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January 7, 2026 • Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part of a strategy to keep deadly pathogens from spreading ...

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Jan. 6, 2026 Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny ...

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Virtual National Science Foundation internships aren’t just a pandemic stopgap – they can open up opportunities for more STEM students Students who participated in the virtual Research Experience for ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to disprove the quantum mechanical principle of complementarity put forth by ...

Researchers assessed volunteers’ brain activity while they listened to stories, showing that strokes disrupt how the brain retains speech sounds.