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Sparse evidence for cannabis to treat mental health conditions highlights research gap
While many people turn to cannabis to help with mental health conditions, the scientific evidence is scant. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Along with chronic pain, mental health conditions are some of the top reasons people use marijuana for medical purposes.
#Alzheimers #Neurodegeneration #Research
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Overlooked peptide may be more harmful than we thought -- and could...
Scientists have long searched for ways to treat Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.
Chief among these strategies has been targeting amyloid beta, a toxic protein that forms plaque-like deposits when it accumulates abnormally in the brain.
#Cannabis #MentalHealth #Research
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Link between cannabis and anxiety, depression has 'strengthened over...
Science is split on whether the effects of cannabis are good or bad, with recent research showing it could boost brain power in older adults, while other studies show the purported benefits go up in smoke.
#NobelPrize #Research #JeffreyEpstein
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Columbia brain institute co-director and Nobel laureate steps down over Epstein ties
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A leading molecular biologist who won the Nobel prize for his work studying how the human brain processes smells has stood down from a prestigious post at Columbia University over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Opinion | The sweet scientific vindication of 'I told you so'
Nuno Castel-Branco is a historian of science at the University of Oxford and writes the Stories of Science newsletter.
Last month, a bipartisan congressional spending bill cut funds for NASA's Mars Sample Return mission.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Mathematics #ResearchInnovation
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When you do the math, humans still rule -- Harvard Gazette
Harvard's Lauren Williams, a MacArthur 'genius,' joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
Have reports of AI replacing mathematicians been greatly exaggerated.
#Antarctica #Geopolitics #ResearchStations
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US conducts rare inspection of Chinese research base
U. S. authorities have carried out a first official inspection of a Chinese Antarctic research station in six years, in a sign that America is paying attention to China's presence in the South Pole, as well as the North.
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Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research
The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health
The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
#LymeDisease #Research #HealthScience
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Bacterial Mechanism That Could Help Prevent and Treat Lyme Arthritis Identified by New Bay Area Lyme Foundation-Supported Study
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. , Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the United States, announced the publication of new research in PLOS Pathogens identifying a novel mechanism that may trigger Lyme arthritis, one of the most common and debilitating complications of Lyme disease in the US.
#Healthcare #ResearchFunding #Alzheimers
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NIH Agrees To Resume Grants Considerations Stalled By Trump Orders But Not For Long
Some of the grants funded Alzheimer's, cancer, and other illnesses, which impacts people of all races and ethnicities.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has agreed to continue evaluating grant applications that were previously denied or left in limbo by the Trump administration's ideological targeting of research grants.
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UH earns top global rankings in oceanography, atmospheric science | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Students walk near the Campus Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa earned high marks across nearly 20 disciplines in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, with oceanography, atmospheric science and hospitality and tourism management emerging as its highest-ranked programs, according to a news release.
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Scientists Produced a Particle of Light That Simultaneously Accessed 37 Different Dimensions
Classical and quantum mechanics don't really get along as the science of the subatomic can get, well, weird. Take, for instance, quantum entanglement, which says that the state of one particle can be determined by examining the state of its entangled pair regardless of distance.
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A Giant Volcano Off The Coast Of Oregon Is Scheduled To Erupt In 2026, JWST Finds The Best Evidence Yet Of A Lava World With A Thick Atmosphere, And Much More This Week
So. It's December 31, and that means one thing: that the world - and specifically, Axial Seamount, the volcano lying on the seafloor off of the Pacific Northwest - has just a handful of hours remaining to prove last year's scientists right by erupting before the end of 2025.
