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Medical Xpress / Psychosis patients 'living in metaphor': New study radically shifts ideas about delusions
People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a "radically different perspective" on one of the most puzzling elements of psychosis.
Tech Xplore / Electric vehicles could catch on in Africa sooner than expected
The number of vehicles in Africa is expected to double between now and 2050—faster than on any other continent. The question is not whether mobility will increase, but how. A new study led by researchers at ETH Zurich and ...
Tech Xplore / Multi-kilogram-scale biomass processing facility transforms agricultural biomass waste into fiber and textiles
UC Riverside chemical engineering researchers have completed construction of a multi-kilogram-scale biomass processing facility that transforms forestry and agricultural biomass waste into pulp that can be made into many ...
Phys.org / A new valve for quantum matter: Steering chiral fermions by geometry alone
A collaboration between Stuart Parkin's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) and Claudia Felser's group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden has realized ...
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Missing dinosaurs, quiescent black holes and infectious fungi
Happy new year! If you're a redhead, the pigments in your hair are protecting you from cellular damage. A post-stroke injection comprising regenerative nanomaterial can protect the brain. And researchers have developed a ...
Phys.org / After medical issue, SpaceX Crew-11 set to depart space station for overnight splashdown
NASA gave the go for the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday headed for an overnight splashdown back on Earth in the Pacific Ocean.
Tech Xplore / Hydrogen planes 'more for the 22nd century': France's Safran
Hydrogen-powered airplanes, touted by some as a way to slash carbon emissions from flying, are unlikely to prove a viable technology anytime soon, the head of French engine maker Safran said Wednesday.
Phys.org / Underestimates in global warming pose major climate and financial risks, report shows
Policymakers and financial institutions are underestimating climate risks that could undermine the global financial system, according to a new report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and University of Exeter.
Medical Xpress / Pregnant people with IBD show heightened inflammation in vaginal mucosa
Pregnant individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have higher levels of pro-inflammatory immune molecules, known as cytokines, in their vaginal mucosa than their healthy counterparts, according to a new study by ...
Medical Xpress / Reddit and TikTok, with the help of AI, are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok or YouTube probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the stories shared on social media platforms are ...
Tech Xplore / Novel AI method sharpens 3D X-ray vision
X-ray tomography is a powerful tool that enables scientists and engineers to peer inside of objects in 3D, including computer chips and advanced battery materials, without performing anything invasive. It's the same basic ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists identify pre-cancerous states in seemingly normal aging tissues
A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the first time, in a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.
