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Medical Xpress / New drug could boost efforts to wipe out sleeping sickness
A new treatment for sleeping sickness could make it much easier to treat and possibly eliminate the deadly disease.
Phys.org / Biodiversity at risk in Colombia's tropical dry forests
A study of changes to the habitats of more than 700 species reveals massive biodiversity loss—but also possibilities for restoration. "There is a lot of talk about deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Amazon, but ...
Phys.org / Sea urchin spines inspire self-powered underwater sensors
Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class of smart sensors by ...
Tech Xplore / AI education could be crucial in tackling rising voice scams
A new study from Abertay University reveals that the most effective way to protect people from AI voice scams is not through traditional warning messages, but by educating them about how advanced and authentic AI voices have ...
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 / A blood marker could predict how people respond to antidepressants
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is among the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting approximately 330 million people worldwide. This disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, low motivation, ...
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 / Hotspots of accelerated North American bird decline linked to agricultural activity
Though previous research has shown that bird populations are declining across North America, a new study is the first to show that the pace of loss has picked up speed since the mid-1980s in three regions: the Midwest, California ...
Phys.org / ALMA reveals Milky Way's core in largest-ever mosaic, tracing cold gas filaments
Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. Obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...
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, ...
Medical Xpress / Experts urge age-tailored sleep apnea strategies for seniors
Researchers from Marshall University, the University of Washington, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano and the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital in Spain have published a comprehensive ...
Phys.org / Russian astronomers observe the eruptive behavior of a young star
Russian astronomers from Moscow State University have performed photometric, polarimetric, and spectroscopic observations of a young star designated IRAS 21204+4913. Results of the new observations, which were published February ...
