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Cancer Nanotech Nurtures Sustainable Agriculture Innovation

Cancer drugs and agrichemicals can be powerful, but toxic, tools.

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New Biosensor Can Detect Airborne Bird Flu in Under Five Minutes

As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ways to monitor for infections, in real time, to mitigate and respond to outbreaks.

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Recycled Cements Drive Down Emissions Without Slacking on Strength

Giving a second life to construction materials after demolition, engineers at the University of São Paulo and Princeton have developed an approach for recycling cement waste into a sustainable, low-carbon alternative that is comparable in performance to the industry standard.

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AI Technique Boosts Climate Change Defenses

Researchers from Princeton and Rutgers University have used reinforcement learning, a method frequently deployed to train artificial intelligence, to show how flexible responses can substantially increase the cost-effectiveness of steps to defend cities like New York against climate change.

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Red Coral Colonies Survive a Decade After Being Transplanted in the Medes Islands

The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. 

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How to Stop Being Surprised by Extreme Weather - Study

Helping communities predict extreme weather events that have never been recorded in modern history is the focus of a new study published in Nature Communications.

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Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in 800,000 Years

Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U.N. report detailing the dire state of the global climate.

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Climate Change Made UK Fires in 2022 Six Times More Likely

New research shows that the damaging fires during the UK’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave were made at least six times more likely due to human-caused climate change.

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SEQ koalas offer species survival hope with unique immunity

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.

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AI has Untapped Potential to Advance Biodiversity Conservation, Study Finds

A new study from McGill University researchers suggests the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly analyze vast amounts of biodiversity data could revolutionize conservation efforts by enabling scientists and policymakers to make better-informed decisions.

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