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Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics | Science

From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating genetic elements that face selective pressures from ...

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Scientists Discover How Iron Minerals Secretly Lock Away Carbon for Centuries

Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils. Scientists have known for years that iron oxide minerals play a major role in storing carbon by keeping it out of the atmosphere. A new study from Northwestern University now …

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NASA eClips STEM Student Ambassadors Shine at STEM Exploration Community Event

The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and the NASA eClips Education Team from the National Institute of Aerospace Center for Integrative STEM Education (NIA-CISE) lit up the Professional Workforce Dev…

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Breakthrough shows light can move atoms in 2D semiconductors

Laser light can physically distort Janus TMD materials, revealing how their asymmetrical structure amplifies light-driven forces. These effects could power breakthroughs in photonic chips, sensors, and tunable light technologies.

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Reevaluating PFAS exposure risks from marine fish | Science

A modeling analysis suggests that legacy PFAS in marine fish have declined on a global scale

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How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore. The post How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Physicists Crack a New Code To Explore Dark Matter’s Hidden Life

A new computational breakthrough is giving scientists a clearer view into how dark matter structures evolve. Dark matter has remained one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology for almost a hundred years, shaping the universe while remaining invisible and poorly understood. A new study from researche…

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