How Do I Protect Myself Against Ticks? Prevention and Removal Tips

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Apr 29, 2025

How Do I Protect Myself Against Ticks? Prevention and Removal Tips

Learn how ticks spread diseases, why tick bites are dangerous, and effective methods to prevent and remove ticks safely.

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Apr 28, 2025

High-Wire Act: Soft Robot Can Carry Cargo Up and Down Steep Aerial Wires

Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable cars or aerial trams.

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Apr 24, 2025

Could Self-Driving Labs Lead to a New Era of Scientific Research?

How a new approach to research could expedite work on sustainable energy, emerging diseases and other global challenges.

Apr 21, 2025

How Can I Prevent Mosquito Bites? Effective Prevention Tips

Learn why mosquitoes bite, why mosquito bites itch, and the best methods to prevent mosquito bites and protect yourself outdoors.

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Apr 15, 2025

Study Finds Flaws in Tools Used to Enforce Online Ad Standards

Researchers have identified significant design flaws in the rules ad-blocking browser extensions use to enforce acceptable ad standards.

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Apr 14, 2025

How Blockchain Could Change the NFL Draft

NFL draft trade deals are complex, fast-paced and rely on a clear understanding between the teams involved. Researchers say this is where blockchain smart contracts could be useful.

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Apr 14, 2025

How Can I Protect My Home From Carpenter Bees?

Learn why carpenter bees drill into wood, how to identify their nests, and methods for protecting your home from carpenter bee damage.

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Apr 8, 2025

How Do I Get Rid of Cockroaches?

Learn why roaches infest homes, how quickly they breed, and effective ways to address cockroach problems.

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Mar 24, 2025

Novel Material Holds Promise for Tech to Convert CO2 Into Fuel

Researchers have developed a novel combination of materials that have organic and inorganic properties, with the goal of using them in technologies that convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into a liquid fuel.

Mar 17, 2025

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Boosting Plant Growth with Bacteria

The work paves the way for crop applications that make use of these beneficial bacteria in conjunction with agrochemicals.

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Mar 10, 2025

New Technique Overcomes Spurious Correlations Problem in AI

Researchers have discovered that learned spurious correlations in AI can be traced to a very small subset of the training data and have demonstrated a technique that overcomes the problem.

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Feb 27, 2025

Study Finds Support for Solar Energy Has Become Politically Polarized

While public support for solar energy remains high, that support declined significantly from 2016 to 2022.

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Feb 20, 2025

New Technique Aims to Make Food Deliveries More Efficient

The technique develops optimized delivery routes to make food delivery faster and more fuel efficient.

illustration shows how a new technique can tune quantum dots to produce a full range of colors

Feb 18, 2025

Light-Powered Breakthrough Enables Precision Tuning of Quantum Dots

The new technique uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots – making the process faster, more energy-efficient and more environmentally sustainable.

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Feb 17, 2025

New Tech Tracks Student Behavior in Educational Games to Boost Collaborative Learning

The new tools create real-time assessments that can be used to modify educational games to improve learning.

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