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Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet
Conventional diamond, called cubic diamond, is known as the hardest substance in the world. But researchers think hexagonal diamond could…
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Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science
Pokémon has been an inspiration for researchers since its creation 30 years ago.Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty On 27 February 1996, Japanese…
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Health effects linger 20 generations after rats are exposed to fungicide
Rats that had ancestors who had been exposed to a fungicide experienced health problems. Credit: Kseniia Glazkova/Alamy Exposure to a…
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Historically Black US universities chase top research ranking
Karl Thompson is a microbiologist at Howard University in Washington DC and the director of its graduate programme for biomedical…
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Five ways increased militarization could change scientific careers
Ukrainian soldiers test drones in Donetsk, Febuary 2025.Credit: Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Military budgets are growing, especially in…
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Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts
Credit: Olga Yastremska/Alamy Calling nanoscientists: your field needs you to try to replicate a landmark finding that quantum dots can…
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How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
AI slop is flooding computer science journals and conferences.Credit: Quality Stock/Alamy Fifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer…
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Hunter-gatherers took refuge in European ‘water world’ for millennia
The Bell Beaker culture, named after a type of ceramic vessel, arose in Europe from around 2800 BC.Credit: Lanmas/Alamy A…
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US grant applicants surge at prestigious European research agency
Money could become harder to come by for European scientists if the overall European Research Council pot does not dramatically…
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NASA’s latest telescope is a feat of early-career leadership
Pandora’s launch marks a first for many of the scientists and engineers involved in the mission.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
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