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Protected areas are crucial for wildlife conservation, but many are under unprecedented pressure associated with exponential human population growth in West Africa. In Togo, two national parks that previously hosted iconic ...

Aqarios' platform Luna v1.0 marks a major milestone in quantum optimization. This release significantly improves usability, performance, and real-world applicability by introducing FlexQAOA, a hybrid quantum algorithm designed ...

I grew up and began my career in Brazil, where access to health care and education—especially in low-resource settings—was not guaranteed. Early in my clinical work, I witnessed how empowering patients with knowledge ...

I've always been fascinated by how materials break down, especially glasses and polymers that don't have a regular crystal structure. Unlike crystals, where we understand plasticity through things like dislocations, amorphous ...

If you've ever consumed food made with olive oil, there's a good chance you've unknowingly ingested materials capable of producing lasers. Researchers have recently demonstrated edible microlasers—tiny lasers made entirely ...

Why is it so hard to stop at just one cookie? For many people, sweet foods like chocolate, pastries, and candy aren't just a treat—they're a source of craving, guilt and emotional struggle. A newly published pilot study ...

When I work shifts in the emergency department, I often find myself weighing two imperfect options for patients who might have a sexually transmitted infection. Should I administer antibiotics "just in case," or wait for ...

As trees grow larger, their heartwood proportion increases and eventually accounts for most of the biomass. Heartwood decay resistance depends on the type and amount of protective chemicals (extractives) deposited therein. ...

We rarely think about how liquids flow—why honey is thick, water is thin or how molten plastic moves through machines. But for scientists and engineers, understanding and predicting the viscosity of materials, especially ...

Antimony selenosulfide (Sb2(S,Se)3) solar cells are emerging as a strong candidate for next-generation thin-film photovoltaics due to their tunable bandgap, strong optical absorption and composition from Earth-abundant, nontoxic ...

Imagine living with a persistent, debilitating fatigue that no amount of rest can alleviate, coupled with a constellation of other symptoms such as brain fog, pain, and sleep disturbances. This is the reality for millions ...

Imagine a condition affecting nearly one-third of the global population, often silently progressing, and deeply intertwined with prevalent health issues like obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is metabolic dysfunction-associated ...