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Medical Xpress / One of the oldest psychedelics meets modern brain imaging
For millennia, people have used the psychedelic mescaline as a spiritual and religious tool. Mescaline is a naturally occurring chemical found in cacti, mainly peyote cacti, that are located in the Southwest United States ...
Phys.org / New 'demon' cavefish lineage discovered in Alabama cave
For decades, scientists have crawled through Bobcat Cave on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, searching its dark pools and underground passages for rare life. The cave is home to the endangered Alabama cave shrimp, making it ...
Phys.org / Geophysics brings clarity to the potential of natural hydrogen
Natural hydrogen is considered a potential low-carbon energy source. But how much is generated underground—and how quickly? An international research team led by the LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics in Hannover has published ...
Phys.org / New NASA Earth missions gear up to start science flights
Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities ...
Medical Xpress / New framework launches to improve pulmonary embolism patient care
The Pulmonary Embolism Reporting and Data Systems (PE-RADS) framework for diagnosing and classifying acute pulmonary embolism using CT and magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was published in Radiology.
Medical Xpress / First trial confirms swimming reduces disability from chronic back pain
Australian research has shown for the first time that a swimming program can be clinically effective at reducing disability caused by chronic low back pain. Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the EduSwim ...
Medical Xpress / Why people are ordering fake food and fashion deliveries on free 'dopamine apps'
It's Saturday night and you've downloaded a new food delivery app. You've scanned the menus, picked some Mexican dishes, placed your order and are now tracking the delivery. But your food never comes—and you never expected ...
Medical Xpress / First device to identify dangerous stroke complication developed
An AI-enabled software tool that predicts the development of dangerous brain swelling after a stroke has received FDA Breakthrough Device designation. Beacon-Neuro.AI Inc., a Washington University in St. Louis startup, has ...
Tech Xplore / Chinese companies are taking over the EV market: What's behind their meteoric rise?
If producing electric vehicles (EVs) were an Olympic sport, China would dominate the medal podium. China now leads the world in the sale and export of EVs, a term encompassing everything from battery-powered cars to plug-in ...
Phys.org / Listening in on toads reveals expansion secrets
Analysis of more than 3 million toad calls from locations across Australia gives rare insights into toad breeding behavior—and offers new hope for halting their advance. James Cook University ecology researchers discovered ...
Phys.org / How community-led health and livelihood programs helped protect rainforests during the pandemic
As COVID-19 disrupted rural economies, communities living near protected rainforests faced rising uncertainty about jobs, health and basic needs. A new study in The Lancet Planetary Health shows that when communities were ...
Tech Xplore / There are already 16,000 satellites in Earth's orbit: How will we manage the next 100,000?
Earth's orbit is getting crowded. About 16,000 satellites currently circle our planet, supporting everything from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to banking, emergency services and internet communications.
