January 29, 2026
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Svalbard’s polar bears are showing remarkable resilience to climate change
These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting…
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Toughen up, kidney, the damage is temporary: Kidney tissue stiffening attracts repair cells, study finds
Recovering from acute kidney damage isn’t just about growing kidney cells—it also requires kidney tissue to stiffen temporarily, University of Connecticut researchers report Dec. 3 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Stone Age teenager was mauled by a bear 28,000 years ago, skeletal analysis confirms
Nearly 28,000 years ago, a teenage boy was buried with care in a cave in what is now northern Italy, a spectacular shell cap covering his head and a flint blade grasped in his right hand. Archaeologists have now determined his cause of death: a…
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Svalbard polar bears are doing surprisingly well (for now)
The Arctic’s polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are often the poster species for…
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Polar bears in the Barents Sea are staying fat despite rapid sea ice loss
Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last.
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Scientists Found a Hidden Brain Failure Behind Alzheimer’s Memory Loss
A new study in mice suggests that memory problems in Alzheimer’s disease may stem from a breakdown in how the brain replays recent experiences during periods of rest. The research was carried out by scientists at University College London (UCL)…
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Artificial lungs kept a man alive until he could get a transplant
Surgeons removed a man’s irreparably damaged lungs and kept him alive for 48 hours with artificial lungs…
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Svalbard polar bears show improved fat reserves despite sea ice loss
The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite sea ice losses, according to new findings. The findings differ from previously published observations of polar bear…
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New device switches terahertz pulses between electric and magnetic skyrmions
On-demand control of stable toroidal vortices lays groundwork for robust wireless data encoding.
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Webb Zooms into Helix Nebula
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and planetary system. In Webb’s high-resolution look, the structure of the gas being shed off by a dying…
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