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Tech Xplore / A silicon carbide transistor that operates at 600°C

For more than two decades, silicon carbide (SiC) has been promoted as the key to developing extreme-environment electronics. Yet despite its promise, the field has remained stuck at the stage of basic research, failing to ...

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Phys.org / A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness

More than 80 countries face chronic drought, yet only a third have systems in place to act before a drought arrives rather than after. The gap is costly. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, ...

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Medical Xpress / Rethinking how we define neurodegenerative diseases

On the surface, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) might seem like unrelated diseases. ALS destroys motor neurons, causing muscle ...

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Phys.org / An AI job boom? Here's what the tedious, temporary work in data labeling is actually like

Amid all the talk about artificial intelligence (AI) both creating and destroying jobs, a troubling reality flies under the radar.

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Phys.org / Book Week is not just for big kids—how to engage babies and toddlers at story time

Book Week is a great opportunity for parents and caregivers to inspire a love of reading in babies and toddlers.

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Phys.org / Recycling meat waste may help bring cultivated meat to market

Researchers found microalgae can be grown using waste from cultivated meat production, then processed and fed back into the system, replacing some of the expensive ingredients needed to grow new meat cells.

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Phys.org / Why hundreds of scientists want more protection for Australia's oceans

Australia is one of the world's great ocean nations. It is home to more marine species than any other country, with ocean ecosystems spanning all five of the world's climate zones, from the coral-rich tropics to the icy shores ...

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Medical Xpress / Q&A: Short animation changes how people see addiction

Social stigma—judgment from employers, neighbors, clinicians and family—is one of the main reasons why only one in 10 of the roughly 400 million people worldwide with alcohol or drug use disorders receive adequate care, according ...

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Medical Xpress / New drug targets offer potential pathway for pancreatic cancer treatment

Peter Mac researchers have identified potential new drug targets for pancreatic cancer by uncovering proteins cancer cells rely on to grow and survive.

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Medical Xpress / Can you slow the aging process? Study reveals which interventions might help

When Raghav Sehgal arrived at Yale as a graduate student several years ago, he wanted to explore the use of powerful computer science tools in cancer research. With an engineering background and a computational biology startup ...

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Medical Xpress / Student mental health rebounds from pandemic lows, but long-term trends remain troubling

Findings from the 2025 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) released by the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) suggest that Ontario middle and high school students have rebounded from the heightened ...

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Phys.org / Australia's bird flu response: Too little, but it's not too late

When news broke over the weekend that Australia's first mainland case of bird flu in a mammal—the death of a long-nosed fur seal—had been detected, I felt deep sadness and dread for what's likely to come next. We should expect ...

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