Tsunami unleashed by Anak Krakatoa eruption was at least 100m high
The deadly volcanic eruption of Anak Krakatoa in 2018 unleashed a wave at least 100m high that could have caused widespread devastation had it been travelling in another direction, new research shows.
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Gammeldags svinghjul halverer ladetiden
Ved at lagre energi i svinghjul, er der mere el klar, når en elbil skal hurtiglades. De israelske opfindere bag konceptet sammenligner det med cisternen på et toilet.
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Usikre og ulykkelige: Derfor forlader fædre deres børn
Nogle mænd er ikke så tæt på deres børn, og det betyder, at de oftere forsvinder helt ud af deres liv.
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Europe's new space budget to enable CO2 mapping
A multi-billion-euro funding package for the European Space Agency is agreed by its member states.
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Spacewatch: you wait ages for a rocket launch then …
… Europe, China, India and Russia all send payloads into space in a week It's been a busy week for rocket launches. Europe, China, India and Russia have all sent payloads into space in the last seven days. Starting on 23 November, China launched two navigation satellites as part of their growing BeiDou navigation satellite constellation. Continue reading…
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Coldplay stop touring to save the world: Is pop music going sustainable?
They're one of the biggest stadium-rock bands in the world, but Coldplay will not be touring for the foreseeable future, as they seek to make their concerts less environmentally damaging. "We're taking time over the next year or two to work out how can not only our tour be sustainable but how can it be actively beneficial," lead singer Chris Martin told the BBC at the release of the band's new re
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Join the Global Climate Strike this Black Friday.
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European investors managing assets worth more than 1 trillion pounds ($1.28 trillion) are pressing top auditors to take urgent action on climate-related risks, warning that failure to do so could do more damage than the financial crisis.
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Americans could use renewable energy from solar, wind and hydro power more than coal by 2021
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Social Media is Destroying Us – Joe Rogan & Elon Musk (27 Nov 2018)
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Plastic waste rises as 1.5bn 'bags for life' sold, and the amount of plastic used by supermarkets increased to 900,000 tonnes, research finds
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China readies nuclear reactor in bid to harness 'Sun in a box' technology
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Underwater internet cables can detect offshore earthquakes
Undersea fibre-optic cables for transmitting data can also be used to detect earthquakes and find fault lines offshore
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Climate change 'tipping points' too close for comfort
Loading the atmosphere with five million tonnes of CO2 every hour has pushed Earth dangerously close to a no-return threshold, beyond which lies an unlivable hothouse world, top climate scientists have warned.
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Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves
MIT researchers have devised a novel circuit design that enables precise control of computing with magnetic waves — with no electricity needed. The advance takes a step toward practical magnetic-based devices, which have the potential to compute far more efficiently than electronics.
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The coldest reaction
In temperatures millions of times colder than interstellar space, Harvard researchers have performed the coldest reaction in the known universe. But that's not all. In such intense cold, their molecules slowed to such glacial speeds, they could see something no one has been able to see before: the moment when two molecules meet to form two new molecules. In essence, they captured a chemical reacti
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Fatigue-resistant, high-performance cooling materials enabled by 3D printing
High-performance solid-state elastocaloric cooling materials with exceptional fatigue resistance are made possible by 3D printing a nickel-titanium based alloy, researchers report.
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Additive manufacturing and NI/TI metal bolster cooling technology
Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a novel elastocaloric cooling material, comprised of a nickel (Ni)-titanium (Ti) alloy and sculpted using additive technology, that is highly efficient, eco-friendly and easily scaled-up for commercial use.
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Growing nano-tailored surfaces using micellar brushes
Growing nanoscale polymer brushes on materials' surfaces overcomes a key challenge in surface chemistry, researchers report, creating a new way to fabricate a diverse array of materials that could hold advanced uses in catalysis or chemical separation applications, for example.
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An agenda for multidisciplinary cyber risk research
The science of cyber risk is inherently interdisciplinary, argue Gregory Falco and colleagues in this Policy Forum, and no single academic field on its own can adequately address related problems.
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Illuminating seafloor seismology with existing 'dark' fiber-optic cables
A new fault system on the seafloor was discovered off California's coast by temporarily transforming a pre-existing underwater fiber optic cable into an array of nearly 10,000 seismic sensors, according to a new study.
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Harvard Wyss Institute researchers demonstrate machine-guided engineering of AAV capsids
Taking a more systematic approach to the capsid protein-engineering problem, Harvard researchers mutated one by one each of the 735 amino acids within the AAV2 capsid, the best-known member of the AAV family, including all possible codon substitutions, insertions and deletions at each position. They generated a virus library containing about 200,000 variants and identified capsid changes that both
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Research enables artificial intelligence approach to create AAV capsids for gene therapies
Dyno Therapeutics announces a publication in Science demonstrating the power of a comprehensive machine-guided approach to improve adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids for gene therapies. Working to surpass the few naturally occurring AAV capsids currently in use, the authors synthesized large libraries of capsids and discovered changes that improve key properties preventing current AAVs from opti
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Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network
Photonic systems can transform underwater fiber-optic cables into a dense network of seismic stations to illuminate ocean-floor earthquake zones impossible to study today, according to a new study by researchers from UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab and Rice University. The scientists turned 20 kilometers of cable around the underwater San Gregorio Fault system in Monterey Bay into an array of some 10,00
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The fitness landscape of AAV
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A sharp boundary in the cuprates
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A million times cooler
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Growing polymer brushes from surfaces
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Linking enhancers to disease
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Lactose can fuel GVHD
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Early to treat, early to thrive
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New cell therapy fights brain tumors
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Brain anatomy revealed in startling detail
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Marine observations with optics
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Controlling quantum defects in graphene
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Glimpsing an exchange of partners
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Keeping tabs on bad experiences
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Toward magnonic devices
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CTP hydrolysis organizes chromosomes
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A pathway for helical membrane proteins
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Microbiota influence vaccine responses
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Charting MAIT cell development
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A convergence for RNA and DNA sensing
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Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"
Bastin et al . (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) claim that 205 gigatonnes of carbon can be globally sequestered by restoring 0.9 billion hectares of forest and woodland canopy cover. Reinterpreting the data from Bastin et al ., we show that the global land area actually required to sequester human-emitted CO 2 is at least a factor of 3 higher, representing an unrealistically large area.
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Response to Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"
Our study quantified the global tree restoration potential and its associated carbon storage potential under existing climate conditions. Skidmore et al . dispute our findings, using as reference a yearly estimation of carbon storage that could be reached by 2050. We provide a detailed answer highlighting misunderstandings in their interpretation, notably that we did not consider any time limit f
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Median raphe controls acquisition of negative experience in the mouse
Adverse events need to be quickly evaluated and memorized, yet how these processes are coordinated is poorly understood. We discovered a large population of excitatory neurons in mouse median raphe region (MRR) expressing vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (vGluT2) that received inputs from several negative experience–related brain centers, projected to the main aversion centers, and activated the
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An even bigger climate problem
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News at a glance
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Bacteria-armed mosquitoes make dent in dengue
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Universities move to stop passing the harasser
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Questions churn about vaping's long-term risks
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A shot of hope
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Cyber risk research impeded by disciplinary barriers
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A chemical path to quantum information
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Regulation of negative emotional behavior
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An unexpected cofactor
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Immunology taught by vaccines
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Illuminating Earth's faults
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Immunostimulatory gut bacteria
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Surface nanopatterning with polymer brushes
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The pursuit of Earth's waters
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Arbiters of truth, then and now
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Fires scorching Bolivia's Chiquitano forest
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Misguided approach to dengue vaccine risk
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Need for mountain weather stations climbs
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AAAS Council reminder
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2019 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council
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The fitness landscape of AAV
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A sharp boundary in the cuprates
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A million times cooler
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Growing polymer brushes from surfaces
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Linking enhancers to disease
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Lactose can fuel GVHD
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Early to treat, early to thrive
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New cell therapy fights brain tumors
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Brain anatomy revealed in startling detail
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Marine observations with optics
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Controlling quantum defects in graphene
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Glimpsing an exchange of partners
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Keeping tabs on bad experiences
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Toward magnonic devices
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CTP hydrolysis organizes chromosomes
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A pathway for helical membrane proteins
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Microbiota influence vaccine responses
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Charting MAIT cell development
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A convergence for RNA and DNA sensing
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A spoonful of sugar for your coffee
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Exercise finds its niche
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Root to shoot protection
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Prising open the human brain
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How to assemble a glutamate receptor
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Snow job
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Aluminum squared
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Tailored multifunctional micellar brushes via crystallization-driven growth from a surface
The creation of nanostructures with precise chemistries on material surfaces is of importance in a wide variety of areas such as lithography, superhydrophobicity, and cell adhesion. We describe a platform for surface functionalization that involves the fabrication of cylindrical micellar brushes on a silicon wafer through seeded growth of crystallizable block copolymers at the termini of immobili
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Incoherent strange metal sharply bounded by a critical doping in Bi2212
In normal metals, macroscopic properties are understood using the concept of quasiparticles. In the cuprate high-temperature superconductors, the metallic state above the highest transition temperature is anomalous and is known as the "strange metal." We studied this state using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. With increasing doping across a temperature-independent critical value p c ~
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Illuminating seafloor faults and ocean dynamics with dark fiber distributed acoustic sensing
Distributed fiber-optic sensing technology coupled to existing subsea cables (dark fiber) allows observation of ocean and solid earth phenomena. We used an optical fiber from the cable supporting the Monterey Accelerated Research System during a 4-day maintenance period with a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) instrument operating onshore, creating a ~10,000-component, 20-kilometer-long seismic
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Quantum units from the topological engineering of molecular graphenoids
Robustly coherent spin centers that can be integrated into devices are a key ingredient of quantum technologies. Vacancies in semiconductors are excellent candidates, and theory predicts that defects in conjugated carbon materials should also display long coherence times. However, the quantum performance of carbon nanostructures has remained stunted by an inability to alter the sp 2 -carbon latti
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Direct observation of bimolecular reactions of ultracold KRb molecules
Femtochemistry techniques have been instrumental in accessing the short time scales necessary to probe transient intermediates in chemical reactions. In this study, we took the contrasting approach of prolonging the lifetime of an intermediate by preparing reactant molecules in their lowest rovibronic quantum state at ultralow temperatures, thereby markedly reducing the number of exit channels ac
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Fatigue-resistant high-performance elastocaloric materials made by additive manufacturing
Elastocaloric cooling, a solid-state cooling technology, exploits the latent heat released and absorbed by stress-induced phase transformations. Hysteresis associated with transformation, however, is detrimental to efficient energy conversion and functional durability. We have created thermodynamically efficient, low-hysteresis elastocaloric cooling materials by means of additive manufacturing of
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Mutual control of coherent spin waves and magnetic domain walls in a magnonic device
The successful implementation of spin-wave devices requires efficient modulation of spin-wave propagation. Using cobalt/nickel multilayer films, we experimentally demonstrate that nanometer-wide magnetic domain walls can be applied to manipulate the phase and magnitude of coherent spin waves in a nonvolatile manner. We further show that a spin wave can, in turn, be used to change the position of
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Magnetization switching by magnon-mediated spin torque through an antiferromagnetic insulator
Widespread applications of magnetic devices require an efficient means to manipulate the local magnetization. One mechanism is the electrical spin-transfer torque associated with electron-mediated spin currents; however, this suffers from substantial energy dissipation caused by Joule heating. We experimentally demonstrated an alternative approach based on magnon currents and achieved magnon-torq
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Self-organization of parS centromeres by the ParB CTP hydrolase
ParABS systems facilitate chromosome segregation and plasmid partitioning in bacteria and archaea. ParB protein binds centromeric parS DNA sequences and spreads to flanking DNA. We show that ParB is an enzyme that hydrolyzes cytidine triphosphate (CTP) to cytidine diphosphate (CDP). parS DNA stimulates cooperative CTP binding by ParB and CTP hydrolysis. A nucleotide cocrystal structure elucidates
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Brain cell type-specific enhancer-promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association
Noncoding genetic variation is a major driver of phenotypic diversity, but functional interpretation is challenging. To better understand common genetic variation associated with brain diseases, we defined noncoding regulatory regions for major cell types of the human brain. Whereas psychiatric disorders were primarily associated with variants in transcriptional enhancers and promoters in neurons
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Comprehensive AAV capsid fitness landscape reveals a viral gene and enables machine-guided design
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids can deliver transformative gene therapies, but our understanding of AAV biology remains incomplete. We generated the complete first-order AAV2 capsid fitness landscape, characterizing all single-codon substitutions, insertions, and deletions across multiple functions relevant for in vivo delivery. We discovered a frameshifted gene in the VP1 region that expres
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Lactose drives Enterococcus expansion to promote graft-versus-host disease
Disruption of intestinal microbial communities appears to underlie many human illnesses, but the mechanisms that promote this dysbiosis and its adverse consequences are poorly understood. In patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), we describe a high incidence of enterococcal expansion, which was associated with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and mortality
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Watching helical membrane proteins fold reveals a common N-to-C-terminal folding pathway
To understand membrane protein biogenesis, we need to explore folding within a bilayer context. Here, we describe a single-molecule force microscopy technique that monitors the folding of helical membrane proteins in vesicle and bicelle environments. After completely unfolding the protein at high force, we lower the force to initiate folding while transmembrane helices are aligned in a zigzag man
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New Products
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Giving thanks in China
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Dense connectomic reconstruction in layer 4 of the somatosensory cortex
The dense circuit structure of mammalian cerebral cortex is still unknown. With developments in three-dimensional electron microscopy, the imaging of sizable volumes of neuropil has become possible, but dense reconstruction of connectomes is the limiting step. We reconstructed a volume of ~500,000 cubic micrometers from layer 4 of mouse barrel cortex, ~300 times larger than previous dense reconst
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Scientists Spot an Undersea Fault Using Fiber-Optic Cables
Unused telecom cables, known as dark fiber, could help scientists finally map the ocean floor and discover new earthquake hot spots.
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Fibre-optic cables: the new seismic sensors
Study explores the use of seafloor networks to monitor Earth's tectonic activity.
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On the savannah, mixed company is good
Interspecies mingling brings strategic survival benefits.
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Magnets and shock absorbers as medical kit
Engineers testing innovative way to staunch blood flow.
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With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction
The coldest chemical reaction in the known universe took place in what appears to be a chaotic mess of lasers. The appearance deceives: Deep within that painstakingly organized chaos, in temperatures millions of times colder than interstellar space, Kang-Kuen Ni achieved a feat of precision. Forcing two ultracold molecules to meet and react, she broke and formed the coldest bonds in the history of
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Researchers demonstrate machine-guided engineering of AAV capsids
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have become the go-to vehicle for delivering therapeutic gene cargo to target tissues for the recent wave of gene therapies that are in development in academic and biotechnology laboratories. However, natural AAVs do not specifically target diseased cells and tissues, and they can be recognized by the immune system in ways that limit therapeutic success. To improve
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Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves
MIT researchers have devised a novel circuit design that enables precise control of computing with magnetic waves—with no electricity needed. The advance takes a step toward practical magnetic-based devices, which have the potential to compute far more efficiently than electronics.
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Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network
Fiber-optic cables that constitute a global undersea telecommunications network could one day help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
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Additive manufacturing and Ni/Ti metal bolster cooling technology
Scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed a novel elastocaloric cooling material, comprised of a nickel (Ni)-titanium (Ti) alloy and sculpted using additive technology, that is highly efficient, eco-friendly and easily scaled-up for commercial use. The study was published in the journal Science on November 29.
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Amazon fires could increase glacier melting
Study highlights the impact of black carbon and dust.
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New theory for why black holes and neutron stars shine bright
Research points to interaction between chaotic motion and reconnection of magnetic fields.
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It looks like an animal, but…
Caveasphaera adds to a complex story.
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Researchers demonstrate machine-guided engineering of AAV capsids
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have become the go-to vehicle for delivering therapeutic gene cargo to target tissues for the recent wave of gene therapies that are in development in academic and biotechnology laboratories. However, natural AAVs do not specifically target diseased cells and tissues, and they can be recognized by the immune system in ways that limit therapeutic success. To improve
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Novichok nerve agents banned by chemical-weapons treaty
Nature, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03686-y Chemicals used in poisoning of former Russian spy among latest additions to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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Combine chemical probe resources to optimize biomedical research, scientists urge
A new report urges biomedical researchers to use online web resources very carefully, taking into account their complementary benefits and weaknesses, when selecting small-molecule chemical probes to help answer their research questions.In a 'special report' published today in the journal Future Medicinal Chemistry, scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, carried out the first comp
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Synthesized from a variety of definitions, a universal and non-anthropocentric definition for intelligence: "Intelligence measures an agent's ability to achieve goals in a wide range of environments." Moreover, it can be formalized and proven there's an optimal, maximally intelligent agent.
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How much would you like to eat these items? Help needed to standardize our stimuli!
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European parliament declares 'climate emergency'
The European Parliament voted on Thursday to declare a "climate and environment emergency" in a symbolic gesture just ahead of the latest UN global crisis summit.
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European Space Agency agrees record budget to meet new challenges
European Space Agency (ESA) members agreed Thursday a record 14.4 billion euros budget, promising to maintain Europe's place at the top table as the United States and China press ahead and industry disruptors such as Elon Musk's Space X present new challenges.
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Forskere advarer om klimakollaps: Vi er ved at overskride grænsen på ni vigtige områder
Vi er så tæt på ni såkaldte 'tipping points', at udviklingen kan blive umulig at vende, argumenterer forskere.
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Datatjek af Shakespeare og Molière
PLUS. Avanceret dataanalyse viser, at Shakespeare fik hjælp til at skrive 'Henrik VIII', men Molière skrev helt på egen hånd.
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Europe gives space programs a big boost
Budget increases pave the way for next generation of Earth-observing Sentinel satellites
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Europe's joint space programme gets rise in spending
€12.5bn over three years to finance Mars missions, asteroid defence and climate oversight
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Daily briefing: "We are in a state of planetary emergency"
Nature, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03691-1 Several climate tipping points are dangerously close. Plus: E. coli that eats carbon dioxide and why getting scooped doesn't mean losing all the credit.
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Suckling Porg for Thanksgiving? Yes, Please!
From gelatinized bug bars to Romulan ale, these are the best-looking—or at least most intriguing—victuals from our favorite sci-fi entertainments.
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Climate science: Amazon fires may enhance Andean glacier melting
Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia (the Brazilian, Peruvian and Bolivian Amazon) may increase the melting of tropical glaciers in the Andes, according to a study in Scientific Reports.
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Spørg Fagfolket: Er Alperne gået i stå?
En læser synes, at det virker som om, at Alperne aldrig rører på sig. Men det gør de skam, forsikrer seniorforsker fra Geus.
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Working Scientist podcast: Team PhD
Nature, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03685-z Scientific research is not the endeavour of a single person. It requires a team of people. How can this be better reflected in graduate student training, asks Julie Gould.
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Meldinger om nedbrud på Facebook og Instagram flere steder i verden
Instagram bekræfter, at der er problemer med at tilgå apps tilhørende Facebook.
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Snakes with hind legs were the old normal
It turns out legs, and least back legs, were no passing fancy for some serpents. Hind legs were found on Najash snakes, a bridge species between lizards and snakes. A new study provides several new insights into Najash rionegrina . None Over countless iterations, mutations of all sorts come and go. Some prove to be useful and enhance an organism's chances of reproduction, while others pop into ex
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Why don't fake flavors taste like real fruit?
Fruit-flavored candy used to be very hard to get to taste like real fruit. (Glen Carrie/Unsplash/) No one expects a banana Laffy Taffy to taste like an actual banana. But the reason has nothing to do with some old timey banana—it has to do with chemistry. Legend has it that the reason artificial banana flavor tastes so strange is that the taste is actually based on the variety we used to eat, cal
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Amazon fires intensify Andes glacier melt
Burning of the rainforest appears to speed up the melting of tropical glaciers, scientists find.
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Amazon fires 'quicken Andean glacier melt'
Fires in the Amazon rainforest are likely to increase the rate of melting of Andean glaciers, potentially disrupting water supply for tens of millions of people, scientists said on Thursday.
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Politics this week
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Figuring Out How Microbes Run the World
Download this eBook to discover how metagenomics provides scientists with a means to better capture the extraordinary diversity present within microbial communities!
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Male nightingales spend the winter practising
Rehearsing for Berkeley Square
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An emergency landing system that passengers can activate
Pressing a panic button lands the plane at a nearby airfield
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How ear bones evolved
A change in chewing liberated jaw bones to do something else
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Electrical energy can be captured as liquid air
The result might give grid-scale batteries a run for their money
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Slowly, HIV is being beaten
But the rich world must not turn its back on the problem
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A new theory argues same-sex sexual behaviour is an evolutionary norm
Unless it is essential to know a partner's sex, why bother?
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Figuring Out How Microbes Run the World
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Epilepsi-patienter aner ikke, hvor mange anfald de har: Nu kan dansk implantat hjælpe
PLUS. Epilepsi-patienter har svært ved at udpege hvornår de faktisk får et anfald. Det gør det svært at medicinere korrekt. Nu viser et nyt studie, at et danskudviklet implantat er meget bedre til at overvåge hjernens elektriske bølger end patienternes egne notater.
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How poor people survive in the USA – 40 million and growing rapidly | DW Documentary
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Top Dark Matter Candidate Loses Ground to Tiniest Competitor – Physicists have long searched for hypothesized dark matter particles called WIMPs. Now, focus may be shifting to the axion — an ultra-lightweight particle whose existence would solve two mysteries at once.
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The artificial skin that allows robots to feel
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Demystifying AI: What's Fiction, and What's Worth Fanfare? – ReadWrite
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Building a better battery with machine learning
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OPEC : Oil industry ready and willing to tackle climate change issues. Fossil fuels are coming under pressure, including the oil industry. This is clear from regular protests, to investment banks backing away from spending and investing in fossil fuels
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A WW II bunker under London's streets is now a vegetable farm – the world's first subterranean farm, called Growing Underground. Fluorescent LED lights line two parallel rows of vibrant micro-greens and salad leaves, grown hydroponically in a pesticide-free, mineral-nutrient solution.
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UK 'has technology' for zero carbon – a net zero-carbon Britain is already possible, without relying on future developments. Britain was the first major nation to propose cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero, promising to do so by 2050.
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Two of the most exciting space missions of the 2030s are likely now to be launched within a year of each other. It's hoped the Athena X-ray telescope can launch in 2031 and the Lisa gravitational waves observatory in 2032.
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Solar power plant project on a dam in the Swiss Alps
https://youtu.be/Eu4CcNSxBg8 The idea is to install solar panels on a water dam in the Swiss Alps. The advantages of this setup are: High altitude and therefore less foggy or cloudy weather. Low temperatures increase the efficiency of the panels. Reflection of the sun on the snow increase the solar irradiance. submitted by /u/Renard2000 [link] [comments]
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Samsung develops method for self-emissive QLED – Samsung says its new method for making self-emissive quantum dot diodes extended their lifetime to a million hours, opening the way for commercialisation.
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'Generation Greta': Angry youths put heat on climate talks. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of mostly young people are expected to rally in cities around the world Friday to demand that governments step up their efforts to curb climate change.
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South Korea set to break own record on world's lowest birth rate.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's American Idea
During Harvard University's commencement week in 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson took the podium at the annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa society. The group, composed of the top students in the graduating class, was gathered in the First Parish Church in Boston. Emerson, the class poet of his own Harvard class a decade before, and a writer and philosopher of growing stature, had been chosen as the h
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A Quirky Tale of Baking and Family
"You need an egg, two spoonfuls of lard, and a pinch of salt, followed by flour, a dash of vinegar, and just enough warm water to create a dough with a dumpling-like consistency." This is part of the traditional Hungarian strudel recipe that Ilona and Erzsébet, elderly sisters and lifelong baking partners, learned from their late mother. In their small village of Tura, an hour outside of Budapest
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Utilsigtede hændelser hober sig op på Rigets patologiafdeling
Fejl på Rigshospitalets patologiafdeling – hvor prøver er forbyttet, sammenblandet eller bortkommet – har haft alvorlige konsekvenser for patienterne. Lægerne har forgæves forsøgt at få klinikledelse og centerledelse til at tage hånd om problemerne. Vi har styr på det, siger ledelsen.
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20 Black Friday Amazon Deals: Echo, Kindle, Fire, Etc (2019)
Get your Prime on with our favorite Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on Amazon's Devices, including Fire tablets, Echos, Kindles, and more.
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Balance Between CO2 and Warming Means Life or Death for Trees
The question of whether CO2 gives forests a boost or heat stresses them may depend on how quickly temperatures rise — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Studying the universe's origins hint that its beginning has no end
The cosmos is stranger than we ever imagined and new bubbles of space-time may pop up and grow continuously with no beginning or end, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Designat bränsle kan ge renare bioenergi
Biomassa från skogsbruk kan bli effektiv bioenergi. Särskilt med så kallad bränsledesign, där sammansättningen förändras genom blandning av olika biomassor eller med tillsats av andra ämnen. Då kan förbränningen bli renare och ge mindre drift- och miljöproblem, visar forskning vid Umeå universitet. I dag påverkar energianvändningen vår miljö och vårt klimat negativt, genom användandet av fossila
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Epilepsimedicin hämmar hjärntumörer hos spädbarn
Medicin som används mot en viss typ av epilepsi kan vara ett nytt sätt att behandla elakartade hjärntumörer hos spädbarn. Forskare från Uppsala universitet, i samarbete med amerikanska och brittiska kollegor, har kunnat visa att en specifik mTOR-hämmare kan ta sig över blod-hjärnbarriären och både nå och attackera tumören där den finns. Varje år drabbas cirka 100 barn av hjärntumörer i Sverige. M
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Here's What's on the Space Station's Thanksgiving Menu
Microgravity Grub On Monday, the International Space Station's official Twitter account shared a video of the three NASA astronauts onboard talking about what Thanksgiving means to them — and sharing their plans for the best meal of the year. "When we think of Thanksgiving, we think of friends, family, and food," astronaut Andrew Morgan said in the video — before getting into the nitty gritty of
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Russiske køer får VR-briller på i håb om at skrue op for mælkeproduktionen
En landmand i Rusland er i gang med et forsøg, hvor malkekvæg bliver udstyret med virtual reality-briller. Målet er, at brillerne skal berolige køerne og få dem til at producere mere mælk.
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Editorial: California needs zero-emission trucks and it needs them now
There's a reason California is the largest zero-emission vehicle market in the country. If automakers want to sell cars in the state, then a certain percentage of their vehicles must be electric models.
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A recent study reinforces the idea that music is universal
Across different countries, genres, and instruments, songs trumpet the same general messages. (Rav_/Pixabay /) When you think of the songs of a faraway land or culture, what comes to mind? Is it something familiar, or something so unique from what you're used to that you can barely guess what the music is about? Turns out, your guess might be more educated than you think. Across cultures, we writ
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Lärare splittrade kring klimatstrejken
Delar av landets skolor ger eleverna ledigt för att kunna delta i "Skolstrejk för klimatet", på andra har elever tvingats strejka från skolan, alltså uteblivit utan att få ledigt. En studie vid Jönköping University visar att svenska lärare är splittrade i synen på om elever ska ges ledigt eller ej för att demonstrera. Resultaten visar på olika uppfattningar, men också osäkerhet bland många lärare
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Siberia: 18,000-year-old frozen 'dog' stumps scientists
Scientists say the specimen could represent an evolutionary link between wolves and modern dogs.
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Kirurg undrede sig: Mulige fejloperationer undersøges nærmere på sygehuset i Thisted
En ortopædkirurg opdagede en mulig fejloperation, og det satte gang i en stor, intern undersøgelse af akutte ortopædkirurgiske operationer på sygehuset i Thisted. Og den afslører flere mulige fejloperationer.
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6 Ways to Dive Into the Science of Thanksgiving
Avoid the Black Friday crowds and deepen your holiday enjoyment with these citizen science projects to get you out of the house.
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Recommended Books, December 2019
Mysteries of the primordial universe; the unsung scientists of DNA; Galileo on trial — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Kvinnors njutning betonades i den medeltida islamiska världen
I den tidiga islamiska världen var erotiska kompendier och sexhandböcker en populär litterär genre. Även om de främst skrevs av manliga författare så betonades ofta kvinnornas sexuella behov och vikten av romantik. – Kvinnors sexualitet var ett viktigt ämne i medeltida arabisk medicin, säger Pernilla Myrne, universitetslektor i arabiska vid Göteborgs universitet. Under flera år har Pernilla Myrne
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The Dark Side of Gratitude
Why saying 'thanks' can be detrimental — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Dark Side of Gratitude
Why saying 'thanks' can be detrimental — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Polio outbreaks in Africa caused by mutation of strain in vaccine
New cases of highly infectious disease that should be 'consigned to the history books' reported in Nigeria, the DRC, CAR and Angola New cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine have been reported in four African countries and more children are now being paralysed by vaccine-derived viruses than those infected by viruses in the wild, according to global health numbers. The World Health Organizati
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Vissa insektsmedel kan gynna humlor
Debatten om växtskyddsmedel som innehåller så kallade neonikotinoider bör nyanseras. Det anser forskare vid Lunds universitet och SLU. Medlet kan faktiskt vara gynnsamt för humlor och pollinering. Neonikotinoider är ett ämne som länge använts som insektsmedel. Några av dem är numera förbjudna eftersom de haft negativ verkan på bin. Andra neonikotinoider, som tiakloprid, används fortfarande. I en
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Best Black Friday Deals on Google Devices (2019): Pixel, Nest, Chromecast
We found every great Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal on Google devices like the Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 3A, Nest Hub Max, and Nest WiFi.
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#ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies Is the Season's Best Hashtag
Each year it turns nostalgia into a hybrid, weaving together the universal and the culturally distinct.
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Wild Silkworms Produce Proteins Primed for Bioprinting
A mix of silkworms' proteins acts as a scaffold for 3-D-printed tissues and organs — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wild Silkworms Produce Proteins Primed for Bioprinting
A mix of silkworms' proteins acts as a scaffold for 3-D-printed tissues and organs — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Jan Frystyk ny ledende overlæge
Jan Frystyk bliver ny ledende overlæge på Endokrinologisk Afdeling på Odense Universitetshospital. Han vil bl.a. satse på mere samarbejde med almen praksis.
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Massive Attack to help map music industry's carbon footprint
Bristol band team up with academics from Manchester University to share tour data Massive Attack: We've toured for years. Now we'll have to change Last week Coldplay announced they were to stop touring until they were sure it would be carbon neutral; now Massive Attack are partnering with academics to map the carbon footprint of the music industry. The researchers from Manchester University's Tyn
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What do consumers think about homeopathic remedies?
A new survey gives insights into how consumers view homeopathy, and how they feel about homeopathy once they learn what it actually is.
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Study: For HIV-Infected Babies, Treatment Should Start At Birth
Every day, as many as 500 babies in sub-Saharan Africa are born with HIV. A study out of Botswana finds that if newborns are given treatment right away, the virus becomes almost undetectable.
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Black Friday 2019: Best Video Game Deals on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC
Looking for a game or console? We've rounded up the best Black Friday deals so you can spend more time gaming.
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Yet Another Challenge for Air Travelers: Finding Your Uber
Airports including LAX are setting up pickup areas a ways removed from terminals to address the congestion created by popular ride-hail apps.
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The 10 Best Movies to Stream This Thanksgiving
Avoid family conversational awkwardness with 'Star Wars,' 'Avengers: Endgame,' and more.
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Rådgiver: Varmepumpe-kapaciteten i fjernvarmen tredobler næste år
PLUS. En halvering af elvarmeafgiften og et snarligt udløb af en række statslige støtteordninger har sat fart i varmepumpe-projekterne i fjernvarmen. Rådgiveren PlanEnergi forventer næsten en tredobling af den nuværende kapacitet i 2020.
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The Secret History of the Supernova at the Bottom of the Sea – Issue 78: Atmospheres
In February 1987, Neil Gehrels, a young researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, boarded a military plane bound for the Australian Outback. Gehrels carried some peculiar cargo: a polyethylene space balloon and a set of radiation detectors he had just finished building back in the lab. He was in a hurry to get to Alice Springs, a remote outpost in the Northern Territory, where he would la
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If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist – Issue 78: Atmospheres
Human-induced climate change may seem a purely modern phenomenon. Even in ancient Greece, however, people understood that human activities can change climate. Later the early United States was a lab for observing this as its settlers altered nature. By 1800 it was known that the mass clearing of forests raised temperatures in the Eastern U.S. and that climatic changes followed the pioneers as the
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Is Net Zero Emissions an Impossible Goal? – Issue 78: Atmospheres
Water rushes into Venice's city council chamber just minutes after the local government rejects measures to combat climate change. Wildfires consume eastern Australia as fire danger soars past "severe" and "extreme" to "catastrophic" in parts of New South Wales. Ice levels in the Chukchi Sea, north of Alaska, hit record lows. England sees floods all across the country. And that's just this week,
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My Childhood Autism Went Undetected. It Cost Me Part of My Youth.
Although public awareness of autism spectrum disorder has improved, many children slip through the cracks, especially girls and children of color. The solution must go beyond better parenting. We must invest in an expansion of mental health services, especially in our public schools and preschools.
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Why bogs may be key to fighting climate change
There are, arguably, only two interesting facts about bogs. The first is that some people have a jolly good time swimming through them, notably at the World Bog Snorkelling Championships held each year in central Wales, UK. The second is that they could help save the world.
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Minister skrotter plan for hovedstadens bus- og togpendlere
Transportministeren har droppet at oprette en helt ny organisation af den kollektive trafik i København.
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Fossil of a newly-discovered mammal shows it had bizarre ears
A rodent-like creature that lived 120 million years ago in Asia had an unusual ear shape that may have evolved to accommodate its unique way of chewing
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Talking politics: A Thanksgiving guide to divisive conversations
As American families gather around the table for Thanksgiving, there's no guarantee that everyone will have the same views when it comes to politics. This means that there's a lot of potential for conflicts to blow up as we pass one another the pumpkin pie. The best approach is to not shy away from important conversations — yes, talk about politics. However, try to do so in a way that preferences
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The Callous Horror of Servant
There was a brief moment during early episodes when I was actually enjoying Servant , M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop's new series for Apple TV+. The show has been marketed as a work of psychological horror about a young couple who have experienced unspeakable loss, and yet it functions best early on as a surreal comedy about the grotesque excesses of the modern bourgeoisie. Dorothy (played
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America's Epidemic of Unkindness
Take five minutes to meditate. Try to quiet the judgmental voice in your head. Call your mother. Pay for someone else's coffee. Compliment a colleague's work. In an age of polarization, xenophobia, inequality, downward mobility, environmental devastation, and climate apocalypse, these kinds of Chicken Soup for the Soul recommendations can feel not just minor, but obtuse. Since when has self-care
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Bara hälften så stora utsläpp från elbilsbatteri
Elbilarna blir allt fler och släpper inte ut några avgaser när de körs. Men hur mycket kostar det klimatet att tillverka batterierna där energin lagras? Svenska Miljöinstitutet, IVL, kom för två år sedan fram till att tillverkningen av elbilsbatterier orsakar utsläpp på 150–200 kilo koldioxid för varje kilowattimme som batteriet kan lagra.
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Boreprøver skal afsløre, hvor meget asbeststøv, aalborggensere har indåndet
Almindelige aalborggensere har med stor sandsynlighed indåndet asbeststøv fra produktionen af eternitplader og transport af asbest. Ny undersøgelse skal estimere omfanget
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Rigspolitiet: »Vi holdt teleskandale tilbage på grund af valg« – men beslutning var taget før
Rigspolitiet forklarer, at man holdte offentliggørelse af teleskandalen tilbage på grund af folketingsvalget. Men beslutningen om at holde offentliggørelsen tilbage blev truffet før valget blev udskrevet.
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Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older moms more likely to develop heart problems
Changes occur in the placenta in older pregnant mothers leading to a greater likelihood of poor health in their male offspring, a study in rats has shown. Both male and female fetuses do not grow as large in older mothers, but there are sex-specific differences in changes to placental development and function. These are likely to play a central role in the increased likelihood of later-life heart
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New vaccine will stop the spread of bovine TB
Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a novel vaccine and complementary skin test to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB).
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Innovative methods for random field establishment and statistical parameter inversion exemplified with 6082-T6 aluminum alloy
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54046-9
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Clopidogrel plus Aspirin Use is Associated with Worse Long-Term Outcomes, but Aspirin Use Alone is Safe in Patients with Vasospastic Angina: Results from the VA-Korea Registry, A Prospective Multi-Center Cohort
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54390-w
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Full title: High glucose protects mesenchymal stem cells from metformin-induced apoptosis through the AMPK-mediated mTOR pathway
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54291-y
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Contrasting growth, physiological and gene expression responses of Clematis crassifolia and Clematis cadmia to different irradiance conditions
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54428-z
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Long-distance device-independent quantum key distribution
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53803-0
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Estimating the risk of arbovirus transmission in Southern Europe using vector competence data
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54395-5
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Wedge prism approach for simultaneous multichannel microscopy
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53581-9
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Mechanical properties of the shoulder and pectoralis major in breast cancer patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery with axillary surgery and radiotherapy
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54100-6
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What if your TV shows were way, way smarter? Enter CuriosityStream.
CuriosityStream offers a streaming library of over 2,000 documentary features and series. The service was created by Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet founder John S. Hendricks. CuriosityStream is available anywhere with no international geo-locking restrictions. None With new Apple and Disney streaming services dropping earlier this month, there have never been more high quality streaming
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Twitter has to figure out what to do with dead people
Twitter said it would shut down any account that hasn't logged in for six months, starting from December 11. It wasn't ready for the backlash.
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Inflammation induced by incomplete radiofrequency ablation accelerates tumor progression and hinders PD-1 immunotherapy
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13204-3 Radiofrequency ablation is used to treat metastatic colorectal cancer. In this study, the authors show that incomplete ablation of tumours results in metastases and show in mouse models that the chemokine CCL2 recruits myeloid cells to the partially ablated tumours, which can block T cell function.
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Automated optimized parameters for T-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding improve visualization and analysis of large datasets
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13055-y Visualisation tools that use dimensionality reduction, such as t-SNE, provide poor visualisation on large data sets of millions of observations. Here the authors present opt-SNE, that automatically finds data set-tailored parameters for t-SNE to optimise visualisation and improve analysis.
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Primary decidual zone formation requires Scribble for pregnancy success in mice
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13489-4 The scaffold protein Scribble (Scrib) has roles in PCP and tight junction formation. Here the authors show that during embryo implantation in mouse, Scrib is needed to form the avascular primary decidual zone by transforming stromal cells into an epithelial cell-like barrier around the crypt, protecting the
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Human confidence judgments reflect reliability-based hierarchical integration of contextual information
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13472-z Because our immediate observations are often ambiguous, we must use the context (prior beliefs) to guide inference, but the context may also be uncertain. Here, the authors show that humans can accurately estimate the reliability of the context and combine it with sensory uncertainty to form their decisions
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Long-range versus short-range effects in cold molecular ion-neutral collisions
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13218-x Studies on reactions between cold molecular ions and neutral atoms provide insights into intermolecular interactions. Here the authors explore the kinetics and dynamics of charge-transfer collisions between the cold N$${}_{2}^{+}$$ 2+ and O$${}_{2}^{+}$$ 2+ ions and neutral Rb atoms and discuss the role of l
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The European Space Agency's Comet Interceptor lies in wait
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13470-1 The European Space Agency (ESA) recently selected Comet Interceptor as its first 'fast' (F-class) mission. It will be developed rapidly to share a launch with another mission and is unique, as it will wait in space for a yet-to-be-discovered comet.
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Accurate, scalable and integrative haplotype estimation
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13225-y Haplotype information inferred by phasing is useful in genetic and genomic analysis. Here, the authors develop SHAPEIT4, a phasing method that exhibits sub-linear running time, provides accurate haplotypes and enables integration of external phasing information.
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Dissection of gene expression datasets into clinically relevant interaction signatures via high-dimensional correlation maximization
Nature Communications, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12713-5 Identification of clinically relevant gene expression signatures for cancer stratification remains challenging. Here, the authors introduce a flexible nonlinear signal superposition model that enables dissection of large gene expression data sets into signatures and extraction of gene interactions.
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New vaccine will stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis
Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a novel vaccine and complementary skin test to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB).
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Indo-Pacific Ocean warming is changing global rainfall patterns
New research by NOAA and a visiting scientist from India shows that warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is altering rainfall patterns from the tropics to the United States, contributing to declines in rainfall on the United States west and east coasts.
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New vaccine will stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis
Scientists at the University of Surrey have developed a novel vaccine and complementary skin test to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB).
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IT i skolan utan resultat
En egen dator eller surfplatta som tilldelas av skolan medför inte högre – eller lägre – resultat på de nationella proven i engelska, matematik eller svenska på högstadiet. Satsningen spelar heller ingen roll för sannolikheten att på sikt gå vidare till ett nationellt program på gymnasiet. Det framgår av en studie som genomförts av forskare vid Uppsala universitet. Den bygger på ett stort antal hö
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To slag i minuttet: Forskere har målt blåhvalers hjerterytme
Med sugekop har forskere formået at måle blåhvalers hjerterytme. Resultaterne giver måske svar på, hvorfor hvalerne ikke vokser sig endnu større.
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An electron highway headed for methanol
Making methanol just got a lot easier, now that chemists at Yale have opened up a new electron highway.
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Bacteria overcome hurdles to jump between species
Bacteria can overcome significant challenges to transfer from one species and flourish in another, research has shown.
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Bacteria overcome hurdles to jump between species
Bacteria can overcome significant challenges to transfer from one species and flourish in another, research has shown.
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På tærsklen til mere læring?
Få overblikket: Her er lægernes tjekliste til, hvad der skal ændres i Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed, skriver formanden for Lægeforeningen.
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Varning för CSI-effekten
Natten till den 10 april 2018 ringer en man till SOS Alarm. Rösten är upprörd och stressad när han berättar att det har inträffat ett mord i hans hem. – Har det inträffat ett mord i ditt hem? – Ja, det har det. Jag blev attackerad själv också och min flickvän dog. – Så din flickvän ligger död i lägenheten nu? – Nej, i vår stu- i vår stuga i Äspet. – I stugan, och vem är det som har dödat den här f
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Automatiserad internetnostalgi
Vill du veta hur en hemsida såg ut för 10 år sedan? 20 år sedan? Lösningen för den som känner sig nostalgisk heter "Wayback Machine" – som arkiverat över 380 miljarder webbsidor ända sedan 1996 – öppet för alla.
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Matematik nästan utan siffror
Vad är det för poäng med att lära sig de där formlerna och räknetricken på mattelektionerna i gymnasiet? De flesta av oss gör aldrig några beräkningar med integraler eller sannolikheter i vardagslivet.
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Hur är det att vara en bläckfisk?
Vi människor är släkt med bläckfiskarna – fast på långt håll. Riktigt långt håll. Vår senaste gemensamma släkting levde för ungefär 600 miljoner år sedan. Och sedan dess har vi utvecklat avancerade nervsystem av helt olika slag. Hos bläckfiskar finns nästan dubbelt så många nervceller i armarna som i det centrala nervsystemet. Och matstrupen passerar rakt genom hjärnan. Det innebär att en bläckfis
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Juridiken bakom rättsfallen
Juridiska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet släpper en podcast som granskar några av Sveriges mest uppmärksammade rättsfall för alla som som vill veta mer om juridiken bakom rubrikerna. Redaktionen består av forskare och lärare inom bland annat straffrätt, rättshistoria, bevisvärdering och civilrätt.
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Spretigt om den kulturella evolutionen
Denna bok av forskaren Patrik Lindenfors, som ursprungligen är zoolog, tar upp massor av aspekter av det mänskliga. Det handlar om allt från ärftlighet och intelligens till språk, inlärning och beteendemönster. Mycket är spännande och tänkvärt – och för den forskningsintresserade finns här utan tvekan mycket att lära.
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Kan partiklar existera vid flera tidpunkter?
Svar: Påståendet att en partikel kan "existera på två platser samtidigt" är något man ofta stöter på i populära framställningar av kvantmekaniken. Det är inte helt fel, men kräver ett förtydligande. I kvantmekaniken beskrivs en partikel av vad man kallar en vågfunktion. Denna talar om vad sannolikheten är för att finna partikeln i ett visst läge när man gör en mätning.
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Varför drömmer jag att jag vaknar?
Svar: Mardrömmar med så kallade false awakenings är ett välkänt fenomen, men det finns inte mycket forskning på området. De är relaterade till så kallad lucid dreaming, det vill säga ett tillstånd när man är medveten om att man drömmer och har förmåga att påverka dröminnehållet. False awakenings kan också förekomma ihop med sömngångaraktigt beteende, men också med den känsla som frågeställaren bes
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Miljölarm från Arktis har funnits under lång tid
Svar: Det finns forskning, politiska initiativ och ursprungsfolk själva som arbetat med klimatförändringarnas inflytande på de arktiska ursprungsfolken. Sammanfattningsvis kan man säga att ursprungsfolken själva under lång tid försökt få världen att uppmärksamma de hot som de står inför. Detta inleddes långt innan klimatförändringarna blev en stor global politisk fråga.
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Blir vi mätta på livet?
Svar: När man som psykolog läser om Mathias levnadsmätta katt associerar man till personlighetsdraget Öppenhet, som beskriver människors grad av "intresse för fantiserande, konstupplevelser, känslonyanser, aktiviteter av olika slag, nya idéer och nya värderingar" (citat från Psykologilexikon på Psykologiguiden.se, uppslagsordet "femfaktormodellen").
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Spår av Gotlands sista hedningar
För andra sommaren i rad har arkeologer grävt vid kusten i Eke socken på sydvästra Gotland. I fjol hittades ett stort antal gravar i det så kallade Gudings slott, en vallanläggning, byggd före vikingatid. I fornlämningsregistret finns bara åtta gravar noterade men det är minst 50 enligt fjolårets undersökning Och kanske finns lika många till, tror utgrävningsledaren Dan Carlsson från firman Arendu
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Sakta in för ålgräset
Länsstyrelsen i Skåne sätter upp skyltar där de ber båtägare att köra långsamt på grunda bottnar för ålgräsets skull. Ålgräset är nämligen känsligt för sediment som grumlas upp när båtar susar förbi snabbt. De gräsgröna undervattensängarna har minskat kraftigt, vilket leder till barnkammarbrist för bland annat havsöring, ål och torsk. Ålgräs är dessutom viktigt för att stabilisera havsbotten samti
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Listan: Länderna som investerade mest i förnybar energi 2018
Land Investeringar i miljarder dollar Kina 88,5 USA 42,8 Japan 17,6 Indien 11 Australien 9,2 Storbritannien 8,8 Spanien
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Ännu en lyckad kryssning
I mitten av september gick F&F:s traditionsenliga kunskapskryssning av stapeln. Enligt försiktiga beräkningar var det den nittonde kryssningen. Som vanligt var det så gott som fullbokat, och de fem föreläsande forskarna fick publiken att ömsom häpna – och ömsom skratta.
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Exoplaneter är hetare än någonsin
Nobelpriset i fysik går i år till tre forskare som gett mänskligheten en ny förståelse för jordens och människans plats i universum. Bland annat belönas den första upptäckten av en exoplanet. Om just exoplaneter har vi en sedan länge inplanerad artikel i det här numret, och låter därför vår fysikredaktör Anna Davour inleda tidningen. Allt om de övriga priserna kan du läsa i nästa nummer, lagom til
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Första porträttet av denisovamänniskan
För första gången kan vi få en bild av hur den utdöda denisovamänniskan kan ha sett ut. Genom att analysera dna har forskare i Israel och Spanien kommit fram till att de på många sätt liknade neandertalarna. Men de hade också unika drag som en bred skalle och en lång tandbåge. Bilden ovan av en ung denisovaflicka är skapad av en illustratör utifrån de nya rönen. Källa: Cell
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How a tabletop experiment could test the bedrock of reality
By playing with quantum entanglement, physicists hope to probe their ideas about quantum gravity for the first time.
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Half of all women with HIV are diagnosed late in Europe
Many women in the WHO European Region, particularly those in their 40s, are diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their immune system is already starting to fail. They are three to four times more likely to be diagnosed late than younger women. According to data for 2018 released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe
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Advanced maternal age compromises fetal growth and induces sex-specific changes in placental phenotype in rats
Scientific Reports, Published online: 28 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53199-x
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Animals could help humans monitor oceans
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Animals could help humans monitor oceans
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Why Don't We Have Self-Driving Cars Yet?
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Mesmerising Footage Shows The Greatest Density of Sea Turtles Ever Recorded
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You'd Think Donor Blood Was Perfectly Pure, But Turns Out There's Drugs in Them Bags
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Därför slutade Julie Gold forska på odlat kött
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Kritik af Grenfell-undersøgelse: Forældet byggelovgivning ignoreres
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Cute Study Finds Common Dolphins Tend to Be 'Right-Handed', Just Like Us
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Pharmacist-led interventions may help prevent cardiovascular disease
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Pharmacist-led interventions may help prevent cardiovascular disease
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Informed consent for heart procedure: most patients overestimate benefits
Most patients do not understand or recall information given to them before heart procedures. For example, many patients mistakenly believe that opening blocked arteries will cure them of heart disease. That's one of the findings of a study about informed consent published today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
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Derfor valgte Spotify Googles protokol til mikrotjenester
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Study: Our universe may be part of a giant quantum computer
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Titomic showcases 5.5 meter 3D printed titanium rocket—the largest in the world
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The day the universes interacted: quantum cosmology without a wave function
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New study reveals by 2037 the majority of newborns will be 'e-babies' as their parents met online
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This robot scientist has conducted 100,000 experiments in a year: "The ITT has already conducted about 100,000 experiments, essentially completing the equivalent of all of a Ph.D. student's experiments every 2 weeks".
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Los Angeles sets aggressive 2028 EV targets: 80% of all vehicle sales
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FDA Approves Sanofi's Toujeo to Treat Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
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Researchers at Australia's Deakin University say they've managed to use common industrial polymers to create solid electrolytes, opening the door to double-density solid state lithium batteries that won't explode or catch fire if they overheat
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Nine climate tipping points now 'active,' warn scientists. This "cascade" of changes sparked by global warming could threaten the existence of human civilisations. These events are more likely and more interconnected than was previously thought, leading to a possible domino effect.
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QTY code designed thermostable and water-soluble chimeric chemokine receptors with tunable ligand affinity [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Chemokine receptors are of great interest as they play a critical role in many immunological and pathological processes. The ability to study chemokine receptors in aqueous solution without detergent would be significant because natural receptors require detergents to become soluble. We previously reported using the QTY code to design detergent-free…
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Otogelin, otogelin-like, and stereocilin form links connecting outer hair cell stereocilia to each other and the tectorial membrane [Neuroscience]
The function of outer hair cells (OHCs), the mechanical actuators of the cochlea, involves the anchoring of their tallest stereocilia in the tectorial membrane (TM), an acellular structure overlying the sensory epithelium. Otogelin and otogelin-like are TM proteins related to secreted epithelial mucins. Defects in either cause the DFNB18B and…
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Methylofuran is a prosthetic group of the formyltransferase/hydrolase complex and shuttles one-carbon units between two active sites [Biochemistry]
Methylotrophy, the ability of microorganisms to grow on reduced one-carbon substrates such as methane or methanol, is a feature of various bacterial species. The prevailing oxidation pathway depends on tetrahydromethanopterin (H4MPT) and methylofuran (MYFR), an analog of methanofuran from methanogenic archaea. Formyltransferase/hydrolase complex (Fhc) generates formate from formyl-H4MPT in two…
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Sleep-wake-driven and circadian contributions to daily rhythms in gene expression and chromatin accessibility in the murine cortex [Genetics]
The timing and duration of sleep results from the interaction between a homeostatic sleep–wake-driven process and a periodic circadian process, and involves changes in gene regulation and expression. Unraveling the contributions of both processes and their interaction to transcriptional and epigenomic regulatory dynamics requires sampling over time under conditions of…
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A bioinspired approach to engineer seed microenvironment to boost germination and mitigate soil salinity [Engineering]
Human population growth, soil degradation, and agrochemical misuse are significant challenges that agriculture must face in the upcoming decades as it pertains to global food production. Seed enhancement technologies will play a pivotal role in supporting food security by enabling germination of seeds in degraded environments, reducing seed germination time,…
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Learning stable and predictive structures in kinetic systems [Systems Biology]
Learning kinetic systems from data is one of the core challenges in many fields. Identifying stable models is essential for the generalization capabilities of data-driven inference. We introduce a computationally efficient framework, called CausalKinetiX, that identifies structure from discrete time, noisy observations, generated from heterogeneous experiments. The algorithm assumes the…
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{beta}2* nAChRs on VTA dopamine and GABA neurons separately mediate nicotine aversion and reward [Neuroscience]
Evidence shows that the neurotransmitter dopamine mediates the rewarding effects of nicotine and other drugs of abuse, while nondopaminergic neural substrates mediate the negative motivational effects. β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are necessary and sufficient for the experience of both nicotine reward and aversion in an intra-VTA (ventral tegmental area)…
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Critical role for TRIM28 and HP1{beta}/{gamma} in the epigenetic control of T cell metabolic reprograming and effector differentiation [Immunology and Inflammation]
Naive CD4+ T lymphocytes differentiate into different effector types, including helper and regulatory cells (Th and Treg, respectively). Heritable gene expression programs that define these effector types are established during differentiation, but little is known about the epigenetic mechanisms that install and maintain these programs. Here, we use mice defective…
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Energetic dependencies dictate folding mechanism in a complex protein [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Large proteins with multiple domains are thought to fold cotranslationally to minimize interdomain misfolding. Once folded, domains interact with each other through the formation of extensive interfaces that are important for protein stability and function. However, multidomain protein folding and the energetics of domain interactions remain poorly understood. In elongation…
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Burrowing dynamics of aquatic worms in soft sediments [Physics]
We investigate the dynamics of Lumbriculus variegatus in water-saturated sediment beds to understand limbless locomotion in the benthic zone found at the bottom of lakes and oceans. These slender aquatic worms are observed to perform elongation–contraction and transverse undulatory strokes in both water-saturated sediments and water. Greater drag anisotropy in…
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Combined HIV-1 sequence and integration site analysis informs viral dynamics and allows reconstruction of replicating viral ancestors [Microbiology]
Understanding HIV-1 persistence despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) is of paramount importance. Both single-genome sequencing (SGS) and integration site analysis (ISA) provide useful information regarding the structure of persistent HIV DNA populations; however, until recently, there was no way to link integration sites to their cognate proviral sequences. Here, we used…
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Division of labor in honey bee gut microbiota for plant polysaccharide digestion [Microbiology]
Bees acquire carbohydrates from nectar and lipids; and amino acids from pollen, which also contains polysaccharides including cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin. These potential energy sources could be degraded and fermented through microbial enzymatic activity, resulting in short chain fatty acids available to hosts. However, the contributions of individual microbiota members…
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The iron deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana requires the phosphorylated transcription factor URI [Plant Biology]
Iron is an essential nutrient for plants, but excess iron is toxic due to its catalytic role in the formation of hydroxyl radicals. Thus, iron uptake is highly regulated and induced only under iron deficiency. The mechanisms of iron uptake in roots are well characterized, but less is known about…
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Method to extract multiple states in F1-ATPase rotation experiments from jump distributions [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
A method is proposed for analyzing fast (10 μs) single-molecule rotation trajectories in F1 adenosinetriphosphatase (F1-ATPase). This method is based on the distribution of jumps in the rotation angle that occur in the transitions during the steps between subsequent catalytic dwells. The method is complementary to the "stalling" technique devised…
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WNT/RYK signaling restricts goblet cell differentiation during lung development and repair [Developmental Biology]
Goblet cell metaplasia and mucus hypersecretion are observed in many pulmonary diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis. However, the regulation of goblet cell differentiation remains unclear. Here, we identify a regulator of this process in an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) screen for modulators of postnatal lung development;…
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Polarized PtdIns(4,5)P2 distribution mediated by a voltage-sensing phosphatase (VSP) regulates sperm motility [Physiology]
The voltage-sensing phosphatase (VSP) is a unique protein that shows voltage-dependent phosphoinositide phosphatase activity. Here we report that VSP is activated in mice sperm flagellum and generates a unique subcellular distribution pattern of PtdIns(4,5)P2. Sperm from VSP−/− mice show more Ca2+ influx upon capacitation than VSP+/− mice and abnormal circular…
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BBX4, a phyB-interacting and modulated regulator, directly interacts with PIF3 to fine tune red light-mediated photomorphogenesis [Plant Biology]
Phytochrome B (phyB) absorbs red light signals and subsequently initiates a set of molecular events in plant cells to promote photomorphogenesis. Here we show that phyB directly interacts with B-BOX CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 (BBX4), a positive regulator of red light signaling, and positively controls its abundance in red light. BBX4…
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Mechanisms of noncanonical binding dynamics in multivalent protein-protein interactions [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Protein multivalency can provide increased affinity and specificity relative to monovalent counterparts, but these emergent biochemical properties and their mechanistic underpinnings are difficult to predict as a function of the biophysical properties of the multivalent binding partners. Here, we present a mathematical model that accurately simulates binding kinetics and equilibria…
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Stars align for epic space missions
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