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Space: The Solar System
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Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets - Radio Signals from Distant Stars Suggest Hidden Planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blastin...

Biology: Biochemistry
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Bomb-sniffing rodents undergo 'unusual' reproductive transformations - Bomb-Sniffing Rodents Undergo 'Unusual' Reproductive Transformations      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can u...

Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Flowers show their true colors - Flowers Show Their True Colors: The Science Behind Flower Pigmentation      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A plant common to Japan, Causonis japonica, is the first to show a newly discovered trait. Its flowe...

Ecology: Extinction
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Wild bumblebee queens lured and killed in commercial hives - Wild Bumblebee Queens Lured and Killed in Commercial Hives      (via sciencedaily.com) 

While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surpri...

Offbeat: General
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Thread-like pumps can be woven into clothes - Thread-Like Pumps: The Future of Wearable Technology      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have developed fiber-like pumps that allow high-pressure fluidic circuits to be woven in...

Computer Science: Quantum Computers
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New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging - New Quantum Dots Study Uncovers Implications for Biological Imaging      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers report the synthesis of semiconductor 'giant' core-shell quantum dots with record-breaki...

Space: Exploration
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Space rocket junk could have deadly consequences unless governments act - Space Rocket Junk Could Have Deadly Consequences Unless Governments Act      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The re-entry of abandoned stages of rockets left in orbit from space launches have a six to 10 per c...

Ecology: Endangered Species
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Circadian clock controls sunflower blooms, optimizing for pollinators - Circadian Clock Controls Sunflower Blooms, Optimizing for Pollinators      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An internal circadian clock controls the distinctive concentric rings of flowering in sunflowers, ma...

Anthropology: General
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Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wide - Hunter-Gatherer Social Ties Spread Pottery-Making Far and Wide      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniq...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Ways to tackle water security challenges in world's drylands - Ways to Tackle Water Security Challenges in World's Drylands      (via sciencedaily.com) 

To counter the effects of climate change on drylands, a new study suggests that global access to wat...

Ecology: Invasive Species Environmental: Ecosystems
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Slime for the climate, delivered by brown algae - Slime for the Climate, Delivered by Brown Algae      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Brown algae take up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and release parts of the carbon con...

Computer Science: Quantum Computers
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The thermodynamics of quantum computing - The Thermodynamics of Quantum Computing      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In research on quantum computers, one aspect that has been mostly neglected until now is the generat...

Chemistry: Organic Chemistry Engineering: Nanotechnology Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Can clay capture carbon dioxide? - Can Clay Capture Carbon Dioxide?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have been using powerful computer models combined with laboratory experiments to study ho...