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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Dec-2025 13:11 ET (7-Dec-2025 18:11 GMT/UTC)
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Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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University of Michigan
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
AI brain scan model identifies stroke, brain tumors and aneurysms – helping radiologists triage and speed up diagnoses
King's College London
New approach narrows uncertainty in future warming and remaining carbon budget for 2 °C
National Institute for Environmental Studies
PFAS exposure and endocrine disruption among women
JAMA Network
Vaccines and the 2024 US presidential election
JAMA Network
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York University
Rydberg-atom detector conquers a new spectral frontier
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics
Engineering the next superfood: BTI unlocks goldenberry’s commercial potential
Boyce Thompson Institute