The Trump administration’s targeting of women’s behavior as the basis for autism evokes the disgraceful mid-20th-century era of so-called refrigerator mothers, when the medical establishment widely believed and falsely claimed that…
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Early medical abortion at home up to 12 weeks found to be safe, effective, comparable to hospital care
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Early medical abortion at home up to 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, effective, and comparable to hospital care, finds a five-year review of cases in…
Molecular qubits can communicate at telecom frequencies
Ph.D. students Leah Weiss (left) and Grant Smith work in the lab of Professor David Awschalom. (Photo by John Zich). Credit: John Zich A team of scientists from the University…
The importance of a leader–follower relationship for performing tasks
Left image shows the paired condition where two people try to keep the rod horizontal in virtual space by operating a robot arm. Right shows the solo condition where one…
Psilocybin Rewire Brain Circuits Tied to Pain and Mood
Summary: New research shows that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can reduce both chronic pain and pain-related depression by modulating brain circuits rather than acting at the site…
Why many stroke survivors struggle with numbers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Numbers are all around us. In the morning, we wake up to an alarm that tells us it’s time to get out of bed. When deciding…
Detection of phosphine in a brown dwarf atmosphere raises more questions
Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (l), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (c), and the distant brown…
Simple formula could guide the design of faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries
Lithium intercalation is the process by which lithium ions insert themselves into the solid electrode of a lithium-ion battery. MIT researchers have shown that as lithium ions (green) move from…
Quantum key distribution method tested in urban infrastructure offers secure communications
Detection of time-bin superpositions with the temporal Talbot carpet. Credit: Maciej Ogrodnik, University of Warsaw In the era of instant data exchange and growing risks of cyberattacks, scientists are seeking…
‘The Martian’ is 10 years old. Looking back at sci-fi’s answer to ‘The Shawshank Redemption’
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” It’s the mantra that motivates wrongly imprisoned Andy Dufresne throughout his brutal 20-year stretch in Shawshank State Prison, and it’s safe to assume…
