Amazon deforestation and number of fires show summer of 2019 not a 'normal' year
The perceived scale of the Amazon blazes received global attention this summer. However, international concerns raised at the time were countered by the Brazilian Government, which claimed the fire situation in August was 'normal' and 'below the historical average'.An international team of scientists writing in the journal Global Change Biology say the number of active fires in August was actually
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Gear up and cook the perfect Thanksgiving dinner
Thanksgiving is just a regular dinner. With a ton more menu options. And your in-laws. And your sister whose political views radically oppose those of your grandfather. What could possibly go wrong? Even for the most confident cooks, Thanksgiving dinner is a massive undertaking. The sheer scale and scope of this holiday's menu are so over-the-top that it's tempting to drop serious cash on product
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NASA gets an eyeful of Typhoon Fengshen
NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Fengshen after its eye opened as Fengshen had strengthened from a tropical storm to a typhoon and developed an eye.
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Neuron transplant may prevent epilepsy after brain injury
A new cell therapy improved memory and prevented seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury, researchers report. Traumatic brain injuries affect 2 million Americans each year and causes cell death and inflammation in the brain. People who experience a head injury often suffer from lifelong memory loss and can develop epilepsy. In the study, the researchers transplanted embryonic progenitor
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Older adults better handle stress of type 2 diabetes
Age plays a critical role in the well-being of people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, researchers report. A new study finds younger patients more susceptible to psychological distress, resulting in worse health outcomes. "We found we can evaluate a patient's initial stress and predict how they will be doing six months later," says Vicki Helgeson, professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon U
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New satellite measurements show how polluted Los Angeles' air really is
Scientists who scanned the skies above dozens of U.S. cities have made a surprising discovery about the smog that's suspended over Los Angeles: one of its key ingredients isn't disappearing as fast as it once did.
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Trump's Impeachable Tweet
As they present their findings to the public, House Democrats may find it easier to let President Donald Trump build the case for impeachment himself. The testimony that Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, delivered to Congress this morning was perhaps as politically damaging to Trump as anything presented during the first day of House impeachment hearings, on Wednesday. In a qui
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To build a circular economy, we need to put recycling in the bin
Too often the concept of a circular economy is muddled up with some kind of advanced recycling process that would mean keeping our industrial system as it is and preserving a growing consumption model. This idea is based on a belief that recycling will take care of everything. One of the most startling examples of this is the part of the European Union's Circular Economy Action Plan which aims to
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New Research: Astronauts Are Experiencing Cognitive Decline
Galaxy Brain A preliminary study suggests that a zero-gravity environment causes structural changes to the human brain — and that extended stays in space could lead to cognitive decline. Brain scans of astronauts revealed structural changes, likely caused by the time spent in microgravity, and correlated them to signs of cognitive impairment, according to Space.com . It's just the latest in a lon
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To build a circular economy, we need to put recycling in the bin
Too often the concept of a circular economy is muddled up with some kind of advanced recycling process that would mean keeping our industrial system as it is and preserving a growing consumption model. This idea is based on a belief that recycling will take care of everything. One of the most startling examples of this is the part of the European Union's Circular Economy Action Plan which aims to
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Older Mexican American adults experiencing pain are at risk of developing frailty
Researchers funded by NIH have found that older Mexican Americans who suffer from pain were 1.7 times likelier to become frail, compared to study participants who did not report pain. The study published in The Journal of Pain by researchers at UTMB – Galveston, looked at pain as a predictor of frailty in older Mexican American adults in a follow-up period of 18 years. All participants were non-fr
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A Revolution in the Creation of Scientific Workplaces
So-called "convergence" research brings many disciplines together to solve problems—and the right lab design can make that much quicker and easier — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Smoke from Australia's bushfires has spread to South America
Satellites show atmospheric pollution created by the fires across New South Wales and Queensland has travelled more than 10,000 kilometres to Chile and Argentina
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Most Americans think they're being constantly tracked—and that there's nothing they can do
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Wearable and implantable devices may transform care for patients with kidney failure
Wearable and implantable devices may allow for intensive self-care for patients with kidney failure outside of the clinic.
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2020 Nissan Maxima Review: The Sporty Reason People Still Buy Sedans
The Nissan Maxima sedan has been around forever, since 1981, and you forget what a nice car it is, especially with its recent refresh that now includes the Nissan Safety Shield driver assists. For around $40K, you get a very quick, good-handling sedan capable of hitting 60 mph in six seconds. The car is stunning in profile and the cockpit is nicely trimmed. Against that, Nissan ProPilot Assist se
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A 9-Year-Old Genius Is Getting an Engineering Degree Next Month
Speedrun A Belgian boy named Laurent Simons is on track to finish an undergraduate engineering degree this December, meaning he'll graduate college at the ripe old age of nine. The child prodigy has ambitious scientific goals — after pursuing an engineering doctorate and a medical degree, Simons' parents told CNN that he wants to develop a way to grow artificial organs . "The absorption of inform
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The Books Briefing: How Writers Try On New Perspectives
Both reading and writing are exercises in perspective: attempting to see the world through the eyes of an author or audience, or to step inside the mind of the writer or character on the page. That process is an important part of people's moral and emotional development, which is why the philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that kids can be taught early on to interrogate th
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Mapping disease outbreaks in urban settings using mobile phone data
A new study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore has uncovered a legal void around access to mobile phone data — information that can prove vital in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
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Jackdaw mobs flip from chaos to order as they grow
Chaotic mobs of jackdaws suddenly get organized once enough birds join in, new research shows.
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Scientists discover how the molecule-sorting station in our cells is formed and maintained
A recent study by a group of scientists has revealed that a different mechanism is responsible for the formation and maintenance of the cell organelle called endosome that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell. Contrary to current knowledge in the field, the scientists show that the functioning of the Golgi is crucial for this organelle's upkeep. This result can ultimately help improve
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Genetics may determine who benefits from broccoli's effects on kidney health
Deletion of the gene that codes for an enzyme called GSTM1 increased kidney injury in mice with hypertension and kidney disease, but supplementing the diet with broccoli powder lessened kidney injury in the genetically altered mice. In humans, high consumption of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables was linked with a lower risk of kidney failure, primarily in individuals lacking GSTM1.
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Wearable and implantable devices may transform care for patients with kidney failure
Wearable and implantable devices may allow for intensive self-care for patients with kidney failure outside of the clinic.
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A Revolution in the Creation of Scientific Workplaces
So-called "convergence" research brings many disciplines together to solve problems—and the right lab design can make that much quicker and easier — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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NASA identifies new Eastern Pacific tropical storm
NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of developing Tropical Storm Raymond in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Study shows digital media has damaging impact on reintegration of 'white collar' criminals
Offenders convicted of occupational crime and corruption are having their rehabilitation negatively affected by long term 'labels' attached to them on digital media, according to new research by the University of Portsmouth.
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Bacterial protein impairs important cellular processes
Areas of skin that have been damaged by an injury are ideal niches for the concentration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium which impairs the healing process in tissue and creates favorable conditions for infections. Because of its resistance to most available antibiotics, this bacterium is in the "Priority 1 / CRITICAL" category of the World Health Organization's (WHO) global list of priority
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Nearly extreme black holes which attempt to regrow hair become bald again
Black holes 'have no hair': no attributes that can be used to tell them apart. Extreme black holes (spinning at maximally allowed rate) can have an additional property, permanent hair that is made of a massless scalar field. Nearly extreme black holes (like Gargantua, the black hole featured in the movie "Interstellar") have hair that is a transient phenomenon: nearly extreme black holes that atte
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Bizarre New Quantum Research: Reality Itself May Be Subjective
Researchers are making a counter-intuitive claim: reality itself may be subjective, thanks to quantum weirdness on a microscopic scale. In a new paper in the journal Science Advances , an international team of quantum physicists argue that thanks to the unusual rules of quantum mechanics, facts themselves could depend on who's looking at them. In other words, reality could be twisted by observati
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A review of the lesser known sides of the plant genus Erythroxylum
Since the Western world came across the South American plant genus Erythroxylum, the use of this multifaceted genus has been associated with the production of soft drinks, such as Coca Cola, or with the abuse of the purified plant substance in the form of the narcotic cocaine. However, the indigenous peoples of South America have been using different Erythroxylum species within their traditional m
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Bacterial protein impairs important cellular processes
Areas of skin that have been damaged by an injury are ideal niches for the concentration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium which impairs the healing process in tissue and creates favorable conditions for infections. Because of its resistance to most available antibiotics, this bacterium is in the "Priority 1 / CRITICAL" category of the World Health Organization's (WHO) global list of priority
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A review of the lesser known sides of the plant genus Erythroxylum
Since the Western world came across the South American plant genus Erythroxylum, the use of this multifaceted genus has been associated with the production of soft drinks, such as Coca Cola, or with the abuse of the purified plant substance in the form of the narcotic cocaine. However, the indigenous peoples of South America have been using different Erythroxylum species within their traditional m
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Neuroscientist wins Nature's impact prize by supporting others and sharing hardware
Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03550-z Tom Baden has bagged the inaugural Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, a joint venture between Nature Research and Chinese technology company Tencent.
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NASA identifies new Eastern Pacific tropical storm
NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of developing Tropical Storm Raymond in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Uninfected individuals born to mothers living with HIV at risk of obesity and asthma
Adolescents and young adults who were born to mothers with HIV but remained uninfected themselves still face a greatly heightened risk of obesity and asthma-like symptoms.
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To Lower Costs, Trump to Force Hospitals to Reveal Price of Care
A proposed federal rule would make hospitals list the prices they negotiate with insurers, allowing consumers to seek better deals for care.
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So Has the Green New Deal Won Yet?
Maybe Jeff Bezos, of all people, put it best. Asked whether he supported the Green New Deal, the chief executive of one of the country's most carbon-intensive technology companies waved the question off. "There are a lot of different ideas for what the Green New Deal is," he said , "and it's probably too broad to say too much about that in particular." It was a dodge, of course, but not an inaccu
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From Ancient Seeds to Scraps of Clothing, Rats' Nests Are Full of Treasures
Material gathered and preserved in a pack rat's midden helps researchers open new windows on the past
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There's an easy way to make lending fairer for women. Trouble is, it's illegal.
Goldman Sachs defended itself in the Apple Card scandal by saying it did not consider gender when calculating creditworthiness. If it did, that could actually mitigate the problem.
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Early DNA lineages shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary population
A new genetic study demonstrates that, at the end of the Iron Age, Finland was inhabited by separate and differing populations, all of them influencing the gene pool of modern Finns. The study is so far the most extensive investigation of the ancient DNA of people inhabiting the region of Finland.
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Sentinel for sea-level rise enters testing
The satellite that will maintain the "gold standard" measurement of ocean height is nearly complete.
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Leaf blowers fatal to declining insects, Germans warned
The government says leaf blowers are "fatal to insects", which are in dramatic decline in Germany.
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Something old, something new in the ocean's blue
The discovery of a forgotten metabolic pathway adds a new dimension to the global carbon cycle
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Study shows digital media has damaging impact on reintegration of 'white collar' criminals
Offenders convicted of occupational crime and corruption are having their rehabilitation negatively affected by long term 'labels' attached to them on digital media, according to new research by the University of Portsmouth.
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15,000 Spaniards may unknowingly have hypophosphatasia bone disease
In adults, hypophosphatasia causes recurrent fractures and chronic pain. In the child population this disease can be much more serious and can even cause premature death, neurological disorders, and respiratory problems.
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Middle-aged Americans and dementia risk: Lots of worry, not enough proven prevention
Nearly half of Americans in their 50s and early 60s think they're likely to develop dementia as they grow older, but only 5% of them have actually talked with a doctor about what they could do to reduce their risk, a new study finds. Meanwhile, a third or more say they're trying to stave off dementia by taking supplements or doing crossword puzzles — despite the lack of proof that such tactics wo
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Nudge increases cancer screening orders, but patient-facing nudge needed, too
By nudging doctors to OK a screening for breast or colorectal cancer, order rates jumped significantly, but patient completion rates didn't change.
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How likely do you think you are to develop dementia?
A poll suggests almost half of adults ages 50 to 64 believe they're likely to develop dementia. The survey included 1,019 respondents who were asked what risk they perceived and what potential risk-reducing measures they took. Of the participants, 48.5% said they were at least somewhat likely to develop dementia during their lifetime.
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Opioid overdose deaths among younger medicare patients with disability
This observational study estimated the rate of opioid overdose deaths among Medicare enrollees younger than 65 who qualified for Medicare because of a disability. The study included more than 1.7 million of these enrollees in 2016 and 1,371 opioid overdose deaths. Researchers report those enrollees represented 14.9% of the Medicare population but they accounted for almost 81% of all opioid overdos
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Popular electronic cigarette may deliver nicotine more effectively than others
When it comes to nicotine delivery, not all electronic cigarettes are created equally, according to Penn State researchers. New research from Penn State College of Medicine shows that JUUL, a popular pod-based electronic cigarette, can deliver more nicotine at a faster rate than most other types of electronic cigarettes that have been studied.
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Banedanmark når milepæl med nyt signalsystem: Sjette ombyggede IC3-tog er klar
PLUS. Efter at have høstet erfaringer med det forsinkede 'first of class'-tog har Langå-værkstedet startet serieproduktion. Den er ved at blive optimeret til at komme igennem de resterende 90 tog.
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Apple Watches and iPhones want to track your period to make reproductive health better for all
The Apple Women's Health Study, led by Harvard physicians, aims to advance the understanding of menstrual cycles and their relationship to various health conditions across millions of smartphone and wearable users. (Apple /) On Thursday the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health announced a new period study that could reach an unprecedented number of subjects. While the scientists and physicia
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EPA's Proposed Rule: Transparency Boon, or Deregulatory Torpedo?
A proposed EPA rule would require the agency to make policy based only on studies that release raw data. But because some important studies are based on confidential medical data that cannot be shared, critics say such a rule would render good science unusable in the development of environmental regulations.
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Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists have studied how molecular building blocks can either form a spherical cage or an ultrathin sheet that shows some of the basic properties of a "smart" material that can respond to its environment.
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Smartphone device sniffs out toxin-producing algae in 15 minutes
A new highly sensitive system uses a smartphone to rapidly detect the presence of toxin-producing algae in water within 15 minutes, researchers report. The system uses the phone's wireless communications capabilities to generate test results on-site and report findings in real-time. The technology could play a big role in preventing the spread of harmful microorganisms in aquatic environments, wh
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Bacterial protein impairs important cellular processes
Researchers have discovered a new function of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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Elizabeth Warren Discovers the Pitchfork
My colleague Megan Garber spoke up on Wednesday in defense of anger, a quality whose presence in a female presidential candidate gets her branded as hysterical and shrill, and whose absence, paradoxically, marks her as frosty and robotic. (Angry men are just "fired up"; angerless ones are "cerebral." There are exceptions: Critics penalized Howard Dean for being a rage-monster and Michael Dukakis
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Researchers unlock the secret of explosive volcanism
When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples from Indonesia's Mount Merapi show that the explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal the pores and microcracks in the uppermost layers of stone. These findings result in new possibilities for the prediction of an eruption.
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Atomically dispersed Ni is coke-resistant for dry reforming of methane
Dry reforming of methane (DRM) is the process of converting methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into synthesis gas (syngas). Since CO2 and CH4 are the two most important atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs), as well as abundant and low-cost carbon sources, DRM has the potential to mitigate rising GHG emissions and simultaneously realize clean(er) fossil fuel utilization.
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Why gender-based marketing is bad for business | Gaby Barrios
Companies often target consumers based on gender, but this kind of advertising shortcut doesn't just perpetuate outdated stereotypes — it's also bad for business, says marketing expert Gaby Barrios. In this clear, actionable talk, she explains why gender-based marketing doesn't drive business nearly as much as you might think — and shows how companies can find better ways to reach customers and
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How nematodes outsmart the defenses of pests
The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However, the nematodes can become immune against these compounds in turn, which enhances their ability to fight the western corn rootworm, as researchers show. This mechanism may contribute to improving biol
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Direct-to-patient telemedicine cardiology follow-ups may safely save families time, cost
Health provider follow-ups delivered via computer or smartphone is a feasible alternative to in-person patient follow-ups for some pediatric cardiac conditions, according to the new findings.
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Scientists close in on malaria vaccine
Scientists have taken another big step forward towards developing a vaccine that's effective against the most severe forms of malaria.
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Many patients with iNPH develop Alzheimer's disease, too
Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. The researchers were able to predict the development of Alzheimer's disease by using the Disease State Index, DSI, that combines patient-specific data from various sources.
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Researchers link sisters' paralysis to an 'extremely rare' genetic variant
Following a nearly 25-year search across three continents, parents of a pair of sisters — who as children slowly became paralyzed from the waist down — finally have a diagnosis. Thanks to a chance viewing on French TV of a story about another physically disabled child who regained her mobility after being diagnosed at TGen, the parents of the two sisters contacted TGen, hoping to end their decad
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Master regulator in mitochondria is critical for muscle function and repair
New study identifies how loss of mitochondrial protein MICU1 disrupts calcium balance and causes muscle atrophy and weakness.
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Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
Lichens — a combo of fungus and algae — can grow on bare rocks, so scientists thought that lichens were some of the first organisms to make their way onto land from the water, changing the planet's atmosphere and paving the way for modern plants. But a closer look at the DNA of the algae and fungi that form lichens shows that lichens likely evolved millions of years after plants.
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Water could modulate the activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide reduction
As an alternative to the depletion of fossil resources, the reduction of CO2 emitted from fossil fuel combustion into valuable chemicals and fuel has drawn increasing attention. Due to the highly thermodynamic stability of CO2, it is still very challenging to find a sustainable and cost-efficient route to selectively convert inert CO2 at a high conversion rate under mild conditions. The water coul
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eDNA reveals where endangered birds of a feather flock together
For the first time, Australian scientists have shown that environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect the presence of an endangered bird species simply by collecting a cupful of water from the pools where they drink.
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MS Relief During Pregnancy Tied to Changes in T Cell Types
Many dominant T cell variants decline during pregnancy and reappear afterward, possibly explaining why relapses of the autoimmune disease are less common when women are expecting.
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eDNA reveals where endangered birds of a feather flock together
For the first time, Australian scientists have shown that environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect the presence of an endangered bird species simply by collecting a cupful of water from the pools where they drink.
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Real-life Iron Man breaks speed record: 85 mph! A British Tony Stark is one step closer to the Iron Man armor, flying with its jet-engine-powered suit at an amazing 85.06 mph (136.9 km/h) over the coast of Brighton, England.
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Facial recognition protesters put smartphones on their heads to scan the faces of 13,000 Washington DC inhabitants
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Microsoft Is Hiding Source Code In An Apocalypse-Proof Cave
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Drug resistance: CDC report says we've entered a "post-antibiotic era"
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Elon Musk claims Neuralink can "solve" autism, schizophrenia
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Senators introduce bipartisan bill restricting police use of facial recognition tech
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Facial recognition protesters scanned 13,000 people's faces using Amazon Rekognition
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Art From Artificial Intelligence: Computer-Generated Works Now Up For Sale
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Scientists create spray-on bandages that could save lives in remote areas – Using a technique called electrospinning, scientists created "bottled bandages" which spray a thin layer of fibres onto damaged skin like spraying paint on a wall.
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Building to house world's largest tokamak fusion reactor now complete. ITER will play host to streams of plasma 10 times thicker than the largest tokamak in action today. The team hoping to achieve first plasma in 2025.
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Elon Musk updates the ending of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot – The famed rocket man is working to create options for humanity that the late writer and scientist only dreamed of.
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In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome, scientists reversed the intellectual deficits, generally thought of as irreversible, with drugs that target the body's response to cellular stresses, suggesting it may be possible to do the same in humans with Down syndrome.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension targeted for new treatment by Sheffield scientists
Scientists at the University of Sheffield, working in collaboration with drug and vaccine developer Kymab Ltd, Cambridge, have identified a novel antibody that has the potential to become a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
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Pesticides: Improved effect prediction of low toxicant concentrations
Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed. This was shown by Researchers at the UFZ in their latest study published in Scientific Reports. For understanding these results, one must consider that the level of stress plays an important role. Most surprisingly: not only too much, but also too
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New candidate cancer genes identified using math models
Computational modeling is the use of computers to simulate and study the behavior of complex systems. Computational approaches are widely adopted in the bioimedical sciences and can be used to sift through large volumes of complex data to extract recurrent patterns that may point to a disease's causes and effects.
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The President's Cognitive Decline
Remember these numbers. You'll be asked about them at the end of the test: 70, 73, 76, and 78. These are the ages of the leading candidates in the 2020 presidential election: Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders, respectively. In most any other line of work, people in their eighth decade are usually retired. For most of human history—and still in most of the world today—p
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Scientists Create Holograms You Can See, Hear, and Feel
We've seen holograms of human organs , circus elephants , and even long-dead musicians . But now, researchers from the University of Sussex have found a way to create cutting-edge holograms that you can not only see but also hear and even feel — and they pulled it off by drawing on some vintage tech. The researchers published a paper on their device, which they call the Multimodal Acoustic Trap D
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Secret of explosive volcanism unlocked
When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples from Indonesia's Mount Merapi show that the explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal the pores and microcracks in the uppermost layers of stone. These findings result in new possibilities for the prediction of an eruption.
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Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists have studied how molecular building blocks can either form a spherical cage or an ultrathin sheet that shows some of the basic properties of a "smart" material that can respond to its environment.
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New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI
Researchers have developed a breakthrough cell therapy to improve memory and prevent seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury.
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Rollercoaster weight changes can repeat with second pregnancy, especially among normal-weight women
Everyone knows that gaining excess weight during one pregnancy is bad, but clinicians rarely consider weight gains and losses from one pregnancy to the next — especially in normal-weight women. But researchers have now found that among normal-weight women, fluctuating weight gain and loss in the first pregnancy is often repeated in subsequent pregnancies — and is associated with higher risk of s
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The forests of the Amazon are an important carbon sink
The world's tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute an important carbon sink. However, current estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide stored in tropical forests of the Amazon vary largely. Scientists at the UFZ have developed an approach that uses recent satellite data to provide much more precise estimates of the amount of biomass in tropical fores
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First research results from the Estonian-Finnish FinEstBeAMS beamline
Recently, the first research paper was published based on experiments conducted on the new Estonian-Finnish beamline FinEstBeAMS, which has been constructed at the MAX IV synchrotron radiation centre located in Lund, Sweden. The research by the physicists at the University of Tartu involves the investigations of the complex electronic structure of three ionic liquids. The beamline is now ready for
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Volcanoes under pressure
When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples from Indonesia's Mount Merapi show that the explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal the pores and microcracks in the uppermost layers of stone. These findings result in new possibilities for the prediction of an eruption.
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Fecal transplantation to treat patients with Parkinson's disease: Hope or hype?
Amsterdam, NL, November 15, 2019 – Constipation is a common complaint in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) and pre- and probiotics are potential options for treating constipation and restoring the microbiome of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but scientists warn that clinical data are scarce, and more research is needed before supporting their u
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The week in wildlife – in pictures
The pick of this week's best flora and fauna photos from around the world, including a tired tiger and sea goldies Continue reading…
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Navigating the 'Old Boys' Club' of Science, With a Friend
Every week, The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic 's Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with two scientists, one from the U.S. and one from the U.K., who both study fossils of the same tiny plankton and bonded over their niche research interest. They discuss the competition and the camar
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Demokratins kris större än bara "fake news"
Är falska nyheter det främsta hotet mot demokratin? Nej, menar Malmöforskaren Johan Farkas. "Demokrati handlar inte bara om sanning", säger Farkas och betonar istället vikten av att stärka demokratiska institutioner. Många vill lyssna på Johan Farkas, doktorand i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap som specialiserat sig på desinformation. Under hösten har han rest runt i USA på föreläsningsturné o
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Cells That 'Taste' Danger Set Off Immune Responses
When the immunologist De'Broski Herbert at the University of Pennsylvania looked deep inside the lungs of mice infected with influenza, he thought he was seeing things. He had found a strange-looking cell with a distinctive thatch of projections like dreadlocks atop a pear-shaped body, and it was studded with taste receptors. He recalled that it looked just like a tuft cell — a cell type most oft
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Chasing Instagram Analytics, My Friend Became a Grocery Store
Instagram has helped blur the lines between personal branding and personal life—such as by encouraging people to turn their profiles into businesses.
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Scientists develop near ambient pressure photoemission electron microscopy
A research group led by Prof. Fu Qiang and Prof. Bao Xinhe at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed near ambient pressure photoemission electron microscopy (AP-PEEM) with a tunable deep-ultraviolet (DUV) laser source as the excitation source.
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Astrophysicists find when galaxies rotate, size matters
The direction in which a galaxy spins depends on its mass, researchers have found.
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'Alarm' over winter flood prospects in England
The Environment Agency is worried about further flooding this winter after near-record rainfall.
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Danmark brænder verdens skove af: Nu råber OECD og ngo'er op
PLUS. Genovervej særbehandlingen af biomasse, lyder beskeden til Danmark fra OECD, mens miljøorganisationer fra USA og Europa indtrængende beder den danske regering om at sætte en dato for udfasningen af biomasse fra træ.
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A new kind of glue to bond polyethylene
A team of researchers from the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, both in Canada, has developed a new kind of glue that is able to bond polyethylene materials together. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group explains how they created a carbene crosslinker with two diazirine motifs. Felix de Zwart, Johan Bootsma and, Bas de Bruin with the University o
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Breaking carbon dioxide faster, cheaper, and more efficiently
A new catalyst breaks carbon dioxide into useful chemicals faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than the standard method, reports a team of researchers in this week's issue of PNAS. The discovery could make it possible to economically turn carbon dioxide into fuels.
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Discovery is a key to deciphering this lost Minoan language
Determining the word order of Linear A, a precursor to the earliest form of Greek, is a step toward finally deciphering long-lost language. Linear A is the yet-undeciphered language of the ancient Minoan civilization of Crete that flourished from roughly 1700 BCE to 1490 BCE. The Minoans live on in myth as people of the land of King Minos who kept the half-bull, half-man Minotaur in a labyrinth b
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Motorola's $1,500 folding-screen RAZR is perfectly ridiculous
Looking at this photo, you can almost hear the sound the phone makes when you close it. (Motorola/) Motorola just released a version of its iconic Razr flip phone with a folding display and it looks really good. That's a surprising fact here in 2019. First, Motorola hasn't exactly had a ton of blockbuster hits when it comes to smartphone hardware recently. On top of that, folding screen phones ha
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How nematodes outsmart the defenses of pests
The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However, the nematodes can become immune against these compounds in turn, which enhances their ability to fight the western corn rootworm, as researchers at the University of Bern show. This mechanism may co
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Relevant social stimuli may reduce interest in drugs
Researchers of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Malaga (UMA), specialized in addictive disorders, have demonstrated in an animal model that the presence of a relevant social stimulus reduces interest in cocaine.
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Spin doctors: Astrophysicists find when galaxies rotate, size matters
The direction in which a galaxy spins depends on its mass, researchers have found.
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Squid open up new antimicrobial drug possibilities
If you like viewing pictures of adorable animals on the internet, it's possible you've run across the Hawaiian bobtail squid, a glowing, squishy, golf-ball-sized cephalopod that prompted the Ocean Conservancy to call it the "cutest thing in the ocean."
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How nematodes outsmart the defenses of pests
The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However, the nematodes can become immune against these compounds in turn, which enhances their ability to fight the western corn rootworm, as researchers at the University of Bern show. This mechanism may co
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Squid open up new antimicrobial drug possibilities
If you like viewing pictures of adorable animals on the internet, it's possible you've run across the Hawaiian bobtail squid, a glowing, squishy, golf-ball-sized cephalopod that prompted the Ocean Conservancy to call it the "cutest thing in the ocean."
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How nematodes outsmart the defenses of pests
The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However, the nematodes can become immune against these compounds in turn, which enhances their ability to fight the western corn rootworm, as researchers at the University of Bern show. This mechanism may co
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Social media can encourage tourists to make more sustainable choices
Social media is often blamed for creating all kinds of pressure. However, not all social media pressures are necessarily bad, as they can encourage us to behave in a manner that is more sustainable than before.
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He saw a Marshall Islands nuclear bomb test up close. It's haunted him since 1952
In the summer of 1952, Alan Jones, an industrious redhead with an impish smile, yearned for excitement and adventure. He drove down the California coast from Berkeley to La Jolla, hoping to join an oceanographic expedition heading to the South Pacific.
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Within 10 Years, We'll Travel by Hyperloop, Rockets, and Avatars
What's faster than autonomous vehicles and flying cars? Try Hyperloop, rocket travel, and robotic avatars. Hyperloop is currently working towards 670 mph (1080 kph) passenger pods, capable of zipping us from Los Angeles to downtown Las Vegas in under 30 minutes. Rocket Travel (think SpaceX's Starship) promises to deliver you almost anywhere on the planet in under an hour. Think New York to Shangh
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Move aside, plastic: 3D printing conquers glass
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03473-9 Technique produces an array of transparent objects, including a glass leaf with delicate veins.
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Understanding the psychology of distraction can help you stay on task
It's easy to stumble down a rabbit hole when we consider the action beneficial like checking emails, stock prices, or sports scores. However, if these seemingly beneficial actions take the place of something else we intended to do, they're just distractions. And we've been moved to these distraction as a psychological response to discomfort. The truth is that distraction comes from within, and ti
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DARPA Is Engineering Glowing Bacteria for Bomb Detection
Bombs Away Detecting underground explosives is difficult because, well, you can't see them buried underground. That's left the military with few options for detecting landmines and other subterranean explosives. They can train dogs or rats to literally sniff them out, but that puts the animals' lives at risk. Landmine-detecting robots , meanwhile, are expensive and bulky. But now the US military
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Doctors give electronic health records an 'F'
Electronic health records may improve quality and efficiency for doctors and patients alike—but physicians give them an "F" for usability and they may contribute to burnout, according to new research. By contrast, in similar but separate studies, Google's search engine earned an "A" and ATMs a "B." The spreadsheet software Excel got an "F." "A Google search is easy," says Edward R. Melnick, assis
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More plants and less meat could cut brain risks later
Sticking to a healthy diet with more plants and less meat in midlife could be associated with a reduced risk of cognitive impairment in old age, researchers report. Researchers looked at the diet patterns of the nearly 17,000 middle-aged participants of the Singapore Chinese Health Study over a period of 20 years. Researchers scored the participants on how similar their diet patterns were to five
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Stretchable, self-healing and semiconducting polymer films for electronic skin (e-skin)
Next-generation polymers developed in the lab must become stretchable and self-healing to form novel skin-like sensory devices to meet the demands of futuristic electronic skin applications. Although researchers have made notable advances in skin-inspired electronic materials, it is challenging to include desired functions into an active semiconductor for improved sensing. In a new report on Scien
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Does learning music hinge on smarts, not mindset?
Intelligence could play a role in how quickly people learn music, according to new research on the early stages of learning to play piano. The study may be the first to examine the relationship among intelligence, music aptitude, and growth mindset in beginner pianists. Growth mindset refers to whether students believe they can improve basic abilities, like piano ability. "The strongest predictor
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The global distribution of freshwater plants is controlled by catchment characteristics
Unlike land plants, photosynthesis in many aquatic plants relies on bicarbonate in addition to CO2 to compensate for the low availability of CO2 in water. A study in the scientific journal SCIENCE by Iversen and co-authors shows that the abundance of plant species with the ability to use bicarbonate increases in hard water lakes with greater bicarbonate concentrations. In streams, where the CO2 co
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Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study
Scientists at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam have uncovered a possible explanation for the mental sluggishness that often accompanies illness.
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Atomically dispersed Ni is coke-resistant for dry reforming of methane
Scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have now developed completely coke-resistant Ni-based single-atom catalyst (SAC).
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eDNA reveals where endangered birds of a feather flock together
For the first time, Australian scientists have shown that environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect the presence of an endangered bird species simply by collecting a cupful of water from the pools where they drink.
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New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine developed a breakthrough cell therapy to improve memory and prevent seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury. The study, titled "Transplanted interneurons improve memory precision after traumatic brain injury," was published today in Nature Communications.
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Nearly extreme black holes which attempt to regrow hair become bald again
Black holes 'have no hair': no attributes that can be used to tell them apart. Extreme black holes (spinning at maximally allowed rate) can have an additional property, permanent hair that is made of a massless scalar field. Nearly extreme black holes (like Gargantua, the black hole featured in the movie Interstellar) have hair that is a transient phenomenon: nearly extreme black holes that attemp
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Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists at the University of Tokyo have studied how molecular building blocks can either form a spherical cage or an ultrathin sheet that shows some of the basic properties of a "smart" material that can respond to its environment.
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Near-infrared electrochromism of a new multilayered complex
A multilayer cyclometalated diruthenium complex was prepared via interfacial layer-by-layer coordination assembly of diruthenium complex with zirconium(IV) ions and exhibited reversible near-infrared electrochromism. The response time of the films on SnO2:Sb is around a few seconds, while around a few tens of seconds on TiO2. The two-layered film on SnO2:Sb displays a contrast ratio of 56% at 1150
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Water could modulate the activity and selectivity of CO2 reduction
A recent study compared the reaction mechanisms of CO2 hydrogenation over the stepped Cu(211) surface in the absence and presence of water by microkinetic simulations. The water on each hydrogenation step and the whole activity and selectivity could kinetically accelerate the hydrogenation on CO2 to COOH, promoting the reverse water gas shift reaction to produce CO, but hardly influences the CO2 h
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'Bubble wrap' cushions a cell's nucleus on the move
Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03450-2 A network of protein fibres helps to prevent the all-important organelle from being bent out of shape.
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Death threats and lawsuits: John Maddox Prize honours researchers who risk everything to stand up for science
Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03547-8 Nature and Sense About Science recognize an ecologist who fights fires with witness testimony and a pharmacist who promotes truth in health-care information.
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Tons of acorns? It must be a mast year
If you have oak trees in your neighborhood, perhaps you've noticed that some years the ground is carpeted with their acorns, and some years there are hardly any. Biologists call this pattern, in which all the oak trees for miles around make either lots of acorns or almost none, "masting."
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The psychology of riots: Why it's never just mindless violence
It seemingly can happen anywhere—and at any time. From London to Hong Kong, apparently peaceful cities can sometimes erupt suddenly into widespread, and often sustained, unrest. But what role does psychology play in this? And can it explain how, why and when crowds turn to violence?
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Image: Hubble spots a curious spiral
The universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of scale. Many galaxies we see through telescopes such as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the source of this beautiful image, look relatively similar: spiraling arms, a glowing center, and a mixture of bright specks of star formation and dark ripples of cosmic dust weaving throughout.
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A new way to create pumpkin spice products, drugs, cosmetics
"Like oil and water" doesn't apply just to personal relationships that aren't working. It also applies to the challenges scientists face when combining spices and other products that conventionally do not mix well in producing improved drugs, foods and cosmetics.
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Findings could identify aggressive breast cancers that will respond to immunotherapy
Researchers discovered a biological signature that could help identify which triple negative breast cancers might respond to immunotherapy and other treatments.
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Link between hearing and cognition begins earlier than once thought
A new study finds that cognitive impairment begins in the earliest stages of age-related hearing loss — when hearing is still considered normal.
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Trods vindmøller og solceller: Det halter med elektrificere danskernes forbrug
PLUS. Vi udbygger med vindmøller og solceller som aldrig før, men er ikke rigtig kommet i gang med den elektrificering af forbruget, som alle eksperter entydigt anbefaler.
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Tons of acorns? It must be a mast year
If you have oak trees in your neighborhood, perhaps you've noticed that some years the ground is carpeted with their acorns, and some years there are hardly any. Biologists call this pattern, in which all the oak trees for miles around make either lots of acorns or almost none, "masting."
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Gigantisk atomeksplosion opdaget i det ydre rum
Eksplosionen udløste mere energi på 20 sekunder, end Solen gør i løbet af 10 dage.
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Lightning strikes 18 times on deadly night in Pakistan
Lightning strikes killed at least 18 people and injured several more during a deadly night in Pakistan's Thar desert, police said Friday, describing the deaths as "unprecedented".
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Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector
Astronauts began an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks Friday to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station.
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Many patients with iNPH develop Alzheimer's disease, too
Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. The researchers were able to predict the development of Alzheimer's disease by using the Disease State Index, DSI, that combines patient-specific data from various sources. The result
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Treatments for leading cause of blindness generate $0.9 to $3 billion
A new economic study, published in JAMA Ophthalmology and conducted by USC researchers at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, the Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics, and the Roski Eye Institute, quantifies the benefits of treatment for wAMD.
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NTU scientists discover new way to promote insulin production in pre-diabetes phase
NTU Singapore scientists have discovered that a type of immune cell known as 'pancreatic islet macrophages' is capable of promoting insulin production during the pre-diabetes phase.
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Turning 'junk' DNA into gold
Mining the rich uncharted territory of the genome or genetic material of a cancer cell has yielded gold for Princess Margaret scientists: new protein targets for drug development against prostate cancer.
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Scientists close in on malaria vaccine
Scientists have taken another big step forward towards developing a vaccine that's effective against the most severe forms of malaria.
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Seeing past the stigma
Plants of the genus Erythroxylum are mainly known due to their use either in Coca Cola or as the drug cocaine. The controversial cultivation of the plants is an important income source for many farming communities in South American countries. A new interdisciplinary review now highlights the domestication history of the genus and examines numerous possible positive use cases of Erythroxylum, e.g.
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Using aluminum and lasers to make bendable glass
An international team of researchers has found a way to make bendable glass using lasers fired at crystalline aluminum oxide. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their technique and the features of the glass they produced. Lothar Wondraczek with the University of Jena has published a companion piece in the same journal issue outlining the history of scientists atte
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Deval Patrick Says He's Right on Time
MANCHESTER, N.H.—On a conference call with supporters last night, Deval Patrick couldn't remember the name of his new campaign manager. Which isn't all that surprising, really. They've known each other for only a few days. A few hours earlier, volunteers for his just-launched presidential campaign stood outside the statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, waiting for the new blue-and-green Deval Pat
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Barn extra sårbara för klimatförändring
Barnen kommer att drabbas särskilt hårt om inte klimatförändringarna begränsas. Det visar årets rapport i serien The Lancet Countdown. Årets rapport understryker riskerna med klimatförändringen för barnens situation, både under uppväxten och senare i livet som vuxna. Som enda svenska lärosäte leder Umeå universitet en av arbetsgrupperna bakom rapporten som publiceras i den vetenskapliga tidskrift
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Evidence found of magnetic reconnection generating spicules on the sun
An international team of researchers has found evidence that magnetic reconnection is the source of spicule generation on the surface of the sun. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study of the sun and what they learned about it.
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Scientists discover how the molecule-sorting station in our cells is formed and maintained
Body cells are workshops that continuously operate to produce and process substances to maintain metabolism. When a substance enters a cell for processing, it is surrounded by a portion of the cell's outer membrane to form a sac. The sac then buds off into the cell and becomes a vesicle containing the substance. This ingestion of substances by the cell is called endocytosis. The vesicle is then qu
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Secret lives of rats: Studying the ecology of urban ship rats
"Rats are a particularly damaging invasive species in New Zealand," Henry says. "Understanding them better, including how they move through an urban environment and what their habitat preferences are, will give insight into how to more effectively eradicate them and protect native flora and fauna, especially as there's currently very little known about the ecology of urban ship rats."
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Scientists discover how the molecule-sorting station in our cells is formed and maintained
Body cells are workshops that continuously operate to produce and process substances to maintain metabolism. When a substance enters a cell for processing, it is surrounded by a portion of the cell's outer membrane to form a sac. The sac then buds off into the cell and becomes a vesicle containing the substance. This ingestion of substances by the cell is called endocytosis. The vesicle is then qu
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Secret lives of rats: Studying the ecology of urban ship rats
"Rats are a particularly damaging invasive species in New Zealand," Henry says. "Understanding them better, including how they move through an urban environment and what their habitat preferences are, will give insight into how to more effectively eradicate them and protect native flora and fauna, especially as there's currently very little known about the ecology of urban ship rats."
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Image: Copernicus Sentinel-2 captures eutrophic Lake Tai, China
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Lake Tai, the third largest freshwater lake in China. The lake, also known as Lake Taihu, is located in the Jiangsu province and is approximately 70 km long and 60 km wide, with an average water depth of approximately two meters. The lake discharges its waters through Wusong, Liu, Huangpu and several other rivers.
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LHCb looks to the future with SciFi detector
For the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider, the ongoing second long shutdown (LS2) of CERN's accelerator complex will be a period of metamorphosis. After two successful data-collection runs, the detector is being upgraded to improve the precision of its physics measurements, many of which are the best in the world. There will therefore be five times more collisions every time proton bunche
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A step closer to cancer precision medicine
Researchers have developed a computational model, Combined Essentiality Scoring (CES), that enables accurate identification of essential genes in cancer cells for development of anti-cancer drugs.
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New role for dopamine in gene transcription and cell proliferation
The dopamine D2 receptor has a previously unobserved role in modulating Wnt expression and control of cell proliferation, according to a new study. The research could have implications for the development of new therapeutics across multiple disciplines including nephrology, endocrinology, and psychiatry.
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Smokers and hypertensive individuals have higher risk of sudden death from brain bleed
Contrary to the previous data, a Finnish study clarifies that smoking and high blood pressure do not protect from death in patients suffering from subarachnoid haemorrhage, the most lethal stroke subtype. In fact, subarachnoid haemorrhage kills smokers and hypertensive individuals already before they reach hospitals, and therefore studies that cannot include these outside hospitals deaths in analy
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Gallium-based solvating agent efficiently analyzes optically active alcohols
A research team has developed a gallium-based metal complex enabling the rapid chiral analysis of alcohols.
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Real-time 3-D reconstruction of complex scenes from long distances are shaping our present and future
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Toulouse, France, have proposed a novel framework that combines statistical models with highly scalable computational tools from the computer graphics community to accurately extract the 3-D information in real-time (50 frames per second).
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12 Great Gifts for the Coffee Lover in Your Life
We all know someone who puts a little too much time into their morning coffee. Here's how to shop for them.
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'Epstein Didn't Kill Himself' and the Meme-ing of Conspiracy
What happens when a conspiracy theory becomes flattened into a quick, shareable phrase?
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Direct-to-patient telemedicine cardiology follow-ups may safely save families time, cost
Health provider follow-ups delivered via computer or smartphone is a feasible alternative to in-person patient follow-ups for some pediatric cardiac conditions, according to the findings of a pilot study presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions this week.
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Another New Form of Carbon – It's A Weird One
Here's a surprise: a report of a completely new (and rather unusual) allotrope of carbon. There doesn't appear to be a manuscript out there yet, but the results were presented earlier this month at a conference in Richmond and earlier this year at the APS meeting, and caused a stir. Weirdly, this one appears to have properties that are best described as semi-metallic: it's harder than stainless s
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More Indigenous and Latin American students are joining US graduate programmes — but overall diversity remains low
Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03546-9 Proportions of female students and those from under-represented ethnic groups are rising, yet parity is a way off.
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Data sharing is the future of materials research
Using data to design and develop totally new materials is a rapidly growing area of science. A group of researchers at Aalto University have just published a paper that details the growth of data-driven materials science so far and offers their perspective on its future direction. One of the challenges they point out is to open science databases for all. The researchers are not reserved in their r
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New twist on CRISPR technology
In a classic episode of an old-school TV comedy called I Love Lucy, we see Lucille Ball stepping into an assembly line job at a candy factory. As the pace of the conveyor belt exceeds her ability to wrap the candy, the frenzy gets the best of her. She shoves candy into her pockets, into her hat, into her mouth—it's a job fail.
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New twist on CRISPR technology
In a classic episode of an old-school TV comedy called I Love Lucy, we see Lucille Ball stepping into an assembly line job at a candy factory. As the pace of the conveyor belt exceeds her ability to wrap the candy, the frenzy gets the best of her. She shoves candy into her pockets, into her hat, into her mouth—it's a job fail.
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Gallium-based solvating agent efficiently analyzes optically active alcohols
A research team has developed a gallium-based metal complex enabling the rapid chiral analysis of alcohols.
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DNA may hold the clue to protecting endangered species
A new method for analyzing DNA collected from waterways which can help identify endangered bird species has been developed with the help of researchers from The University of Western Australia.
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Researchers identify seven types of fake news, aiding better detection
To help people spot fake news, or create technology that can automatically detect misleading content, scholars first need to know exactly what fake news is, according to a team of Penn State researchers. However, they add, that's not as simple as it sounds.
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Sex and gender in science: Why they matter
First published in November 1869, the prestigious British scientific journal Nature is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year with a special issue called "150 Years of Nature." In it, scientists from around the world offer a rich assortment of news features, commentaries, essays, profiles, review articles, videos, podcasts and "perspective" pieces on research and its role in society.
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Discovery of a new type of particle beam instability
Accelerated, charged particle beams do what light does for microscopes: illuminate matter. The more intense the beams, the more easily scientists can examine the object they are looking at. But intensity comes with a cost: the more intense the beams, the more they become prone to instabilities.
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NASA finds Neptune moons locked in 'dance of avoidance'
Even by the wild standards of the outer solar system, the strange orbits that carry Neptune's two innermost moons are unprecedented, according to newly published research.
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DNA may hold the clue to protecting endangered species
A new method for analyzing DNA collected from waterways which can help identify endangered bird species has been developed with the help of researchers from The University of Western Australia.
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Apple bans vaping apps from App Store
Apple on Friday said it is banning vaping-related apps from its App Store due to concerns that e-cigarette use can damage lungs or even kill people.
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F-35-støj udløser kæmpeerstatning
117 naboer omkring Flyvestation Skrydstrup vil blive tilbudt ekspropriering, mens cirka 1.500 andre får tilbud om støjisolering. Politisk flertal har sat omkring 250 mio. kr. af til erstatninger.
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Working Scientist podcast: Too many PhDs, too few research positions
Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03439-x Students need to be clear about their reasons for pursuing a PhD and the career options open to them, Julie Gould discovers.
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A surprising answer to a hot question: Controlled burns often fail to slow a bushfire
As sure as night follows day, this week's bushfires prompted inevitable debate about whether fire authorities should have carried out more hazard reduction burning, and whether opposition from conservationists prevented this.
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Size of thunderstorm dome clouds may predict tornado intensity
The size of a bulge at the top of a thunderstorm's anvil-shaped cloud may allow researchers to forecast the strength of tornadoes that spawn from such storms, according to a new study in AGU's journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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A battle for the jet stream is raging above our heads
When prolonged periods of severe weather strike, two things often get the blame these days: climate change and the jet stream. Many have expressed concerns that the rapidly melting Arctic is now disturbing the jet stream, bringing more frequent bouts of wild weather. But potentially even more powerful changes are afoot in the tropics—and the consequences could be severe.
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Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas'
A team of scientists have used satellite data to augment measurements of North Korean nuclear tests on the ground. The researchers find that the most recent test shifted the ground by a few meters, and estimate it to be equivalent to 17 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
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How HIV dodges our immune defenses
New research reveals how a protein that specializes in killing off invading viruses latches on to attackers, as well as how some viruses like HIV evade capture and death. Humans have evolved dynamic defense mechanisms against the viruses that seek to infect our bodies—proteins that specialize in identifying, capturing, and destroying the genetic material that viruses try to sneak into our cells.
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Researchers Use 3D Climate Modeling to Estimate Planet Habitability
This artist's impression shows the planet orbiting the Sun-like star HD 85512 in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sail). This planet is one of sixteen super-Earths discovered by the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. This planet is about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth lis at the edge of the habitable zone around the star, where liquid water, and p
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This old bird did shake its tail feathers
Japanese fossil find suggests complex evolution.
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Apes Might Know That You Don't Know What They Know
In the pursuit of new knowledge, some scientists explore other worlds, discover new species, and develop cures for disease. Others film themselves being robbed by a colleague in a King Kong suit, to address a debate that's been raging for more than 40 years . Bedecked in ape cosplay , Satoshi Hirata from Kyoto University would grab a stone from his uncostumed colleague, Fumihiro Kano, and hide it
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New research expands the answers we can get from bat guano
Here's the thing about bats: They can fly. And they do that in the dark.
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Dwindling tropical rainforests mean lost medicines yet to be discovered in their plants
Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to pick a fruit was a common thing to do when I was hungry, even though at times there were unintended consequences. My failure to resist consuming unripened fruit, for example, caused my stomach to hurt. With such incidents becoming frequent, it was helpful to learn from my mother that consuming the leaves of a par
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New research expands the answers we can get from bat guano
Here's the thing about bats: They can fly. And they do that in the dark.
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Dwindling tropical rainforests mean lost medicines yet to be discovered in their plants
Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to pick a fruit was a common thing to do when I was hungry, even though at times there were unintended consequences. My failure to resist consuming unripened fruit, for example, caused my stomach to hurt. With such incidents becoming frequent, it was helpful to learn from my mother that consuming the leaves of a par
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Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists at the University of Tokyo have studied how molecular building blocks can either form a spherical cage or an ultrathin sheet that shows some of the basic properties of a "smart" material that can respond to its environment.
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Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists at the University of Tokyo have studied how molecular building blocks can either form a spherical cage or an ultrathin sheet that shows some of the basic properties of a "smart" material that can respond to its environment.
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An Instagram Without Likes, And a MacBook Keyboard Without Fails
Instagram and Apple made small changes to their products this week that could affect customers in a major way.
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The Evidence That Links Russia's Most Brazen Hacking Efforts
From the 2017 French election to the Olympics to NotPetya, the same group's fingerprints have appeared again and again.
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'Oumuamua isn't aliens, but it may not be an asteroid either
Oumuamua may be made of a fine web of dust rather than rock or ice. (ESO/M. Kornmesser/) Asteroids and comets tend to be heavy, but 'oumuamua—the first interstellar visitor spotted passing through our solar system—acted impossibly light. Today, two years after the object receded from sight, researchers are still puzzling over 'oumuamua's inexplicable behavior. Too agile to be a rocky asteroid but
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Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019
The Ohio State House recently passed a revised education bill , now on its way to the state senate, that includes some concerning language. Here is the relevant passage: Assignment grades and scores shall be calculated using ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance, including any legitimate pedagogical concerns, and shall not penalize or reward a student based on the religious conte
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What you might have missed
The tour guide in our brain, new information on an extinct giant ape and a Star Wars idea comes to life – here are some highlights from a week in science.
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Opioid solutions found beyond the headlines
Every day, the headlines offer yet another example of how the ongoing opioid epidemic is devastating communities and individual lives. But given the significant role popular media plays in shaping public perceptions, where is this non-stop coverage taking us?
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Arctic Ocean could be ice-free for part of the year as soon as 2044
It's hard to imagine the Arctic without sea ice.
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How multiple factors of climate change affect soil
A team of ecologists at Freie Universität Berlin studied soil and how it was affected by multiple factors of climate change. The team, led by Prof. Dr. Matthias Rillig, experimentally examined effects of up to 10 factors of climate change by randomly adding an increasing number of such factors. Results on soil functions and biodiversity showed consistent trends with increasing number of factors ad
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Germany's parliament has approved a bill to introduce a price for carbon emissions in the transport and heating sectors as part of a broader package of measures designed to tackle climate change.
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Climate Change May Be Blowing Up Arms Depots – More intense heat waves can destabilize the components of munitions, particularly where explosives are not properly stored
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Children Are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Change's Health Impacts – Global warming is already affecting public health, and efforts to address the problem are inadequate, a new report says
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A laser-sighted toxic goo gun is killing feral cats in Australia
A device that kills feral cats by squirting their fur with toxic gel they lick off while self-grooming is being used to protect endangered Australian animals
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That sick feeling might actually be an emotion
That weary feeling that sets in with an illness is an emotion that helps you fight off infection, researchers say. Slack facial muscles and drooping eyelids appear early. Exhaustion, loss of appetite, and increased sensitivity to cold and pain come on. Those signs are among a long list of features that researchers have linked to the emotion of being sick , which the authors label lassitude, a now
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World's first vagina museum to open in London
Muff Busters exhibition begins in Camden in hope of tackling myths on 'taboo' body parts In a bright indoor space in Camden's Stables Market, a giant tampon is flanked by giant menstrual cups. Illustrations of female genitalia are dotted around the walls and some underwear is in a glass case. This is the world's first vagina museum dedicated to gynaecological anatomy, which opens this weekend in
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Anne Applebaum Joins The Atlantic as Staff Writer
Anne Applebaum, the Washington Post columnist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author, is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. Applebaum will write on national politics and foreign policy, with a particular focus on Europe, for both The Atlantic 's site and the magazine. She begins with The Atlantic in January, and joins as the publication continues to expand its reporting and readership. Announcing
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A Thrilling Look at America's First Extreme Sport
Alexandra Lazarowich first attended the Calgary Stampede in 2017. That year the stampede, which bills itself as "the greatest outdoor show on Earth," held the first-ever Indian Relay race in the event's history. For Lazarowich, who is indigenous herself, the bareback horse race was thrilling to watch—and not just because of the extreme nature of the sport. "It was the first time in my life that I
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Making planets in a rocket
How are celestial bodies created? Aside from philosophical questions, researchers are taking practical steps to investigate the very first moments when planets are born—on a sounding rocket launching from Sweden next week.
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Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
The 270 million hectares of native vegetation preserved by rural landowners (Legal Reserves and unprotected areas) yield Brazil the equivalent of some U.S. $1.5 trillion per year in ecosystem services, such as crop pollination, pest control, water security, rain production and soil quality maintenance.
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Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
The 270 million hectares of native vegetation preserved by rural landowners (Legal Reserves and unprotected areas) yield Brazil the equivalent of some U.S. $1.5 trillion per year in ecosystem services, such as crop pollination, pest control, water security, rain production and soil quality maintenance.
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Alien Hunters Need the Far Side of the Moon to Stay Quiet
The far side is normally protected from all the radio noise emanating from Earth, but SETI researchers worry that new visitors will gunk it up.
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'Ford v Ferrari' Overlooks the Best Part of the Racing Rivalry
It's a good time, but it skips the feats of engineering that made 1966's historic 24 Hours of Le Mans race possible.
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146 New Vulnerabilities All Come Preinstalled on Android Phones
The dozens of flaws across 29 Android smartphone makers show just how insecure the devices can be, even brand-new.
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From the Vault: Newborn Vitamin K Shots Save Baby Lives
I've gone into the vault in order to save new content until after technical difficulties have been ironed out. Here is one of my earliest and most memorable (to me) posts on the newborn vitamin K shot and risks of refusing it.
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Første lokale zika-infektioner fundet i Europa
PLUS. Tre franskmænd er blevet smittet med zikavirus via lokale myg. Ikke uventet, lyder det fra Statens Serum Institut.
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Reviewers asked authors to change their study design. It apparently didn't go well.
In what the editor of a psychiatry journal says in an unusual case, the authors of a paper on treatments for depression have retracted it after being alerted to "inconsistencies" stemming from a change to their study design that the peer reviewers had requested. Here's the retraction notice, in The Journal of Nervous and Mental … Continue reading
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Varierande syrehalter ett mysterium på Mars
Halterna av syre på Mars varierar över tid, enligt ny forskning. Det är ett mysterium som återstår för forskarna att lösa. – På våren och sommaren produceras ett överskott av syre i Mars atmosfär, säger Javier Martín-Torres, Luleå tekniska universitet. I nära sex års tid har ett instrument på NASA:s mobila forskningsfarkost Curiosity tagit prover och analyserat sammansättningen av luften vid Gale
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Searching for Meaning on Our Pale Blue Dot
Sasha Sagan's "For Small Creatures Such as We" is both a memoir of growing up as the daughter of astronomer Carl Sagan and writer Ann Druyan and an exploration of universal themes among religions, cultures, and secular communities around the world, and the many rituals we create to find meaning in life.
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Plasma Scalpel Takes On Cancer
A pilot study is ongoing with the new tool — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Executive Privilege Should Have No Power When It Comes to an Impeachment
The House has now begun the public phase of its impeachment process. But during its closed-door sessions last week, more than 10 current and former executive-branch officials—including Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and the top National Security Council lawyer, John Eisenberg —refused to show up. Each had been subpoenaed to appear. Compliance with a subpoena is not normally optional, of cour
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Stone Age artists were obsessed with horses and we don't know why
Stone Age artists loved drawing horses. One possible explanation is that this was because they believed horses were the most important of all the animals
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How to Give Mars an Atmosphere, Maybe – Facts So Romantic
The plan for an artificial Martian magnetosphere may sound "fanciful," but researchers say that emerging research is starting to show that a miniature magnetosphere can be used to protect humans and spacecraft. NASA Earth is most fortunate to have vast webs of magnetic fields surrounding it. Without them, much of our atmosphere would have been gradually torn away by powerful solar winds long ago,
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Internationale eksperter: Fremragende dansk forskning mangler kommerciel succes
Danskerne får ikke nok ud af de offentlige forskningsmidler lyder kritikken fra et internationalt ekspertpanel, der har undersøgt Danmarks innovationsevne.
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Äldre tränar bättre med AR-glasögon
Så kallade AR-glasögon, glasögon som förstärker verkligheten, kan hjälpa äldre och funktionshindrade att träna upp sin balans. Glasögonen gör det roligare att träna, samtidigt som de hjälper patienten att komma ihåg sina övningar. – Vi vet att många äldre går hem från sjukvården och då är motiverade till träning, men de vet inte hur de ska göra. Med våra AR-glasögon får de tydliga instruktioner o
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Stop Waiting for a Savior
August 21, 2018, was a low point in the Trump presidency: On the same day—indeed, in the same hour—the president's former campaign chairman was found guilty of federal crimes, and his former lawyer pleaded guilty in another case. While the president may have weathered the storm of that summer day, this past Wednesday, November 13, presented a similarly ominous double spectacle. In the federal cou
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The GOP Won't Disavow Trump, But Nikki Haley Has Another Strategy
Nikki Haley has a theory about the post–Donald Trump GOP. It's that Republicans will want to move on from Trump without repudiating him. They'll want a candidate who promises healing without accountability. Haley auditions for that role in her new memoir, With All Due Respect . A former South Carolina governor who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Haley is a bellwether for her p
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Aktindsigt: Kommunen var advaret om cykelkaos på københavnerbro
Det kom ikke som nogen overraskelse for Københavns Kommune, at den omdiskuterede cykelsti på Dybbølsbro ikke var optimalt indrettet. Det fremgår af et notat, som MobilityTech har fået aktindsigt i.
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Jackdaw mobs flip from chaos to order as they grow
Chaotic mobs of jackdaws suddenly get organised once enough birds join in, new research shows.
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Google Chrome-'eksperiment' fik faner hos virksomheder over hele verden til at crashe
Chrome-holdet implementerer en ny funktion, der fik browserfaner til at crashe hos virksomheder, der rapporterer om store økonomiske tab.
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PODCAST: Alt hvad du behøver at vide om blockchain
Blockchain kan hjælpe danske svin til Kina og sælge skibe – men samtidig er teknologien verdens værste database.
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Jackdaw mobs flip from chaos to order as they grow
Chaotic mobs of jackdaws suddenly get organised once enough birds join in, new research shows.
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FÖRELÄSNING: Immunförsvaret – vad vet vi?
Vill du lära dig mer om människans immunförsvar och kopplingar till allergi, transplantation, autoimmuna sjukdomar och cancer? Då får du inte missa föreläsningen på onsdag den 20 november 2019.
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Scientists discover how the molecule-sorting station in our cells is formed and maintained
A recent study by a group of scientists from Japan and Austria has revealed that a different mechanism is responsible for the formation and maintenance of the cell organelle called endosome that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell. Contrary to current knowledge in the field, the scientists show that the functioning of the Golgi is crucial for this organelle's upkeep. This result can u
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Gamla sanningar vid tumöroperationer runt ögonen ifrågasätts
När en tumör runt ögonen skärs bort, uppkommer ett hål som måste slutas. Kirurgen kan behöva låna hud från andra ställen på kroppen och för att dessa operationer ska lyckas måste blodcirkulationen vara tillräcklig. Nya avbildningstekniker har nu gjort det möjligt att studera blodcirkulationen och många av de gamla, icke-vetenskapliga antaganden och myterna inom kirurgin har nu börjat att ifrågasät
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An insulin nasal spray could help with polycystic ovary syndrome
Women with PCOS often have to eat less and exercise more in order to maintain a healthy weight – a study in sheep suggests that a nasal insulin spray could help
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Climate change: Warming signal links global floods and fires
Scientists say rising temperatures are having a big influence on the scale and frequency of extreme weather events.
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Cohesin cleavage by separase is enhanced by a substrate motif distinct from the cleavage site
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13209-y Prior to anaphase, securin binds separase and thereby prevents cohesin cleavage. Here, the authors develop a method to produce active securin-free separase, identify a docking motif in cohesin that promotes cleavage, and show that securin interferes with this interaction.
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All WSe2 1T1R resistive RAM cell for future monolithic 3D embedded memory integration
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13176-4 Designing efficient, scalable and low-thermal-budget 2D Materials for 3D integration remains a challenge. Here, the authors report the development of a hybrid-(solution-processed-exfoliated) integration of 2D Material based 1T1R which uses a multilayer WSe2 p-FET and a multilayer printed WSe2 RRAM.
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Atomically dispersed nickel as coke-resistant active sites for methane dry reforming
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12843-w While dry reforming of methane, the reaction of CH4 and CO2 to create CO and H2, is a promising reaction for industry, coke buildup often deactivates catalysts and limits commercialization. Here, authors report single-atom nickel on Ce-doped hydroxyapatite as a coke-resistant catalyst.
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Adaptive prospective optical gating enables day-long 3D time-lapse imaging of the beating embryonic zebrafish heart
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13112-6 Imaging heart development is challenging due to constant tissue movement and changing physical landmarks. Here the authors present an algorithm capable of maintaining phase-locked imaging throughout a 24 hour timespan, enabling long term timelapse imaging studies of zebrafish heart development, repair and re
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General technoeconomic analysis for electrochemical coproduction coupling carbon dioxide reduction with organic oxidation
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12744-y Coupling of carbon dioxide reduction and organic oxidation is promising for sustainable chemicals production; however, economics are impacted by variations in product combinations and process design. Here the authors report technoeconomic analysis for a range of technologies and coproduction processes.
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Toll-like receptor 2 expression on c-kit+ cells tracks the emergence of embryonic definitive hematopoietic progenitors
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13150-0 There is limited knowledge of markers to identify various waves of murine embryonic hematopoiesis. Here, the authors show that the expression of toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) on E7.5 c-kit+ cells marks the emergence of erythro-myeloid progenitor precursors and that the Tlr2 locus is active in E8.5 precursors o
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Abiotic synthesis of graphite in hydrothermal vents
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13216-z Deciphering the origin, age, and composition of deep marine organic carbon remains a challenge for understanding the dynamics of the marine carbon cycle. Here, the authors identify (sub)micron-sized graphite emanating from both high and low temperature hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise, and sugg
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Enantiodivergence by minimal modification of an acyclic chiral secondary aminocatalyst
Nature Communications, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13183-5 Enantiodivergent methods, which to access both enantiomers of the same compound, are of importance in drug synthesis. Here, the authors show that by simply changing a NiBu- to a NMe-group in readily available amine organocatalysts, high stereocontrol and broad scope are achieved in eight asymmetric reactions
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Taler I forbi hinanden? Mænd og kvinder bruger forskellige ord
Mænd taler abstrakt, kvinder går mere i detaljen, indikerer ny forskning.
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Energistyrelsen til politikere: Lad bredbåndspuljen leve
Bredbåndspuljens 280 millioner kroner, der er brugt på 160 lokale bredbåndsprojekter er givet så godt ud, at politikerne bør videreføre puljen i 2020. Sådan lyder konklusionen i ny evaluering fra Energistyrelsen, der kan redde den dødsdømte pulje.
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Early DNA lineages from Finland shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary population
A new genetic study carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku demonstrates that, at the end of the Iron Age, Finland was inhabited by separate and differing populations, all of them influencing the gene pool of modern Finns. The study is so far the most extensive investigation of the ancient DNA of people inhabiting the region of Finland.
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Mapping disease outbreaks in urban settings using mobile phone data
A new EPFL and MIT study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore has uncovered a legal void around access to mobile phone data — information that can prove vital in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
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Life experience critical for managing Type 2 diabetes
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that age plays a critical role in the well-being of people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, with younger patients more susceptible to psychological distress resulting in worse health outcomes.
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Jackdaw mobs flip from chaos to order as they grow
Chaotic mobs of jackdaws suddenly get organised once enough birds join in, new research shows.
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Author Correction: De novo assembly of the Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco transcriptome provides insight into the development and pollination mechanism of female cone based on RNA-Seq data
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53777-z
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Rhesus Theta Defensin 1 Promotes Long Term Survival in Systemic Candidiasis by Host Directed Mechanisms
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53402-z
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The Relationship between Trial-by-Trial Variability and Oscillations of Cortical Population Activity
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53270-7
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Aspirin enhances cisplatin sensitivity of resistant non-small cell lung carcinoma stem-like cells by targeting mTOR-Akt axis to repress migration
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53134-0
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Maternal and early postnatal immune activation produce sex-specific effects on autism-like behaviors and neuroimmune function in mice
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53294-z
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Machine Learning to Quantitate Neutrophil NETosis
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53202-5
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Co-stimulation with IL-1β and TNF-α induces an inflammatory reactive astrocyte phenotype with neurosupportive characteristics in a human pluripotent stem cell model system
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53414-9
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mTORC1 activity is essential for erythropoiesis and B cell lineage commitment
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53141-1
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Hibernation Works for Bears. Could It Work for Us, Too?
A grizzly's body can slow down for months without damage. Researchers wonder if the ability can be harnessed to aid human health.
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General election 2019: Lib Dems pledge £100bn climate fund over five years
Plan to "decarbonise capitalism" would be funded by extra borrowing and tax changes, party says.
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Retspsykiatriske patienter får længere domme end raske kriminelle
Psykisk syge kriminelle får længere domme end raske, fordi dommerne ikke har tillid til, at almenpsykiatrien kan give den nødvendige behandling, viser ny rapport fra Institut for Menneskerettigheder. Men det skader patienterne, pointerer Dansk Psykiatrisk Selskab.
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In Islamabad, students to be taught about climate change. With Pakistan losing an average of nine per cent of its GDP annually to climate change and environmental impacts, the youth's involvement is the most effective means of making the Green and Clean movement a success.
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The European Investment Bank has agreed to phase out its multibillion-euro financing for fossil fuels within the next two years to become the world's first '"climate bank". The bank will end its financing of oil, gas, and coal projects after 2021
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Reap, what you "sew" please. The Gate to faster food has been opened, photosynthesis cracked.
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New 3D printer makes multi-material robots
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Brown U. researchers, RIH surgeons & Intel engineers look to develop device that bypasses spinal-cord injury while reintroducing functionality
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Bloodhound car goes faster still – to 562mph
After some frustrating technical glitches, the land speed racer is upping its pace again.
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Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France
Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left one person dead and cut power to some 300,000 homes, with icy conditions snarling train and road traffic Friday.
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Ghost ships, crop circles, and soft gold: A GPS mystery in Shanghai
A sophisticated new electronic warfare system is being used at the world's busiest port. But is it sand thieves or the Chinese state behind it?
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Arizona's tiny desert owl has new chance for protection
Environmental groups say a tiny desert owl that makes its nest inside cavities of Arizona's saguaro cactus has a new chance for federal protection.
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Arizona's tiny desert owl has new chance for protection
Environmental groups say a tiny desert owl that makes its nest inside cavities of Arizona's saguaro cactus has a new chance for federal protection.
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UK Labour promises free broadband for all
Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday promised free, fast broadband internet for everyone, in an eye-catching pledge for next month's election.
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Court rules Trump EPA unlawfully ignored dangerous chemicals
The Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials in public use from a safety review, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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RFID og maskinlæring holder styr på bøgerne
PLUS. RFID-teknologi klarer bogsorteringen på biblioteker. Nu skal maskinlæringsalgoritmer hjælpe med at forhindre overfyldte boghylder.
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EU bank to stop funding fossil fuels in 'landmark decision'
The European Union's investment arm said Thursday it will stop funding fossil fuel projects from 2022 as part of a new strategy aimed at fighting climate change, in a decision environmental campaigners hailed as a "significant victory".
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Venice faces more floods as state of emergency declared
Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide Friday, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage.
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Pig infected with African swine fever washes up in Taiwan
A floating dead pig infected with African swine fever washed up in Taiwan last week, according to a UN report, which also recorded a fresh mainland China outbreak and an attempt to illegally transport infected pigs.
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Tværfagligt netværk i Sjælland sætter fokus på diabetiske fodkomplikationer
Region Sjælland har fået et nyt netværk på tværs af faggrupper og sygehuse, hvor målet er at samarbejde om behandling af diabetes og fodkomplikationer. Det skal skabe mere ens kvalitet.
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Forskningstalent modtager legat til sin forskning i kunstig bugspytkirtel
Læge Ajenthen G. Ranjan modtog Diabetesforeningens forskningslegat til talentfulde forksere. Legatet skal bruges på mere personale til projektet om kunstig bugspytkirtel.
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Retspsykiatriske patienter optager fortsat mange senge i almenpsykiatrien
Selvom retspsykiatrien har fået flere senge fylder de retspsykiatriske patienter fylder stadig for meget i almenpsykiatrien til skade for begge patientgrupper. Løsningen er et solidt løft af almenpsykiatrien, mener psykiaternes formand. Minister vil løse problemet med den kommende psykiatriplan.
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Ultralyd kan forudse hjertekarsygdom hos diabetikere
Nyt studie viser, at en ultralydsscanning af hjertet kan afsløre, hvilke patienter med type 1-diabetes der er i risiko for at få en hjertekarsygdom. Lovende resultater, men vi skal vide mere, før vi implementerer det, siger overlæge i kardiologi.
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Scarier than fiction: climate worry driving 'cli-fi' boom
Imagine a world where storms inundate coastal megacities, entire species become extinct in the blink of an eye, and conflicts are fought over dwindling natural resources.
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Pig infected with African swine fever washes up in Taiwan
A floating dead pig infected with African swine fever washed up in Taiwan last week, according to a UN report, which also recorded a fresh mainland China outbreak and an attempt to illegally transport infected pigs.
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Rabies breakthrough offers fresh hope in battle against deadly virus
New research raises hopes of oral vaccine for dogs, the chief source of transmission to humans Researchers have discovered a way to stop rabies from shutting down critical responses in the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for new tools to fight the deadly disease. Rabies kills almost 60,000 people each year , mostly affecting poor and rural communities. Continue reading…
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Cambodia to ban elephant rides at Angkor temples
Cambodia will ban all elephant rides at the country's famed Angkor temple park by early next year, an official said Friday, a rare win for conservationists who have long decried the popular practice as cruel.
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Bigger doesn't mean better for hatchery-released salmon
Fish permeate the culture of the Pacific Northwest (PNW). In particular, the iconic salmon has been an important part of the region for thousands of years, from ancient Native American trade routes and legends to modern fishing and sporting. In the area of the Salish Sea—inland waterways including Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca—the cultures, economies, and techn
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Research reveals new state of matter: a Cooper pair metal
For years, physicists have assumed that Cooper pairs, the electron duos that enable superconductors to conduct electricity without resistance, were two-trick ponies. The pairs either glide freely, creating a superconducting state, or create an insulating state by jamming up within a material, unable to move at all.
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Cambodia to ban elephant rides at Angkor temples
Cambodia will ban all elephant rides at the country's famed Angkor temple park by early next year, an official said Friday, a rare win for conservationists who have long decried the popular practice as cruel.
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Bigger doesn't mean better for hatchery-released salmon
Fish permeate the culture of the Pacific Northwest (PNW). In particular, the iconic salmon has been an important part of the region for thousands of years, from ancient Native American trade routes and legends to modern fishing and sporting. In the area of the Salish Sea—inland waterways including Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca—the cultures, economies, and techn
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NASA-NOAA satellite finds displaced power in Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi
Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi is still experiencing wind shear and those winds have continued to displace the strongest storms north of the cyclone's center. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and identified those strong storms using infrared light.
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Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ever meandered through the forest and wondered what the crusty stuff on trees or rocks was, they're lichens, a combination of algae and fungi living together almost as if they were one organism. And since they can grow on bare rocks, scientists thought that lichens were some of the first organisms to make their way onto land f
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Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ever meandered through the forest and wondered what the crusty stuff on trees or rocks was, they're lichens, a combination of algae and fungi living together almost as if they were one organism. And since they can grow on bare rocks, scientists thought that lichens were some of the first organisms to make their way onto land f
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We Teach A.I. Systems Everything, Including Our Biases
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US hydrogen train contract awarded. Stadler said the contract announced on November 14 was 'a major milestone in bringing zero-emission passenger rail technology to the USA"
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Is a Brain Upload Possible? Max Tegmark on Whole Brain Emulation
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Researchers 3D-Printed Plastic Cubes With Complex Patterns That Make them Bulletproof
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A Brain that Denies Climate Change
I recall walking with my uncle, on my way back home from school, on the streets of a mofussil cantonment town in Bengal, India. I remember enormous trees on the sides of the street that kissed each other above us. While we walked, he would tell me stories about these banyan trees. He would tell […]
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'Welcome to Europe. Now Go Home.'
MORIA, Greece—From the olive grove just outside the high cement wall—one topped with spirals of razor wire, enclosing one of Europe's most infamous holding pens for asylum seekers—you can see all the way clear to the Aegean Sea, gray-blue in the distance. It's a straight shot across the water to Turkey, just six miles away at the narrowest stretch, an ancient Dardanelles trade route. Moria, on th
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Photos of the Week: Prehistoric Tongue, First Snow, Panda Scan
Autumn colors in Belgium; chess-boxing in Paris; protests in Chile and Hong Kong; dinosaurs in India; Loy Krathong in Thailand; bushfires in Australia; impeachment hearings in Washington, D.C.; the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai; Santa Claus in Germany; tennis in London; and much more
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Perimenopause often signals beginning of sexual dysfunction
For some women, sex becomes less satisfying with age, with a pronounced decline during perimenopause. A new study indicates that sexual dysfunction increases by nearly 30% during perimenopause, and vaginal dryness most often has the greatest effect on desire, arousal, lubrication, and overall satisfaction. Study results were published this week in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menop
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Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
Lichens — a combo of fungus and algae — can grow on bare rocks, so scientists thought that lichens were some of the first organisms to make their way onto land from the water, changing the planet's atmosphere and paving the way for modern plants. But a closer look at the DNA of the algae and fungi that form lichens shows that lichens likely evolved millions of years after plants.
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'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' Is Strong With the Force
Traditional in its approach to the material but elegant in its craftsmanship, the game is one of the best 'Star Wars' games ever made.
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Callum Roberts on a life spent diving on coral reefs – Science Weekly podcast
Callum Roberts is a British oceanographer, author and one of the world's leading marine biologists. Sitting down with Ian Sample , Callum talks about his journey into exploring marine habitats, his subsequent work observing the world's coral reefs and how, despite the urgent threat posed to the majority of these densely populated habitats, he still maintains an almost unswerving optimism for the
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Callum Roberts on a life spent diving on coral reefs – Science Weekly podcast
Callum Roberts is a British oceanographer, author and one of the world's leading marine biologists. Sitting down with Ian Sample, Callum talks about his journey into exploring marine habitats, his subsequent work observing the world's coral reefs and how, despite the urgent threat posed to the majority of these densely populated habitats, he still maintains an almost unswerving optimism for the fu
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A Terminally Ill British Scientist Aims to Be The Most 'Cybernetic' Human Ever Created
He's not dying. He's transforming.
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NASA's New Mars Rover Is Going to a Place Perfect For Preserving Fossils
One of our best chances to find traces of past life on Mars.
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Want to improve your office? Stop being so bossy.
People love freedom but spend most of their day in a place where they are devoid of power, at work. There are a variety of ways to organize an enterprise that give workers influence over the workplace. Studies have found time and again that giving workers dignity, influence, and decent conditions pays off. People spend about half of their waking hours at work. Many people define themselves by wha
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This Simple Video Breaks Down The Real Truth About MSG Safety, With Science
*brb, buying some MSG*
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It-firma i Thisted har afskaffet KPI'er: Vi har ingen problemer med at rekruttere folk
Virksomheders overlevelse er på spil uden de eftertragtede it-folk, mener Dansk IT. Et it-firma i Thisted har knækket nødden og mere end fordoblet staben på to år.
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Major Report Says Drug-Resistant Superbugs Are Already Killing More People Than Feared
Scientists have been warning us for decades.
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There's Now Evidence an Ancient 'Political Superpower' Failed Due to Climate Change
A double-edged sword.
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Climate Change: How did a hacking scandal impact climate science?
What happened after a data hack suggested that climate change caused by humans is a hoax?
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Danske vindmøller stoppes stadigt oftere
PLUS. At stoppe danske vindmølleparker, fordi vi ikke kan bruge den grønne strøm, er en uholdbar situation, der kan løses med kendt teknologi, siger eksperter.
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Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas – Device may enable "T-ray vision," with the ability to see through clothing, book covers, and other thin materials. Such technology could produce crisp, higher-resolution images than microwaves, and be far safer than X-rays.
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An App that Detects Photoshopped Faces using AI
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The European Union will stop fossil-fuel funding by the end of 2021
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World Health Organization to begin testing and approving generic versions of insulin in order to drive down prices.
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Eigenvectors And Eigenvalues | Essence of linear algebra, Chapter 14
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The most progressive climate change policy in US history. This plan is all encompassing; publicly owned renewable energy infrastructure, affordable electric cars and semis with EV charging infrastructure, agricultural reform, Civilian Conservation Corps, and will pay for itself in 15 years.
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Scientists have solved the structure of one of the key components of photosynthesis, the protein complex cytochrome b6f, a discovery that could lead to photosynthesis being 'redesigned' to achieve higher yields and meet urgent food security needs, as reported in the journal Nature.
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World's biggest nuclear fusion project completes civil engineering work on Tokamak Building
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Andrew Yang: Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Job
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Security robots are mobile surveillance devices, not human replacements – They're scooping up data, from facial scans to license plates
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Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change
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Octahedral spinel electrocatalysts for alkaline fuel cells [Chemistry]
Designing high-performance nonprecious electrocatalysts to replace Pt for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has been a key challenge for advancing fuel cell technologies. Here, we report a systematic study of 15 different AB2O4/C spinel nanoparticles with well-controlled octahedral morphology. The 3 most active ORR electrocatalysts were MnCo2O4/C, CoMn2O4/C, and CoFe2O4/C….
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Deciphering essential cistromes using genome-wide CRISPR screens [Genetics]
Although millions of transcription factor binding sites, or cistromes, have been identified across the human genome, defining which of these sites is functional in a given condition remains challenging. Using CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screens and gene essentiality or fitness as the readout, we systematically investigated the essentiality of over 10,000 FOXA1…
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Imaging the dynamic recruitment of monocytes to the blood-brain barrier and specific brain regions during Toxoplasma gondii infection [Microbiology]
Brain infection by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in mice is thought to generate vulnerability to predation by mechanisms that remain elusive. Monocytes play a key role in host defense and inflammation and are critical for controlling T. gondii. However, the dynamic and regional relationship between brain-infiltrating monocytes and parasites is…
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ROS-mediated PI3K activation drives mitochondrial transfer from stromal cells to hematopoietic stem cells in response to infection [Cell Biology]
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) undergo rapid expansion in response to stress stimuli. Here we investigate the bioenergetic processes which facilitate the HSC expansion in response to infection. We find that infection by Gram-negative bacteria drives an increase in mitochondrial mass in mammalian HSCs, which results in a metabolic transition from…
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A high-affinity human PD-1/PD-L2 complex informs avenues for small-molecule immune checkpoint drug discovery [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Immune checkpoint blockade of programmed death-1 (PD-1) by monoclonal antibody drugs has delivered breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer. Nonetheless, small-molecule PD-1 inhibitors could lead to increases in treatment efficacy, safety, and global access. While the ligand-binding surface of apo-PD-1 is relatively flat, it harbors a striking pocket in the…
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Molybdenum threshold for ecosystem scale alternative vanadium nitrogenase activity in boreal forests [Environmental Sciences]
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by microorganisms associated with cryptogamic covers, such as cyanolichens and bryophytes, is a primary source of fixed nitrogen in pristine, high-latitude ecosystems. On land, low molybdenum (Mo) availability has been shown to limit BNF by the most common form of nitrogenase (Nase), which requires Mo in…
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Bio-Rad: Clearing up your Western blots with EveryBlot!
Find out how blocking for Western blots can be done in only five minutes with EveryBlot!
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Venetian council room floods after councilors reject climate proposals
The City of Venice is currently enduring the worst flooding to strike it in 50 years. The mayor has declared it to be a result of climate change. During a debate over next years budget, and right after rejecting environmental proposals, the main chamber of the regional council flooded. In a twist so on the nose you couldn't make it up, the regional council room of Venice was flooded last night im
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Donald Hoffman's radical theory of reality/consciousness. Fascinating ideas.
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Scientists Just Reconstructed The Family Tree of The Biggest Giant Ape That Ever Lived
It's a direct relative of modern orangutans.
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Amazon appeals $10B Pentagon contract won by Microsoft
Amazon is protesting the Pentagon's decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, citing "unmistakable bias" in the process.
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New Jersey seeks $640M from Uber for misclassifying workers
New Jersey is seeking more than $640 million from Uber in taxes and penalties, saying the ride-hailing company misclassified its drivers as independent contractors.
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Black Friday: Brands opt out for environment reasons
More than 300 fashion brands pledge to not participate in Black Friday because it's not good for the planet.
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Thousands of homes to be built in flood zones
Almost 10,000 new homes could be built on some of the most flood-prone areas of England.
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Bagsiden: Glasset er overflødigt stort
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Limits of Trump's Go-To Defense
It's Thursday, November 14. In today's newsletter: On Trump's defense strategy of villainizing, how Fox News covered the impeachment hearings, an argument for calling on Hunter Biden to testify, and more. We're also following: Two teens were killed and three others wounded in a shooting at a southern California high school on Thursday morning. The former ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch,
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Vape Detectors in Schools, Mental Health on Pinterest, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Researchers develop thin heat shield for superfast aircraft
The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft. But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat. Engineers are now developing a design for a heat shield that better protects those extremely fast machines.
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Google Teaches You to Pronounce Difficult Words
Pronunciation practice makes perfect (via Google) There is no shame in mispronouncing words: Even Benedict Cumberbatch needs help sometimes. But whether …
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Researchers develop thin heat shield for superfast aircraft
The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft. But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat. Engineers are now developing a design for a heat shield that better protects those extremely fast machines.
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People who cannot read may be three times as likely to develop dementia
New research has found that people who are illiterate, meaning they never learned to read or write, may have nearly three times greater risk of developing dementia than people who can read and write.
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This Adorable 'Unicorn' Puppy Has a Tail on His Face. Here's How That's Possible
Meet Narwhal, the rescue puppy.
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Author Correction: STIM1-dependent Ca2+ signaling regulates podosome formation to facilitate cancer cell invasion
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53336-6 Author Correction: STIM1-dependent Ca 2+ signaling regulates podosome formation to facilitate cancer cell invasion
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Smart people may learn music faster
Why do some people learn music more quickly than others? Intelligence could play a role, according to a new study that investigated the early stages of learning to play piano.
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Engineers creating miniaturized, wireless oxygen sensor for sick infants
Researchers are developing a sensor the size of a Band-Aid that will measure a baby's blood oxygen levels, a vital indication of the lungs' effectiveness and whether the baby's tissue is receiving adequate oxygen supply. Unlike current systems used in hospitals, this miniaturized wearable device will be flexible and stretchable, wireless, inexpensive, and mobile — possibly allowing the child to l
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Study dissects attitudes on short-term vacation rentals
Feelings of neighborhood pride, interactions with tourists and a community's laws can all influence how neighbors feel about short-term vacation rentals.
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New research quantifies how much speakers' first language affects learning a new language
Linguistic research suggests that accents are strongly shaped by the speaker's first language they learned growing up. New research sheds light on just how strong these effects can be. This work is the first to evaluate these effects on a large scale and may lead to novel methods of instruction for adults learning to speak foreign languages.
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Earthquake-like brain-wave bursts found to be essential for healthy sleep
New research in rats shows that cortical arousals and brief awakenings during sleep exhibit non-equilibrium dynamics and complex organization across time scales necessary for spontaneous sleep-stage transitions and for maintaining healthy sleep.
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Genes borrowed from bacteria allowed plants to move to land
Natural genetic engineering allowed plants to move from water to land, according to a new study.
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The Searing Colors of Santiago's Revolution
Photographer Marcelo Hernandez's image pinpoints the glory and agony of Chileans' struggle for liberation.
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Your stretching intestine is what tells your brain to stop eating
Listen to your gut. The elastic waistband of your pants won't be the only thing that's stretched out after this year's Thanksgiving dinner . Your stomach and intestines will be, too—and new research suggests it's your engorged intestines that will make you feel full. Scientists long thought that nerve feedback from the stomach triggered the brain to send signals of fullness , and research has sho
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A New, Prehistoric Bird Sheds Light on How They Took to the Skies
An artist's reconstruction of what Fukuipteryx prima may have looked like. (Credit: Masanori Yoshida) It was a typical Japanese summer — hot, humid and cloudy — when archaeologists pulled a well-preserved, fossilized bird from the ground in 2013. Their find, announced this week in Communications Biology, might change our idea of what adaptations were essential to the development of flight. Close t
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Researchers find climate change and turf seaweed causing 'patchy' seascape
Researchers find environmental developments caused by climate change are contributing to the transformation of the seafloor to a lower, more patchy seascape dominated by shrub-like seaweed which could impact species habitats and the structure of the food web.
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Subcellular computations within brain during decision-making
New research suggests that during decision-making, neurons in the brain are capable of much more complex processing than previously thought.
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Bigger doesn't mean better for hatchery-released salmon
A recent study examines hatchery practices in regards to how Chinook salmon hatcheries in the PNW are affecting wild populations over the past decades. Over 65 years, Chinook salmon hatcheries in the PNW have skewed towards releasing larger fish that are more easily preyed upon.
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Researchers explore how citizens can become agents of environmental change
Some programs work better than others when it comes to involving citizens in preserving the environment. After reviewing those that worked, researchers propose a blueprint for how others can educate people to maximize their impact.
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Tool for studying decision-making is ineffective for training better behavior
A two-step task commonly used to study people's decision-making behaviors does not appear to be effective for training people to rely more on goal-oriented behaviors and less on habitual behaviors.
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Dr. Wayne Bardin, 85, Innovative Researcher on Birth Control, Dies
He helped develop long-acting implanted contraceptive devices — like Norplant, Jadelle and Mirena — used by millions of women around the world.
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Infants and Toddlers Eat Too Much Sugar, Researchers Say
Using C.D.C. data, researchers found that 98 percent of toddlers and 60 percent of infants consumed added sugar in sweetened drinks, baked goods and snacks.
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Andrew Yang wants you to make money off your data by making it your personal property
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Tech companies should stop pretending AI won't destroy jobs
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Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang wants your data to be your property
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Electric cars are changing the cost of driving: A shuttle service in Southern California has several EVs that have each driven over 300,000 miles. Fleet owners' biggest expenses after depreciation (44%) are fuel (22%) and maintenance and repairs (11%). EVs could slash those costs by more than half.
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This group is scanning thousands of faces in Congress today to protest facial recognition
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Climate change's future of pain and disease isn't imminent, it's already here
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Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang wants your data to be your property
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Most Executives Fear Their Companies Will Fail If They Don't Adopt A.I.
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Andrew Yang wants to tax digital ads and launch a new algorithm regulator
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How to auto-reply to text messages when you're busy
Don't be that jerk at meetings whose phone buzzes every two minutes. (prykhodov via Deposit Photos/) Do Not Disturb is one of the best (and most underutilized) features on modern smartphones. With the press of a button, you can silence incoming calls and texts while you're driving, in a meeting, or taking a nap. But it'd be a lot better if you could automatically send a text message back to the c
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How Crohn's disease-associated bacteria tolerate antibiotics
Bacteria associated with Crohn's disease rely on multiple stress responses to survive, multiply, and tolerate antibiotics within white blood cells called macrophages, according to a new study.
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Discovery reveals mechanism that turns herpes virus on and off
New research has identified a new mechanism that plays a role in controlling how the herpes virus alternates between dormant and active stages of infection.
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How maternal Zika virus infection results in newborn microcephaly
Researchers have discovered that the Zika virus protein NS4A disrupts brain growth by hijacking a pathway that regulates the generation of new neurons.
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Tiny low-energy device to rapidly reroute light in computer chips
Researchers have developed an optical switch that routes light from one computer chip to another in just 20 billionths of a second — faster than any other similar device. The compact switch is the first to operate at voltages low enough to be integrated onto low-cost silicon chips and redirects light with very low signal loss.
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Microsofts xCloud Streaming Service Adds 50 New Games
Microsoft sent out invites to test their Project xCloud streaming service last month. In just over a month, it has made a huge announcement.The xCloud streaming service, which is still in …
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DDoS?
Hello fellow science lovers and critical thinkers, Over the last couple days on ScienceBasedMedicine.org you may have experienced slowness, browser checks, timeouts, 5xx errors, and other server shenanigans. We wanted to confirm your suspicions that SBM was indeed a victim of a DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The DDOS is still ongoing however we have implemented (and will continue) se
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Master regulator in mitochondria is critical for muscle function and repair
New study identifies how loss of mitochondrial protein MICU1 disrupts calcium balance and causes muscle atrophy and weakness.
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TGen-USC researchers link sisters' paralysis to an 'extremely rare' genetic variant
Following a nearly 25-year search across three continents, parents of a pair of sisters — who as children slowly became paralyzed from the waist down — finally have a diagnosis, according to researchers at USC and TGen. Thanks to a chance viewing on French TV of a story about another physically disabled child who regained her mobility after being diagnosed at TGen, the parents of the two sisters
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New research examines how drug promotion rules impact physician prescribing practices
Findings from a new study led by researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine show that the way in which pharmaceutical companies are permitted to share information about their drugs can influence physician prescribing practices.
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SpaceX Successfully Tests Crewed Dragon Launch Abort Engines
SpaceX has cleared a major hurdle on the way to launching manned missions with its Dragon spacecraft. The company had to push back its launch plans after the stunning explosion of a Crew Dragon capsule during testing earlier this year. Now, SpaceX has successfully tested the engines without incident, paving the way for a test flight next year. The SpaceX Dragon is one of two commercial spacecraft
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A spy plane's declassified snapshots reveal an ancient city's size
Nature, Published online: 14 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03516-1 The city of Ur, located in modern-day Iraq, might at some points have covered more than eight times as much ground as previously estimated.
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Spacewatch: Boeing proposes direct flights to moon in 2024
US corporation says its lunar lander concept would reduce 'complexity and risk' of Nasa mission The American aerospace corporation Boeing has proposed a lunar lander to Nasa that it claims would reduce the "complexity and risk" of returning astronauts to the surface of the moon in 2024. Nasa's original plan was that astronauts would launch from Earth and dock with a space station in lunar orbit b
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New state of matter: A cooper pair metal
In a finding that reveals an entirely new state of matter, research shows that Cooper pairs, electron duos that enable superconductivity, can also conduct electricity like normal metals do.
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Americans maintain high levels of trust in science
A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.
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Going with the floe: Sea ice movements trace dynamics transforming the new Arctic
Scientists have used MODIS satellite imagery to understand long-term ocean movements from sea ice dynamics. The engineers used image-processing algorithms to remove clouds, sharpen details, and separate individual floes. Image analysis algorithms mapped the floe movement over a period of days. The resulting ocean current maps were about as accurate as maps made using traditional methods. Tracking
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Physicists irreversibly split photons by freezing them in Bose-Einstein condensate
Light can be directed in different directions, usually also back the same way. Physicists have however succeeded in creating a new one-way street for light. They cool photons down to a Bose-Einstein condensate, which causes the light to collect in optical 'valleys' from which it can no longer return. The findings could also be of interest for the quantum communication of the future.
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Storing energy in hydrogen 20 times more effective using platinum-nickel catalyst
Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, but the widely used metal platinum is scarce and expensive. Researchers have now developed an alternative with a 20x higher activity: a catalyst with hollow nanocages of an alloy of nickel and platinum. Researchers want to use this new catalyst to develop a refrigerator-size electrolyzer of about 10 megawatts in the future.
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In Down Syndrome mouse model, scientists reverse intellectual deficits with drugs
In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome (DS), scientists were able to correct the learning and memory deficits associated with the condition — the leading genetic cause of cognitive disability and the most frequently diagnosed chromosomal disorder in the US — with drugs that target the body's response to cellular stresses.
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FSU researchers develop thin heat shield for superfast aircraft
The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft. But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat. A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers from Florida State University's High-Performance Materials Institute is developing a design for a heat shield that better pr
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Genetic variation in individual brain cell types may predict disease risk
Researchers identified non-coding regions of the human genome that control the development and function of four brain cell types and mapped genetic risk variants for psychiatric diseases. They found that risk variants for Alzheimer's disease were enriched in microglia-specific regulatory elements.
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Smart people may learn music faster
Why do some people learn music more quickly than others? Intelligence could play a role, according to a Michigan State University study that investigated the early stages of learning to play piano.
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NASA warned of safety risks in delayed private crew launches (Update)
NASA auditors warned Thursday the space agency faces "significant safety and technical challenges" that need to be solved before astronauts fly in private capsules.
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Sanders's Climate Ambitions Thrill Supporters. Experts Aren't Impressed.
Bernie Sanders' plan to tackle climate change would nationalize power plants and end fossil fuels. His supporters are thrilled. Climate experts are not.
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Americans maintain high levels of trust in science
A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.
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Going with the floe: Sea ice movements trace dynamics transforming the new Arctic
Climate change is accomplishing what centuries of exploration could not: opening the fabled Northwest Passage, a maritime shortcut from Europe to Asia via the Arctic Ocean.
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NASA Research: Astronauts Are Getting Clots, Bizarre Blood Flow
According to a shocking report by NASA scientists, blood flow can stop and even reverse in the upper bodies of astronauts. The study could have some major implications about prolonged trips through deep space, as we're still trying to nail down the exact effects of spending long periods in microgravity. The study looked at periodic ultrasound tests of 11 healthy astronauts who staffed the Interna
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Consumer Reports finds vehicle redesigns come with glitches
When it comes to buying a new car, the latest and greatest may not be the most dependable.
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Research reveals new state of matter: a Cooper pair metal
In a finding that reveals an entirely new state of matter, research published in the journal Science shows that Cooper pairs, electron duos that enable superconductivity, can also conduct electricity like normal metals do.
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Bigger doesn't mean better for hatchery-released salmon
A recent study in the Ecological Society of America's journal Ecosphere examines hatchery practices in regards to how Chinook salmon hatcheries in the PNW are affecting wild populations over the past decades.
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State prescription drug monitoring programs: The rise and fall in heroin fatalities
A new study found a consistent association between the adoption of state Prescription Drug Monitoring programs (PDMP) and death rates from heroin poisoning. However, the research showed that rates vary by program type. States with Proactive Prescription Drug Monitoring programs, which are more likely to report outlying prescribing and dispensing and provide broader access to law enforcement, repor
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U of M research discovers subcellular computations within the brain during decision-making
New University of Minnesota Medical School research suggests that during decision-making, neurons in the brain are capable of much more complex processing than previously thought.
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Injection drug use: a new study shows a mixed Canadian portrait
In Canada, 171,900 people injected drugs in 2016, up from 130,000 in 2011. In a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) estimated, using multiplier methods, the number of people who injected drugs in 11 of the 13 Canadian provinces (Nunavut and Northwest Territories not included) and reported a 30-per-cen
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NASA-NOAA satellite finds displaced power in Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi
Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi is still experiencing wind shear and those winds have continued to displace the strongest storms north of the cyclone's center. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and identified those strong storms using infrared light.
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The invisible US Hispanic/Latino HIV crisis: Addressing gaps in the national response
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos of New York University's Silver School of Social Work unpacks the alarming rate of HIV infections among Hispanics/Latinos, in American Journal of Public Health.
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Could Kennedy Space Center launch pads be at risk as climate changes? Experts say yes
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Climate Central and Rachael Joy, FLORIDA TODAY Created to propel humankind beyond the limits of Earth, Kennedy Space Center is now facing a terrestrial threat — the warming of our home planet, leading to sea level rise, erosion and catastrophic flooding — that could hinder our push to deep space. {embed4} To protect the nation's most historic launch pads and the only plac
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What you need to know before signing up for Apple's new Research app
A study focused on noise and hearing is just one of three new initiatives in the Research app. (Apple/) If you carry around an iPhone and wear an Apple Watch, those devices are probably already absorbing information about your motion and health. Both devices can track your steps. The Watch measures your pulse, and—if it's a Series 4 or later—it can even take an ECG or look out for a fall . Plus,
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Endangered birds leave genetic clues in their drinking water
Environmental DNA proving a powerful tool that could aid conservation.
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Astro assistance for cancer?
Astronaut training could yield clues for better recovery for patients undergoing treatment.
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Building a picture of bamboo's strengths
Researchers investigate its thermal properties and structural potential.
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Children of Extramarital Affairs Were and Are Rare: Study
Using DNA data, researchers track family dynamics in Europe over the last 500 years and find socioeconomic status is related to married women having a child with a man other than their husband.
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Going with the floe: Sea ice movements trace dynamics transforming the new Arctic
UC Riverside-led research is the first to use MODIS satellite imagery to understand long-term ocean movements from sea ice dynamics. The engineers used image-processing algorithms to remove clouds, sharpen details, and separate individual floes. Image analysis algorithms mapped the floe movement over a period of days. The resulting ocean current maps were about as accurate as maps made using tradi
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Discovery reveals mechanism that turns herpes virus on and off
New research from Dr. Luis M. Schang and his group at the Baker Institute for Animal Health has identified a new mechanism that plays a role in controlling how the herpes virus alternates between dormant and active stages of infection.
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How Crohn's disease-associated bacteria tolerate antibiotics
Bacteria associated with Crohn's disease rely on multiple stress responses to survive, multiply, and tolerate antibiotics within white blood cells called macrophages, according to a study published November 14, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Olivier Espéli of the College de France and PSL Research University in Paris, France, and colleagues.
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Americans maintain high levels of trust in science
A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.
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New moon-seeking sensor aims to improve earth observations
A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon's brightness and eventually help Earth observing sensors make more accurate measurements.
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Researchers explore how citizens can become agents of environmental change
If you like to walk in the woods, raft a river, dig in a garden or look at butterflies, you could become an agent of change.
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Apple Exec: Kids With Chromebooks Are "Not Going to Succeed"
Weird Flex Phil Schiller, head of marketing at Apple, says that if you want a kid to succeed in school, they should use an iPad in class. Specifically, he was railing against the prevalence of Chromebook laptops in schools, arguing in an interview with CNET that his company's product is better for keeping kids engaged than the competition's. But still, arguing that not giving a student a specific
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Making glass flex, not fracture
It must be dense and flawless, study suggests.
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25 percent off robot vacuums and other exciting deals happening today
For more deals and product chatter, check out our exclusive Facebook group . Save on tools and gear for your home. As you've probably noticed, Black Friday deals are launching earlier than usual this year. Today on Amazon you can save up to 50 percent on SuperHandy Home & Outdoor tools, including wood chippers , a 50-foot heavy-duty extension cord , rugged coolers , and even a five-layer food deh
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How Wily Teens Outwit Bathroom Vape Detectors
Schools are shelling out thousands for vape detectors, yet students easily circumvent them. Teen vaping solutions need an educational component as well.
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Is opioid treatment available to those who need it most?
The US opioid epidemic is still raging — it's particularly pronounced in low-income areas and in those where people lack access to health care services, which includes cities in Michigan and across the Rust Belt. But the effectiveness of efforts to provide treatment and recovery options to those who need it most — that is, in locations with the greatest number of deaths from opioid overdose — h
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Kunskap om IT-systemen kan effektivera verksamheten
Små och medelstora företag har inte alltid själva den kunskap som behövs för att nyttja olika IT-lösningar för att få maximal effektivitet inom verksamheten. Kristens Gudfinnsson vid Högskolan i Skövde har tagit fram ett ramverk som ska hjälpa företagen att använda sina IT-lösningar efter verksamhetens behov. I Sverige finns många små och medelstora företag som är duktiga på produktion. Framför s
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'Bottlebrush' polymers bring coatings under control
Microscopic "bottlebrush" polymers that look like the common kitchen implement could offer exquisite control over coatings, researchers say. Rafael Verduzco, a chemical and biomolecular engineer at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering, has long studied bottlebrush copolymers. Now, he and colleagues have developed models and methods to refine surface coatings to make them, for instance, m
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The world now has an Ebola vaccine, in historic EU approval
The European Medicines Agency granted special approval for an Ebola vaccine called Ervebo. Ervebo has proven remarkably effective in clinical trials conducted in Africa. An Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since August 2018. None Health regulators in Europe have issued the world's first approval for a vaccine against Ebola, and it's estimated to
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Google's Totally Creepy, Totally Legal Health-Data Harvesting
The summer after college, I moved back home to take care of my widower grandfather. Part of my job was to manage his medications; at 80, he was becoming a fall risk and often complained that his prescriptions made him light-headed. But getting someone on the phone was exhausting, and privacy law prevented pharmaceutical call-line employees from answering some of my questions about side effects. S
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The best food containers for leftovers and meal prep
What're you going to do with all that food? (Rachel Park v/) Tired of trying to piece together haphazard old storage containers from the back of your kitchen cabinets? Maybe it's time to upgrade to a new set—you know, one that has all the lids. The investment may pay dividends too. High-quality containers keep food from spoiling, encourages you to cook in bulk, and makes it that much easier to br
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Uncall Blocks Robocalls, Junk Texts, and Telemarketers Once and for All
Smartphones are an almost mandatory requirement for modern life and perform a vast array of useful functions. Unfortunately, as probably everyone who's reading this knows, they also come with some extremely frequent annoyances. Specifically, they allow advertisers and scammers with a way to send you spam texts, robocalls , and annoying voicemails. These calls and messages can simply be ignored, o
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Japanese Space Probe Returning to Earth, With Chunks of Asteroid
Heading Home Earlier this year, Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe pulled off the unprecedented feat of landing on a distant asteroid and collecting rock samples to take back as a souvenir. Now, the probe is beginning its long trek back to Earth — a bittersweet moment for the team behind the craft. "I'm feeling half-sad, half-determined to do our best to get the probe home," project manager Yuichi Tsu
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Parity law improved medicaid acceptance at substance use disorder treatment centers
A 2008 federal parity law succeeded in expanding Medicaid acceptance by treatment facilities for substance use disorders (SUDs), according to a study by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers.
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Research explores impact of racial discrimination on dating websites for gay, bisexual men
University of Illinois social work professor Ryan Wade is the co-creator of a scale that measures the impact of racialized sexual discrimination on gay and bisexual men of color who encounter it on dating websites and apps.
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WPI engineers creating miniaturized, wireless oxygen sensor for sick infants
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are developing a sensor the size of a Band-Aid that will measure a baby's blood oxygen levels, a vital indication of the lungs' effectiveness and whether the baby's tissue is receiving adequate oxygen supply. Unlike current systems used in hospitals, this miniaturized wearable device will be flexible and stretchable, wireless, inexpensive, and m
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Can cells collected from bone marrow repair brain damage in babies with CHD?
An upcoming clinical trial at Children's National Hospital will harness cardiopulmonary bypass as a delivery mechanism for a novel intervention designed to stimulate brain growth and repair in children who undergo cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease.
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Stanford researchers explore how citizens can become agents of environmental change
Some programs work better than others when it comes to involving citizens in preserving the environment. After reviewing those that worked, Stanford researchers propose a blueprint for how others can educate people to maximize their impact.
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Who is a non-human person?
An orangutan named Sandra was granted non-human personhood rights in 2015 and has been moved from the Buenos Aires Zoo to a home in Florida. Legal personhood is not synonymous with human being. A "non-human person" refers to an entity that possesses some rights for limited legal purposes. Sentience might be the characteristic necessary for granting legal rights to non-human species. None After be
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Zika virus can cause immune and brain abnormalities in asymptomatic pig offspring
Zika virus infection in the womb produces altered immune responses and sex-specific brain abnormalities in apparently healthy pig offspring, according to a new study.
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Some aquatic plants depend on the landscape for photosynthesis
Researchers found that not only are freshwater aquatic plants affected by climate, they are also shaped by the surrounding landscape. When in an environment where CO2 is limited, aquatic plants use strategies to extract carbon from bicarbonate. Scientists identified patterns across ecoregions around the globe and discovered a direct link between the availability of catchment bicarbonate and the ab
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Scientists design built-in controls for mini-chemical labs on a chip
In a miniaturized laboratory, microfluidic systems can conduct chemical experiments on a chip through a series of small connected tubes the size of a hair.
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Careful male allies can ease sexism at work
A new study on sex-based discrimination toward women in the workplace documents the plusses and minuses of male allies. They can play a powerful role in combating chauvinistic behavior toward women, according to the study, but they can also unintentionally contribute to sexism. An increase in the number of sex-based discrimination charges filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees
Researchers debate whether a tiny worm is to blame
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Faster, stronger rabies vaccine
Every year, more than 59,000 people around the world die of rabies and there remains no cheap and easy vaccine regimen to prevent the disease in humans. Now, researchers report that adding a specific immune molecule to a rabies vaccine can boost its efficacy.
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Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas
Researchers have built a compact device, the size of a shoebox, that produces a terahertz laser whose frequency they can tune over a wide range. The device is built from commercial, off-the-shelf parts and is designed to generate terahertz waves by spinning up the energy of molecules in nitrous oxide, or, as it's more commonly known, laughing gas.
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