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Denmark Team Uses Quantum for AI Protein Discovery
A Denmark-based research team is using quantum computers to accelerate AI-driven protein discovery, demonstrating what researchers describe as a near-term commercial use case for quantum technology in
RFK Jr. advances HHS antidepressant tapering guidance
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing forward an HHS effort to develop clinical guidance helping providers taper patients off antidepressants, with dozens of mental health professionals me
States slash family caregiver pay as Medicaid cuts loom
Maryland's Developmental Disabilities Administration has proposed wage cuts of up to $20 per hour for family caregivers of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with similar proposa
US Faces Critical Forensic Pathologist Shortage
A nationwide shortage of roughly 400 forensic pathologists is straining medical examiner offices, delaying criminal cases and leaving families without answers, as low government salaries, COVID-era re
Pancreatic Cancer Drug Called Biggest Care Shift in Decades
A pancreatic cancer conference in London added a panel to spotlight a new drug whose clinical trial performance has been called the biggest shake-up in pancreatic cancer care in decades.
Airlines Built Inflight Medicine Around Volunteer Doctors
An Arizona hematologist-oncologist argues in an opinion piece that commercial aviation has quietly built its inflight medical response around unpaid physician passengers, and that the industry should
UK begins trials of Ebola vaccine developed in just eight weeks
The UK has approved human trials for a new Ebola vaccine developed by Oxford scientists in just eight weeks, using proven viral vector technology and manufactured at scale by the Serum Institute of In
Crescent Moon Meets Venus in Friday Evening Twilight
On Friday evening, a three-day-old crescent moon and Venus will pair up low in the western twilight, offering one of the month's most striking naked-eye sights for skywatchers — clouds permitting.
Phacelia: The Garden Plant That Feeds Bees And Fixes Soil
Gardener Susie White champions phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) as a do-it-all garden plant — a pollinator magnet, weed suppressor, and green manure — direct-sown into bare soil to nurture both insec
Thousands may have died in UK's exceptional May and June heatwaves
An expert team from Imperial College London, the Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimates more than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes during the UK
Tarkine Tour Uncovers a Fungal Kingdom Still Mostly Unmapped
A mycologist's three-day workshop in Tasmania's Tarkine rainforest reveals staggering fungal diversity, with experts arguing fungi remain woefully understudied despite being foundational to nearly all
Practice Rewires Brain to Enable True Multitasking
Georgetown University researchers found that extensive practice physically rewires the brain, allowing well-learned tasks to bypass the prefrontal cortex and run in parallel with other activities, cha
Tau protein organizes long-term memory, mouse study finds
New research from Flinders University reveals that tau, a protein long associated with Alzheimer's disease, is essential for organizing memories in the brain to last long-term — findings that could he
Ultrasound therapy shifts immune cells to repair mode
University of Alabama in Huntsville researchers report that continuous low-intensity ultrasound can shift key immune cells from a damaging inflammatory state to a tissue-repairing one, pointing to a p
First Ebola Drug Trial Patients Enrolled in DRC
The first patients have been enrolled in a record-speed Ebola treatment trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, testing two experimental drugs amid a growing outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain,
At last, a proper excuse for monoglots to learn another language: it helps keep your brain young | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett riffs on new research showing that learning another language can slow brain ageing by up to 13 years, weaving in her own multilingual mishaps in France and It
Blood Pressure Drug Telmisartan Supercharges Olaparib
Researchers at Dartmouth Cancer Center found that the widely-used blood pressure drug telmisartan significantly enhances the cancer-killing power of the PARP inhibitor olaparib, potentially extending
SSRI Users With Gene Variant Faced Earlier Heart Valve Surgery
Columbia-led research suggests SSRI antidepressants combined with a specific SERT gene variant may accelerate degenerative mitral regurgitation, leading some patients to need valve surgery at younger
Yale finds two proteins driving Parkinson's brain spread
Yale School of Medicine researchers identified two neuron surface proteins, mGluR4 and NPDC1, that transport the toxic α-synuclein protein into healthy brain cells, and disabling them in mice prevente
Fastest spider in the world? This huge, hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the quickest on the planet
A brown huntsman spider native to Australia's east coast has been recorded as the fastest spider species tested, reaching speeds of 3.59 m/s in a global study analyzing over 250 species.
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