Cannabis-related emergency department visits among older adults on the rise
As a growing number of older adults are experimenting with cannabis to help alleviate chronic symptoms, a new University of California San Diego School of...
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Deep-learning-designed diffractive processor computes hundreds of transformations in parallel
In today’s digital age, computational tasks have become increasingly complex. This, in turn, has led to an exponential growth in the power consumed by digital...
Warming oceans have decimated marine parasites — but that’s not a good thing
More than a century of preserved fish specimens offer a rare glimpse into long-term trends in parasite populations. New research from the University of Washington...
Urban lizards share genomic markers not found in forest-dwellers
Lizards living in different cities have parallel genomic markers when compared to neighboring forest lizards, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of...
Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon
Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.Credit: Zoe G Davies Tropical forests...
A new way to monitor blood flow in the brain. The πNIRS technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics
Monitoring the proper blood supply to the brain is crucial, not only to prevent neurological diseases but also to treat them. The parallel near-infrared interferometric...
‘Smart’ coating can be precisely applied to make fabric into protective gear
A durable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth College researchers can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective equipment,...
Clemson researchers, “father of Thermoelectrics” team up to develop new method to evaluate thermoelectric materials
Working with one of the world’s preeminent thermoelectric materials researchers, a team of researchers in the Clemson Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Clemson...
Acorn production cycles influence wild boar populations
According to a study published in The American Naturalist on 6 January 2022, sequences of environmental events over time influence population dynamics in wild species....
Jet engine lubrication oils are a major source of ultrafine particles
FRANKFURT. Ultrafine particles form during combustion processes, for example when wood or biomass is burned, as well as in power and industrial plants. Alongside road...
Smallpox has plagued humans since ancient Egyptian times, new evidence confirms
Smallpox was once one of humanity’s most devastating diseases, but its origin is shrouded in mystery. For years, scientific estimates of when the smallpox virus...
Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers
A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn...
New high-tech startup developing smart contact lenses for glaucoma diagnosis and management
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Optometrists, ophthalmologists and their patients will benefit from new, high-tech tools to detect glaucoma at its earliest stages thanks to a...
Decoding brain arteriovenous malformations in the Asian population: a Chinese Neurosurgical Journal study
Brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is the abnormal entanglement of arteries and veins in the brain, which disrupts the normal flow of blood and can lead...
What does the eye have to do with the language?
Eyes provide us with most information about the surrounding world. Yet, the eye, especially that of a human, enables not only to receive stimuli but...
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