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Phys.org / World's rarest marsupial: What new research reveals about its survival needs
Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) along with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) have been working together to help protect the world's rarest marsupial by better understanding ...
Medical Xpress / 3D-printed scaffolds for blood vessels point to new approach for heart bypass grafts
The tiny opaque tube that Yonghui Ding holds up to the light in his laboratory looks like a bit of debris from a dismantled ballpoint pen.
Phys.org / Triturus newts reveal a genetic balancing act
An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same. How is that possible? ...
Phys.org / A new traveling-wave Josephson amplifier with built-in reverse isolation
Traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) are electronic devices that boost weak microwave signals (i.e., electromagnetic waves with frequencies typically ranging between 1 and 100 GHz). Recently, many engineers have been ...
Medical Xpress / Glut1 protein may be a potential therapeutic target for kidney disease
Targeting and disabling a certain protein essential to transporting glucose properly through cells (Glucose Transporter 1, or Glut1) could be a new way to fight kidney disease, according to a study led by Partha Biswas, DVM, ...
Phys.org / Short-lived optical flare AT2022zod is an unusual tidal disruption event, astronomers find
An international team of astronomers has investigated a short-lived optical flare designated AT2022zod. As a result, they found evidence indicating that this flare is an unusual tidal disruption event. The findings were presented ...
Medical Xpress / Research challenges traditional teen suicide prevention models
The old proverb "it takes a village to raise a child" also applies to preventing youth suicide, according to UBC Okanagan researchers who found that community support is essential.
Medical Xpress / Study finds significant pay gap between nurse educators and clinical nurses
The production of new nurses to help address national nursing shortages starts with the educational pipeline. However, substantial and persistent salary disparities exist between nursing faculty and nurses working in clinical ...
Phys.org / Effort to save Asia's big cats from catastrophe
Research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst is giving conservationists a precise picture of which habitats to target in their efforts to ensure that Southeast Asia's big cats—Bengal tigers, Indochinese leopards ...
Phys.org / CERN upbeat as China halts particle accelerator mega-project
The chief of the CERN physics laboratory says China's decision to pause its major particle accelerator project presents an "opportunity" to ensure Europe's rival plan goes ahead.
Medical Xpress / Experimental antibody enables lasting platelet stability in autoimmune bleeding condition
More than half of patients in a Phase III clinical trial who received a limited course of the experimental monoclonal antibody ianalumab for primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an autoimmune disorder that can cause life-threatening ...
Phys.org / The American West's most iconic tree is disappearing
A profound unraveling is underway in the American Southwest, happening across a thousand-mile arc from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the central Sierra. In an unprecedented calamity, the most widely distributed, most iconic tree ...
