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Energy and Water Issues Propel Democrats to Victory in Arizona
PHOENIX—Two years after President Donald Trump won Arizona with 52 percent of the vote, Democrats are poised to win a trifecta in the state House, Senate and governor’s office, an…
Avian influenza spread beyond a backyard coop on an Illinois farm, analysis finds
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that nearly wiped out an Illinois farmer's backyard flock also spread to a domestic cat and wild rats on the farm, an analys…
Newly identified protein mechanism helps explain how cells respond to physical forces
A newly published study is changing our understanding of how the protein talin functions at sites where cells attach to their surroundings. The findings uncover a previously unkno…
Hubble learns galactic history from stars
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named Messier 30 (M30) after the French astronomer Charles M…
New microscopy method reveals tiny cell structures and their molecular surroundings
How do cells respond to drugs? A new microscopy technique could provide more precise answers to this question in the future. Researchers from Bielefeld University and the Universi…
Chilean rodent population collapse reveals how extreme drought can overwhelm wildlife's resilience
Research published in the journal Ecology analyzed 12 years of records from a population of degus in central Chile, revealing that these endemic rodents managed to withstand nearl…
Researchers develop synergistic additives for scalable slot-die-coated perovskite photovoltaics
A research team led by Professor Yang Dong from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dalian Jiaotong Uni…
A plant-based hair dye that smells like cinnamon
Hair dyes help people express style and cover gray hair but often contain skin-irritating chemicals.
Hooved mammals that migrate may be at greater risk of extinction than those that stay put
Over the past 100,000 years, hooved mammals that migrate have experienced a higher rate of extinction compared to nonmigratory species, according to a study being published Nov. 5…
Earth has captured a new mini moon — but it won't stick around for long
Earth has caught itself a new mini-moon, and QQ8 is sticking around for Christmas.
Blocking specific molecular signal on immune cells may restore ability to fight mutated cells
A previously unrecognized weakness in the immune defenses against certain blood neoplasms could offer a promising target for future treatments. Researchers have discovered that na…
On this day in space! Nov. 5, 2002: NASA's Galileo spacecraft flies by Jupiter moon Almathea only to find it's a 'pile of icy rubble less dense than water'
On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft flew by a small moon called Amalthea and made a surprising find. Here's why it mattered.
A well-timed blink helps us to look around
When did you last blink? Every few seconds, we briefly close our eyes, interrupting our view of the world. Most of the time, we do not notice. What is more, these brief interrupti…
Coating made from renewable plant-based materials could simplify recycling while reducing exposure to microplastics
The lining in traditional disposable coffee cups can release plastic particles and be difficult to recycle, but a new plant-based coating can eliminate these issues with your morn…
A sweeter future? AI helps scientists discover new sugar substitutes
Researchers Dr. Shayma El-Atawneh and professor Amiram Goldblum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new computational framework that identified 92 promising can…
After 40 years of searching, physicists find evidence for an ultrarare particle decay
Physicists at CERN report that they've detected evidence of a rare meson particle decay (B⁰→ µ⁺µ⁻) that occurs when the meson's beauty quark annihilates with a down-type quark. Th…
Tiny animal populations can recover, challenging assumptions about extinction risk
Species reduced to fewer than 50 individuals in the wild are not automatically doomed to extinction, according to a major study co-authored by researchers at the Zoological Societ…
How Democrats used the midterms to turn affordability concerns into ‘green populism’
From energy prices to datacenters, climate became a cost-of-living issue – and a winning oneClimate-forward Democrats swept into power on Tuesday night as a blue tsunami flipped t…
You don't have to go to the moon to see Earth differently: Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover on what really matters
After a record-breaking journey around the moon, Artemis 2 astronaut Victor Glover explains why you don't need to travel into space to see Earth differently.
Research supports communitywide efforts to fight bedbug infestations, expert explains
Rather than being a poverty problem, bedbugs are actually everyone's problem.
How do octopuses remember? Scientists uncover a surprising secret
How does an octopus remember what it has learned? A new study led by Dr. Ana Luiza Turchetti-Maia, Dr. Tal Shomrat and professor Binyamin (Benny) Hochner—researchers from the Hebr…
A 70-million-year-old genetic rescue allowed codfishes to escape extinction and shape the North Atlantic
A new study has revealed how the repurposing of an ancestral gene saved the embryos of cod's ancestors from extinction, enabling them to form the large populations that, millions …
When Einstein's gravitational waves meet Newton's tides
Newton's theory of gravity has described the tides accurately for centuries. But could a tiny trace of Einstein's general relativity also be hidden in them? In a new study, a math…
NASA's Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct. 20, 2026, while orbiting about 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth. NASA ended the telescope's missi…