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Phys.org / What Renaissance readers left behind in haircare books
What if the pages of an old book could tell us who touched them, what medicines they made, and even how their bodies responded to treatment?
Medical Xpress / Restoring healthy protein form revives blood vessel growth in premature infant lungs
A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' lungs can regenerate after injury. A failure of this repair process is a hallmark of bronchopulmonary ...
Medical Xpress / Guns marketed for personal safety fuel public health crisis in Black communities
Leon Harris, 35, is intimately familiar with the devastation guns can inflict. Robbers shot him in the back nearly two decades ago, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. The bullet remains lodged in his spine.
Phys.org / Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than believed, archaeological study finds
A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk. The discovery shows humans were making fire about 350,000 ...
Medical Xpress / Survey shows post-pandemic gains in student mental health
Anxiety has declined since the pandemic among Minnesota teens, who are still using social media even if they think they shouldn't and consuming more energy drinks to keep up with homework and activities, according to an influential ...
Medical Xpress / 'Love actually,' 'Four Christmases' and the science of holiday comfort movies
Every winter, millions of people curl up on the couch and press play on the same beloved holiday movies—whether it's "Love Actually," "The Holiday," "The Family Stone" or "Four Christmases."
Medical Xpress / No, your brain doesn't suddenly 'fully develop' at 25. Here's what the neuroscience actually shows
If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you'll inevitably stumble across the line: "Your frontal lobe isn't fully developed yet." It's become neuroscience's go-to explanation for bad decisions, like ordering ...
Phys.org / New framework helps climate modelers integrate Indigenous community input into simulations
Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep insights into things like streamflow, vegetation, wildlife and even the risk of wildfires.
Medical Xpress / Five new year's resolutions to help you breathe easier
Making resolutions for the new year?
Medical Xpress / Health insurance costs spike in California for businesses, workers after pandemic
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance in California rose at twice the pace of inflation over the past three years, squeezing workers' paychecks and small businesses alike.
Medical Xpress / Social media, not gaming, tied to rising attention problems in teens, new study finds
The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: could the growing use of digital devices ...
Medical Xpress / Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level
Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young indoor tanners undergo genetic changes that can lead to more mutations in their skin cells than people ...
