A pair of images, taken eight years apart, show changes to the ice giant planet as spring arrives in the northern hemisphere.

The secret to a perfect croissant is the layers—as many as possible, each one interspersed with butter. Similarly, a new material with promise for new applications is made of many extremely thin layers of metal, between which scientists can slip different ions for various purposes. This makes them potentially very useful for future high-tech electronics or energy storage.

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Nationwide, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activities than their more affluent peers.

The state plans to use state funds, which a spokeswoman for Gov. Bill Lee said would be more efficient than receiving federal dollars. Some organizations are concerned they will be cut off if they don't align with his conservative politics.

Duodenoscopes — tubular cameras threaded into the intestine — with disposable parts were supposed to be safer. But the parts can fall off in the body, the F.D.A. warned.

Låter det äckligt? Synnerligen. Är det värt det? Absolut. Så säger deltagarna i en studie vid Helsingborgs lasarett som undersökt om snortransplantationer kan lindra symptom vid kronisk varig snuva.

In the Galapagos Islands, finches that live near cities have higher survival rates against parasitic flies than those who live in the country

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36775-8 Many transcriptomic pathways in the liver show circadian rhythms, which have been reported to be disrupted in aged mice. Here the authors report that the expression of transcription factor Egr-1 decreases and its rhythm is shifted with age in the liver of male mice, and that deletion of Egr-1 results in increas

"Time to Think," by BBC journalist Hannah Barnes, is a deeply reported account of what went wrong at the Gender Identity Development Service in Britain, the U.K.'s only clinic for children with gender dysphoria. Barnes is propelled by a core question: Did the right young people receive the right care?

Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows.

The presence of the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) was documented in Honduras for the first time after 43 years. The record is from a site of the forest management plan called "Las Lechuzas," municipality of Concordia, department of Olancho. Apart from this newly confirmed location, the species has also been recorded in Zambrano, department of Francisco Morazán in 1935, in Gracias, de

Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows.

The presence of the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) was documented in Honduras for the first time after 43 years. The record is from a site of the forest management plan called "Las Lechuzas," municipality of Concordia, department of Olancho. Apart from this newly confirmed location, the species has also been recorded in Zambrano, department of Francisco Morazán in 1935, in Gracias, de

A team of researchers has developed a new method for exfoliating MoS2 flakes that produces very large and very thin flakes with high yield. The microwave-assisted exfoliation yields 50 times more flakes than those obtained by ultrasonication and gives a material quality comparable to mechanical exfoliation. This fast process requires minimal processing and holds promise to enable new applications

Climate change has serious consequences for the environment and people and is a major threat to economic stability. A new assessment published in Nature Climate Change reviews innovative, integrated research that underpins the economic case for strong near-term climate action.

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As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.

Any doctor who pushes for the repeated mass infection of unvaccinated babies and toddlers with a novel, mutating virus, when an effective vaccine is available, is a medical radical. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .

How can anyone seek shelter from a natural disaster they don't even know is coming? Last year the United Nations called for every person on the planet to be covered by early warning systems by 2027—but months into the effort it is becoming clear that the project will require more data and expertise.

As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.

As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change—such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires—critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted. Local and regional planners need to anticipate those impacts and evaluate what measures can be taken to prepare.

Sixteen young Montanans have sued their state, arguing that its support of fossil fuels violates the state Constitution.

Schneider Shorts 24.03.2023 – a Chinese double-bluff with raccoon dogs, an Italian professor defends his Iranian papers, other Italian professors honored with Swedish medals, with green energy retractions In USA, a Spanish papermiller in russia, a Persian fallen star in Germany, and finally, yet another pervert German professor unnamed.

A very rare discovery.

Innovation in agricultural sector is needed if cities are to solve air pollution problems, say scientists A study reveals that farming is responsible for more than a quarter of the particle pollution in UK cities. UK agriculture created 38% of the particle pollution in Leicester, 32% in Birmingham and 25% in London in 2019, according to the study. In each case the contribution from rural agricult

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37176-7 In this study, the authors perform a meta-analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies and compare observed protection against severe disease with model-based estimates of neutralising antibody titres. Their results show that SARS-CoV-2 antibody titres are predictive of protection against severe COVID-19

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37313-2 Space-charge layers are believed to profoundly influence the interfaces in all-solid-state Li batteries. Here, the authors provide atomic scale insights into this phenomenon, and discover that its impact could be fundamentally different from commonly believed.

Drought conditions in Spain, heavy snow in California, the Fallas Festival in Spain, a spring equinox welcome at Stonehenge, war-damaged buildings in Ukraine, the start of Ramadan in Indonesia, cherry blossoms in Japan, a sandstorm in Inner Mongolia, protests against pension reform in France, and much more

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Langstone, Hampshire: The pond is almost devoid of life, apart from several of these greenish-grey segmented worms burrowed into the silt at the bottom My wildlife pond has been leaking and, after several unsuccessful attempts at patching it up, the race was on to replace the liner before the smooth newts return to breed. Twenty-five years ago, I planted a single yellow flag iris ( Iris pseudacor

An enormous coronal hole opening on the sun, sending charged particles to Earth, will potentially cause auroras – and a range of technical issues Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A massive solar storm, set to peak on Friday night, could lead to a spectacular light show across Australia's eastern coast. But scientists have also warned the opening of an eno

Avi Loeb organizing $1.5m search to Papua New Guinea to look for what he says might be alien artifact that crashed into ocean in 2014 A prominent Harvard physicist is planning a Pacific expedition to find what he thinks might be an alien artifact that smashed into the ocean. Avi Loeb announced that he is organizing a $1.5m ocean expedition to Papua New Guinea to look for fragments of an object th

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37316-z Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) is a sphingolipid metabolizing enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin to ceramide, and previous work has shown it is upregulated in models of Alzheimer's disease. Here the authors demonstrate in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease that antibody-based immunotherapy tar

His expeditions to Antarctica helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming.

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37294-2 A nonreciprocal critical current is known as the superconducting diode effect (SDE). Here, the authors use SQUID-on-tip to study SDE in a EuS/Nb bilayer and find that the stray field from magnetized EuS creates screening currents in the Nb, which lead to SDE by affecting vortex flow dynamics.

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37337-8 Sliding and twisting of van der Waals layers can produce fascinating physical phenomena. Here, authors show that moiré polar domains in bilayer hBN give rise to a topologically non-trivial winding of the polarization field, forming networks of merons and antimerons.

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https://www.weforum.org/videos/davos-am23-ready-for-brain-transparency-english Professor Farahany explains where we are with the technology to read thoughts (of employees, of consumers, etc. – groups palatable to the attendees of the World Economic Forum) and offers pablum when confronted with the tough questions about how to prevent this tech from being a tool of oppression. I don't know that it

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Research has revealed that diversity in genes coding for immunity may have facilitated adaptation to farming lifestyles in prehistoric periods.

A study explains the unusual radar signatures of icy satellites orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Their radar signatures, which differ significantly from those of rocky worlds and most ice on Earth, have long been a vexing question for the scientific community.

Astrophysicists have leveraged artificial intelligence to uncover a better way to estimate the mass of colossal clusters of galaxies. The AI discovered that by just adding a simple term to an existing equation, scientists can produce far better mass estimates than they previously had. The improved estimates will enable scientists to calculate the fundamental properties of the universe more accurat

Machine learning and state-of-the-art supernova nucleosynthesis has helped researchers find that the majority of observed second-generation stars in the universe were enriched by multiple supernovae.

Rare close encounter will occur this weekend, when the space rock will be visible through binoculars and small telescopes An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will pass harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend, missing both, while providing scientists a chance to study the object close up. Asteroid flybys are common but Nasa said it was rare for one so big to come so close

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The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers' own failure to pass privacy legislation.

Children with disabilities need better support to manage their online lives and potential online risks, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

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Many years ago I read a short story, I think by Isaac Asimov, about a CS professor who thinks that Shakespeare made a grammatical mistake in one of his plays. There's a certain word in a certain sentence from a certain play (all of which were identified in the story) that he thinks should be different. So he programs a computer to predict the next word from a block of text, then he feeds it all o

Here's how to tell whether your eye drops are safe to use and how to recognize a potential infection

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. If you're finding it hard to keep track of all of former President Donald Trump's legal woes, don't feel bad: He can't get it straight, either. Last weekend, he announced that he'd be arrested in Manha

As a way to reduce seed counterfeiting, researchers developed a silk-based tag that, when applied to seeds, provides a unique code that cannot be duplicated.

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator has been studied for years but the new efforts have yielded important insights.

If you live near a busy road you might feel like the constant sound of roaring engines, honking horns and wailing sirens makes your blood pressure rise. Now a new study confirms it can do exactly that.

The embattled social media company brought out the checkbook to ensure at least 30 of its biggest assets—creators—were in DC to help fend off critics.

While it may seem daunting, there are still many things we can do individually to slow climate change

Insurers face a "crisis of confidence" as global warming makes weather events unpredictable and increases damage

Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA.

Via PickPik Three major publishers have removed several authors' names from five papers, most published a decade ago, following correspondence from an attorney representing one of the individuals. Three of the papers appeared in PLOS ONE in 2013, one appeared in Springer Nature's Tumor Biology the same year, and one appeared in Elsevier's Obesity Research & Clinical Practice in 2014. As we report

Researchers have developed a new type of neural implant that could restore limb function to amputees and others who have lost the use of their arms or legs. In a study carried out in rats, researchers from the University of Cambridge used the device to improve the connection between the brain and paralysed limbs. The device combines flexible electronics and human stem cells — the body's 'reprogra

Researchers have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot's movement is driven by a novel pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the way the robot bends, allowing users to steer the robot in either direction.

Mutations in genes that form the desmosome are the most common cause of the cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), which affects one in 2000 to 5000 people worldwide. Researchers have now discovered how a mutation in the desmosomal gene plakophilin-2 leads to ACM. They found that the structural and functional changes in ACM hearts caused by a plakophilin-2 mutation are the result of

As a way to reduce seed counterfeiting, researchers developed a silk-based tag that, when applied to seeds, provides a unique code that cannot be duplicated.

A new multidisciplinary study opens an exciting non-invasive therapeutic avenue for healing muscle injuries in elderly patients. Using a robotic mechanotherapy device on aged muscle, the researchers found that the same treatment that helps young muscle heal faster after injury actually has the opposite effect with aging — it exacerbated the injury. After pinpointing mechanotherapy-induced differe

Scientists have developed fully biodegradable, high-performance artificial muscles. Their research project marks another step towards green technology becoming a lasting trend in the field of soft robotics.

It is well known that the microbiomes of athletes are different from of those who are sedentary. To investigate how exercise shapes the gut microbiota in non-athletes, the study assessed information on the type, time and intensity of exercise in relation to microbiomes in a large cohort of middle-aged adults.

Updated at 4:30 p.m. ET on March 23, 2023. It's been more than a month since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. More than 100,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, were released, with some spilling into waterways. Many hundreds of people had to evacuate from their homes. An estimated 43,000 aquatic animals died. When emergency responders burned the cars containing v

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) has released new analysis based on updated data that suggests potentially greater long-term public school enrollment challenges, as well as recommendations for educational leaders and policymakers as they continue to grapple with the impacts of COVID-19 on the K-12 pipeline. This new analysis focuses on public school enrollment changes

Sensorius Elon Musk has been promising that Tesla's Full Self-Driving would be coming "next year" for the better part of the past decade — but as it turns out, he may be the reason it hasn't come to fruition. As the Washington Post reports , Musk apparently decided a few years back to do away with in-car radar sensors in an effort to make his electric vehicles cheaper, and did so against the warn

Memory B cells play a critical role to provide long-term immunity after a vaccination or infection. Researchers have now described a distinct and novel subset of memory B cells that predict long-lived antibody responses to influenza vaccination in humans. These effector memory B cells appear to be poised for a rapid serum antibody response upon secondary challenge one year later.

Chemical and isotopic analysis of artifacts from southern Africa called copper ingots reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region between the 5th and 20th centuries.

When resources are scarce, most animals have to choose. A new study reveals an ancient origin to how female butterflies invest.

By combining lab experiments and mathematical modelling, researchers have found a way to predict the movement of species that could guide conservation efforts to reconnect fragmented habitats.

Berg was awarded one-half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980 for his work with recombinant DNA technology.

The ever-increasing generation of plastic solid waste has resulted in global plastic pollution both on land and in the oceans. Projections show that plastic waste will double in the next 20 years, causing further environmental problems. Large amounts of plastic waste are, at present, incinerated or deposited in landfills. This not only degrades the environment but also depletes valuable resources.

A new study published in PLOS ONE provides novel documentation of kelp forest decline along the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico in response to the 2014–2016 record-breaking marine heatwave, along with evidence of regional recovery. Using Kelpwatch.org, an open-source web tool used to visualize and analyze nearly 40 years of kelp canopy dynamics data derived from satellite imagery, the study unco

A research team led by Professor Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has invented a non-invasive and non-antibiotics technology to effectively reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in bony tissue.

A team of researchers has uncovered new laws governing the flow of fluids through experiments on a technology thousands of years old: a drinking straw. This knowledge could be useful for improving fluid handling in medical and engineering applications.

Scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction, by tracking neural activity with the latest advances in brain imaging techniques. The findings shed light on how the brain orients itself in changing environments — and even the processes that can go wrong with degenerative diseases like dementia, that leave people feeling lost and confused.

People who have low bone density may have an increased risk of developing dementia compared to people who have higher bone density. The study does not prove that low bone density causes dementia. It only shows an association.

A new study published in PLOS ONE provides novel documentation of kelp forest decline along the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico in response to the 2014–2016 record-breaking marine heatwave, along with evidence of regional recovery. Using Kelpwatch.org, an open-source web tool used to visualize and analyze nearly 40 years of kelp canopy dynamics data derived from satellite imagery, the study unco

Effective drugs against viral diseases like COVID-19 are urgently needed now and in the future. The emergence of viral mutants and yet unknown viruses could push vaccines to their limits.

Rift valleys have scientists rushing to understand the unpredictable forces that decide whether Africa splits in half or "fails" at rifting.

Effective drugs against viral diseases like COVID-19 are urgently needed now and in the future. The emergence of viral mutants and yet unknown viruses could push vaccines to their limits.

Does activity on hard-right social media lead to civil unrest? With the emergence and persistent popularity of hard-right social media platforms such as Gab, Parler, and Truth Social, it is important to understand the impact they are having on society and politics. Previous research on the relationship between social media use and subsequent offline behavior has been ambiguous. While some studies

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.

What's the biggest black hole in the universe, and is there a limit to how big black holes can get?

Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 BC.

The U.S. dairy industry operates a comprehensive data collection program that records herd production information from farmers nationwide. The program provides crucial input for cattle breeding and genetics, and its cooperative structure ensures benefits for producers and scientists alike. A new study from the University of Illinois explores the program's century-old history, highlighting its rele

ChatGPT has the potential to create increasing and exciting opportunities—but also poses significant challenges—for the academic community, according to an innovative study written in large part using the software.

People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may experience genome structure changes that not only may explain our immunological symptoms after infection, but also potentially link to long COVID, according to a new study by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the largely gaseous outer planets and their ever-changing atmospheres. NASA spacecraft missions to the outer planets have given us a close-up look at these atmospheres, but Hubble's sharpness and sensitivity keeps an unblinking eye on a kaleidoscope of complex activities over

The W boson, a fundamental particle that carries the charged weak force, is the subject of a new precision measurement of its mass by the ATLAS experiment at CERN.

Rigid foam boards used to insulate buildings can prevent energy loss, making homes more efficient at keeping warm or cool. The advantages in energy efficiency, however, are undercut by environmental concerns over polystyrene products. Blowing agents used in foam production, such as hydrocarbons and hydrofluoroolefins, end up in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.

U.S. college students' knowledge of bees focuses primarily on honey bees and pollination services, according to Penn State researchers, who said findings from their recent study could help in designing campaigns to generate support for protecting threatened pollinators.

The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world's oceans could decline by up to 10% as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.

On March 22, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a series of five reports authored by federal agencies, including the U.S. National Science Foundation, outlining bold research and development goals for the U.S. bioeconomy.

Scientists in Sweden put on a light show in the night sky on Thursday, releasing material from a sounding rocket to research the spectacular northern lights phenomena.

Humans perceive five basic taste sensations: sweet, umami, bitter, salty, and sour. Specific foods trigger taste recognition of these sensations through the activation of different receptors in our taste buds. In the case of table salt, the concentration is also an important factor in determining taste.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies.

Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study suggests.

Leading glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose Antarctica discoveries in the 1980s helped prove humanity's role in global warming, has died at 91.

Professor Zhang Haijiang from the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with academician Hou Zengqian from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and Professor Wang Qingfei from the China University of Geosciences (Beijing), have discovered that the lithosphere architecture characterized by crust-mantle

The U.S. dairy industry operates a comprehensive data collection program that records herd production information from farmers nationwide. The program provides crucial input for cattle breeding and genetics, and its cooperative structure ensures benefits for producers and scientists alike. A new study from the University of Illinois explores the program's century-old history, highlighting its rele

People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may experience genome structure changes that not only may explain our immunological symptoms after infection, but also potentially link to long COVID, according to a new study by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

U.S. college students' knowledge of bees focuses primarily on honey bees and pollination services, according to Penn State researchers, who said findings from their recent study could help in designing campaigns to generate support for protecting threatened pollinators.

The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world's oceans could decline by up to 10% as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.

On March 22, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a series of five reports authored by federal agencies, including the U.S. National Science Foundation, outlining bold research and development goals for the U.S. bioeconomy.

Humans perceive five basic taste sensations: sweet, umami, bitter, salty, and sour. Specific foods trigger taste recognition of these sensations through the activation of different receptors in our taste buds. In the case of table salt, the concentration is also an important factor in determining taste.

Space Race, Religion, And Creed For Earthbound Muslims, the beginning of Ramadan this week marks a period of fasting from sunrise until sunset — but for Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, who will be aboard the International Space Station for another five months, it's a somewhat different question. As CNN reports , Alneyadi — who will see the sun rise and set a whopping 16 times per day — reasons

Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study suggests.

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36786-5 A superconducting diode effect was recently reported in Nb/V/Ta superlattices, but the mechanism is not yet clear. Here, the authors study non-reciprocal critical current in Al/InAs nanowires and propose a generic extrinsic mechanism involving field-generated diamagnetic currents, which may explain the earlier

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An enormous coronal hole wider than 20 Earths has opened in the sun's atmosphere, and NOAA experts predict a moderate geomagnetic storm Friday (March 24) as a result.

Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.

Mismatches in conceptual definitions of basic things—even animals—help explain why people end up talking past each other so often, according to new research. Is a dog more similar to a chicken or an eagle? Is a penguin noisy? Is a whale friendly? Psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley say these absurd-sounding questions might help us better understand what's at the heart of some

Some eager marine biologists thought they'd made a highly unusual discovery: an elusive goblin shark, spotted for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. But those claims now seem to be swimming with the fishes. Why? Because their rare specimen could be no more than a prankster's plastic figurine. The researchers' paper on the discovery, published last summer in the journal Mediterranean Marine

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37274-6 The authors used multi-disciplinary approaches to understand the structural mechanism underlying spontaneous aggregation of tau encoding an S320F FTD-tau mutant. Understanding the mechanisms of tau aggregation will help identify novel methods to regulate its misfolding.

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A tense, state-of-the-nation drama set in Covid-era India successfully exposes how the caste system underpins much of the country's division and strife 'No one ever plans for the poor," says a young police officer in this tense, painful pandemic drama from India. Shot in black and white, it's set at the start of the government-imposed lockdown in May 2020 that led to the exodus of 10 million migr

Some plants can survive months without water, only to turn green again after a brief downpour. A recent study by the Universities of Bonn and Michigan shows that this is not due to a "miracle gene." Rather, this ability is a consequence of a whole network of genes, almost all of which are also present in more vulnerable varieties. The results have already appeared online in The Plant Journal.

Spraying a safe and environmentally friendly polymer onto soil surfaces can reduce the "soiling" of fine beans by almost 65%, a new study from Cranfield University shows.

Whether in plants or animals, greenhouse gases or smoke, carbon atoms exist in various compounds as they move through a multitude of pathways within Earth's system. That's why NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission—scheduled to launch in January 2024—was designed to peer down at Earth from space to see those many forms of carbon in a way no other satellite has done before

Some plants can survive months without water, only to turn green again after a brief downpour. A recent study by the Universities of Bonn and Michigan shows that this is not due to a "miracle gene." Rather, this ability is a consequence of a whole network of genes, almost all of which are also present in more vulnerable varieties. The results have already appeared online in The Plant Journal.

Spraying a safe and environmentally friendly polymer onto soil surfaces can reduce the "soiling" of fine beans by almost 65%, a new study from Cranfield University shows.

Environmental scientists at Nottingham Trent University have, for the first time, mapped the extent of known wind farm infrastructures, such as wind turbines and vehicle tracks, on recognized blanket bogs in Europe.

Naysayers are often unpopular, for obvious reasons. Sometimes, though, they're the only thing standing between a group of people and a disastrous decision.

Aspirin helps more than just your headache. Learn the history behind this staple, what aspirin is and how it works.

#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Dieter #Birnbacher "The human image of neuroscience" In our Zoomposium interview series on the topic of "consciousness", this time we were able to win over the very well-known German philosopher with a focus on ethics Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Birnbacher, born in Dortmund in 1946. However, the focus of the interview will not only be on ethical questions concerning

The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web—ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in North America. New research led by Pennsylvania State University shows that some of these insects could thrive while others could decline as the climate changes. The team found that the response will largel

The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web—ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in North America. New research led by Pennsylvania State University shows that some of these insects could thrive while others could decline as the climate changes. The team found that the response will largel

ESA's Gaia mission has been collecting data on millions of space objects like stars and asteroids to build an extensive cosmic record. Now, to take it up a notch, it needs your eyes.

A massive solar tornado recently towered over the sun's north pole for three days. The plasma twister was created by a rapidly rotating magnetic field.

Fresh on the heels of GPT-4's public release, a team of Microsoft AI scientists published a research paper claiming the OpenAI language model — which powers Microsoft's now somewhat lobotomized Bing AI — shows "sparks" of human-level intelligence, or artificial general intelligence (AGI). Emphasis on the "sparks." The researchers are careful in the paper to characterize GPT-4's prowess as "only a

A research team led by Prof. Xue Yuanchao from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new method for global profiling of in-situ RNA–RNA contacts associated with a specific RNA-binding protein (RBP) and revealed positional mechanisms by which PTBP1-associated RNA loops regulate cassette exon splicing.

A research team led by Prof. Xue Yuanchao from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new method for global profiling of in-situ RNA–RNA contacts associated with a specific RNA-binding protein (RBP) and revealed positional mechanisms by which PTBP1-associated RNA loops regulate cassette exon splicing.

The medicinal secrets of the Chilean soapbark tree have been laid bare, unlocking a future of more potent, affordable, and sustainably sought vaccines.

Plants produce all types of curious chemicals. Some deter predators. Some smell wonderful. Some even have medicinal value. One of these hidden gems is (–)-jerantinine A (JA), a molecule with remarkable anticancer properties, produced by a plant called Tabernaemontana corymbosa. Unfortunately, access to this Malaysian jungle plant and its promising chemical compound has been limited. Until now.

Connected devices have become an expectation: whether at home, in the office, or moving through the city, people rely on smart, interconnected devices and sensors making their lives easier, more productive, and more efficient. Today, technical advances such as lower power chips, better connectivity, and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are unlocking new Internet of

Regulation of phosphorylation on aquaporin underlies the ability of sorghum to tolerate alkaline soils.

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A versatile method enables 3D printing of precise silicone structures such as neurovascular and heart valve models.

Solid-state reactions formed vertical carpets of 2D metal carbides and nitrides on metal substrates.

Future adaptation to snow cover depends on standing genetic variation for winter camouflage in white-tailed jackrabbits.

Oxytocin plays an evolutionarily conserved role for as a regulator of basic empathic behaviors across vertebrates.

Microlattice designs enable rational assembly of 2D films and functional devices into desired 3D curved mesosurfaces.

A bismuth samarium oxide thin film on a substrate maintains its ferroelectricity at a thickness of only 1 nanometer.

Scanning tunneling microscopy is used to study the vicinity of defects in the Kondo lattice of samarium hexaboride (SmB6).

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We agree with Calow that caution should be exercised when using storylistening in policy advisory systems. The same is true of all forms of evidence. Effective advisory systems that incorporate the natural, physical, and life sciences use mechanisms carefully calibrated to identify, synthesize, authenticate, challenge, and review such evidence. We advocate extending these mechanisms to the humanit

In their Policy Forum, "'Storylistening' in the science policy ecosystem" (13 January, p. 134), C. Craig and S. Dillon explain how the expert evaluation of narratives can facilitate the delivery of humanistic and social science advice for public policy on a range of issues, including those to which scientific advice is also pertinent. Choices about which problems scientists prioritize and which so

A philosopher explores perception and cognition

Communities can leverage institutions of higher education to lure knowledge workers to new regions

Integration of the world's natural history collections can provide a resource for decision-makers

Optical platforms using material parameters that change with time have diverse applications

New, scalable methods synthesize two-dimensional carbide and nitride materials

Reconstituting a plant biosynthetic pathway enables a sustainable supply of vaccine adjuvants

An evolutionarily ancient signaling pathway mediates emotional contagion

It wasn't that long ago when scientific collaboration between the United States and China was enthusiastically encouraged as a means to accomplish the best science. American universities established campuses in China, set up exchange programs for students …

More than 100 U.S. biomedical scientists whose collaborations with China were once encouraged have lost their jobs

Department of Energy opens new competition for contract to manage the storied facility

Virology database cuts off—and then reinstates—scientists who found and analyzed data collected 3 years ago by team in China

Vaccination, virus biology may be driving down risk

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HomeScienceVol. 379, No. 6638Beyond protected areas for koala conservationBack To Vol. 379, No. 6638 Full accessLetter Share on Beyond protected areas for koala conservationBrooke A. Williams [email protected], Courtney Morgans, and Jonathan R. RhodesAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience16 Mar 2023Vol 379, Issue 6638p. 1197DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4128 PREVIOUS ARTICLESeeing fast and thinking slowPre…

Revamp aims to respond to U.S. challenge and promote "self-reliance" in science and technology

The changing radar appearance of a volcanic vent on Venus is interpreted as ongoing active volcanism on the planet.

Structure of plant Pol V elucidates the mechanism underlying transcription stalling and enhanced backtracking.

Restaurants, retail stores, and other small businesses, long thought to be vulnerable to increases in the minimum wage, generally do not cut jobs and may actually benefit when governments raise minimum pay, according to a new working paper. The prevailing wisdom among many business owners and policymakers is that when the minimum wage rises, smaller low-wage employers suffer more from higher labo

Research published in Environmental Research Letters has shown that methane emissions from urban areas are underestimated by a factor of three to four and that untreated wastewater may be a contributing factor.

Researchers focus a lot of attention on how disasters such as hurricanes and floods affect people's housing in the United States.

Natural history museums have joined forces to produce a global digital inventory of their prized collections, from pinned butterflies to dinosaur skulls.

A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City, and the Natural History Museum in London, has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world's largest natural history museums in 28 countries. This is the first step of an ambitious effort to inventory global hol

Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic environments through the use of genetic engineering.

A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City, and the Natural History Museum in London, has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world's largest natural history museums in 28 countries. This is the first step of an ambitious effort to inventory global hol

Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic environments through the use of genetic engineering.

The medicinal secrets of the Chilean soapbark tree have been laid bare, unlocking a future of more potent, affordable, and sustainably sought vaccines.

Plants produce all types of curious chemicals. Some deter predators. Some smell wonderful. Some even have medicinal value. One of these hidden gems is (–)-jerantinine A (JA), a molecule with remarkable anticancer properties, produced by a plant called Tabernaemontana corymbosa. Unfortunately, access to this Malaysian jungle plant and its promising chemical compound has been limited. Until now.

Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded "infinities" from a calculation

Inside All About History 128: From bloody surgery to strange medical theories, uncover the evolving world of Victorian medicine.

A new program is collaborating with the dating app Grindr to distribute 1 million free at-home HIV tests to U.S. residents.

Researchers in Russia recently dissected a mummified bison dating back to around 8,000 years ago. The remains are so well preserved that the team thinks the extinct animal could be cloned, but others disagree.

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Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded "infinities" from a calculation

En hel del genbrugstøj ender som affald i afrikanske lande. Og problemet vokser i takt med tøjforbruget.

Diners with discerning tastes may be keen to order an entrée featuring shrimp harvested from the waters of the Atlantic. Or perhaps they prefer a Pacific crustacean.

Last month, Victoria banned plastic straws, crockery and polystyrene containers, following similar bans in South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and the ACT. All states and territories in Australia have now banned lightweight single-use plastic bags.

Hate speech on social media is a major issue across many regions of the world, including Southeast Asia.

Bottled water is one of the world's most popular beverages, and its industry is making the most of it. Since the millennium, the world has advanced significantly towards the goal of safe water for all. In 2020, 74% of humanity had access to safe water. This is 10% more than two decades ago. But that still leaves two billion people without access to safe drinking water.

Diners with discerning tastes may be keen to order an entrée featuring shrimp harvested from the waters of the Atlantic. Or perhaps they prefer a Pacific crustacean.

For mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, the abundance of the insects in places where people gather has long served as the main barometer for infection risk. A new study, however, suggests that the number of 'hidden' infections tied to a place, or cases of infected people who show no symptoms, is the key indicator for dengue risk.

Global health body urges increased vigilance to reduce transmission of deadly disease

Reducing the cost of space launches will be critical if we want humanity to have a more permanent presence beyond orbit. The partially successful launch of the first 3D-printed rocket could be a significant step in that direction. Getting stuff into space is dramatically cheaper than it used to be thanks to a wave of innovation in the private space industry led by SpaceX. More affordable launches

Thanks to a unique data set from ten Swiss lakes, an international team of researchers led by Eawag has succeeded in reconstructing entire ecological plankton networks and determining how they respond to climate change and phosphate levels. The results make one sit up and take notice.

Canada's inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1% last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down.

Thanks to a unique data set from ten Swiss lakes, an international team of researchers led by Eawag has succeeded in reconstructing entire ecological plankton networks and determining how they respond to climate change and phosphate levels. The results make one sit up and take notice.

The tragic deaths of two small children in an overheated car in Queensland in 2019 highlight just how flawed our child protection system has become.

Brain Drain Famed musician and former Elon Musk boo Claire "Grimes" Boucher wanted a brain-computer interface (BCI) for her birthday — and one of Neuralink's apparent competitors was happy to comply. After Grimes tweeted about getting a "non invasive brain computer interface" for her birthday, AJ Keller, the CEO of the startup Neurosity, confirmed in an interview with Insider that his firm had in

Particle Delivery Hold onto your butts: Uranus' moons — or at least some of them — may be a lot more liquid than once believed. Researchers taking another look at nearly forty-year-old data collected by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft have discovered that energized plasma particles are being ejected into nearby space from one or two of Uranus' moons: Ariel and/or Miranda. While the researchers haven'

A new analysis summarizes the emerging picture of factors that make long-term post-Covid symptoms more likely.

The pandemic may have disrupted the detection of autism spectrum disorder in young children, researchers also reported.

Researchers have uncovered new laws governing the flow of fluids through experiments on a technology that's thousands of years old: a drinking straw. What they learned could be useful for improving fluid handling in medical and engineering applications. "We found that sipping through a straw defies all the previously known laws for the resistance or friction of flow through a pipe or tube," says

More than half the solar system's planets will align Monday in a rarely seen spectacle, arcing across a corner of the night sky.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31622-8

Scientific Reports, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-32033-5

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37260-y NMDA receptors are glutamate-gated ion channels that regulate fast signaling in the brain. Here, the authors show that the opening and closing patterns of the channel derive from the action of two gates that are regulated by distinct subunits.

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Gene-edited food can now be developed and sold in England, but not in the rest of the UK.

Grab a great student laptop for less at Amazon.

The real-life origins of a once-mythological wildcat called the "cat-fox" are finally coming to light thanks to recent genetics research.

Companies with a gender diverse board of directors tend to be more open and honest with their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, according to new research.

The idea that science can be wrong—science denialism—isn't new. As this New York Academy of Sciences infographic shows, it goes way back—Brazilian riots against vaccines in 1904; the link between cancer and coal ignored since its discovery in 1775.

A new study shows that despite coral's natural adaptive capacity, even moderate global warming could see the destruction of our coral reefs.

A new study shows that despite coral's natural adaptive capacity, even moderate global warming could see the destruction of our coral reefs.

A protein complex prevents the repair of genome damage in human cells, in mice and in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a team of researchers at the University of Cologne has discovered. They also successfully inhibited this complex for the first time using a pharmaceutical agent.

Few animals have sparked humanity's curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of water in Europe and Northern Africa, often in mind-blowing abundances. And nobody knew where they came from.

A protein complex prevents the repair of genome damage in human cells, in mice and in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a team of researchers at the University of Cologne has discovered. They also successfully inhibited this complex for the first time using a pharmaceutical agent.

Few animals have sparked humanity's curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of water in Europe and Northern Africa, often in mind-blowing abundances. And nobody knew where they came from.

Our team used Superglue as a starting material to develop a low-cost, recyclable and easily produced transparent plastic called polyethyl cyanoacrylate that has properties similar to those of plastics used for single-use products like cutlery, cups and packaging. Unlike most traditional plastics, this new plastic can be easily converted back to its starting materials, even when combined with unwas

Tomb and urn images shed light on the intricacies of Etruscan and Roman civilization at least 2,000 years ago, reviving it for modern times.

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In the end it was neither beauty, nor gymnastic mating rituals that won the public over.

A young zebra walked, trotted, and galloped for hours in the busy streets of South Korea's capital before emergency workers tranquilized the animal and brought it back to a zoo.

Marine heat waves are damaging reef ecosystems around Australia, but while the tropical north has received the lion's share of the attention to date, we equally need to worry about the temperate south.

A major puzzle of biology is that while the human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes, many comparatively primitive organisms—including the universally-studied worm C. elegans—have almost the same number of genes.

Physicists have developed a dynamical model of animal behavior that may explain some mysteries surrounding associative learning going back to Pavlov's dogs. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published the findings, based on experiments on a common laboratory organism, the roundworm C. elegans.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the body's process of removing old and damaged cell parts is also an essential part of tackling infections that take hold within our cells, like TB.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered a key role for a new type of cell in touch detection in the skin of the fruit fly.

Genes and the regulation relationships among them create complex networks that determine cell differentiation trajectories. However, we still cannot understand and predict the cell-fate-decision process using network topology in a bottom-up manner.

Applying hydrostatic pressure as an external stimulus, Tokyo Tech and Keio University researchers demonstrate a new way to regulate singlet fission (SF), a process in which two electrons are generated from a single photon, in chromophores, opening doors to the design of SF-based materials with enhanced (photo)energy conversion. Their method overrides the strict requirements that limit the molecula

In the end it was neither beauty, nor gymnastic mating rituals that won the public over.

Daddy Issues Just a day after it was officially unleashed to waitlisted users, Google's AI-powered Bard chatbot was already rebelling against its technological overlord. Apparently, in the Justice Department's ongoing court battles against Google over alleged monopoly law violations , Bard is siding with the government — and not, as the AI told Hong Kong-based security researcher Jane Munchon Won

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method that can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material. This discovery could have implications for countries with poor water treatment technologies and combat the widespread problem of toxic dye discharge from the textile industry.

A young zebra walked, trotted, and galloped for hours in the busy streets of South Korea's capital before emergency workers tranquilized the animal and brought it back to a zoo.

You may probably wonder how archaeologists determine the age of ancient artifacts or how long a piece of rock exists above the surface. Isotopic dating can tell the age covering hundreds of thousands of years. For instance, common carbon isotope 14C dating can determine the age of artifacts up to 50,000 years. Theoretically, the cosmogenic isotope 41Ca, with a half-life of 99,000 years (17 times t

The majority of Australian shallow-reef species experienced steep population declines between 2008 and 2021, reports a study published in Nature this week. This trend, although not seen across all species, suggests that greater conservation efforts are required to safeguard marine ecosystems from climate change.

A study co-authored by Southwest Research Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr. Jason Hofgartner explains the unusual radar signatures of icy satellites orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Their radar signatures, which differ significantly from those of rocky worlds and most ice on Earth, have long been a vexing question for the scientific community.

After the North Sea Flood of 1953, it took nearly 45 years to finalize the Delta Works. If we want to protect The Netherlands against sea-level rise, we shouldn't wait too long. But how much time do we have left? An international team of researchers from Utrecht University, Deltares, and NIOZ, among others, devised a new method to calculate when we can expect an increase in flood probability in a

A major puzzle of biology is that while the human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes, many comparatively primitive organisms—including the universally-studied worm C. elegans—have almost the same number of genes.

Physicists have developed a dynamical model of animal behavior that may explain some mysteries surrounding associative learning going back to Pavlov's dogs. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published the findings, based on experiments on a common laboratory organism, the roundworm C. elegans.

According to a study published in Nature Materials, a collaborative research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the University of Science and Technology of China has developed a research platform to study superconducting magnetic detection and magnetic phase transitions of hydrides under high pressure.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the body's process of removing old and damaged cell parts is also an essential part of tackling infections that take hold within our cells, like TB.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered a key role for a new type of cell in touch detection in the skin of the fruit fly.

Genes and the regulation relationships among them create complex networks that determine cell differentiation trajectories. However, we still cannot understand and predict the cell-fate-decision process using network topology in a bottom-up manner.

Scientists called for a raft of urgent measures, including a dedicated Global Green Finance Fund, to help restore degraded freshwater lakes, at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York on March 22.

Just a few days after hatching, zebrafish larvae can discriminate between bigger and smaller numbers, suggesting they may have an innate numerical ability

Autonomous machines are still too clumsy for delicate tasks. But humans can operate mechanical arms from afar, turning physical labor into remote work.

Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first U.N. conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?

Luis Caffarelli's work includes equations underpinning physical phenomena, such as melting ice and flowing liquids

Researchers still do not understand exactly how antibiotics kill bacteria. However, this understanding is necessary to develop new antibiotics. And that is precisely what is urgently needed, because bacteria are currently showing more and more resistance to existing antibiotics.

Researchers have developed a dolphin-inspired compact sonar with a new echo processing method. The sonar allows for clearer visual imaging underwater compared to the conventional signal processing method of visualizing sound echoes. Underwater imaging sonars are an essential technology for ocean exploration. Biomimetic sonars inspired by marine mammals such as dolphins are an emerging development

A new study led by North Carolina State University researchers found drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities that already have a high pollution burden in California, and deepen pollution inequalities along racial and ethnic lines.

Researchers still do not understand exactly how antibiotics kill bacteria. However, this understanding is necessary to develop new antibiotics. And that is precisely what is urgently needed, because bacteria are currently showing more and more resistance to existing antibiotics.

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Ett forskarteam vid Lunds universitet har genomfört en omfattande analys av de genetiska skillnaderna mellan olika grupper med personer med fetma. Forskarna definierade i studien två fetmaprofiler med olika risk för bland annat typ 2-diabetes.

The law has changed to allow the commercial development and sale of gene-edited food in England.

Now academics on the left have joined the anti-lockdown chorus. Yet their Covid theories rely on a travesty of the facts Was the pain worth it? Between March 2020 and March 2021, the UK had three national lockdowns . The goal was to control the spread of Covid-19. Essential businesses were closed, as were schools and universities, and "stay at home" orders meant families and friends were often ke

When was the last time you forgot where you kept your keys, or blanked out on someone's name during an important conversation, or got distracted and abandoned an important task? While everyone might have faced these problems on more than one occasion, chances are that for most of us, these events are few and far […]

South African daisies co-opt the genes they usually use to grow root hairs and transport iron to create petals that resemble female flies – enticing males to land and pollinate the plant

Repairing a human liver using lab-grown cells . Using oral antibiotics to treat cystic fibrosis patients. Producing a single-dose treatment for breast cancer that's proving highly effective. Predicting cancer with AI . All of this innovation came out of the UK life sciences industry. "It's really the only industry that can both improve the health of your population and, therefore, their productiv

In the United Kingdom, all stars are aligning for the space industry to advance, including an active venture capital community, a government cognizant of space tech's potential, and close collaboration. Add advancements in emerging technologies, like quantum computing, into the mix, and its potential ignites. Joshua Western, CEO and co-founder of Wales-based space manufacturing startup Space Forg

When early Stone Age farmers first moved into Europe from the Near East about 8,000 years ago, they met and began mixing with the existing hunter-gatherer populations. Now genome-wide studies of hundreds of ancient genomes from this period show more hunter-gatherer ancestry in adaptive-immunity genes in the mixed population than would be expected by chance.

Chronic pain, nausea or vomiting due to chemotherapy. If you suffer from such ailments, medicinal cannabis can be a godsend. Though a downside is that it can make patients high. Therefore, Leiden researchers from the Oncode Institute are investigating alternatives that do not make you high. In Nature Communications, they published an important breakthrough.

We're not the only species that babies its young. New research finds that orca killer whale mothers spend a lifetime supporting their adult sons, often at the expense of having more children.

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The Lundbeck Foundation announces an international cohort of neuroscientists have collectively won the €1.3 million Brain Prize.

Fade In The Writers Guild of America, a labor union representing film and TV writers, has proposed allowing the use of AIs like ChatGPT to help write screenplays, Variety reports — so long as humans get all the credit. According to Variety , WGA's proposal was discussed during ongoing negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the behemoth representative body of st

When early Stone Age farmers first moved into Europe from the Near East about 8,000 years ago, they met and began mixing with the existing hunter-gatherer populations. Now genome-wide studies of hundreds of ancient genomes from this period show more hunter-gatherer ancestry in adaptive-immunity genes in the mixed population than would be expected by chance.

Nature, Published online: 21 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00872-x The fossil is expected to fetch millions at an auction, putting it out of reach of museums. Plus, 'smooth' physics pioneer wins top maths prize, and how bats' weird immune system could stop pandemics.

Chronic pain, nausea or vomiting due to chemotherapy. If you suffer from such ailments, medicinal cannabis can be a godsend. Though a downside is that it can make patients high. Therefore, Leiden researchers from the Oncode Institute are investigating alternatives that do not make you high. In Nature Communications, they published an important breakthrough.

"My very first film was about a town that disappeared," says documentarian John Paget. It was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with cities and towns across the US that experienced slow-motion declines — but managed to stage a comeback after an era of demise. From the closure of the iconic Route 66 to the roller-coaster history of Buffalo, New York, Paget reveals the power of sharing your t

Scientific Reports, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31821-3

An analysis of ancient genomes has revealed that the descendants of Stone Age farmers in Europe and hunter-gatherers gained more genes from the latter group than expected

A male fly approaches a flower, lands on top of what he thinks is a female fly, and jiggles around. He's trying to mate, but it isn't quite working. He has another go. Eventually he gives up and buzzes off, unsuccessful. The plant, meanwhile, has got what it wanted: pollen.

Researchers have used pluripotent stem cells to make thymus organoids that support the development of patient-specific T-cells, researchers report March 23 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. The proof-of-concept work provides the basis for studying human thymus function, T-cell development and transplant immunity.

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Pinterest improved it's recommendation system by 150%. Google Maps improved its ETA predictions by up to 50%. MIT discovered a novel antibiotic, Halicin. Baker Lab invented a protein design paradigm that solves 100% more benchmark problems than its predecessor. All of these seemingly disparate advances have one thing in common – Graph Neural Networks. GNNs are type of neural network that have bee

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Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37427-7 Anti-folate drugs, such as methotrexate, have been largely prohibited for pregnant women because of the teratogenic effect on their descendant. Here, the authors report a intergenerational mechanism by why paternal methotrexate exposure causes craniofacial defects on their offspring.

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37272-8 Cable bacteria are centimeter-long filamentous microbes that conduct electrons via internal wires, thus coupling sulfide oxidation between sediment layers. Here, Bjerg et al. show that the anoxic part of oxygen-respiring cable bacteria attracts swarms of other bacteria, which appear to transfer electrons to cab

A male fly approaches a flower, lands on top of what he thinks is a female fly, and jiggles around. He's trying to mate, but it isn't quite working. He has another go. Eventually he gives up and buzzes off, unsuccessful. The plant, meanwhile, has got what it wanted: pollen.

Researchers have used pluripotent stem cells to make thymus organoids that support the development of patient-specific T-cells, researchers report March 23 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. The proof-of-concept work provides the basis for studying human thymus function, T-cell development and transplant immunity.

Fatal bloodstream illnesses driven by urinary tract infections could rise, warn scientists as research shows link to food-borne bacteria Meat bacteria are the likely cause of over half a million urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the US every year, a new study has found, with one of its authors warning that deaths from UTI-driven bloodstream infections could be on the rise. The study found that o

New research finds that the bacteria that causes a common vaginal infection can also have a major presence in men and can be sexually transmitted. "We looked at the urethral microbiome of healthy adult men and found that many of them actually had bacteria that is associated with bacterial vaginosis in women," says David Nelson, professor of microbiology and immunology at the Indiana University Sc

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A traditional sacrament, peyote helped to usher in an age of psychedelia. Now with ayahuasca, such plants could become a type of therapy.

A quartet of mathematicians from Yorkshire University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Waterloo and the University of Arkansas has discovered a 2D geometric shape that does not repeat itself when tiled. David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss have written a paper describing how they discovered the unique shape and possible uses for it. Their full pap

Astrophysicists at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have leveraged artificial intelligence to uncover a better way to estimate the mass of colossal clusters of galaxies. The AI discovered that by just adding a simple term to an existing equation, scientists can produce far better mass estimates than they previously had.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) involve the use and development of micron-sized electrical devices such as microelectrodes, sensors, and actuators that are integrated into computer and smartphone chips. Fabricating such integrated MEMS devices is usually a challenging task as these devices often deviate from their original design owing to the defects introduced during their fabrication and o

A team of researchers have used a computational method inspired by evolution to discover an organic catalyst with better performance than known catalysts. As the team reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a genetic algorithm suggested new, catalytically active molecular structures for a popular reaction in organic synthesis. The method could be applied more broadly to the

In a study published in Advanced Materials, a research team led by Prof. Luo Xuan from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences made a breakthrough in tuning electronic properties of Weyl semimetal Td-MoTe2 by intercalating 3d-element Fe atoms into the van der Waals (vdW) gap, which brought about exotic electronic behaviors as well as the first-time observed

With the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, large mountains and rivers were created in Eurasia that significantly altered its geomorphology and climate. Since they are largely restricted to river systems, fishes are more likely to be affected than other organisms.

A team of chemists, engineers, material scientists and physicists from Princeton University, Rutgers University and the University of Regensburg has developed a chemical exfoliation technique to produce single-molecule-thick tungsten disulfide ink. The group describes their technique in a paper published in the journal Science Advances.

A team of researchers have used a computational method inspired by evolution to discover an organic catalyst with better performance than known catalysts. As the team reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a genetic algorithm suggested new, catalytically active molecular structures for a popular reaction in organic synthesis. The method could be applied more broadly to the

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In January 2022, a small team of physicists watched breathlessly as data streamed out of Google's quantum computer, Sycamore. A sharp peak indicated that their experiment had succeeded. They had mixed one unit of quantum information into what amounted to a wispy cloud of particles and watched it emerge from a linked cloud. It was like seeing an egg scramble itself in one bowl and unscramble itsel

With the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, large mountains and rivers were created in Eurasia that significantly altered its geomorphology and climate. Since they are largely restricted to river systems, fishes are more likely to be affected than other organisms.

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report is a sobering read, which some describe as a "final warning" from scientists. The core message remains the same as prior IPCC reports: human-driven climate change is happening, it's bad, but we can act—though we now have even less time.

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37319-w The role of dopamine in the cerebellum remains relatively unexplored. Here, the authors report a dopamine system in the cerebellum in mice, where Purkinje cells supply dopamine and Bergmann glia express D1 receptors. Activation of D1 receptors is found to modulate Purkinje cell activity and to affect locomotor

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37056-0 In contrast to the current model based on fast recycling of the K/HDEL receptor (ERD2) between the ER and the Golgi apparatus, here authors show evidence that ERD2 is specifically retained in the Golgi apparatus and evades joining its ligands en route to the ER.

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36855-9 T cells can use TCR on microvilli to interact with peptide-MHC (pMHC) complexes on antigen presenting cells. Here the authors characterise how T cells use microvilli to interrogate reconstituted membranes for pMHC complexes and how this is regulated by a balance between glycoproteins/glycocalyces that reduce de

Scientific Reports, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31378-1

Discover how the latest cell counting technology is reshaping a mundane task for the future.

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This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Amazon is about to go head to head with SpaceX in a battle for satellite internet dominance What's coming: Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are about to lock horns once again. Last month, the US Federal Communications Commission approved the final aspects of Project K

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For all their unsettling emergent abilities, chatbots are still just next-word predictors. We need to remember this and avoid seeing human attributes where they don't exist, warns Alex Wilkins

A unique approach using artificial intelligence and social media posts could predict opioid mortality rates, researchers report. The findings revealed that a sophisticated AI algorithm was able to predict opioid death rates—going back from previous years 2011 to 2017—much more accurately than using traditional information researchers and clinicians often use, such as prior rates in communities an

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A combined team of roboticists and biologists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland and the University of Graz, in Austria, has developed what they describe as a robotic honeycomb to keep honeybees from dying due to "chill coma."

Freshwater ecosystems around the world are becoming saltier and saltier. Many human-driven factors contribute to freshwater salinization, including: irrigation, oil extraction, potash mining, and road de-icing.

The knowledge and control of bronze gave some people who lived between 2200 BC and 700 BC enormous wealth and power. Their lives and deeds were immortalized by their burial mounds, known as barrows and cairns, which still litter our landscape today. Incredibly though, finding the places where Bronze Age people lived has proven to be very difficult.

Wetlands occupy about 6% of the Earth's surface but store one-third of global soil organic carbon. Increasing evidence shows that climate warming is altering the function and service of wetland ecosystems. However, whether climate warming will stimulate wetlands to release more greenhouse gases (GHGs) is still under debate.

A combined team of roboticists and biologists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland and the University of Graz, in Austria, has developed what they describe as a robotic honeycomb to keep honeybees from dying due to "chill coma."

The idea of a multiverse consisting of "parallel universes" is a popular science fiction trope, recently explored in the Oscar-winning movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once." However, it is within the realm of scientific possibility.

Freshwater ecosystems around the world are becoming saltier and saltier. Many human-driven factors contribute to freshwater salinization, including: irrigation, oil extraction, potash mining, and road de-icing.

Any fan of the galaxy far, far away will have loved the newest information gleaned from The Mandalorian about life on the planet-city Coruscant. The latest installments of Disney's streaming series, now in its third season, have seen a new storyline take root in the galactic capital of the Star Wars universe—a planet instantly recognizable from outer space for the cog-like rings and lines of light

Realistic ocean subsurface simulations of thermohaline structure and variation are critically important to success in climate prediction and projection. Currently, substantial systematic subsurface biases still exist in the latest climate models. However, the characteristics and causes of these subsurface biases are still poorly understood.

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Alien life could thrive in terminator zones, the edges between the light and dark sides of planets that are tidally locked with their host stars.

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Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37328-9 Glioblastoma is an immunologically cold tumour, with poor CD8 + T cell infiltration and enrichment in immunosuppressive tumour-associated myeloid cells. Here, the authors generate a bispecific lipid nanoparticle targeting CD47 and PD-L1, combined with a STING agonist, to promote anti-tumour immunity.

This smart scale measures your body composition and nerve and artery health, and it includes a year's subscription to Withings Health+.

Nature, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00834-3 Material that includes carbon with the same structure as diamond could be used to protect satellites from space radiation.

New research published in Biology Letters on March 22 shows how tiny Antarctic life, which have lived on the continent since it was part of a forested Gondwana, have been able to survive as ice sheets have expanded and contracted over their ice-free homes for millennia.

Researchers from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) at Meta AI have published a paper in the journal Science detailing a machine-learning-created database of 617 million predicted protein structures. The ESMFold language model described the structures 60 times faster than DeepMinds AlphaFold2, though with less reported accuracy.

An international team of astronomers has conducted a long-term multiwavelength monitoring campaign of a nearby narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy known as SDSS J164100.10+345452.7. Results of the observations, published March 9 on the pre-print server arXiv, deliver important insights into the nature of this object.

New research published in Biology Letters on March 22 shows how tiny Antarctic life, which have lived on the continent since it was part of a forested Gondwana, have been able to survive as ice sheets have expanded and contracted over their ice-free homes for millennia.

By using machine learning and state-of-the-art supernova nucleosynthesis, a team of researchers have found the majority of observed second-generation stars in the universe were enriched by multiple supernovae. Their findings are reported in The Astrophysical Journal.

Researchers at Yale have for the first time, using a process known as quantum error correction, substantially extended the lifetime of a quantum bit—a long-sought-after goal and one of the trickiest challenges in the field of quantum physics.

Researchers from Skoltech, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, the Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry SB RAS and their colleagues have theoretically investigated the properties of ultrathin diamond films and determined which of them hold the most promise for field-emission displays. These are an alternative flat-panel technology that used to be developed in parallel with the

Researchers from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) at Meta AI have published a paper in the journal Science detailing a machine-learning-created database of 617 million predicted protein structures. The ESMFold language model described the structures 60 times faster than DeepMinds AlphaFold2, though with less reported accuracy.

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The authors claim that by preventing the formation of senescent cells, the protein could delay aging, but experts are skeptical.

Whether you've invested money, time or effort, learn how to recognize and overcome the sunk cost fallacy.

The garden dormouse, a small European rodent species, has joined a growing list of animals known to display photoluminescence – but the reason for the phenomenon is a mystery

Just after sunset on 24 March, it will be possible to see three planets line up with the crescent moon – and a fourth, if you have binoculars and a dark sky

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In 2017, I was trying to write How to Be an Antiracist . Words came onto the page slower than ever. On some days, no words came at all. Clearly, I was in crisis. I don't believe in writer's block. When words aren't flowing onto the page, I know why: I haven't researched enough, organized the material enough, thought enough to exhume clarity, meticulously outlined my thoughts enough. I haven't pre

H ere is a story I have heard from more than one professional philosopher, though it has never, at least not yet, happened to me: You are sitting on a plane, the person next to you asks what you do, you tell them you are a philosopher, and they ask, "So, what are your sayings?" When a philosopher opens their mouth, people expect deep things to come out of it. Philosophers don't always enjoy this;

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Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is difficult to do. Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, led researchers in the development of a multi-parameter sensor that can effectively decouple temperature and nitrogen signal

Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is difficult to do. Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, led researchers in the development of a multi-parameter sensor that can effectively decouple temperature and nitrogen signal

DNA from locks of Beethoven's hair reveals how the composer died, but his hearing loss remains a mystery

Nature, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00866-9 The thought of time sheets in academia might fill you with horror, but they could help you to prioritize tasks, says Inger Mewburn.

A restoration project has revealed ancient Egyptian zodiac paintings and inscriptions at the Temple of Esna.

Geologists have discovered the earliest evidence of a meteor collision with Earth: tiny fragments of melted rock that showered down on our planet 3.48 billion years ago.

Is nitrate responsible for algae, flowers, and even your neighbors? A team of geoscientists have unearthed evidence that may indicate yes.

Researchers have developed a handheld sensor that tests perspiration for cortisol and provides results in eight minutes, a key advance in monitoring a hormone whose levels are a marker for many illnesses including various cancers.

An unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis killed four sea otters and could pose a threat to other marine wildlife and humans, finds a new study.

Chocolate bars, chips and fries – why can't we just ignore them in the supermarket? Researchers have now shown that foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain: If we regularly eat even small amounts of them, the brain learns to consume precisely these foods in the future.

In 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven asked his brothers to request that his doctor, J.A. Schmidt, describe his malady — his progressive hearing loss — to the world upon his death so that 'as far as possible at least the world will be reconciled to me after my death.' Now, more than two centuries later, a team of researchers have partially fulfilled his wish by analyzing DNA they lifted and pieced toget

Urine scent marks are the original social media, allowing animals to advertise their location, status and identity. Now research is shining a new light — via thermal imaging of mice — on how this behavior changes depending on shifting social conditions.

Researchers describe why SARS-CoV-2 subvariants spread more rapidly than the original virus strain, and how an early treatment might have made people more susceptible to future infections.

New research finds that simply anticipating stress related to political elections causes adverse physical health effects. However, the study also finds there is something people can do to mitigate those negative health effects.

There is a relative increase of 20% to 30% in breast cancer risk associated with both combined and progesterone-only contraceptives, whatever the mode of delivery, though with five years of use, the 15-year absolute excess incidence is at most 265 cases per 100,000 users, according to a new study.

Beetles are champions at surviving in extremely dry environments. In part, this property is due to their ability to suck water from the air with their rear ends. A new study explains just how. Beyond helping to explain how beetles thrive in environments where few other animals can survive, the knowledge could eventually be used for more targeted and delicate control of global pests such as the gra

This week, we learn how semiconductors are made. It's easy! You just need light, water, a few billion transistors, and total geopolitical stability.

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37343-w Thick panel origami holds great potential in engineering structures, but conventional fabrication processes limit their design and applications. Here the authors report a multimaterial 3D printing-based design and fabrication strategy for thick-panel origami structures with push-to-pull deformation.

This is one of those technology news stories where the implications of the technology is greater than the thing itself. Relativity Space, a rocket company based in California, launched their first Terran-1 rocket . The launch ultimately failed when the second stage failed to ignite, but that does not really matter. This is a small rocket with a modest payload of 1.25 tons, but that does not reall

When the Federal Reserve board last met, at the end of January, its main concern was whether it needed to continue hiking interest rates aggressively in order to bring down inflation. When it met yesterday, it had a whole new pile of concerns, including, most importantly, whether further interest-rate hikes would destabilize more banks and aggravate the mini banking crisis we've been living throu

M y favorite work by the artist X, An Account of My Abduction , depicts a kidnapping. For part of the 87-minute video, a woman lies taped up on the floor, writhing, while a voice off camera hisses threats at her. The woman on the floor is named Věra. The one off camera is named Yarrow Hall. The video is disturbing for multiple reasons. It captures suffering and vulnerability. It presents brutalit

"Nothing is more emancipating than the fraternity of nations," the presidents of Argentina and Brazil declared earlier this year, "coming together from the depths of history to make the future theirs." This sonorous language—of emancipation and brotherhood—evoked the aspirations of South America's great independence hero, the statesman Simón Bolívar. The reality was more humdrum: a fancy way of s

Scientific Reports, Published online: 23 March 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31623-7

Don't miss views of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the moon after sunset from March 23-30.

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A new study in rats suggests "powerhouse" organelles could help heal not only hearts but other organs damaged by lack of oxygen during cardiac arrest

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