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Along the Coast of Peru, Scientists Discover an Ancient Whale With 4 Legs

By Sarah Sloat , April 4, 2019 Around 50 million years ago, whales began inching toward planet-wide colonization. At the time, reveals research published Thursday in Current Biology , they were small, hooved, legged , and land-locked animals living in South Asia quite unlike the giant, streamlined humpbacks and bowhead...

Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, U-M study shows

Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers have shown. They hope to one day harness this capability to replace a century-old device: the surgical mask. The U-M engineers have measured the virus-killing spe...

Study suggests overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

Reported symptoms of anxiety and hearing voices most common reasons for misdiagnosis by non-specialty physicians JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Ina small study of patients referred to the johns hopkins early psychosis intervention clinic (epic), johns hopkins medicine researchers report that about half the people referred to t...

Survey of Over 20,000 Lonely People Highlights the Cost of Living Alone

By Emma Betuel on May 1, 2019 Coming home to an empty house can feel like a blessing. But if blissful alone time turns into feelings of prolonged loneliness , that empty house can become a curse , according to research published Wednesday inPLOS One.For 20,500 residents in the United Kingdom, living alone is associated...

Possible Link Between Autism and Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy

SINGAPORE, 30 April 2019 Exposure to antidepressants in the womb leads to autistic-like behaviour in full-grown offspring in an animal model, according to a new study led by Duke-NUS Medical School. An international team led by Duke-NUS Medical School has found a potential link between autistic-like behaviour in adult ...