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What makes some plant groups so successful?

Irish researchers involved in cataloguing the world’s plant species are hunting for answers as to what makes some groups of

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Researchers improve satellite surveillance of emperor penguins

Monitoring the global population of emperor penguins is a major challenge. Not only do they inhabit Antarctica’s harsh, remote environment,

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Researchers create materials with unique combo of stiffness, thermal insulation

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to engineer materials that are both stiff and capable of insulating against heat. This combination

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Scientists develop visual tool to help people group foods based on their levels of processing

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists studying ultra-processed foods have created a new tool for assessing the rewarding and

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Historic iceberg surges offer insights on modern climate change

A great armada entered the North Atlantic, launched from the cold shores of North America. But rather than ships off

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People are altering decomposition rates in waterways

Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a global scale, according

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Medium and mighty: Intermediate-mass black holes can survive in globular clusters

Joint research led by Michiko Fujii of the University of Tokyo demonstrated a possible formation mechanism of intermediate-mass black holes

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‘Ugly’ fossil places extinct saber-toothed cat on Texas coast

Important scientific finds don’t always come in the biggest, buzziest packages. Sometimes new discoveries come in little ugly rocks. Such

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New research approach: Exploring the mouthfeel of food with a microscope

A team led by Melanie Köhler and Veronika Somoza from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology has presented a new

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Bio-inspired cameras and AI help drivers detect pedestrians and obstacles faster

It’s every driver’s nightmare: a pedestrian stepping out in front of the car seemingly out of nowhere, leaving only a