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Phys.org / Quantum witness technique reveals spinons in quantum spin liquid candidate

Physicists at University College Cork have developed a new approach in the search for a quantum spin liquid, a long-sought state of quantum matter resembling a magnetic liquid whose quantum properties mean it never freezes. ...

17 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Anthropic opens most powerful AI model to public with safeguards

Anthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas.

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Early Rett syndrome clues emerge as 12 genes shift before symptoms appear

To better understand what drives the emergence of symptoms in Rett syndrome, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital took a closer ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Uncertainty-aware AI and lensfree holography enable reliable automated HER2 assessment for breast cancer diagnostics

The integration of AI into digital pathology has the potential to transform cancer diagnostics by enabling scalable, quantitative analysis of tissue specimens. However, widespread deployment of AI-assisted pathology remains ...

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Phys.org / Secret life of adult whitebait revealed by new research

Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) School of Biological Sciences researcher Dr. Ben Crichton has studied kōkopu—whitebait species that can live for 10 years or more. Whitebait is the collective term ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / When therapists can't take off the 'hat'

Licensed professional counselors have reported experiencing burnout and emotional exhaustion due to high workplace demands, a problem that has intensified over the past six years. On top of workplace pressures, mental health ...

9 hours ago
Phys.org / New combined spore trapping and DNA sequencing technology tracks fungicide resistance in grain crops

Researchers at the Center for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new system that combines spore trapping with advanced DNA sequencing to confirm fungicide resistance from air samples containing airborne spores.

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Medical Xpress / Girls are biggest consumers of anxiolytic and sedative drugs among adolescents in most EU countries

Xabi Martinez-Mendia, a researcher at the EHU-University of the Basque Country, has analyzed how adolescent psychotropic drug consumption is linked to gender inequality and economic factors in 32 European countries. Published ...

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Medical Xpress / Pangenome graph unlocks 20 near-complete variant groups in Japanese genomes

The race to complete the human pangenome—which comprises all genetic information across the human species—has been underway since 2022, when the first complete reference human genome sequence was released by the international ...

4 hours ago
Phys.org / Why plastic lingers: Water chemistry slows nature's cleanup

Scientists have long known that sunlight helps break down plastic. So, why do plastic products linger for decades and even centuries in rivers, lakes, and oceans—even when bathed in direct sunlight? Northwestern University ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI diagnoses brain tumors in minutes instead of weeks

Experts in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed an AI system that can classify brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy using standard microscopic tissue sections. Using digitized standard stains, the system identifies more ...

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Medical Xpress / ACS Geriatric Surgery Verification hospitals screen nearly all older surgical patients for delirium, study finds

There is a stark gap in how often hospitals screen older adults for postoperative delirium, with verified geriatric surgery programs screening nearly every patient while nonaccredited programs screen just half, according ...

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