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Reinventing pediatric dental training in Singapore
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Reinventing pediatric dental training in Singapore

Managing pediatric dental patients can be stressful for dental students and inexperienced practitioners, particularly when communicating with fearful and uncoop...

Birds' efficient red blood cells convert metabolic 'waste' into fuel for rapid recovery
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Birds' efficient red blood cells convert metabolic 'waste' into fuel for rapid recovery

New research finds that birds can use lactate, often thought of as a metabolic waste product, as a cellular fuel that aids in rapid recovery from a harmful stat...

Citizen science could grow beyond data collection under 10 proposed recommendations
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Citizen science could grow beyond data collection under 10 proposed recommendations

Citizen science is booming and could play a much greater role in tackling climate change, reef health, biodiversity and public health challenges by involving me...

JWST finds the most distant barred galaxy candidate in the early universe
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JWST finds the most distant barred galaxy candidate in the early universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified what may be the most distant barred spiral galaxy ever discovered, dating to a time less than 1...

Isotopic signatures link hot spring magmatic water to the subducting Pacific Plate
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Isotopic signatures link hot spring magmatic water to the subducting Pacific Plate

Water flowing from hot springs near volcanoes often contains a mixture of meteoric water that has percolated underground and a deeper component known as magmati...

Cheetah chases inspire researchers to make a biologically accurate video game
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Cheetah chases inspire researchers to make a biologically accurate video game

Movement data from wild predator–prey encounters and controlled human catch-tag games have been combined to create realistic simulations of high-intensity movem...

Researchers break a fundamental rule to create a new concept: Heat that can be directed and 'programmed'
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Researchers break a fundamental rule to create a new concept: Heat that can be directed and 'programmed'

Normally, a material absorbs and emits heat in a linked way: A surface that absorbs heat well at a certain wavelength and direction will also emit heat in the s...

New research finds connection to place predicts hurricane response among US coastal residents
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New research finds connection to place predicts hurricane response among US coastal residents

For U.S. coastal residents, storm surge is among the deadliest hurricane hazards, causing catastrophic property damage and loss of life, and scientists expect t...

Bumblebees exposed to up to 7 times as much toxic metal as honeybees
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Bumblebees exposed to up to 7 times as much toxic metal as honeybees

Bumblebees collect up to seven times the amount of toxic heavy metals as honeybees even when foraging in the same environment, new research from the University...

Massive calving episode in Greenland may foreshadow more rapid ice sheet loss
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Massive calving episode in Greenland may foreshadow more rapid ice sheet loss

In November 2025, a study led by Adrien Wehrlé, a researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, looked at the massive calv...

New beetle genus named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species
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New beetle genus named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species

A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in insect taxonomy in the open-access journal ZooKeys, officiall...

Why we need to consider city shapes to save energy, water, and the climate
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Why we need to consider city shapes to save energy, water, and the climate

The world's future is in cities. It is estimated that by 2050, 7 out of 10 people will live in urban areas (although a recent CSH study suggests that the growth...

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