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Tech Xplore / Eco-friendly plastic plates could replace steel bars in concrete

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have demonstrated that concrete can be reinforced using polymer plates instead of steel bars, with the new material showing superior strength, ductility, and energy dissipation. The ...

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Medical Xpress / Single-drug treatments are giving way to combination therapy for lung cancer

Combination therapy is essentially a one-two punch at cancer—sometimes with multiple punches. For people with lung cancer, it means treating a tumor with more than one type of therapy at the same time or in sequence, often ...

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Medical Xpress / Sports uniform proposal could boost students' physical activity

New research suggests most Australians support a simple change that could significantly boost children's physical activity levels: letting students wear sports uniforms every day. The majority of young Australians are still ...

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Tech Xplore / Hygroscopic salts pull lithium from mining waste using only moisture from air

The world cannot have enough of the third element on the periodic table. From smartphones and laptops to state-of-the-art EVs, all are powered by lithium batteries. The demand for metal is only going to rise, and projected ...

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Phys.org / A rare 'triple-double' radio galaxy discovered using MeerKAT

Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally rare radio galaxy that has three distinct pairs of radio lobes. This system falls into a subpopulation of radio galaxies known as "triple-double" radio galaxies (TDRGs). Located ...

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Medical Xpress / Deep learning reveals how auditory cortex neurons split up natural sound coding

Over the past decades, computer scientists have introduced numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to emulate the organization and functioning of networks of neurons in the brain. Recently, some of these models ...

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Phys.org / Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what we know about gorgonopsians

In a study published in The Anatomical Record, researchers have identified a new species of large-bodied gorgonopsian from the middle Permian. The discovery pushed back the known origins of when these apex predators began ...

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Medical Xpress / For severe babesiosis, red blood cell exchange is associated with markedly improved outcomes

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham and Yale School of Public Health reveals that red blood cell exchange transfusion (ET) may provide critical benefits for patients hospitalized with severe babesiosis. ...

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Medical Xpress / Shedding light on the brain: New method controls neural pathway communication

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated networks. But scientists have ...

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Phys.org / Location matters: How one fat molecule can help trigger both cell limbo and cell death

When cells experience enough chronic stress, they can stop dividing permanently. In this state of cellular limbo, known as replicative senescence, cells remain alive but no longer proliferate. Pinpointing the stressors that ...

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Medical Xpress / 20,000 lab-grown human retinas reveal how cone photoreceptor cells resist degeneration

Scientists led by Botond Roska at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and collaborators have identified genetic pathways and compounds capable of protecting cone photoreceptors from the degeneration ...

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Medical Xpress / Antimicrobial resistant genes found in wastewater samples from a South African city

In South Africa, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and connected river systems could serve as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, raising fresh concerns about how antimicrobial resistance moves through ecosystems and into ...

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