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Thursday, November 20, 2025

5,500 toxic sites in U.S. at risk of flooding because of sea level rise

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U.S. face rising flood risks due to sea-level rise. Photo Credit:  Wes Warren More than 5,500 hazardous sites across the U.S. are projected ...

Innovation turns building vents into carbon-capture devices

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A carbon nanofiber-based direct air capture filter developed by the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering could tur...

Customised cells to fight brain cancer

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Visualisation of cell death induced by CAR-T cells. A real-time imaging experiment (images taken at 0, 5 and 10 minutes) shows a CAR-T cell ...

New type of DNA damage found in our cells’ powerhouses

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Linlin Zhao (left) and Yu Hsuan Chen Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of California, Riverside A previously unknown type of DNA damage i...

‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight

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Petri Pod Photo Credit: University of Exeter A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 th...

Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement

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At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis...

How plants search for nutrients

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In the case of nutrient deficiency, efficient plants are able to grow long, lateral roots to broaden the radius from which they can take nut...

Study shows waste cardboard is effective for power generation

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Photo Credit:  Jon Moore A new study has shown for the first time that waste cardboard can be used as an effective source of biomass fuel fo...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Human biology is ill-adapted to modern cities

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A new study has found that modern cities are having a huge impact on our health and wellbeing. Photo Credit:  Patrick Robert Doyle Researche...

Scientists observe metabolic activity of individual lipid droplets in real time

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LipiPB Red shows longer fluorescence lifetimes in stable lipid droplets (red) and shorter lifetimes as they undergo degradation (blue). This...