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• Scientists Develop New Plastics That Break Down Safely Instead of Polluting

  02-12-2025 21:47 via scitechdaily.com
  Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down at specific rates by drawing on a natural principle. Their approach could provide a meaningful new way to tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution. Yuwei Gu was on a hike in Bear Mountain State Park in New York when an unexpected idea [...]
  
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• What Happens Inside Your Cells When You Exercise Could Help Fight Diabetes

  16-03-2026 06:30 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists are investigating how exercise-triggered stress reshapes the cell’s energy systems, and whether those same mechanisms could eventually help counter metabolic disease. Don’t like the gym? Exercise scientist Ryan Montalvo gets it. He still goes anyway, because the physical strain of exercise often leads to lasting health benefits. Although workouts can feel intimidating, exercise triggers [...]
  
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• Scientists Reveal the Simplest Rule for Building Strength

  16-03-2026 05:01 via scitechdaily.com
  New resistance-training guidelines show that any amount of strength training can significantly improve muscle, strength, and physical function. The first major revision to resistance training guidelines in 17 years carries a straightforward takeaway. Doing any resistance training at all can boost strength, increase muscle size, improve power, and enhance physical function. The updated guidance comes [...]
  
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• Why Low Testosterone May Make Sugary Diets Much More Dangerous

  16-03-2026 03:45 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study explores how decreased testosterone and high fructose intake may interact to influence the development of fatty liver disease. Low testosterone can lead to several health issues, and poor dietary habits may further worsen these conditions. One example is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a growing global health concern that currently affects [...]
  
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• Is Your Brain Actually To Blame for High Blood Pressure?

  16-03-2026 03:10 via scitechdaily.com
  A newly identified brainstem mechanism linking breathing and blood pressure may help explain certain forms of hypertension and point toward new treatment strategies targeting oxygen-sensing cells in the neck. Scientists have identified a region of the brain that may contribute to high blood pressure. The lateral parafacial region is located in the brainstem, the most [...]
  
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• New Research Reveals a Simple Supplement May Slow Biological Aging

  16-03-2026 02:35 via scitechdaily.com
  A large clinical trial suggests that a daily multivitamin may influence the pace at which the body ages. Researchers led by Mass General Brigham report that older adults who took a daily multivitamin for two years showed signs of slower biological aging. The effect was strongest among participants who entered the study with a biological [...]
  
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• Extreme Ocean Pressure Is Feeding Deep-Sea Life in a Way Scientists Never Expected

  15-03-2026 22:18 via scitechdaily.com
  High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how carbon moves through the ocean. For decades, scientists have considered the deep ocean a nutrient-poor environment where microbes survive on scarce resources. New research from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), however, suggests this view may [...]
  
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• Once Thought Extinct, Scientists Are Revealing the Secrets of This Elusive and “Adorable” Mammal

  15-03-2026 21:43 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study sheds light on the hidden lives of coastal marten. Researchers at Oregon State University have sharpened the picture of one of the West Coast’s most elusive mammals: the coastal marten. About the size of a ferret, this small forest carnivore was nearly wiped out in the 20th century as trapping and logging [...]
  
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• Chimps Seem To Love Crystals. It Could Solve 780,000-Year-Old Mystery

  15-03-2026 21:08 via scitechdaily.com
  Chimpanzee experiments suggest early humans were likely fascinated by crystals because of their unique transparency and geometric shapes. Archaeologists have repeatedly uncovered crystals at ancient sites alongside the remains of early humans. Some of these finds date back 780,000 years, yet the stones show no signs of being used as tools, weapons, or jewelry. If [...]
  
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• Viagra Ingredient Shows Promise for Rare Childhood Brain Disease in Surprising Study

  15-03-2026 16:51 via scitechdaily.com
  A rare childhood disease with no approved treatment may have an unexpected new therapeutic candidate. Sildenafil, the active ingredient also sold under the brand name Viagra, may help reduce symptoms in people with Leigh syndrome. Researchers report this finding in the journal Cell. The study was led by scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in [...]
  
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• First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds Drug Reduces Excessive Sleepiness in Early-Morning Workers

  15-03-2026 16:16 via scitechdaily.com
  A clinical trial suggests that a wake-promoting drug may help early-morning shift workers overcome the biological challenges of working during hours when the brain expects sleep. Before sunrise, millions of people are already at work. For many of them, the biggest challenge is not motivation. It is biology. Early morning shifts are more common than [...]
  
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• 43-Year Study Finds Coffee May Help Protect the Brain From Dementia

  15-03-2026 15:41 via scitechdaily.com
  A large, decades-long study of more than 130,000 participants suggests that moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea may support long-term cognitive health. Researchers from Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard conducted a large prospective cohort study involving 131,821 participants from the Nurses’ [...]
  
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• An Unexpected Planetary Neighbor May Play a Surprising Role in Earth’s Climate Cycles

  15-03-2026 13:08 via scitechdaily.com
  A seemingly small planetary neighbor may play a larger role in Earth’s climate than previously thought. Mars is only about half the size of Earth and has roughly one tenth of its mass, making it relatively small compared with many planets. Despite this, new research shows that the red planet subtly influences Earth’s orbit and [...]
  
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• Lunar Far Side Mystery Linked to Massive Ancient Impact

  15-03-2026 12:33 via scitechdaily.com
  Unusual potassium isotope signatures in Chang’e-6 lunar samples point to extreme conditions created by the impact that formed the South Pole–Aitken Basin. Since the Moon formed, asteroid impacts have been the main external force shaping its surface. These collisions carved out craters and massive basins while dramatically altering the Moon’s landscape and chemical makeup. Even [...]
  
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• “We Found Something Never Seen Before” – Mysterious Shock Wave Around Dead Star Surprises Astronomers

  15-03-2026 11:58 via scitechdaily.com
  A mysterious bow shock around the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 is challenging astronomers’ understanding of how dead stars interact with their surroundings. Gas and dust streaming away from stars can sometimes collide with surrounding material and produce shock waves. Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have now captured an especially striking [...]
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Trump ‘surprised’ Iran has targeted Gulf countries and claims US ‘decimated’ Kharg Island - The Guardian

  15-03-2026 09:15 via news.google.com
  Middle East crisis live: Trump ‘surprised’ Iran has targeted Gulf countries and claims US ‘decimated’ Kharg Island  The GuardianWhat we know on the 16th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran  CNNTrump Warns of More Strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, Pressures Allies to Secure Oil Chokepoint  U.S. News & World ReportWhat to Know About Kharg Island, Iran’s Key Oil Hub  The New York TimesTrump news at a glance: presiden
  
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• Trump urges US allies to send warships to Strait of Hormuz as Iran vows to retaliate - AP News

  15-03-2026 08:05 via news.google.com
  Trump urges US allies to send warships to Strait of Hormuz as Iran vows to retaliate  AP NewsLive Updates: Trump Urges World to Help Protect Strait of Hormuz  The New York TimesTrump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to Hormuz amid Iran blockade  Al JazeeraPete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing  The AtlanticTrump Wants to Secure Hormuz. Here’s What It Would Take.  WSJ
  
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• Cuba: Protesters attack ruling party's office amid blackouts - DW.com

  15-03-2026 07:38 via news.google.com
  Cuba: Protesters attack ruling party's office amid blackouts  DW.comCuban protesters ransack Communist office as energy crisis deepens  BBCProtesters in Cuba attack Communist Party office in rare riot over blackouts  ReutersProtests erupt in Cuba as US restrictions spark food, energy shortages  Al JazeeraFive arrested in Cuba after protest at local Communist party office  The Guardian
  
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• Covington Air Force Captain among six identified in Iraq refueling plane crash - KOMO

  15-03-2026 07:34 via news.google.com
  Covington Air Force Captain among six identified in Iraq refueling plane crash  KOMOPentagon identifies six airmen killed in plane crash in Iraq  CNNUS names six crew killed in refuelling plane crash in Iraq  BBCPentagon Names 6 Military Members Killed in Iraq Tanker Crash  The New York TimesCrew of fatal US military crash included Alabama father recently deployed and several from Ohio  Yahoo
  
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• Scientists Unveil Cheaper and Faster Way To Extract Lithium From Massive Untouched Reserves

  15-03-2026 06:49 via scitechdaily.com
  A new solvent-based technique could change how lithium is extracted from brines, potentially making the process faster, cheaper, and viable in places where conventional methods fail. Few elements are as key to the clean energy transition as lithium, and global demand for it is soaring. The metal powers the rechargeable batteries inside electric vehicles and [...]
  
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• 2026 NCAA Tournament Predictions: Bracketology updates from Saturday's conference championships, more - On3

  15-03-2026 06:48 via news.google.com
  2026 NCAA Tournament Predictions: Bracketology updates from Saturday's conference championships, more  On3Biggest questions facing the men's committee heading into Selection Sunday  ESPNNCAA bracket 2026: Printable March Madness bracket, tournament seeds to be set on Selection Sunday  CBS SportsMarch Madness 2026: Breaking down the bubble teams ahead of Selection Sunday  Yahoo SportsMarch Madness bubble winners, losers: 1 bid stealer lives, another fades a
  
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• China Resumes Military Flights Around Taiwan After Sudden 10-Day Hiatus - WSJ

  15-03-2026 06:40 via news.google.com
  China Resumes Military Flights Around Taiwan After Sudden 10-Day Hiatus  WSJTaiwan says large-scale Chinese military flights return after unusual absence  ReutersFor nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.  CNNWhat to know about the falloff in China’s military flights around Taiwan  AP NewsAfter quieter weeks, Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near the island  10TV
  
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• F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage - The New York Times

  15-03-2026 06:37 via news.google.com
  F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage  The New York TimesFCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war  The GuardianTrump administration threatens news outlets over critical coverage of Iran  Al JazeeraFCC chair slams broadcasters after Trump disputes reports on Iran-damaged U.S. tankers  CNBCFCC chair threatens to revoke broadcasters' licenses amid Trump comments on Iran
  
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• Italy tops Puerto Rico, rides magical WBC run into semifinals - ESPN

  15-03-2026 06:08 via news.google.com
  Italy tops Puerto Rico, rides magical WBC run into semifinals  ESPNItaly reaches semifinals, stays unbeaten in Classic with win over Puerto Rico  MLB.comPuerto Rico vs. Italy - Final Score - March 14, 2026  FOX SportsRed Sox's Greg Weissert Comes Up Huge For Team Italy In WBC Quarters  NESNWorld Baseball Classic live updates: Quarterfinals continue with Italy beating Puerto Rico, Japan vs. Venezuela on Saturday  Yahoo Sports
  
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• Harvard Engineers Build Chip That Twists Light To Reveal Its Hidden “Handedness”

  15-03-2026 05:38 via scitechdaily.com
  A twisted pair of photonic crystals integrated with MEMS can dynamically control the handedness of light on a chip. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a chip scale device that can actively control the “handedness” of light as it moves through it, a property known [...]
  
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• Adjusted 2026 F1 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid after unusual occurrence - racingnews365.com

  15-03-2026 05:35 via news.google.com
  Adjusted 2026 F1 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid after unusual occurrence  racingnews365.comChinese Grand Prix: Antonelli wins in Shanghai, Mercedes go 1-2 again - as it happened  ESPNKimi Antonelli wins Chinese GP from pole as Lewis Hamilton claims first podium for Ferrari  The GuardianChinese Grand Prix: Kimi Antonelli gets first race win; Mercedes go 1-2 again  ESPNF1 Chinese GP LIVE: Race updates, stream and start time in Shanghai  The Indep
  
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• Physicists Reveal the Big Bang’s “Primordial Soup” Really Flowed Like a Liquid

  15-03-2026 05:03 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists studying particle collisions at CERN have captured new evidence of how quarks move through the early universe’s primordial plasma. In the first instants after the Big Bang, the universe was not filled with atoms, stars, or even protons. It was a searing, trillion-degree mix of quarks and gluons moving at nearly the speed of [...]
  
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• The latest: Heavy snow moving into Minnesota overnight - Star Tribune

  15-03-2026 04:56 via news.google.com
  The latest: Heavy snow moving into Minnesota overnight  Star TribuneBlizzard warnings upgraded as major snowstorm targets the Twin Cities  MPR News‘Historic March Winter Storm’ to Slam Upper Midwest, Forecasters Say  The New York TimesMarch megastorm: Blizzard, dangerous winds to threaten nearly 200 million  AOL.comMajor March snowstorm rolls across Minnesota  CBS News
  
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• Scientists Solve a 70-Year Mystery Behind the Universe’s Strange Magnetic Fields

  15-03-2026 04:28 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic fields observed across the universe Cosmic magnetic fields are everywhere, but their origin has remained one of plasma astrophysics’ most persistent mysteries. Planets, stars, and galaxies all generate magnetic fields, and those fields help shape the solar wind, [...]
  
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• Man facing questions about Missouri teacher's murder caught on camera eating pages of notebook - CBS News

  15-03-2026 04:25 via news.google.com
  Man facing questions about Missouri teacher's murder caught on camera eating pages of notebook  CBS NewsJocelyn Peters: True-crime series ’48 Hours’ explores murder of St. Louis teacher  FOX 2Case of pregnant St. Louis teacher killed in murder-for-hire plot to be featured on ‘48 Hours’  KMOVIs there a new episode of 48 HOURS on CBS tonight (March 14, 2026)? Explained  primetimer.com48 hours to air ‘Jocelyn Peters and The Noteb
  
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