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Phys.org / Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo's workforce was ...

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Tech Xplore / Q&A: Social media firms lost two bellwether cases, but future remains unclear

Juries in federal and state courts said this week in a pair of bellwether cases that tech companies are liable for public health harms to young users on their platforms. The decisions represent a blow to the broad protections ...

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Medical Xpress / Researchers compare brain markers affected by brief versus lengthy exposure to alcohol in mice

Erica Periandri and Gabor Egervari, from Washington University in St. Louis, led a study to explore how alcohol exposure in male mice influences gene expression and mechanisms that regulate gene function—or epigenetics.

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Medical Xpress / Precision medicine helps more patients receive a genetic diagnosis

A collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, and SciLifeLab has integrated whole genome sequencing into routine diagnostic investigations for rare diseases at Karolinska University Hospital. ...

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Medical Xpress / Antimicrobial resistant genes found in wastewater samples from a South African city

In South Africa, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and connected river systems could serve as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, raising fresh concerns about how antimicrobial resistance moves through ecosystems and into ...

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Tech Xplore / Concrete's distinct microbial zones could change how building health is assessed

Concrete may be one of the world's most familiar materials, yet much is still unknown about its inner microbial world. Researchers from Hiroshima University and Kyoto University found that once concrete hardens, microbes ...

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Phys.org / Research urges housing providers to shield women, families from abuse and gambling risks

A new study has found that gambling harms can intensify domestic abuse and act as a form of escapism for female victims—putting women and children at risk of long-term housing instability. The research, produced in partnership ...

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Phys.org / Freed whale gets stranded again off German coast

A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has become stranded for a third time, experts said on Sunday, just hours after the animal had freed itself from a sandbank.

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Medical Xpress / More women are having babies later in life. How to improve your chance of a healthy pregnancy

Dr. Jacquelyn Means knew that being pregnant in her late 30s would be challenging.

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Medical Xpress / Treatment guided by noninvasive device to monitor lung congestion improves heart failure outcomes

Treatment management guided by the use of a noninvasive device to monitor fluid accumulation in the lungs substantially reduced hospitalizations and deaths among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...

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Phys.org / One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia's AI vaccine saga

Desperate to help his sick dog, one Australian man went down the ultimate ChatGPT research hole, using artificial intelligence to design a personalized experimental treatment and finding top scientists to administer it.

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Phys.org / Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time.

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