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AI guardians: Bridging digital innovation and sustainability for cleaner water
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AI guardians: Bridging digital innovation and sustainability for cleaner water

Researchers have developed a new framework that uses artificial intelligence to monitor wastewater treatment in real time, ensuring environmental safety while m...

Consumers willing to pay more for lobster harvested with ropeless technology, study finds
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Consumers willing to pay more for lobster harvested with ropeless technology, study finds

U.S. consumers are willing to pay more for lobster harvested using ropeless fishing technology designed to reduce whale entanglement risks, according to new Uni...

Hidden small RNA in cholera bacterium helps determine whether it can infect humans
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Hidden small RNA in cholera bacterium helps determine whether it can infect humans

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered what gives Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera, the ability to colonize the...

How the world can avoid millions going hungry when supply chains collapse
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How the world can avoid millions going hungry when supply chains collapse

Millions more people will face hunger in the coming months if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved soon, the UN has warned. The price of energy, whic...

Humpback whale released after spectacular rescue effort found dead off Denmark
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Humpback whale released after spectacular rescue effort found dead off Denmark

A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effor...

First outbursting hot subdwarf binary discovered
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First outbursting hot subdwarf binary discovered

An international team of astronomers has utilized the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to investigate a bina...

Common cancer protein may be therapeutic target, study finds
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Common cancer protein may be therapeutic target, study finds

A protein doctors routinely use to measure how aggressively tumors are growing may also help prevent the chromosome errors that drive cancer, new research by ac...

Why some water fleas suddenly grow helmets: Key receptors reveal how predator warnings trigger defense
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Why some water fleas suddenly grow helmets: Key receptors reveal how predator warnings trigger defense

Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, are tiny crustaceans that live in freshwater ponds and lakes. When they sense predators in their surroundings, these sma...

If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?
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If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?

From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time translation powered b...

New recyclable protein textiles could cut microplastic pollution and lower clothing waste
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New recyclable protein textiles could cut microplastic pollution and lower clothing waste

The textile industry produces a substantial portion of the world's waste, with only about 12% of fiber materials ending up in recycling. Textiles also account f...

Multi-actor collaboration in integrated landscape approaches
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Multi-actor collaboration in integrated landscape approaches

A comprehensive scoping review reveals that participatory practices are central to the success of multi-actor collaboration in landscape planning and governance...

Lobster embryo microbiomes remain resilient in future ocean conditions, sequencing reveals
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Lobster embryo microbiomes remain resilient in future ocean conditions, sequencing reveals

As ocean temperatures rise and marine ecosystems change, scientists are working to understand how valuable species like the American lobster will respond. New r...

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