Ancient Mongolian skull is the earliest modern human yet found in the region
A much debated ancient human skull from Mongolia has been dated and genetically analyzed, showing that it is the earliest modern human yet found in the region, according to new research from the University of Oxford. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that the only Pleistocene hominin fossil discovered in Mongolia, initially called Mongolanthropus, is in reality a modern human who l
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Why Climate Change is Bringing the Polar Vortex South
A record-breaking cold wave is sending literal shivers down the spines of millions of Americans. Temperatures across the upper Midwest are forecast to fall an astonishing 50 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius) below normal this week – as low as 35 degrees below zero. Pile a gusty wind on top, and the air will feel like -60 F. This cold is nothing to sneeze at. The National Weather Service is w
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Ancient Mongolian skull is the earliest modern human yet found in the region
A much debated ancient human skull from Mongolia has been dated and genetically analyzed, showing that it is the earliest modern human yet found in the region, according to new research from the University of Oxford. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that the only Pleistocene hominin fossil discovered in Mongolia, initially called Mongolanthropus, is in reality a modern human who l
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Why Climate Change is Bringing the Polar Vortex South
A record-breaking cold wave is sending literal shivers down the spines of millions of Americans. Temperatures across the upper Midwest are forecast to fall an astonishing 50 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius) below normal this week – as low as 35 degrees below zero. Pile a gusty wind on top, and the air will feel like -60 F. This cold is nothing to sneeze at. The National Weather Service is w
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Why Democrats Picked Stacey Abrams to Deliver Their Trump Counterpunch
Usually, the only things that most Americans can remember about the annual response to the president’s State of the Union address are the memes: the extremely awkward sips of water ; the shiny lips and weirdly prominent sports car; the stilted, staged setup . The speaker’s actual remarks, which represent the messaging of the president’s opposition party, are usually secondary—earnest, perfunctory
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How does a quantum particle see the world?
Researchers at the University of Vienna study the relevance of quantum reference frames for the symmetries of the world
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Effective connectivity changes in LSD-induced altered states of consciousness in humans [Pharmacology]
Psychedelics exert unique effects on human consciousness. The thalamic filter model suggests that core effects of psychedelics may result from gating deficits, based on a disintegration of information processing within cortico–striato–thalamo-cortical (CSTC) feedback loops. To test this hypothesis, we characterized changes in directed (effective) connectivity between selected CTSC regions after…
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Mobile-phone microscope detects the 'silent killer' of honey bees
Bees are among the most important species responsible for pollinating about one-third of the world's food supply, with their contribution in the United States alone valued at $15-20 billion each year. Rapid declines in honey bee colonies globally, and in the United States specifically, have put increased strain on agricultural pollination and the future of food security. Parasites form one of the
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Israeli Scientists: We’ll Have a Cure for Cancer Within a Year
Cure All An Israeli pharmaceutical company is claiming it will have a “complete cure for cancer” within the next year. The company is Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies (AEBi), and based on the claims of its board chairman Dan Aridor, the treatment it’s working on sounds nothing short of revolutionary. “Our cancer cure will be effective from day one, will last a duration of a few weeks, and wi
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Breakthrough in graphene research: Large, stable pieces of graphene produced with unique edge pattern
Bay, fjord, cove, armchair and zigzag—chemists use terms such as these to describe the shapes taken by the edges of nanographene. Graphene consists of a single-layered carbon structure in which each carbon atom is surrounded by three others. This creates a pattern reminiscent of a honeycomb, with atoms in each of the corners. Nanographene is a promising candidate to bring microelectronics down to
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Teaching the Bible in Public Schools Is a Bad Idea—For Christians
Shortly after Fox & Friends aired a segment about proposed legislation to incorporate Bible classes into public schools on Monday morning, President Donald Trump cheered these efforts on Twitter. “Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!” Trump wrote . The segment followed a USA Today report on Janua
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International team of physicists continues search for new physics
Dark matter, which is thought to account for nearly a quarter of matter in the universe (but has yet to be observed), has perplexed physicists for decades. They're constantly looking for something surprising to show up in experiments—results that deviate from the standard model that defines elementary physics.
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U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes
Numbing cold hit parts of the United States as wildfires raged in Australia’s record-breaking heat. Here's the climate change connection.
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For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour: study
Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers.
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Is An Israeli Company About to Cure Cancer?
Hyped claims for a cure for all cancers are inherently unbelievable. So don't believe them.
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CBD-olja säljs trots förbud
Ett tyskt företag säljer CBD-olja till svenska konsumenter, trots att Läkemedelsverket klassat oljan som läkemedel och belagt den med försäljningsförbud.
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The disarming case to act right now on climate change | Greta Thunberg
In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament — and grabbing the world's attention. "The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions," Thunberg says. "All we have to do
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Scientists Consider "Quick Response" Plan to Counter Climate Misinformation
The effort comes as President Trump makes comments that deny climate science — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientists use Nobel-prize winning chemistry for clean energy breakthrough
Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.
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Meet the quantum fridge—at three atoms in size, it's much smaller than a minibar
Researchers in Singapore have built a refrigerator that's just three atoms big. This quantum fridge won't keep your drinks cold, but it's cool proof of physics operating at the smallest scales. The work is described in a paper published 14 January in Nature Communications.
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Washington hopes locking unvaccinated kids out of school will prevent its next measles outbreak
Health Public health states of emergencies allow health officials to act fast to control these preventable diseases. Thirty-six people in Washington have confirmed cases of measles, a highly contagious, sometimes fatal—and with vaccines, preventable—disease. The outbreak has prompted…
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The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils [Evolution]
Dinosaur fossils possessing integumentary appendages of various morphologies, interpreted as feathers, have greatly enhanced our understanding of the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs, as well as the origins of feathers and avian flight. In extant birds, the unique expression and amino acid composition of proteins in mature feathers have…
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Genes behind lager yeast's cold- and sugar-loving success revealed
Lager beer is cold, crisp, dry—and worth about half a trillion dollars worldwide.
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New studies reveal deep history of archaic humans in southern Siberia
Oxford University scientists have played a key role in new research identifying the earliest evidence of some of the first known humans—Denisovans and Neanderthals, in Southern Siberia.
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Once-abundant sea stars imperiled by disease along West Coast
The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to research co-led by the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University published Jan. 30 in the journal Science Advances.
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Extreme rainfall events are connected across the world
An analysis of satellite data has revealed global patterns of extreme rainfall, which could lead to better forecasts and more accurate climate models.
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Integrating morphology and phylogenomics supports a terrestrial origin of insect flight [Commentaries]
I picture a small aquatic insect…which would thus learn to fly while passively air-borne; not, of course, by studying aerodynamics, but by trial and error. —Sir Vincent Wigglesworth Of all of the extant groups in the animal Tree of Life, the staggering diversity of insects makes the resolution of their…
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Sonar Can Literally Scare Whales to Death, Study Finds
Researchers have answers about what sonar does to whales, and it isn't pretty.
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Michael Cohen Is Ready to Talk Russia to Congress
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen lied to Congress about issues central to the Russia investigation out of “blind loyalty” to his longtime boss. But now the man who once said he would take a bullet for Trump plans to correct the record before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees—perhaps giving lawmakers more insight than they’ve ever had into the president’s de
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Megapixels: The polar vortex looks even colder from space
Space The Great Lakes are mighty chilly. It’s dangerously cold in the Midwest right now, and unless you’ve cut yourself off from the internet you know why.
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When farmers go vegan: the science behind changing your mind
A farmer recently took his lambs to a sanctuary instead of the slaughter – and these sudden turnarounds are not uncommon A farmer was recently on the road to the abattoir when he changed direction and drove his trailer full of lambs 200 miles to an animal sanctuary instead. Sivalingam Vasanthakumar, 60, from Devon, now plans to grow vegetables. Vasanthakumar is not the only farmer to perform this
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This Massive All-Electric Excavator Has a 3.4 Ton Battery Pack
Under Construction Personal vehicles aren’t the only kind going electric — we’ve already reported on all-electric planes , garbage trucks , and even cargo ships . We can now add one more type of vehicle to the list: Construction equipment companies Caterpillar and Pon Equipment have teamed up to create a 26-ton all-electric excavator — and the massive digger might be the first of many to hit the
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Researchers ID, treat faulty brain circuitry underlying symptoms of schizophrenia
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have determined the underlying anatomical cause of certain symptoms of schizophrenia, then ameliorated them with non-invasive brain stimulation. The scientists reported that these symptoms arise from a breakdown in a network between the brain's prefrontal cortex and the cerebellum, and that non-invasive brain stimulation restored network function, which in
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Five maps that reveal the world's remaining wilderness
There aren't many corners of the world left untouched by humanity. Recent research has highlighted that just 23% of the planet's land surface (excluding Antarctica) and 13% of the ocean can now be classified as wilderness, representing nearly a 10% decline over the last 20 years. And more than 70% of what wilderness remains is contained within just five countries.
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How a Painted Turtle Finds Its Way
Unlike many species, this common reptile migrates from memory — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Here's How Much Ice Antarctica Is Losing—It's a Lot
The world’s southernmost continent is jettisoning six times more ice now than it was four decades ago — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ancient Mongolian skull is the earliest modern human yet found in the region
A much debated ancient human skull from Mongolia has been dated and genetically analysed, showing that it is the earliest modern human yet found in the region, according to new research from the University of Oxford. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that the only Pleistocene hominin fossil discovered in Mongolia, initially called Mongolanthropus, is in reality a modern human who l
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Udgravning til metro i København afslører ny mellemistid
En ny mellemistid er opdaget ved Trianglen på Østerbro i København.
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Agent-based representations of objects and actions in the monkey pre-supplementary motor area [Neuroscience]
Information about objects around us is essential for planning actions and for predicting those of others. Here, we studied pre-supplementary motor area F6 neurons with a task in which monkeys viewed and grasped (or refrained from grasping) objects, and then observed a human doing the same task. We found “action-related…
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Fighting misinformation on social media using crowdsourced judgments of news source quality [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]
Reducing the spread of misinformation, especially on social media, is a major challenge. We investigate one potential approach: having social media platform algorithms preferentially display content from news sources that users rate as trustworthy. To do so, we ask whether crowdsourced trust ratings can effectively differentiate more versus less reliable…
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Transitions between foot postures are associated with elevated rates of body size evolution in mammals [Evolution]
Terrestrial mammals have evolved various foot postures: flat-footed (plantigrady), tiptoed (digitigrady), and hooved (unguligrady) postures. Although the importance of foot posture on ecology and body size of mammalian species has been widely recognized, its evolutionary trajectory and influence on body size evolution across mammalian phylogeny remain untested. Taking a Bayesian…
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Study shows dangerous bee virus might be innocent bystander
Researchers at the University of Sydney have found that the relationship between the tissue-sucking Varroa mite and virulence of a virus of honey bees, has most likely been misunderstood.
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Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL
Google wants to get rid of URLs. But first, it needs to show you why.
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Why Taxing the Rich May Not Save Democracy
Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed new taxes to bolster government revenue and reduce inequality. The plans may not do either.
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"Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity
Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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"Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity
Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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"Vi trodde inte att varslet skulle bli så stort"
En tredjedel av de anställda på Arbetsförmedlingen riskerar att förlora jobbet. – Vi var förberedda på att det skulle bli neddragningar, men inte att det skulle bli så många, säger arbetsförmedlaren Vjosa Osmani.
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$100bn in sunken treasure going on the blockchain as marine archaeology gets tokenised
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‘This is shocking.’ An undersea plague is obliterating a key ocean species
Warming seas are exacerbating sea star wasting disease and imperiling the sunflower star
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1 million Spotify users offer clues to world’s emotions
Time of day and season influence our music choices, which also differ by gender, age, and geography, according to a new study. The research finds that people of every culture listen to more relaxing music late at night and more energetic music during daytime business hours; the researchers also found that across cultures, people were more likely to listen to less intense music as they got older.
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22-åring i rätten efter domkyrkokuppen
En 22-årig man står åtalad för att ha stulit kulturhistoriskt ovärderliga begravningsregalier från domkyrkan i Strängnäs. Teknisk bevisning knyter mannen till platsen för stölden, men trots det nekar han till all inblandning i brottet. I dag inleds huvudförhandlingen i Eskilstuna tingsrätt.
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5 favorite books of Albert Einstein
Einstein had a large library and was a voracious reader. The famous physicist admitted that some books influenced his thinking. The books he preferred were mostly philosophical and scientific in nature. None Undoubtedly considered one of the brightest individuals who ever lived, Albert Einstein did not become so accomplished in a vacuum. The physicist learned from the best minds of the time, as i
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5 favorite books of Albert Einstein
Einstein had a large library and was a voracious reader. The famous physicist wrote about some books that influenced his thinking. The books he preferred were mostly philosophical and scientific in nature. None Undoubtedly considered one of the brightest individuals who ever lived, Albert Einstein did not become so accomplished in a vacuum. The physicist learned from the best minds of the time, a
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75 science societies urge the education department to base Title IX sexual harassment regulations on evidence and science
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) today led 75 scientific societies in submitting comments on the US Department of Education's proposed changes to Title IX regulations.
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87Sr/86Sr age determination by rapidly formed spherical carbonate concretions
87 Sr/ 86 Sr age determination by rapidly formed spherical carbonate concretions 87 Sr/ 86 Sr age determination by rapidly formed spherical carbonate concretions, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-38593-9 87 Sr/ 86 Sr age determination by rapidly formed spherical carbonate concretions
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98 kommuner skal tilpasse 120 it-systemer: Vil EFI’s afløser gentage skandalen?
PLUS. Kommunerne er i oprør, og en førende professor i store it-projekter er bange for, at »det endnu engang går i fisk.« Statens nye it-system til inddrivelse af offentlig gæld er på vej, men EFI’s eftermæle spøger stadig.
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A closed cage-like molecule that can be opened
Researchers at Kanazawa University and University of Tsukuba report in Chemistry – A European Journal the synthesis of a closed molecular cage with areas that can be opened. The opening is achieved through chemical reactions that break the molecular units acting as closures.
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A 'greener' way to take the bitterness out of olives
Olives are staples of the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions. However, freshly picked olives are very bitter and require curing or processing to make them palatable, using lots of water and, sometimes, harsh chemicals. Now, researchers have found a more environmentally friendly way to remove bitter ph
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A 'greener' way to take the bitterness out of olives
Olives are staples of the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions. However, freshly picked olives are very bitter and require curing or processing to make them palatable, using lots of water and, sometimes, harsh chemicals. Now, researchers have found a more environmentally friendly way to remove bitter ph
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A 'greener' way to take the bitterness out of olives
Olives are staples of the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions. However, freshly picked olives are very bitter and require curing or processing to make them palatable, using lots of water and, sometimes, harsh chemicals. Now, researchers have found a more environmentally friendly way to remove bitter ph
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A new AI training program helps robots own their ignorance
AI systems struggle to know what they don’t know. Now scientists have created a way to help autonomous machines recognize their blind spots.
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A New Look at Neurogenesis in Humans
What, if anything, is the function of adult neurogenesis in humans? Does neurogenesis even exist in our adult brains, or does it shut down during childhood? The debate over human neurogenesis has been one of the most prominent disputes in 21st century neuroscience. Just last year, two opposing papers appeared in leading journals, one claiming firm evidence of ongoing neurogenesis in the adult huma
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A new machine learning based intention detection method using first-person-view camera for Exo Glove Poly II
A Korean research team has proposed a new paradigm for a wearable hand robot that can aid people with lost hand mobility. The hand robot collects user behaviors with a machine learning algorithm to determine the user's intention.
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A quantitative approach for measuring the reservoir of latent HIV-1 proviruses
A quantitative approach for measuring the reservoir of latent HIV-1 proviruses A quantitative approach for measuring the reservoir of latent HIV-1 proviruses, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0898-8 An assay to measure the latent HIV-1 reservoir that separately quantifies intact and defective proviruses will facilitate evaluation of HIV-1 cure strategies by measuring the
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A small fish provides insight into the genetic basis of evolution
Genetic analysis of sticklebacks shows that isolated populations in similar environments develop in comparable ways. The basis for this is already present in the genome of their genetic ancestors.
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A small fish provides insight into the genetic basis of evolution
Genetic analysis of sticklebacks shows that isolated populations in similar environments develop in comparable ways. The basis for this is already present in the genome of their genetic ancestors. Evolutionary biologists from the University of Basel and the University of Nottingham report these insights in the journal Evolution Letters.
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A small fish provides insight into the genetic basis of evolution
Genetic analysis of sticklebacks shows that isolated populations in similar environments develop in comparable ways. The basis for this is already present in the genome of their genetic ancestors. Evolutionary biologists from the University of Basel and the University of Nottingham report these insights in the journal Evolution Letters.
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A small fish provides insight into the genetic basis of evolution
Genetic analysis of sticklebacks shows that isolated populations in similar environments develop in comparable ways. The basis for this is already present in the genome of their genetic ancestors. Evolutionary biologists from the University of Basel and the University of Nottingham report these insights in the journal Evolution Letters.
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A step closer to self-aware machines
Columbia Engineers have created a robot that learns what it is, with zero prior knowledge of physics, geometry, or motor dynamics. Initially the robot has no clue what its shape is. After a brief period of 'babbling,' and within about a day of intensive computing, the robot creates a self-simulation, which it can then use to contemplate and adapt to different situations, handling new tasks as well
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A storied Russian lab is trying to push the periodic table past its limits—and uncover exotic new elements
A $60 million facility will start to hunt for element 119, 120, or both, this spring
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A sustainable and recyclable thermoelectric paper
Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have created a new concept of thermoelectric material, published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science. It is a device composed of cellulose, produced in situ in the laboratory by bacteria, with small amounts of a conductive nanomaterial, carbon nanotubes, using a sustainable and environmentally friendly strategy.
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A wide-ranging ban on microplastics covering about 90% of pollutants has been proposed by the EU in an attempt to cut 400,000 tonnes of plastic pollution in 20 years.
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Accenture to Sell Software That Helped It Cut 40,000 Jobs
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Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave
Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0870-z Bayesian modelling of chronometric, stratigraphic and genetic data from Denisova Cave provides a chronological framework for understanding Neanderthal
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Aging and chronic diseases share genetic factors, study reveals
The study published today in Communications Biology used clinical and genomic data of 300,477 British individuals from UK Biobank to show that the most prevalent chronic conditions such as cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, dementia, and some others share the common underlying mechanism, that is aging itself, and discover genetic factors associated with healthspan, al
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AI dramatically cuts time to process chest X-rays
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Air pollution may be affecting how happy you are
For decades now, GDP has been the standard measure of a nation's well-being. But it is becoming clear that an economic boost may not be accompanied by a rise in individual happiness.
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Aktiekursen på almen praksis stiger
Den gennemsnitlige pris på lægepraksis er steget for første gang i tre år, viser analyse fra PLO.
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Alcohol triggers DNA changes that increase cravings
Binge and heavy drinking may trigger a long-lasting genetic change, resulting in an even greater craving for alcohol, according to a new study. “We found that people who drink heavily may be changing their DNA in a way that makes them crave alcohol even more,” says senior author Dipak K. Sarkar, a professor in and the director of the endocrine program in the animal sciences department at Rutgers
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All systems go as Parker Solar Probe begins second sun orbit
On Jan. 19, 2019, just 161 days after its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its first orbit of the Sun, reaching the point in its orbit farthest from our star, called aphelion. The spacecraft has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, on track for its second perihelion, or closest approach to the Sun, on April 4, 2019.
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Alzheimer's bacterial link reiterates the importance of our microbiome
A bacterium seems to cause Alzheimer's as well as gum disease, hinting that our microbial denizens may be involved in many diseases we thought weren't infectious
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American Airlines Serves Up Free Wi-Fi Streaming For Apple Music Subscribers
Airplane flights can be a bit of a drag. The aisles are cramped, the food tastes strange, and the Wi-Fi and entertainment offerings are often unreliable. Apple is trying to curb flight boredom …
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An Unexpected New Measurement of The Universe Suggests We Need to Update Our Physics
Strap yourselves in.
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Analysis of the relationship between the gut microbiome and dementia: a cross-sectional study conducted in Japan
Analysis of the relationship between the gut microbiome and dementia: a cross-sectional study conducted in Japan Analysis of the relationship between the gut microbiome and dementia: a cross-sectional study conducted in Japan, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38218-7 Analysis of the relationship between the gut microbiome and dementia: a cross-sectional study conducted in
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Analyzing metagenome helps understand the role of bacterial species in Crohn's disease
Research on gut metagenome of patients with Crohn's disease elucidates how it influences the taxonomic and functional composition of intestinal microbiota. Among the most common changes are the decrease in the beneficial microbes diversity and the increased abundance of Escherichia coli and other microbes associated with inflammation. The results can help to better understand the causes and progre
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Ancient Croc Cousin Gets a New Look
A beautiful skull of Prestosuchus updates what paleontologists thought they knew about this Triassic reptile — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ancient Mongolian skull is the earliest modern human yet found in the region
A much debated ancient human skull from Mongolia has been dated and genetically analyzed, showing that it is the earliest modern human yet found in the region, according to new research.
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Ancient-human species mingled in Siberia’s hottest property for 300,000 years
Ancient-human species mingled in Siberia’s hottest property for 300,000 years Ancient-human species mingled in Siberia’s hottest property for 300,000 years, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00353-0 Neanderthals and Denisovans both called Denisova Cave home — and Homo sapiens might have, too.
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Annika Norlin år Årets hållbara artist 2019
Den här låten kommer inte att spelas på radio sjunger Annika Norlin i sin klimatlåt ”Arktiska oceanen”. Men det gjorde den, och nu får hon pris som Årets hållbara artist 2019.
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Anniversary celebrations are due for Mendeleev’s periodic table
Anniversary celebrations are due for Mendeleev’s periodic table Anniversary celebrations are due for Mendeleev’s periodic table, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00281-z The iconic arrangement of elements assembled 150 years ago is about the future of chemistry as well as its past.
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Another Alzheimer’s Antibody Fails. There Will Be More.
To what should be absolutely no human being’s surprise, another amyloid-antibody trial has failed. Roche announced today that the Phase III work (two 750-patient trials) on crenezumab after an interim analysis showed a strong chance of futility. They’re still going on with a study in familial early-onset disease in Colombia, and they have yet another amyloid antibody (gantenerumab) in the pipelin
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Another anti-beta-amyloid drug bites the dust as Roche/Genentech discontinue Phase III CREAD 1 & 2 studies in prodromal and mild Alzheimer’s after independent data monitoring committee determines it’s unlikely to meet primary endpoint.
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Antibiotic-Resistant Genes Were Just Found in One of The Most Remote Places on Earth
They're moving, and moving fast.
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Antireflection coating makes plastic invisible
Antireflection (AR) coatings on plastics have a multitude of practical applications, including glare reduction on eyeglasses, computer monitors and the display on your smart-phone when outdoors. Now, researchers at Penn State have developed an AR coating that improves on existing coatings to the extent that it can make transparent plastics, such as Plexiglas, virtually invisible.
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App offers treatment option for schizophrenia
A smartphone app could help people with schizophrenia manage their symptoms, especially after regular clinic hours, a new study shows. “Individuals with serious mental illness can and do interact frequently with a mobile health app that provides added support to help them manage their illness,” says Eric Achtyes, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the psychiatry and behavioral medi
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Apple busts Facebook for distributing data-sucking app
Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use.
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Apple Faces First Lawsuit For Embarrassing Group FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug
Well, you could see this one coming from a mile away. Remember that Group FaceTime bug we wrote about yesterday? The one that Apple apparently knew about since at least last week? Predictably, …
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Apple Just Shut Down FaceTime Group Calls Due to a Huge Security Flaw
Here's what you need to know.
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Apple profit stable as service gains offset iPhone slump
Apple said Tuesday that profits held steady in the most recent quarter, with revenue growth in music, movies, apps and other services offsetting slumping iPhone sales, sparking a rally in shares of the California tech giant.
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Apple profit stable as service gains offset iPhone slump
Apple said Tuesday that profits held steady in the most recent quarter, with revenue growth in music, movies, apps and other services offsetting slumping iPhone sales, sparking a rally in shares …
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Apple visar vikande siffror när Iphone säljer sämre
Apple presenterade på tisdagen minskande vinstsiffror för första gången på tio år när bolaget publicerade resultatet för det kvartal som slutade i december.
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Apple’s Video Streaming Service May Launch This Spring
It has long been reported that Apple is working on a standalone video streaming service of its own. Reports had suggested for the longest time that the service would be launched in 2018 but …
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Apple's iPhone installed base hits 900 million
Apple has been happy to tell you how many iOS devices it has shipped, but how many iPhones are there in the wild, really? You now know. As part of a call discussing the company's …
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Arbetsförmedlingen varslar 4.500
Var tredje anställd eller 4.500 personer varslas om uppsägning i en gigantisk hårdbantning av Arbetsförmedlingen. Mängder av förmedlingskontor kommer att stängas ner runt om i landet. – Ett mycket tungt beslut, säger Arbetsförmedlingens chef Mikael Sjöberg.
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ARS microscopy research helps unravel the workings of a major honey bee pest
ARS research reverses decades of scientific dogma regarding how a major honey bee pest — Varroa destructor mites — feeds on honey bees. The mites feed on honey bees' fat body tissue (an organ similar to the human liver) rather than on bees' 'blood,' (or hemolymph). Varroa mites are considered the greatest single driver of the global honey bee colony losses.
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Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials' properties
New approach holds potential to slash research and development costs for designer materials and technologies of the future
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Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials' properties
Researchers at Aalto University and the Technical University of Denmark have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) to seriously accelerate the development of new technologies from wearable electronics to flexible solar panels. ARTIST, which stands for Artificial Intelligence for Spectroscopy, instantly determines how a molecule will react to light—clinch-pin knowledge for creating the designer
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As a chef, plastic usage is through the roof in the kitchen, what are alternatives that kitchens can use?
I work in a restaurant, and in the F&B industry, it is a commonplace for cling wraps, and sous vide bags to be used in astronomical amounts. Everything that needs to be kept fresh is pretty much either covered in cling wraps or vacuum bagged. People don't see it because many don't work in the kitchens, and restaurants need to make money, and balancing these two are always a difficult point. So, I
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Asking the biggest questions is the very essence of science
New Scientist is kicking off a new series of articles entitled The Biq Question to attempt to answer the unanswerable and crack open life's greatest puzzles
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Association of muscle and visceral adipose tissues with the probability of Alzheimer’s disease in healthy subjects
Association of muscle and visceral adipose tissues with the probability of Alzheimer’s disease in healthy subjects Association of muscle and visceral adipose tissues with the probability of Alzheimer’s disease in healthy subjects, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37244-9 Association of muscle and visceral adipose tissues with the probability of Alzheimer’s disease in heal
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At many river deltas, scientists are missing a major source of sea level rise
Tide gauges overlook compaction of shallow sediments
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ATM phosphorylation of the actin-binding protein drebrin controls oxidation stress-resistance in mammalian neurons and C. elegans
ATM phosphorylation of the actin-binding protein drebrin controls oxidation stress-resistance in mammalian neurons and C. elegans ATM phosphorylation of the actin-binding protein drebrin controls oxidation stress-resistance in mammalian neurons and C. elegans , Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08420-w Drebrin is an actin-binding protein known to play a role in neuronal de
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Atmospheric reaction networks affecting climate are more complex than was thought
Atmospheric reaction networks affecting climate are more complex than was thought Atmospheric reaction networks affecting climate are more complex than was thought, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00263-1 Experiments show that the amount of atmospheric particles produced from plant emissions could be lower than was thought — challenging our understanding of the processes
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Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide anchored on Pt for preferential oxidation of CO in H2
Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide anchored on Pt for preferential oxidation of CO in H 2 Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide anchored on Pt for preferential oxidation of CO in H 2 , Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0869-5 Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide deposited on silica-supported platinum nanoparticles enables complete and selective carbon monoxide removal throug
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Babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention
In the study, infants who are exposed to more than one language show better attentional control than infants who are exposed to only one language. This means that exposure to bilingual environments should be considered a significant factor in the early development of attention in infancy, the researchers say, and could set the stage for lifelong cognitive benefits.
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Baboons provide new insights into the evolution of the genome
A team of researchers including scientists from Vetmeduni Vienna investigated the process of evolutionary diversification by looking at six baboon species. The results of the study provide exciting new insights into the evolution of the genome – including that of humans.
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Backande tåg misstogs för Hesa Fredrik
Starka ljudsignaler i centrala Stockholm fick många att vakna med ett ryck vid 4-tiden på onsdagsmorgonen. – Det var flera signaler, exakt som Hesa Fredrik, säger Christer Wälivaara, som bor i Birkastan. Ljudet visade sig komma från ett backande tåg – med ett signalhorn som troligen är av samma märke som används vid VMA-larm.
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Bandyns ”dödspiloter” rusar mot 180 km/h-skott
Sju spelare bildar en köttmur i målet och är beredda på att få bollen i bröstet. Tre rusar ut med målet att kasta sig framför en skytt som slår iväg bollen i upp emot 180 kilometer i timmen. Att försvara på en bandyhörna är inget för den som är rädd för smärta. – Att spela bandy gör ont om man vill nå resultat, säger Ingemar Sixtensson, tränaren som revolutionerade hörntaktiken.
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Bangkok schools closed over air pollution concerns
More than 400 schools in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, were shut for the rest of the week Wednesday due to increasing concern over dangerously unhealthy air pollution.
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Being a Night Owl Really Can Hurt Your Mental Health
Morning people have a lower risk for depression and other mental health concerns compared with night owls, but your natural sleeping pattern is strongly controlled by genes, a study finds.
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Between here and there: Technologies required for visiting and colonizing Mars
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Beyond 5G: The next generation
For many of us, when we send a text or make a call from our cell phones, we're relying on 4G. Though for as much as we rely on it, very few of us know what it actually means. In reality, the "G" in these terms only stands for generation: generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology. 2G brought us voice communication, 3G gave us access to the web and some video services, and 4G made
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Beyond the periodic table
Beyond the periodic table Beyond the periodic table, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00284-w 150 years after Mendeleev organized the elements by their characteristics, a special issue explores the enduring influence of this scientific masterpiece.
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BIDMC researchers ID, treat faulty brain circuitry underlying symptoms of schizophrenia
In a first-of-its-kind study, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers determined the underlying anatomical cause of certain symptoms of schizophrenia, then ameliorated them with non-invasive brain stimulation. The scientists reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry that these symptoms arise from a breakdown in a network between the brain's prefrontal cortex and the cerebellum, and t
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Big cities feed on their hinterlands to sustain growth
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden call into question an influential theory of the self-reinforcing dynamics of urban growth. Their research, published in Science Advances, shows that big cities feed on their hinterlands to sustain growth, thereby escalating the urban-rural divide in economic prosperity and individual life chances. Individuals who leave small areas for large cities are
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Big cities feed on their hinterlands to sustain growth
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden call into question an influential theory of the self-reinforcing dynamics of urban growth. Their research, published in Science Advances, shows that big cities feed on their hinterlands to sustain growth, thereby escalating the urban-rural divide in economic prosperity and individual life chances. Individuals who leave small areas for large cities are
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Bill Gates says poverty is decreasing. He couldn’t be more wrong. Global poverty has greatly increased in recent decades in shear numbers and the overall global poverty rate has remained static – 60%. The "poverty is decreasing" crowd uses distorted statistics unrelated to the real world.
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Black-hole jets begin to reveal their antimatter secrets
Black-hole jets begin to reveal their antimatter secrets Black-hole jets begin to reveal their antimatter secrets, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00347-y The first simulations of matter and antimatter particles swirling around a rotating black hole hint at the origins of the enigmatic jets.
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Blackstenius klar för Linköping: ”En lättnad”
Stina Blackstenius är tillbaka i damallsvenska Linköping, där hon var en av de stora guldhjältarna vid SM-guldet 2016.
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Blod knyter misstänkt regalietjuv till kyrkan
En 22-årig man står åtalad för att ha stulit kulturhistoriskt ovärderliga begravningsregalier från domkyrkan i Strängnäs. Under rättegången i Eskilstuna redogör åklagaren för stark teknisk bevisning, men mannen nekar till att ha begått de brott åklagarna anklagar honom för.
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Brand Madagascar’s rosewood and ebony as endangered
Brand Madagascar’s rosewood and ebony as endangered Brand Madagascar’s rosewood and ebony as endangered, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00323-6 Brand Madagascar’s rosewood and ebony as endangered
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Breaking new ground in study of malignant pediatric brain tumor
Researchers identified a series of cancer-causing driver gene mutations and discovered that medulloblastoma is perhaps an even more dynamic and variable tumor than expected.
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Brexit impacts, quitting coal and Lassa-fever outbreak
Brexit impacts, quitting coal and Lassa-fever outbreak Brexit impacts, quitting coal and Lassa-fever outbreak, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00283-x The week in science: 25–31 January 2019.
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Brittiska kulturprofiler uppmanar BBC att bojkotta Eurovision i Israel
Designern Vivienne Westwood, regissören Mike Leigh och skådespelaren Julie Christie är några av de kulturaktörer som menar att bevakningen av evenemanget borde ställas in. I ett offentligt brev pekar de på brott mot mänskliga rättigheter.
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BU program successful in preparing minority students for dental school
Boston University's Oral Health Sciences master's program is a successful credential-enhancing program for dental school applicants, while also serving as a pipeline to increase the number of qualified applicants from underrepresented minority groups.
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'Bugs' in the gut might predict dementia in the brain
The makeup of bacteria and other microbes in the gut may have a direct association with dementia risk, according to preliminary research.
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'Bugs' in the gut might predict dementia in the brain
The makeup of bacteria and other microbes in the gut may have a direct association with dementia risk, according to preliminary research.
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Burned Bones Could Reveal More Than You Think
It might be possible to tell sex from tiny, burned bone fragments.
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Calorie restriction prevents asthma symptoms linked to inflammation in mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a low-calorie diet prevented asthma symptoms regardless of the diet's fat and sugar content. The researchers also say they found that obesity resulting from a high-calorie diet led to asthma symptoms in the animals by causing lung inflammation, and a drug that blocks inflammation eased those symptoms.
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Can AI help crack the code of fusion power? ‘It’s sort of this beautiful synergy between the human and the machine’ – startup began collaborating with Google a few years ago to develop machine learning tools that it hopes will finally bring fusion within reach.
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Can quantum ideas explain chemistry’s greatest icon?
Can quantum ideas explain chemistry’s greatest icon? Can quantum ideas explain chemistry’s greatest icon?, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00286-8 Simplistic assumptions about the periodic table lead us astray, warns Eric Scerri.
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'Cancer cure' doubted as Israeli team claims it can'™t afford to publish findings
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Cancer experts react to claim about finding a cure within a year
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Care following opioid overdoses in West Virginia falls short
Only a small fraction of people who had non-fatal opioid overdoses in West Virginia received treatment in the aftermath, a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests.
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Catching atoms in action: watching next-gen materials crystallize
One of the many possible routes to next-gen materials— ones that enable new advances in data storage, electronic devices, and lighter and stronger structural building materials— is through supercooling of metals into a category of alloys called 'metallic glass,' with no regular or crystalline pattern of atomic structure (scientists call it "amorphous"). Unlike common or window glass, however, thes
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Caution in inferring viral strategies from abundance correlations in marine metagenomes
Caution in inferring viral strategies from abundance correlations in marine metagenomes Caution in inferring viral strategies from abundance correlations in marine metagenomes, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07950-z Caution in inferring viral strategies from abundance correlations in marine metagenomes
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Characteristics of drought vulnerability for maize in the eastern part of Northwest China
Characteristics of drought vulnerability for maize in the eastern part of Northwest China Characteristics of drought vulnerability for maize in the eastern part of Northwest China, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37362-4 Characteristics of drought vulnerability for maize in the eastern part of Northwest China
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Children's race, not disability status, may predict more frequent suspension
Suspension is one way schools discipline students, but the high number of and disparities in suspensions in the U.S. has sparked controversy and policy debate.
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China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions
China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions, Published online: 29 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07891-7 Chinese government has implemented regulations to reduce mining-related methane emission since 2010. Here the authors estimated methane emissions in China using GOSAT satellite observation
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China's Now Has a Super Weapon America's Navy Lacks: Railguns
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Climate change may increase congenital heart defects
The rise in temperatures stemming from climate change may increase the number of US infants born with congenital heart defects between 2025 and 2035. The greatest percentage increases in the number of congenital heart defects are predicted in the Midwest, followed by the Northeast and the South.
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Climate change may increase congenital heart defects
The rise in temperatures stemming from climate change may increase the number of US infants born with congenital heart defects between 2025 and 2035.The greatest percentage increases in the number of congenital heart defects are predicted in the Midwest, followed by the Northeast and the South.
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Clot buster use differs between black and white stroke patients
White stroke patients are much more likely than black patients to be treated in community hospital emergency departments with the clot-busting drug intravenous tissue-plasminogen activator, or tPA, according to preliminary research.
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Clot removal beyond normal treatment time, still improved quality of life after stroke
Stroke survivors have better quality of life three months after their stroke if the clot that caused the stroke was mechanically removed even hours beyond the ideal treatment window compared to those treated with drugs alone.
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Colder than Antarctica: brutal deep freeze grips US Midwest
A life-threatening deep freeze gripped the American Midwest on Wednesday as weather colder than Antarctica grounded flights, disrupted travel and brought life to a standstill for tens of millions.
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Collective nostalgia makes people prefer domestic products
Nostalgia for events experienced by members of your own group can make you prefer domestic products over foreign ones, concludes the first systematic investigation into the effects of collective nostalgia on consumer decisions. The results could help countries bolster domestic industries without resorting to hard interventions, such as tariffs or international trade re-negotiations.
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Collective nostalgia makes people prefer domestic products
Nostalgia for events experienced by members of your own group can make you prefer domestic products over foreign ones, concludes the first systematic investigation into the effects of collective nostalgia on consumer decisions. The results could help countries bolster domestic industries without resorting to hard interventions, such as tariffs or international trade re-negotiations.
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Combined SPECT and cardiac MR imaging can help guide ventricular tachycardia ablation
Adding functional imaging to structural imaging of patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) has the potential to improve current VT ablation strategies, according to new research published in the January 2019 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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Complex networks reveal global pattern of extreme-rainfall teleconnections
Complex networks reveal global pattern of extreme-rainfall teleconnections Complex networks reveal global pattern of extreme-rainfall teleconnections, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0872-x Complex networks are used to analyse global-scale teleconnections between extreme-rainfall events, revealing a peak in the distance distribution of statistically significant connectio
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Correction for Cheng et al., KDM4B protects against obesity and metabolic dysfunction [Corrections]
MEDICAL SCIENCES Correction for “KDM4B protects against obesity and metabolic dysfunction,” by Yingduan Cheng, Quan Yuan, Laurent Vergnes, Xin Rong, Ji Youn Youn, Jiong Li, Yongxin Yu, Wei Liu, Hua Cai, Jiandie D. Lin, Peter Tontonoz, Christine Hong, Karen Reue, and Cun-Yu Wang, which was first published May 29, 2018;…
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Correction for Kokotos et al., Activity-dependent bulk endocytosis proteome reveals a key presynaptic role for the monomeric GTPase Rab11 [Corrections]
NEUROSCIENCE Correction for “Activity-dependent bulk endocytosis proteome reveals a key presynaptic role for the monomeric GTPase Rab11,” by A. C. Kokotos, J. Peltier, E. C. Davenport, M. Trost, and M. A. Cousin, which was first published October 9, 2018; 10.1073/pnas.1809189115 (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115:E10177–E10186). The authors note that…
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Counties with dirtier air have more stroke deaths
Counties with higher levels of fine particulate (PM2.5) air pollution have more stroke deaths and shorter life expectancies among their citizenry. About half of US counties have annual air pollution levels that exceed guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Counties with dirtier air have more stroke deaths
Counties with higher levels of fine particulate (PM2.5) air pollution have more stroke deaths and shorter life expectancies among their citizenry. About half of US counties have annual air pollution levels that exceed guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Curiosity Snaps New Mars Selfie Before Setting Course for New Location
Curiosity has been hanging around the Vera Rubin Ridge for over a year. It's getting ready to move out, but NASA took the time to snap a selfie first. The post Curiosity Snaps New Mars Selfie Before Setting Course for New Location appeared first on ExtremeTech .
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Daily briefing: The periodic table is about the future of chemistry as well as its past
Daily briefing: The periodic table is about the future of chemistry as well as its past Daily briefing: The periodic table is about the future of chemistry as well as its past, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00356-x Research at the edge of the periodic table, stunning tiny forests in Ethiopia and US scientists face life after the shutdown
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Dammen bedömdes säker – nu grips de som undersökte den
Fem personer greps under tisdagen misstänkta för att ha med dammkatastrofen i Brasilien att göra. Hittills har 84 personer hittats döda men fortfarande saknas 276 personer.
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Dangerous bee virus might be innocent bystander
Researchers have found that the relationship between the Varroa mite and virulence of a virus of honey bees, has been misunderstood. The study challenges the long-held belief that the parasitic Varroa mite transmits the deformed wing virus of honeybees and in doing so changes the virus to make it more virulent and deadly. Research published today concludes that this belief is incorrect.
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Daniel Helldén (MP): S politiserade posten som trafikdirektör
Att dåvarande trafikdirektör Jonas Eliasson skulle lämna sin post var ett krav från MP i förhandlingarna med S efter valet i Stockholms stad. Det säger oppositionsborgarråd Jan Valeskog (S) till DN. Daniel Helldén (MP) nekar och hävdar samtidigt att Socialdemokraterna ”politiserade” direktörsposten när de tillsatte Eliasson.
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Danske hovedtelefoner skal gå i struben på Bose og Sony
Jabra vil ind på det hastigt voksende marked for støjreducerende hovedtelefoner – men de vil tilføre noget nyt.
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Dark Energy Gets Weirder: Mysterious Force May Vary Over Time
Dark energy is even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, a new study suggests.
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Data show no evidence that teens' social media use predicts depression over time
Longitudinal data from adolescents and young adults show no evidence that social media use predicts later depressive symptoms, according to research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. However, the findings do show that relatively higher depressive symptoms predicted later social media use among adolescent girls.
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Dating of hominin discoveries at Denisova
Dating of hominin discoveries at Denisova Dating of hominin discoveries at Denisova, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00264-0 Denisova Cave sheltered hominins at least 200,000 years ago, and excavations there have illuminated our understanding of early hominins in Asia. New dating analyses now refine this knowledge.
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Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation
Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0926-8 Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation
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Denisova Cave: New Fossils And Dates For Human Presence
Nestled in the foothills of southern Siberia's Altai Mountains, Denisova Cave has yielded numerous artifacts, as well as fossils of many animals and at least two hominins: Neanderthals and Denisovans. The cave is the only place in the world known to have remains of the Denisovans, who, like Neanderthals, were our close evolutionary cousins. The site is one of the most significant for understanding
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Denisova Cave: New Fossils And Dates For Human Presence
Nestled in the foothills of southern Siberia's Altai Mountains, Denisova Cave has yielded numerous artifacts, as well as fossils of many animals and at least two hominins: Neanderthals and Denisovans. …
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Detta har hänt i debatten om svensk poesi
De senaste veckorna har en intensiv debatt om den svenska poesins tillstånd blossat upp på kultursidorna, efter en recension av Expressens Victor Malm. Sedan dess har en hel rad litteraturkritiker gett sig in i diskussionen – bland dem GP:s Mikaela Blomqvist, SvD:s Lyra Koli, DN:s Viola Bao. DN sammanfattar tillståndet hos den svenska poesidebatten vintern 2019.
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Developmental trajectory of social influence integration into perceptual decisions in children [Neuroscience]
The opinions of others have a profound influence on decision making in adults. The impact of social influence appears to change during childhood, but the underlying mechanisms and their development remain unclear. We tested 125 neurotypical children between the ages of 6 and 14 years on a perceptual decision task…
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Did everywhere start out like a mountain?
Two rare metals give us a clue, researchers suggest. Samantha Page reports.
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Digitaliseringen marginaliserar IT-cheferna
IT-budgetarna för världens företag har ökat konstant sedan 2015 och trenden är densamma även för verksamheter inom statlig och offentlig sektor. Den främsta anledningen till detta är omställningen med att digitalisera verksamheten. Historiskt sett har IT-chefen, eller CIO (Chief Information Officer), varit den person som lett arbetet med IT- och infrastrukturfrågor. Men i och med att alla organis
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Directional pumping of water and oil microdroplets on slippery surface [Engineering]
Transporting water and oil microdroplets is important for applications ranging from water harvesting to biomedical analysis but remains a great challenge. This is due to the amplified contact angle hysteresis and insufficient driving force in the micrometer scale, especially for low-surface energy oil droplets. Coalescence of neighboring droplets, which releases…
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Disadvantaged Australians twice as likely to die from diabetes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report shows a troubling health divide between rich and poor Australians living in disadvantaged parts of the country are twice as likely to die from diabetes factors as those in the wealthiest areas, according to new research that also suggests health inequality among men suffering heart attacks has worsened over the past decade. A study by the Australi
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Discovered interaction between bacteria and immune cells protects the intestinal barrier
Conditions such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, a poor diet, overuse of certain drugs and stress harm the intestinal barrier and cause inflammation. An international study on mice led by the Complutense University of Madrid and the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research has discovered a new mechanism that regulates and strengthens the barrier through interaction between a group of L
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Discovery of blood vessel system in bones
A network of very fine blood vessels that connects bone marrow directly with the blood supply of the periosteum that was previously overlooked has now been discovered by Dr. Anika Grüneboom, a young researcher who is now working at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. She made this groundbreaking discovery while working on her doctoral thesis at Universität Duisburg-Essen with Profes
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Disease epidemic and a marine heat wave are associated with the continental-scale collapse of a pivotal predator (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Multihost infectious disease outbreaks have endangered wildlife, causing extinction of frogs and endemic birds, and widespread declines of bats, corals, and abalone. Since 2013, a sea star wasting disease has affected >20 sea star species from Mexico to Alaska. The common, predatory sunflower star ( Pycnopodia helianthoides ), shown to be highly susceptible to sea star wasting disease, has been e
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Djurgården vann klassikermötet
Vilken vecka för Djurgårdens juniorlandslagsman Emil Bemström. Först uttagen i Tre Kronor, sedan segerskytt i klassikermötet mot Färjestad på Hovet. Hemmasegern med 3–2 betyder att Djurgården också går förbi Färjestad i tabellen.
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Domstol: Guaidó får inte lämna landet
Venezuelas oppositionsledare Juan Guaidó får inte lämna landet och hans tillgångar fryses av landets högsta domstol. I maktkampen med regimens Nicolás Maduro har Guaidó utlyst protestaktioner i dag och till helgen.
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Draining blood from bleeding stroke may prevent death
A minimally invasive surgery combining the use of a clot-busting drug and a catheter to drain blood from the brain of hemorrhagic stroke patients reduced swelling and improved patients' prognoses, according to preliminary research.
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Draining blood from bleeding stroke may prevent death
A minimally invasive surgery combining the use of a clot-busting drug and a catheter to drain blood from the brain of hemorrhagic stroke patients reduced swelling and improved patients' prognoses, according to preliminary research.
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Drug shows promise to treat diet-induced osteoarthritis
Scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, have found that a drug derived from omega-3 fatty acids can reduce osteoarthritis inflammation that's been caused by a high-fat diet.
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Drug shows promise to treat diet-induced osteoarthritis
Scientists have found that a drug derived from omega-3 fatty acids can reduce osteoarthritis inflammation that's been caused by a high-fat diet.
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Dödlig granatattack mot moské i Filippinerna
Bara dagar efter ett blodigt bombdåd mot en katedral i Jolo anfölls en moské i Zamboanga – några öar nordösterut i den filippinska arkipelagen – med en granat, uppger myndigheter i landet.
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Dödliga järnvägsolyckor väcker frågor om säkerhet
Två tågolyckor i mitten av januari med dödlig utgång väcker åter kritik mot de obevakade järnvägsövergångarna. Men att bygga bort de farliga passagerna tar lång tid och kräver samarbete mellan flera myndigheter. – Fortsätter vi i den här takten får vi hålla på i 25 år, säger Maria Krafft, måldirektör på Trafikverket.
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Dödligt influensautbrott vid populärt resmål i Indien
Sedan årsskiftet har minst 76 personer dött i ett utbrott av svininfluensa i den indiska delstaten Rajasthan.
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Dödsskjutningarna ökar trots polisens insatser
Antalet personer som sköts till döds i Sverige 2018 ökade jämfört med föregående år. Detta trots att polisen arbetat mer offensivt med stöd av den nya vapenlagen. – Vår analys är att det är alldeles för många unga som är beredda att ta de äldres platser, säger Mats Löfving, chef för polisens Nationella operativa avdelning (Noa).
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Döms till sex års fängelse för våldtäkt mot barn via nätet
I september förra året inleddes rättegången mot en 23-årig man från Borås. Han åtalades för en rad allvarliga sexuella övergrepp mot 63 olika barn. Under onsdagen dömdes han av Borås tingsrätt till sex års fängelse.
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Early-life sleep disruption increases parvalbumin in primary somatosensory cortex and impairs social bonding in prairie voles
Across mammals, juveniles sleep more than adults, with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep at a lifetime maximum early in life. One function of REM sleep may be to facilitate brain development of complex behaviors. Here, we applied 1 week of early-life sleep disruption (ELSD) in prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster ), a highly social rodent species that forms lifelong pair bonds. Electroencephalograph
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Earthquake in super slo-mo
A big earthquake occurred south of Istanbul in the summer of 2016, but it was so slow that nobody noticed. The earthquake, which took place at mid-crustal depth, lasted more than 50 days. A novel processing technique applied to data from special borehole strainmeter instruments and developed by researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and collaborators successfully identifie
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Earth's continental nurseries discovered beneath mountains
Earth is the only known planet with continents, and scientists are offering up new evidence that Earth's continental crust formed deep below mountainous continental arcs like the Andes.
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Ebba Andersson över en minut före Charlotte Kalla
Ebba Andersson är svensk mästare i längdskidåkning för första gången, och segern på 10 kilometer klassiskt var mycket imponerande. – Jag hade en bra känsla och kom fort in i åkningen och fick till tekniken och hade väldigt bra skidor. Det var jättekul att tävla, säger Andersson till SVT.
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E-cigarettes linked to higher risk of stroke, heart attack, diseased arteries
E-cigarette smokers may have higher odds of stroke, heart attack and coronary heart disease.
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Electrical conductivity in doped organic semiconductors
Researchers have identified the key parameters that influence electrical conductivity in doped organic conductors.
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Electrical conductivity in doped organic semiconductors
Researchers have identified the key parameters that influence electrical conductivity in doped organic conductors.
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Electronic waste – the mounting environmental cost of disposable tech – Illegal disposal of discarded hardware has become a global epidemic, effecting some of the world's poorest countries and having a devastating impact on the planet.
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Electronics Are 'the Fastest-Growing Waste Stream in the World’: "The material value of e-waste alone is worth $62.5 billion, three times more than the annual output of the world’s silver mines and more than the GDP of most countries."
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Elementary school
Elementary school Elementary school, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00291-x The changing face of the chemical world.
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En saknas i polsk gruva efter skalv
En gruvarbetare saknas fortfarande efter att ett jordskalv skakat en gruva i västra Polen. Flera av dennes kollegor har räddats under en flera timmar lång sökinsats.
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Engineers build a soft robotics perception system inspired by humans
An international team of researchers has developed a perception system for soft robots inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. They describe the system, which includes a motion capture system, soft sensors, a neural network, and a soft robotic finger, in the Jan. 30 issue of Science Robotics.
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Engineers program marine robots to take calculated risks
MIT engineers have now developed an algorithm that lets AUVs weigh the risks and potential rewards of exploring an unknown region. For instance, if a vehicle tasked with identifying underwater oil seeps approached a steep, rocky trench, the algorithm could assess the reward level (the probability that an oil seep exists near this trench), and the risk level (the probability of colliding with an ob
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Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae
Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae Enhanced strength–ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained eutectic high-entropy alloys by inheriting microstructural lamellae, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08460-2 Producing in situ composite materials with superior strength and ductility has lon
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Enklare brott ska hanteras snabbare
Vid årsskiftet utökades försöket med snabbare lagföring. Nu ska polisen i norra Stockholms län förkorta tiden från brott till straff vid enkla brott. Detta ska även provas på ungdomsärenden.
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ESA tipsheet for Jan. 31, 2019
Get a sneak peek into these new scientific papers, publishing on Jan. 31, 2019, in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: parks for sharks are most successful when humans aren't around; fisheries management efforts are responsible for recovering fish populations in the Northeast Atlantic; building best management practices for drinking water and air quality; coral reefs can benefit from probiot
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EU: Hemlig omröstning om ökad öppenhet
BRYSSEL. När EU:s parlamentariker ska besluta om ökad öppenhet har konservativa partigruppen drivit igenom att omröstningen ska vara hemlig, vilket är extremt ovanligt. – Befängt, anser Gunnar Hökmark (M).
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EU-toppar: Brexit-avtalet kan inte omförhandlas
De omförhandlingar av Brexitavtalet som Storbritanniens premiärminister Theresa May lovat sitt parlament kommer inte kunna genomföras. Det understryker flera EU-toppar under onsdagen.
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Experimentally trained statistical models boost nuclear-fusion performance
Experimentally trained statistical models boost nuclear-fusion performance Experimentally trained statistical models boost nuclear-fusion performance, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00261-3 Research into a technique called inertial confinement fusion aims to enhance nuclear-fusion performance in laboratory experiments. Improvements in the technique have been made using
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Expert-based clinical guidelines focus on behavioral symptoms in Huntington's disease
Although Huntington's disease (HD) is traditionally thought of as a neurological disorder, behavioral symptoms are a common feature and frequently cause distress and difficulty to patients, family members, and other caregivers.
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Exploding demand for cashmere wool is ruining Mongolia’s grasslands
An area twice the size of Texas is at risk of degradation. Can scientists turn the tide?
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Explosion på balkong i Malmö
Något har exploderat på en balkong tillhörande en lägenhet i ett flerfamiljshus i Rosengård i Malmö. En person som befann sig i lägenheten klarade sig undan skador.
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Expression of stop bands in forward volume spin waves
A research group led by assistant Professor Taichi Goto at Toyohashi University of Technology have, for the first time in the world, demonstrated stop bands that prevent propagation of specific frequency components of 'forward volume spin waves.' Forward volume spin waves are transmitted through magnetic insulators without the flow of current, and are expected to be applied to the next generation
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Extreme chemistry: experiments at the edge of the periodic table
Extreme chemistry: experiments at the edge of the periodic table Extreme chemistry: experiments at the edge of the periodic table, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00285-9 As the chase for new elements slows, scientists focus on deepening their understanding of the superheavy ones they already know.
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Extreme rainfall events are connected across the world
An analysis of satellite data has revealed global patterns of extreme rainfall, which could lead to better forecasts and more accurate climate models.
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Extremely high blood pressure in African-Americans is 5 times the national average
Extremely high blood pressure that leads to strokes, heart attacks and acute kidney damage, classified as hypertensive emergency, is five times higher in inner-city African-American patients than the national average, according to a recent study.
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Extremely high blood pressure in African-Americans is 5 times the national average
Extremely high blood pressure that leads to strokes, heart attacks and acute kidney damage, classified as hypertensive emergency, is five times higher in inner-city African-American patients than the national average, according to a recent study co-led by a Rutgers researcher.
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Eyes are faster than hands
A Korean research team has proposed a new paradigm for wearable hand robot that can aid the disabled who lost hand mobility. The hand robot collects user's behaviors with machine learning algorithm and detect user's intention.
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Facebook betaler unge for at installere snagende VPN-app
En VPN-app ved navn “Facebook Research” indsamler data som privatbeskeder, e-mails, søgehistorik og browser-aktivitet fra dem, der har app’en installeret.
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Facebook paid teens to use research app that could monitor online activity and communication
Facebook said it is shutting the app down for Apple users.
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Facebook paid users to track smartphone use: report
Facebook paid users, including teens, to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help the social network's competition efforts, according to a new report that may raise fresh privacy concerns.
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Facket kräver besked av regeringen
Arbetsförmedlingen varslar tusentals medarbetare i hela landet om uppsägning. Nu måste regeringen ge snabba besked om myndighetens framtid, kräver Saco och Akademikerförbundet.
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Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis [Biochemistry]
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a disease of DNA repair characterized by bone marrow failure and a reduced ability to remove DNA interstrand cross-links. Here, we provide evidence that the FA protein FANCI also functions in ribosome biogenesis, the process of making ribosomes that initiates in the nucleolus. We show that…
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Far-flung volcanoes’ surprising climate role
Far-flung volcanoes’ surprising climate role Far-flung volcanoes’ surprising climate role, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00280-0 Eruptions well north and south of the tropics strongly influence climate, contrary to conventional thinking.
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Faster weight loss no better than slow weight loss for health benefits
Losing weight slowly or quickly won't tip the scale in your favor when it comes to overall health, according to new research. Health researchers found that people who lose weight quickly versus those who lose it slowly don't get any additional health benefits and it's the amount of weight lost overall that can have an impact.
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Fed lämnar amerikanska styrräntan orörd
USA:s centralbank Federal Reserve (Fed) lämnar som väntat styrräntan oförändrad i intervallet mellan 2,25 och 2,50 procent.
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'Feeling' data through haptic displays
To perceive surroundings, humans can draw on five senses. But dealing with technology requires screens and speakers, which only appeal to our senses of vision and hearing. Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are now developing haptic displays that use the sense of touch. The VibrAID system, for example, will use vibration patterns to simplify dealing with complex control systems.
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Fem personer begravdes i lavin i Polen
Fem personer har räddats ur snömassorna sedan en lavin gått i Tatrabergen i södra Polen. För tre av dem är tillståndet allvarligt, uppger en räddningsarbetare för tv-kanalen TVN24.
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Ferroptosis as a target for protection against cardiomyopathy [Medical Sciences]
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. A key pathogenic factor in the development of lethal heart failure is loss of terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes. However, mechanisms of cardiomyocyte death remain unclear. Here, we discovered and demonstrated that ferroptosis, a programmed iron-dependent cell death, as a mechanism in murine…
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Finding the energy for going viral
The question of how much energy a virus needs to replicate in its host translates into how likely a single infection is to become an epidemic. Writing in the International Journal of Exergy, Sevgi Eylül Ferahcan, Ayşe Selcen Semerciöz, and Mustafa Özilgen of the Department of Food Engineering, at Yeditepe University, in Istanbul, Turkey, explain how poliovirus is an RNA virus which proliferates in
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Firefox 65 wants to give you more control over your internet privacy
It seems Firefox 65, the browser's latest update, is no different. Among other things, version 65 brings an overhaul of Firefox's Privacy & Security menu – what was once relatively bland …
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First study to find digital ads work, on millennials
'This is first time we found that digital ads do something and what they do is they increase voter turnout among millennials in municipal elections.' said Haenschen.
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First study to find digital ads work, on millennials
While millions of dollars are spent every day on digital advertising, no research has found these ads actually work—until now.
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Fixing potholes is good for your ride—and the planet
Environment New research shows that patching roads is a great way to tackle climate change. The sorry state of U.S. infrastructure is worsening emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for nearly one-third of all U.S. carbon pollution, according…
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Flashback with the First Eyewire Character Art
While digging through the archives looking for an old lost image, I came across the original sketches for the Eyewire heroes! The characters that would evolve to represent the Eyewirers began as sketches by Hyunah Choi. They were developed by me and Alex Norton for the eyewire landing page at eyewire.org/explore . Celia and Devon eventually gave them names and bios, which you can read about at st
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Flere end 16.000 borgere har hentet ny læge-app
Den nye app ’Min Læge’, der skal gøre det nemt at kommunikere med egen læge, får løbende tilføjet nye funktioner, mens PLO overvåger, om app’en øger de praktiserende lægers arbejdsbyrde.
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Flu, flu-like illnesses linked to increased risk of stroke, neck artery tears
Flu-like illnesses are associated with an increased risk of stroke and neck artery dissection. The risk of stroke and neck artery dissections are greatest within a month of a flu-like illness.
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Flu, flu-like illnesses linked to increased risk of stroke, neck artery tears
Flu-like illnesses are associated with an increased risk of stroke and neck artery dissection. The risk of stroke and neck artery dissections are greatest within a month of a flu-like illness.
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Fluid dynamics simulation reveals the underlying physics of liquid jet cleaning
In a significant advance for semiconductor manufacturing, mechanical engineers created a simulation that makes it easier to choose environmentally friendly water jet and underwater ultrasound techniques for cleaning processes.
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Fluorescent reconstitution on deposition of PM2.5 in lung and extrapulmonary organs [Applied Biological Sciences]
The deposition of PM2.5 (fine particulate matter in air with diameter smaller than 2.5 μm) in lungs is harmful to human health. However, real-time observation on the deposition of particles in the acinar area of the lung is still a challenge in experiments. Here, a fluorescent imaging method is developed…
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Flygstolar hittade – troligen från Emiliano Salas flygplan
Den brittiska haverikommissionen meddelar att två flygplansäten, som hittats på en strand i Frankrike, troligen kommer från flygplanet som fotbollsspelaren Emiliano Sala reste med.
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FN vill skärpa kampen mot resistenta bakterier
En tillsatt expertgrupp inom FN skärper nu tonen när det gäller kampen mot resistenta bakterier. I ett utkast till kommande rekommendationer pekar gruppen på en absolut nödvändighet av globalt samarbete för att minska den ökade spridningen av resistenta bakterier.
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For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour: study
Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers.
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Fossil Bird Soared above Utah's Dinosaurs
A partial skeleton significantly updates the history of a major, extinct bird family — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Fotbollsspelare frias från misshandel efter skallning
Den spelare i Dalkurd som skallat en motståndare i Hammarby efter en match i allsvenskan frias av tingsrätten. Spelaren stod åtalad för misshandel efter att han knäckte näsbenet på Hammarbyspelaren i ett bråk på en parkeringsplats.
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Foxconn changes focus of massive Wisconsin project
Foxconn Technology Group is changing the focus of its planned $10 billion Wisconsin campus, while insisting it remains committed to creating 13,000 jobs as promised.
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Foxconn reconsiders plan for Wisconsin manufacturing hub (Update)Foxconn Wisconsin Reuters
Foxconn Technology Group said Wednesday it is shifting the focus of its planned Wisconsin campus away from blue-collar manufacturing to a research hub, while insisting it remains committed to creating 13,000 jobs as promised.
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FOXK1 and FOXK2 regulate aerobic glycolysis
FOXK1 and FOXK2 regulate aerobic glycolysis FOXK1 and FOXK2 regulate aerobic glycolysis, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0900-5 The Forkhead transcription factors FOXK1 and FOXK2, which are induced by starvation, reprogram cellular metabolism to induce aerobic glycolysis.
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Frequency tagging cannot measure neural tracking of beat or meter [Letters (Online Only)]
In a recent article in PNAS, Lenc et al. (1) use frequency tagging to claim that low-frequency sounds boost “selective neural locking to the beat, thus explaining the privileged role of bass sounds in driving people to move along with the musical beat.” While this is an interesting hypothesis, there…
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Frida Karlsson står över fler lopp
Längdtalangen Frida Karlsson tvingas på grund av problem med luftrören stå över ytterligare två lopp under SM-veckan.
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FSU team breaks new ground in study of malignant pediatric brain tumor
FSU researchers identified a series of cancer-causing driver gene mutations and discovered that medulloblastoma is perhaps an even more dynamic and variable tumor than expected.
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Fungal infection affecting frogs' future
Researchers have identified how a fungal skin infection is wiping out our native frog species at an alarming rate.
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Fungal infection affecting frogs' future
Researchers have identified how a fungal skin infection is wiping out our native frog species at an alarming rate.
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Fyra skäl som gör att chefen vill få medarbetare att sluta
På de flesta arbetsplatser förekommer det att anställda tvingas, ombeds eller får betalt för att sluta. Enligt Kristina Sutter-Beime, forskare i företagsekonomi, så handlar det om fyra avvikande beteenden hos arbetstagaren, som var för sig kan ligga bakom att chefen säger upp den anställde.
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Förre trafikdirektören: Jag är partipolitiskt obunden
Oppositionsborgarråd Karin Wanngård (S) tillbakavisar Daniel Helldéns påstående om att S ”politiserade” direktörsposten när de tillsatte tidigare trafikdirektör Jonas Eliasson. Samtidigt uttalar sig Eliasson själv och understryker att han är politiskt oberoende.
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Genes behind lager yeast's cold- and sugar-loving success revealed
In a pair of new papers, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Genetics Chris Todd Hittinger, his graduate student EmilyClare Baker and others show how modern lager yeast adopted the cold-loving and sugar-hungry traits essential to their success.
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Genes behind lager yeast's cold- and sugar-loving success revealed
Lager beer is cold, crisp, dry—and worth about half a trillion dollars worldwide.
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Genetic causes of tumors in salivary glands
Acinic cell carcinoma is the third most common malignant form of salivary gland cancer. These tumors are similar to normal salivary gland tissue and occur most frequently in the parotid gland. Until now, the molecular causes for the illness were unknown. Researchers at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen at FAU, the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg and the Berlin Institute of Health have now
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Genetic switch for C. elegans
With their first ever RNA-based inducible system for switching on genes in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, two researchers have closed a significant gap in the research on and usage of genetic switches.
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Gestures help students learn new words in different languages, study finds
Students' comprehension of words in a foreign language improves if teachers pair each word with a gesture – even if the gesture is arbitrary and does not represent a word's actual meaning, researchers at the University of Illinois found.
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Giving high school students the tools to question classic literature
Generations of students have read Shakespeare and Hemingway for high school literature class. Assigning these texts without questioning issues of race or gender may exclude students and make them feel their voices are not valued, says a researcher.
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Glaciers in the Canadian Arctic have melted enough to reveal land that was hidden for the last 40,000 years or more, researchers say: The Arctic might be having its warmest century in at least 115,000 years
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Good results with autologous breast reconstruction after failed implant reconstruction
Implants are usually the first choice for breast reconstruction after mastectomy. But when implant-based reconstruction fails, autologous reconstruction — using the patient's own tissues — is a safe procedure that improves patient outcomes, reports a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
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Graphene quantum dots sensitized C-ZnO nanotaper photoanodes for solar cells application
In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from the National Institute of Technology, India, have synthesized blue-green-orange photoemissive sulfur and nitrogen co-doped graphene quantum dots (SNGQDs) using hydrothermal method. These GQDs showed strong UV-visible photoabsorption and excitation dependent photoemission which have low-cost, eco-friendly solar cell appli
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Green alternative to PET could be even greener
One of the most successful plastics is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the material we use to make bottles and fibers for clothing. However, PET is made from petroleum-based building blocks. An alternative to PET can be made from bio-based furan molecules, but to polymerize these furans you need toxic catalysts and high temperatures. Now, polymer chemists from the University of Groningen, led by
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Gut immune cells have a role in food metabolism
Gut immune cells have a role in food metabolism Gut immune cells have a role in food metabolism, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00235-5 The gut is an active site of immune defence against disease-causing microbes. A study in mice shows that a type of immune cell in the gut’s wall also helps to regulate sugar and fat metabolism.
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Gut intraepithelial T cells calibrate metabolism and accelerate cardiovascular disease
Gut intraepithelial T cells calibrate metabolism and accelerate cardiovascular disease Gut intraepithelial T cells calibrate metabolism and accelerate cardiovascular disease, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0849-9 Integrin β7-dependent Glp1rhigh natural gut intraepithelial T lymphocytes that reside in the small intestine modulate dietary metabolism in mice by restricting
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H&M värvar visselblåsaren bakom Cambridge Analytica-skandalen
Förra året blev det känt att Facebook läckt användaruppgifter från 87 miljoner privata konton. Nu ska mannen som avslöjade läckan hjälpa H&M att förutspå hur kunderna shoppar.
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Harnessing light for a solar-powered chemical industry
Chemical manufacturing accounts for 10 percent of global energy consumption and 7 percent of industrial greenhouse gas emissions. In the US, it uses more energy than any other industry.Now researchers have developed a new nano-enhanced material that can capture 99% of light and convert it to power chemical reactions.As well as reducing the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing, the innova
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Harnessing light for a solar-powered chemical industry
New technology that harnesses sunlight to drive chemical reactions is paving the way for a more sustainable chemical manufacturing industry, one of the globe's biggest energy users.
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Hela listan – här är SVT:s kommande dramasatsningar
I konkurrensen med strömningstjänsterna är SVT:s satsning på dramaserier viktigare än någonsin. Nu kan DN avslöja SVT:s tv-serieplaner för de närmaste åren.
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Here’s why it’s so incredibly cold in Europe
When the Arctic stratosphere suddenly warmed in January, it set in motion the extreme cold temperatures Europe faces now. Here, Daniela Domeisen, professor of atmospheric predictability at the Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich, explains the “sudden stratospheric warming” phenomenon and how it ties into the polar vortex. The post Here’s why it’s so incredibly cold in Europ
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Here's what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore
Last year many Australians were surprised to learn that around half of our plastic waste collected for recycling is exported, and up to 70% was going to China. So much of the world's plastic was being sent to China that China imposed strict conditions on further imports. The decision sent ripples around the globe, leaving most advanced economies struggling to manage vast quantities of mixed plasti
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Heterogeneous retreat and ice melt of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
The glaciers flowing into the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, have undergone acceleration and grounding line retreat over the past few decades that may yield an irreversible mass loss. Using a constellation of satellites, we detect the evolution of ice velocity, ice thinning, and grounding line retreat of Thwaites Glacier from 1992 to 2017. The results reveal a complex pattern of retreat
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Heterozygous mutations cause genetic instability in a yeast model of cancer evolution
Heterozygous mutations cause genetic instability in a yeast model of cancer evolution Heterozygous mutations cause genetic instability in a yeast model of cancer evolution, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0887-y Repeated selection for adaptive mutations in a diploid yeast model results in increased genetic instability and sheds light on mechanisms of genetic instability
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Hirscher utklassade i Schladming
Segerlös i de två senaste slalomtävlingarna efter mediokra förstaåk. Det ändrade den österrikiske giganten Marcel Hirscher på i Schladming. Inför hemmapubliken krossade han motståndet och vann med 1,21 sekunder efter att ha en sekunds ledning efter första åket.
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Historiskt replikskifte mellan allianspartier – första på över 5.000 dagar
När Ebba Busch Thor (KD) under onsdagens partiledardebatt begärde replik på Annie Lööfs (C) anförande var det historiskt. Inte sedan 13 oktober 2004 har en alliansledare begärt replik på en annan allianskollega i en riksdagsdebatt, visar DN:s genomgång.
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HIV hidden in patients' cells can now be accurately measured
Until now, researchers haven't been able to accurately quantify a latent form of HIV that persists in patients' immune cells. A new genetic technique is fast and 10 to 100 times more accurate than previous diagnostics.
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Hjorth-familjen stämmer Norges nationalteater
Den norska författaren Vigdis Hjorths mamma har krävt Norges nationalteater på 250.000, efter att teatern satt upp en föreställning som baseras på dotterns roman "Arv och miljö". I stämningen skriver hon att uppsättningen kränker familjens privatliv, rapporterar SVT Nyheter.
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How a Painted Turtle Finds Its Way
Unlike many species, this common reptile migrates from memory — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How a South African industrial site is providing a safe haven for wild cats
Ever since the industrial revolution, human activities have resulted in rapid environmental changes including degradation, fragmentation, and destruction of habitat, climate change and biodiversity loss. Animals, such as large carnivores, are often among the first to disappear as human disturbance increases.
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How a South African industrial site is providing a safe haven for wild cats
Ever since the industrial revolution, human activities have resulted in rapid environmental changes including degradation, fragmentation, and destruction of habitat, climate change and biodiversity loss. Animals, such as large carnivores, are often among the first to disappear as human disturbance increases.
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Government
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How Brexit threatens Irish science’s cross-border collaboration
How Brexit threatens Irish science’s cross-border collaboration How Brexit threatens Irish science’s cross-border collaboration, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00339-y Peace and common membership of the European Union have allowed scientists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to build a unique, cross-border research system.
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How does a quantum particle see the world?
Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences proved that whether an object (in our example, the ball) shows quantum features depends on the reference frame. The physical laws, however, are still independent of it. The results are published in Nature Communications.
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How Does Quantum Computing Work?
We've all read plenty about quantum computing, and its promise for computing breakthroughs. But it isn't easy to figure out how it really does its magic. We'll take you through the basics and how it works to give you a sense of why it's so exciting. The post How Does Quantum Computing Work? appeared first on ExtremeTech .
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How Facebook went from friend to frenemy
As Facebook celebrates 15 years of virtual friendship, social science has compiled an expansive body of research that documents the public's love-hate relationship with its best frenemy.
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How groups and individuals spread racist hate online
Living in a networked world has many advantages. We get our news online almost as soon as it happens, we stay in touch with friends via social media, and we advance our careers through online professional networks.
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How making an accusation makes you seem more trustworthy
Making an accusation about unethical business practices undermines trust in the accused and enhances trust in the accuser, but only if the accusation is made in good faith, according to new research led by Jessica Kennedy, assistant professor of management at the Owen Graduate School of Management.
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How to handle the stress when you see your 401k savings dip
I check my finances, including my 401K, every single day. Every . Single . Day . My financial fixation stems from my mother's obsessive preoccupation with prioritizing saving over spending . She had several economic edicts on repeat throughout my childhood: Earn a dollar. Spend 50 cents. Save 50 cents ; It's not how much you make, it's how much you keep . Unlike many Americans, my older brother a
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How to write effectively for international journals
How to write effectively for international journals How to write effectively for international journals, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00359-8 Use modern tools to manage research literature, analyse published articles and find language teachers to improve manuscripts for publication.
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How transcription factors explore the genome
EPFL scientists have discovered how proteins that regulate gene transcription can scan and bind the genome efficiently.
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How transcription factors explore the genome
Scientists have discovered how proteins that regulate gene transcription can scan and bind the genome efficiently.
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How transcription factors explore the genome
Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that regulate the transcription of genes, which is the first step in making a protein. The way TFs work is by searching the entire genome and binding to specific regions that regulate genes, turning them "on" or "off". TFs are known to not only bind to specific sequences of DNA, but also to non-specifically bind to any stretch of DNA.
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How transcription factors explore the genome
Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that regulate the transcription of genes, which is the first step in making a protein. The way TFs work is by searching the entire genome and binding to specific regions that regulate genes, turning them "on" or "off". TFs are known to not only bind to specific sequences of DNA, but also to non-specifically bind to any stretch of DNA.
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Huge step forward in decoding genomes of small species
For the first time, scientists have read the whole genetic code of one single mosquito. Scientists worked to advance technology and lower the starting amount of DNA needed to just 'half a mosquito-worth', producing the first high quality whole genome of a single mosquito. The study in genes opens the door to understanding the true genetic diversity of insects and other arthropods.
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Human milk is a 'life-saving intervention' for infants with congenital heart disease
With a lower risk of serious complications and improved feeding and growth outcomes, human milk is strongly preferred as the best diet for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), according to a research review in Advances in Neonatal Care, official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
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Human-caused global warming already has doomed a large fraction of Earth's glaciers
But thereʼs a silver lining to this dark cloud: You can still make a personal difference in preserving glacial ice. Even if we somehow stopped climate change dead in its tracks right now, recent research shows that more than a third of the world's 200,000 glaciers would melt anyway. That's because glacial ice takes decades to fully respond to the human-caused global warming that has already occurr
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Huntington Ingalls Industries produces 3D printed piping assembly for U.S. Navy aircraft carrier
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Husk lige tandlægen: Tandkødsbetændelse kan give Alzheimers
En undersøgelse viser en sammenhæng mellem tandkødssygdommen parodontitis og demenssygdommen Alzheimers. Nu arbejder forskerne på ny medicin.
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Hydrogen trains are coming – can they get rid of diesel for good?
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Hälsoinformation – hur tänka nytt?
Det går alltid att förbättra arbetssätt, men samverkan är en förutsättning för varaktig förändring. Det konstaterar Anna Bergenfeldt Fabri, forskare vid Malmö universitet, som på nära håll följt arbetet med att tänka nytt kring fysisk aktivitet för nyanlända.
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Här är de dolda idéerna som ligger bakom Donald Trumps världsbild
Det mesta som skrivs om Donald Trump handlar om narcissismen och nepotismen. Men Trump blir mer begriplig om man analyserar de historiska idéer som högerpopulismen bygger på. Ola Larsmo hittar spåren i Bob Woodwards bok ”Fruktan” – och drar några lärdomar om hoten mot den demokratiska staten.
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Hästar gick genom isen och dog
Två hästar gick natten mot onsdag genom isen utanför Öregrund i Roslagen, skriver P4 Uppland. Larmet kom vid midnatt, och räddningstjänsten var på plats inom en halvtimme.
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Ica Sveriges vd: Så ska e-handeln bli lönsam
Att få e-handlarna att köpa för större summor, att ta betalt för hemkörningen, att plocka varorna på ett effektivt sätt och att inte se e-handeln som en isolerad affär, det är Ica Sveriges vd Anders Svenssons lösning på en av Ica-butikernas stora utmaningar: att få onlinehandeln lönsam.
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Identification of 12 genetic loci associated with human healthspan
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IL-33/regulatory T cell axis triggers the development of a tumor-promoting immune environment in chronic inflammation [Immunology and Inflammation]
Chronic inflammation’s tumor-promoting potential is well-recognized; however, the mechanism underlying the development of this immune environment is unknown. Studying the transition from acute, tumor-suppressive to chronic, tumor-promoting allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) revealed how tumor-promoting chronic inflammation develops. Epidermis-derived interleukin (IL)-33 up-regulation and its induct
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Image: Modular experiment platform on the ISS
Getting a science experiment on the world's only floating outpost in Earth orbit is a costly and time-consuming endeavour. ICE Cubes is ESA's faster, lower cost answer to making science happen in space.
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Impact of nuclear quantum effects on the structural inhomogeneity of liquid water [Chemistry]
The 2D Raman–terahertz (THz) response of liquid water is studied in dependence of temperature and isotope substitution (H2O, D2O, and H218O). In either case, a very short-lived (i.e., between 75 and 95 fs) echo is observed that reports on the inhomogeneity of the low-frequency intermolecular modes and hence, on the…
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Implantation initiation of self-assembled embryo-like structures generated using three types of mouse blastocyst-derived stem cells
Implantation initiation of self-assembled embryo-like structures generated using three types of mouse blastocyst-derived stem cells Implantation initiation of self-assembled embryo-like structures generated using three types of mouse blastocyst-derived stem cells, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08378-9 The precise cellular patterning and decisions of early embryogenesis
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In these modern times of innovation and uncertainty, let's not forget where we came from – So here's a medieval joke
14th century: A game of truth-telling is being played at court by a Queen and her retinue (her knight). The knight is asked by the Queen if he has fathered any children; he is forced to admit that he has not. The Queen nods in assent, saying “you do not have the look of a man who could please his mistress when you hold her naked in your arms. For your beard is little more than the kind of fuzz th
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Indian court’s decision to uphold GM cotton patent could boost industry research
Indian court’s decision to uphold GM cotton patent could boost industry research Indian court’s decision to uphold GM cotton patent could boost industry research, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00177-y But the ruling is not the end of the legal challenge.
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Industrial chemicals pass from mother to fetus throughout pregnancy
In a study published in Environment International researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how PFAS industrial chemicals, which are used in many consumer products, pass through the placenta throughout pregnancy to accumulate in fetal tissue. Further research is now needed to ascertain the effect that highly persistent PFAS chemicals have on the fetus.
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Industrial chemicals pass from mother to fetus throughout pregnancy
In a study published in Environment International researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how PFAS industrial chemicals, which are used in many consumer products, pass through the placenta throughout pregnancy to accumulate in fetal tissue. Further research is now needed to ascertain the effect that highly persistent PFAS chemicals have on the fetus.
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Infection during delivery linked to greater risk of stroke after delivery
Women diagnosed with a bladder infection, pneumonia or sepsis during delivery were more than five times likely than uninfected women to be readmitted to the hospital for stroke within one month.
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Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
Engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time.
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Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time.
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Inositol polyphosphate multikinase mediates extinction of fear memory [Neuroscience]
Inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK), the key enzyme for the biosynthesis of higher inositol polyphosphates and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate, also acts as a versatile signaling player in regulating tissue growth and metabolism. To elucidate neurobehavioral functions of IPMK, we generated mice in which IPMK was deleted from the excitatory neurons of the…
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Insertion and folding pathways of single membrane proteins guided by translocases and insertases
Biogenesis in prokaryotes and eukaryotes requires the insertion of α-helical proteins into cellular membranes for which they use universally conserved cellular machineries. In bacterial inner membranes, insertion is facilitated by YidC insertase and SecYEG translocon working individually or cooperatively. How insertase and translocon fold a polypeptide into the native protein in the membrane is l
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Interleukin-22 protects intestinal stem cells against genotoxic stress
Interleukin-22 protects intestinal stem cells against genotoxic stress Interleukin-22 protects intestinal stem cells against genotoxic stress, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0899-7 Sporadic inactivation of the interleukin-22 receptor in the intestinal epithelium of the mouse shows that IL-22 is required for effective activation of the DNA damage response following DNA d
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International team of physicists continues search for new physics
Researchers thought they might have finally uncovered evidence of new physics, which could be a sign of dark matter particles, but a recent improvement of the measurement by the CMS collaboration produced results that are nearly consistent with the expectations of the standard model.
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Intestinal immune cells play key role in metabolic regulation, cardiovascular health
A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified what appears to be an important checkpoint in dietary metabolism, a group of cells in the small intestine that slow down metabolism, increasing the amount of ingested food that is stored as fat rather than being quickly converted into energy.
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iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum, announced its first autonomous lawnmower today, the Terra.
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iRobot's Terra clears the lawn like its robot vacs clean a room
iRobot's Roomba and Braava robotic vacuum cleaners have been cleaning the floors of owners' homes for a number of years, and now the company is moving outdoors. The Terra robot mower …
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Is coronary artery calcification in highly active people like marathon runners associated with increased risk of death?
Some studies have suggested that people with high levels of physical activity way beyond current physical activity guidelines, such as marathon runners, can have significant build-up of calcium in the arteries of their heart called coronary artery calcification (CAC). But data are limited about the risk of death in these highly active people with CAC. This study included nearly 22,000 men (average
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Is This Amelia Earhart's Plane? Debris from Wreck Found Off Papua New Guinea
In the late 1930s, a little boy on a Papua New Guinean island saw a plane — its left wing engulfed in flames — crash onto the beach. The little boy told his elders, but they didn't believe him.
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Israeli Scientists Believe They Have Discovered a Cure for Cancer
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Israeli Scientists Say They Will Have A Complete Cure For Cancer Within A Year
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It Could Take Joshua Tree National Park 300 Years to Recover From The Past 35 Days
A lot of the damage is permanent.
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Japan should put the brakes on stem-cell sales
Japan should put the brakes on stem-cell sales Japan should put the brakes on stem-cell sales, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00332-5 Unproven therapies should not be marketed to patients.
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Keeping Cancer in Check: Innate Immunity and Checkpoint Inhibitors
Cisbio invites you to join them for an educational webinar.
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Key sea star predator wiped out by disease and abnormally warm waters
From California to British Columbia, the abundance of sunflower starfish — an important predator in the Northeast Pacific — declined dramatically in both nearshore and deep waters from 2013 to 2015, according to a new study that leveraged citizen science diving surveys. This significant decline was due to the sea star wasting disease that ravaged the waters of the Northeast Pacific during this t
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Kidney transplantation to minority patients with a different blood types is safe
Minority patients achieve the same outcomes if they receive donor kidneys that are fully immunologically compatible compared with patients who receive the organs from fully compatible donors, according to study findings from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
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Knepen som får dina minnen att vara längre
Hur kommer man ihåg fler fina upplevelser? Experterna förklarar.
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Konflikten trappas upp i Venezuela – Guaidó manar till nya demonstrationer
Venezuelas oppositionsledare Juan Guaidó ökar pressen på president Nicolás Maduro, och vill att omvärlden – däribland EU – ska göra likadant. Samtidigt som Guaidó mobiliserar folket till demonstrationer under onsdagen söker Maduro stöd från sina trupper, och varnar USA för ett ”nytt Vietnam”.
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Konstrecension: Chilensk motståndskamp i backspegeln
På Lunds konsthall tematiserar nutida konstnärer det tidiga 70-talet i Chile. Dan Jönsson tycker att utställningen är för fragmenterad, men att visningen av det filmhistoriska referensmaterialet är en kulturgärning.
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Konstrecension: Mats Hjelm tvinnar en tät visuell väv
Norrtälje konsthall visar nu videoinstallationen ”The other shore” av Mats Hjelm. Han har en sällsam förmåga att ladda sina motiv, tycker Magnus Bons.
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Konstrecension: Polemik om våra offentliga rum på Marabouparken
Tre parallella utställningar på Marabouparkens konsthall behandlar det offentliga rummet. Intressant om en akut fråga, tycker Julia Svensson.
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Kraftig minskning av bildelsstölder
Antalet stölder av bildelar minskade med 45 procent mellan 2017 och 2018, enligt Larmtjänst, en branschorganisation för försäkringsbolag. Stockholms län utmärker sig i statistiken.
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Kraftigt fall för ekonomisk indikator
Konjunkturinstitutets barometerindikator faller till 101,9 i januari, ned från 105,6 i december. Hushållen surnar också till, medan inflationsförväntningarna är stabila.
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Kristersson vill fälla regeringen tillsammans med V
I det nya politiska landskapet uppstår nya relationer. I partiledardebatten föreslog Jonas Sjöstedt att V och M tillsammans ska avsätta regeringen. – I’m on! svarade Ulf Kristersson (M).
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Kulturkommissionen: Är Fyre Festival alla millennials Woodstock?
I det senaste avsnittet av DN Kulturs podcast Kulturkommissionen diskuteras det återigen aktuella festivalfiaskot Fyre Festival.
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Kvinna giftes bort med sin kusin – tre åtalas
Tre män åtalas i norra Norge efter att en kvinna blivit kidnappad och bortgift med sin kusin.
21h
Kött från sjuka djur har sålts till Sverige
Kött från sjuka djur som sålts från ett polskt slakteri kan ha nått Sverige. Enligt Livsmedelsverket har svenska grossister köpt upp till ett kvarts ton av köttet. – Det är företaget i Polen som är ansvarigt, säger Louise Nyholm, statsinspektör på Livsmedelsverket.
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Layered cocktails inspire new form of male birth control
For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth control pills could increase the risk for side effects such as blood clots or breast cancer. Now, inspired by colorful layered cocktails, researchers have developed a medium-term, reversible male contraceptive. They report their results in the journal ACS Nano.
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Layered cocktails inspire new form of male birth control
For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth control pills could increase the risk for side-effects such as blood clots or breast cancer. Now, inspired by colorful layered cocktails, researchers have developed a medium-term, reversible male contraceptive.
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Lindblom tog Philadelphia till seger
Oskar Lindblom gjorde sitt sjätte mål för säsongen för Philadelphia i NHL-ishockeyn. Det blev matchens enda mål, och ledde till seger över New York Rangers. Och Buffalos Rasmus Dahlin lyckades med något som få gjort före honom.
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Lindelöfs första mål räddade Manchester United
Svenska landslagets Victor Nilsson Lindelöf gjorde sitt första mål i Manchester United – och räddade poäng hemma mot Burnley.
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Listen: ‘Active matter’ could give robots and clothes more life
Active matter could revolutionize everything from clothing to robots, but what is it? “Normal passive matter like a book lying on your table won’t open the pages by itself and turn the pages. It’s passive and sits there unless an external force acts on it,” says Seth Fraden, a physicist from the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Brandeis University. “With active matter, you can
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Listeners get an idea of the personality of the speaker through his voice
New research has shown that listeners across languages form very rapid personality impressions from the voice and this is not modulated by the language of the listener, native or foreign.
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Litet hopp för AF-anställda att få behålla jobbet
De som nu varslas från Arbetsförmedlingen kan inte räkna med att få tillbaka sina jobb. Enligt Arbetsmarknadsminister Ylva Johansson (S) står Arbetsförmedlingen inför omfattande förändringar. – Det kanske inte alls blir några återanställningar på Arbetsförmedlingen, säger hon.
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Live: Partiledardebatt i riksdagen
Klockan 09 i dag inleds årets första partiledardebatt i riksdagen. Följ den direkt med DN.
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Loot boxes in games like Fortnite are gambling and should be regulated
Virtual winnings in video games don’t count as betting in the UK. Regulators must recognise that children are being exposed to gambling, says Rebecca Cassidy
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Lost Grave of English Explorer, Center of Urban Legend, Discovered in London
Archaeologists working at a London construction site rediscovered the lost grave of explorer Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia.
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Lower obesity rates linked with public transportation use, study shows
Public transportation systems provide numerous economic benefits for a community. An added public health bonus provided by such systems may be lower obesity rates. A new study compared and analyzed county data from 2001 and 2009. They found that a single percentage-point increase in mass transit ridership is associated with a 0.473 percentage-point lower obesity rate in counties across the United
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Luftföroreningar stänger hundratals skolor i Bangkok
Närmare 440 skolor i Bangkok har fått stänga på grund av den dåliga luftkvaliteten i den thailändska huvudstaden. Enligt miljöorganisationen Greenpeace är luftföroreningar i staden de värsta i landets historia.
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Löfven om Arbetsförmedlingen: Nu får de tre partierna stå i skamvrån
Statsminister Stefan Löfven säger att det blir svårt att reglera det ansträngda ekonomiska läget på Arbetsförmedlingen i vårändringsbudgeten. – Ulf Kristersson är ytterst ansvarig för det här. Nu får de tre partierna stå i skamvrån, säger han på en presskonferens.
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Maestro's techniques
Rembrandt van Rijn's paintings are renowned for their masterful representations of light and shadow and a characteristic plasticity generated by a technique called impasto. Now, scientists have analyzed impasto layers in some of Rembrandt's paintings, and the study, which is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, reveals that the impasto unexpectedly contains a very rare lead mineral called p
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Making the simple complex: Synchronization researchers dive into the 'messy'
Most people see the ocean waves and vaguely wonder why some are big and some are small —or look into a roaring fire and are curious as to what makes the flames move as they do—with seemingly no rhyme or reason.
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Male reproductive tract cilia beat to a different drummer [Commentaries]
From early embryonic development through adulthood, cilia play crucial roles in unicellular to multicellular organisms. Current taxonomy classifies cilia as two types: motile (conventional) and nonmotile. Motile cilia possess the classic 9 + 2 organization of microtubules, typical of multiciliated epithelia and spermatozoon flagellum, whereas nonmotile cilia characteristically lack the…
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Man's impact on flax evolution more limited than thought
Flax naturally adapted to new environments rather than by human influence due to a set of genes that enable it to change its architecture according to researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick.
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Man's impact on flax evolution more limited than thought
Flax naturally adapted to new environments rather than by human influence due to a set of genes that enable it to change its architecture according to researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick.
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Many women get unnecessary mammograms before breast reduction surgery
Getting a mammogram before breast reduction surgery is not required or recommended. But thousands of younger women with no known breast cancer risk still get them, a new study shows.
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Many women get unnecessary mammograms before breast reduction surgery
Getting a mammogram before breast reduction surgery is not required or recommended. But thousands of younger women with no known breast cancer risk still get them, a Michigan Medicine study shows.
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Massive Starfish Die-Off Is Tied To Global Warming
Sea stars along the Pacific Coast are dying in the largest disease epidemic ever documented in a wild marine species. New research suggests warmer waters is making the disease even more deadly. (Image credit: Ed Gullekson/Science Advances)
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Maternal small RNAs mediate spatial-temporal regulation of gene expression, imprinting, and seed development in Arabidopsis [Plant Biology]
Arabidopsis seed development involves maternal small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that induce RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) through the NRPD1-mediated pathway. To investigate their biological functions, we characterized siRNAs in the endosperm and seed coat that were separated by laser-capture microdissection (LCM) in reciprocal genetic crosses with an nrpd1 mutant. We also…
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May fick ja till att försöka omförhandla Brexit
Det brittiska parlamentet säger nej till en hård Brexit. Däremot får Theresa May stöd för att göra ett försök att förhandla om utträdesavtalet med EU. Det finns dock ingenting som tyder på att EU ska gå med på att ändra gränsavtalet med Irland.
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Measuring forces of living cells and microorganisms
Novel technique to measure forces produced by microorganisms as they move without harming them hopes to shine light on how bacteria move.
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Measuring how arthritis patients respond to a common treatment
A new assay accurately measures how arthritis patients respond to treatment with the arthritis drug adalimumab, a finding that highlights potential strategies for predicting the drug's effectiveness in patients.
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Measuring stress around cells
Tissues and organs in the human body are shaped through forces generated by cells, that push and pull, to "sculpt" biological structures. Thanks to a new tool developed at McGill University, scientists will now be able to watch, and map these forces.
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Measuring stress around cells
Tissues and organs in the human body are shaped through forces generated by cells, that push and pull, to "sculpt" biological structures. Thanks to a new tool developed at McGill University, scientists will now be able to watch, and map these forces.
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Measuring stress around cells
Tissues and organs in the human body are shaped through forces generated by cells, that push and pull, to "sculpt" biological structures. Thanks to a new tool developed at McGill University, scientists will now be able to watch, and map these forces.
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Mechanical milling: a sustainable route to induce structural transformations in MoS2 for applications in the treatment of contaminated water
Mechanical milling: a sustainable route to induce structural transformations in MoS 2 for applications in the treatment of contaminated water Mechanical milling: a sustainable route to induce structural transformations in MoS 2 for applications in the treatment of contaminated water, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37798-8 Mechanical milling: a sustainable route to induc
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Meet IBM’s bleeding edge of quantum computing – With the Q System One, the tech titan’s grand promise of super-powerful computing takes a big step forward.
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Mental health disorders common following mild head injury
A new study reveals that approximately 1 in 5 individuals may experience mental health symptoms up to six months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), suggesting the importance of follow-up care for these patients. Scientists also identified factors that may increase the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or major depressive disorder following mild mTBI or concussion
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Mental health disorders common following mild head injury
A new study reveals that approximately 1 in 5 individuals may experience mental health symptoms up to six months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), suggesting the importance of follow-up care for these patients. Scientists also identified factors that may increase the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or major depressive disorder following mild mTBI or concussion
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Metastable asymmetrical structure of a shaftless V1 motor
V 1 -ATPase is an ATP-driven rotary motor that is composed of a ring-shaped A 3 B 3 complex and a central DF shaft. The nucleotide-free A 3 B 3 complex of Enterococcus hirae , composed of three identical A 1 B 1 heterodimers, showed a unique asymmetrical structure, probably due to the strong binding of the N-terminal barrel domain, which forms a crown structure. Here, we mutated the barrel region
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Microplastics cause mussels to lose their grip
Researchers warn of “cascading impacts on biodiversity”. Nick Carne reports.
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Millions of Americans are sleep deprived — and it's literally killing us
17 percent of all fatal car accidents are caused by sleep deprivation. Seven to 8 hours is recommended for adult humans, more for adolescents. About 1/3 of all adults are not getting at least seven hours of sleep each night. A lack of sleep is frequently seen as something that people simply need to "power through" in order to get things done, or cope with events happening in their lives, work dem
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Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked to Schizophrenia in Largest Study Yet
Two billion of us are already infected.
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Minst fem dödsfall kopplade till extremkylan i USA
I flera amerikanska delstater väntas de lägsta temperaturerna på flera generationer, med mer än 40 minusgrader. Minst fem personer har dött till följd av den extrema kylan som nu drar in över USA, rapporterar CNN.
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Miscanthus with improved winter-hardiness could benefit northern growers
For farmers, Miscanthus represents a big up-front investment. The large perennial grass must be established from vegetative pieces at great cost to farmers, but it promises a decade or more of massive biomass yields, starting in year two or three. If a cold winter happens to strike in the first year, however, all bets are off.
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Miscanthus with improved winter-hardiness could benefit northern growers
For farmers, Miscanthus represents a big up-front investment. The large perennial grass must be established from vegetative pieces at great cost to farmers, but it promises a decade or more of massive biomass yields, starting in year two or three. If a cold winter happens to strike in the first year, however, all bets are off.
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Miscanthus with improved winter-hardiness could benefit northern growers
The cold-sensitivity of Miscanthus, a perennial biomass crop, has limited its adoption in northern climes, but new research from the University of Illinois shows a way forward for would-be Miscanthus growers in cold regions.
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Misstänkt drogfyllerist togs av polis
En man som misstänks för drograttfylleri greps av polis sedan han kört in i en stolpe på Essingestråket i Stockholm på tisdagskvällen.
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Misstänkt mordförsök – person hittad skadad
En person har larmat polis efter att ha hört skott avlossas i Jakobsberg norr om Stockholm. En misstänkt skottskadad person har hittats på platsen.
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MIT Creates Lasers That Whisper in Your Ear
As a nice bonus, the laser won't burn your skin or eyes should you turn your head at the wrong moment. The post MIT Creates Lasers That Whisper in Your Ear appeared first on ExtremeTech .
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MIT is teaching a robot to beat you at Jenga
Technology Game night might never be the same. A game like Jenga seems simple, but provides a unique challenge for a robot.
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MIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga
Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line.
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MIT uses machine learning software to optimize solar farms with smart drones
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Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast
Genetic analysis of phenotypic differences between species is typically limited to interfertile species. Here, we conducted a genome-wide noncomplementation screen to identify genes that contribute to a major difference in thermal growth profile between two reproductively isolated yeast species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces uvarum . The screen identified only a single nuclear-encode
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Mitochondrial DNA and temperature tolerance in lager yeasts
A growing body of research suggests that the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is important for temperature adaptation. In the yeast genus Saccharomyces , species have diverged in temperature tolerance, driving their use in high- or low-temperature fermentations. Here, we experimentally test the role of mtDNA in temperature tolerance in synthetic and industrial hybrids ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Sac
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MIT's REXIS and Bennu's watery surface
After flying in space for more than two years, NASA's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) recently entered into orbit around its target, the asteroid Bennu. Asteroids like Bennu are considered to be leftover debris from the formation of our solar system. So, in the first mission of its kind flown by NASA, OSIRIS-REx is looki
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M-ledaren Ulf Kristersson tackade Jonas Sjöstedt
Ulf Kristersson överraskade i partiledardebatten med att tacka Jonas Sjöstedt. Han syftade på att V-ledaren släppt fram en regering som ska sänka värnskatten. – Att bli politiskt omsprungen på högerbanan av Jonas Sjöstedt, det var lite oväntat, säger M-ledaren.
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Modern humans replaced Neanderthals in southern Spain 44,000 years ago
The University of Cordoba, in collaboration with the University of Granada, participated in an international study published today in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, proving that Neanderthals were replaced by modern humans in southern Iberia 5,000 years before than previously thought
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Mordåtalad påstår sig veta som mördat kvinna
Under den andra dagen i rättegången för mordet på den unga afghanska kvinnan i Hökarängen 2016 hördes hennes man, den person som är misstänkt för brottet. I förhöret uppgav den åtalade att han vet vem som dödade kvinnan – något han inte kunnat säga tidigare på grund av en äktenskapsed.
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Most people overlook artificial intelligence despite flawless advice
A team of researchers including Dr. James Schaffer, scientist for RDECOM's Army Research Laboratory, the Army's corporate research laboratory (ARL) stationed at ARL West in Playa Vista, California, recently discovered that most people overlook artificial intelligence despite flawless advice. AI-like systems will be an integral part of the Army's strategy over the next five years, so system designe
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Movia: Hovedstadens Offentlige Transport vil suge pengene og forværre koordineringen
Uden yderligere midler, kapacitet og egentligt formål, kommer Hovedstadens Offentlige Transport i bedste fald til at erstatte en fungerende løsning, der dækker hele Sjælland, med en dårligere Københavnsk løsning. Og kommunerne risikerer at betale, lyder bekymringen fra Movia-formand.
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Music training, music aptitude, and speech perception [Letters (Online Only)]
In a paper published recently in PNAS, Mankel and Bidelman (1) challenge environmental accounts of associations between music training and speech perception. Such accounts claim that music training causes improvements in the neural encoding of speech and in performance on related behavioral tasks (e.g., speech-in-noise test) (2). On the one…
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Mutual interplay between IL-17-producing {gamma}{delta}T cells and microbiota orchestrates oral mucosal homeostasis [Immunology and Inflammation]
γδT cells are a major component of epithelial tissues and play a role in tissue homeostasis and host defense. γδT cells also reside in the gingiva, an oral tissue covered with specialized epithelium that continuously monitors the challenging dental biofilm. Whereas most research on intraepithelial γδT cells focuses on the…
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Mysterious human relatives moved into ‘penthouse’ Siberian cave 100,000 years earlier than thought
Detailed timeline shows how little-known Denisovans traded off with Neanderthals at cave
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Märklig skjorta till Antikrundan: ”Kan ha tillhört Karl XII”
Kanske är den blodiga skjortan det konstigaste föremål som Antikrundan kunnat visa upp. – Jag tror att den kan ha tillhört Karl XII, säger Svante Ståhl som har den i sin ägo.
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Mästarlagets ökenvandring fortsätter
Förra säsongens guldvinnare befinner sig just nu i en ökenvandring i SHL. 2–3 efter förlängning hemma mot Linköping innebar Växjös femte raka förlust.
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NASA Makes Last Ditch Effort to Contact Mars Opportunity Rover
Opportunity's Last Hope Last Martian summer, a dust storm blocked out the sun and grew until it enveloped the entire Red Planet. That left the Opportunity rover deprived of solar power and NASA lost contact with the robot. Now, after six months without a response, NASA is making a new, and potentially their last, effort to restore contact with the rover. The last contact that Opportunity had with
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NASA's NICER mission maps 'light echoes' of new black hole
Scientists have charted the environment surrounding a stellar-mass black hole that is 10 times the mass of the Sun using NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) aboard the International Space Station.
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Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations
Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07983-4 It is unclear whether the sequence and timing of early life neurodevelopme
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Neurokirurgisk klinik på Rigshospitalet får ny klinikchef
Morten Ziebell tiltræder som klinikchef i neurokirurgisk klinik på Rigshospitalet 1. februar. Han kommer fra en stilling som afdelingslæge samme sted.
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New 3D imaging technique reveals how pancreatic cancers start
A new technique to study tissue samples in 3D has revealed that pancreatic cancers can start and grow in two distinct ways, solving a decades-old mystery of how tumors form. The new method could help researchers to get more information from tissue biopsies and may lead to improved treatments for pancreatic cancers.
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New analysis methods facilitate the evaluation of complex engineering data
A further increase in the performance of supercomputers is expected over the next few years. So-called exascale computers will be able to deliver more precise simulations. This leads to considerably more data. Fraunhofer SCAI develops efficient data analysis methods for this purpose, which provide the engineer with detailed insights into the complex technical contexts.
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New findings about anti-malaria drug
Researchers have unveiled the molecular effectiveness of artemisinins. The findings could lead to drugs for diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and epilepsy.
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New heart valve modeling technique enables customized medical care for patients
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin develop noninvasive way to simulate repairs to the heart's mitral valve allowing surgeons to provide patient-specific treatments.
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New journal article calls for responsible use of herbicides by rice farmers in Africa
A new publication, led by experts from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI, University of Greenwich) and the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), calls for effective national regulatory capacities to monitor the import, marketing and use of herbicides in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the need for reliable information sources for smallholder farmers concerning proper and safe herbicide use.
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New journal article calls for responsible use of herbicides by rice farmers in Africa
A new publication, led by experts from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI, University of Greenwich) and the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), calls for effective national regulatory capacities to monitor the import, marketing and use of herbicides in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the need for reliable information sources for smallholder farmers concerning proper and safe herbicide use.
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New material could improve bone grafting
In a new article published in Tissue Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, researchers report the first use of poly(thioketal urethane) as an autologous graft extender in the technically demanding intertransverse process regeneration rabbit model.
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New scanning transmission electron microscopes for medical and materials research
Researchers in Ben McMorran's University of Oregon physics lab had a great 2018, publishing four papers about their efforts to bring new life to scanning transmission electron microscopes for medical and materials research.
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New strategy expands the benefits of Internet-delivered CBT
at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have experimented with a new adaptive treatment strategy for Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) that identifies patients within the first month who face a major risk of treatment failure. The results also suggest that such patients may nevertheless benefit if their treatment is adjusted to accommodate their specific needs and challenges.
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New strategy expands the benefits of Internet-delivered CBT
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have experimented with a new adaptive treatment strategy for Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) that identifies patients within the first month who face a major risk of treatment failure. Published in the scientific journal American Journal of Psychiatry, the results also suggest that such patients may nevertheless benefit if their
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New studies reveal deep history of archaic humans in southern Siberia
Oxford University scientists have played a key role in new research identifying the earliest evidence of some of the first known humans — Denisovans and Neanderthals, in southern Siberia.
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New study sheds light on illegal wildlife trade in Hong Kong
A study focusing on the type and volume of seizures relating to illegal wildlife trade in Hong Kong over the last five years, documented in the report, 'Trading in Extinction: The Dark Side of Hong Kong's Wildlife Trade,' illustrate the city's central role in global wildlife trafficking and the extent and nature of the associated criminality. It identifies clearly, how future policy and enforcemen
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New study shows how vegans, vegetarians and omnivores feel about eating insects
Many non-vegan vegetarians and omnivores are open to including insects in their diet. For vegans, however, that is not an option, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Researchers examined consumers' intentions to consume foods of insect origin among vegans, non-vegan vegetarians and omnivores. They examined the attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and food n
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New target for gastric cancer therapies
Researchers have uncovered new information about the underlying mechanisms for gastric cancer, providing hope of potential new therapies in the future.
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Newborns can isolate words from speech
Research suggests it may be an innate ability. Natalie Parletta reports.
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Next-generation muscle-directed gene therapy by in silico vector design
Next-generation muscle-directed gene therapy by in silico vector design Next-generation muscle-directed gene therapy by in silico vector design, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08283-7 Adeno-associated viral vectors (AAV) are being developed for gene therapy of skeletal muscle, but it is a challenge to achieve robust gene expression. Here, the authors identify muscle-spe
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Neymar skadad – borta tio veckor
Det har hittills varit oklart hur allvarlig skada Neymar ådragit sig efter cupmötet mot Strasbourg. Nu kommer beskedet, brasilianaren blir borta tio veckor. Men PSG:s stjärna slipper operera sin fotskada, meddelar klubben.
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NIH-supported scientists develop tool to measure success of HIV cure strategies
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new assay to accurately and easily count the cells that comprise the HIV reservoir, the stubborn obstacle to an HIV cure. This advance will enable researchers who are trying to eliminate the HIV reservoir to clearly understand whether their strategies are working. The research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy
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NMR portas från träningslokal i Nacka
Kommunledningen i Nacka reagerar starkt på att nazistiska NMR har hyrt en träningslokal i kommunen. I lokalen har de bland annat tränat strid med kniv. – Vi håller på och upprättar en polisanmälan, säger Gunilla Grudevall-Steen (L) till DN.
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NMR tränar strid med kniv i kommunal lokal
Nazistiska Nordiska motståndsrörelsen (NMR) hyr en träningslokal av Nacka kommun där de bland annat tränar strid med kniv, enligt Expo – något som Svenska Dagbladet rapporterar om. Träningslokalen används flitigt av idrottsföreningar och många aktiviteter riktar sig mot barn i skolåldern.
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No wonder fox hunting is still prevalent – the ban is designed to fail British wildlife
Despite overwhelming public opposition and a longstanding ban, fox hunting shows no signs of abating in the UK. The 2018 hunt season alone saw 550 reports of illegal hunting, though these figures only represent known incidents.
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No wonder fox hunting is still prevalent – the ban is designed to fail British wildlife
Despite overwhelming public opposition and a longstanding ban, fox hunting shows no signs of abating in the UK. The 2018 hunt season alone saw 550 reports of illegal hunting, though these figures only represent known incidents.
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North America’s oldest boreal trees are more efficient water users due to increased [CO2], but do not grow faster [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]
Due to anthropogenic emissions and changes in land use, trees are now exposed to atmospheric levels of [CO2] that are unprecedented for 650,000 y [Lüthi et al. (2008) Nature 453:379–382] (thousands of tree generations). Trees are expected to acclimate by modulating leaf–gas exchanges and alter water use efficiency which may…
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Novel autism mouse model based on an epigenetic gene developed
In a study published Jan. 17, 2019 in Translational Psychiatry, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe how, in a novel mouse model, epigenetic regulation negatively impacts a downstream gene specifically involved in neurodevelopment and associated behaviors.
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Nu måste SVT:s drama queen slåss om de bästa tv-serierna
Tiden när SVT kunde välja och vraka bland de svenska tv-serieprojekten är förbi. Nu får dramachefen Anna Croneman konkurrera med strömningstjänster och kommersiella tv-hus om de bästa idéerna. DN kan också avslöja SVT:s tv-serieplaner för de närmaste åren.
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Ny browserkrig? Dansk Microsoft-ansat: Mozilla, kom ned fra elfensbenstårnet
Mozilla kritiserede Microsoft for fremover at basere Edge-browseren på Chromium. Nu svarer danskeren med ansvar for Microsofts webudviklingsværktøjer tilbage.
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Ny lægefaglig direktør til Regionshospital Nordjylland
Ledende overlæge Thomas Larsen bliver ny lægefaglig direktør for Regionshospital Nordjylland.
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Nytt målrekord i VM-kvalet i innebandy – krossade Frankrike
Sveriges innebandydamer var helt överlägset Frankrike när lagen möttes i VM-kvalet i polska Gdansk.
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Obesity prevention interventions needed beyond preschool
A Rutgers study has found a need for early childhood obesity prevention interventions beyond preschool education settings.
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Offentligt ansatte tager for let på it-sikkerhed
Andelen af offentligt ansatte der nogen gange undlader at følge informationssikkerhedsreglerne stiger, melder DKCert.
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Once-abundant sea stars imperiled by disease along West Coast
Ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to research co-led by the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University.
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Once-abundant sea stars imperiled by disease along West Coast
The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to research co-led by the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University published Jan. 30 in the journal Science Advances.
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One rogue agent suffices for genomic chaos
One rogue agent suffices for genomic chaos One rogue agent suffices for genomic chaos, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00260-4 Genetic instability is a hallmark of cancer cells, and occurs when genes required for genomic maintenance are inactivated. It emerges that altering just one of the two copies of certain genes can drive genetic instability in yeast.
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Onset of differentiation is post-transcriptionally controlled in adult neural stem cells
Onset of differentiation is post-transcriptionally controlled in adult neural stem cells Onset of differentiation is post-transcriptionally controlled in adult neural stem cells, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0888-x Sequencing of total and ribosome-associated mRNAs enables identification of specific mRNAs that are differentially translationally regulated along the neur
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Opioid epidemic fueling a rise in infection-related stroke
The opioid epidemic is fueling a steep rise in infection-related stroke hospitalizations. Injecting opioids, such as heroin, can introduce bacteria into the body which travels through the bloodstream to infect heart valves. Clumps of infected tissue can break off and travel to the brain, resulting in stroke.
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Osbourne sjuk – ställer in Sverigespelning
Hårdrocksikonen Ozzy Osbourne ställer in sin konsert på Tele2 arena i Stockholm 22 februari.
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Oslotullen hittade kokain i konserver
Oslotullen har gjort två anmärkningsvärda kokainbeslag den senaste tiden. En kvinna som kom med flyg från Nederländerna hade flera kilo i bagaget, och en man som tog tåget från Stockholm hade med sig över 800 gram.
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P120C solid rocket motor tested for use on Vega-C
The first qualification model of the P120C solid-fuel motor, configured for Vega-C, was static fired yesterday on the test stand at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Partiledarna drabbar samman i nytt landskap
Mandatperiodens första partiledardebatt i riksdagen hålls i ett nytt politiskt landskap. Borgerligheten är nu splittrad. En partiledare gör sin sista debatt, en annan sin första. – Vi kommer att utgöra en kraftfull opposition, utlovar debutanten Ebba Busch Thor (KD).
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Pentagon makes move towards development of micro nuclear reactors
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People are seeking sperm donors online, but are the risks worth it?
Meeting your sperm donor offers a more personal experience, but the medical and legal complications might outweigh the benefits
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Per capita carbon emissions must fall to 1955 levels
Per capita carbon emissions must fall to 1955 levels Per capita carbon emissions must fall to 1955 levels, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00325-4 Per capita carbon emissions must fall to 1955 levels
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Personligt anpassad internet-kbt hjälper fler
Den nya vårdmodellen visar att man en knapp månad in i vägledd internet-KBT kan hitta patienter där risken är stor att behandlingen inte kommer att hjälpa. Vad testet också vusar är att även dessa patienter kan bli hjälpta om man anpassar deras internet-KBT efter patientens specifika behov och svårigheter med att genomföra behandlingen. Kognitiv beteendeterapi (KBT) över internet är en effektiv b
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Peter Jackson gör dokumentär om The Beatles
Beatles har slagit sig samman med Peter Jackson, regissören bakom ”Sagan om ringen”-filmerna, för att göra en dokumentär om bandets sista dagar. Filmen utgår från 55 timmar av aldrig tidigare släppt rörligt material, inspelat mellan 2 och 31 januari, 1969. Höjdpunkten är den sista spelning bandet gör på sitt företag Apple corps tak, för exakt 50 år sedan.
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Photochemical degradation affects the light absorption of water-soluble brown carbon in the South Asian outflow
Light-absorbing organic aerosols, known as brown carbon (BrC), counteract the overall cooling effect of aerosols on Earth’s climate. The spatial and temporal dynamics of their light-absorbing properties are poorly constrained and unaccounted for in climate models, because of limited ambient observations. We combine carbon isotope forensics ( 13 C) with measurements of light absorption in a concep
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PKG1-modified TSC2 regulates mTORC1 activity to counter adverse cardiac stress
PKG1-modified TSC2 regulates mTORC1 activity to counter adverse cardiac stress PKG1-modified TSC2 regulates mTORC1 activity to counter adverse cardiac stress, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0895-y Phosphorylation of one of two adjacent serine residues in TSC2 is both required and sufficient for PKG1-mediated cardiac protection against pressure overload in mice; these se
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Planting workshop raises spirits of women in prison
A short houseplant-potting workshop can improve the mood of women in prison, according to a new small study. But there’s more to it than that, researchers say. To the women who participated, the one-hour activity was a respite, a little slice of nature they got to bring back to their cells. The results of that experience, says Barb Toews, assistant professor of criminal justice in the social work
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Plants and animals sometimes take genes from bacteria, study of algae suggests
About 1% of genes in some red algae come from bacteria
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Pluripotency and X chromosome dynamics revealed in pig pre-gastrulating embryos by single cell analysis
Pluripotency and X chromosome dynamics revealed in pig pre-gastrulating embryos by single cell analysis Pluripotency and X chromosome dynamics revealed in pig pre-gastrulating embryos by single cell analysis, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08387-8 Lineage segregation from conception to gastrulation has been mapped at the single cell level in mouse, human and monkey. Her
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Podcast Recap (January 2018): Honoring the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples and a Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication
The Psychology Podcast recap for January 2019 — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Podcast: Women of the periodic table, and harvesting energy from Wi-Fi
Podcast: Women of the periodic table, and harvesting energy from Wi-Fi Podcast: Women of the periodic table, and harvesting energy from Wi-Fi, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00354-z Hear the latest science news, brought to you by Benjamin Thompson and Noah Baker.
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Pojke begärs häktad efter knivskärning i Västerås
En pojke begärs häktad efter ett bråk på en ungdomsgård i Västerås i lördags kväll, där två pojkar knivhöggs. Han är på sannolika skäl misstänkt för mordförsök.
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Pojke tände på polismans brevlåda
En 15-årig pojke ville hämnas på en polis, sedan de träffat på varandra då polisen var i tjänst. Pojken hällde bensin i polismannens brevlåda, och kastade i en smällare, rapporterar Piteå-Tidningen.
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Polis söker hjälp från släktforskare
Polisen i region Syd ska skicka dna-prover till ett släktforskningsregister i hopp om att få klarhet i en mördad mans identitet. Det är första gången polisen använder metoden, men det kommer av allt att döma att bli vanligare i samband med grova brott.
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Polisen ska använda släktforskares dna
Polismyndighetens rättsavdelning har utrett frågan sedan i höstas. I dag kom beslutet om att testa metoden. – I samråd med polisen tar vi fram något eller några ärenden som vi testkör under våren, säger Ricky Ansell, genetiker på Nationellt forensiskt centrum i Linköping. Han vill inte avslöja vilka fall det handlar om, men säger att metoden bara kommer att användas vid de allra grövsta brotten so
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Pollution prompts Bangkok to close schools for the week – Classes in over 400 Bangkok schools have been canceled due to worsening air pollution
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Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Modern agriculture's large monoculture fields grow a lot of corn and soybeans, planted annually. The outputs from row crops can be measured both in dollars paid in the market and also in non-market costs, known as externalities. Soil, nutrients, groundwater, pollinators, wildlife diversity, and habitat (among other things) can be lost when crop yields are maximized.
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Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Modern agriculture's outputs can be measured both in dollars paid in the market and also in non-market costs, known as externalities. Soil, nutrients, groundwater, pollinators, wildlife diversity, and habitat (among other things) can be lost when crop yields are maximized. Now it appears that prairie strips have an extraordinary power to change this pattern.
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Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Modern agriculture's outputs can be measured both in dollars paid in the market and also in non-market costs, known as externalities. Soil, nutrients, groundwater, pollinators, wildlife diversity, and habitat (among other things) can be lost when crop yields are maximized.Now it appears that prairie strips have an extraordinary power to change this pattern.
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Praktiserende læger: Almen medicin skal fylde mere på medicinstudiet
Sundhedsreformens markante løft i antallet af intro- og hoveduddannelsesforløb i almen medicin, får nu PLO, DSAM og en række undervisere i almen medicin til at genrejse kritikken af, at almen medicin fylder for lidt undervejs på selve medicinstudiet.
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Pregnancy-related stroke more common among black women
The risk of pregnancy-related stroke is much higher among black women than among white women.
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Presidents medarbetare dömd för falska ”gillanden”
En nära medarbetare till Sydkoreas president Moon Jae-In har dömts till två års fängelse för att ha publicerat falska ”gillanden” på Moons nätinlägg under presidentvalkampanjen. Medarbetaren dömdes för brott mot en datalag.
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Professor from IKBFU develops new type of genomic screening in order to produce new medicine
Prof. Dr Mikhail Yakimov, a researcher from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, together with his colleagues from the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Norwegian Research Centre NORCE AS, School of Natural Sciences of CEU San Pablo University and Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry in Madrid (Spain), has conducted a study of universal transaminase enzymes. These ferments are inv
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Progress against hepatitis C by 2030 is possible
A comprehensive package of prevention, screening, and treatment interventions could avert 15.1 million new hepatitis C infections and 1.5 million cirrhosis and liver cancer deaths globally by 2030 — equal to an 80 percent reduction in incidence and a 60 percent reduction in deaths compared with 2015, according to the first study to model hepatitis C interventions globally.
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Proper use of cell lines in biomedical studies
Using Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) helps reduce the improper use of cell lines in biomedical studies, according to a new study.
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Protect Madagascar’s national parks from pillage
Protect Madagascar’s national parks from pillage Protect Madagascar’s national parks from pillage, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00322-7 Protect Madagascar’s national parks from pillage
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PU.1 controls fibroblast polarization and tissue fibrosis
PU.1 controls fibroblast polarization and tissue fibrosis PU.1 controls fibroblast polarization and tissue fibrosis, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0896-x The transcription factor PU.1 is an essential regulator of the pro-fibrotic gene expression program in fibroblasts; PU.1 expression is upregulated in various fibrotic diseases, whereas inactivation of PU.1 induces reg
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Puerto Rico's 'fear lab' mentors neuroscience rigor amid diversity
A lineage of young neuroscientists from diverse backgrounds trace their scientific roots to a 'fear lab' in Puerto Rico that the National Institutes of Health has been supporting for two decades. A crucible for studies of fear extinction, the lab has so far published 80 papers — some the first ever from Puerto Rico for certain journals. Of 130 trainees to date, 90 percent are from Puerto Rico and
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Quantification of reaction cycle parameters for an essential molecular switch in an auxin-responsive transcription circuit in rice [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Protein-based molecular switches play critical roles in biological processes. The importance of the prolyl cis−trans switch is underscored by the ubiquitous presence of peptidyl prolyl isomerases such as cyclophilins that accelerate the intrinsically slow isomerization rate. In rice, a tryptophan−proline (W-P) cis−trans switch in transcription repressor protein OsIAA11 along with…
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Quantitative monitoring of the cytoplasmic release of NCp7 proteins from individual HIV-1 viral cores during the early steps of infection
Quantitative monitoring of the cytoplasmic release of NCp7 proteins from individual HIV-1 viral cores during the early steps of infection Quantitative monitoring of the cytoplasmic release of NCp7 proteins from individual HIV-1 viral cores during the early steps of infection, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37150-0 Quantitative monitoring of the cytoplasmic release of NC
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R&b-stjärnan James Ingram är död
Den amerikanske artisten James Ingram har avlidit, 66 år gammal, rapporterar flera amerikanska medier.
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Radiation leaks at Japan plutonium lab, no workers exposed
A Japanese state-run nuclear fuel laboratory near Tokyo has detected a radiation leak in its plutonium handling facility, but no workers were exposed.
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Rams vs. Patriots: Citizen Science Projects with the Science Cheerleaders
We're highlighting five citizen science projects, recommended by Science Cheerleaders: current and former NFL and NBA cheerleaders pursuing science careers. These SciCheers hail from L.A. and Boston. Our editors included a project for all the fans traveling to Atlanta for the big game! Cheers! The SciStarter Team Hilary from Boston Picks: Mission: Starlight (UV Protection) Samantha, an engineer an
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RCSI researchers develop new treatment for bone infection using copper-rich glass implant
A team of researchers led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), have developed a new treatment for the particularly difficult-to-treat bone infection, osteomyelitis.
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Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman
What does it take to build a national movement? In a captivating conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Marian Wright Edelman reflects on her path to founding the Children's Defense Fund in 1973 — from the early influence of growing up in the segregated American South to her activism with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — and shares how growing older has only made her more radical.
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Region Sjælland beskylder sundhedsminister for at bruge forkerte tal om hjertestop
Det er misvisende, når sundhedsministeren bruger forkerte tal til at beskrive dødeligheden for hjertestop. Det gør en hel region utryg, mener regionsrådsformand.
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi remains top car group
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance narrowly held onto its place as the top seller of cars last year despite the spectacular arrest of its boss Carlos Ghosn, figures showed Wednesday, beating Volkswagen and Toyota.
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Reply to Rajendran and Schnupp: Frequency tagging is sensitive to the temporal structure of signals [Letters (Online Only)]
In PNAS, we (1) report that neural responses to musical rhythms conveyed by low-frequency sounds are characterized by greater relative prominence of beat and meter frequencies in EEG amplitude spectra. Rajendran and Schnupp (2) challenge whether this prominence is indicative of selective locking to the beat and meter periodicities. Greater…
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Reply to Schellenberg: Is there more to auditory plasticity than meets the ear? [Letters (Online Only)]
In our article (1) on nature-vs.-nurture effects of auditory plasticity, we challenge long-held assumptions on the neural benefits of musical training by showing that inherent auditory skills might account for de novo enhancements in speech processing. Our study revealed that formal music experience is unnecessary to enhance the brain’s encoding…
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Report: Americans got 26.3 billion robocalls last year, up 46 percent from 2017
We’re getting so many unwanted robocalls, many of us are refusing to answer the phone.
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Research reveals new molecular player in heart enlargement due to cardiac disease
In response to conditions such as high blood pressure and reduced blood flow to cardiac muscle, the heart can drastically enlarge (pathological hypertrophy), which preserves cardiac function in the short term but predisposes patients to intractable heart failure and sudden cardiac death if left untreated. Now, UNC School of Medicine researchers discovered the RNA-binding protein Lin28a is a crucia
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Researchers address challenges of curating ancient biomolecules
University of Oklahoma researchers, led by Courtney Hofman and Rita Austin, in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, are addressing the challenges of curating ancient biomolecules and working toward the development and dissemination of best practices. In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hofman and her collaborators su
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Researchers call for big data infrastructure to support future of personalized medicine
Researchers from the George Washington University, the US Food and Drug Administration, and industry leaders published in PLOS Biology, describing a standardized communication method for researchers performing high-throughput sequencing called BioCompute.
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Researchers create visual guide to identify invasive self-cloning tick
Rutgers researchers and other scientists have created a visual guide to help identify and control the Asian longhorned tick, which transmits a fatal human disease in its native countries and threatens livestock in the United States.
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Researchers decipher electrical conductivity in doped organic semiconductors
Organic semiconductors enable the fabrication of large-scale printed and mechanically flexible electronics applications, and have already successfully established themselves on the market for displays in the form of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In order to break into other market segments, improvements in performance are still needed.
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Researchers develop new approach for vanquishing superbugs
A scientific team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic has developed a new way to identify second-line antibiotics that may be effective in killing germs already resistant to a first-line antibiotic — potentially helping overcome antibiotic resistance. This new research provides an approach clinicians could consult when deciding which antibiotic treatment c
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Researchers develop new treatment for bone infection using copper-rich glass implant
A team of researchers led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), have developed a new treatment for the particularly difficult-to-treat bone infection, osteomyelitis.
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Researchers develop new treatment for bone infection using copper-rich glass implant
A team of researchers led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), have developed a new treatment for the particularly difficult-to-treat bone infection, osteomyelitis.
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Researchers find antidepressants significantly raise risk of GI, intracranial bleeding
Nearly 13 percent of Americans 12 years and older take an antidepressant, and SSRIs are among the most frequently prescribed because they are relatively low-cost, effective and safe. However, patients taking these drugs are 40 percent more likely to develop severe gastrointestinal bleeding, particularly when they also use common over-the-counter pain relievers.
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Researchers wing it in mimicking evolution to discover best shape for flight
A team of mathematicians has determined the ideal wing shape for fast flapping flight — a discovery that offers promise for better methods for harvesting energy from water as well as for enhancing air speed.
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River levels tracked from space
The 4,300 kilometer Mekong River is a lifeline for Southeast Asia. If this mighty river system bursts its banks, flooding can affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. A new method developed by a team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) makes it possible to monitor complex river basins using satellite data only.
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RNA-seq of HaHV-1-infected abalones reveals a common transcriptional signature of Malacoherpesviruses
RNA-seq of HaHV-1-infected abalones reveals a common transcriptional signature of Malacoherpesviruses RNA-seq of HaHV-1-infected abalones reveals a common transcriptional signature of Malacoherpesviruses , Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36433-w RNA-seq of HaHV-1-infected abalones reveals a common transcriptional signature of Malacoherpesviruses
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Road proximity may boost songbird nest success in tropics
In the world's temperate regions, proximity to roads usually reduces the reproductive success of birds, thanks to predators that gravitate toward habitat edges. However, the factors affecting bird nest success are much less studied in the tropics — so does this pattern hold true? New research shows that interactions between roads, nesting birds, and their predators may unfold differently in South
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Robin Olsens mardröm – släppte in sju mål
Oj, vilken mardröm. Med Robin Olsen i mål förlorade Roma på onsdagskvällen kvartsfinalen i cupen mot Fiorentina med hela 7–1.
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Rutgers researchers contribute to visual guide to identify invasive self-cloning tick
Rutgers researchers and other scientists have created a visual guide to help identify and control the Asian longhorned tick, which transmits a fatal human disease in its native countries and threatens livestock in the United States.
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Rymdens chockvågor i detalj
Det menar Andreas Johlander, doktorand vid Institutet för rymdfysik, IRF, och Uppsala universitet, som fokuserat sin forskning på chockvågor i plasma runt jorden. – Jag har studerat chockvågors struktur och hur joner rör sig genom chocken. Med mätningar från Cluster och framförallt MMS är det möjligt att studera chockvågor i rymden på mycket små skalor, säger Andreas Johlander. Solen skickar hela
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Rysk mordmisstänkt politiker greps i överhuset
En rysk politiker har gripits misstänkt för dubbelmord mitt under en session i federationsrådet (överhuset i parlamentet). Rauf Arashukov greps efter att polis och åklagare oväntat dykt upp och anklagat honom för morden.
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Rättspsykiatrisk undersökning före dom efter knivdåd i Husby
En 24-årig man som åtalats för mord sedan han knivskar en annan man till döds vid en basketplan i Husby i norra Stockholm ska genomgå en rättspsykiatrisk undersökning innan dom meddelas, har rätten beslutat.
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Samsung Breaks Terabyte Threshold for Smartphone Storage with Industry’s First 1TB Embedded Universal Flash Storage
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San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city – Would become first city in the nation to ban the tech
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Sanna: En i varje ben
Kåseri. När Stockholm attackeras av utsocknes tar jag alltid staden i försvar.
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Satsning på grön el kan skapa miljontals nya jobb i Afrika
En ny storsatsning på utbyggnad av förnybar energi hoppas kunna ge jobb åt arbetslösa unga afrikaner. Mer än 600 miljoner människor på den afrikanska kontinenten saknar el.
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Sauropods had fancy footwork
Moroccan footprints reveal surprising flexibility. Nick Carne reports.
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School suspensions don't stop violence – they help students celebrate it
When school officials suspend students, the idea is to maintain a safe environment and deter violence and other problematic behavior on the school campus.
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Scientists find way to help fuel cells work better, stay clean in the cold
In a study to publish in Nature on January 31, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) report advances in the development of hydrogen fuel cells that could increase its application in vehicles, especially in extreme temperatures like cold winters.
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Scientists generate power through radio waves, raising the possibility of battery-free technology
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Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.
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Scientists Prepare for Mission to Europa – NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft could launch as early as 2023 to investigate one of the solar system’s most mysterious moons
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Scientists use microorganism to fabricate functional bacterial cellulose in situ
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a cellulose material produced by microbial fermentation with a unique porous network structure. Functionalized BC has application prospects in many fields, such as chemical sensing, biological imaging, and oil adsorption.
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Scientists use microorganism to fabricate functional bacterial cellulose in situ
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a cellulose material produced by microbial fermentation with a unique porous network structure. Functionalized BC has application prospects in many fields, such as chemical sensing, biological imaging, and oil adsorption.
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Scientists use Nobel-prize winning chemistry for clean energy breakthrough
Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles. The researchers have translated a biological technique to reveal atomic scale chemistry in metal nanoparticles. These materials are one of the most effective catalysts for energy converting
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Scientists use Nobel-prize winning chemistry for clean energy breakthrough
Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.The researchers have translated a biological technique, which won the 2017 Nobel Chemistry Prize, to reveal atomic scale chemistry in metal nanoparticles. These materials are one of the most
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Scouts’ Log Update: Quickreap and Autolog
We’re updating Scouts’ Log to improve the process of Reaping. These changes are: A new entry page will pop up every time you reap or flag a cube – Scouts and Scythes no longer need to make an entry before reaping. Dropdown menus for issue flags have been replaced with clickable tags. You can select multiple buttons to indicate multiple issues with a cube. Some unessential information has been rem
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Sea fireflies
Evolution is a rich and dynamic process. Species respond to pressures in a variety of ways, most of which reduce to finding food, avoiding becoming someone else's food and attracting a mate. To solve that last one the animal kingdom is replete with fantastic, bizarre and mesmerizing adaptions. The bioluminescent courtship displays of ostracods may encapsulate all three.
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Seagate's officially licensed PS4 game drive adds 2TB storage – CNET
For those who want branding and aesthetic uniformity from their external hard drives.
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Seas may be rising faster than thought
A new study questions the reliability of how sea-level rise in low-lying coastal areas such as southern Louisiana is measured and suggests that the current method underestimates the severity of the problem.
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SEB bjuder på extra aktieutdelning
Bankkoncernen SEB bjuder aktieägarna på en extra utdelning sedan resultatet stigit rejält till följd av extraintäkter från försäljningen av en dansk pensionsrörelse och kreditupplysningsföretaget UC.
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Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours
Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0871-y Adding reactive gases such as isoprene to mixtures lowers the production of secondary organic aerosol in the atmosphere, thus reducing the atmospheric particulate burden, with implications for huma
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Sexing ancient cremated human remains is possible through skeletal measurements
Ancient cremated human remains, despite being deformed, still retain sexually diagnostic physical features, according to a study released January 30, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Claudio Cavazzuti of Durham University, UK and colleagues. The authors provide a statistical approach for identifying traits that distinguish male and female remains within a population.
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Shellfish could revolutionize human health research
Shellfish like oysters and mussels have the potential to revolutionize human health research, according to a new article. The study reveals how using bivalves as model organisms offers numerous promising avenues for medical research — from pharmaceutical development to bone regeneration.
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Siberian cave reveals secrets of its mysterious Denisovan inhabitants
Denisova cave in Siberia was home to an ancient group of humans – and now we get a glimpse of some of the beautiful artefacts they left behind
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Siemens boss blasts EU over Alstom rail merger
Joe Kaeser, chief executive of German conglomerate Siemens, launched Wednesday a rare broadside against the European Commission, complaining that "backwards-looking technocrats" threatened to block a planned rail merger with France's Alstom.
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Signalling protein protects the heart muscle from pressure-related stress
Signalling protein protects the heart muscle from pressure-related stress Signalling protein protects the heart muscle from pressure-related stress, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00245-3 If blood flow from the heart is impeded, the pressure created causes tissue dysfunction. It emerges that different signals converge on the TSC2 and mTOR proteins to fine-tune the respo
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Sjöström kan få tävla om EM-medaljer på hemmaplan
Svenska simförbundets planer på att arrangera ett internationellt mästerskap i Sverige för första gången på över 20 år tar allt fastare form. – Tanken är att vi ska försöka få hit ett kortbane-EM, och troligtvis kommer det i så fall att avgöras i Stockholm, säger Dennis Fredriksson som är ansvarig för förbundets internationella tävling Swim Open.
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Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks—here's why they need protection
The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the Clean Water Act: "Waters of the United States." This deceptively simple phrase describes which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies qualify for federal protection under the law.
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Smart solar street lights spreading, sensing and reporting far more than you might imagine
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Smart, self-powered knee implants could reduce number of knee replacement surgeries
Smart knee implants may soon be a reality. Implants can provide doctors with regular activity updates and are powered by the patient's movement.
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SM-guld till överlägsen Halfvarsson
Calle Halfvarsson tog en överlägsen seger på 15 kilometer klassiskt när skid-SM inleddes på onsdagen.
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SNAPSHOT: Fruit Fly Brain Captured With New 3-D Imaging Tech
The brain of a fruit fly is captured here using a new, large-scale 3-D imaging technique developed by a multi-institutional group of researchers led by MIT and Harvard University. The method is shockingly fast, and millions of synapses can be analyzed in just a few days. That's much faster than previously possible. The technique makes use of expanding brain tissue and what’s called lattice light-s
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So far 2019 has set 33 records for heat, but none for cold
While North America is gripped by a polar vortex, no cold records have been broken. Meanwhile, 33 records for heat have been set this month in the southern hemisphere
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Solceller kan kobles på vindmøllers infrastruktur med minimalt tab
PLUS. Nye beregninger fra vind- og soludvikleren European Energy viser, at det ikke kræver ekstra transformerkapacitet at koble solcelleanlæg på eksisterende vindkraft-infrastruktur – men lovgivningen står i vejen.
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Some gut cells slow down metabolism, accelerate cardiovascular disease
Researchers have discovered how specific cells in the guts of mice slow down metabolism and eventually contribute to obesity, diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. The findings, scientists say, could have important implications for the prevention and treatment of these kinds of metabolic diseases in humans.
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Some gut cells slow down metabolism, accelerate cardiovascular disease
Researchers have discovered how specific cells in the guts of mice slow down metabolism and eventually contribute to obesity, diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. The findings, scientists say, could have important implications for the prevention and treatment of these kinds of metabolic diseases in humans. The study was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the Na
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South African-Scottish research team demonstrate fractal light from lasers
Reporting this month in Physical Review A, a Wits University research team provide the first experimental evidence for fractal light from simple lasers and add a new prediction, that the fractal light should exist in 3D and not just 2D as previously thought.
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Spanish elites rally in support of data manipulation
Carlos Lopez-Otin was forced to retract EIGHT papers in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, right after he retracted a very important paper in Nature Cell Biology. Spanish elites cry foul, a letter signed by 50 Spanish researchers was sent to JBC to prevent retractions. The ringleader is Juan Valcarcel of CRG in Barcelona, and I release 3 incompetent investigative reports Valcarcel commissioned i
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Species coexistence through competition and rapid evolution [Commentaries]
With nature “red in tooth and claw” (1), how do so many species coexist? Why do some species not outcompete the others to extinction? This is a question that has long fascinated ecologists and evolutionary biologists (2), especially given the incredible diversity of seemingly similar species in tropical forests or…
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Sproget på Facebook smitter ikke af på stilen i skolen
Smitter unge menneskers til tider afslappede stil på Facebook af på deres måde at skrive…
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Stimulus complexity shapes response correlations in primary visual cortex [Neuroscience]
Spike count correlations (SCCs) are ubiquitous in sensory cortices, are characterized by rich structure, and arise from structured internal dynamics. However, most theories of visual perception treat contributions of neurons to the representation of stimuli independently and focus on mean responses. Here, we argue that, in a functional model of…
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Storage of nuclear waste a 'global crisis': report
Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday.
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Strange Marine Creature Resembles a Reptilian Platypus
Small eyes and decorative plates make this Triassic creature stand out — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Stratification of reactivity determines nitrate removal in groundwater [Environmental Sciences]
Biogeochemical reactions occur unevenly in space and time, but this heterogeneity is often simplified as a linear average due to sparse data, especially in subsurface environments where access is limited. For example, little is known about the spatial variability of groundwater denitrification, an important process in removing nitrate originating from…
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Streaming chill vibes? Spotify data says the season is the reason
Our music choices are influenced by season and time of day, and differ by gender, age, and geography, according to a new study.
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Stroke risk factors increase among breast cancer survivors
Risk factors for stroke rise sharply in post-menopausal women in the first year after they are diagnosed with breast cancer, according to preliminary research.
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Stroke risk factors on the rise in Native-Americans
Stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and smoking are common and on the rise among Native-Americans with clot-caused stroke.
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Stroke survivors' beliefs seem to reduce blood pressure
Stroke survivors who believe they can protect themselves from having another stroke had more than twice the blood pressure reduction of nonbelievers, according to preliminary research.
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Structural colors, without the shimmer
Structural colors, like those found in some butterflies' wings, birds' feathers and beetles' backs, resist fading because they don't absorb light like dyes and pigments. However, the iridescence that enhances their beauty in nature is not always desirable for some applications, such as paints, color displays or printer inks. Now, researchers have developed a new method to produce structural colors
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Structural colors, without the shimmer
Structural colors, like those found in some butterflies' wings, birds' feathers and beetles' backs, resist fading because they don't absorb light like dyes and pigments. However, the iridescence that enhances their beauty in nature is not always desirable for some applications, such as paints, color displays or printer inks. Now, researchers have developed a new method to produce structural colors
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Structural colors, without the shimmer
Structural colors, like those found in some butterflies' wings, birds' feathers and beetles' backs, resist fading because they don't absorb light like dyes and pigments. However, the iridescence that enhances their beauty in nature is not always desirable for some applications, such as paints, color displays or printer inks. Now, researchers have developed a new method to produce structural colors
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Study examines barriers to exercise experienced by dialysis patients
Patients undergoing dialysis experience various barriers to exercise — predominately fatigue, shortness of breath, and weakness. Patients were primarily interested in exercise as a mechanism to improve quality of life as opposed to reduce heart disease and hospitalization.
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Study of the universe could help improve global security
A major research project between the UK and US to harness existing particle physics research techniques in order to remotely monitor nuclear reactors has been launched with the help of scientists at the University of Sheffield.
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Study reveals how brain tumors escape the effects of antiangiogenic drugs
A study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Cyprus reveals details of a way the dangerous brain tumors called glioblastomas resist the effects of antiangiogenic drugs designed to cut off their blood supply, identifying what may be a new treatment target.
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Study shows dangerous bee virus might be innocent bystander
Researchers at the University of Sydney have found that the relationship between the Varroa mite and virulence of a virus of honey bees, has been misunderstood. The study challenges the long-held belief that the parasitic Varroa mite transmits the deformed wing virus of honeybees and in doing so changes the virus to make it more virulent and deadly. Research published today concludes that this bel
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Study shows global warming likely a factor in decline of glass eel
A team of researchers at Universidade de Lisboa has found evidence that suggests global warming is playing a role in the sharp decline of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)—known more commonly as the glass eel. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes subjecting specimens in their lab to global warming conditions and what they found.
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Styrelsen dömer ut Karolinskas nya organisation
Karolinskas nya organisationsmodell får hårda anmärkningar i en ny rapport från styrelsen. Multisjuka patienter får inte hjälp, ekonomin går inte att styra och vem som bestämmer är otydligt. – Det är allvarlig kritik, säger styrelseordförande Håkan Sörman. Nu krävs omedelbara åtgärder och en utredning om sjukhuset följer lagen om chefernas ansvar.
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Supporting the international alignment of research data management
Research funding organisations, research organisations, and individual researchers have different needs and requirements when it comes to research data management (RDM). Science Europe's latest publication, the 'Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data Management', aims to align these RDM requirements across research funding and research organisations in Europe.
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Svend Lings er idømt 60 dages betinget fængsel
Østre Landsret har kendt Svend Lings skyldig i assisteret selvmord og har skærpet hans straf fra 40 til 60 dages betinget fængsel.
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Svensk trilogi om scientologerna blir tv-serie
Mariette Lindsteins trilogi som inleddes med "Sekten på dimön" ska bli tv-serie, rapporterar Hallands-Posten.
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Svenske myndigheder dropper Teslasag: Vil ikke forbyde salg af Model S
Risikoen for ulykker med autopilotsystemet er blevet reduceret, lyder vurderingen fra Trafikstyrelsen i Sverige.
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SVT backar – spelbolag får inte sponsra Melodifestivalen
Nyligen kunde DN avslöja att spelbolag sponsrar flera program i SVT. Men nu ändras reglerna och från och med nästa år blir det inte tillåtet för spelbolag att sponsra Melodifestivalen, rapporterar SVT Kulturnyheterna.
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SVT visar uppmärksammad R Kelly-dokumentär
SVT visar nu den omtalade dokumentären ”Surviving R Kelly” om den kontroversiella amerikanska r'n'b-stjärnan R Kelly. Artisten har anklagats för sexuella och psykologiska övergrepp och skivbolaget har avslutat samarbetet.
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Swimming With Orcas in Norway
Olivier Morin, a photographer with Agence France-Press, recently visited northern Norway to spend some time whale-watching and swimming in a frigid fjord with a group of orcas as they hunted for herring. The Reisafjorden region near the city of Tromso remains a “winter playground” for these whales, even as they are pushed further north every year because warming waters force the herring ever-nort
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Swiss roofs could produce over 80% of the nation’s electricity
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Så påverkar ditt strömmande klimatet
Många trodde nog att vår kulturkonsumtion skulle bli närmast klimatneutral när vi lämnade de fysiska böckerna och skivorna och började strömma i stället. Så enkelt är det inte. Lagringen av strömmad musik och film förbrukar lika mycket el som några av världens största länder.
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Så ska Sebastian Gibrand vinna kock-VM
I dag ska världens bästa kock utses i Lyon. Tävlingen Bocuse d'Or (uppkallad efter den franska stjärnkocken Paul Bocuse) pågår i två dagar i Lyon, med deltagare från 24 länder och nu gäller det för Sveriges kandidat Sebastian Gibrand.
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Saab erbjuder stridsflyg till Finland
Försvarskoncernen Saab har lämnat in en offert till det finska försvarets logistikavdelning i vilken de erbjuder 64 Gripenflygplan, skriver Saab i ett pressmeddelande.
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Taking the bite out of snake venom
According to the World Health Organization, about 100,000 people die from venomous snakebites every year. Many of these fatalities occur in rural areas of developing countries that lack access to antivenoms. That's why researchers are looking for new snakebite antidotes that are easier to make and deploy to remote areas, explains an article in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine o
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Taking the bite out of snake venom
According to the World Health Organization, about 100,000 people die from venomous snakebites every year. Many of these fatalities occur in rural areas of developing countries that lack access to antivenoms. That's why researchers are looking for new snakebite antidotes that are easier to make and deploy to remote areas, explains an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmag
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Team develops first genetic switch for C. elegans
With their first ever RNA-based inducible system for switching on genes in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), two researchers from the University of Konstanz have closed a significant gap in genetic switches. The new approach was developed as part of a joint research project carried out by Dr. Martin Gamerdinger (Department of Biology) and Professor Jörg Hartig (Department of Chemi
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Tech that can read our minds takes a step closer
Researchers in the US have for the first time constructed intelligible synthetic spe…
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Teknologisk erhvervsjournalistik på vej fra Ingeniøren
En ny satsning på teknologijournalistik til erhvervslivet skal give læsere og brugere hos Teknologiens Mediehus nye tilbud.
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Terabyte smartphones are coming, thanks to new Samsung storage chip
With the Galaxy S10 forthcoming, Samsung's first 1TB smartphone is imminent.
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The 210-million-year-old Smok was crushing bones like a hyena
Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments. This led researchers at Uppsala University to conclude that this top predator was exploiting bones for salt and marrow, a behavior often linked to mammals but seldom to archosaurs.
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The arrival of 5G also means enormous leaps forward in capacity—so much that every cell-phone plan will offer cheap, truly unlimited Internet access.
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The Atlantic Daily: Bad Apple
What We’re Following Today in Silicon Valley: privacy glitches and starvation optimization. A rogue bug with the video-calling app FaceTime can lead iPhone users to listen, and even watch, calls before they are answered . Apple is quickly patching up the glitch, but it validates festering paranoia that technology can’t be trusted. The en vogue trend in Silicon Valley is extreme dieting that can s
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The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Stacey’s Moment
What We’re Following Today It’s Tuesday, January 29 . The State of the Union, which would have been broadcast tonight, has been rescheduled for February 5. Democrats have tapped a familiar name—the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams—to deliver their rebuttal. President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and informal adviser Roger Stone also pleaded not guilty to charges of obstructi
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The 'Batman' in hydrogen fuel cells
In a study published in Nature on Jan. 31, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) report advances in the development of hydrogen fuel cells that could increase its application in vehicles, especially in extreme temperatures like cold winters.
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The bulk of the economic burden resulting from climate change in the United States this century will fall on strongholds where politicians have traditionally opposed policies to curb greenhouse gases
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The coming war over robots replacing your job is going to make you forget the current USA president
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The comparative genomics and complex population history of Papio baboons
Recent studies suggest that closely related species can accumulate substantial genetic and phenotypic differences despite ongoing gene flow, thus challenging traditional ideas regarding the genetics of speciation. Baboons (genus Papio ) are Old World monkeys consisting of six readily distinguishable species. Baboon species hybridize in the wild, and prior data imply a complex history of different
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The Difficult Genius of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The first Ruth Prawer Jhabvala story I ever read is also the scariest. In “ Aphrodisiac ,” published in The New Yorker in 2011, a newlywed woman from a rural part of India, accompanied by her childhood nanny, begins life with her new husband’s family, a cosmopolitan clan in Delhi. Their presence seems eerily to link to misfortune. The story keys into themes familiar to those whose lives are often
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The first spontaneous animal model of human hypophosphatasia uncovered
A gene defect identified in Karelian Bear Dogs causes a severe bone disease. A gene test has been developed for diagnostic and breeding purposes.
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The first spontaneous animal model of human hypophosphatasia uncovered
A gene defect identified in Karelian Bear Dogs causes a severe bone disease. A gene test has been developed for diagnostic and breeding purposes.
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The Flu Is Tied to an Increased Risk of Stroke and Ruptured Arteries
Two new studies have found a link between the flu and an increased risk of two serious conditions: stroke and rupture of the neck arteries.
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The glutathione cycle shapes synaptic glutamate activity [Neuroscience]
Glutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter, present at the bulk of cortical synapses, and participating in many physiologic and pathologic processes ranging from learning and memory to stroke. The tripeptide, glutathione, is one-third glutamate and present at up to low millimolar intracellular concentrations in brain, mediating antioxidant defenses and…
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The Home of the Future Isn’t Smart—It’s ‘Living’ and Green
The varied universes of science fiction often offer inspiration for emerging technologies, or at least fitting leads for articles to describe them. Take the spaceship Moya from a sci-fi series called “Farscape,” which follows the adventures of a ragtag team of aliens very much in the spirit of “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Moya is a biomechanical ship, part of an alien race called Leviathans that’s
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The Home of the Future Isn't Smart—It's 'Living' and Green
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The lamprey regenerates its spinal cord not just once — but twice
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists report that lampreys can regenerate the spinal cord and recover function after the spinal cord has been severed not just once, but twice in the same location. The study opens up a new path for identifying pro-regenerative molecules and potential therapeutic targets for human spinal cord injury.
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The lamprey regenerates its spinal cord not just once—but twice
Spontaneous recovery from spinal cord injury is almost unheard of in humans and other mammals, but many vertebrates fare better. The eel-like lamprey, for instance, can fully regenerate its spinal cord even after it's been severed: Within 3 months the lamprey is swimming, burrowing, and flipping around again, as if nothing had happened.
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The lamprey regenerates its spinal cord not just once—but twice
Spontaneous recovery from spinal cord injury is almost unheard of in humans and other mammals, but many vertebrates fare better. The eel-like lamprey, for instance, can fully regenerate its spinal cord even after it's been severed: Within 3 months the lamprey is swimming, burrowing, and flipping around again, as if nothing had happened.
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The Mississippi River records glacial-isostatic deformation of North America
The imprint of glacial isostatic adjustment has long been recognized in shoreline elevations of oceans and proglacial lakes, but to date, its signature has not been identified in river long profiles. Here, we reveal that the buried bedrock valley floor of the upper Mississippi River exhibits a 110-m-deep, 300-km-long overdeepening that we interpret to be a partial cast of the Laurentide Ice Sheet
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The path of pre-ribosomes through the nuclear pore complex revealed by electron tomography
The path of pre-ribosomes through the nuclear pore complex revealed by electron tomography The path of pre-ribosomes through the nuclear pore complex revealed by electron tomography, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08342-7 Large protein complexes and ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs) such as pre-ribosomes are transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm through the nuc
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The Pentagon compiled research into invisibility cloaking, wormholes, and warp drive – Documents disclosing the research came out this month
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The Turbulent Launch of NEON, Ecology's Megaproject
Earth While leadership upheaval grabs headlines, the NEON project's network of observatories is quietly starting to yield results. 01/30/2019 Nala Rogers, Staff Writer To read more…
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The Turbulent Launch of NEON, Ecology's Megaproject
The Turbulent Launch of NEON, Ecology's Megaproject While leadership upheaval grabs headlines, the NEON project's network of observatories is quietly starting to yield results. cropped-mammal-trapping.jpg A NEON staff scientist checks a small mammal trap at the Central Plains Experimental Range, Colorado in May 2014. Image credits: Abraham Karam; Featured story image credit: Tom Barry, CAFF Right
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The U.S. Military Wants Tiny Road Mobile Nuclear Reactors That Can Fit In A C-17
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This is the perfect wing shape for speedy flight
Mathematicians have determined the ideal wing shape for fast-flapping flight. The discovery that offers promise for better methods for harvesting energy from water as well as for enhancing air speed. The work, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A , relies on a technique that mimics evolutionary biology to ascertain which structure yields the best pace. “We can simulate
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This Israeli Company Will Soon Launch the World’s First Private Moon Lander
To the Moon SpaceIL, a privately funded non-profit organization from Israel and the government-owned corporation Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will soon launch for the lunar surface with a digital time capsule on board. If successful, it will mark not only the first Israeli craft to land on the moon, but the first-ever private moon lander, as well. The non-profit organization announced in a st
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This New Blend Of Nootropics is Clinically Proven to Enhance Brain Function
Every day, millions of Americans start their day with a hit of caffeine. For most, the preferred method of delivery is coffee. Over 60 percent of the population drinks at least one cup of the bean juice per day. But obviously there are other ways to get your fix, whether it’s an elegant cup of tea, or an energy drink loaded with supplements. Of course, the reason for our caffeine intake is that w
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This robot can probably beat you at Jenga—thanks to its understanding of the world
Industrial machines could be trained to be less clumsy if we gave them a sense of touch and a better sense of real world physics.
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This robot can probably beat you at Jenga—thanks to its understanding of the world
Industrial machines could be trained to be less clumsy if we gave them a sense of touch and a better sense of real world physics.
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This robot learned not to mess with other people’s stuff – Researchers have programmed a bot to grasp the concept of ownership
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This robot learned not to mess with other people’s stuff
Ownership-respecting robots could soon understand the difference between chucking a Styrofoam cup and someone’s favorite mug.
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Thought-to-speech: Scientists say their AI can read out what happens in your brain
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Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia
Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0843-2 Optical dating of sediments from Denisova Cave establishes a chronology for its Pleistocene deposits and the associated artefacts, hominin remains and environmental records, which date
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Tissue curvature and apicobasal mechanical tension imbalance instruct cancer morphogenesis
Tissue curvature and apicobasal mechanical tension imbalance instruct cancer morphogenesis Tissue curvature and apicobasal mechanical tension imbalance instruct cancer morphogenesis, Published online: 30 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0891-2 Three-dimensional imaging of mouse pancreatic ducts before and after oncogenic transformation reveals that epithelial tumorigenesis is determined by th
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To observe photoswitches, stick on a platinum atom
Adding a platinum atom to a kind of photoswitch makes them easier to observe, report researchers. Advances with photoswitches could lead to a smartphone that’s soft and flexible and shaped like a hand so you can wear it as a glove, for example. Or a paper-thin computer screen that you can roll up like a window shade when you’re done using it. Or a TV as thin as wallpaper that you can paste on a w
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Toppled train offers insight into ground motion, origin of 1906 earthquake
By mathematically modeling the movements of a locomotive that toppled from the tracks north of San Francisco during the city's infamous 1906 earthquake, researchers have calculated a lower limit on the earthquake ground motion at the spot of the tipped train.
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Toppled train offers insight into ground motion, origin of 1906 earthquake
By mathematically modeling the movements of a locomotive that toppled from the tracks north of San Francisco during the city's infamous 1906 earthquake, researchers have calculated a lower limit on the earthquake ground motion at the spot of the tipped train.
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Torsional stress generated by ADF/cofilin on cross-linked actin filaments boosts their severing [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Proteins of the actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin family are the central regulators of actin filament disassembly. A key function of ADF/cofilin is to sever actin filaments. However, how it does so in a physiological context, where filaments are interconnected and under mechanical stress, remains unclear. Here, we monitor and quantify…
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