A River of News

Science headlines, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

170 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 8

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    OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field The New York Times by Kenneth Chang, Siobhan Roberts story
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    'Quiet firing' linked to higher levels of 'quiet quitting' among employees Phys.org
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    Linguists find Madonna's voice defies age-related expectations Phys.org
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    Nearly 10,000 mapped reactions reveal overlooked steps in CO₂-to-fuel conversion Phys.org
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    Sorghum may help European agriculture face climate change Phys.org
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    A beautiful Himalayan bird is changing its voice due to human activity, research shows BBC
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    New crocodile species discovered in rocks used to build the Great Sphinx Phys.org
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    From coral reef conservation to climate resilience: Turning Indonesia's marine wealth into global impact Phys.org

22:00 UTC 7

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    Crystal alignment explains why magnesium alloy plates resist ballistic impacts better in one direction Phys.org
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    Simulated moon soil and recyclable thermoplastics could help build future space infrastructure Phys.org
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    Chernobyl particles reveal unexpectedly stable nuclear fuel after 40 years Phys.org
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    Clearer air does not always signal lower harmful potential from particle pollution Phys.org
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    OpenAI unleashes hundreds more math results upon a field already in shock Scientific American story
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    Hydrothermal vents supply a geochemical precursor of ATP that could have powered early life Phys.org
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    Researchers uncover the key to driving employee support during organizational changes Phys.org

21:00 UTC 8

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    Young infants see saliva sharing as a sign of a close bond, experiments suggest Phys.org
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    Tetrahedral iron can help clays exchange electrons about ten times faster Phys.org
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    Newly available satellite data show just how flawed some river models can be Phys.org
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    AI techniques behind image creation improve flash flood forecasts across U.S. river basins Phys.org
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    X-ray technique reveals how quantum materials respond to laser pulses in real time Phys.org
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    Highly sensitive biosensor enables rapid detection of cerebrospinal fluid leaks Phys.org
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    Hydra loses its immortality after cold triggers switch to sexual reproduction Phys.org
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    Which eggplant farming practices pay off? Phys.org

20:00 UTC 9

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    Flexible protein gate controls access to mitochondrial folds, simulations suggest Phys.org
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    Laughter, sighs and screams reveal unwritten social rules in everyday life Phys.org
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    Mathematical model makes image encryption more resilient to real-world uncertainty Phys.org
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    Shape-shifting sensory cells may help insects process visual information with less delay Phys.org
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    The ick: The psychology of why a romantic partner can suddenly repulse you Phys.org
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    Supreme Court Hears Boulder Climate Case The New York Times by David Gelles story
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    Richer people have an edge when it comes to getting national park permits Phys.org
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    NASA's Curiosity rover catches stunning Martian dawn Phys.org story
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    Diet alone cannot explain differences in gut bacterial communities Phys.org

19:00 UTC 9

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    Reading beyond the peaks: Optical analysis decodes spectral complexity in twisted semiconductor layers Phys.org
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    New Zealand's native plant seeds may survive wildfires Phys.org
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    Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants The New York Times by Brad Plumer, Rebecca F. Elliott
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    Viewing honey bee colonies as superorganisms could reshape beekeeping practices Phys.org
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    Meet the long-legged giants that light up the deep ocean Phys.org
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    From food to fuel, AI helps pinpoint how to grow 'microalgae' at scale Phys.org
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    How AI could help predict and explain water levels in the Great Lakes Phys.org
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    New chip-based frequency combs demonstrate potential for portable atomic clocks Phys.org
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    How cultural background shapes our perception of dance Phys.org

18:00 UTC 8

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    Tiny channels between plant cells respond to wound alerts through hydrogen peroxide bursts Phys.org
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    How invasive Egyptian geese exploit food sources and carry parasites Phys.org
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    Stretching boosts thermal and electrical conductivity in new nanocomposite Phys.org
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    Hit songs fade faster from the Billboard charts than albums Phys.org
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    Blue-light labeling uncovers unexpected protein partners of folded DNA structures Phys.org
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    Why older people value quiet spaces with people nearby Phys.org
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    What Europe's EU Inc. framework for boosting competitiveness can and should learn from startup fraud in the US Phys.org
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    El Niño and tropical Atlantic warming could offer early warning of extreme heat in the Amazon Phys.org story

17:00 UTC 11

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    A 2-in-1 approach captures toxic metals and recovers rare earth elements from wastewater Phys.org
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    'Let me explain': Corporate disclosures can take a circuitous route Phys.org
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    Webb captures commotion from nebula's stellar jets Phys.org
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    A gamma-ray burst's engine stayed active for nearly a month, breaking the previous record Phys.org
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    Endangered Lantau toads show genetic and call differences that could signal an emerging species Phys.org
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    News you can use: Holiday travel does not have to break the bank Phys.org
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    How gender shapes perceptions of workplace gossip Phys.org
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    Shooting light pulses down a 3-kilometer borehole could illuminate seismic hazards Phys.org story
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    The telescope that could reveal what dark matter and dark energy are New Scientist by Leah Crane
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    Shoes may change the structure of our ankle bones New Scientist by Christa Lesté-Lasserre
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    Two meteor showers are lighting up the October sky—here’s how to see them Scientific American

16:00 UTC 6

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    Stem cells survive unexpectedly rough space travel Phys.org
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    Ask the expert: What voters need to know about the rise of political deepfakes Phys.org
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    Unusual stars may not owe their origins to hypernovae after all Phys.org
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    Noncompetes suppress worker mobility and earnings without protecting trade secrets Phys.org
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    Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change? Phys.org
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    Striking new images of unique supernova remnant reveal pearl-like chains Phys.org

15:00 UTC 7

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    Columbus' own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start Phys.org
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    Anthropogenic warming reorganizes North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns Phys.org
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    Why people keep looking for Noah's Ark in a natural rock formation in Turkey: A scholar of early Christianity explains Phys.org story
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    What happens when food-safety chemicals react with food? Phys.org
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    Heavy fermions emerge at an atomic-layer interface, unlocking new ways to design quantum materials Phys.org
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    Popular TikTok docs have big influence on Gen Z followers, new research finds Phys.org
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    Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heart New Scientist by Leah Crane

14:00 UTC 7

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    Where are the best places for life in the cosmos? A universe in a supercomputer yields an answer Phys.org
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    To keep GPS constellations from drifting, look to the moon Phys.org
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    What makes a good AI safety test? Experts explain why even the best techniques may not be powerful enough Scientific American story
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    Warming oceans reshape plankton, potentially leaving fish with less nutritious food Phys.org
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    A symbiotic marketplace: Gutless worms swap essential bacterial partners over time Phys.org
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    How political, cultural, and economic forces can shape the risk of zoonotic disease Phys.org
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    Can a passing black hole disturbance leave a trace in Hawking radiation? Phys.org

13:00 UTC 9

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    Bacteria use collisions to navigate crowded environments, micro-maze experiments reveal Phys.org
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    AI chatbots may increase accurate political knowledge Phys.org story
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    Shooting Light Pulses Down a 3-Kilometer Borehole Could Illuminate Seismic Hazards Eos by Nathaniel Scharping story
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    Scientists Finally Think They Know What Made These Geometric Fossils Eos by Grace van Deelen
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    Molecular complexity as a signature of life Phys.org
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    Vanillin provides a sweet solution for chronic wound healing Phys.org
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    Blue light could cut food poisoning from raw chicken Phys.org
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    Counting purpose and connection could reveal overlooked benefits of bike paths and parks Phys.org
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    The most ambitious ideas to save the world from El Niño New Scientist by Madeleine Cuff story

12:00 UTC 6

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    New report exposes modern poverty and inequality in one of Britain's 'most affluent cities' Phys.org
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    Africa's rhinos often get the spotlight—but Indonesia's two rhino species are far closer to extinction Phys.org
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    Gloucester Docks dredging project costing £4m begins BBC
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    As the planet warms, cities like Bangkok could be increasingly inundated by deadly floods Phys.org story
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    Yosemite's meadows can be restored, but it will take time and effort Phys.org
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    Rising heat linked to faster telomere loss in wild Australian birds Phys.org

11:00 UTC 4

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    Seagrass meadows bounce back with new fish communities Phys.org
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    'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel BBC story
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    Cancer survival is improving, but return‑to‑work support is falling behind Phys.org
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    New report reveals gaps in corporate modern slavery disclosures Phys.org

10:00 UTC 3

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    Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Francis Halzen for Work on Neutrinos The New York Times by Aurelien Breeden story
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    Nobel prize in physics awarded for discovery of high-energy neutrinos New Scientist by Matthew Sparkes story
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    Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin Phys.org story

09:00 UTC 5

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    2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos Scientific American story
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    Carbon tracking tower put on Scotland's largest saltmarsh BBC
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    In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers The New York Times by Zeyi Yang story
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    Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures The New York Times by Raymond Zhong, Giacomo d’Orlando, Mira Rojanasakul
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    Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds Phys.org

06:00 UTC 5

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    The 31 August 2026 rainfall-triggered landslides in Rason City, North Korea Eos by Dave Petley
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    California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids Phys.org story
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    Switching on brain cells: The Nobel-winning science of optogenetics Phys.org story
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    UK oil refinery broke toxic pollution limits dozens of times, documents reveal BBC
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    Architect of polar neutrino detector wins physics Nobel Science by Science News Staff story

05:00 UTC 2

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    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died Phys.org story
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    Exclusive: Archaeology megafirm abruptly shuts down Science by Taylor Mitchell Brown

04:00 UTC 3

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    Possible plague death at a Siberian lab baffles scientists Science by Martin Enserink story
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    November elections may bring little relief for scientists beleaguered by Trump Science by Jocelyn KaiserJeffrey Mervis story
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    These Super Mario levels are mathematically unsolvable Scientific American

03:00 UTC 1

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    ‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research Science by Daniel Garisto

02:00 UTC 3

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    Carefree shoppers most likely to receive retail discounts, study finds Phys.org
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    Exploring systemic racism as the default explanation for disparities Phys.org
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    Vitamin B1 gains in wild lake trout embryos challenge assumptions drawn from hatcheries Phys.org

01:00 UTC 3

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    Global review reveals major blind spots in our understanding of climate change impacts on Mediterranean ecosystems Phys.org
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    Neutrons, rotating black holes, and a galactic PeVatron at the center of the Milky Way Phys.org
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    Why some Indigenous communities don't resist oil extraction in their territories Phys.org

00:00 UTC 46

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    Global soil erosion outpaces natural recovery, report warns Phys.org
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    Political orientation and institutional trust emerge as key factors in local wind energy support Phys.org
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    Game simulator shows how math can guide decisions when resources are limited Phys.org
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    Daily briefing: Physics Nobel for founder of neutrino-hunting observatory Nature by Flora Graham
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    Effective attractive and repulsive interactions behind lift synchronization Scientific Reports by Mitsusuke Tarama
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    Correction: Deep learning-based detection of retinal detachment with vitreous hemorrhage in ocular ultrasound images Scientific Reports by Naoki Toyama
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    A generative diffusion framework for physically consistent 3D turbulence Nature Communications by Tianyi Li
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    Meta-bird mating optimizer for combinatorial optimization problems Scientific Reports by Anas Arram
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    Epanechnikov Pearson Type V distribution for reliability and predictive maintenance modeling Scientific Reports by Sakhr A. S. Alotaibi
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    Distinct T cell correlates of COVID-19 risk before and after a second booster in previously SARS-CoV-2 infected versus naïve COVAIL trial participants Nature Communications by Bo Zhang
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    Highly multiplexed mammalian metabolic engineering with a shotgun approach Nature Biotechnology by Julie Trolle story
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    Comparing language models and machine learning classifiers for detecting humorous vaccine misinformation on social media Scientific Reports by Emily McKinley
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    Embryonic origin of cancer in newborn twins Nature Communications by Barbara Walkowiak
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    Assessment of compressive characteristics of coir fiber-reinforced concrete modified with wheat straw ash using predictive modeling Scientific Reports by Abdullah Alzlfawi
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    Decoding systemic vascular health and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy through retinal imaging and Visionary AI Nature Biotechnology by Srilaxmi Bearelly
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    Ultrathin high-performance circular polarizers based on MoOCl 2 /NbOCl 2 van der Waals heterostructures Nature Communications by Shuxin Huang
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    Evaluation of multi-location accelerometer sensor configurations for vibration-based classification of CNC milling conditions Scientific Reports by Muhammed İŞCİ
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    High-throughput metabolic engineering in mammalian cells Nature Biotechnology story
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    Real-time visualization of G2L4 reverse transcriptase in DNA repair via microhomology-mediated end joining Nature Communications by Pangmiaomiao Zhang story
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    Shotgun engineering fires up mammalian metabolic design Nature Biotechnology by Kshitij Rai story
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    Elevated central sensitization inventory scores are associated with a multidimensional symptom profile after coronavirus disease 2019 Scientific Reports by Isabela Rezende Ferreira
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    High potential contribution of intercropping to soybean and maize self-sufficiency in Europe Nature Communications by Mathilde Chen
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    How cells remember sex Nature Reviews Genetics by Bruno Hudry
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    The African DSI DataBank: a federated infrastructure for Africa’s genomic and biodiversity data Nature Reviews Genetics by ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer
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    Unprecedented hole opened up in Antarctic winter sea ice Nature
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    The Solar System could die one billion times earlier than thought Nature
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    How to mobilize the agile science needed in a crisis Nature
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    Strong evidence that ‘baryon junctions’ give proton its identity Nature by José Guilherme Milhano
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    Astronomy’s ‘adrenaline junkies’: Nobel prize captures the thrill of neutrino physics Nature by Davide Castelvecchi story
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    Author Correction: Anodic Pd membrane H 2 extraction enhances thermochemical dehydrogenation Nature by Rui Zeng
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    Acetaminophen produces limited molecular and functional effects in human cortical organoids Molecular Psychiatry by Luca Trovò
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    Flu season could kick off ‘incredibly’ early — what scientists are watching Nature by Mariana Lenharo story
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    Circular DNA exposes a weakness in cancer cells Nature by Nikolaus A. Watson
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    Scientists take a radiometer for a spin in a hot-air balloon Nature
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    Association between polygenic liability to depression and lifetime depression in at-risk adolescents Molecular Psychiatry by Enda M. Byrne
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    Brain organoids grafted into cortex-free mice will advance human brain research Nature by Marty G. Yang
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    Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of ghostly neutrinos Nature by Elizabeth Gibney story
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    Cells, who needs them? Biochemists turn to proteins in a tube Nature by Amber Dance
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    Why smart glasses are about to create a major privacy crisis Nature by Joy Buolamwini
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    How digital breakdowns affect supply chains — and endanger the global economy Nature by Dabo Guan
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    Rising numbers of Asian and African PhD students choose to study in China Nature by Xiaoying You
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    AI could undermine scientific independence in subtle ways Nature by Fabio Y. S. Motoki story
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    Preprints must not leak sensitive research information Nature by Jingyi Chen
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    The Great Barrier Reef requires special attention in the developing super El Niño Nature by Awais Shakoor story
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    Maintaining global science collaboration during conflict requires fairer rules Nature by Emmanuel Chidiebere Edeh
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    Correction: Altered function of peripheral organ systems in first-episode drug naïve mental illnesses: a systematic review and meta-analysis Molecular Psychiatry by Jetro E. Ang