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In Yemen’s Port City of Aden, Fear, Rumor and Ruin Blocked COVID-19 Response
When COVID-19 reached Yemen in the spring of 2020, it arrived in a country already hollowed out by years of…
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Young People Back Health Data Research but Demand Stronger Safeguards
Children and young people are broadly willing to let their health data be used in research that could improve lives,…
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The autonomic-ventricular coherence index: a novel single-lead ECG method with acquisition-dependent discrimination
Every heartbeat is a negotiation between two forces: the autonomic nervous system, which modulates heart rate breath by breath, and…
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Teenage Exercise Leaves a Health Blueprint That Lasts Into Your Twenties, Landmark Review Finds
What you do as a teenager may quietly shape your body and mind for the next decade. That is the…
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Tunisia’s 100% renewable electricity future: solar PV, hydropower and pumped hydro storage pathways to 2050
Tunisia could run its entire electricity grid on renewable energy by 2050, according to a new techno-economic study that models…
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Light-Switched Opioid Painkiller Promises Relief Without Addiction Risk
Opioid painkillers have saved countless people from unbearable suffering, yet they remain among the most dangerous drugs in modern medicine.…
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How Life Stress Shapes Young Minds: New Longitudinal Studies Track Mental Health from Cradle to Campus
Childhood and adolescence are punctuated by transitions: the first day of school, the shift into teenage independence, the move to…
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Amine-Functionalized Zirconium MOF Pulls Lanthanum From Water With Near-Perfect Efficiency
A crystalline sponge built from zirconium and amine-decorated organic linkers has emerged as a strikingly efficient trap for lanthanum, one…
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When a Fever Attacks the Brain and Heart: A Rare Childhood Syndrome Challenges Doctors
A rare and devastating inflammatory condition known as acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood, or ANEC, has been documented in a…
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Roads Cut Wildlife Numbers by Nearly a Third, Landmark Meta-Analysis Finds
Every year, humanity lays down more asphalt than almost any other material we manufacture, and the ribbon of road now…