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  "id": 1560089,
  "title": "Despite appearing to recover, sunflowers retain drought damage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/despite-appearing-to-recover-sunflowers-retain-drought-damage",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T20:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-recover-sunflowers-retain-drought.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sunflowers are unable to fully recover from drought, new research has found, contradicting previous findings on the plant's ability to reverse drought-induced failure of water-transporting tissues and revealing new insights into how drought affects plants.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}