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Born to run? Endurance running may have evolved to help humans chase down prey
“Pursuit hunting” was sometimes more efficient than stalking, survey of Indigenous hunting methods suggests“Pursuit hunting” was sometimes more efficient than…
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Source reservoir controls on the size, frequency, and composition of large-scale volcanic eruptions
Science Advances, Volume 10, Issue 19, May 2024. Science Advances, Volume 10, Issue 19, May 2024. <br/> Read More
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Exceptional electronic transport and quantum oscillations in thin bismuth crystals grown inside van der Waals materials
Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01894-0 Ultrathin and flat crystals of bismuth are grown between the atomically flat…
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Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry
Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01867-3 An approach combining machine learning and combinatorial chemistry enables the creation and…
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Phase segregation and nanoconfined fluid O2 in a lithium-rich oxide cathode
Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01873-5 Lithium-rich oxygen-redox cathodes demonstrate high capacities, but lose energy density when cycled,…
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Sensitive proton-radiation detectors
Nature Materials, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41563-024-01898-w Halide perovskite nanocrystal scintillators detect high-energy protons with sensitivity suitable for clinical…
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The U.S. wants to change how researchers get access to a huge trove of health data. Many don’t like the idea
Plan to end ability of universities to host Medicare and Medicaid data raises cost and other concernsPlan to end ability…
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A scientist asked to join the U.K. House of Lords—and got in
“I got one of those lovely phone calls,” evidence communication researcher Alexandra Freeman says about her surprise appointment“I got one…
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NSF halts South Pole megaproject to probe infant cosmos’ growth spurt
Citing aging infrastructure at Antarctic base, agency declines to advance plan to build microwave telescope arrayCiting aging infrastructure at Antarctic…
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News at a glance: Ocean heat waves, cultivated meat, and drug stockpile blues
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