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Community music education a key youth well-being strategy
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Community music education a key youth well-being strategy

Improving the well-being of young people is an international priority. The World Health Organization has reported that suicide is now the third leading cause of...

Samuel Pepys censored his links to slavery, new study reveals
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Samuel Pepys censored his links to slavery, new study reveals

The fact that Samuel Pepys owned at least two enslaved people in 17th-century London is no secret. In some of his personal letters he was unashamedly open about...

Silicon nanospheres boost WS₂ second-harmonic generation 40-fold while preserving polarization
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Silicon nanospheres boost WS₂ second-harmonic generation 40-fold while preserving polarization

A research team has demonstrated that silicon nanospheres can strongly enhance second-harmonic generation (SHG) from an atomically thin semiconductor while pres...

Seismic activity in California varies with the seasons
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Seismic activity in California varies with the seasons

Earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust shift, jolting past each other in a release of built-up tension. However, other natural forces c...

AI tool predicts wildfire danger faster than current systems
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AI tool predicts wildfire danger faster than current systems

A wildfire forecasting system powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect dangerous fire conditions earlier and reduce the cost of wildfire respon...

Advanced dating method reveals age of Pacific coral architecture
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Advanced dating method reveals age of Pacific coral architecture

Application of an advanced dating technique establishes the first precise construction timeline for houses built out of coral in French Polynesia. The findings...

'Cool' detectors cut neutrino mass upper limit by an order of magnitude
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'Cool' detectors cut neutrino mass upper limit by an order of magnitude

Their mass is extremely low, but how light are neutrinos really? A collaboration comprising German and international research groups has optimized its experimen...

Tourism work builds 100 transferable skills, study shows
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Tourism work builds 100 transferable skills, study shows

People working in tourism and hospitality develop more than 100 transferable skills—from empathy and resilience to problem-solving and communication—that are in...

Webb and Hubble share the most comprehensive view of Saturn to date
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Webb and Hubble share the most comprehensive view of Saturn to date

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to capture new views of Saturn, revealing the planet in strikingly different ways. O...

Microtubules discovered to play an active role in correctly distributing chromosomes during cell division
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Microtubules discovered to play an active role in correctly distributing chromosomes during cell division

Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive structural supports. But a new study reveal...

Hooking big fish in warming oceans comes with a catch
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Hooking big fish in warming oceans comes with a catch

When it comes to fishing, reeling in the biggest one is often the goal. But as it turns out, leaving the largest and oldest fish in the water can help entire fi...

Why no individual is like another when epigenetics come into play
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Why no individual is like another when epigenetics come into play

Why do animals behave differently, and what are the consequences of this? A research team from the Collaborative Research Center NC³ at Bielefeld University and...

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