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Phys.org / Canada's last epishelf lake is gone for good, study confirms

Canada's last epishelf lake drained into the Arctic Ocean following the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf and will not recover, a new study confirms.

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Medical Xpress / Brain's rhythm signals may help memory circuits communicate

A new study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, suggests that slow electrical rhythms traveling along individual nerve fibers may do more than reflect brain activity: They may help coordinate communication ...

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Phys.org / The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch—but the idea is still changing how we see the world

The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled Earth out of the relatively stable climatic ...

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Medical Xpress / Targeted antibody treatment reverses diabetic nerve damage in mouse models

A team of UTHealth Houston researchers slowed and even reversed diabetic nerve damage in mice, bringing researchers one step closer to developing a treatment for humans. The research is published in Science Translational ...

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Phys.org / Terbium's elusive plus-4 form emerges under ordinary lab conditions, opening possibilities for rare-earth metals

Chemists in a new study led by the University of Iowa report they have isolated and described in detail an atypical state of the rare-earth metal terbium, an advance that could expand its use in quantum technologies, including ...

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Medical Xpress / Psychiatrists agree on a diagnosis in only 55% of cases, international study finds

In the 1970s, psychiatric diagnoses were marked by considerable uncertainty and disagreement. Since then, organizations such as the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization (WHO) have worked to develop ...

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Medical Xpress / Blood protein analysis could help diagnose rare diseases missed by genome sequencing

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Genomics England have shown that measuring proteins in the blood can provide important additional clues about the effects ...

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Phys.org / AI ethics problem may lie with organizations, not engineers, study finds

AI engineers often recognize ethical risks associated with the systems they build, but many lack the authority, incentives and organizational support needed to act on them, according to new research from the University of ...

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Phys.org / 'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record

The contiguous United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dire impacts of climate change.

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Phys.org / How 'positive' stress could improve the welfare of zoo animals

Pelicans have resided in St James's Park, London, for 360 years. But the current flock has been a summer sensation because of the first chicks to hatch in the park's history.

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Phys.org / Having compassion for oneself is linked to well-being, study finds

Caring for others without caring for oneself is associated with lower levels of well-being and may not be sustainable, a new study found.

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Medical Xpress / A microscopic obstacle course hints at how disorder may prime tumor cells for invasion

In 2024, malignant tumors caused more than 21,300 deaths in Austria, 4.7% more than in 2014. Faced with a similarly pressing global challenge, scientists are striving to better understand what drives cancer cells to grow, ...

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