Graphical abstract. Credit: The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2025.01.003 Researchers have demonstrated the potential of the innovative optical genome mapping (OGM) technique for the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic…
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How blockchain could change the NFL draft
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The NFL draft is entertaining, but it’s also the setting for high-stakes negotiations where teams often simultaneously seek a competitive advantage and cooperate with each other…
LSD-Inspired Drug Reverses Psychosis Brain Damage Without Hallucinations
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Scene: A small patrol boat cruises through the water, just offshore of an island somewhere in the Caribbean. Cue the pounding drums, movie-trailer speak for danger approaching. Enter: Spinosaurus. Three…
Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Report Weekly Stress from News
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In Ethiopia, EV ambitions are hitting bumps in rural areas
As Ethiopia’s rising fuel prices eat into his daily earnings, motorcycle taxi rider Teshale Natnael says an electric scooter would be the “perfect solution”. But there’s a hitch. “We don’t…
How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home and abroad
When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied…
Pennsylvania may be short 20,000 nurses by 2026
Imagine nearly every seat in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center − over 20,000 seats − are empty. That’s the scale of Pennsylvania’s projected shortfall of registered nurses by 2026, according to…
