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AI provides a more precise time of death post-mortem

• Feb 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence can be used to provide a more precise time of death, which could be crucial in murder investigations. The method was developed...

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Succulent plants protect themselves through a variety of adaptation strategies

• Feb 24, 2026

How do plants adapt to drought and heat? New studies on plants of the Canary Islands show that adaptation is not determined by a single character but...

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Local political crises are breaking the global unity of youth activism, study finds

• Feb 24, 2026

A new study reveals that the image of a seamless global youth climate movement is fracturing as activists in the "periphery" feel increasingly sidelin...

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How Japanese medical trainees view AI in medicine

• Feb 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming health care and medical education. From enhancing diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-makin...

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Electrical control of magnetism in 2D materials promises to advance spintronics

• Feb 24, 2026

Conventional electronics process information leveraging the electrical charge of electrons. Over the past few decades, some electronics engineers have...

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Loans alone aren't enough: Tailored support empowers poor women in Bangladesh

• Feb 24, 2026

A new study by QUT researchers found that financial credit alone cannot break the cycle of poverty for women in Bangladesh. Instead, a "credit-plus" a...

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Industrial research labs were invented in Europe but made the U.S. a tech superpower

• Feb 24, 2026

How did the United States overtake Europe to become the world's technological leader within just a few decades? A new study by researcher Frank Neffke...

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Southern Alaska killer whales eat a remarkably diverse diet, observations reveal

• Feb 24, 2026

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a published study...

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Kelp: The planet's other forest crisis

• Feb 24, 2026

The decline of California's kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013–17 has seen only minor recovery despite heroic efforts at restoration carr...

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Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments

• Feb 24, 2026

The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a...

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Fast-paced lives demand faster vision: Ecology shapes how 'quickly' animals see time

• Feb 24, 2026

Animals don't just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds. That is according to a ne...

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Global warming and heat stress risk close in on the Tour de France

• Feb 24, 2026

The progressive rise in temperatures poses a growing threat to the staging of summer sporting events in Europe and, more specifically, to the Tour de...