Meet The Two Radical Scientists Using TikTok To Make Cannabis Education Accessible

[ad_1] Dr. Miyabe Shields, PhD and Dr. Riley Kirk, PhD are using platforms like TikTok and Instagram to … [+] promote cannabis pharmacology education. They’ve also collected data from thousands of respondents about their cannabis use. Courtesy photo Love it or hate it, social media can be a powerful tool for education and data collection. While the subject of cannabis often triggers the removal of content and banned accounts, pharmaceutical scientists Dr. Riley Kirk, PhD…

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Unusual Animals Help Scientists Probe the ECS

[ad_1] Scientists use a variety of methods to study the endocannabinoid system (ECS), including animal research. After all, the ECS is present throughout the animal kingdom, the only exceptions being Protozoa (single-celled organisms) and insects.1 And while most animal research into ECS function involves mice, scientists have also studied cannabinoids and their receptors in cats2 and dogs3 – research that could potentially benefit both humans and their pets – and in less obvious species like…

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European scientists demonstrate fusion energy record

[ad_1] British officials Wednesday said that European scientists are now a step closer to mastering technology that could enable them to harness nuclear fission, which would provide an unlimited and clean source of energy. The U.K. Atomic Energy Authority reported that researchers at the Joint European Torus experiment in Oxford, England produced a record amount heat energy in a five-second time period. The record for sustained fusion energy production was 59 megajoules, more than twice…

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