Newswise — Another long-standing mystery in particle physics has finally been solved. An international research team of the ALICE experiment at CERN’s particle accelerator, led by researchers from the Technical…
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RFK, Jr. poised to marginalize effective RSV therapies after vaccine opponents question efficacy of safety data based on no new data
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca … that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine…
A Quarter-Century of Surprises: Exploring the Quark-Gluon Plasma
BYLINE: by Shannon Brescher Shea. Social media manager and senior writer/editor in the Office of Science’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs Newswise — Two huge metal rings, each more…
Network of submerged stone structures rewrites early European prehistory
Archaeologists have discovered a network of submerged stone structures off the coast of Sein Island in Brittany, France. A new study, published in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, documents…
Stress Levels Predict Cannabis Use
Summary: New research shows that rats with naturally higher baseline stress hormone levels are significantly more likely to self-administer cannabis vapor. Over several weeks, rats were allowed to nose-poke for…
AI helps pilot free-flying robot around the International Space Station for 1st time ever
Navigating in a microgravity environment is a challenge even for trained human astronauts, but it is even more challenging for autonomous robots, limiting their use in places like a space…
AI’s errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care
In the past decade, AI’s success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims – even though users frequently experience errors that AI makes. An AI-powered digital assistant can misunderstand…
How one Florida program reduced preterm births – and how it could serve as a model for other communities
One in 10 babies in the U.S. – nearly 374,000 infants – were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning…
‘Are you married?’ Why doctors ask invasive questions during treatment
It’s a rare occasion when my worlds of biomedical informatics and serialized lesbian melodrama fandom collide. But that’s exactly what happened earlier this summer when two of my favorite actresses…
Anglo-Saxon settlement among new discoveries in large-scale Suffolk excavation
MOLA and Wessex Archaeology have been conducting a large-scale excavation ahead of the East Anglia TWO and ONE North projects on behalf of ScottishPower Renewables. To date, the excavation in…
