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Briefing: Seals use whisker movement to follow underwater trails—an approach that could improve robotic sensing

Strategic angle: Research reveals how seals utilize their sensitive whiskers to detect underwater trails, offering insights for advancements in robotic sensing technology.

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Briefing: This hidden state of water could explain why life exists

Strategic angle: Scientists have discovered a critical point in supercooled water that reveals its unusual behavior and implications for life.

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Briefing: This quantum computing breakthrough may not be what it seemed

Strategic angle: A team of physicists set out to test some of the most exciting claims in quantum computing—and found a very different story.

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Briefing: ‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar landings

Strategic angle: NASA outlines plans to increase robotic lunar lander missions but remains vague on crewed lander acceleration.

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Briefing: Lawmakers want Minnesota to study possibility of building new nuclear plants

Strategic angle: Minnesota lawmakers are pushing for a study on the feasibility of new nuclear plants in the state.

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Briefing: Robotics can improve musical timing between performers, new study shows

Strategic angle: A new study reveals that robotic exoskeletons can enhance the synchronization of musicians during performances.

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Briefing: A new way to measure poverty shows the US falling behind Europe

Strategic angle: A recent study reveals that the time required to earn $1 in the US is significantly longer than in several European countries.

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Briefing: Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Spliceosome Dynamics in Human Cells

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study utilizes supercomputers to explore the intricate motions of spliceosomes within a detailed human cell model.

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Briefing: Clean energy subsidies mainly benefit high-income households, study finds

Strategic angle: A study reveals that high-income households are the primary beneficiaries of clean energy subsidy programs.

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Briefing: Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission

Strategic angle: Starfish Space has changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after its original partner backed out.

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Briefing: New enzyme atlas rewrites decades of biology research

Strategic angle: WEHI researchers have led a major global effort to create the first authoritative atlas for a class of enzymes that regulate almost every cellular process in the human body.

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Briefing: North Sea wind farms may be reshaping sediment flows by 1.5 million tons a year

Strategic angle: A new study reveals the significant impact of offshore wind farms on sediment dynamics in the North Sea.

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Briefing: Ancient DNA finds 15,800-year-old dogs in Anatolia, buried like humans

Strategic angle: Evidence of some of the earliest dogs has been identified at archaeological sites in central Anatolia, Turkey.

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Briefing: Chemists harness electricity to create biomass-based building blocks

Strategic angle: A new method developed by researchers at Wageningen University & Research and Utrecht University promises to revolutionize the production of chemical building blocks from biomass.

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Briefing: Bacteria invent another way to turn on genes

Strategic angle: New research reveals a novel mechanism by which bacteria regulate gene activity, expanding our understanding of genetic control.

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Briefing: Scientists Just Discovered an Amazing New Superfamily of Creatures Deep in the Ocean

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking discovery reveals a new superfamily of marine life, shedding light on ocean biodiversity.

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Briefing: After 20 years, scientists finally explain the Crab Pulsar’s strange “zebra stripes”

Strategic angle: New research reveals the cosmic mechanics behind the enigmatic radio wave patterns of the Crab Pulsar.

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Briefing: No one is happy with NASA's new idea for private space stations

Strategic angle: Concerns arise over NASA's plan to transition from the ISS to private space stations.

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Briefing: Popular sugar substitute linked to brain damage and stroke risk

Strategic angle: New research reveals potential dangers of erythritol, a common sugar substitute.

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Briefing: Why are older adults far more at risk from COVID or flu?

Strategic angle: New research highlights the impact of ageing-related inflammation, especially due to immune cells marked by the GZMK gene.