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Medical Xpress / Slow tapering plus therapy most effective strategy for stopping antidepressants, research finds

For adults who have recovered from depression with the help of antidepressants, gradually reducing medication together with psychological support appears to be as effective as remaining on antidepressants for preventing relapse, ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Medications
Medical Xpress / A light-based modulation tool for brain plasticity opens promising avenues for treating Huntington's disease

Synaptic plasticity—the brain's ability to modify the connections between neurons to support learning—is one of the neural functions profoundly altered in Huntington's disease, with a direct impact on brain function. ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Global warming amplifies extreme day-to-day temperature swings, study shows

A new study has revealed that rapid, large-scale day-to-day temperature fluctuations have intensified amid global warming, representing a distinct climate hazard with impacts on human health. This growing volatility creates ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / A new 'hypertropical' climate is emerging in the Amazon, exposing trees to deadly stress

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years.

Dec 10, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Fast-tracking a natural climate solution by compressing millennia of carbon capture into hours

What if it were possible to take a very slow geological process, one that takes thousands of years in nature, and speed it up so that it happens within hours, in order to slow the rate of global warming?

Dec 9, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Physicians raise concerns about federal hep B vaccine change

Providers are reeling from a change made by a federal agency responsible for setting and updating vaccination guidelines for American children and adults.

Dec 12, 2025 in Pediatrics
Tech Xplore / California Coastal Commission approves land deal to extend last nuclear plant through 2030

On Dec. 11, California environmental regulators struck a landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric to extend the life of the state's last remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new land conservation ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Artificial photosynthesis catalyst converts carbon dioxide into fuel using sunlight

A joint research team has developed a highly efficient photocatalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into the high-value-added fuel, methane, using sunlight, while explaining its operating principles. The work is published ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Westerlund 1: First evidence of particle outflow from a young massive star cluster

Star clusters are of great importance in any galaxy: they are the birthplace of new stars, often containing massive stars of 10 solar masses or more. Such massive stars often drive powerful winds; the combined action of all ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Automated speed cameras help improve road safety in NYC, study finds

In the United States, automobile crashes are responsible for about 40,000 deaths and 2 million injuries a year, resulting in an estimated $340 billion in economic costs. In a new study, researchers examined the effectiveness ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Automotive
Phys.org / Indonesia floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warned on Friday.

Dec 12, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Tropical cyclones and the carbon cycle: New insights from a model simulation

For the first time, scientists have resolved extremely intense tropical cyclones and their effect on the ocean carbon cycle in a global Earth system model. Using two category-4 hurricanes in the North Atlantic as examples, ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Earth