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Phys.org / Educational psychologists warn of growing pressure on children's services

Growing backlogs in Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs) are making it difficult for educational psychologists to prioritize early intervention because they are weighed down by statutory assessments.

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Medical Xpress / Wearable electric-field device slows aggressive breast cancer in preclinical study

A drug-free technology that uses low-intensity electric fields reduces tumor growth and spread in preclinical models of triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive forms of the disease, according to new research ...

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Phys.org / Miniaturized laser technology paves the way for fundamental physics experiments in space

An international team of researchers has succeeded in producing atomic quantum gas mixtures with an unprecedented particle flux. In the journal Nature Communications, the scientists report on experiments conducted with the ...

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Medical Xpress / Targeting MDA-9 restrains head and neck tumor growth and eliminates therapy resistance

Chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of treatment for head and neck cancers, the seventh-most-common type of cancer worldwide. However, the disease is often diagnosed at a late stage, once it has already spread to other organs, ...

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Phys.org / One of the world's only two complete dodo skulls reveals new clues about the extinct bird

Only two complete dodo skulls are known to exist anywhere in the world: one at the Natural History Museum Denmark and one at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The specimen housed in Copenhagen has been preserved ...

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Medical Xpress / Widely used early warning score may help guide the urgency of antibiotic treatment for suspected sepsis

A study of nearly 100,000 adults treated for suspected infection suggests that the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2), a score based on routinely collected vital signs that is widely used to identify patients at risk of ...

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Medical Xpress / A lesser-known SARS-CoV-2 protein may offer clues to long COVID symptoms

Six years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still uncovering surprising ways the virus can wreak havoc on the body. A new UCLA study published in Science Advances describes a previously unrecognized ...

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Medical Xpress / Why adults living with HIV are at high risk for diabetes

A new UC San Francisco study helps explain why people with HIV remain at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes despite effective suppression of the virus with modern medications.

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Phys.org / Air-stable, ultrathin superconductors developed for more scalable quantum devices

Super-thin superconducting materials, which are only one or a few atoms thick, have unique properties scientists can leverage to produce more compact, scalable, and efficient quantum devices. But these fragile materials degrade ...

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Phys.org / Long-term study suggests landfill methane emissions are far higher than estimates

Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas, causing much more warming than carbon dioxide on a unit-for-unit basis—and a new, uniquely long-term study of emissions at a New Jersey landfill suggests that estimates of methane ...

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Medical Xpress / Why do people's pupils dilate when they're surprised? Researchers explain

When people encounter new information that challenges their expectations, their pupils are likely to dilate. This physiological response is a sign that something is happening in the brain to help the person adapt to the new ...

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Phys.org / Pacific islands alarmed by Trump-backed push for deep-sea mining

A Pacific island leader says there were "no consultations" before the U.S. announced swaths of nearby ocean could be auctioned for deep-sea mining exploration, telling AFP the industry faced strong opposition among his people.

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