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Phys.org / The race to mine the Moon is on, and it urgently needs some clear international rules

The vision of mining space for resources is no longer science fiction. The moon's proximity to Earth and the presence of precious resources make it an increasingly attractive prospect for exploitation.

8 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Study finds increase in risk of binge drinking among 12th-graders who use two or more cannabis products

The cannabis marketplace continues to grow and evolve, offering consumers new ways to use cannabis—and new ways to combine it with other substances, such as alcohol. That practice can be particularly detrimental to adolescents, ...

Medical Xpress / Preventive care protocol lowers risk of kidney injury after major surgery

The kidneys are among the most important organs of the human body. Every day they filter around 1,500 liters of blood, regulate electrolyte and fluid balance, control blood pressure and play a central role in detoxifying ...

Phys.org / Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve

In his biography of Elon Musk, historian Walter Isaacson describes a game of Texas Hold "Em poker in which Musk went all in—on every hand.

14 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Machine learning reveals dental caries variability in national survey database

dA new article published in the Journal of Dental Research explores the development of an integrated data-cleaning and subtype discovery pipeline using unsupervised machine learning for comprehensive analysis and visualization ...

7 hours ago in Dentistry
Phys.org / Simulations reveal protein 'dynamin' constricts cell membranes by loosening its grip

Dynamin is a protein that plays a central role in endocytosis—the process where cells internalize substances by wrapping them in cell membrane vesicles. For a vesicle to detach, the neck of the membrane must be constricted ...

3 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Research examines dance as protest in Iran

Young women in postrevolutionary Iran used audacious acts of public dance, particularly during the past decade, to resist unjust gender-based laws and cultural norms that disenfranchise women, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

3 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / How can we better protect a transplanted kidney? AI-based antibody analytics point the way

When we think of kidney transplantation, we usually focus on surgery, immunosuppressive drugs, and early post-operative tests. Much less attention is paid to what happens months or years later, when a silent damaging process ...

7 hours ago in Immunology
Tech Xplore / The science of human touch, and why it's so hard to replicate in robots

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch something gently, safely ...

8 hours ago in Robotics
Medical Xpress / CDC delays annual abortion report amid internal turmoil

For decades, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a yearly report tracking abortion trends across the country.

6 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier, new study shows

High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol and tobacco, according to our recent study.

8 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Mini brains, big questions: Science is racing ahead of ethics

In a little over ten years, organoid models—miniature, lab-grown clusters of cells that imitate real organs—have transformed how we study human development and disease while accelerating drug discovery. As a bonus, they've ...

4 hours ago in Medical research