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Medical Xpress / A single dose of psilocybin eased depression symptoms for months, our study found
A single dose of psilocybin eased symptoms of depression within days, with benefits lasting for more than three months compared to placebo, our new study has found.
Phys.org / Platypus population expands to 20 in Australia's Royal National Park
Scientists from UNSW Sydney have confirmed a reintroduced platypus population in Royal National Park has now grown to 20 known individuals, following the release of four additional animals and a new round of surveys across ...
Phys.org / The quantum key to seeing through chaos
Researchers from the Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, the Kastler Brossel Laboratory and the University of Glasgow have developed an innovative method that renders a scattering medium transparent solely for information ...
Medical Xpress / Weight loss drug semaglutide helps patients who do not respond to bariatric surgery, research finds
Metabolic/bariatric surgery is a highly effective treatment for people living with severe obesity and/or metabolic health conditions, which works through changing the anatomy of the digestive system and thereby changing the ...
Phys.org / New tool helps accurately assemble notoriously difficult bird genomes
A new computational program, MicroFinder, enables faster and more accurate assembly of bird genomes. Improved genome assemblies will help researchers better understand bird biology, evolution, and help inform conservation ...
Medical Xpress / Wealth and health divide: Obesity rates plateau in rich nations but surge in developing world
Obesity has long been the invisible health crisis looming over humanity, with rates climbing globally. There is some positive news now emerging from a multi-decade study spanning several nations. A recent study published ...
Medical Xpress / AI uses everyday language to make genetic diagnosis easier
A new computational tool called MARRVEL-MCP helps researchers move toward genetic diagnoses more efficiently by analyzing and interpreting vast amounts of genetic and biological information using everyday language. The study, ...
Phys.org / Kenya's new poaching problem: Smuggling Giant Harvester Ants
Kenyan ant expert Dino Martins gushes over the red and black insects that have become the center of an international smuggling trade.
Phys.org / Q&A: What can plant evolution teach people about breeding better crops?
Today (May 22) is United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity, drawing attention to a critical resource for developing crops that are resilient or resistant to extreme weather and other threats to their health, ...
Phys.org / AI tool fuses five satellite datasets to help track harmful algal blooms
NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in the Earth and Space Science journal, researchers reported the tool was able ...
Phys.org / Cows can recognize familiar human faces and match them to voices
Cows show a visual preference for new human faces over a familiar one and can match a known handler's voice to their face, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Océane Amichaud of INRAE in ...
Phys.org / Early complex life clung to oxygenated seafloors for hundreds of millions of years, scientists discover
From the highest mountains to the deepest ocean, the driest desert to the lushest jungle, Earth displays a dazzling array of life-forms. And eukaryotes account for many of these life-forms, including nearly all of the multicellular ...
