way to protect biodiversity

Social Sciences
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AI art and human creativity

General Physics
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Designing a drone that uses adaptive invisibility: Towards autonomous sea-land-air cloaks

Ecology
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Study explains how a fungus can control the corn leafhopper, an extremely harmful pest

Space Exploration
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Just add AI for expert astronaut ultrasound

Environment
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How countries in conflict zones can recover from floods—lessons from Pakistan

Environment
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Q&A: The critical need to address chemical contamination in drinking water

Space Exploration
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More planets than stars: Kepler's legacy

Social Sciences
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Standing together against hate: A collective responsibility

Cell & Microbiology
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Exploring the inner workings of stem cells: When location changes the message

Condensed Matter
135

Weird electron behavior gets even weirder: Charge fractionalization observed spectroscopically

Bio & Medicine
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Researchers develop first heat map for individual red blood cells

Nanophysics
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Nanodevices can produce energy from evaporating tap or seawater

Polymers
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Scientists reveal molecular mysteries to control silica scaling in water treatment

Molecular & Computational biology
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Studying the relationships among cancer-promoting proteins

Analytical Chemistry
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Chemists break barriers and open up super-resolution molecule mass analysis

Social Sciences
1

Women want to climb the corporate ladder—but not at any price

Plants & Animals
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Robber flies track their beetle prey using tiny microbursts of movement

Optics & Photonics
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Photons that make quantum bits 'fly' for stable exchange of information in quantum computers

Plants & Animals
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Early life adversity leaves long-term signatures in baboon DNA

Political science
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It's time we include cities and regions as equal partners in global climate negotiations

Astronomy
56

Star ripped apart by black hole in rare discovery

Ecology
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New insights into the dynamics of microbial communities

Earth Sciences
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Frozen in time: Old paintings and new photographs reveal some NZ glaciers may soon be extinct

Plants & Animals
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Global warming is affecting bats' hibernation, study shows

Plants & Animals
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What makes birds so smart?

Plants & Animals
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Galápagos giant tortoises study suggests they may be in danger due to invasive Cedrela odorata trees

Social Sciences
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Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched—and misunderstood

Biotechnology
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Marine algae implants could boost crop yields

Earth Sciences
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Researchers provide unprecedented view into aerosol formation in Earth's lower atmosphere

Social Sciences
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Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition

Earth Sciences
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Ever heard of the Maritime Continent? It's not far from Australia—and channels heat around the world

Cell & Microbiology
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Researchers investigate archaea to discover how proteins determine cell shape and function

Social Sciences
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What do schools need to do to have a good culture and healthy approach to gender?

Cell & Microbiology
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A universal tool for tracking cell-to-cell interactions

Evolution
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Synthetic DNA sheds light on mysterious difference between living cells at different points in evolution

Astronomy
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Astronomers spot oldest 'dead' galaxy yet observed

Plants & Animals
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Scientists uncover evidence for a new form of collective sensing in electric elephantnose fish

Plants & Animals
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Bumblebees surprise scientists with advanced social learning skills

Earth Sciences
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Study suggests sinking land increases risk for thousands of coastal residents by 2050

Optics & Photonics
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'Ruler for light' could enable detailed measurement in personal devices

Evolution
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Revealing the evolutionary origin of genomic imprinting 

Earth Sciences
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Ice cores suggest 16th-century pandemics may have caused declines in atmospheric CO₂

Analytical Chemistry
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Metal-organic framework research makes key advance toward removing pesticide from groundwater

Social Sciences
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Immigrant women suffer financially for taking maternity leave: 4 ways Canada can improve

Social Sciences
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Fake academic papers are on the rise: Why they're a danger and how to stop them

Plants & Animals
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Hematology discovery could lead to improved medical monitoring, preventive care for elephants

Economics & Business
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Carbon markets are broken. Here are three ways we can start fixing them

Plants & Animals
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Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free

Environment
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Morocco winter breaks heat records: Meteorologists

Paleontology & Fossils
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'Frozen behaviors' in amber fossils: How to reconstruct mating behavior of long-extinct termites

Ecology
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Researchers study food web flexibility through time

Analytical Chemistry
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Earth-abundant iron catalysis enables access to valuable dialkylated compounds

Evolution
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Study finds wild bees are developing tolerance to veterinary drugs

Analytical Chemistry
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Study shows 3D-covalent organic frameworks can be tuned using structural isomers

Condensed Matter
11

Giant leap toward neuromorphic devices: High-performance spin-wave reservoir computing

Astronomy
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Extended horizontal branch detected in globular cluster NGC 1835

Plants & Animals
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Researchers find gene mutation responsible for brown giant pandas

Ecology
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Microbes impact coral bleaching susceptibility, new study shows

Ecology
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Breaking the mold: Research challenges ecological norms in yeast communities

Soft Matter
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Researchers uncover new principle of motion in liquid crystals

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Economics & Business
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The dangers of misaligned product co-development contracts and how they can derail innovation in high-tech firms

Space Exploration
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Study find potential benefits in AI–based systems for spotting hard-to-detect space debris

Agriculture
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India's 'drone sisters' steer farming and social change

Agriculture
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Birds, beetles, bugs could help replace pesticides: Study

Environment
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New York's new composting plan is ambitious—but controversial

Environment
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Crocs, cyclones and 'magnificent melaleucas': Aussie beach named world's best