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Medical Xpress / How adults can use 'Stranger Things' to talk to young people about their mental health

Beyond its monsters and 1980s nostalgia, Stranger Things resonates because it tells stories of struggles familiar to young people: trauma that lingers, identity that wavers, and friendships that buffer against fear.

43 minutes ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Simulations predict antibody drug viscosity, paving way for easier self-injection

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) aid the body against autoimmune diseases and cancer, among other things. Patients have to pick up the medicine every few weeks. It would be easier for them to be able to inject the medicine themselves ...

33 minutes ago in Medications
Phys.org / In the most cleared state in Australia, Victoria's native wildlife needs our help after fires

Victoria has just suffered some of its worst bushfires since the Black Summer fires of 2019–20. Over 400,000 hectares are estimated to have burnt so far, an area more than five times larger than Singapore.

42 minutes ago in Biology
Phys.org / Australia needs a canine brain bank to reduce the risk of dog attacks

Dog attacks are on the rise in Australia. The most recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show dog-related hospital admissions more than doubled in the eight years to 2021.

41 minutes ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / 5 things to make with mangoes that aren't smoothies

It's mango season. They're cheap, delicious, in the shops or you can buy trays at roadside stalls.

40 minutes ago in Health
Phys.org / New map reveals a rugged world beneath the Antarctic ice sheet

Scientists have discovered there is more to Antarctica than meets the eye. A new map of the landscape beneath the frozen continent's ice sheet has revealed a previously hidden world of mountains, deep canyons and rugged hills ...

2 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Sideways discovery rewrites the rules of antigen presentation

A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body's immune system has revealed deeper insights for an international team of scientists into fundamental immune system function.

2 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Exploring mutations that spontaneously switch on a key brain cell receptor

Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other immune responses. However, histamine is also a major neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain, regulating ...

2 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / When tropical oceans were oxygen oases

Research reveals when and why ancient tropical seas transitioned from oxygen oases to marine dead zones, providing clues to the long-term evolution of oceanic environments.

2 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / How actin wavefronts rescue T cell receptors from endocytosis

Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defense system called adaptive immunity comes into play. T cells, the top agents in this system, survey the internal environment of infected cells and ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / 1 in 5 people say losing their pet was worse than losing a person

For one in five people, losing a pet has been more distressing than losing a human loved one. New research has revealed that 21% of those who experienced both types of bereavement found their pet's death harder to bear.

2 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Ion channel offers promising avenue for new Parkinson's drugs

Lysosomes are the recycling centers of human cells. Larger molecules are broken down inside the membrane-enclosed vesicles. Malfunctions can lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

2 hours ago in Medical research