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Phys.org / Southeast Asia's changing landscape is fueling a deadly air crisis that costs billions

Changes in land-use across Southeast Asia over the past 15 years are worsening air quality and contributing to thousands of excess deaths each year, according to a study led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, ...

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Medical Xpress / AI-guided drug search flags folic acid for diabetic wound healing

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an AI-guided workflow that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular simulations to identify potential drug candidates for diabetic wound ...

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Tech Xplore / New magnesium alloy design improves stability and ion transport in solid-state batteries

The modern world runs on invisible energy. Hidden inside smartphones, laptops, and electric vehicles, are batteries that quietly power everyday life. As society becomes increasingly dependent on portable and sustainable energy, ...

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Science X / Could one prenatal vitamin reshape how your child remembers words, patterns and places?

Prenatal supplements nourish both mother and baby, helping fill vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the mother while supporting a healthy pregnancy and strong fetal development throughout every stage of pregnancy. Scientists ...

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Phys.org / Months trapped together in Antarctic isolation reveal a risk few long missions can afford to ignore

How can people continue to function as a team when they live together in isolation for months on end? A new study led by the University of Zurich shows that loneliness isn't the only challenge posed by extreme environments. ...

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Medical Xpress / Chronic liver disease in Europe: A preventable crisis going undetected

Europe is facing a growing chronic liver disease threat, according to a new series published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe, that engaged more than 75 co-authors from 30 countries and was led by the Barcelona Institute ...

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Phys.org / Randomization can improve quantum computer performance in presence of noise

New research led by a graduating Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has shown that randomization can improve quantum computer performance in the presence of noise.

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Phys.org / Who's missing? Why underrepresentation often goes unnoticed in the workplace and classroom

During a staff meeting, we may look around to take account of who is present—an observation that could consider the race or gender of who is in the room. But would everyone notice a complete absence of women, colleagues of ...

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Phys.org / Universe's most distant 'Hot DOG' yet may owe extreme infrared glow to polar dust, Webb reveals

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed fresh details about one of the most luminous known objects in the universe: the dust-shrouded quasar W2246−0526, seen just 1.2 billion years after the Big ...

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Phys.org / The 700-million-year history of our blood cells

Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is a testament to how animals ...

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Phys.org / Payre fossils from Europe's earliest Neanderthals reveal dynamic evolution shaped by climatic oscillations

The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led the international team behind a new study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences exploring the complex evolution of Neanderthals ...

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Medical Xpress / Why some cancers are worse than others

Megan Sweet slices tumors. A normal day in the lab finds the Virginia Tech graduate student with hands deep inside a refrigerated metal box, pulling a mounted mouse-grown tumor incrementally closer to a razor-sharp blade. ...

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