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Researchers Generate Next-Generation, Cobalt-Free Batteries

Researchers in ACS Central Science report evaluating an earth-abundant, carbon-based cathode material that could replace cobalt and other scarce and toxic metals without sacrificing lithium-ion battery performance.
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AI Decodes Treatment Responses to Chemotherapy

Cervical cancer frequently resists treatment. The researchers’ machine learning algorithm could help scientists better understand why this and other forms of cancer resist chemotherapy.
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“Mini-Placentas” Shine Light on the Cause of Pre-Eclampsia

With the incidence of pre-eclampsia slowly creeping up, researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to study this condition as outlined in their paper published in Cell Stem Cell.
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More People Are Living to 100 Than Ever Before

New data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 15,120 centenarians were living in England and Wales in 2022, a 3.7% increase from 2021.
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If Reused as Animal Feed, Cereal Pulp Could Free Up Millions of Hectares of Farmland

These savings, say the researchers, could become part of the vital global strategy for reducing the unsustainable use of natural resources.
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MRI Technique Improves Depression Treatment’s Lasting Effects

A major clinical trial has shown how MRI can be used to guide the delivery of transcranial magnetic stimulation and improve the treatment's effects on severe depression.
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Insects and Flowers Can Flourish in Solar Panel Fields

Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive.
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COVID-19 Virus Targets Dopamine Neurons, Inducing Senescence

SARS-CoV-2 can infect dopamine neurons and trigger senescence, which may shed light on the neurological symptoms of long COVID, such as brain fog, lethargy and depression.
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Surprisingly Simple Model Explains How Brain Cells Organize and Connect

Scientists from UChicago, Harvard, and Yale propose a self-organizing model of connectivity that applies across a wide range of organisms and potentially other types of networks as well.
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Frictionless Surfaces Could Be “Slippery Slope” to Energy-Efficient Technology

While many of us are treading carefully to avoid a slip in the frosty weather, scientists led by the University of Leicester have been investigating how to make surfaces even slippier!
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