One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.
Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen, each breath a struggle.
As…
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Some of Sydney’s koalas are chlamydia-free, but still at risk
Some of Sydney’s koalas are facing an uncompromising dilemma.
The koalas living in one corner of Australia’s largest city are perilously inbred, researchers report February 26 in Conservation Genetics. But the solution —…
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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including…
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Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences
Just over half the world’s population shares a river or lake basin with at least one other country. To sustainably manage those water resources for the health of people, ecosystems and economies, neighboring countries must work…
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US reviews chemical incident prevention planning rules | Business
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun to reconsider and ‘reassess elements’ of the previous administration’s Risk Management Program (RMP), which requires facilities that use extremely hazardous substances to develop…
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How Helm.ai Uses Generative AI for Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars were supposed to be in our garages by now, according to the optimistic predictions of just a few years ago. But we may be nearing a few tipping points, with robotaxi adoption going up and consumers getting accustomed to more and…
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‘Microlightning’ Could Help Solve a Crucial Question on How Life Began : ScienceAlert
Life’s building blocks may not have been crafted in the lightning flashes of a tempest, a new study suggests, so much as in the ceaseless glow of rolling ocean mists.
Researchers from Stanford University have demonstrated a phenomenon they…
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Nicotine pouch flavours may make them more addictive, study claims
The addictiveness of nicotine pouches and other oral products may depend on their flavourings, according to a new rat study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Nicotine pouches – small sachets placed between the…
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Vibrations at the Atomic Scale Expose Mysterious Phase Transitions
Scientists have uncovered a new way to explore the complex transformations of 2D nanomaterials. By using nanoscale vibrating membranes, they observed how mechanical and magnetic properties shift at extreme temperatures. Phase transitions, like…
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A new era in porous materials
Mar 18, 2025 Van der Waals forces, once deemed too weak for structural integrity, have been shown to create stable, highly porous frameworks with exceptional thermal resilience and reversible assembly, paving…
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