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Non-stop flight: 4,200 km transatlantic flight of the Painted Lady butterfly mapped

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of Painted Lady Butterflies on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana -- a species not typically found in South America. This unusual sighting prompted an international study to investigate the origin of these butterflies.

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Sepsis Alliance: Gaining Ground Against a Lethal Threat

Research America

Sepsis is the number one cause of death in U.S. hospitals, yet only 63% of adults are familiar with the term and only 15% can identify the most common symptoms. Thomas Heyman, President and CEO of Sepsis Alliance, and Dr. Mallory Perry-Eaddy, Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing and Sepsis Alliance Advisory Board Member, brought awareness to this alarming state of sepsis in the U.S. and its devastating effects on people of all ages through patient stories in our

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Your future medications could be personalized for you on a 3D printer

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Scientists are helping to develop standards and safety protocols that would allow pharmacies to print drugs onsite at a dosage best for you.

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Workflow Efficiencies for Increased Reliance on Medicare Advantage

Bamboo News

For the first time in Medicare’s history, more than half of all eligible people with Medicare, or 30.8 million people in 2023, are enrolled in private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. According to KFF , MA is already the only option for retiree health coverage for Medicare-age retirees in 12 states. This additional reliance on MA comes at a time when reimbursement rates still aren’t quite on par with expected usage trends ( according to a Kiplinger report ), creating strain for both health plans

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Telltale greenhouse gases could signal alien activity

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If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we'd be able to tell. A new study identifies the artificial greenhouse gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed planet.

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24.7 Release Notes

Phreesia

Summary Don’t have time to read the entire 24.7 Release Notes? We understand—you’re busy! Use the table of contents on the left to easily jump to different sections, if needed. Early Access New practice view for Appointment Accelerator reports Previously, enterprise organizations using Appointment Accelerator were unable to filter their Appointment Accelerator metrics by practice in the “Breakdown and Analysis” tab of their report.

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Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas drill sites, compounding potential health risks

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More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned by wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found, and some 3 million people live next to wells that in the future could be in the path of fires worsened by climate change.

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Robots face the future

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Researchers have found a way to bind engineered skin tissue to the complex forms of humanoid robots. This brings with it potential benefits to robotic platforms such as increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded sensing capabilities and an increasingly lifelike appearance. Taking inspiration from human skin ligaments, the team included special perforations in a robot face, which helped a layer of skin take hold.

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Moving objects precisely with sound

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Researchers have succeeded in directing floating objects around an aquatic obstacle course using only soundwaves. Their novel, optics-inspired method holds great promise for biomedical applications such as noninvasive targeted drug delivery.

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Marsquakes may help reveal whether liquid water exists underground on red planet

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If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes that occur on Mars -- or marsquakes -- could offer a new tool in the search.

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New evidence for how heat is transported below the sun's surface

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Solar physicists have revealed the interior structure of the sun's supergranules, a flow structure that transports heat from the sun's hidden interior to its surface. The researchers' analysis of the supergranules presents a challenge to the current understanding of solar convection.

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