Songbird nests are being contaminated by insecticides applied to pets. The compounds frequently found in shampoos, spot-on treatments or impregnated collar flea treatments for cats and dogs were identified in fur taken from the nests of blue tits…
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Can probiotics actually curb sugar cravings?
Sugar is a siren song to many people. But some friendly gut bacteria might help you resist its lure. At least that’s what ads for some probiotics claim.
For years consumers have been bombarded with supposed health benefits of…
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In many of Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas, residents have little choice but rebuild in risky locations
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia. Over the course of a few days, residents in eastern Kentucky watched as river levels rose and surpassed flood levels. Emergency teams conducted over 1,000…
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Parrotfish support healthy coral reefs, but they’re not a cure-all, and sometimes cause harm
After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and territories are confirmed to have experienced coral…
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Texas Measles Outbreak Widens to Nearly 100 Cases
An increasing number of people in Texas are being diagnosed with measles. In Texas and a nearby New Mexico county, there have been 99 recently confirmed cases and more are suspected. There are multiple health…
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Intel 18a, TSMC N2 Make Tiniest SRAMs
Last week at the IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), two of the biggest rivals in advanced chipmaking, Intel and TSMC, detailed the capabilities of the key memory circuits, SRAM, built using their newest technologies,
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Physics – Sterile Neutrinos Remain Elusive
• Physics 18, s30
A comparison of neutrinos measured 1 km and 810 km from their source finds no evidence of a putative fourth neutrino flavor.
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Although the electroweak…
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New Fundamental Magnetic Law Uncovered
• Physics 18, 31
A new formula that connects a material’s magnetic permeability to spin dynamics has been derived and tested 84 years…
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Changes at Reading leave chemistry students worried about their future | News
Chemistry students at the University of Reading say that they are facing an uncertain future following news of planned changes to the department, announced at the end of last year.
Although the University of Reading has decided not to close…
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NASA’s Experimental Hybrid Hydrogen Engine Could Finally Cut Flight Emissions : ScienceAlert
Air travel produces around 2.5 percent of all global CO2 emissions, and despite decades of effort in developing alternative fuels or more efficient aircraft designs, that number hasn’t budged much.
However, NASA – also the US’s Aeronautics…
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