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Researchers develop automated system to accelerate outbreak detection and disease surveillance
Biomedical engineers at Brown University have developed a fully automated workflow that simplifies and accelerates the preparation of bacterial samples for gene...
Animals in prehistoric paintings reveal hidden pattern across nine Basque caves
Iñaki Intxaurbe, a researcher at the EHU-University of the Basque Country, analyzed the distribution of images in nine caves in the Basque Country using network...
Family courts must do more to hear children's voices, study says
Children involved in private family law proceedings in England can experience serious harm to their mental and physical health because their voices are too ofte...
Human eyes needed, not AI, to study the Arctic sky
Scientists studying space weather are turning to human volunteers rather than artificial intelligence to help sort through hundreds of thousands of images of th...
Sleeping sickness parasite reveals enzyme weak spot that could guide safer drugs
African sleeping sickness and related diseases can be treated only with toxic and sometimes ineffective drugs. Now, University of Connecticut researchers show i...
As Supreme Court decisions grow sharper, new study examines justices' calculated concessions
Recent U.S. Supreme Court terms have seen justices openly accuse one another of rewriting statutes, ignoring precedent and substituting policy preferences for l...
Extreme precipitation in Central Asia connected to drought in mainland Southeast Asia
In much of Asia, the effects of climate change are felt through an increased frequency of extreme weather events, especially water-related ones. Droughts are be...
Fragmented system hampering UK response to economic crime, researchers find
A new study from The University of Manchester has offered the most comprehensive look to date at how the U.K. coordinates its response to economic crime, identi...
Vapor-controlled supramolecules can switch color, glow and phase
Controlling interactions between molecules and their functions from the molecular level to the macroscopic scale is challenging in supramolecular and materials...
Study finds river sand mining is outstripping nature's supply
The sand used to build cities, roads and other infrastructure is being removed from many rivers faster than nature can replace it, according to a global review...
Hawaiian stilt reclassified from endangered to threatened after 50 years of conservation efforts
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the reclassification of the Aʻeo, or Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), from endangered to threatened...
New insights into how DNA, the body's instruction manual for life, is regulated
Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center have uncovered new insights into how cells regulate DNA methylation, a fundamental process that helps keep poten...