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What if our homes could move?

Imagine living in a home that you could simply pick up and move when extreme weather strikes. Instead of bricks and mortar, it's made from materials sourced from the local environment and, if weather conditions change, you pack it up and rebuild it in a safer location. That's exa

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Fast charging can cause irreversible lithium migration in solid-state batteries

Solid-state batteries are often viewed as a promising path toward safer and more powerful energy storage. However, one key question has remained difficult to answer: How does lithium actually move inside the solid materials during charging and discharging? Unlike liquid batteries

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New neutron method reveals inner architecture of drug delivery particles

Modern medicine increasingly relies on targeted drug delivery—a process during which tiny particles (nanoparticles) transport drugs to specific parts of the body. To ensure these treatments are safe and effective, scientists need to understand exactly how these nanoparticles are

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Krill buildup could slow fin whale filter-feeding unless baleen stays 15% clear

Usually there's safety in numbers, but it doesn't always work that way. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) filter-feed on immense shoals of krill, engulfing colossal mouthfuls of water containing up to 144 kg of the crustaceans. But then the mighty creatures expel the water by sq

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Parents direct more threats toward school administrators than teachers

In K–12 schools across the country, administrators are tasked with keeping everyone safe. New research shows they may be the most in need of protection.

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The biggest problem with solid-state batteries may finally be solved

Researchers solved the mystery of how soft lithium dendrites crack the hard ceramic inside solid-state batteries, triggering short circuits. The breakthrough could help engineers build safer, longer-lasting batteries for smartphones, electric vehicles, and other electronics.

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How ‘space balls’ launched a sleepy Queensland beach town into the global spotlight at war

Shop owner Lisa Scobie says Forrest Beach is usually a place where ‘kids go fishing before school’. Then six mysterious objects washed upGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen pieces of mysterious space debris washed up on the beach at her sleepy coastal

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Math reveals how honeybee hives balance the 'daring few, patient many' strategy

How do bees make group decisions without a leader? Math experts have determined that the best strategy is for a few to assume the risk of foraging under all conditions while the majority stay safely back and forage only when conditions are favorable.

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‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms

Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstrokeThe extreme heat that has hit the UK twice in the past few weeks has left teachers struggling to cope as temperatures in some classrooms climb above 40C, with pupils an

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Japan's space agency conducts first test flight for experimental reusable rocket

Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday as the country seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by SpaceX.

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The 'safe third country' concept turns out to be an empty shell

In her recently completed research, Dr. Gaia Romeo exposes the reality behind the EU's 'safe third country' policy. She focuses on the only case in which that policy has already been applied on a large scale: Greece. There, the concept was used to reject asylum applications and r

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A robot that reads bacteria by touch, without staining or chemical labels

Fast identification of bacteria is important in health care, food safety, environmental monitoring and infection control. One of the most common first steps is gram classification, which separates bacteria into gram-positive and gram-negative groups. This information can help gui

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