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Professor Sean Barrett, Dalhousie University, Canada highlights the importance of targeting such beliefs to optimise the potential benefits and minimise potential risks of different cannabis compounds. Health & Medicine

The perception divide: Prior cannabis use shapes perceived outcomes of its effects

Run Yan and colleagues have designed an innovative ray-tracing engine that accelerates ray tracing, making it accessible for mobile platforms Engineering & Technology

RT Engine: A ray-tracing architecture for mobile devices

Professor Andy Whiting, Nevrargenics, UK, has been investigating the different pathways through which retinoids act on nerve cells. His aim is to develop treatments that achieve the three N’s: neuroprotection, neuroplasticity, and neurorepair. Health & Medicine

Nevrargenics: Neuroprotection, neuroplasticity, and neurorepair

Professor Bernard Gil and collaborators s examine how different types of boron nitride can be exploited for emerging quantum information technologies. Physical Sciences

Polytypes of boron nitride – developing deep UV emitters

In a new study, Professor Georgi Georgiev at Assumption University, Massachusetts, USA, shows for the first time how the ‘size-complexity’ law emerges clearly and unambiguously in stars, shedding w light on how complex systems spanning numerous fields of research are all connected. Physical Sciences

Uncovering the size-complexity rule in stars

back to work: a solution to diabetes care in USA Health & Medicine

Back to work: A solution to the shortfall in diabetes care in the USA

Professor Andrew Quest and his team at the Laboratory of Cellular Communication, University of Chile, have dedicated the last 25 years to uncovering the role of a protein called caveolin-1 which has a highly unusual ability to promote cancer metastasis or suppress it, depending on the cancer type and stage. Health & Medicine

Caveolin-1: A double-edged sword in the fight against cancer metastasis

Professor Ken Naitoh shows how numerous natural processes involve particle breakups in distinctive universal patterns. Physical Sciences

How particle breakups could connect phenomena from biology to cosmology

Professor James H-C Wang at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and colleagues have discovered a new role for a known diabetes medication called metformin in keeping our tendons young. Health & Medicine

Can a common diabetes drug prevent our tendons from ageing?

Dustin Grooms studies the relationship between musculoskeletal injuries and adaptive brain changes to help improve rehabilitation practices. Health & Medicine

Does our brain change after musculoskeletal injuries?

The Little Orange Lamp Group is using artificial intelligence to create the world's largest database of ancient stone carvings to protect China's cultural heritage. Arts & Humanities

Story of the stones: Digital protection of China’s cultural heritage

Dutch toxicology expert Paul Borm reviews existing studies on the toxic effects of talc on humans and calls for an assessment based on evidence-based classification of the mineral. Health & Medicine

‘Talc-ing’ about cancer Reviewing the evidence for talc toxicity