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Recreational Cannabis Use By Teens Linked to Risk of Depression, Suicidality

A Columbia University study has found that teens who use cannabis recreationally are two to four times as likely to develop psychiatric disorders, such as depression and suicidality, than teens who don’t use cannabis at all.

Researchers Unlock New Answers In Quest For Safer, More Effective Opioid Therapy

A University of Arizona Health Sciences study uncovered new ways in which Hsp90-inhibitor drugs in the spinal cord are showing promise as potential pain therapeutics.

Icy Moonquakes: Surface Shaking Could Trigger Landslides

Quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on the moons circling Jupiter and Saturn, according to a new study led by a University of Arizona graduate student.

Scientists Develop New Way To Measure Wind

Using data from two NOAA satellites, University of Arizona researchers developed an algorithm for measuring wind via water vapor.

Uarizona Researchers To Help Track Deadly Fungus In Arizona Wastewater

Wastewater-based epidemiology's potential was brought to bear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it could help public health officials get ahead of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris.

How Cities Use Energy To Regulate Temperature – Just Like Mammals

A University of Arizona undergraduate looked at cities as living things to investigate how human energy use changes with rising temperatures. Her research could help save lives from heat waves.

New Method Uses Engineered Bacteria and AI to Sense and Record Environmental Signals

Columbia synthetic biologists first to engineer bacterial swarm patterns to visibly record environment, use deep learning to decode patterns; applications could range from monitoring environmental pollution to building living materials

Astronomers Race To Make Sense Of Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Seen

University of Arizona astronomers have joined an international effort to study the aftermath of the brightest flash of gamma rays ever observed. Observations involving various UArizona telescopes and instruments provide astronomers with a "cosmic lab" to study how massive stars die.

Daigle proposes 'trained dogs will accurately and rapidly predict BRD risk in individual cattle'

Since dogs have been proven able to detect certain diseases in humans, a team from Texas A&M is researching dogs' ability to sniff out breathing problems in cows.

Astronomers Spot Swirling, Gritty Clouds On Remote Planet

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed detailed features, including roiling clouds of dust, in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf planet 40 light-years away.

New Details on Why Starlings Allow ‘Immigrants’ to Join Their Communities

A new paper on superb starlings offers new data and insight on why they form social groups with non-relatives.

Is Vaping New Gateway Into Further Substance Use?

Adolescent Vapers Much More Likely to Use Cannabis and Binge Drink

Beethoven's DNA

Scientists have sequenced Beethoven’s genome from locks of his hair, revealing clues to the composer’s health and family history.

Optical Switching At Record Speeds Opens Door For Ultrafast, Light-Based Electronics And Computers

University of Arizona physicists led an international team in achieving optical switching of a light signal at attosecond speeds to reach previously unattainable data transfer speeds. An attosecond is one quintillionth of a second.

New Animal Welfare Scoring System Could Enable Better-Informed Food And Farming Choices

Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.

Effectiveness Of Antibiotics Significantly Reduced When Multiple Bugs Present

A study has found that much higher doses of antibiotics are needed to eliminate a bacterial infection of the airways when other microbes are present. It helps explain why respiratory infections often persist in people with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis despite treatment.

Climate Change Threat To Seabirds Must Be Properly Considered For Their Conservation To Be Effective

A new study shows how knowledge of climate change threats could be better connected with conservation efforts to help protect seabirds and other at-risk species.

Tiny ‘Skyscrapers’ Help Bacteria Convert Sunlight Into Electricity

Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water.

Cell Mapping And ‘Mini Placentas’ Give New Insights Into Human Pregnancy

Researchers have mapped the complete trajectory of placental development, helping shed new light on why pregnancy disorders happen.

Sleight-Of-Hand Magic Trick Only Fools Monkeys With Opposable Thumbs

Illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason as humans – it misdirects the expected outcomes of actions they can carry out.