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Medical Xpress / Music and speech therapy combined support children rebuilding communication after brain injury
New research by the University of Limerick in Ireland has found that collaborative sessions combining music therapy with speech and language therapy can support meaningful communication gains in young children recovering ...
Tech Xplore / TextaDNA project advances DNA based data storage using polymer fibers
Data keeps growing exponentially, driving demand for better memory storage solutions. Synthetic DNA is a strong candidate to answer this need, given its high information density, durability and relevance as the molecule of ...
Phys.org / Potatoes benefit when two soil bacteria team up
Researchers at Umeå University have shown that two soil bacteria can work together to influence potato development. The bacterial partnership triggered distinct responses in potato plants and was associated with earlier tuber ...
Phys.org / Invisible chemical landscapes shape life
Plants, animals and microorganisms constantly communicate through chemical signals. A research team has now shown that these signals merge in the environment to form complex "chemical landscapes" that have effects far beyond ...
Medical Xpress / CDC, FDA tackle new world screwworm, including drug authorization
Federal health officials are mobilizing against the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite recently detected in animals in the southwest United States.
Medical Xpress / Psychologists say patients are turning to chatbots as mental health professionals
More than three-quarters of psychologists report their patients are discussing artificial intelligence in therapy, using the technology to seek additional support with their mental health, find a diagnosis, or for friendship ...
Phys.org / Could Earth have sent life to Jupiter's moon Europa?
Could Earth have seeded Jupiter's moon Europa with bacterial life, where it could have taken hold in Europa's ocean and perhaps evolved into something more? That's the hypothesis of a new paper in the International Journal ...
Medical Xpress / Three men's health drugs that were originally designed for a different purpose
Many medicines begin life with one purpose and end up proving useful for a completely different reason.
Medical Xpress / Large-scale population studies needed to reduce risks from newborn genome screening, investigators conclude
New research from large population studies provides invaluable evidence on genome screening of newborn babies to reduce risks from overdiagnosis. The authors conclude that further studies are needed before such screening ...
Phys.org / Powerful UFO spotted blasting from a distant black hole
Astronomers have detected one of the most powerful ultra-fast outflows ever seen from a distant supermassive black hole. Using XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, a team studied a hyper-luminous quasar at cosmic noon and found two distinct ...
Phys.org / Public school closings in Chicago linked to more gun violence in nearby neighborhoods
In 2013, Chicago Public Schools closed 49 elementary schools—the largest mass public school closure in U.S. history at the time. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...
Phys.org / Abortion decision prompts women's health care providers to become more politically engaged
For women's health providers, the Dobbs decision that rescinded abortion rights wasn't just an abstract political event.
