As of 2024, 24 states, including Virginia and Maryland, and DC have legalized the adult recreational use of cannabis. As laws change, citizens' perceptions of the drug and reasons for using the drug have also shifted. In 2020, 34.5% of…
Academics are often accused of "splitting hairs," but a team at Trinity College Dublin has now devised a machine to do just that. We all have a bad hair day from time to time, and split ends are a common problem. However, the science…
Researchers worldwide can now create highly realistic brain cortical organoids—essentially miniature artificial brains with functioning neural networks—thanks to a proprietary protocol released this month by researchers at the University…
There are many limitations to what technology can do to bar underage people from porn. Importantly, the very idea distracts from evidence-based solutions.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed a field-ready screening tool for traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Advanced Military Measure of Olfaction (AMMO) kit includes an array of scents, deployable anywhere from the battlefield to…
Queen's University gets $25 million from Murray Sinclair, enhancing cancer research, facilities and training. The institute will be renamed the Sinclair Cancer Research Institute.
The Pleistocene Epoch—with its glaciers, woolly mammoths, and Neanderthals—still looms large in Earth’s rearview mirror, having ended a mere 12,000 years ago. Now, a team of researchers posit that those hundreds of thousands of years of…
Higher prices in shops and tighter restrictions on online alcohol sales could help to reduce rising alcohol harm while minimizing the impact on hospitality businesses, according to a new study.
The combination of bulevirtide plus peginterferon alfa-2a is superior to bulevirtide monotherapy for achieving undetectable hepatitis D virus (HDV) RNA level at 24 weeks after the end of treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis D,…
Thanks to funding from the Horizon Foundation, a West Texas Water Research Center will soon be established at Sul Ross State University in Alpine. The Horizon Foundation has committed a $125,000 per year challenge grant over the next three…
LRP-661's data highlights its superior safety, efficacy, bioavailability, and PK in multiple species. Furthermore, LRP-661's oral formulation ability compared to cannabidiol, marks a significant advancement in the field of epilepsy…
Tangible examples across various regions further underscore the burgeoning growth of the renewable energy market. Instances of accelerating solar installation capacity in new solar markets like India and China and considerable investments…
Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have developed an imaging device for schools and research centers to study microbes. The 3D-printed device "NIRis" enables schools to observe and study natural phenomena. Researchers will gain…
Researchers have combined nonlinear pre-distortion with digital resolution enhancement to address challenges associated with digital-to-analog converters (DACs). Data centers are the backbone of today’s information...
Monoclonal antibodies are crucial therapeutics due to their high specificity and binding affinity for epitopes (the precise sites where an antibody attaches itself to an antigen, triggering an immune response). Since the therapeutic…