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Integration of circulating tumor DNA data enhances lung cancer prediction in patients with COPD
Safiri, S. et al. Burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: Results from the global burden of disease study 2019. BMJ 378, e069679.
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Integrative mendelian randomization approaches for therapeutic target prioritisation in immune-mediated diseases
He, M. et al. Immune-Mediated Diseases Associated With Cancer Risks. JAMA Oncol. 8, 209–219 (2022).
El-Gabalawy, H., Guenther, L. C. & Bernstein, C. N. Epidemiology of immune-mediated…
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Are these killer whales cannibals? They probably don't think so themselves
In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia’s Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. In 2024, it happened again. The two finds were two kilometers…
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Tardigrades Reveal Risks and Rewards of Martian Regolith
How can Martian regolith (often mistakenly called “soil”) be used to benefit human exploration? This is what a recent study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology hopes to address as a team…
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Tardigrades Reveal Risks and Rewards of Martian Regolith
How can Martian regolith (often mistakenly called “soil”) be used to benefit human exploration? This is what a recent study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology hopes to address as a team…
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Porpoises can 'turn down the volume' to withstand ship noise
Porpoises are entirely dependent on their hearing for survival. They navigate, hunt, and communicate by emitting rapid click sounds and listening to the returning echoes. However, with increasingly noisy oceans, it is getting harder for porpoises…
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Feral horses and cattle create more resilient nature, rewilding study reveals
Protected natural areas across Europe are changing. Climate change, with rising temperatures and heavy rainfall, is turbocharging the growth of shrubs and trees, choking the flowers and insects that need the light and heat of open spaces….
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Large land predators were hunting big plant-eaters more than 280 million years ago, study finds
A study examining fossil evidence shows that large land predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 million years ago. University of Toronto Mississauga researchers Jordan M. Young, Tea Maho, and Robert Reisz studied…
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Agrivoltaics can increase or reduce yields and profits, depending on the crop and where the systems are deployed
In a world where increasing demands for food security and energy strain existing resources, scientists are looking for new ways to maximize both. One potential option, agrivoltaics, integrates solar photovoltaics with crops. A study examines the…
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