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India’s zoos emerge as unlikely heroes in biodiversity fight
New study finds Indian zoos with conservation breeding programmes protect far more threatened species; gharial recovery up over 500% since the 1970s.
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Rocky Planets May Have Formed 100M Years After Big Bang
New simulations suggest the building blocks of rocky planets formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang, far earlier than thought.
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New Light-Driven Material Makes Hydrogen From Water
Oregon State researchers have created a light-activated material that produces hydrogen from water without an expensive metal catalyst.
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Medieval Eyesalve Shows New Way to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
A 10th-century Anglo-Saxon remedy called Bald's eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways and may inspire new ideas against antibiotic resistance.
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Feather in Dinosaur Poop Hints at Why Some Birds Survived
Exquisitely preserved feathers found in fossilised dinosaur droppings may explain why only some ancient birds survived the asteroid impact.
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Microneedles could make mRNA vaccines needle-free
Scientists used gut microneedles to deliver mRNA in mice, matching injection-level vaccine response via the cheek and improving blood sugar via the…
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India demos first 5.56 km free-space quantum key link
India demonstrated its first free-space quantum key distribution link over 5.56 km between BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar, with error rates under 5…
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Early galaxies spread heavy elements sooner than thought
Webb telescope data shows early galaxies spread carbon and oxygen 500 million years after the Big Bang. Why it matters for the…
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Chang’e-6 finds new iron form in far-side moon dust
Chang'e-6 samples contain gamma-Fe, a rare iron form absent from Apollo dust. What it reveals about the Moon's far side and space…
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New material BVR-19 stores hydrogen more efficiently
OSU's BVR-19 material stores up to 30% of its weight as hydrogen. What it is, how it was designed, and what it…