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Phys.org / The future of agriculture

It's a mild early spring morning at the historic Cottonwood Field Station in western South Dakota, and a herd of 150 Angus steers are scheduled to move to a new pasture rotation. Moving cattle can be tricky and often requires ...

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Medical Xpress / Competition is vital to enjoyment in children's sport, research finds

How competition is presented to children in grassroots sport has a massive impact on how much they enjoy physical activity, according to researchers at Coventry University.

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Phys.org / Vultures on the rise: Study provides evidence of population increase and delayed migration in western North America

Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) may not be beautiful, but they are certainly adaptable. A new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, titled "Turkey Vulture Aggregations at a Water Barrier Provide Evidence of ...

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Medical Xpress / First‑in‑human study tests gamitrinib designed to disrupt cancer cells' energy systems

Cancer cells need large amounts of energy to survive and multiply. To produce that energy, they rely on structures inside the cell called mitochondria, often described as the cell's "powerhouse." Unlike healthy cells, cancer ...

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Tech Xplore / Offshore spatial conflicts threaten the UK's energy transition ambitions, study warns

A new study from the University of Aberdeen's Interdisciplinary Center for Energy Transition warns that intensifying competition for offshore space is placing the U.K.'s energy transition at risk and calls for the creation ...

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Phys.org / Why researcher independence doesn't start or end with a PhD

A Ph.D. is often treated as the point where scholars become "independent." Yet, a new study by Hiroshima University shows that achieving independence is far less simple and tidy, unfolding instead as a long, uneven, river-like ...

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Tech Xplore / This researcher put AI in the big game. It did not play well

A researcher analyzing reams of data. A traveler translating a foreign language. A student writing an essay. There are many ways that artificial intelligence has been proven to help an individual in a challenging situation. ...

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Medical Xpress / Extreme weather can whip up anxiety. A safety plan can help

Hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other extreme weather can also kick up storms of anxiety.

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Medical Xpress / Later sleep schedules are associated with loneliness and increased anxiety

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that individuals with an evening chronotype, who prefer to go to sleep and wake up at later times, report poorer mental health, higher general loneliness, ...

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Medical Xpress / GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study

A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women between the ages of 45 and 80 found that those who took GLP-1 medications were about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not take GLP-1 medications, ...

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Medical Xpress / Stem cell transplantation found to be more cost-effective than gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Stem cell transplantation is the most cost-effective option for long-term care of sickle cell disease in adults when compared with gene therapy and standard of care treatment, according to new research published in Blood ...

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Phys.org / New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness

Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation shows that high-resolution ...

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