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Bowel cancer rising among under-50s worldwide - Study suggests rate of disease among young adults is rising for first time, with the greatest annual increases seen in New Zealand (4%), Chile (4%), Puerto Rico (3.8%), and England (3.6%). Junk food, physical inactivity and obesity are likely factors.

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Researchers have designed and tested an easy-to-manufacture semiconductor-based gas sensor that is inexpensive to make and operate. The distinctive feature of the new detector is the use of carbon nanotube “fabric” suspended between two electrodes as the sensitive element.

Researchers have designed and tested an easy-to-ma...

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Railway sleepers produced from selected recycled plastics are just as strong and could save thousands of tons of emissions.

Railway sleepers produced from selected recycled p...

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A Gene That Causes Skull Malformation When Mutated Has Just Been Linked to Schizophrenia

A Gene That Causes Skull Malformation When Mutated...

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Google's New Chip Could Crack One of Quantum Computing's Biggest Problems | A new paper shows they've been able to keep a single logical qubit stable enough so errors occur maybe once every hour, which is a vast improvement on previous setups that failed every few seconds.

Google's New Chip Could Crack One of Quantum Compu...

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Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows. Americans live with diseases for an average of 12.4 years. Mental and substance-use disorders, as well as musculoskeletal diseases, are main contributors to the years lived with disability in the US

Americans spend more time living with diseases tha...

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Researchers have discovered new connections between the gut and brain that hold promise for more targeted treatments for depression and anxiety, and could help prevent digestive issues in children by limiting the transmission of antidepressants during pregnancy

Researchers have discovered new connections betwee...

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New research suggests that the general population finds people with tattoos to be less beautiful than their clean-skinned peers, but younger people, tattoo artists and people with body art tolerate more ink, unless it's on the face. Facial tattoos received the least positive reception overall.

New research suggests that the general population ...

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Screens for TVs, smartphones or other displays could be made with a new kind of organic LED material developed by an international team, co-led by University of Michigan engineers. The material maintains sharp color and contrast while replacing the heavy metal with a new hybrid material.

Screens for TVs, smartphones or other displays cou...

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A global study reveals a 9.6-year gap between lifespan and healthspan—years lived in good health. Women face a larger gap, with conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer contributing.

A global study reveals a 9.6-year gap between life...

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US veterans report average happiness levels of 5.41 out of 7, with greater happiness most associated with reporting greater purpose in life, lower depressive symptoms, and higher optimism, emotional stability, and resilience

US veterans report average happiness levels of 5.4...

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Young children less likely than adults to see discrimination as harmful

Young children less likely than adults to see disc...

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Liberals generally associated censorship with misinformation, assuming it signaled that the information was harmful or false. Conservatives, in contrast, viewed censorship as evidence of valuable information being suppressed by powerful entities.

Liberals generally associated censorship with misi...

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Machine learning applied to individuals' CBC blood test values over time shows that patients have stable "setpoints" for platelets, hemoglobin and other values; comparing new test results to these patient-specific values allowed for better diagnosis of diabetes and other common conditions

Machine learning applied to individuals' CBC blood...

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Scientists have developed a novel approach to human learning through noninvasive manipulation of brain activity patterns

Scientists have developed a novel approach to huma...

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Misinformation spread differently than most content on Facebook during the 2020 election, new research finds

Misinformation spread differently than most conten...

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29% of the regional sandy coastline is projected to suffer severe beach loss by mid-century in Eastern North America.

29% of the regional sandy coastline is projected t...

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Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has for the first time captured an image of what our galaxy likely looked like just as it was forming. The light from Firefly Sparkle is from not long after the creation of the Universe and so has taken more than 13 billion years to reach us.

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has for t...

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