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Western Diets Linked With Lung Cancer Risk

The more Western foods, the more glycogen in the cancer cells, the bigger and worse the tumor growth.
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Flagging Research Is Jeopardizing US Agriculture, Say Researchers

Investment in research will be needed to reverse the slow down in agricultural productivity, according to the researchers.
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Mother's High-Fat Diet Could Affect Liver Health in Fetus

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life.
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Flame Retardant Polymers Act As Trojan Horse for Toxic Small Chemicals

New research shows that flame retardant polymers can break down into toxic chemicals, raising concerns about their environmental and health impacts.
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Nano-Spring Technology Boosts Battery Durability and Energy Density

By implementing multi-walled carbon nanotube structures on the surface of battery electrode materials, scientists can absorb some of the unwanted strain and wear that contributes to battery degradation.
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US Bird Populations Continue Their Alarming Decline

Around 50 species face perilously low populations, according to the 2025 US State of the Birds report.
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New AI-Genetic Tool Reveals When Bees Get Stressed

The researchers say their landscape transcriptomics method may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are declining overall.
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Scientists Use Amino Acid To Extract 99.99% of Lithium From Old Batteries

Researchers have developed a new method for recycling spent battery materials that can extract 99.99% of the lithium from used cathodes. The method is pH neutral and uses significantly less energy than other techniques.
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High-Nickel Cathodes Could Improve the Range of Electric Vehicles

A new analysis of the thermal stability of high-nickel cathodes for electric vehicle batteries suggests that nickel could provide longer driving ranges between charges.
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Grasslands Need At Least 75 years of Management To Regain Biodiversity

The researchers say their finding underscore the importance of preserving old grasslands as reservoirs of biodiversity, even if it is just as ski slopes.
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