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FutureFactual @futurefactual.bsky.social · Apr 24
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🔍 Read: University of Liverpool and Newcastle researchers have uncovered how bacterial organelles assemble, opening new routes for bioengineering and climate innovation.

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Blueprint for nature's carbon-capturing nanomachines paves path for bioengineering and climate innovation
University of Liverpool and Newcastle researchers have uncovered how bacterial organelles assemble, opening new routes for bioengineering and climate innovation.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Janelia researchers have uncovered a novel way that two of the structures inside cells coordinate the production of proteins, highlighting how interactions between organelles are important for regulating cellular processes.

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How cells orchestrate protein production through ER-lysosome interactions
Janelia researchers have uncovered a novel way that two of the structures inside cells—the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and lysosomes—coordinate the production of proteins, highlighting how…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🔍 Read: The way clusters of differently sized water droplet populations are distributed within clouds affects larger-scale cloud properties, such as how light is scattered and how quickly precipitation forms.

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Cloud droplet microphysics challenges accuracy of current climate models
The way clusters of differently sized water droplet populations are distributed within clouds affects larger-scale cloud properties, such as how light is scattered and how quickly precipitation…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Only around 1.1% of the world's population is vegan, but this percentage is growing. For example, in Germany the number of vegans approximately doubled between 2016 and 2020 to 2% of the population.

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Vegan diet can halve your carbon footprint, study finds
Only around 1.1% of the world's population is vegan, but this percentage is growing. For example, in Germany the number of vegans approximately doubled between 2016 and 2020 to 2% of the population,…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🔍 Read: There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora's whale-surfing joyride.

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Rare footage shows sucker fish as they whale-surf in the ocean's wildest joyride
There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora's whale-surfing joyride.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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🔍 Read: New Curtin University research has found invasive cane toads are on track to reach Western Australia's Pilbara region within the next 10 to 20 years.

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Invasive cane toads expected to reach western Australia's Pilbara within two decades
New Curtin University research has found invasive cane toads are on track to reach Western Australia's Pilbara region within the next 10 to 20 years, threatening to cause widespread losses among…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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🔍 Read: For as long as humans have been around, we have been using our hands and senses to create beautiful and useful objects from the natural environment around us.

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Bashofu textiles combine banana fiber structure and artisan skill for sustainable comfort
For as long as humans have been around, we have been using our hands and senses to create beautiful and useful objects from the natural environment around us. While the artisans of old may not have…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

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Climate's impact on earthquakes: Lake Turkana study highlights connections between tectonics and human evolution
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Chameleons' wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the days of ancient Greece. Now, after millennia of study, modern imaging has revealed the secret...

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Scientists discover chameleon's telephone-cord-like optic nerves once overlooked by Aristotle and Newton
Chameleons' wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the days of ancient Greece. Now, after millennia of study, modern imaging has revealed the secret of their nearly 360-degree…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly artificial neural networks, have proved to be highly promising tools for uncovering patterns in large amounts of data that would otherwise be difficult to detect.

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New AI framework can uncover space physics equations in raw data
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly artificial neural networks, have proved to be highly promising tools for uncovering patterns in large amounts of data that would otherwise be…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🔍 Read: In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers achieved the first experimental observation of a time rondeau crystal—a novel phase of matter where long-range temporal order coexists with short-time disorder.

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The time 'rondeau' crystal: Scientists observe a new form of temporal order
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers achieved the first experimental observation of a time rondeau crystal—a novel phase of matter where long-range temporal order coexists with…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, published in PLOS Computational Biology.

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Sounds modify visual perception: New links between hearing and vision in the rodent brain
Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, published in PLOS Computational Biology. The research shows that,…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Plant protection products protect crops from pests, diseases and weeds. However, many of the fungicides, herbicides and insecticides also have a negative effect on terrestrial and aquatic organisms.

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Bees and fish exposed to crop chemicals show significant behavioral changes
Plant protection products protect crops from pests, diseases and weeds. However, many of the fungicides, herbicides and insecticides also have a negative effect on terrestrial and aquatic organisms…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Over the past 50 years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS)—the technology that turns location data into maps and insights.

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Mapping a new frontier with AI-integrated geographic information systems
Over the past 50 years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS)—the technology that turns location data into maps and insights about how places…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🔍 Read: Woodpeckers pack a punch, pounding wood with extreme force and experiencing decelerations of up to 400g.

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Woodpeckers grunt and brace their bodies like athletes to maximize drilling power
Woodpeckers pack a punch, pounding wood with extreme force and experiencing decelerations of up to 400g. Now, researchers reveal in the Journal of Experimental Biology that drilling woodpeckers turn…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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🔍 Read: An international study presents the first global assessment of blue carbon accumulated in the living parts of seagrass plants. According to the results, their leaves, rhizomes and roots store up to 40 million tons of carbon worldwide.

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The 'blue forest' in figures: First global inventory of carbon stored by seagrass meadows
An international study presents the first global assessment of blue carbon accumulated in the living parts of seagrass plants. According to the results, their leaves, rhizomes and roots store up to…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🔍 Read: An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has uncovered a surprisingly complex nervous system in sea urchins.

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Researchers discover an 'all-body brain' in sea urchins
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has uncovered a surprisingly complex nervous system in sea urchins. The animals appear to possess an…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of Earth's crust remain strong while others give way.

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East African Rift study uncovers why breaking up is hard for some continents
Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of Earth's crust remain strong while others give way, overturning long-held…
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November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🔍 Read: Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important implications for people around the world.

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Simulations show Antarctic meltwater slows warming but drives uneven sea level rise
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important implications for people around the world. Spatial patterns of sea level change…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🔍 Read: Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the closest-ever look at the dusty regions where planets form, offering new insight into the earliest stages of planetary birth.

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Astronomers reveal tasty insights into exoplanet formation using SPAM
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the closest-ever look at the dusty regions where planets form, offering new insight into the earliest stages of…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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DYK that a bee's good mood is contagious? And that they overthrow their queen when she gets sick? Bees have social systems more complex than we ever imagined.

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November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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🔍 Read: Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APDs) are highly sensitive light detectors, capable of detecting single photons.

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Optimizing avalanche photodiode design for photodetection in the ultraviolet wavelength
Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APDs) are highly sensitive light detectors, capable of detecting single photons. Photons of certain wavelengths, when absorbed by photodiodes, generate…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🔍 Read: A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct.

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480-million-year-old parasite still plagues today's shellfish
A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🔍 Read: The golden oyster mushroom, with bright yellow pillowy caps, are a popular buy that are sold in grow-your-own kits as well as standard grocery stores, farmer and gourmet markets.

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Golden oyster mushrooms cultivated, sold in Florida: Scientist urges caution
The golden oyster mushroom, with bright yellow pillowy caps, are a popular buy that are sold in grow-your-own kits as well as standard grocery stores, farmer and gourmet markets. A University of…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🔍 Read: Picture this: It's the 18th hole and the game's on the line. You line up your putt, take a breath, and roll the ball toward the hole.

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Golf's cruelest moment: The physics behind the 'lip out' phenomenon
Picture this: It's the 18th hole and the game's on the line. You line up your putt, take a breath, and roll the ball toward the hole. The pace is firm, the line looks good—until the ball dips in,…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM