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Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A zinc-air microbattery could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.

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Meet Healthbeat’s Atlanta reporter: Coming back home, to Atlanta and public health

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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. You can go home again, it turns out. After graduating from Chamblee High School in 2000, I left Atlanta. My plan was to live a life doing exciting things far away from my hometown. I managed to do that, eventually finding my way to health care work in rural India.

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Rethinking the dodo

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Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird. Researchers have undertaken the most comprehensive review of the taxonomy of the Dodo and its closest relative, the Rodriguez Island Solitaire.

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How to stay healthy while wild swimming

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Swimming is a great form of exercise we can all enjoy, and there are hundreds of beautiful wild swimming sites across the UK to explore. This blog post has essential tips and advice if you're thinking of dipping your feet in the cool water of Britain's beaches, lakes and rivers. Read our tips on reducing your risk of becoming ill after open water swimming.

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It's a rave: Underground acoustics amplify soil health

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Barely audible to human ears, healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms -- a bit like an underground rave concert of bubble pops and clicks. Special recordings made by ecologists show this chaotic mixture of soundscapes can be a measure of the diversity of tiny living animals in the soil, which create sounds as they move and interact with their environment.

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Gun violence is a public health crisis, and we’re taking action in King County

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Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S., surpassing car crashes, cancer and drug overdoses. And the impact is deeply disproportionate for Black boys and young men. In June, the U.S. surgeon general declared gun violence a national public health crisis. The post Gun violence is a public health crisis, and we’re taking action in King County appeared first on PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER.

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Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreaks 2024: What To Know About The Global Health Emergency

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Cynomolgus monkey, a known reservoir of the Monkeypox virus In recent months, the mpox virus (formerly monkeypox) has become a major health crisis globally. The outbreak started small but now exploded to over 15,600 cases and 537 deaths as of August 2024 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This rapid increase is largely due to a new deadly strain, Clade 1b, which emerged last year in the country.

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Same person, Different place: Twice the odds of a dementia diagnosis

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With new medications on the market or in the works for Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia, a new study suggests that getting the diagnosis needed to access these new treatments may depend on where you live.

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Right on schedule: Physicists use modeling to forecast a black hole's feeding patterns with precision

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The dramatic dimming of a light source ~ 870 million light years away from Earth confirms the accuracy of a detailed model.

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Ancient DNA reveals Indigenous dog lineages found at Jamestown, Virginia

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Previous scientific studies have indicated that North American dog lineages were replaced with European ones between 1492 and the present day. To better understand the timing of this replacement, researchers sequenced mitochondrial DNA from archaeological dogs. Their findings suggest a complex social history of dogs during the early colonial period.

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New research shows unprecedented atmospheric changes during May's geomagnetic superstorm

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On May 11, a gorgeous aurora surprised stargazers across the southern United States. That same weekend, a tractor guided by GPS missed its mark. What do the visibility of the northern lights have in common with compromised farming equipment in the Midwest? A uniquely powerful geomagnetic storm, according to new research.

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