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Phys.org / NASA adds mission to Artemis lunar program, updates architecture
As part of a golden age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program to achieve the national objective of returning American astronauts to ...
Medical Xpress / HIV can develop resistance to blockbuster antiviral lenacapavir—but at a cost to the virus
Long-acting antiviral medications are transforming HIV prevention and care, requiring only minimalistic dosing. But as the use of lenacapavir expands, scientists are probing a critical question: If the virus evolves resistance, ...
Tech Xplore / AI is getting smarter, but not wiser: A new roadmap aims to fix that gap
A new study is the first to suggest realistic ways to integrate wisdom into artificial intelligence, to create AI systems that will be more robust, transparent, cooperative, and safe. Researchers from the University of Waterloo ...
Phys.org / The stars that lit up the early Milky Way
Imagine trying to reconstruct the history of a city by studying only its oldest surviving buildings. You can't watch it being built, you can't interview the architects, all you have are the structures themselves, their materials, ...
Tech Xplore / A more durable direct air capture approach: Electrified mineral-based system resists oxygen and humidity
Many governments and businesses worldwide have been trying to devise effective initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change and global warming. So far, their primary focus has been to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide ...
Phys.org / How long do civilizations last?
It is one of the most famous questions in science, and it was asked, as legend has it, over lunch. Enrico Fermi, the physicist who helped build the first nuclear reactor and whose name graces a unit of length so small it ...
Phys.org / Would Earth still be habitable without us?
Here's a thought experiment that keeps planetary scientists awake at night. Strip every living thing from our planet, every bacterium, every blade of grass, every creature that has ever drawn breath and ask a simple but profound ...
Phys.org / High-performance cell atlas workflow driven by manifold fitting
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed CellScope, a high-performance single-cell analysis framework that uses manifold fitting to analyze single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. This ...
Medical Xpress / Twenty years cancer-free: One man's story illustrates progress against follicular lymphoma
Twenty years. That's how long Robert Oman has been cancer-free, thanks to a clinical trial offered at the University of Rochester's Wilmot Cancer Institute. And he isn't alone: 70% of patients in the trial who had advanced-stage ...
Medical Xpress / Ketamine reduces anxiety and social withdrawal in stressed adolescent mice
Ketamine is a powerful anesthetic used for surgery and acute pain management. But in recent years, it has also gained a reputation as a potential treatment for certain mental health conditions like stress and anxiety. In ...
Phys.org / Why a Swiss population cap baffles experts
That Switzerland is considering tightening its immigration policy was no surprise to demographic and economic experts. After all, that's the trend among European countries, both within and outside the European Union.
Phys.org / Gag grouper are overfished in the Gulf: This new tool could help
Anglers along the Gulf Coast have long prized the hard-fighting, mild-tasting gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis), but some may have been surprised over the past few years by shortened seasons for this desirable reef fish. ...
