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Cannabis Use Linked to 40% Higher Psychosis Risk Later In Life

“Hydrogen peroxide has been used as an antiseptic and antibacterial agent for many years. I think people are enamored with it because it foams up when put it…

Life & Chemistry

Barn Owls’ Hearing Skills Inspire New Human Diagnosis Methods

The hearing precision that lets common barn owls find prey is helping researchers fine tune their quest to diagnose a variety of problems rooted in the human…

Studies and Analyses

HIV Infection Rates Surge Among Trafficked Nepalese Girls

A study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers of girls and women who were sex-trafficked from Nepal to India and then repatriated has found…

Studies and Analyses

Laser Printers Emit Harmful Particles, Study Finds

Lidia Morawska, Ph.D., and colleagues in Australia classified 17 out of 62 printers in the study as “high particle emitters” because they released such…

Studies and Analyses

Schizophrenia Hallucinations Tied to Voice Processing Brain Area

“The results showed abnormalities in specific areas of the brain associated with the capacity to process human voices,” said lead author, Luis Martí-Bonmatí,…

Life & Chemistry

Glass Sponge Reefs Discovered Off Washington State

The discovery in Washington waters extends the range of reef-building glass sponges into open ocean. The sponge reefs could be important to the ecosystems on…

Information Technology

Interactive 3D Brain Map Enhances Surgical Precision in Oregon

This imaging technology can help surgeons better determine the location of tumors for removal. The 3-D mapping also helps guide surgeons during epilepsy…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Identifies Risk Genes for Multiple Sclerosis

The first study, led by an international consortium of clinical scientists and genomics experts, incorporates the two largest collections of MS genetic…

Life & Chemistry

New Pathway Found for Cell Size Regulation and Division

Organisms precisely regulate cell size to ensure that daughter cells have sufficient cellular material to thrive or to create specific cell types: a tiny sperm…

Physics & Astronomy

Japanese and NASA Satellites Discover Unique Active Galaxy

By now, you’d think that astronomers would have found all the different classes of AGN — extraordinarily energetic cores of galaxies powered by accreting…

Environmental Conservation

Wider Buffers Improve Groundwater Quality by Reducing Nitrogen

Excess nitrogen caused by fertilizers, animal waste, leaf litter, sewer lines, and highways is responsible for contaminating groundwater. It can also cause…

Life & Chemistry

Genetically Modified Lettuce Grows Insulin to Aid Diabetes

Capsules of insulin produced in genetically modified lettuce could hold the key to restoring the body’s ability to produce insulin and help millions of…

Environmental Conservation

New Research Fund Aims to Solve Marine Challenges in Ireland

It invites suitably qualified scientists and industry experts to tackle a wide range of issues including; the building of new Irish industries in cod and…

Earth Sciences

Expert Questions Earthquake Theory of Indonesia’s Lusi Volcano

Professor Richard Davies of Durham University’s Centre for Research into Earth Energy Systems (CeREES), said the volcano, known locally as Lusi, was most…

Information Technology

Enhancing GPS Accessibility for Older Adults: A £300K Study

The £300,000 project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will study groups of older people, who will be guided as pedestrians,…

Environmental Conservation

Fires Force Evacuations in Canary Islands: Latest Updates

Fires have burned some 14 000 hectares on the western part of Tenerife since Monday, while some 10 000 hectares of woodland in the southwest of Gran Canaria…

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