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Phys.org / New genomic tool for clams boosts sustainable aquaculture

An international team of researchers, including CIIMAR, has developed a new tool that could help produce clams that are more resistant to disease and climate change while also strengthening the conservation of these species' ...

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Medical Xpress / Protein linked to cell death may also drive liver cancer

New research from the University of Oklahoma identifies a protein in liver cells that appears to help drive the development of liver cancer associated with obesity-related fatty liver disease. The finding, published in Hepatology, ...

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Tech Xplore / Driverless cars race wheel to wheel in Europe for first time

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), UAE technology company K2 and autonomous systems specialist Alp Autonomy have won the world's first multi-car autonomous race held in Europe after their joint entry, ...

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Medical Xpress / Are too many Americans taking antidepressants?

Drugs for treating depression are among the most prescribed categories of medications in the U.S.—1 in 6 American adults take them.

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Phys.org / From flower to fruit: A tug-of-war between growing tissues

Unlike an animal cell, a plant cell can't crawl or migrate. It's locked inside a rigid wall, cemented to its neighbors for life. A cell born at the center of a young fruit will still be there when that fruit ripens.

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Medical Xpress / Neurosurveillance paradigm breaks imaging time barrier to reveal new clues about brain disease

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have demonstrated a new approach to brain imaging that enables continuous monitoring of brain activity and the physiologic changes associated with neurological disease progression for ...

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Phys.org / Tightly guided atoms could enable low-power quantum navigation when GPS fails

Within tiny halos of light clinging to a vanishingly thin wisp of optical fiber, scientist Jongmin Lee guides atoms like marbles through a narrow pipe. Rock the fiber and the atoms shift side by side; they just don't fall ...

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Phys.org / Kids' brains are built for distraction. Sometimes that's a good thing.

Parents often learn the hard way that to make it anywhere on time, they should calculate how much time they think they need to get ready—and double it.

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Medical Xpress / Wireless brain-recording device enables animal neuroscience experiments in natural habitats

A new wireless device—lighter than a U.S. dime and shaped like a tiny chef's hat—can track the brain waves of animals as they move in natural habitats, opening doors to understanding complex behaviors that are impossible ...

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Tech Xplore / Machine learning uncovers how battery interphases can boost lithium-ion transport

Sandwiched between the electrolyte and electrodes in a lithium-ion battery is a remarkably thin layer of material that strongly dictates battery performance and durability: the interphase. Although typically only a few to ...

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Phys.org / Continuous video of black hole radio observations challenges shock wave theory

For years, scientists have relied primarily on radio imaging from techniques like very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) to study jets from the active galactic nuclei of supermassive black holes. This allows for the detection ...

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Medical Xpress / Novel immunotherapy leads to complete regression of chemotherapy-resistant liver cancer in 3-year-old

A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's describes a complete regression of hepatoblastoma, the most common pediatric ...

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