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Phys.org / Heat-loving enzyme reveals how plastic recycling could work near 70 °C

Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also known as biorecycling, which utilizes enzymes or microorganisms to break down polymer molecules. One ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AACR: New platform uses machine learning to predict responses in patients with lung cancer

An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the ability to accurately predict responses to immunotherapy for patients with metastatic non-small ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Research finds that streamlining the benefits application process increases WIC application, enrollment rates

Being stuck in a bureaucratic morass is frustrating and time-consuming; known as administrative burden, this phenomenon is unfortunately a regular feature of modern life. For some, however, administrative burden is more than ...

8 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Exploring conversational AI and poetry but not as we know it

What do the large language models behind human-like conversational AI really know and what does it mean to live alongside them?

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Psychologist reveals how distraction breaks memory

You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown and white sugar, you've forgotten how much you need, and you have to check the recipe again. That's ...

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Rotating acoustic filter isolates machine fault sounds in 100 dB noise

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed, for the first time in the world, an "interference acoustic ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Engineers develop new plasma spray technique for tungsten–copper protective coatings

Engineers have developed a new high-performance tungsten–copper metallic coating in one step using plasma spray, for future high heat flux (HHF) plasma facing components (PFC), specifically in the divertor target plate. The ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Social media posts reveal that women in the UK were repeatedly gaslit over womb procedure pain

Women have described being dismissed, disbelieved, and left in serious pain during a routine womb examination that affects tens of thousands every year. Users of parenting forum Mumsnet who underwent hysteroscopy procedures ...

9 hours ago
Medical Xpress / More than half of the victims of violent deaths in Brazil had consumed alcohol or drugs shortly before, study finds

A Brazilian study based on postmortem toxicological analyses found that 53% of violent death victims had alcohol or drugs in their systems shortly after death. The study examined 3,577 cases in Belém (North), Recife (Northeast), ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Distribution of Phase I lung cancer trials may be consolidating at top-performing US sites

Between 2020 and 2024, the number of unique sites in the United States where phase I clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were conducted decreased by 44% and became increasingly concentrated at the top 20 ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / What Canada, the UK and other G7 nations learned about building resilient education systems during the pandemic

By a dictionary definition, the word resilient means an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. The key words here? "Recover" and "change."

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Preserved orchids show pollination has fallen 60% since the 1970s

With their dazzling blooms, orchids are among the most famous and collected flowering plants on Earth. But orchids are not just beautiful and rare. They can also provide clues into the broader health of global ecosystems.

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