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Freshwater and carbon export to northern Alaska estuaries increased
Climate-driven freshwater and carbon surges into Alaska's Arctic coastal waters

Automated warehousing ranked above manual systems on key criteria
Evaluating warehouse automation versus manual operations using multi-criteria decision analysis

Global tariffs converged long term, then diverged after 2018
Global tariffs converged for three decades, then the U.S. broke ranks

Composite cryogel column enabled selective L-phenylalanine separation
Chiral separation of phenylalanine using imprinted polymer microparticles in gel columns

DNA damage burden causes selective CUX2 neuron loss in neuroinflammation
DNA damage burden drives selective loss of cortical neurons in multiple sclerosis

Spectral metrics predicted requirements integration effort
Using graph metrics to predict effort required for integrating complex system requirements

U.S. smoking declined from 2019 to 2023
Employment status shapes smoking decline trends during pandemic period

U.S. cancer mortality declines varied by county income and location
Geographic and income gaps in U.S. cancer mortality improvements










