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A Special Omega-3 Fatty Acid Lipid Will Change How We Look at the Developing and Ageing Brain, Duke-NUS Researchers Find

Scientists have found a lipid transporter crucial to regulating the cells that make myelin, the nerve-protecting sheath.

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Archaeologists Map Hidden NT Landscape

Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land.

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Machine Learning Can Support Urban Planning for Energy Use

Drexel Researchers Present a Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Philadelphia’s Future Energy Use.

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AI Could Run a Million Microbial Experiments Per Year

An artificial intelligence system enables robots to conduct autonomous scientific experiments—as many as 10,000 per day—potentially driving a drastic leap forward in the pace of discovery in areas from medicine to agriculture to environmental science.

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Nuclear Medicine Can Cure Cancer, and Canadian Researchers Are Stepping up the Fight

A UBC-led team has received more than $23 million in federal funding to develop precision radiopharmaceuticals that promise to transform cancer treatment in Canada and beyond.

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Electric Car Batteries Are Difficult to Recycle – At Least for Now

Electric cars are a growing market, and so are the large batteries they use. 

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How Seaweed Has Been Misleading Scientists About Reef Health

For decades, scientists have looked to seaweed as an indicator of the health of coral reefs lying underneath.

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Avian Flu Outbreaks in Marine Mammals Mark New Era for Deadly Virus

Last June, the phones at Marine Mammals of Maine began ringing — a lot. People walking the craggy shoreline of Casco Bay, which stretches north and south of Portland, were reporting sick or dead seals.

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Scientists Begin to Unravel Global Role of Atmospheric Dust in Nourishing Oceans

New research led by an Oregon State University scientist begins to unravel the role dust plays in nourishing global ocean ecosystems while helping regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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