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Phys.org / JWST may solve a 20-year mystery behind a rule-breaking gamma-ray burst

Astronomers may have finally solved the mystery behind a nearly two-decade-old cosmic explosion that seemed to break the rules of physics. The energy output of a powerful gamma-ray burst, GRB 061201, discovered in 2006, did ...

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Phys.org / Black fungus thriving in the midst of Ireland's whiskey boom

Irish whiskey is one of Ireland's great export success stories. Exports were worth more than €930 million in 2025, with the country's much-loved spirit sold all over the world.

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Medical Xpress / Most women wear shoes that don't match their feet, study finds

Most women in a new RMIT University study wore shoe sizes that differed from the size indicated by their foot length, highlighting the limitations of conventional sizing systems in accounting for differences in foot width ...

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Medical Xpress / New guidelines aim to bring precision medicine to stroke rehabilitation

A University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) stroke rehabilitation specialist helped develop new recommendations for studying molecular biomarkers associated with recovery from stroke. The new guidelines could help ...

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Tech Xplore / Your phone could help measure pedal force, bringing pro-style cycling analysis to everyday riders

Researchers from the Holsworth Biomedical Research Centre are developing AI models that use video data to estimate the forces cyclists apply to their pedals.

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Phys.org / Is history a school subject in crisis?

History educators around the world have expressed concerns about declining history enrollments in schools and universities over the past few decades.

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Phys.org / What happens next with bird flu? An expert explains why monitoring matters

The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza is rapidly spreading along the coast of southern Australia, where it has killed thousands of wild birds and infected at least two long-nosed fur seals.

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Medical Xpress / New prediction tool could help increase uptake of heart failure medicines

A new heart failure (HF) treatment effect calculator could help overcome one of the largest barriers to effective heart failure care by predicting the expected effects of treatment on blood pressure, kidney function and potassium ...

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Tech Xplore / Where is AI headed? Two media theorists from the 1960s can help us figure it out

The 1960s were a time of great change in technology, culture and politics. Television was radically altering the media environment, and nobody was quite sure how to think about it.

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Medical Xpress / Professional gaming is brutal on the body—inside the growing field of treating esports injuries

Chinese esports player Jian "Uzi" Zi-hao was more than a star "League of Legends" player: He was so talented that his team structured its entire strategy around his abilities, funneling resources to him and another teammate, ...

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Phys.org / Not tiger, not wolf: Australian thylacine skull reveals a far different hunting style

A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about Australia's thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the "Tasmanian tiger" was significantly different from the wolves and wild ...

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Medical Xpress / Hidden immune cells in the lung could lead to better flu vaccines

Influenza continues to cause major illness each year in the United States, leading to more than 35,000 deaths annually. Children, older adults, pregnant individuals, people with weakened immune systems and those with chronic ...

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