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Phys.org / Beluga calls deciphered to bolster conservation efforts

Alaska's Cook Inlet was home to nearly 1,300 beluga whales in the late 1970s, but today the population hovers around 300. Despite almost two decades of recovery work, the whales aren't bouncing back. The Cook Inlet belugas ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Blood pressure drug can reduce arterial stiffening

Obesity is closely intertwined with high blood pressure and diabetes, often putting patients at greater risk for either of these health conditions. It's also associated with arterial stiffening—when the walls of the artery ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Barbell 'whip' may shape Olympic lifts more than lifters realize

In Olympic weightlifting, a single kilogram plate can be the difference between gold and silver. As much as possible, elite athletes must use everything they can to their advantage.

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Medical Xpress / Routine scans may reveal tumor aggressiveness in head and neck cancer—without additional tests

Medical imaging routinely used in cancer care may hold far more biological information than previously thought. An international study involving Umeå University guest professor Lukas Kenner shows that PET/CT scans can capture ...

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Medical Xpress / Future cancer therapy could use immunity to clean up damaged DNA by modulating AUF1

Researchers have identified a pathway that triggers an immune response in cells with defective DNA repair. In particular, the authors of a new paper demonstrated how the downregulation of AUF1 impairs DNA repair, followed ...

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Phys.org / Bottom trawling is scraping oceans of wildlife

Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world's fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and social concerns. Given that, you'd think there would be an answer to basic questions in fisheries: ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Flu signals in wastewater offer an early warning for community outbreaks

Seasonal influenza can spread rapidly, and timely information on rising cases is essential for public health decisions and health care resource planning. However, conventional surveillance based on reported patients can lag ...

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Tech Xplore / The ionic path to all-solid-state batteries

Carbon neutrality may come in the form of a battery. All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are gaining traction in the energy and electric vehicle industries as potentially safer alternatives to the standard, flammable liquid ...

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Medical Xpress / A 13-gene panel may help predict response to chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized cancer cell-specific features in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tissues, identifying ...

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Phys.org / Study reveals how, when political parties communicate with citizens in multiple languages

A new Washington University in St. Louis' study takes on the Herculean task of studying the linguistic choices of more than 800 political parties from 87 democracies around the world, including the United States.

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Medical Xpress / A simple X-ray measure linked to survival in lung cancer surgery patients

A new study shows that a simple measurement from routine chest X-rays can help predict survival among patients with lung cancer and breathing disorders. Researchers found that lower diaphragmatic dome height (DDH) before ...

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Medical Xpress / Teen depression linked with higher substance use rates

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adolescents experienced depression between 2021 and 2023, and those teens were significantly more likely to use substances such as alcohol, marijuana and opioids, according to a new national study.

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