A River of News

Science headlines, Friday, October 30, 2026

55 items. Times are UTC.

12:00 UTC 2

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    Long-standing Indigenous practice of adding shells to sand helps young clams withstand ocean acidification Phys.org
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    Burrowing shrimp are on the move in a mudflat near you Phys.org

11:00 UTC 4

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    Unusual quantum states in six-layer graphene offer clues to superconductivity Phys.org
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    Reexamining sexual and species recognition in butterflies: The Partner-Hazard Space framework Phys.org
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    Asking teachers to set high expectations leads to more detailed feedback and reveals subtle bias, study finds Phys.org
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    Most influencers should swear off profanity Phys.org

10:00 UTC 4

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    What’s the scariest thing in the universe? Scientific American (limited free articles)
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    High-speed microscopy captures 3D images of living cells nearly 400 times faster Phys.org
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    Crowding can speed up enzyme reactions—until protein droplets become too packed Phys.org
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    The science of why we’re obsessed with vampires Scientific American (limited free articles)

09:00 UTC 6

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    Scientists confirm fruit and vegetable skin really is good for you New Scientist (limited free articles) by Madeleine Cuff
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    Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September: Report Phys.org story
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    Read an extract from Dark Eden by Chris Beckett New Scientist (limited free articles) by Chris Beckett
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    In Dark Eden, I imagined how life might exist on a sunless planet New Scientist (limited free articles) by Chris Beckett
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    Dozens of Headless Skeletons Pose a Macabre Mystery The New York Times (limited free articles) by Franz Lidz
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    ‘Reverse physics’ could help bridge the classical and quantum worlds New Scientist (limited free articles) by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

07:00 UTC 2

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    Scary Ghost Stories From New York Times Archives The New York Times (limited free articles) by Sarah Bahr
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    The 12 strangest science stories we can’t stop thinking about New Scientist (limited free articles) by Sam Wong

06:00 UTC 3

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    Hazardous driving conditions for Friday as fog warning issued by Met Office BBC
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    Attenborough-backed appeal secures £30m estate BBC story
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    Largest woodland bat survey a 'nice story of AI for good' BBC

05:00 UTC 1

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    Small molecular twists may strengthen nature's magnetic compass Phys.org

03:00 UTC 1

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    Space station experiment to probe plant disease risks for future moon and Mars missions Phys.org

02:00 UTC 3

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    Restoration efforts are working, but we need to move faster to meet targets, says U.N. report Phys.org
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    Lab-aged microplastics enable tests of interactions with contaminants Phys.org
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    New AI tool helps scientists identify bacteria hidden in soil Phys.org

01:00 UTC 3

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    Television gains ground in streaming platform era, study shows Phys.org
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    New X-ray method isolates faint signals from water at material surfaces Phys.org
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    New travel tool combines three algorithms to tailor destination recommendations Phys.org

00:00 UTC 26

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    NASA's new UV space telescope will launch in 2031 Phys.org story
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    Study: Partisan ties shape how voters view campaign AI Phys.org story
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    Keeping one eye open: Veterinarian applies unique treatment to preserve dog's eyesight Phys.org
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    Are dinosaur fossils hogging top journals? Analysis sparks debate over ‘charismatic’ finds Nature by Ewen Callaway
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    Somewhere over the transcontinental burrito tunnel Nature by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska
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    Patrick Stewart dies: how Captain Picard inspired today’s science leaders Nature by Mohana Basu story
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    Intelligent fine-grained classification of tunnel surrounding rock mass by integrating tunnel face point clouds and measurement-while-drilling data Scientific Reports by Li Liu
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    Seed coating with a Serendipita indica –ZnO/Ag nanobiocomposite enhances growth and yield-related traits of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) Scientific Reports by Ayushi Chauhan
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    Thymus zygis essential oil-loaded bacterial cellulose as an antimicrobial and antibiofilm biomaterial: an in vitro study Scientific Reports by Gulcan Sahal
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    Head stabilization patterns reflect long-term postural stability alterations during gait associated with history of concussion Scientific Reports by Nicholas Reilly
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    A robust Pythagorean fuzzy OPARA decision making approach for evaluating hybrid machine translation in language education Scientific Reports by Yasha Wei
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    Improving edible oil quality by low- and high-temperature selective adsorption on the example of walnut oil ( Juglans regia L.) Scientific Reports by Kamil Czwartkowski
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    Camellia japonica callus–derived extracellular vesicles attenuate αCGRP-induced endothelial hyperactivation via cAMP-dependent signaling Scientific Reports by Kyung-Baeg Roh
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    Effect of inlet temperature on physico-chemical properties of spray dried acid lime ( Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) juice powder Scientific Reports by Prasad Patil
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    Co-retained intron retention on single RNA molecules marks fitness-critical genes Scientific Reports by Emma Mathieu
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    Mitochondrial complex IV disruption is a detrimental pathology conferring ssusceptibility to alzheimer’s disease Molecular Psychiatry by Jing Tian
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    A Markov transition analysis to study changes in HIV prevention strategies among men who have sex with men in the French ANRS-PREVENIR cohort Scientific Reports by Clément Boutet
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    Mechanical deterioration and damage evolution of coal specimens under drying–wetting cycles Scientific Reports by Beifang Wang
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    Hybrid deep feature fusion framework with maximum entropy based selection for accurate diabetic foot ulcer diagnosis from enhanced and segmented medical images Scientific Reports by Elham Ali
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    Targeting M2 Macrophages Enhances the Efficacy of PD-L1 Blockade in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Scientific Reports by Xiangyu Ma story
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    Molecular characterization of hepatitis B and hepatitis delta viruses in Mauritanian HBV chronically infected patients Scientific Reports by Mohamed Abdawa
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    Research on the mechanical properties and freeze resistance of geopolymer concrete Scientific Reports by Zhiqiang Xing
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    Children with special educational needs and family polyvictimization in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional survey of families Scientific Reports by Chengrui Wu
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    GLTF-FEDformer: an adaptive time-frequency fusion method for multivariate time series anomaly detection enhanced by prediction error embedding Scientific Reports by Hanbing Nie
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    Designing a blockchain-enabled certification framework for food loss and waste reduction: a proof-of-concept in the fresh food supply chain Scientific Reports by Nekane Sainz
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    Polygenic dissection of suicidal thoughts and behaviours in high-risk mood-disorder cohorts Molecular Psychiatry by Zuriel Ceja