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‘Cosmic lantern’ could help us further understand the fate of the universe
The image shows nearby emission line galaxies NCG 4038 - 4039. The pink parts in this image are showing the light from the gas...
Psychedelic drugs may reduce criminal behavior
UBC Okanagan's Assoc. Prof. Zach Walsh.
Credit: UBC Okanagan campus
Newly published research suggests that common psychedelic drugs -- such as magic mushrooms, LSD and mescaline...
LSD and other psychedelics not linked with mental health problems, analysis suggests
Researchers found no link between the use of psychedelic drugs and a range of mental health problems. Instead they found some significant associations between...
It’s filamentary: How galaxies evolve in the cosmic web
Galaxies are distributed along a cosmic web in the universe. "Mpc/h" is a unit of galactic distance (1 Mpc/h is more than 3.2 million...
Drawing a line in the sand: Partisanship and environmental issues in U. S. coastal...
Percentage of Democrats and Republicans viewing coastal environmental problems as serious threat.
Credit: Image courtesy of Taylor & Francis
The effects of human activities on marine...
Engineers hack cell biology to create 3-D shapes from living tissue
This image shows the shapes made of living tissue made by the researchers. By patterning mechanically active mouse or human cells to thin layers...
New technique could make captured carbon more valuable
While most military children grow into resilient adults, they are not always visible to the outside community, the journal reports.
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Observable universe contains two trillion galaxies, 10 times more than previously thought
This Hubble Space Telescope view reveals thousands of galaxies stretching back into time across billions of light-years of space. The image covers a portion...
Military children, families remain an invisible subculture
While most military children grow into resilient adults, they are not always visible to the outside community, the journal reports.
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Treating refugees from Western perspective leaves providers, patients lost in translation
This is Kafuli Agbemenu, PhD, assistant professor in the UB School of Nursing.
Credit: University at Buffalo
For years, research has shown that female Somali Bantu...
Human impacts on top ocean predators along US west coast mapped
California sea lions are among 23 species whose movements have been tracked since 2000 as part of the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) program.
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