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Exercise induces unique nerve changes on each side of the heart

The research could guide more targeted and effective care for common heart problems.

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Why does emerging electric aircraft engine technology sound so annoying?

The study dives deeper into the physics of aerodynamic sound generation.

Plastic water bottles pollution in ocean

Non-toxic water-repellent breakthrough to replace synthetic chemicals

The unique ‘bulky’ attribute of fluorine can actually be replicated in a different, non-toxic form.

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UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure communication over a quantum network

Including the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured video call.

Smartwatch technology could help with future alcohol interventions, new study finds

AlcoWatch: Smartwatches pave the way for alcohol monitoring

Smartwatches Revolutionize Alcohol Consumption Tracking

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Mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction

Many mammals were already shifting toward a more ground-based lifestyle.

Mastodonsaurus Image by Mark P. Witton

How Ancient Amphibians Survived Earth’s Deadliest Mass Extinction

Amphibians bounce-back from Earth’s greatest mass extinction.

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One third of Scottish households have no savings

This proportion was much higher than the rest of the UK.

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A Breathless future: Supercomputer predicts when Earth will lose oxygen

Extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future.

Life-like 3D synthetic materials move by themselves like worms

Bristol scientists herald active matter breakthrough with creation of three-dimensional ‘synthetic worms’.

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Moderate-to-vigorous childhood exercise may delay the start of smoking

The present study is the largest and the longest follow-up of accelerometer-based MVPA and smoking behaviour.

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Firstborn child most likely to experience adversity during first 3 years

Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns associated with poor mental health of siblings.

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Smartwatches could help people give up smoking

The technology has the potential to help over two thirds of trial participants quit the habit.

Climate change impacting freshwater fish species.

Climate warming impacts freshwater fish species

Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles.

Marlow, a black Labrador, one of the dogs used in the study that was trained by Medical Detection Dogs.

Dogs can smell bladder cancer in other dogs

This could be an effective new way to diagnose the disease in dogs.

Diamond battery

New carbon-14 battery has lifespan of thousands of years

This new type of battery has the potential to power devices for thousands of years

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Dividing property and finances on divorce: what happens in cases involving domestic abuse?

Divorced survivors of domestic abuse are more financially vulnerable

Life restoration of the earliest lizard

Researchers reconfirm fossil as the world’s oldest modern lizard

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

Image shows a type of plankton called Foraminifer – microscopic organisms, the size of a grain of sand – which float with fellow microorganisms close to the surface of the ocean.

Some sea life could face extinction over the next century

Pioneering research shows sea life will struggle to survive future global warming.

Heliconius Butterfly. Credit: Max Farnworth

Butterfly brains show tweaks needed for cognitive innovation.

They demonstrate a remarkable ability to learn and remember spatial information about their food sources.

Mitochondria in a fibroblast

Study reveals a key molecular step required for the division of damaged mitochondria

The research team has identified a key protein in mitochondrial division.

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Low-cost drug may prevent cerebral palsy in premature infants

Giving pregnant women at risk of premature birth a simple magnesium sulfate drip can prevent their babies from developing cerebral palsy.

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A new blood group system discovered by researchers in UK

The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50- year-old mystery.

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A new approach for brain tumor patients

Access to genomic testing for brain tumor patients is unfair, with fewer than 5% of eligible adults receiving specific tests.

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