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Science headlines, Monday, October 26, 2026

147 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 5

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    Drought forces livestock farmers to make tough decisions: Our model shows the impact on inequality Phys.org
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    South Africa's lion-petting industry: We spent three years investigating and here's what we found Phys.org
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    Inside the narcissistic brain: fMRI research sheds light on the narcissist's struggle with empathy Phys.org
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    New weather warnings as third storm set to hit Scotland BBC story
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    Water into fuel: The new nanomaterial that could upgrade green hydrogen Phys.org

22:00 UTC 3

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    Glowing ghoul or chemical tool? The toxic chemistry behind Victorian séances Phys.org
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    Spending in‑person time with friends is the biggest predictor of whether college students flourish Phys.org
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    Freshwater flows reshape Coorong algae communities, 16 years of data reveal Phys.org

21:00 UTC 7

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    Could ecological roles offer clues to how life began? Phys.org
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    Expanding hemp could boost Kentucky water quality and ecological diversity Phys.org
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    Metalens microscope switches focus with voltage, not moving optics Phys.org
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    Beyond trial and error: Integrating computation, processing, and AI to design high-entropy alloys Phys.org
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    Gaze at the Cosmic Dawn in Dizzying Detail The New York Times (limited free articles) by Katrina Miller
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    Silent bacterial genes yield potential leads for future cancer drugs Phys.org
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    Light-based monitoring could improve quality checks for lab-grown replacement cartilage Phys.org

20:00 UTC 9

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    Can cats really thrive on vegan diets? Professor Andrew Knight responds to critics Phys.org
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    Aleppo pine at risk: Climate impacts arrive decades earlier than projected Phys.org
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    Tree‑hugging optional: What today's green tradespeople actually care about Phys.org
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    Single optical element combines soft X-ray imaging and spectroscopy Phys.org
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    Simulations reveal design rules for high-performance DNA particle motors Phys.org
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    Shared aquifers, border hotspots: Cooperation should follow where groundwater is pumped, scientists say Phys.org
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    Keeping water molecules connected reduces carbon electrode corrosion Phys.org
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    Hydrogen production from seawater: Low-cost catalyst could cut energy use and resist corrosion Phys.org
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    New research finds frequent disease outbreaks in B.C. salmon farms, endangering wild salmon Phys.org

19:00 UTC 10

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    Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line Phys.org
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    What is 'human composting'—and how does it work? Phys.org
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    Scientists produce less disruptive research as they age, but their breakthroughs are more likely to last Phys.org
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    Hidden chromosome structures reveal greater complexity in how roundworms organize DNA Phys.org
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    The power of poop: Why conservationists love animal scat Phys.org
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    Ancestors all around—millions of dead people linger in Americans' memories Phys.org
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    AI-powered robotic laboratory paves the way for discovering next-generation heat-resistant coatings Phys.org story
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    Two distinct sleep stages emerge in jumping spider, including a REM-like state Phys.org story
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    Audit reveals suspected fabricated references across physics, chemistry, engineering and computing journals Phys.org
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    Wind turbines have killed 19 million bats in 40 years in the US New Scientist (limited free articles) by Christa Lesté-Lasserre story

18:00 UTC 7

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    Protecting isn't enough—creating integrated conservation landscapes is key Phys.org
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    Victorian spiritualism capitalized on the desire to transcend death to create new ways of making money Phys.org
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    How shoes change our bones—and what that tells us about the evolution of walking Phys.org
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    Biodiversity is a priority for European municipalities Phys.org
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    Political battle intensifies within Labour over Rosebank oil field BBC story
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    Climate change exposes gaps in Europe's protected-area network Phys.org
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    Anthropic’s S-1 filing spotlights safety fears and science ambitions ahead of IPO Scientific American (limited free articles) story

17:00 UTC 6

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    Interfacial intelligence: A new way to design polymer brushes Phys.org
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    Fractional calculus helps 1D model mimic correlations seen in 2D phase transitions Phys.org
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    ‘Oddball’ test lets us glimpse how monkeys see the world New Scientist (limited free articles) by Jo Marchant
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    Clouds on a lava planet challenge what astronomers expected Phys.org
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    Emotional content can improve how people process conversations Phys.org
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    Laser-blasted plasma shows how instabilities could heat the sun's corona Phys.org

16:00 UTC 8

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    World-famous or local legend? New study investigates global and local forms of collective memory and group identity Phys.org
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    Lizard tail preserved in amber sheds light on a 100-million-year-old defense mechanism Phys.org
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    Solving an ancient cold case: Roman was brutally murdered Phys.org
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    Britain's 1972 school reform may have lowered dementia diagnoses half a century later Phys.org
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    Japan's largest marine DNA study detects 126 fish species farther north than previously recorded Phys.org story
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    Armored amphibian lived entirely at sea 237 million years ago, fossils suggest Phys.org story
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    Your brain’s unexpected ability to regenerate and how to harness it New Scientist (limited free articles) by Jamie Ducharme
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    Predatory amphibians swam the seas 237 million years ago New Scientist (limited free articles) by James Woodford story

15:00 UTC 10

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    Physicists reveal new paradigm for fiber growth in neurodegenerative diseases Phys.org
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    An American startup wants to sell sunlight after dark. Who gets a say? Phys.org story
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    Mapping the hidden global labor powering AI Phys.org story
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    Sediment core reveals volcanic eruption preceded ancient cold spell by about 150 years Phys.org
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    Electricity restored to all of NI after Storm Boelo BBC story
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    While some eucalypts are hard to kill, climate change may test the ability of others to survive Phys.org
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    Stellar collisions may have been common when the universe was young Phys.org
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    Protein fibers, a hallmark of Alzheimer's, spotted making genetic deliveries to sperm cells Phys.org
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    Plants may switch between reproductive strategies more easily than thought Phys.org
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    How birds can quietly spread a severe form of pneumonia Scientific American (limited free articles)

14:00 UTC 11

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    Part of Antarctica named after former BBC science correspondent BBC
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    How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle Quanta Magazine by Alex Stone
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    Brain stimulation temporarily changes perception of sexualized images of women Phys.org
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    RNA archiving method reveals what a cell did days ago Phys.org
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    Diamond defects confirm 80-year-old theory of crystal stress Phys.org
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    Tiny shifts in iron content tip a potential memory material between competing magnetic states Phys.org
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    Thermal priming enhances heat tolerance and yield in tomatoes after recurrent heat stress Phys.org
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    An 'electron waiting room' helps blue titanium dioxide hold light energy longer Phys.org
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    Barley seed could carry fungicide-resistant disease into next crop, researchers find Phys.org
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    Ahead of their time: Restricted to pre-2018 research, AI flags hydrogen catalyst reported in later experiments Phys.org story
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    Robotic dog controlled with a computer powered by human blood cells New Scientist (limited free articles) by Matthew Sparkes

13:00 UTC 7

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    Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening New Scientist (limited free articles) by Alec Luhn
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    People may have preexisting immunity to bird flu Phys.org
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    One extra quantum dot helps balance speed and stability in spin qubits Phys.org
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    JWST and ALMA reveal a dusty, rapidly growing black hole in the early universe Phys.org
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    Can we really predict the future? Over one million forecasts offer clues, not certainty Phys.org
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    Antarctica’s Only Flowering Plants Take Opposite Paths Under Experimental Warming Eos by Larissa G. Capella
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    Researchers improve RNA extraction from precision-cut lung slices Phys.org

12:00 UTC 3

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    Rain gardens offer a balanced solution for managing urban stormwater near Tokyo Phys.org
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    Greenwashing fears may drive up the cost of climate finance Phys.org
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    New statewide lidar study identifies hot spots for California coastal cliff retreat Phys.org

11:00 UTC 4

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    Suicide attempts, ideation spiked significantly among older U.S. adults after COVID-19 pandemic Phys.org
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    Both selfishness and generosity distort how we see our impact, but the selfish view is more contagious Phys.org
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    Q&A: When it comes to democratic backsliding, our federalist system is a two-way street Phys.org story
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    Mindfulness in DNP education: Cultivating resilience and leadership in advanced practice Phys.org

10:00 UTC 3

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    FAST and Arecibo point to possible dark galaxy with vast hydrogen reservoir Phys.org
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    What is trypophobia? Why some people's skin crawls when they see tiny holes Scientific American (limited free articles)
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    Snakes that cartwheel, vultures that groan, a mysterious Martian moon, and more Scientific American (limited free articles)

09:00 UTC 4

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    Neutrinos Are Everywhere. A Physicist Explains. The New York Times (limited free articles) by Steven Kurutz
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    Shiny Glass Skyscrapers Are a Hot Thing. Literally. The New York Times (limited free articles) by Chico Harlan, Zunaira Saieed, Mira Rojanasakul
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    What Happened to the Neanderthals? The New York Times (limited free articles) by Carolyn Y. Johnson
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    What are microchimeric cells doing to our brain? New Scientist (limited free articles) by Helen Thomson

08:00 UTC 2

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    Clean-up under way as Storm Boelo leaves thousands without power BBC story
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    Storm Boelo clears but more wind and rain bears down on UK BBC story

06:00 UTC 5

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    Plans to create a wildflower meadow take shape BBC
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    Fed-up driver builds AI litter tracker BBC
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    The dump detectives on the trail of the fly-tippers BBC
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    What do we still need to know about the Tyne nurdle spill? BBC
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    Fire-hit nature reserve 'will never be the same' BBC

05:00 UTC 1

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    Milestone cancer vaccine success leaves hard questions unanswered Science by Jocelyn Kaiser

03:00 UTC 2

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    Wind turbines kill ‘shocking’ number of bats each year Science by Erik Stokstad story
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    These spiders go to sleep at night, a new study reveals. But do they dream? Science by Julia Vaz story

00:00 UTC 40

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    From agriculture to AI-griculture: How tech is changing farming BBC
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    Lumina simulation brings the early universe to life on a record-breaking scale Phys.org story
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    Daily briefing: The Selfish Gene, 50 years on Nature by Flora Graham story
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    Real time small target fire detection in photovoltaic plants using attention enhanced multiscale fusion Scientific Reports by Wei Guo
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    Smooth muscle DDIT4 exacerbates vascular remodeling in atherosclerosis and vascular injury by impairing PDC activity Nature Communications by Fengfeng Li
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    Declining spring production in the Barents Sea ice zone under climate forcing Nature Communications by Chao Zhang
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    Engineered d - p orbital hybridization unlocks dilute CO 2 electrolysis to byproduct-free CH 4 -rich syngas Nature Communications by Bohua Ren
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    Building materials and emissions from rebuilding under increasing climate-driven flood hazards Nature Communications by Xiaoyang Zhong
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    Plasmonic vortex cavities toward the ultra-compact limit Nature Communications by Da-Jie Yang
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    Author Correction: Pulsed electromagnetic fields mediate sensory nerve regulation for bone formation in aging models Nature Communications by Tiantian Wang
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    Author Correction: A decoupling strategy toward spatiotemporal regulation and biomechanical transmission of sandwiched scaffold for osteochondral regeneration Nature Communications by Xuemiao Liu
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    Brazil election: many scientists relieved as Lula wins surprise victory Nature by Mariana Lenharo story
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    Mentoring a lab colleague? Share your ‘CV of failures’ with them Nature by Dom Byrne
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    The 3’UTR protects bone against menopause-induced osteoporosis via regulating CHD9 expression Scientific Reports by Yang Zhang
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    Comparing the pristine biochar and Zn-biochar composite for stabilizing Cd in a contaminated calcareous soil Scientific Reports by Hamid Reza Boostani
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    Correction: Efficacy of Moraceae with chlorhexidine mouthwash on the microbial flora of critically ill intubated patients: a randomized controlled pilot study Scientific Reports by Pasu Siriyanyongwong
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    Can science make your dog live longer? Longevity craze comes to pets Nature by Heidi Ledford
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    Giving AI a seat at the peer review table Nature Biotechnology by Konstantinos Drosatos
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    Glimpsing archaeal microbes on the move Nature by Margaret A. Titus
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    Nerve activity initiates autoimmune hair loss Nature by Jarish N. Cohen
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    Evolutionary 'game-changer': weird armoured amphibian lived in ancient seas Nature by Sarah Wild story
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    Enhancing circular textile waste recycling: a comparative analysis of European countries and South Korea Scientific Reports by Changwon Chae
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    AI chatbots showed higher response accuracy than dentists, medical doctors, and the general public on radiation safety questions Scientific Reports by Hazal karslıoğlu story
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    Bioactive phosphate-containing electrospun PVA nanofibers incorporating calcium phosphate and magnesium phosphate Scientific Reports by Fatemeh Habibi
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    Genetic components and heterotic performance of yellow maize hybrids for morphological and yield traits Scientific Reports by Abbas Ali
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    Retraction Note: Apoptosis-related microRNA changes in the right atrium induced by remote ischemic perconditioning during valve replacement surgery Scientific Reports by Qinghua Hu
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    Women might have invented language — but not alone Nature by Andrew Robinson
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    Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so Nature by Linda Nordling
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    The Selfish Gene , 50 years on — it’s time for an update Nature by Nathaniel Comfort story
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    Practical prediction of concrete compressive strength using an interpretable enhanced linear regression model Scientific Reports by Amir Sadeghi
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    Uncertainty-aware offline reinforcement learning for LLM inference serving with heterogeneous SLOs Scientific Reports by Enmiao Feng
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    Tectonic regionality and geophysical controls of the fractal dimension and b -value of seismicity in the Chinese mainland Scientific Reports by Jinmeng Bi
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    Hybrid retrieval–verification framework for hallucination reduction in medical LLMs Scientific Reports by Sudheer Reddy
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    A global taxonomy and computational characterization of major sign languages for scalable AI recognition systems Scientific Reports by M. Neela Harish
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    Lightweight SAR building segmentation via enhanced multi-scale context modeling and bidirectional guided feature fusion Scientific Reports by Qing Wang
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    DARF: direction-aware adaptive routing fusion for cross-modal detection Scientific Reports by Senyi Zhang
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    Multidimensional recovery monitoring in elite female football: an ecological understanding of sleep–recovery relationship Scientific Reports by Gianluca Di Pinto
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    Neural limits of temporal feature binding in human visual cortex Nature Communications by N Schönemann
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    Ureterovesical junction: a stem cell niche for ureteral urothelial renewal and bladder urothelial injury repair Nature Communications by Yi Liao
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    Trace H 2 O 2 -triggered Fenton-like reaction by secondary coordination sphere in iron-based metal-organic frameworks Nature Communications by Limin Duan