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Tech Xplore / Wikipedia at 25: Can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?
Around the turn of the century, the internet underwent a transformation dubbed "web 2.0." The world wide web of the 1990s had largely been read-only: static pages, hand-built homepages, portal sites with content from a few ...
Phys.org / Mentoring programs help close education gap for disadvantaged children in Germany
Even when they perform equally well in elementary school, children from less privileged families in Germany are less likely to enter the high track in secondary school. A study by the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence at ...
Medical Xpress / Ketamine is giving more young people bladder problems—an expert explains
Urology departments in England and Wales have reported seeing an increase in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds being admitted for bladder inflammation associated with ketamine use.
Medical Xpress / Huntington's disease: Treatments are finally on the horizon after recent advances
Huntington's disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a progressive, hereditary brain disease that affects movement, cognition and emotions. Doctors often diagnose ...
Phys.org / Native pollinators need more support than honeybees in Australia—here's why
Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers in the wake of the 2022 arrival and subsequent spread of the Varroa mite.
Tech Xplore / In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea
Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination's biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean's surface.
Phys.org / Perth's dolphins eat what's in season and are loyal to their groups
Perth's two dolphin groups in the Swan-Canning Rivers and further south in Cockburn Sound have been studied for more than a decade by Murdoch University researcher Dr. Delphine Chabanne, who is a passionate champion of the ...
Medical Xpress / Prioritizing protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right—and wrong—according to nutrition experts
Last week, United States health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr released the government's revamped dietary guidelines for 2025 to 2030.
Medical Xpress / Potential tumor-suppressing gene identified in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and begins in the cells lining the pancreatic duct. Accounting for more than 90% of all pancreatic cancers, PDAC is extremely difficult ...
Phys.org / New study quantifies sargassum's multimillion-dollar impact to U.S. coastal economies
A study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Rhode Island (URI) provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the economic damage caused by recurring sargassum ...
Tech Xplore / Does adding 'please' and 'thank you' to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?
Cut the words "please" and "thank you" from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet.
Phys.org / Sinking boreal trees in the deep Arctic Ocean could remove billions of tons of carbon each year
Global efforts to reduce pollution will not be enough to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, scientists say. We will also need to extract over 10 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year for the ...