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'Chainsaw massacre': Europe mulls culls for fish-guzzling cormorant
Europe's great cormorant has recovered from near extinction to overabundance in half a century, stoking a long-running debate over population control between fi...
South African genomics projects direct 10% of budgets to community-chosen benefits
South Africa is pioneering new ways to embed ethical benefit sharing in genomics research through community-led decision-making. Speaking at the World Congress...
Researchers create strong 'super silk' that maintains shape after wetting
Painstakingly woven from the cocoons of silkworms, silk has been valued for more than 4,000 years as a luxury material. More than just beautiful, silk is also l...
Scale can measure university students' confidence in using AI
A study conducted at Koç University School of Nursing examined university students' perceived self-efficacy in using artificial intelligence technologies. Led b...
Researcher finds several UK mosquito species are potential carriers of avian malaria
Mosquitoes are widely known for transmitting diseases such as malaria and dengue fever to humans, but less is known about the diseases they can transmit to wild...
Study finds high school track experience gives baseball players an edge MLB teams overlook
A new study by a University of Florida sport management professor and colleagues challenges long-held assumptions about how young athletes should train and sugg...
Tuberculosis drug discovery gets smarter with AI
When researchers screen potential tuberculosis drugs, they often end up with too many options. Some look promising but later prove to be costly dead ends. "We m...
Herbularyo card game blends Filipino folklore and organic chemistry
Medicinal plants have long been a cornerstone of Philippine traditional medicine, dating back generations. Tawa-tawa, a low-growing herb that thrives in open gr...
Amazon soy pact collapse could add 1.4 million hectares of deforestation by 2036
The collapse of a landmark Amazon soy pact will drive at least 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of extra deforestation in Brazil over the next decade, r...
Fatal car crashes in the US rise the day after a major mass shooting incident, finds new study
Mass shooting incidents and car crashes may seem like two unrelated incidents, but a recent study has uncovered that there might be an unexpected link. Every ye...
How Gravity from Entropy theory connects the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of cosmic structure
A new study by Queen Mary University of London mathematician Professor Ginestra Bianconi proposes a new perspective on one of the deepest questions in modern ph...
New optical chip design controls light speed in real time, simulations suggest
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a joint research team led by Professor Namkyoo Park and Professor Sunkyu Yu of the Department of...