New research published in the journal Food Policy suggests that labelling foods as “healthy” may discourage Americans from purchasing those foods.
The study included 308 adults in the US. Participants…
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Bacteria Limit Treatment Efficacy in Ovarian Cancer
Immunotherapy has changed the way physicians treat cancer patients. This approach to therapy targets the immune system to redirect cells toward the tumor. Once a tumor is established and begins to proliferate,…
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AI Agents Take Control: Exploring Computer-Use Agents
Two years after the generative AI boom really began with the launch of ChatGPT, it no longer seems that exciting to have a phenomenally helpful AI assistant hanging around in your web browser or phone, just waiting for you to ask it questions….
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Seeding the Passion – Environment | Weizmann Wonder Wander
When PhD student Gal Raviv thought of creating a sanctuary garden at the Weizmann Institute of Science, what she had in mind was saving endangered plants. But after the October 7 attack on Israel, the recently established garden became for her a…
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Gauging Edge Instabilities in Future Fusion Reactors
• Physics 18, 33
Researchers are unraveling the influence of energetic particles on the stability of plasmas in fusion reactors.
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Simulations of edge-localized modes interacting with highly… Continue Reading
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Strong Hints of a Bose Metal
• Physics 18, s26
An enigmatic and anomalous metallic state turns out to be intrinsic rather than a consequence of crystalline defects.
A strong enough magnetic field destroys superconductivity even at absolute zero….
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A Physicist Turned Fraud Detective
Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz
Renate Pazourek develops software tools that Austrian government agencies use to audit tax returns and other financial documents.
[Physics 18, 7] Published Thu Feb 13, 2025
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Understanding Titan’s Interior and History Through Tidal Friction
What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers at the University of…
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A Rapidly Warming Earth May Breach the Paris Agreement Within the Decade
As global temperatures climb higher year after year, the Earth heads toward a new era marked by a prospective breach of the Paris Agreement. Signed in 2016, the international climate treaty set a limit to keep global surface temperatures from…
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Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species — according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 — twice the number of animal species lost. But which species are hit hardest? And how does altered…
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