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Medical Xpress / The role of neuroinflammation in progressive multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder that prompts the body's immune system to attack myelin, the protective sheath covering nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. This can in turn result in vision impairments, ...
Phys.org / How a simple animal folds itself with origami-like precision
Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new insights into a fundamental cellular feature and the origins of tissue folding.
Phys.org / Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it
Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a moment when good intentions ...
Phys.org / Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years—historian explains
You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you've seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people's cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people ...
Phys.org / Violence against women and girls: 4 key takeaways from a strategy that aims to change society
As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.
Phys.org / Hubble captures rare collision in nearby planetary system
In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space rocks within a nearby planetary system.
Phys.org / Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:
Phys.org / Scientists build a quantum computer that can repair itself using recycled atoms
Like their conventional counterparts, quantum computers can also break down. They can sometimes lose the atoms they manipulate to function, which can stop calculations dead in their tracks. But scientists at the US-based ...
Phys.org / Can camera traps improve conservation outcomes?
While Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we also have some of the highest extinction rates.
Phys.org / Getting support for opening the 'Pandora's box' of DNA testing
In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.
Medical Xpress / Surge in serotonin points to new treatment target for schizophrenia
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has provided the first direct evidence that schizophrenia is associated with a greater release of serotonin in the ...
Medical Xpress / How to deal with worry this Christmas
Christmas can be hard. For some people, it increases loneliness, grief, hopelessness and family tension, and the festive season has a way of turning ordinary concerns into urgent ones. Not because something terrible is guaranteed ...