Summary: Young men who suffer from cannabis use disorder are more likely to develop schizophrenia, according to a new study. The study analyzed health records data of over 6 million…
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First RSV vaccine caps 60-year search to stem pervasive lung illness
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For 60 years, doctors and scientists searched for a vaccine against a common virus that, while sometimes deadly, is little known to the public. The hunt…
Star swallows planet in one big gulp
This illustration provided Caltech/IPAC by depicts a planet skimming the surface of its star. Astronomers reported their observations Wednesday, May 3, 2023, of what appears to be a gas giant…
Mass monster M87 with the cosmic digestive system
New observations of the spectacular M87 galaxy reveal how a powerful jet forms around a monstrous black hole contained inside it. The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole: The…
WHO declares COVID global emergency over
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than three years after the coronavirus began ravaging the planet, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that the pandemic is no longer a public…
How interleukin-6 helps prevent allergic asthma and atopy by suppressing interleukin-2 signaling
Knowledge of this previously unrecognized mechanism may aid therapy for patients with interleukin-6 signaling mutations and hyper-IgE Syndrome, or HIES. Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham The immune system has…
Study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and were found to have differences in…
Underwater archaeologists reveal footage of Norway’s “oldest” shipwreck |
In 2022, a team from the Norwegian Défense Research Institute and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) announcement the discovery of a shipwreck during a survey to map…
Princeton University awards plasma physics graduate student Suying Jin a highly selective honorific fellowship
Jin expressed deep appreciation on receiving the fellowship. “I feel truly honored, and I’m fortunate to be at an institution that lifts up its students in this way,” she said.…
Surprising Preference in Particle Spin Alignment
The Science Certain particles that emerge from a hot soup of matter generated in collisions of atomic nuclei appear to have a preferential “global spin alignment.” The collisions melt the…
