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Danish and Welsh botanists sifted through 400 studies, field-tested seed mixes, and uncovered a lineup of native and exotic blooms that both thrill human eyes and lure bees and hoverflies in droves, offering ready-made recipes for transforming lawns, ...

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells "whisper" through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins that make our ears ultrasensitive. By syncing these micro-movements, the cells choreograph the embryo's shape, a dance captured ...

Scientists have finally uncovered a quantum counterpart to Carnot's famed second law, showing that entanglement--once thought stubbornly irreversible--can be shuffled back and forth without loss if you plug in a clever "entanglement battery."

Scientists have decoded the sea spider's genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body--with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen--may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed DNA map shows this ancient creature evolved ...

When you're mentally exhausted, your brain might be doing more behind the scenes than you think. In a new study using functional MRI, researchers uncovered two key brain regions that activate when people feel cognitively fatigued--regions that appear ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still yield fruit--hinting at a delicious new weapon in . ...

Ambroxol, long used for coughs in Europe, stabilized symptoms and brain-damage markers in Parkinson's dementia patients over 12 months, whereas placebo patients worsened. Those with high-risk genes even saw cognitive gains, hinting at real disease .. ...

Immersing stressed volunteers in a 360° virtual Douglas-fir forest complete with sights, sounds and scents boosted their mood, sharpened short-term memory and deepened their feeling of nature-connectedness--especially when all three senses were ...

A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals--from humans to marsupials--uncovered how certain cells at the mother-baby boundary have been working together for over 100 million years. By mapping gene activity in these cells, ...

Scientists have pioneered a new way to monitor sodium levels in the blood--without drawing a single drop. By combining terahertz radiation and optoacoustic detection, they created a non-invasive system that tracks sodium in real time, even through .. ...