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Journalism classes lack a consistent approach to AI use across institutions
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Journalism classes lack a consistent approach to AI use across institutions

Artificial intelligence is steadily becoming more embedded in journalism; part of how journalists write, edit, research and more. But little is known about how...

Researchers develop highly efficient, durable catalyst for chlor-alkali electrolysis
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Researchers develop highly efficient, durable catalyst for chlor-alkali electrolysis

Efficient and durable catalysts for the chlorine evolution reaction (CER) are critical for chlor-alkali and related brine electrolysis processes, but convention...

New 'Roadmap' highlights surface acoustic wave technologies
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New 'Roadmap' highlights surface acoustic wave technologies

With the involvement of scientists from the Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics in Berlin and the Universities of Augsburg and Münster, internation...

Defect engineering lifts chalcopyrite thermoelectrics to record performance
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Defect engineering lifts chalcopyrite thermoelectrics to record performance

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Jian at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collabora...

West African coast emerges as key source of microlitter in the South Atlantic Ocean
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West African coast emerges as key source of microlitter in the South Atlantic Ocean

Most of the microlitter present in the South Atlantic Ocean originates from the West African coast and is particularly concentrated in areas near the equator an...

New copper nanozyme shows powerful tumor suppression with high precision
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New copper nanozyme shows powerful tumor suppression with high precision

Malignant tumor treatment remains a major challenge due to the limited precision and significant side effects. Copper-based single-atom nanozymes have shown pro...

Metro Manila air still carries toxic lead decades after gasoline phaseout
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Metro Manila air still carries toxic lead decades after gasoline phaseout

Counterintuitively, despite the ongoing fuel crisis and the over two decades since the global phaseout of leaded gasoline, toxic lead still lingers in Metro Man...

New genome editing method could swap entire genes and correct 1000 mutations at once
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New genome editing method could swap entire genes and correct 1000 mutations at once

New technology enables the insertion of a large segment of DNA into a genome, potentially expanding gene therapy treatment from cancellation of disease-causing...

Stealthing survivors grapple with a 'gray area' of sexual violation
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Stealthing survivors grapple with a 'gray area' of sexual violation

Nonconsensual condom removal by an intimate partner falls into a gray area of sexual violence, a traumatic experience that exposes survivors to health risks, wh...

AI classifier flags bird flu genomes more likely to spread in mammals
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AI classifier flags bird flu genomes more likely to spread in mammals

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed a machine-learning classifier capable of analyzing the ge...

Pet cats that roam outdoors can carry similar disease risk as feral cats
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Pet cats that roam outdoors can carry similar disease risk as feral cats

A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers has found that pet cats allowed to roam outside unsupervised carry infectious diseases at rates co...

Tokamak regime sustains stable fusion plasma for one minute while easing heat loads
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Tokamak regime sustains stable fusion plasma for one minute while easing heat loads

For the first time, a research team has demonstrated, in a metal-wall environment, a plasma regime that simultaneously achieves partial divertor detachment, an...

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