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Bacterial nanoplatform reprograms spleen immune cells to help prevent cancer recurrence
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Bacterial nanoplatform reprograms spleen immune cells to help prevent cancer recurrence

A research team led by Professor Yong Taik Lim at the SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, have developed an engineered n...

Viking South positioned to support industrial renewal in the Humber, report says
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Viking South positioned to support industrial renewal in the Humber, report says

A study published today by the Geological Society and led by the University of Aberdeen concludes that the Viking South gas field has the geological suitability...

Microbial 'dark matter' yields 173 potential carbon dioxide-fixing strains
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Microbial 'dark matter' yields 173 potential carbon dioxide-fixing strains

There are millions of species of bacteria and archaea on Earth, remarkably little is known about most of them. Now, researchers have mined the genomes of thousa...

Gharial pop patterns and gecko calls uncover reptiles' overlooked social communication
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Gharial pop patterns and gecko calls uncover reptiles' overlooked social communication

Along the sandy banks of northern India's Chambal River, crocodile-like gharials glide silently through the water—but if a gharial spots a stranger, the quiet m...

Scientists solve years-long mystery of 'beating' signal in a quantum material
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Scientists solve years-long mystery of 'beating' signal in a quantum material

A team of Korean researchers has become the first in the world to identify the origin of the "beating" signal that has long been a major obstacle to interpretin...

Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds
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Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds

There is no credible scenario in which expansion at Heathrow can go ahead without blowing a hole in the UK's legally binding climate targets, new modeling publi...

Shellharbour families call for youth spaces, mental health support and affordable activities
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Shellharbour families call for youth spaces, mental health support and affordable activities

New research by the University of Wollongong's (UOW) Early Start, commissioned by Barnardos Australia's Communities for Children Shellharbour program and releas...

Probiotic and postbiotic treatments revive heat-stressed corals in field experiment
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Probiotic and postbiotic treatments revive heat-stressed corals in field experiment

Climate change continues to threaten the world's coral reefs, which support at least a quarter of all marine life. Though probiotics have been shown to rehabili...

Ancient DNA suggests western farming reached Gansu without mass migration
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Ancient DNA suggests western farming reached Gansu without mass migration

A multidisciplinary study has answered key questions about how agricultural practices diffused into ancient Gansu from Eurasia, as well as described population...

Away from grand temples, a recycled Bronze Age burial mound became the focus of a Roman religious complex
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Away from grand temples, a recycled Bronze Age burial mound became the focus of a Roman religious complex

The Romans were master engineers, building sprawling road networks, towering aqueducts and arenas across their empire. They were also good at recycling. New res...

How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding
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How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding

Canada's capital, Ottawa, was bombarded with 167 millimeters (6.6 inches) of rain in five hours earlier this summer in what the city called a 1-in-200-year even...

Tiny crustacean helps scientists understand genes regulating circatidal rhythms
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Tiny crustacean helps scientists understand genes regulating circatidal rhythms

Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole have shown that the four core clock genes responsible for maintaining...

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