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No evidence for 'wind turbine syndrome' claims: Windmill noise is no more stressful than traffic sounds, study suggests

No evidence for 'wind turbine syndrome' claims: Windmill noise is no more stressful than traffic sounds, study suggests

A team of cognitive neuroscientists and acoustic engineers at Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poland, has found no evidence that wind turbine noise causes mental impairment. In their study, published in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communication, the group conducted experiments exposing human volunteers to various noises and measured a range of impacts.

byBob Yirka
Possible evidence of windborne H5N1 viral infections in chickens

Possible evidence of windborne H5N1 viral infections in chickens

A team of government veterinarians with the State Veterinary Institute Prague in Czechoslovakia has found possible evidence of windborne H5N1 infections in chickens. In their paper posted on the bioRxiv preprint server, the group describes how chickens in a closed environment became infected with the H5N1 virus despite no contact with other chickens, wild birds, or their feces, leaving the wind as the only likely source.

byBob Yirka
An electronic band-aid that delivers therapy directly to organs

An electronic band-aid that delivers therapy directly to organs

A team of biomedical engineers from China and the U.S. has developed a thin patch resembling a band-aid that can be applied to an internal organ to directly deliver therapeutic drugs. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes the factors that went into the development of their patch, its construction and its capabilities.

byBob Yirka