Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies?
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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather, climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR's
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Black holes! Supernovas! Merging galaxies! Oh my! Largest radio survey of the cosmos ever reveals 13.7 million powerful cosmic objects and events
Astronomers have used the world’s largest and most sensitive low-frequency radio telescope array LOFAR (or Low-Frequency Array), to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million cosmic objects and events. These include…
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First practical robot teleoperation achieved over commercial 5G
NTT DOCOMO and Keio University have demonstrated high-precision remote robot control over a commercial 5G standalone network, claiming it as the world’s first practical use of Configured Grant for teleoperation.
The test combined DOCOMO’s…
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Tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion discovered at Nove
Rescue excavations in the western necropolis of the Roman military camp at Nove, near Svishtov, have brought to light a fragment of a tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion (Legio I Italica).
The discovery was made after a…
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Worming out the molecular secrets behind collective behavior
Studying social behavior is crucial for understanding how certain neuromodulatory pathways—like the serotonin pathway, which influences mood and social interactions—are regulated. Kavita Babu, Professor at the Centre for Neuroscience (CNS),…
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Novel structural insights into Phytophthora effectors challenge long-held assumptions in plant pathology
How do evolutionarily conserved pathogen effectors maintain structural stability while engaging diverse host targets? In a new study published in Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, researchers at the University of Pretoria’s Forestry and…
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Clonal-aggregative multicellularity tuned by salinity in a choanoflagellate
A full description of the methods is provided in the Supplementary Information. All dilution percentages are v/v unless specified otherwise. No statistical methods were used to predetermine sample size. No blinding and randomization were used.
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Can Anti-Aging Supplements Promote Cancer Growth? Scientists Uncover a Key Mechanism
Research has uncovered a surprising biological twist: molecules that help support healthy aging can also contribute to cancer growth. Polyamines are small molecules found naturally in every living cell, where they play a central role in essential…
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The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.
The proliferation of AI data centers plugging into the national electrical grid has helped increase consumer electricity prices, driving up the average national electricity price by more than 6% in the last year.
That’s not a good look for…
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How thoughtful DEI initiatives can effectively repair a 'leaky roof'
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts have been around for a while, but their impact can sometimes be underwhelming. A pair of papers co-authored by ILR Assistant Professor Merrick R. Osborne examines why some DEI initiatives succeed…
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