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Medical Xpress / Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert explains what's at stake

Medical marijuana could soon be reclassified into a medical category that includes prescription drugs like Tylenol with codeine, ketamine and anabolic steroids.

16 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Kidney transplants: Key to long-term survival discovered

A research team led by Prof. Dr. Christian Hinze, senior physician at the MHH Clinic for Kidney and Hypertension Diseases at Hannover Medical School (MHH), has gained new insights into the treatment of kidney transplant patients. ...

Medical Xpress / Neighborhood violence linked to higher substance use among one in four US teens

One in four U.S. adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighborhood, and those teens are more than twice as likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs to cope, according to a new study from the University of Texas ...

17 hours ago in Addiction
Phys.org / The New START treaty is ending. What does that mean for nuclear risk?

On February 4, the New START Treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, is set to expire. Signed in 2010, the agreement caps deployed strategic nuclear forces at 1,550 ...

18 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Restoring ecosystem function can reverse desertification in Europe's drylands

Desertification is accelerating under climate change, threatening biodiversity, food security, and human well-being across the Mediterranean Basin, southern Europe, and the Middle East. Water scarcity and land degradation ...

18 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Why are some young people attracted to gangs and what are some evidence-based solutions?

Reports that Victoria Police are issuing anti-association orders to "youth gang members" has sparked fresh debate about how to best deal with youth gang violence in Australia.

18 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Conveying the concept of blue carbon in Japanese media: New study provides insights

Blue carbon refers to organic carbon captured and stored by the marine and vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows. These ecosystems act as powerful carbon sinks, sequestering ...

11 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Drone technology set to reshape disaster response, health care, environmental management, farming, cybersecurity

Intelligent drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are rapidly evolving from experimental prototypes into essential infrastructure across disaster response, health care delivery, agriculture, logistics, archaeology, environmental ...

19 hours ago in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Mesh bioreactor achieves 20‑fold efficiency increase and 50% cost reduction for wastewater treatment

A Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) research team has developed a wastewater treatment technology that integrates a mesh bioreactor with an ultrasound-induced transient cavitation cleaning mechanism. ...

19 hours ago in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Supercomputer simulations reveal how to keep hydrogen flames stable

Solar panels and wind turbines increasingly dot the landscape, but the future of clean energy may well depend on how smoothly we burn hydrogen. Yet as anyone who's lit a gas grill or fireplace knows, igniting a flame can ...

19 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / More paid time off keeps US workers from quitting, study finds

At the height of the "Great Resignation" in 2021, more than 50 million workers in the United States quit their jobs, driven by stress, burnout, and rising expectations for sustainable work. Nearly half cited inadequate benefits ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / AI support spots 9% more breast cancers without raising false positives

Artificial intelligence helps doctors spot more cases of breast cancer when reading routine scans, a world-first trial found Friday.

20 hours ago in Machine learning & AI