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Medical Xpress / Wastewater reveals increase in new synthetic opioids during major New Orleans events

In early 2025, the party-loving city of New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted two major events within the span of a month: Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras. And, as with many major events, it appears there was an increase in recreational ...

13 hours ago in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Seasonal flu antibodies can also target avian flu to build immunity against potential pandemic risks

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus—already present throughout the population—may ...

Phys.org / Novel nanosheets boost clot clearing while limiting systemic bleeding

Thrombotic disorders—such as ischemic stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis—are principal contributors to global mortality. However, conventional thrombolytic therapies are often constrained ...

15 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Crop rotation boosts number and diversity of microbes in soil, research finds

Farmers now have more reasons to consider rotating their crops, University of Alberta research shows. Widely used to restore soil health, the agricultural practice boosts the diversity of bacterial and fungal microbes that ...

8 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / In comparing real-world costs and benefits of fibromyalgia medications, a clear winner emerges

Fibromyalgia is a long-term chronic condition that causes widespread pain in the muscles and soft tissues throughout the body. The illness can affect people of all ages and has a major impact on quality of life, often making ...

15 hours ago in Medications
Phys.org / How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international team led by Nikolaus Sulzenauer and Axel Weiß from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ...

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Exploring how the immune system detects drugs coated with 'stealth' polymers

A recent study by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo unveils the molecular mechanisms explaining why some "stealth" drug coatings fail to evade the immune system. Using single-molecule atomic force microscopy, the ...

13 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / Non-biologic processes don't fully explain Mars organics collected by Curiosity, researchers say

In a new study, researchers say that nonbiological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample collected on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover. The paper is published in ...

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / NASA selects two Earth System Explorers missions

Two next-generation satellite missions announced Thursday will help NASA better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters.

5 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / When heat flows backwards: A neat solution for hydrodynamic heat transport

When we think about heat traveling through a material, we typically picture diffusive transport, a process that transfers heat from high-temperature to low-temperature as particles and molecules bump into each other, losing ...

16 hours ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / How better governance can ease pressure on the electricity grid

Demand-side flexibility, the ability to adjust electricity consumption in response to system needs, is often highlighted as a key tool for managing both growing electrification and a higher share of variable renewable energy, ...

8 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Chang'e-6 samples constrain lunar impact flux and illuminate early impact history

Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, and other institutions, have revised the decades-old lunar crater chronology ...

15 hours ago in Astronomy & Space