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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...