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Phys.org / Takeaway coffee cups release thousands of microplastic particles, research reveals
It's 7:45am. You grab a takeout coffee from your local café, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip, and head to the office.
Phys.org / Homo habilis: The oldest and most complete skeleton discovered to date
An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved Homo habilis skeleton dating back more than 2 million years.
Tech Xplore / First-ever dataset to improve English-to-Malayalam machine translation fills critical gap for low-resource languages
The world's first dataset aimed at improving the quality of English-to-Malayalam machine translation—a long-overlooked language spoken by more than 38 million people in India—has been developed by researchers at the University ...
Medical Xpress / Implant provides lasting relief for treatment-resistant depression, study finds
About 20% of U.S. adults experience major depression in their lifetime. For most people, symptoms improve within a few treatment attempts, but up to one‐third of patients have treatment‐resistant depression, for which ...
Phys.org / Can a bat catch prey on a mirror? A bat's expert foraging skills revealed using a robot
Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly sophisticated behavior that requires precise, split-second decision making on the part of the hunting ...
Tech Xplore / Self-healing composite can make airplane, automobile and spacecraft components last for centuries
Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications—and can repair itself more than 1,000 times. The researchers estimate ...
Phys.org / Type Ia supernova delayed-detonation model supported by SN 2024gy observations
A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic and international partners, has carried out observational studies on SN 2024gy—a high-velocity Type ...
Tech Xplore / Multi-kilogram-scale biomass processing facility transforms agricultural biomass waste into fiber and textiles
UC Riverside chemical engineering researchers have completed construction of a multi-kilogram-scale biomass processing facility that transforms forestry and agricultural biomass waste into pulp that can be made into many ...
Phys.org / How 'smart' nanoparticles can deliver targeted gene therapy in osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent joint disease that leads to cartilage breakdown, pain and disability, yet there are still no FDA-approved treatments that can slow or reverse its progression. RNA-based therapies hold ...
Medical Xpress / Study focuses on safer opioid prescribing
With an estimated 5 million Americans battling opioid use disorder—resulting in tens of thousands of deaths each year—a new study by the University of Texas at Arlington examines how updated Centers for Disease Control ...
Phys.org / 'Absolutely huge' black coral among largest ever seen
Marine researchers have been wowed by the size of a centuries-old black coral found in Fiordland.
Phys.org / Ground-breaking study evidences flapper skate recovery in Scotland
A ground-breaking study reinforces that flapper skates are beginning to recover in Scotland. The study—led by Rosie Ashworth, a Research Assistant at The Lyell Center for Earth and marine sciences—involved interviews ...
