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Nov 30 2024ENVIRONMENT

Cheap and Simple: Paper Strips Detect Water Pollutants

You know how some industries, like pharmaceuticals and plastics, release harmful chemicals called phenols into water? Detecting these pollutants is tricky and usually requires expensive methods and skilled people. Enter the affordable, easy-to-use paper strips! These strips, made from simple filter

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Nov 30 2024SCIENCE

How a Chemical Compound Mimics Enzyme Activity for Glucose Detection

Scientists have created a compound called PH2⁻, a type of perylene diimide based radical anion. They tested it using several methods like cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. This compound can last up to 4. 5 hours in low-oxygen conditions. One interesting thing about PH2⁻ is its a

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Nov 29 2024HEALTH

Heart Health in Kids: A Pandemic Perspective

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up our world in many ways. One of the lesser-known impacts is how it's affected the heart health of children and teens. A big study recently looked into this, focusing on something called Life's Essential 8. These are the key factors that can influence heart health.

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Nov 29 2024CRYPTO

Bitcoin’s Future: A $250 Trillion Market Cap?

Bitcoin, the most prominent cryptocurrency, is on a roller-coaster ride. Standard Chartered predicts it could hit $125, 000 by the end of the year and then $200, 000 in 2025. However, some think even bigger. Michael Saylor from MicroStrategy believes Bitcoin could reach a market cap of $250 trillion

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Nov 29 2024SCIENCE

Solving Puzzles in Sphere World: A New Way to Understand Burns-Epstein Invariants

Imagine you're trying to solve a puzzle, but you can only see the colors on the pieces. Scientists have found a clever trick to figure out the shape of these pieces using the color pattern. This is like understanding the Burns-Epstein invariant of a spherical CR homology sphere using its holonomy re

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Nov 28 2024HEALTH

Sports Concussions: Lasting Changes in Brain Circuits

You might think that after recovering from a sports concussion, everything goes back to normal. But recent findings say something different. Even after clinical recovery, people with a history of sports-related concussions (SRC) are at a higher risk for future injuries. Scientists suspect that the b

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Nov 28 2024HEALTH

Colorectal Cancer and the Surprising Role of CPT1A in Radiation Sensitivity

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is becoming more common and deadly around the world. One of the biggest issues with treating advanced CRC with radiotherapy is that cancer cells can become resistant to radiation, leading to the cancer coming back or spreading. Scientists are trying to figure out how cancer c

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Nov 28 2024HEALTH

Shortening the AMEDA Test: Still Reliable, Less Exhausting

You know how some tests can be super long and boring? That's where the Active Movement Extent Discrimination Assessment (AMEDA) comes in. This test checks how well your legs sense movements and touch, which is called proprioception. Researchers wanted to make this test faster to help people stay foc

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Nov 28 2024TECHNOLOGY

Video Crunch: Shrinking Videos by Seeing Past Frames

Have you ever wondered how to make videos smaller without losing important details? Well, scientists have come up with a clever idea: using afterimages. Imagine, instead of saving each frame, you only keep the important bits that your eyes and brain combine to make a complete picture. First, let's

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Nov 27 2024LIFESTYLE

Preparing for Thanksgiving Travel: What to Expect

Get ready for a busy Thanksgiving travel season! Millions of people are hitting the roads and skies, making it one of the busiest times of the year. While airports aren’t quite back to pre-pandemic numbers, they’re still expecting a lot of passengers. Cars will be the main mode of transport, with ov

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