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Over 100 Million Buildings Worldwide Could Face Flooding Risk From Rising Seas, Study Warns
A McGill-led study warns that rising sea levels could endanger more than 100 million buildings across the Global South, with coastal infrastructure in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas most at risk. The findings highlight the urgent need for emissions cuts and coastal adaptation.
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Sugar-Coated Brain Implants: Scientists Find Sweet Solution to a Hard Problem
A team of researchers at Canada's McGill University has succeeded in developing a new method to create brain implants that are as soft as the brain tissue itself. The researchers used silicon and sugar to create delicate silicone implants, the softest brain implant to the day, as thin as sewing thread. Check out details here.
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Using Tea Bags? You May Be Consuming 11 Billion Plastic Particles At Once
The bags were releasing plastic particles into the brewed tea. Billions and billions of them.
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Cut on Heartburn Pills to Avoid Serious Side Effects: Study
Doctors must prescribe heartburn and acidity pills in lowest possible doses and for shortest time to patients to ward off potential side effects, researchers warn.
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'Bad' White Blood Cells Responsible for Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers have identified a type of 'bad' white blood cells that are responsible for abnormal immune responses in patients of multiple sclerosis, which could help find new treatments for the disease.
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New Method to Starve Lung Cancer
Scientists have identified a new way to stop the growth of lung cancer cells, by blocking their ability to use alternative sources of nutrition.
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From YouTube Sensation to Popular Bollywood Singer, She Will Inspire You to Follow Your Dreams
This tale is about a young woman who wasn't actually from Mumbai but made it hers when she fell in love with it. In fact, not only is she not originally from Mumbai, she's not even Indian.
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NextGen glass that bends but does not break
McGill University in Canada have developed a technique that makes the glass simply bend.
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Over 100 Million Buildings Worldwide Could Face Flooding Risk From Rising Seas, Study Warns
A McGill-led study warns that rising sea levels could endanger more than 100 million buildings across the Global South, with coastal infrastructure in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas most at risk. The findings highlight the urgent need for emissions cuts and coastal adaptation.
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Sugar-Coated Brain Implants: Scientists Find Sweet Solution to a Hard Problem
A team of researchers at Canada's McGill University has succeeded in developing a new method to create brain implants that are as soft as the brain tissue itself. The researchers used silicon and sugar to create delicate silicone implants, the softest brain implant to the day, as thin as sewing thread. Check out details here.
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Using Tea Bags? You May Be Consuming 11 Billion Plastic Particles At Once
The bags were releasing plastic particles into the brewed tea. Billions and billions of them.
-
Cut on Heartburn Pills to Avoid Serious Side Effects: Study
Doctors must prescribe heartburn and acidity pills in lowest possible doses and for shortest time to patients to ward off potential side effects, researchers warn.
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'Bad' White Blood Cells Responsible for Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers have identified a type of 'bad' white blood cells that are responsible for abnormal immune responses in patients of multiple sclerosis, which could help find new treatments for the disease.
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New Method to Starve Lung Cancer
Scientists have identified a new way to stop the growth of lung cancer cells, by blocking their ability to use alternative sources of nutrition.
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From YouTube Sensation to Popular Bollywood Singer, She Will Inspire You to Follow Your Dreams
This tale is about a young woman who wasn't actually from Mumbai but made it hers when she fell in love with it. In fact, not only is she not originally from Mumbai, she's not even Indian.
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NextGen glass that bends but does not break
McGill University in Canada have developed a technique that makes the glass simply bend.
