Common antidepressant may ease long COVID’s crushing fatigue
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Common antidepressant may ease long COVID’s crushing fatigue

Researchers found that fluvoxamine (sold under the brand name Luvox), an inexpensive medication already commonly used to treat depression and other conditions, reduced fatigue and improved quality of…

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Intermittent fasting helped people keep weight off for a year
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Intermittent fasting helped people keep weight off for a year

Published in Clinical Nutrition, the study followed 99 adults who were overweight or obese. Half of the participants were women. Researchers found that limiting daily food intake to…

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No, SpudCells aren’t alive. But they’re a step toward the first synthetic life
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No, SpudCells aren’t alive. But they’re a step toward the first synthetic life

Kate Adamala has a vision of the future. In it, biology would replace chemical manufacturing. “Ultimate success,” says the synthetic biologist, would be that “all the atoms we’re…

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Inside the fight against the parasite Cyclospora
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Inside the fight against the parasite Cyclospora

Intense abdominal pain. Extreme fatigue. Explosive diarrhea. These are just some of the symptoms of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne parasitic infection that has sickened thousands and hospitalized more than…

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Scientists built a camera that can track invisible particles in 3D
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Scientists built a camera that can track invisible particles in 3D

That strategy could be especially valuable in the search for weakly interacting particles, including neutrinos and certain dark matter candidates. These particles are notoriously difficult to detect because…

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Scientists tested 39 sweeteners and found unexpected gut effects
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Scientists tested 39 sweeteners and found unexpected gut effects

The strongest effect appeared when researchers combined isosteviol, a sweetener used by the food and beverage industry, with the antidepressant duloxetine. Together, the two compounds sharply reduced the…

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New “living plastic” self-destructs in just 6 days without leaving microplastics
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New “living plastic” self-destructs in just 6 days without leaving microplastics

Known as living plastics, these materials contain dormant microbes capable of degrading the surrounding polymer. In a study published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, scientists developed a version…

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Going to museums, movies, and theater may help your body stay younger
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Going to museums, movies, and theater may help your body stay younger

The findings, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, add to growing evidence that staying socially and culturally active could play an important role in healthy…

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More than 400 sick as CDC searches for the source of a mystery outbreak
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More than 400 sick as CDC searches for the source of a mystery outbreak

A large outbreak of cyclosporiasis has been reported in at least four Midwestern states. Public health officials are interviewing people who became sick to learn what foods they…

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Quantum breakthrough links light and magnetism in atomically thin materials
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Quantum breakthrough links light and magnetism in atomically thin materials

The work comes from physicist Vinod M. Menon’s Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics (LaNMP). Researchers believe these unusual interactions could eventually support advanced optoelectronic devices and quantum…

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