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The best source of critical minerals is driving down U.S. streets
The Washington Post | October 29, 2025

When an EV battery dies somewhere in North America, there's a good chance it'll wind up at Redwood Materials, the company that runs the biggest lithiu...

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Satellites Are Leaking the World?s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
Wired | October 13, 2025

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers at UC San Diego found a stunning variety of data?including thousands of T-Mobile users? calls and texts...

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Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer?
The New York Times | October 1, 2025

In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don't have all of the answers, but research is star...

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The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers
BBC | September 25, 2025

Earlier this year an extraordinary new way of using waste plastic made headlines. A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-deriv...

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13 Bizarre Deep Sea Animals That Are Stranger (and Cooler) Than Science Fiction
ZME Science | September 3, 2025

The deep sea has a reputation for producing "monsters." These animals aren't curiosities from a horror show; they are masterworks of evoluti...

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Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why.
The New York Times | July 22, 2025

Scientists are starting to see that the biology of cancer in nonsmokers differs from cancers seen in people with a smoking history--and may require di...

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Here's how air pollution may trigger lung cancer
Science News | July 21, 2025

Air pollution may steer lung cells toward cancer ­-- even in people who've never smoked a cigarette. People living in high pollution areas may rack u...

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First earthquake, then fire: UC San Diego researchers test steel building
KPBS | July 17, 2025

Smoke billowed out of a steel-framed building off Pomerado Road Thursday morning. It was part of research by UC San Diego and California Polytechnic S...

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Shake and Bake: Scientists study earthquakes and burning buildings in Scripps Ranch
NBC San Diego | July 17, 2025

UC San Diego?s shake table was used by Cal Poly SLO researchers Thursday to start a fire to examine how it would act burning specific materials during...

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Smoke from experimental fire in Scripps Ranch will be visible over I-15 and I-805 today
San Diego Union Tribune | July 17, 2025

C San Diego will set part of a 10-story building in Scripps Ranch on fire at 10 a.m. Thursday to help researchers find better ways to make such struct...

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Study shows strong link between lung cancer and air pollution, but not second-hand smoke
KPBS | July 7, 2025

Reductions in tobacco smoking have led to lower rates of lung cancer in many places. But people who have never smoked still get lung cancer. In fact, ...

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The recent increase in non-smokers' lung cancer rates may be due to air pollution
MK News (Korea) | July 3, 2025

The recent increase in non-smokers' lung cancer rates may be due to air pollution, according to a study. Air pollution can cause lung cancer-related g...

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