. Scientific Frontline
Thursday, April 2, 2026

73% of the World’s Ocean Protected Areas Are Polluted by Sewage

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Brown effluent flows directly from pipe into coastal waters. Photo Credit: Wildlife Conservation Society Scientific Frontline: Extended ...

Watering smarter, not more

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Robot assisting with precision irrigation in an orchard. Photo Credit: Elia Scudiero / University of California, Riverside Scientific Frontl...

Ghostly particles: Is dark radiation masquerading as neutrinos?

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Bhupal Dev / Associate Professor of Physics Photo Credit: Courtesy of Washington University in St. Louis Scientific Frontline: Extended ...

New Sensors Lower the Cost of Studying Genetic Disorders

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Photo Credit: Navya Mishra. Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : CAMEO Sensor Technology for Cerebral Organoids ...

Breakthrough offers endless recycling for acrylic plastics without the environmental cost

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Dr Jon Husband led the research at the University's Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change. Photo Credit: Courtesy of University...

Gut microbiota differs in children with rare food allergy

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Children with the rare allergic condition FPIES have a clearly altered gut microbiota, according to a new study from Umeå University in whic...

Oxford scientists uncover how the brain resolves emotional ambiguity

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Resolving Emotional Ambiguity via Amygdala Neuromodulation The Core Concept...

Extreme heat from climate change linked to smaller babies

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Photo Credit:  Solen Feyissa Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Extreme Heat and Low Birth Weight The Core Con...

Superconductivity switched on in material once thought only magnetic

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A sample of a thin film of the compound iron telluride (FeTe) — dark region on clear substrate at the center of the image — created using mo...

Map shows scale of ecosystem disturbance across Australia

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The Human Industrial Footprint (HIF) map showing the varying levels of ecosystem disturbance. Image Credit: University of Queensland Scienti...

New Virulence Regulator of Diarrhea Pathogen Discovered

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Part of the research team in Bochum: Dr. Stephan Pienkoß, Dr. Sina Schäkermann, Dr. Soheila Javadi, and Professor Franz Narberhaus (from lef...

Proof for theory of visual perception

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The research team, led by Prof. Arthur Konnerth (right), Dr. Yang Chen (left), and PhD student Marinus Kloos at the Institute of Neuroscienc...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Biophysics: In-Depth Description

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Biophysics is an interdisciplinary field of science that applies the principles, theories, and methods of physics to understand how biologic...

Chemical compound clears cellular waste, protects neurons in model of frontotemporal dementia

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Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown that a novel compound they developed can clear a harmful protein from human neurons modeling fronto...

Air surveillance reveals hidden reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

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Researchers describe the air as an invisible library of antibiotic resistance genes that circulate silently between humans, animals, and the...