Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took…
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Stricter monitoring of tween and teen internet use may not always be better
A national conversation about potential links between smartphones and digital media and the ongoing teen mental health crisis has reached a fever pitch. Research does not definitively show that excessive…
Safety of generic Viagra, other drugs called into doubt after false data found by FDA
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Generic versions of erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis, among other medications, were allowed on the U.S. market using potentially problematic data that call into question…
Tech giants face tough task to sustain second half stock rally
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The world’s largest technology stocks drove a banner first half for the S&P 500. The question for the rest of the year is whether their strength…
New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes
An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. Seismology also offers…
Auroras caused by head-on blows to Earth’s magnetic field could damage critical infrastructure, scientists say
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels Auroras have inspired myths and portents for millennia—but only now, with modern technology dependent on electricity, are we appreciating their true power. The same forces…
‘Unhealthy’ gut microbiome patterns linked to heightened risk of death after organ transplant
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ‘Unhealthy’ gut microbiome patterns are linked to a heightened risk of death after a solid organ transplant, finds research published online in the journal Gut. While…
Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old temple complex
Archaeologists from the University of Siena have unearthed a 4,000-year-old temple complex on Cyprus. The site is part of an ongoing study by the Erimi Archaeological Project, who are conducting…
AI can support humanitarian organizations in armed conflict or crisis, but they should understand potential risks
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain AI can help humanitarians gain crucial insights to better monitor and anticipate risks, such as a conflict outbreak or escalation. But deploying systems in this context…
New method could yield fast, cross-country quantum network
To make a quantum network a reality, researchers in Jiang Group at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have proposed building long quantum channels using vacuum-sealed tubes…
