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Blood protein linked to lower risk of depression and PTSD after traumatic brain injury

Every year, an estimated 20 million people worldwide sustain a concussion or other traumatic brain injury (TBI), which leads to a two- to fourfold increase in the risk of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Yet not everyone who experiences a TBI goes on to develop psychiatric symptoms.

Blood protein linked to lower risk of depression and PTSD after traumatic brain injury

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‘Vacuumtronics’ could help make better superconductors

Vacuum fluctuations could be a non-invasive way to tune superconductivity The post ‘Vacuumtronics’ could help make better superconductors appeared first on Physics World .

  • Vacuumtronics concept proposed to enhance superconductivity in bulk materials.
  • Vacuum fluctuations, continuous virtual particle creation, linked to quantum effects.
  • Enhanced superconductivity observed in NbSe2 when partially embedded in dark cavity.

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