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Forskare varnar: Humlorna är på väg mot utrotning
Vilda humlor försvinner i snabb takt i såväl Europa som Nordamerika. Nu larmar forskare om att dessa viktiga pollinerare är på väg mot utrotning.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
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How mosquitoes find humans to bite
In a paper appearing online February 6 in Science, professor of biology Paul Garrity, Ph.D. student Chloe Greppi, post-doctoral fellow Willem Laursen and several colleagues report that they've figured out an important part of how mosquitoes hone in on human warmth to find and bite people.
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Tesla fjerner populær software efter videresalg
Sagen rejser spørgsål om, hvor mange opdateringer man har ret til som forbruger, når firmaer kan fjerne dele af softwaren og kræve penge for at geninstallere den på afstand.
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Biochemistry Research News — ScienceDaily
Scientists look inside batteries with a molecular eye
Scientists are closer to understanding exactly what happens inside batteries that make them prone to fire, thanks to a molecular eye of sorts.
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Hubble captures grand spiral NGC 5364
This eye-catching galaxy is known as NGC 5364.
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Magnetoelectric coupling in a paramagnetic ferroelectric crystal demonstrated
A team of researchers at Shenzhen University has demonstrated magnetoelectric coupling in a paramagnetic ferroelectric crystal. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes the ytterbium-based molecular magnetoelectric material they discovered and its possible uses. Ye Zhou and Su-Ting Han with Shenzhen University have published a Perspective piece describing the work in th
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Developing the spacesuit of the future
Researchers at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology have entered their third year of development of a wearable and wireless body sensor system—with the ability to be powered remotely—that will revolutionize NASA spacesuits.
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Five things we're going to learn from Europe's Solar Orbiter mission
At 23.03 (local time) on Sunday 9 February, Europe's newest mission to study the sun is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Called Solar Orbiter, this European Space Agency (ESA) mission will travel to within the orbit of planet Mercury to study the sun like never before, returning stunning new images of its surface.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Solved: Mystery of marine nitrogen cycling in shelf waters
Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet this process is poorly understood. Scientists from Bremen have now found answers to a longstanding mystery in a key process of the nitrogen cycle.
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Want to Fight Climate Change? Stop Believing These Myths<><>Fakenews<>climate
In Mark Jaccard's new book, *The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success,* he argues that the key is to stop obsessing about notions like peak oil.
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Google, Amazon, and Apple Have a Trillion Dollar Problem
Plus: Steve Jobs' too-modest vision for Apple, the real problem with bitcoin, and the anointing of Rush Limbaugh.
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The 7 Best Drones (2020): DJI, Parrot, Syma
Whether you want to battle Star Wars spaceships or shoot a cinematic masterpiece, there's a drone that's perfect for everyone.
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'Birds of Prey': 5 Essential Comics
Want to know more about Harley Quinn and her band of mischief makers? Start here.
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'Reading' proteins for new properties
Scientists have uncovered the underlying rules that, when broken, contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.
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At least 13% of wastewater treated by Southern Ontario septic systems ends up in streams
The presence of artificial sweeteners has revealed that at least 13 percent of septic system wastewater from rural Southern Ontario homes eventually makes its way into local streams.
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Scientists look inside batteries with a molecular eye
Scientists are closer to understanding exactly what happens inside batteries that make them prone to fire, thanks to a molecular eye of sorts.
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Bending diamond at the nanoscale
A team of scientists has discovered diamond can be bent and deformed, at the nanoscale at least. The discovery opens up a range of possibilities for the design and engineering of new nanoscale devices in sensing, defense and energy storage but also shows the challenges that lie ahead for nanotechnologies.
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Teknologisk Institut: Udokumenteret, at udskiftning af brændeovne giver mest miljø for pengene
PLUS. Regeringen har fremsat et lovforslag om udskiftning af brændeovne. Men ifølge Teknologisk Institut mangler der viden om, hvorvidt udskiftning er den bedste løsning.
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Solved: Mystery of marine nitrogen cycling in shelf waters
Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet this process is poorly understood. Scientists from Bremen have now found answers to a longstanding mystery in a key process of the nitrogen cycle.
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Using neutrons and X-rays to analyze the aging of lithium batteries
Lithium batteries power smart phones, laptops, and electric bicycles and cars by storing energy in a very small space. This compact design is usually achieved by winding the thin sandwich of battery electrodes into a cylindrical form. This is because the electrodes must nevertheless have large surfaces to facilitate high capacity and rapid charging
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Inside America's legendary audio gear factory
Making it old school (Stan Horaczek/) Frank McIntosh and Gordon Gow launched their home stereo company in 1949, one year after the invention of the long-playing record. Vinyl introduced consumers to high-fidelity sound and created a demand for audiophile equipment previously reserved for broadcasters. McIntosh has since earned a reputation for quality components built largely by hand at its fact
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Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics
A process developed by MIT engineers may be the key to manufacturing flexible electronics with multiple functionalities in a cost-effective way.
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The complex effects of colonial rule in Indonesia
The areas of Indonesia where Dutch colonial rulers built a huge sugar-producing industry in the 1800s remain more economically productive today than other parts of the country, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist.
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CRISPR gene editing creates 'designer' immune cells that fight cancer
In a first, scientists have used gene-editing technology to create "designer" immune system cells that can fight tumors and survive for months in cancer patients' bodies.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
CRISPR gene editing creates 'designer' immune cells that fight cancer
In a first, scientists have used gene-editing technology to create "designer" immune system cells that can fight tumors and survive for months in cancer patients' bodies.
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Human Trial Suggests CRISPR Could Be a Viable Cancer Treatment
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania just published the results of the first U.S. trial of CRISPR-edited cells in cancer patients — and they're very encouraging. In April 2019, UPenn confirmed that a team of its researchers had officially begun testing CRISPR-edited cells in humans. For that trial, the scientists had removed immune cells from three patients with advanced, treatment-resi
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Biochemistry News – Chemistry News
The 120-year old cold case for the Grignard reaction is finally solved
The Grignard reaction is used to synthesize carbon-carbon bonds, a crucial step for making new molecules for academic and industry uses. Finding efficient and selective methods for this reaction, using low cost materials and minimal energy resources has been the target of the research activity for more than 100 years. Incredibly enough, the way the Grignard reaction works has been unknown—until no
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The 120-year old cold case for the Grignard reaction is finally solved
The Grignard reaction is used to synthesize carbon-carbon bonds, a crucial step for making new molecules for academic and industry uses. Finding efficient and selective methods for this reaction, using low cost materials and minimal energy resources has been the target of the research activity for more than 100 years. Incredibly enough, the way the Grignard reaction works has been unknown—until no
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How a plant‑rich diet can help fight climate change and reduce stress
We have heard a lot about climate change, and we need to hear more about what we can do, individually and collectively, to address it.
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Image: Flevoland, the Netherlands' giant land reclamation project
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Dutch province of Flevoland—the newest province in the Netherlands and one of the largest land reclamation projects in the world.
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Coastal risks and land use policy create economic tradeoffs for armoring the Oregon Coast
An Oregon land use policy creates a large economic value for some private homeowners who are allowed to protect their shoreline against erosion, according to a new Oregon State University study.
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Vad är normalt tryck, vad är lågt och vad innebär högt blodtryck – och vad säger forskningen? Om du är nyfiken och vill ha svar på dessa frågor är du välkommen att komma och lyssna på föreläsningen om blodtryck.
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Combat burnout: respect the out-of-office message
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00353-5 Employers must do more to support researchers when they take a break.
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Apps could take up less space on your phone, thanks to new 'streaming' software
New software "streams" data and code resources to an app from a cloud server when necessary, allowing the app to use only the space it needs on a phone at any given time.
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Antioxidant reverses BPD-induced fertility damage in worms
From plastics to pesticides, it seems like every week delivers fresh news about the dangers of endocrine disruptors — chemicals in the environment that alter the body's hormones and can lead to reproductive, developmental, neurologic and immune problems and cancer. Industry regulation and individual consumer choice can reduce exposure to such chemicals, but there are few options to counteract dam
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No food, no fuel, no phones: Bushfires showed we're only ever one step from system collapse
This summer's bushfires were not just devastating events in themselves. More broadly, they highlighted the immense vulnerability of the systems which make our contemporary lives possible.
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Abnormal bone formation after trauma explained and reversed in mice
Nw study findings implicate a specific type of immune cell behind heterotopic ossification, or abnormal bone formation and present a possible target for treatment.
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I walked 1,200 kilometers in the outback to track huge lizards
In 2017 and 2018 I walked the equivalent of 28 marathons in the scorching Western Australian outback. Why, you ask? To assess how some of Australia's largest lizard species interact with restored mines.
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Europe Limits Government by Algorithm. The US, Not So Much
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Using artificial intelligence, agricultural robots are on the rise
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Mother meets her dead daughter again with VR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflTK8c4w0c This is really heartbreaking. I hope that project helped her. submitted by /u/MyPlanetMars [link] [comments]
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
I walked 1,200 kilometers in the outback to track huge lizards
In 2017 and 2018 I walked the equivalent of 28 marathons in the scorching Western Australian outback. Why, you ask? To assess how some of Australia's largest lizard species interact with restored mines.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Cattle grazing supports biodiversity in Romania
Blocking out the seemingly endless rain, cold and dark of midwinter is no mean feat, but picture this: it's early summer, the days are growing longer, the earth is warming underfoot and meadows are humming with life. Fit to bursting with plants, insects, birds and small mammals, these wildflower havens are a sensory overload. Vibrant yellows, pinks and purples nestle among the fresh greens while t
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Cattle grazing supports biodiversity in Romania
Blocking out the seemingly endless rain, cold and dark of midwinter is no mean feat, but picture this: it's early summer, the days are growing longer, the earth is warming underfoot and meadows are humming with life. Fit to bursting with plants, insects, birds and small mammals, these wildflower havens are a sensory overload. Vibrant yellows, pinks and purples nestle among the fresh greens while t
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Jump in Coronavirus Cases on Ship Poses a Critical Test for Japan
The country is scrambling to prevent a larger outbreak even as it prepares for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Coronavirus triggers turmoil in global gas market
Prices hit as Chinese importers of LNG declare 'force majeure' on some contracts
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China's martyred coronavirus doctor poses problems for Beijing
Tributes to Li Wenliang suggest growing anger about mishandling of epidemic
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Magnetic microrobots use capillary forces to coax particles into position
At microscopic scales, picking, placing, collecting, and arranging objects is a persistent challenge. Advances in nanotechnology mean that there are ever more complex things we'd like to build at those sizes, but tools for moving their component parts are lacking.
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Meet the Fermentophone: An edible musical instrument made of fermented fruits
Fermentation gives the world some of its most delicious foods and beverages, like cheese, chocolate, beer, wine, and more.
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New tool probes gene regulation
DNA methylation (DNAme) is a modification of the genome—an epigenetic "mark"—that is required for proper cellular differentiation. It has been implicated in the regulation of gene expression, but its role in this stepwise process is poorly understood.
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New material created to clean up fossil fuel industry
Researchers at the University of Sydney have created a new material that has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions released during the refinement process of crude oil by up to 28 percent.
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New coastal profiling floats for diagnosing ocean health
When a doctor checks up on a patient, they might listen to the patient's breathing, take their temperature, and discuss nutrition. When checking up on the ocean, scientists also take oxygen, temperature, and nutrient readings. But because of its size and variability, reading the ocean's vital signs is a lot more challenging than wrangling the average patient.
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As big cities get even bigger, some residents are being left behind
The concentration of growth in major cities, driven by the knowledge economy and the changing nature of work, may also increase their social inequality. Our research looked at cities in the US and Australia. We compared measures of the knowledge economy and social vulnerability of their metropolitan areas and plotted them together.
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A blanket ban on toxic 'forever chemicals' is good for people and animals
Lowe's recently joined the Home Depot and other major retail chains in phasing out the sale of products treated with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, toxic chemicals more commonly known as PFAS. Specifically, Lowe's said it would stop selling indoor residential carpets and rugs treated with the PFAS by the end of 2019.
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Framing the climate crisis as a terrorism issue could galvanize action
In many vulnerable regions of the world, the climate crisis has exacerbated loss of farmable land and increased water scarcity, fueling rural-urban migration, civil unrest, and violence. As a result, worsening geopolitical instability has aided the rise of terrorism and violence in the Middle East, Guatemala, and the Lake Chad Basin of Africa. Yet when people hear the words, "global warming," they
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Researcher: True scientific integrity calls for customization, not standardization
In his dissertation, Serge Horbach examines the problems with scientific integrity. Where are things going wrong, how can scientific journals help filter out bad research, and what can universities do? Horbach will be awarded his Ph.D. by Radboud University on 13 February.
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Bovine embryo completely regenerates placenta-forming cells
A calf was born from an embryo lacking cells which form a large part of the placenta, providing new insight into the regenerative capacity of mammalian embryos.
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Research voyage brings Zealandia secrets to the surface
Fresh evidence of how the continent of Zealandia was created has been published by an international team of scientists co-led by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Professor Rupert Sutherland.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
New tool probes gene regulation
DNA methylation (DNAme) is a modification of the genome—an epigenetic "mark"—that is required for proper cellular differentiation. It has been implicated in the regulation of gene expression, but its role in this stepwise process is poorly understood.
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Biochemistry News – Chemistry News
Bovine embryo completely regenerates placenta-forming cells
A calf was born from an embryo lacking cells which form a large part of the placenta, providing new insight into the regenerative capacity of mammalian embryos.
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Longer lives and lower birth rates strain family structures
A new report by Cass Business School and the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), reveals that longer lives and lower birth rates are putting increasing strain on our family structures.
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The Experiments Revealing How Marijuana Could Treat Dementia
Slightly stoned mice show marijuana may fight age-related memory loss.
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What Science Knows About Marijuana's Health Benefits
What marijuana research in humans tells us so far about the drug's benefits and drawbacks.
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Neurodiversity and Inner Voice
When you think all to yourself (not engaging with others) do you hear an inner voice, do you conjure images, or do you just have abstract feelings? For most people the answer is, yes. Recently a Twitter post has triggered people to consider their inner voice, and whether or not they have one. The post was intriguing to many people mostly because they had not considered that other people may be di
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Climate change denialism is something we all suffer from
Climate change denialism is something that applies to more than just diehard non-believers, a UNSW Sydney researcher argues.
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The Digital Colonialism Behind .tv and .ly
Country-specific domain names can generate a lot of money—but for whom?
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'Locke & Key' Masters the Netflix Recipe—for Better or Worse
The family-ready thriller is woolly and uneven, smart and a little unbelievable. In other words, it's straight out of the streaming service's playbook.
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Gadget Lab Podcast: The Virus and the Vote
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This week, we discuss the coronavirus outbreak's impact on the economy, plus the scary state of mobile voting security in the US.
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Europe's Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun
ESA's orbiter will work with NASA's Parker Solar Probe to unveil the mysteries of our home star and the origin of violent storms that spew plasma across space.
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Image of the Day: Impaired Meiosis
A phthalate commonly found in shampoos, cosmetics, and cleaning products disrupts reproduction in worms.
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Mystery of marine recycling squad solved
Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet many of its aspects are poorly understood. Scientists have now succeeded in finding answers to a longstanding mystery in a key process of the nitrogen cycle.
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Most humans don't have tails. So why do we have the bones for it?
Tailbones: What are they good for? Absolutely nothing. (DepositPhoto/) For February, we're focusing on the body parts that shape us, oxygenate us, and power us as we take long walks on the beach. Bony bonafide bones. These skeletal building blocks inspire curiosity and spark fear in different folks—we hope our stories, covering everything from surgeries and supplements to good old-fashioned bonin
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DNA firms are set to profit from your data as testing demand falls
23andMe and Ancestry are laying off staff as sales slump – but there's plenty of profit to be made from their huge DNA databases
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The first US trial of CRISPR gene editing in cancer patients suggests the technique is safe
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The Founding Generation Showed Their Patriotism With Their Money
Patriotism today tends to conjure notions of loyalty to country and battlefield courage, but little more. Partisan attempts to capture patriotism for one side and to accuse the other of lacking it is one reason for the narrowness of the current definition, but another is not looking to history for other examples. One of the most significant comes from this country's founding era, when small numbe
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The Great Pretender — undercover mission that shook psychiatry
Gripping tale of a psychologist who faked madness to infiltrate 1970s mental hospitals
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Ljudintolerans – relativt okänd men vanlig sjukdom
Nio procent lider av ljudintolerans. De drabbade begränsas i såväl vardag som arbetsliv och har ofta andra sjukdomar. Det visar en ny avhandling vid Umeå universitet. Ljudintolerans innebär att människor besväras av låga ljud som de flesta andra inte störs av. Det kan vara prasslet från en tidning, sorlet på en restaurang eller surret från en luftkonditionering. Johan Paulin, forskare i psykologi
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Biologist discovers that lavender enhances the immunity of carp
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Biologist from RUDN University Morteza Yousefi has found that lavender extract added to the food reduces stress and improves immunity in carp in fish farms. The article was published in the journal Aquaculture.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Single-molecule imaging reveals how myosin moves to bring about muscle contraction
In a research first, molecular biologists at RIKEN have directly visualized the motion of a critical motor protein at the single molecular level. This achievement could aid in the hunt for new ways to treat diseases associated with myosin malfunction.
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How do you cope when your employer asks you to take a hit?
The coronavirus epidemic is the latest unexpected event leaving workers in unpaid limbo
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Biologist discovers that lavender enhances the immunity of carp
Biologist from RUDN University Morteza Yousefi has found that lavender extract added to the food reduces stress and improves immunity in carp in fish farms. The article was published in the journal Aquaculture.
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Single-molecule imaging reveals how myosin moves to bring about muscle contraction
In a research first, molecular biologists at RIKEN have directly visualized the motion of a critical motor protein at the single molecular level. This achievement could aid in the hunt for new ways to treat diseases associated with myosin malfunction.
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Chemist develops technique to improve solar cells
A RUDN University chemist has discovered four new stable compounds that can be obtained in the reaction of iodine with methylammonium iodide—the use of these substances will allow the production of perovskite solar panels without toxic reagents and prevent by-products during manufacturing. The article is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
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Scientists explore how females shut off their second X chromosome
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Institut Curie in Paris have shown that the protein SPEN plays a crucial role in the process of X-chromosome inactivation, whereby female mammalian embryos silence gene expression on one of their two X chromosomes.
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Scientific American Blog Posts
How Patients' Perspectives Shape the Adoption of Medical Innovation
A new study shows that demand, not just hospital profits, has boosted the use of robotic surgery — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Journal flags papers two years after university investigation finds researcher faked data
Nearly two years after a University of Liverpool investigation determined that a former researcher there fabricated his data, the journal Molecular Medicine has issued expressions of concern about four papers by that researcher. As we reported in 2018, Daniel J. Antoine — once a promising young liver specialist — was found to have made up … Continue reading
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Scientists explore how females shut off their second X chromosome
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Institut Curie in Paris have shown that the protein SPEN plays a crucial role in the process of X-chromosome inactivation, whereby female mammalian embryos silence gene expression on one of their two X chromosomes.
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Europe Limits Government by Algorithm. The US, Not So Much
A Dutch court halted a program to identify people more likely to commit benefits fraud. Critics said it discriminated against immigrants and low-income residents.
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Taylor Swift's 'Miss Americana' Is Pointless in the Instagram Era
With social media, there's very little documentaries can show that fans don't already know all too well.
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How Patients' Perspectives Shape the Adoption of Medical Innovation
A new study shows that demand, not just hospital profits, has boosted the use of robotic surgery — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Spel som vaccin mot fake news<><>fakenews
Fenomenet har sitt ursprung i en psykologisk teori som kallas inokulering; en term som från början kommer från medicinvetenskapen och betyder att man för in något under huden som vaccination. I detta fall presenterades spelarna för små, förenklade doser av vilseledande argument. På så sätt skapades förståelse för underliggande processer bakom falsk och missvisande information.
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Bästa snölagringen för gröna skidbackar
Sportlovet närmar sig, men en stor del av Sverige har haft barmark hela vintern och backar och spår står gröna. I en ny studie har forskare vid Luleå tekniska universitet undersökt vilka metoder för snölagring som fungerar bäst. Snölagring är ett sätt för skidanläggningar – speciellt i landets mellersta och södra delar – att rusta för ett mildare klimat med färre snödagar. – Den här vintern är de
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DNA test firms have a backup plan as demand falls – selling your data
23andMe and Ancestry are laying off staff as sales slump – but there's plenty of profit to be made from their huge DNA databases
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PODCAST: Undervandsmusik er et hit. Insekter flopper
Undervandsorkestret Between Music spiller udsolgte koncerter neddykket i kæmpe akvarier. Hr. og fru Danmark vil ikke spise insekter, og produktionen er for dyr til dyrefoder. Små og mellemstore virksomheder er dårligt beskyttet mod hackere.
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When Your Husband Comes Home From War
Stephen Morton/Getty A moving moment during Tuesday's State of the Union address came when a military wife and her two young children were reunited with their soldier, just home from war. The reunion was a surprise for the mother and her children, and for the audience. Members of Congress cheered for three minutes and eight seconds of pure, bipartisan joy. I was happy for the family, of course. B
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New Process Could Provide More Sustainable Plastic Production
A common component of plastics could come from existing carbon sources — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Concerns coronavirus is going undetected in Indonesia
World's fourth most populous country says it has no confirmed cases despite close links to China Coronavirus – latest updates There is growing concern that the new coronavirus may be going undetected in Indonesia, where officials have not confirmed a single case of infection among the 272 million-strong population despite the country's close links to China. As of Thursday, Indonesia said it had n
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Sund & Bælt ændrer argument: På grund af lommesmerter må vi svejse Guldborgsundbroen fast
En budgetoverskridelse for Ringsted-Femern Banen har medført en økonomisk analyse af anlægget. Det har mundet ud i et spareforslag, der vil svejse broklappen på Guldborgsundbroen fast.
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Menneskelig fejl er sandsynlig årsag til afsporing af højhastighedstog
To lokomotivførere var de eneste dræbte, da "Røde Pil"-morgentoget havarerede med 300 kilometer i timen i nærheden af Milano i går morges.
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Solar Orbiter spacecraft will capture the sun's north and south poles
Scientists hope the telescope will capture the imagination like 'science fiction' The sun's uncharted north and south poles are set to be revealed for the first time by an ambitious mission that will fly above our home star and beam back images. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint Nasa and European Space Agency (ESA) mission, is set to be launched from Cape Canaveral just after 4am UK time on M
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This is how an illusionist targets your unconscious mind
Magicians are actually very effective applied psychologists. They're familiar with the workings of both the conscious and unconscious mind. During his act, renowned psychological illusionist Derren Brown uses the technique of bafflement to bypass participants' conscious filters and get a maximum response to the trick. Derren Brown returns to the stage with his new live, one-man show, Showman. Che
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The Long-Overdue Rise of Harley Quinn
This article contains light spoilers for Birds of Prey. The character of Harley Quinn began as a running gag. Created in 1992 for Batman: The Animated Series , Harley served as a henchwoman with an unhealthy attachment to her boss, the Joker. The show wrung humor from her mostly one-sided obsession with the supervillain, but the relationship was toxic from the start: The Joker regularly chastised
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The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America
In the 2010s, the national unemployment rate dropped from a high of 9.9 percent to its current rate of just 3.5 percent. The economy expanded each and every year. Wages picked up for high-income workers as soon as the Great Recession ended , and picked up for lower-income workers in the second half of the decade. Americans' confidence in the economy hit its highest point since 2000, right before
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Transhumanism is the desirable next step in human evolution
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Has the Age of Virtual Humans Arrived?
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
Sequence-selective dynamic covalent assembly of information-bearing oligomers
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14607-3 Dynamic covalent interactions have been employed to mediate molecular self-assembly reactions but often do not converge to a thermodynamic equilibrium and yield a mixture of kinetically trapped species. Here, the authors show a sequence-selective, dynamic covalent self-assembly process that mitigates kinetic
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Influenza A viruses are transmitted via the air from the nasal respiratory epithelium of ferrets
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14626-0 Here, the authors perform simultaneous inoculation of genetically tagged influenza A virus in ferrets and show that airborne transmissible viruses are preferentially transmitted from the upper respiratory tract, which correlates with high replication ability in the ferret and human nasal respiratory epitheli
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14579-4 Influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) stem between group 1 and 2 viruses has different glycosylation patterns, likely hampering cross-group protection. Here, Boyoglu-Barnum et al. show that introducing a group 2 glycan into a group 1 stem nanoparticle vaccine broadens antibody responses in mice to cross-react w
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14499-3 A locus on chromosome 1 encompassing the CFHR genes is highly associated with AMD risk. Here, Cipriani and colleagues investigate the role of CFHR4, encoding FHR-4, and demonstrate a relationship between AMD risk, circulating FHR-4 levels and genetic variants at this locus.
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Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14553-0 The valley degree of freedom gives additional flexibility to tunable phononic and photonic crystals. Here, the authors realise a honeycomb phononic structure where both the size of the cavities and of the air channel can be actively tuned, allowing several functionalities in a broad frequency range.
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Minimally disruptive optical control of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14567-8 Protein tyrosine phosphatases regulate many cellular processes but are difficult to study in their native context. Here the authors develop an approach for using light to control the activity of a disease-relevant phosphatase without interfering with its native cellular organization.
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Determining sequencing depth in a single-cell RNA-seq experiment
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14482-y For single-cell RNA-seq experiments the sequencing budget is limited, and how it should be optimally allocated to maximize information is not clear. Here the authors develop a mathematical framework to show that, for estimating many gene properties, the optimal allocation is to sequence at the depth of one r
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CD229 CAR T cells eliminate multiple myeloma and tumor propagating cells without fratricide
Nature Communications, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14619-z CD229 is expressed on the surface of multiple myeloma cells, as well as B and T lymphocytes. Here, the authors engineer CD229-specific CAR T cells and, using patient samples and mouse models, show that treatment with these cells reduces tumour burden and results in limited targeting of T cells.
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Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59085-1 The oxytocin-prostaglandins pathways in the horse ( Equus caballus ) placenta during pregnancy, physiological parturition, and parturition with fetal membrane retention
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A massacre of early Neolithic farmers in the high Pyrenees at Els Trocs, Spain
Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58483-9
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Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59002-6
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Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59349-w
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Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58964-x
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Scientific Reports – nature.com science feeds
Photosensitive nanocarriers for specific delivery of cargo into cells
Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58865-z
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Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59351-2 Publisher Correction: Modelling Duchenne muscular dystrophy in MYOD1 -converted urine-derived cells treated with 3-deazaneplanocin A hydrochloride
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Scientific Reports, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58375-y
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Protein closely linked to commonest cause of blindness
An international team of scientists has identified a protein which is strongly linked to the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries when its levels are raised in the blood.
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International team delivers research breakthrough for leading cause of blindness
Researchers have identified a new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that could offer new hope for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which affects over 1.5 million people in the UK alone.
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Mayo researchers discover way to prime cancer tumors for immunotherapy
A cancer tumor's ability to mutate allows it to escape from chemotherapy and other attempts to kill it. So, encouraging mutations would not be a logical path for cancer researchers. Yet a Mayo Clinic team and their collaborators took that counterintuitive approach and discovered that while it created resistance to chemotherapy, it also made tumors sensitive to immunotherapy. They also found that t
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Using neutrons and X-rays to analyze the aging of lithium batteries
An international team has used neutron and X-ray tomography to investigate the dynamic processes that lead to capacity degradation at the electrodes in lithium batteries. Using a new mathematical method, it was possible to virtually unwind electrodes that had been wound into the form of a compact cylinder, and thus actually observe the processes on the surfaces of the electrodes. The study was pub
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Mystery of marine recycling squad solved
Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet many of its aspects are poorly understood. Scientists from Bremen have now succeeded in finding answers to a longstanding mystery in a key process of the nitrogen cycle.
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Investors seek model to forecast effects of coronavirus
Market analysts turn to science and complex methods to forecast epidemic's path
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A Moon Landing In 2024? NASA Says It'll Happen, Others Say: No Way
The Trump administration keeps repeating that the U.S. will return humans to the moon in 2024. That may be technically possible but only if the money appears and if everything goes perfectly. (Image credit: Courtesy of NASA)
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Antarctica temperature touches record high of 18.3C
Scientists warn of devastating effects of global warming on ice sheets in polar regions
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Where Kites Fly, Kites Also Fall
In Delhi, two brothers have given everything to treat birds injured by a popular pastime.
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Wild Storms and Shifting Ice: Two Explorers Talk About Arctic Life
Two of the nearly 100 people on a ship stuck in an ice floe for a year explain what it's like to live in polar darkness while studying how the Arctic's climate is changing.
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Daily briefing: Iran is not rushing to build a nuclear bomb — yet
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00345-5 Iran's nuclear capability, the month's best science images and whole-genome sequences for 38 cancers.
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Side-Stepping Climate Change, Trump Touts Trillion Trees Plan
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump made no mention of climate change, even though its recognized by many scientists as a growing threat to the planet. Instead, the president's only nod to environmental protection focused on an initiative to plant trees — lots of trees.
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Book Review: Exploring the Biology of Friendship
In her new book, "Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond," Lydia Denworth makes the case that humans are innately wired for friendship. The trait, she argues, evolved because it has a direct bearing on our mental, physical, and social health.
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Nyt projekt skal reducere CO2-udledning fra fødevareindustrien markant
20 danske fødevarevirksomheder vil over de næste to år demonstrere, hvordan elektrificering af produktionsprocesser kan spare store mængder energi og CO2-udledning
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The "manosphere" is getting more toxic as angry men join the incels
Men from the less extreme end of the misogynistic spectrum are drifting toward groups that espouse violence against women, a new study suggests.
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What is coronavirus and how worried should we be?
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor? Find all our coronavirus coverage here How to protect yourself from infection It is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the
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Branching out for a new green revolution
Researchers at the University of Oxford and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene that improves the yield and fertilizer use efficiency of rice.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
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Branching out for a new green revolution
Researchers at the University of Oxford and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene that improves the yield and fertilizer use efficiency of rice.
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Chinese copper traders declare force majeure
Buyers of commodity have cancelled or delayed shipments due to deadly outbreak
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How mosquitoes find humans to bite
In a paper appearing online February 6 in Science, professor of biology Paul Garrity, Ph.D. student Chloe Greppi, post-doctoral fellow Willem Laursen and several colleagues report that they've figured out an important part of how mosquitoes hone in on human warmth to find and bite people.
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Sådan ser regionerne en kommende sundhedsplan
En kommende plan for sundhedsvæsenet skal hive de tydelige hegnspæle mellem sektorerne op. Og allerede nu skal der sættes skub i arbejdet med kvalitetsstandarder i kommunerne, foreslår Danske Regioner i sit bud på en sundhedsplan.
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New commuter concern: Cancerous chemical in car seats
The longer your commute, the more you're exposed to a chemical flame retardant that is a known carcinogen and was phased out of furniture use because it required a Proposition 65 warning label in California.
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Sharp rise in canine fertility clinics but not always staffed with vets
There has been a sharp rise in the number of specialist canine fertility clinics, according to an investigation published in this week's issue of the Vet Record.
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Argentine Antarctica has hottest day on record
Argentine Antarctica had its hottest day on record Thursday since readings began, the National Meteorological Service said.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Sharp rise in canine fertility clinics but not always staffed with vets
There has been a sharp rise in the number of specialist canine fertility clinics, according to an investigation published in this week's issue of the Vet Record.
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Rains 'breaking the back' of Australia bushfire crisis
Heavy rain was raising hopes Friday for an end to Australia's unprecedented bushfire crisis, as downpours douse blazes that have burned out of control for months.
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High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
Rita Alton has an unusual morning routine these days: Wake up. Get dressed. Go outside to see if her house is closer to tumbling down an 80-foot (24.4-meter) cliff into Lake Michigan.
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Europeisk rymdsond ska studera solens poler
På morgonen den 10 februari, svensk tid, ska den den nya rymdsonden Solar Orbiter skickas iväg från rymdbasen Cape Canaveral i USA mot sin omloppsbana kring solen.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
East African fish in need of recovery
A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered an unfolding calamity for the region: plummeting fish populations due to overfishing, which in turn could produce widespread food insecurity.
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Study examines potential sources of groundwater contamination in private wells
A study led by environmental researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington suggests a disconnect between the perception of groundwater contamination and the extent to which that contamination is attributable to oil and natural gas extraction.
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East African fish in need of recovery
A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered an unfolding calamity for the region: plummeting fish populations due to overfishing, which in turn could produce widespread food insecurity.
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Scientists create 'chemical gardens' that can be used as bone substitute materials
A new way of making bone-replacement materials that allows for cells to grow around and inside them has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
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One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies
Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil in their labs. Since we haven't returned to the Moon in almost 50 years, every lunar sample is precious. We need to make them count for researchers now and in the future. In a new study in Meteoritics &
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Smart design of new materials could improve energy storage technologies
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US lets autonomous vehicle bypass human-driver safety rules
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Measure To Decriminalize Psychedelics Advances In Washington, D.C.
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'We're above civilisation': life in a cosmic ray station – photo essay
Cut off during winter, a former Soviet weapons research facility high up on Mount Aragats, Armenia is now part of a network of sites around the world studying the mysterious particles The cosmic ray research station on Mount Aragats sits at an altitude of 3,200 metres. The site in Armenia was constructed in 1943 to conduct top-secret research into atomic reactions for the development of nuclear w
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One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies
Scientists have found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the moon's soil using a single grain of dust brought back by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972. Their technique can help us learn more about conditions on the surface of the moon and formation of precious resources like water and helium there.
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Burberry says coronavirus impact 'worse than HK protests'
About a third of China stores shut and footfall down 80% at remainder
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Popularity of pug-like dogs 'could be fuelling rise in canine fertility clinics'
Investigation links boom in flat-faced canines to rise in clinics, some of which advertise banned procedures The boom in popularity of flat-faced dogs such as pugs and French bulldogs may be fuelling a rise in canine fertility clinics, some of which advertise banned procedures, an investigation has found. Dogs with squashed faces, known as brachycephalic dogs, are often unable to breed or give bi
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Chinese villages barricaded to keep coronavirus at bay
Communities sealed off as authorities struggle to contain outbreak
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Ny rapport: Langt størstedelen af dansk sojaimport truer stadig regnskoven
Ny rapport fra Københavns Universitet viser, at konventionel soja udgør 71% af den samlede…
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Poorer households may get help on energy bills
The burden of paying for clean energy technology could be shifted to the tax payer.
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Scientists Unlock a New Method That Can Actually Bend Diamonds
Not so tough now!
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These 8 Things That Humans Do Really Confuse Our Dogs
We're so weird.
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Remainers and leavers don't exist in Britain anymore, a friend noted the other day. You can't be in favor of remaining or leaving something you have already left. That ship has sailed. The new divide, he said, must surely be whether you are in favor of Britain rejoining the European Union or staying out. This observation, made somewhat in jest, contains a number of truths. The first, most obvious
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Leder: Støvet landbrugsstøtte står i vejen for fremtidens produktion
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Coronavirus turns Asian cruise ships into prison hulks
Quarantined vessel in Japan becomes host to biggest outbreak outside China
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Photos of the Week: Gobbler's Knob, Giant Queen, Prosthetic Paws
A London sunset, face masks across Asia, the Super Bowl in Miami, a snow track in Minsk, Trump's acquittal in Washington, motorcycle ice racing in Kazakhstan, the first mosque in Slovenia, and much more.
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Universities deny plans to put international students in coronavirus quarantine
Group of Eight universities dismiss reports they will quarantine students from China on regional campuses Australia's eight most prominent universities have dismissed media reports that they are planing to quarantine international students on regional campuses as a result of the federal government's travel ban . Since 1 February foreign nationals have been barred from entering Australia within 14
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The World's Only Venomous Primate Could Explain Why Humans Are Allergic to Cats
Hang on, we can explain.
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Uber promise, Trump v Johnson, Elliott v Softbank
Uber shares rise as the company promises profitability
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Praises China's Response to Outbreak as Death Toll Passes 600
After speaking by telephone with China's leader, Xi Jinping, President Trump said on Twitter that "he will be successful."
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Seeing blue after the little blue pill: Visual disturbances in Viagra users
Sildenafil, a common treatment for erectile dysfunction, is typically safe with limited side effects. However, a new study reports persistent visual side-effects, including light sensitivity and color vision impairment, in a group of first-time users who took the highest recommended dose. Fortunately, these symptoms cleared up within 21 days for all the patients and appear to be very rare. Due to
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Bumblebees Are in Trouble, as Rising Temperatures Drive Their Decline
Oh no.
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Ancient archaea: how life on Earth began – Science Weekly podcast
Around 3.5bn years ago the first forms of life emerged: bacteria and archaea. These so-called prokaryotes had the Earth to themselves for a very, very long time. Then, for some mysterious reason, another new microbial kingdom formed. Eukaryotic cells came into being and complex life began. But how and why did this happen? Hannah Devlin dives into the 12-year scientific odyssey that gives us an im
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How AI Will Seduce You. w Stephen Fry
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U.S. lets autonomous vehicle bypass human-driver safety rules
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Your Realistic AND Hopeful predictions for 2030?
I know this has probably done before.. But it's a bit different. What are your realistic And hopeful predictions for 2030? Realistic Predictions are 80 to 90 percent certain will happen. Hopeful predictions are 40 to 50 percent chance of happening submitted by /u/Backagain18 [link] [comments]
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Klimaet har Greta Thunberg, men hvem har sundheden?
Det seneste år har et navn været på alles læber. Greta Thunberg. Og hvad enten man synes, hun er en helt eller en forskruet teenager, så må man lade hende, at hun har fået alle til at indse, at klimakampen i høj grad er en generationskamp.
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Danmarks førende onaniforsker: Onanien har det stadig hårdt
I gamle dage mente man, at onani kunne føre til blindhed, døvhed og smerter i hele kroppen. I dag er vi klogere, men onani bliver stadig betragtet som noget skamfuldt, siger læge og medicinhistoriker, der netop har skrevet om onaniens historie.
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Markets react to the coronavirus
Chinese stocks, the travel sector and energy funds have been hit as the epidemic spreads
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Coronavirus strikes World Bank's 2017 catastrophe bonds
Originally scheduled to mature in July this year, they are teetering on the edge of default
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Ancient archaea: how life on Earth began – Science Weekly podcast
Around 3.5bn years ago the first forms of life emerged: bacteria and archaea. These so-called prokaryotes had the Earth to themselves for a very, very long time. Then, for some mysterious reason, another new microbial kingdom formed. Eukaryotic cells came into being and complex life began. But how and why did this happen? Hannah Devlin dives into the 12-year scientific odyssey that gives us an imp
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Fnatepidimien i Danmark blotlagde et tung, bureakratisk monster for læger – det må kunne laves bedre, skriver praktiserende læge Joachim Nørmark.
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Kvaliteten af diabetesbehandlingen kommer snart frem i lyset
Problemer med Sundhedsplatformen og et fravær af brugbare data fra almen praksis mørklægger fortsat langt størstedelen af diabetesbehandlingen i Danmark. Men i år kan blive det vendepunkt, der trækker behandlingskvaliteten frem i lyset, siger forskningsleder.
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Databaser viser stor fremgang for kræftoverlevelsen
Nye kirurgiske teknikker og behandlinger har givet forbedringer i langtidsoverlevelsen for flere grupper af kræftpatienter. Det viser de kliniske kvalitetsdatabaser på kræftområdet.
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Behandling af børnediabetes har højt bundniveau
Dansk Diabetes Database viser, at behandlingen af børn og unge med diabetes har gjort store fremskridt, så flere når behandlingsmål.
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Fingering Fake Whiskies With Isotopes
Whiskies claimed to be from the 19th century are revealed to be made with much more recently grown barley thanks to the unique isotopic fingerprint of the nuclear testing era.
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Aarhus trækker landsgennemsnittet ned
Styregruppen bag Dansk Neuro-Onkologisk Registers årsrapport finder det utilfredsstillende, at patologiproblemer i Aarhus betyder, at indikatorer på landsplan ikke er opfyldt.
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Modermærkekræft behandles på højt og ensartet niveau
Regioner og hospitaler præsterer generelt over de fastsatte standarder for modermærkekræft, viser årsrapport fra Dansk Melanom Database.
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Database mangler data fra østdanske hospitaler og almen praksis
De fleste standarder for behandling af voksne med diabetes er overholdt, viser resultater fra Dansk Voksen Diabetes Database, men datakomplethed giver udfordringer.
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Database lider under svigtende indberetning
Høj og ensartet kirurgisk kvalitet, men stadig plads til forbedringer i behandlingen af brystkræft.
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»Fantastisk flot« resultat for lækage efter kolonresektion
Styregruppen for databasen for kræft i tyk- og endetarm betragter data for anastomoselækageraten både efter kolon- og rektumsektion som flotte. Styregruppen har dog en opsang til regionerne om at sikre specialister ved koloncanceroperation.
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Overlevelsen ved lungekræft stiger fortsat
Mere end hver fjerde lungekræftpatient kan tilbydes operation, og mere end hver tredje tilbydes behandling med henblik på helbredelse, viser årsrapport fra Dansk Lunge Cancer Register.
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Behandling af blærekræft har høj standard
Cancerspecifik femårsoverlevelse ved invasiv blærekræft er på samme i niveau i alle regioner, viser årsrapport fra Dansk Blære Cancer Database.
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Data for prostatakræft viser markante forskelle i restsygdom
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Gynækologisk kræftdatabase ramt af tekniske problemer to år i træk
Dansk Gynækologisk Cancer Database har ikke udsendt årsrapporter i flere år, og den kommende årsrapport bliver heller ikke uden mangler, varsler formand for styregruppen, professor Claus Høgdall, Rigshospitalet.
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Femårsoverlevelsen af lymfomer har nået det højeste resultat nogensinde i nordisk sammenhæng, viser årsrapport for databasen for Malignt Lymfom.
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For mange patienter venter for længe på kontakt fra palliative enheder
Det er betydeligt under standard, at kun 73 pct. af modtagne patienter opnår kontakt, senest 10 dage efter at en palliativ indsats modtager en henvisning, mener styregruppen bag Dansk Palliativ Database Årsrapport.
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Insekter som superfødevare har lange udsigter
PLUS. Trods store forventninger er dansk insektproduktion dårligt kommet i gang, før problemerne tårner sig op.
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Death of coronavirus doctor sparks anguish and anger in China
Government attacked over fate of whistleblower as Xi declares 'people's war' on outbreak
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Fingering Fake Whiskies With Isotopes
Whiskies claimed to be from the 19th century are revealed to be made with much more recently grown barley thanks to the unique isotopic fingerprint of the nuclear testing era. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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An Extremely Rare 'Double Nucleus' Has Been Imaged in a Nearby Galaxy
Stunning.
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The Next Big Solar Technology?
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East African fish in need of recovery
A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered an unfolding calamity for the region: plummeting fish populations due to overfishing, which in turn could produce widespread food insecurity.
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Geologists Finally Reveal The Forces That Forged Earth's Sunken Continent Zealandia
It was shaped in a Ring of Fire.
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Larvaceans are chordates with a tadpole-like morphology. In contrast to most chordates of which early embryonic morphology is bilaterally symmetric and the left–right (L–R) axis is specified by the Nodal pathway later on, invariant L–R asymmetry emerges in four-cell embryos of larvaceans. The asymmetric cell arrangements exist through development of…
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The ecological niche of a species describes the variation in population growth rates along environmental gradients that drives geographic range dynamics. Niches are thus central for understanding and forecasting species' geographic distributions. However, theory predicts that migration limitation, source–sink dynamics, and time-lagged local extinction can cause mismatches between niches and…
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Filaments made up of different isoforms of tau protein are associated with a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. Filaments made up of the 4R-tau isoform, which has four repeat regions (R1 to R4), are found in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, while filaments made of the 3R-tau isoform, which contains only…
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Inelastic neutron scattering evidence for anomalous H-H distances in metal hydrides [Physics]
Hydrogen-containing materials are of fundamental as well as technological interest. An outstanding question for both is the amount of hydrogen that can be incorporated in such materials, because that determines dramatically their physical properties such as electronic and crystalline structure. The number of hydrogen atoms in a metal is controlled…
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Anharmonic lattice dynamics and superionic transition in AgCrSe2 [Applied Physical Sciences]
Intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) in superionic conductors is of great interest for energy conversion applications in thermoelectrics. Yet, the complex atomic dynamics leading to superionicity and ultralow thermal conductivity remain poorly understood. Here, we report a comprehensive study of the lattice dynamics and superionic diffusion in AgCrSe2 from…
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Whenever a genetically homogenous population of bacterial cells is exposed to antibiotics, a tiny fraction of cells survives the treatment, the phenomenon known as bacterial persistence [G.L. Hobby et al., Exp. Biol. Med. 50, 281–285 (1942); J. Bigger, The Lancet 244, 497–500 (1944)]. Despite its biomedical relevance, the origin of…
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Abscission is the terminal step of cytokinesis leading to the physical separation of the daughter cells. In response to the abnormal presence of lagging chromatin between dividing cells, an evolutionarily conserved abscission/NoCut checkpoint delays abscission and prevents formation of binucleated cells by stabilizing the cytokinetic intercellular bridge (ICB). How this…
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Lack of RAN-mediated toxicity in Huntington's disease knock-in mice [Neuroscience]
Identification of repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation in trinucleotide (CAG) repeat diseases has led to the emerging concept that CAG repeat diseases are caused by nonpolyglutamine products. Nonetheless, the in vivo contribution of RAN translation to the pathogenesis of CAG repeat diseases remains elusive. Via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing, we established knock-in…
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Defective HIV-1 proviruses produce viral proteins [Immunology and Inflammation]
HIV-1 proviruses persist in the CD4+ T cells of HIV-infected individuals despite years of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) with suppression of HIV-1 RNA levels <40 copies/mL. Greater than 95% of these proviruses detected in circulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are referred to as "defective" by virtue of having large…
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Transdermal cold atmospheric plasma-mediated immune checkpoint blockade therapy [Engineering]
Despite the promise of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy against cancer, challenges associated with low objective response rates and severe systemic side effects still remain and limit its clinical applications. Here, we described a cold atmospheric plasma (CAP)-mediated ICB therapy integrated with microneedles (MN) for the transdermal delivery of ICB….
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Continual evolution through coupled fast and slow feedbacks [Evolution]
Continual evolution describes the unceasing evolution of at least one trait involving at least one organism. The Red Queen Hypothesis is a specific case in which continual evolution results from coevolution of at least two species. While microevolutionary studies have described examples in which evolution does not cease, understanding which…
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Epigenetic alterations and metabolic dysfunction are two hallmarks of aging. However, the mechanism of how their interaction regulates aging, particularly in mammals, remains largely unknown. Here we show ELOVL fatty acid elongase 2 (Elovl2), a gene whose epigenetic alterations are most highly correlated with age prediction, contributes to aging by…
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Pectin-derived immune elicitors in response to lignin modification in plants [Commentaries]
The cells of all organisms are sugarcoated with polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids. In multicellular organisms these polymers not only have a structural role in the organization of tissues and organs, but also have signaling activities. In the animal extracellular matrix for instance, the negatively charged hyaluronic acid (HA) polymers contribute…
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How the brain pays attention to others' attention [Commentaries]
Humans and other primates have evolved skills to interpret and respond to highly complex social information. This ability is reflected in multiple cortical regions of the macaque brain devoted to the visual analysis of individuals (1, 2), actions (3, 4), and scenes (5). Beyond visual analysis, social perception engages brain…
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Short-wavelength optoacoustic spectroscopy based on water muting [Engineering]
Infrared (IR) optoacoustic spectroscopy can separate a multitude of molecules based on their absorption spectra. However, the technique is limited when measuring target molecules in aqueous solution by strong water absorption at IR wavelengths, which reduces detection sensitivity. Based on the dependence of optoacoustic signal on the temperature of the…
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PNAS – RSS feed of Early Edition articles
The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator in the fate determination of a subpopulation of multipotent trunk neural crest (NC) progenitors toward glial cells instead of sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG). However, the mechanism by which Sox10 regulates glial cell fate commitment during lineage segregation remains…
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Heat-shock proteases promote survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during growth arrest [Microbiology]
When nutrients in their environment are exhausted, bacterial cells become arrested for growth. During these periods, a primary challenge is maintaining cellular integrity with a reduced capacity for renewal or repair. Here, we show that the heat-shock protease FtsH is generally required for growth arrest survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and…
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This is the age of the megafire – and it's being fuelled by our leaders | Tim Flannery
In the face of the climate disaster it helped create, the Australian government has given us only lies and denial Unprecedented wildfires have recently devastated California, the Amazon, southern Europe, Siberia and Australia. It's safe to say that we've entered the era of the climate-fuelled megafire. But because fire conditions depend on local vegetation, topography and climate, each of these g
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Fireflies face extinction risk – and tourists are partly to blame
Tourists love the sight of fireflies glowing at night but it can kill the insects, scientists say.
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Researchers Find Cell-Free Mitochondria Floating in Human Blood
The functional, respiring organelles appear to be present in the blood of healthy people, but their function is yet unclear.
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Here's The Real Deal With That Heartwarming Coyote-Badger Video
Beast friends!
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Climate change: Loss of bumblebees driven by 'climate chaos'
"Climate chaos" has caused widespread losses of bumblebees across continents, experts say.
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CRISPR-Edited Cells for Cancer Therapy Safe in Humans: Trial
In the first clinical study of its kind in the US, researchers used CRISPR to modify CAR T cells to make them more potent against cancer, but the clinical benefits are unknown.
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Li Wenliang's death in Wuhan comes as Hong Kong prepares to impose quarantine on mainland travellers. Follow live updates Doctor who blew whistle over coronavirus has died, hospital says Profile of whistleblower doctor First British national to contract coronavirus had been in Singapore Share your stories 2.13am GMT The US State Department said on Thursday that two planes have left Wuhan, China,
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Bagsiden: Stop nu de idiotiske opdateringer
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Bagsiden: Ru brosten med friktion
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Bagsiden: Patentidioti – Imaginær hund
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Nanoparticle eats away plaque that causes heart attacks
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CRISPR-edited immune cells can survive and thrive after infusion into cancer patients
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5 Ways to Stop Corporations From Ruining the Future of Work with Robert … (2019)
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Future(s) Studies<><>fakenews
You Should Know About This Chernobyl Fungus That Eats Radiation
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Scientists create 'Chemical gardens' that can be used as bone substitute materials
A new way of making bone-replacement materials that allows for cells to grow around and inside them has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
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Sharp rise in canine fertility clinics but not always staffed with vets
There has been a sharp rise in the number of specialist canine fertility clinics, according to an investigation published in this week's issue of the Vet Record.
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EurekAlert! – Breaking NewszZ<><>online
Social media users 'copy' friends' eating habits
Social media users are more likely to eat fruit and veg — or snack on junk food — if they think their friends do the same, a new study has found.
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Bleeding may be a sign of bowel cancer not just a side-effect of blood-thinning drugs
Patients who are being treated with blood-thinning drugs for irregular heart beat should always be investigated for bowel cancer if they experience gastrointestinal bleeding, say the authors of a study published in the European Heart Journal. A study of nearly 125,500 Danish atrial fibrillation patients shows those who experienced bleeding were between 11 and 24 times more likely to be diagnosed w
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Coronavirus: Burberry warns impact of outbreak to worsen
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: How It All Went Wrong for Biden
It's Thursday, February 6. The president took a victory lap at the White House today after being acquitted on both articles of impeachment. In the rest of today's newsletter: A post-mortem on Joe Biden's fourth-place finish in Iowa. Plus: how the Trump campaign plans to weaponize disinformation in 2020. * « TODAY IN POLITICS » (CAROLYN VAN HOUTEN / THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY ) How Joe Biden Bl
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A Promising Crispr Trial, Happy-ish Tesla Investors, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Growing up in a city weakens the brain's navigational skills
Country folk can find their way more easily
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Researchers recommend early walking in a brace for Achilles tendon rupture
A new study from the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick reveals a breakthrough for sportsmen and women in the treatment of Achilles tendon rupture. Researchers found that early walking in a brace provides similar outcomes to plaster casting with no increase in the risk of complications, paving the way for a big change in the way that patients are treated.
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NASA Astronaut Christina Koch Just Officially Shattered a New Spaceflight Record
YES!
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Author Correction: Peptide ligation by chemoselective aminonitrile coupling in water
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1986-5
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Biochemistry Research News — ScienceDaily
Accelerating chemical reactions without direct contact with a catalyst
Researchers demonstrate a chemical reaction produced through an intermediary created by a separate chemical reaction, findings that could impact environmental remediation and fuel production.
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China Begins Testing an Antiviral Drug in Coronavirus Patients
Patients in a clinical trial will receive a placebo or remdesivir, which has shown promise in laboratory studies.
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How plants are built to be strong and responsive
Researchers have solved the long-standing mystery of how plants control the arrangement of their cellulose fibers.
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ScienceDaily<>semiconductor
A gold butterfly can make its own semiconductor skin
A nanoscale gold butterfly provides a more precise route for growing/synthesizing nanosized semiconductors that can be used in nano-lasers and other applications.
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This Huge, Distant Galaxy Formed All Its Stars Super Fast
A massive galaxy in the early universe had already finished making stars by about 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging astronomers' current models.
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Americans Are Split On Online Dating—but Swipe More Than Ever
A new survey backs assumptions with data: Like IRL romance, finding a match on the web is a mixed bag. And yes, women get lots of unwanted dick pics.
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Literature online: Research into reading habits almost in real time
Young people make intensive use of digital networks to read, write and comment on literary texts. But their reading behavior varies considerably depending on whether the title is from the world of popular or classic literature, as revealed by a new study.
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Our Resting Heart Rates Vary Wildly, FitBit Data Reveal
The data might lead to better ways to track our health over time.
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China to Round up Infected in "Mass Quarantine Camps"
A senior official in the Chinese government has instructed authorities in Wuhan, the city where the ongoing coronavirus outbreak originated, to round up the sick and quarantine them in isolated hospitals and shelters. The vice premier leading the government's response to the 2019-nCoV epidemic, Sun Chunlan, has instructed Wuhan officials to go door to door, according to The New York Times . She t
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
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Researchers study elephants' unique interactions with their dead
Stories of unique and sentient interactions between elephants and their dead are a familiar part of the species' lore, but a comprehensive study of these interactions has been lacking—until now. A recent review of documented field observations of elephants at carcasses reveals patterns of elephants' behavior toward their dead, regardless of the strength of former relationships with the deceased in
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Learning How to Speak 'Parentese' Can Boost Your Baby's Language Skills
The exaggerated speaking style, not baby talk, can help your child learn to speak.
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UTA study examines potential sources of groundwater contamination in private wells
A study led by environmental researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington suggests a disconnect between the perception of groundwater contamination and the extent to which that contamination is attributable to oil and natural gas extraction.
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East African fish in need of recovery
A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered an unfolding calamity for the region: plummeting fish populations due to overfishing, which in turn could produce widespread food insecurity.
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Test for Novel Coronavirus Approved for Wide Deployment
The US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the distribution of the 2019-nCoV diagnostic to state health departments and other facilities.
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Researchers study elephants' unique interactions with their dead
Stories of unique and sentient interactions between elephants and their dead are a familiar part of the species' lore, but a comprehensive study of these interactions has been lacking—until now. A recent review of documented field observations of elephants at carcasses reveals patterns of elephants' behavior toward their dead, regardless of the strength of former relationships with the deceased in
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Research could be step toward lab-grown eggs and sperm to treat infertility
A new study on how and when the precursors to eggs and sperm are formed during development could help pave the way for generating egg and sperm cells in the lab to treat infertility.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
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Research could be step toward lab-grown eggs and sperm to treat infertility
A new study on how and when the precursors to eggs and sperm are formed during development could help pave the way for generating egg and sperm cells in the lab to treat infertility.
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Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to transform into fuel more efficiently
Methanol is a versatile and efficient chemical used as fuel in the production of countless products. Carbon dioxide (CO2), on the other hand, is a greenhouse gas that is the unwanted byproduct of many industrial processes. Converting CO2 to methanol is one way to put CO2 to good use. Chemical engineers have now demonstrated how to make that conversion process from CO2 to methanol more efficient by
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Key molecular machine in cells pictured in detail for the first time
Scientists used biochemical experiments and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the atomic structure of a complex assembly of molecules known as the histone mRNA three-prime (3') end-processing machine. This machine plays a fundamental role in proper activity and duplication of the cell genome and when defective, it may lead to human diseases, including cancers.
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ScienceDaily<>ebola
Recognize and control new variants of the deadly Ebola virus more quickly
The situation is extraordinary: there have only ever been four declarations of public health emergencies of international concern in the past and now there are two at the same time.
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This Awesome Jacket Uses an LED Array to Display Huge Emoji
Biker Jacket Multinational automaker Ford has devised a clever way to decrease the chances of accidents between cyclists and drivers: a jacket that displays emoji in LEDs on its back. The Emoji Jacket prototype, which Ford unveiled Thursday as part of its ongoing " Share The Road " campaign, has a large LED array on the back that can display one of six emoji at a time: A cyclist uses a wireless r
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Nimotuzumab-cisplatin-radiation versus cisplatin-radiation in HPV negative oropharyngeal cancer
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 4: In this study, locally advanced head and neck cancer patients undergoing definitive chemoradiation were randomly allocated to weekly cisplatin – radiation {CRT arm} or nimotuzumab -weekly cisplatin -radiation {NCRT arm}.
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UCLA research could be step toward lab-grown eggs and sperm to treat infertility
A new study on how and when the precursors to eggs and sperm are formed during development could help pave the way for generating egg and sperm cells in the lab to treat infertility.
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Natural compound in vegetables helps fight fatty liver disease
A new study led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists shows how a natural compound found in cruciferous vegetables can also be used to fight fatty liver disease.
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Researchers study elephants' unique interactions with their dead
Stories of unique and sentient interactions between elephants and their dead are a familiar part of the species' lore, but a comprehensive study of these interactions has been lacking — until now. A recent review of documented field observations of elephants at carcasses reveals patterns of elephants' behavior toward their dead, regardless of the strength of former relationships with the deceased
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Spacewatch: Nasa ends 16-year Spitzer infrared mission
Spitzer became first telescope to directly capture light from planets in orbit around other stars Nasa has ended science operations on its Spitzer infrared space telescope and placed the instrument into safe mode. The mission officially ended at 2230 GMT on 30 January 2020. Spitzer was one of Nasa's four "great observatories", alongside the Hubble space telescope , the Chandra X-ray observatory a
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The Trump Administration and the New Architects of Fear
The government's plan to mandate "neoclassical" buildings might be one of the most blatantly authoritarian things it has yet attempted.
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Discover Magazine<>køn
From Animals to Human Society: What We Learn When Women Lead
In some mammal species, females lead the pack. What can they teach humans?
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In Search of Exoplanets With Binary Sunsets
How common are planets with multiple suns — and what does that mean for life in the universe?
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Group seeks endangered species listing for Alaska lake seals
The only known freshwater harbor seals in the U.S. should be listed as as threatened or endangered, an environmental group said Thursday in its second petition for the animals.
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Molecular 'switch' reverses chronic inflammation and aging
Scientists have identified a molecular 'switch' that controls the immune machinery responsible for chronic inflammation in the body. The finding could lead to new ways to halt or even reverse many age-related conditions, from from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and cancer.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Group seeks endangered species listing for Alaska lake seals
The only known freshwater harbor seals in the U.S. should be listed as as threatened or endangered, an environmental group said Thursday in its second petition for the animals.
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How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight—and why they aren't better at it
Photosensitizers are molecules that absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. They're generally based on rare, expensive metals; so the discovery that iron carbenes, with plain old iron at their cores, can do this, too, triggered a wave of research over the past few years. But while ever more efficient iron carbenes are being discovered, scient
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Smartphone lab delivers test results in 'spit' second
Engineers with the University of Cincinnati have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your phone, connecting it automatically to a doctor's office through a custom app UC developed.
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Biochemistry Research News — ScienceDaily
How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight — and why they aren't better at it
Photosensitizers absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. Scientists watched what happened when light hit an inexpensive photosensitizer, iron carbene, and discovered it can respond in two competing ways, only one only one of which allows electrons to flow into the devices or reactions where they're needed. It took this desired path about 60%
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Beyond Goodfellas and The Godfather: the Cosa Nostra families' rise and fall
Italian American organized crime may conjure images of classic gangster flicks, but as James B. Jacobs explores in the Crime and Justice article "The Rise and Fall of Organized Crime in the United States," its history is unexpectedly nuanced and mutable. The Cosa Nostra families—popularly known as the Mafia—operated, at the height of their power, in at least twenty-four American cities, with five
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Majority of US adults believe climate change is most important issue today
As the effects of climate change become more evident, more than half of U.S. adults (56%) say climate change is the most important issue facing society today, yet 4 in 10 have not made any changes in their behavior to reduce their contribution to climate change, according to a new poll by the American Psychological Association.
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How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight — and why they aren't better at it
Photosensitizers absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. Scientists watched what happened when light hit an inexpensive photosensitizer, iron carbene, and discovered it can respond in two competing ways, only one only one of which allows electrons to flow into the devices or reactions where they're needed. It took this desired path about 60%
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W.H.O. Fights a Pandemic Besides Coronavirus: an 'Infodemic'
Working with the big tech companies, the U.N. health agency has made strides in combating rumors and falsehoods on the internet about the new infection.
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NASA satellite finds wind shear adversely affecting tropical storm Francisco
Forecasters use a variety of satellite imagery to understand what is happening in a storm, and sometimes just a visible picture can tell a lot. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of the Tropical Storm Francisco in the Southern Indian Ocean that showed wind shear was pushing clouds away from the storm's center.
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NASA sees tropical storm Damien form off Australia's Pilbara coast
The low-pressure area that formed off Australia's Kimberley coast and lingered there for a couple of days has moved west and developed into Tropical Cyclone Damien off the Pilbara coastline. NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of the new tropical storm. The Pilbara Coast is also known as the northwest coast of Western Australia
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Artificial evolution of an industry
A research team from the University of Delaware and the Indian Institute of Management took a deeper look into the newly emerging domain of "forward-looking" business strategies and found that firms have far more ability to actively influence the future of their markets than once thought.
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Physicists find evidence of previously unseen transition in ferroelectrics
In a recent study, University of Arkansas physics researchers found evidence of an inverse transition in ferroelectric ultrathin films, which could lead to advances in development of data storage, microelectronics and sensors.
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Tesla: Fremont Factory Had One of Its "Safest Years Yet"
The rate of worker injuries at Tesla's Fremont factory has dramatically decreased, according to a newly published Tesla blog post . In the post, Laurie Shelby, who serves as the vice president of Tesla's environmental, health, and safety division, wrote that the number of injuries per vehicle produced at the factory fell by "more than 50 percent" in 2019 compared to the rate in 2018. According to
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Trump Opens National Monument Land to Energy Exploration
The Trump administration finalized plans to open land once in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to mining and oil and gas exploration.
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Plans Are Moving Ahead to Open a Space Hotel Attached to the ISS
Coming Soon NASA announced last week that it's moving forward with a plan to commercialize the International Space Station (ISS) — and that the private company Axiom Space will develop a "space hotel" to tack onto the orbital space station. Now, Axios has obtained more details about the plan, which will see a shift from NASA providing orbital services itself to depending more heavily on private c
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World Famous Economist Greg Mankiw is Attracted to UBI funded by a VAT as put forward by Andrew Yang
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SpaceX "likely to spin out" and pursue an IPO for Starlink satellite internet business
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The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side
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Elon Musk Admits He Worried "Nobody Would Buy" Tesla's Cybertruck
Cybertruck Doubts On the Third Row Tesla podcast last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that at first, he had his doubts about the company's recently announced Cybertruck , an electric pickup with an extremely divisive design . "I wasn't sure if nobody would buy it or if a lot of people would buy it," Musk said, referring to the truck's November debut date, on the podcast, as quoted by CNBC . "
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Dates Like Jesus Ate? Scientists Revive Ancient Trees From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds
Researchers in Israel have grown date palm trees from ancient seeds found at the same site as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Those trees might soon produce fruit, re-creating the taste of antiquity. (Image credit: Guy Eisner)
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How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight — and why they aren't better at it
Photosensitizers absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. Scientists watched what happened when light hit an inexpensive photosensitizer, iron carbene, and discovered it can respond in two competing ways, only one only one of which allows electrons to flow into the devices or reactions where they're needed. It took this desired path about 60%
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Artificial evolution of an industry
A research team has taken a deep dive into the newly emerging domain of 'forward-looking' business strategies that show firms have far more ability to actively influence the future of their markets than once thought. One company engineered the 'artificial evolution' of an industry over more than 50 years that benefited both the firm and the industry.
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Beyond Goodfellas and The Godfather: the Cosa Nostra families' rise and fall
Since 1979 the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest international research, providing expertise to enhance the work of sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists. The series explores a full range of issues concerning crime, its causes, and its cures. In both the review and the thematic volumes, Crime and Justice offers an inte
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Male Spiders Sacrifice Legs to Placate Cannibalistic Lovers
For tufted golden orb weavers, losing a leg is better than losing their life. spiderlegs_topNteaser.jpg Image credits: JonRichfield via Wikimedia Commons Rights information: CC BY-SA 4.0 Creature Friday, February 7, 2020 – 08:30 Joshua Learn, Contributor (Inside Science) — Some male spiders sacrifice their own front legs to their female love interests to keep them distracted long enough to get
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Greenland's ice sheet is melting in more ways than we thought
The front of 79 North Glacier (Janin Schaffer, Alfred-Wegener-Ins/) The Greenland ice sheet—a 656,000-square-mile mass of ice covering most of its namesake's land mass—is melting at a rapid pace. Ice loss has ramped up by seven times since the 1990s, and rising air temperatures due to climate change are largely to blame. But for the tongues of ice that extend off glaciers and into the sea, what's
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Here's What Happens to the Solar System When the Sun Dies
The end of planet Earth could also mean new life in distant parts of the solar system.
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Why companies shouldn't label clothes 'adaptive'
Clothing for people with disabilities is a growing market in the US, but companies need to consider the language they use when marketing it, a new study shows. Retailers and brands such as Kohl's, Nike, Target, Tommy Hilfiger, and Zappos have recently launched adaptive apparel lines, and economists predict that the US adaptive clothing market could grow to $54.8 billion by 2023. But the term "ada
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New timeline rewrites history of Easter Island's collapse
Easter Island's prehistoric societal collapse didn't happen as researchers have long thought, according to a new study. Researchers have developed a chronology of monument-building and re-examined written observations of early European visitors. With the help of statistics, the research clarifies variable radiocarbon dates pulled from soil under the island's massive stone platforms topped with me
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Coronavirus whistleblower doctor dies in Wuhan
Passing of Li Wenliang sparks outpouring of grief and anger in China
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Charity Toward None, Malice Toward All
There's no playbook for how to handle the aftermath of an impeachment—it's only happened three times—but as I watched President Donald Trump's post-acquittal statement today, I was inspired to review what Bill Clinton said after the Senate acquitted him in 1999. The sometimes logorrheic Clinton was short and crisp : Now that the Senate has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility, bringing thi
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Physicists find evidence of previously unseen transition in ferroelectrics
Proposed a century ago, inverse transitions seem to contradict the fundamental law that disorder increases with temperature. They have been found in superconductors and liquid crystals, but not yet in ferroelectric materials, which have a variety of uses in electronics and data storage.
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Bumblebees Are Disappearing Because Of Extreme Heat
New research shows that climate change and habitat loss are causing widespread decline among bumblebees in North America and Europe — and putting ecosystems that depend on these pollinators at risk. (Image credit: Peter Soroye)
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We've found more than 2500 new viruses and some are unlike any we know
The genomes of 2514 new viruses have been identified in DNA recovered from human and animal cells, many of them belonging to wholly new families
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Chemical found in drinking water linked to tooth decay in children
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study. Researchers found that higher concentrations of PFAS were associated with greater tooth decay in children.
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Why are pop songs getting sadder than they used to be?
Are popular songs today happier or sadder than they were 50 years ago? In recent years, the availability of large digital datasets online and the relative ease of processing them means that we can now give precise and informed answers to questions such as this. A straightforward way to measure the emotional content of a text is just to count how many emotion words are present. How many times are
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Sleep's effect : Mental Health of Children Dependent on Sleep Duration
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L'Oréal says coronavirus to weigh on Asia sales
World's biggest make-up company posted strong fourth-quarter despite US weakness
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Science | Smithsonian Magazine
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Why Mosquitoes Find Your Warm Blood So Appealing
These bloodthirsty buggers repurposed a gene normally used to sense and avoid high temperatures into a heat-seeking molecular machine
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Satellite images show how coronavirus brought Wuhan to a standstill
Photos taken from space show how little activity there is in Wuhan since China shut down all transportation in the city of 11 million people.
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NASA Is Asking Electric Car Companies for Lunar Rover Ideas
Lunar Vehicle NASA is asking potential industry partners, including electric car companies, to send ideas for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that could one day transport astronauts across the surface of the Moon. "We are turning to industry to offer us exciting approaches to leverage existing systems here on Earth — including law enforcement, military, or recreational vehicles — that could be modi
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Mosquitoes stalk human warmth with 'cooling cells'
New research reveals an important part of how mosquitoes home in on human warmth to find and bite people. Mosquitoes are one of the planet's deadliest animals. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year from such mosquito-borne illnesses as malaria , dengue, West Nile virus, and yellow fever, most of them children. Another 200 million are infected and suffer the symptoms. The discovery, which
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Half of lupus rashes harbor high levels of bacteria responsible for infections
A new study finds that one side effect of lupus could also make patients with the autoimmune condition more vulnerable to a skin infection, or spreading the infection to others.
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Chemical found in drinking water linked to tooth decay in children
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia University School of Dentistry researchers.
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Google Maps is about to get better—especially if you take public transportation
Google Maps 15 New
The new "five tab" look of the Google Maps app. ( Google /) Google Maps has officially been in the world for a decade and a half: the company first launched its Maps product 15 years ago this month, as a web-only service. Fast forward from the pre-iPhone days of 2005, and the company has since rolled out Google Earth, Street View—with its collection of mundane, extreme , and just plain weird imag
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Kvinde stjal medalje fra manden, der knækkede nazisternes kodemaskine
Nu har amerikanske myndigheder fundet den skjult på hendes badeværelse.
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BBC News – Science & Environment
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OneWeb: London start-up launches first big batch of satellites
The UK-based firm launches 34 spacecraft for its broadband internet mega-constellation.
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CRISPR cancer trial finds that gene-edited immune cells are safe
Three people with advanced tumours received a dose of CRISPR gene-edited immune cells and had no serious side effects, paving the way for more trials using this technique
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Climate change is killing off bumblebees in Europe and North America
Climate change has significantly increased the likelihood of bumblebees being driven to extinction in certain regions across North America and Europe
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Crispr'd Cells Show Promise in First US Human Safety Trial
Using genetically-edited cells to supercharge the immune system caused no adverse effects in cancer patients. It's too soon to tell if it can be a cure.
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NASA satellite finds wind shear adversely affecting tropical storm Francisco
Forecasters use a variety of satellite imagery to understand what is happening in a storm, and sometimes just a visible picture can tell a lot. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of the Tropical Storm Francisco in the Southern Indian Ocean that showed wind shear was pushing clouds away from the storm's center.
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Pregnant women in Louisiana at increased risk for homicide
Pooja Mehta, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics & gynecology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was a member of a research team that found 13% of deaths occurring during or up to one year after pregnancy among Louisiana women in 2016-17 were homicides.
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NASA sees tropical storm Damien form off Australia's Pilbara coast
The low-pressure area that formed off Australia's Kimberley coast and lingered there for a couple of days has moved west and developed into Tropical Cyclone Damien off the Pilbara coastline.
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What is your risk from smoking? Your network knows!
A new study from researchers at Penn's Annenberg School for Communication found that most people, smokers and non-smokers alike, were nowhere near accurate in their answers to questions about smoking's health effects. But critically, the study found a way to help people be more accurate: discussing their ideas with other people.
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Collaboration lets researchers 'read' proteins for new properties
A collaboration between the McKelvey School of Engineering and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital uncovers the underlying rules that, when broken, contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.
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Key molecular machine in cells pictured in detail for the first time
Scientists at Columbia, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Rockefeller University, in a study published in Science, used biochemical experiments and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the atomic structure of a complex assembly of molecules known as the histone mRNA three-prime (3') end-processing machine. This machine plays a fundamental role in proper activity and duplication of the cell genome an
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Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to transform into fuel more efficiently
Methanol is a versatile and efficient chemical used as fuel in the production of countless products. Carbon dioxide (CO2), on the other hand, is a greenhouse gas that is the unwanted byproduct of many industrial processes. Converting CO2 to methanol is one way to put CO2 to good use. In research published Thursday in Science, chemical engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrated ho
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Scientists discover how rogue communications between cells lead to leukemia
New research has deciphered how rogue communications in blood stem cells can cause leukemia.The discovery could pave the way for new, targeted medical treatments that block this process.
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Study: Two enzymes control liver damage in NASH
After identifying a molecular pathway that allows nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to progress into liver cell death, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers were able to use these pathways to halt further liver damage.
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Sequencing sewage for antimicrobial resistance surveillance
In this Policy Forum, Frank Aarestrup and Mark Woolhouse advocate for the immediate establishment of a global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system based on the metagenomic sequencing of human sewage.
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Microglia regulate forgetting in the adult brain
The ability to forget our memories — for better or worse — is dependent on microglia and their inclination to weaken and eliminate the synapses connecting engram neurons, according to a new study in mice.
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Mosquitoes seek heat using repurposed ancestral cooling receptor
In a mosquito responsible for transmission of malaria, heat-seeking behavior — critical to this insect's ability to locate and feed on warm-blooded hosts — relies on a thermoreceptor that was once focused on heat avoidance (to help the mosquito keep cool).
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First phase i clinical trial of CRISPR-edited cells for cancer shows cells safe and durable
Following the first US test of CRISPR gene editing in patients with advanced cancer, researchers report these patients experienced no negative side effects and that the engineered T cells persisted in their bodies — for months.
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Why bumble bees are going extinct in time of 'climate chaos'
Researchers from the University of Ottawa and UCL created a new technique that shows which species will be at risk from climate change, where those risks are most severe, and even suggests things we can do to reduce those risks. The method to predict extinction risk works very well for bumble bees and could in theory be applied universally to other organisms.
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CRISPR-edited immune cells can survive and thrive after infusion into cancer patients
Genetically edited immune cells can persist, thrive, and function months after a cancer patient receives them.
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Stopping onchocerciasis on two sides of a border
Pathogens don't pay attention to international borders, with transmission and endemic areas often stretching between countries. In the new work, Moses Katabarwa of the Carter Center, USA, and colleagues report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases the first known and successful coordinated cross-border mass drug administration (MDA) effort with ivermectin to stop onchocerciasis.
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Portable lab you plug into your phone can diagnose illnesses like coronavirus
Engineers have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your phone, connecting it automatically to your doctor through a custom app. The lab the size of a credit card can diagnose infectious diseases such as coronavirus, malaria, HIV or Lyme disease or countless other health conditions such as depression and anxiety.
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Portable lab you plug into your phone can diagnose illnesses like coronavirus
Engineers have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your phone, connecting it automatically to your doctor through a custom app. The lab the size of a credit card can diagnose infectious diseases such as coronavirus, malaria, HIV or Lyme disease or countless other health conditions such as depression and anxiety.
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Heat waves are wiping out bumble bees
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Liver disease defect identified
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Clinical uses of cellular communication
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A weird way to recognize phosphoantigens
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A mouse study shows immune cells gobbling up the connections between memory-associated neurons — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How farmers' opinions determine success of plant-disease control strategies
To successfully combat a crop-threatening disease, it may be more important to educate growers about the effectiveness of control strategies than to emphasize the risk posed by the disease, according to new research by Alice Milne of Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, U.K., and colleagues. These findings appear in PLOS Computational Biology.
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Collaboration lets researchers 'read' proteins for new properties
Clumps of proteins inside cells are a common thread in many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. These clumps, or solid aggregates of proteins, appear to be the result of an abnormality in the process known as liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), in which individual proteins come together to form a liquid-like droplet.
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Key molecular machine in cells pictured in detail for the first time
Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Rockefeller University have revealed the inner workings of one of the most fundamental and important molecular machines in cells.
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Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to transform into fuel more efficiently
Methanol is a versatile and efficient chemical used as fuel in the production of countless products. Carbon dioxide (CO2), on the other hand, is a greenhouse gas that is the unwanted byproduct of many industrial processes.
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Why bumble bees are going extinct in time of 'climate chaos'
When you were young, were you the type of child who would scour open fields looking for bumble bees? Today, it is much harder for kids to spot them, since bumble bees are drastically declining in North America and in Europe.
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Cutting-edge CRISPR gene editing appears safe in three cancer patients
The gravely ill patients received altered versions of their own immune cells in an early test
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The Ragtag Squad That Saved 38,000 Flash Games from Internet Oblivion
Flashpoint and other enthusiasts have archived tens of thousands of games ahead of the software platform's demise at the end of this year.
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CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm-2
Electrolysis offers an attractive route to upgrade greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to valuable fuels and feedstocks; however, productivity is often limited by gas diffusion through a liquid electrolyte to the surface of the catalyst. Here, we present a catalyst:ionomer bulk heterojunction (CIBH) architecture that decouples gas, ion, and electron transport. The CIBH comprises a met
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Na+-gated water-conducting nanochannels for boosting CO2 conversion to liquid fuels
Robust, gas-impeding water-conduction nanochannels that can sieve water from small gas molecules such as hydrogen (H 2 ), particularly at high temperature and pressure, are desirable for boosting many important reactions severely restricted by water (the major by-product) both thermodynamically and kinetically. Identifying and constructing such nanochannels into large-area separation membranes wi
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Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling in a molecular ferroelectric ytterbium(III) complex
Magnetoelectric (ME) materials combine magnetic and electric polarizabilities in the same phase, offering a basis for developing high-density data storage and spintronic or low-consumption devices owing to the possibility of triggering one property with the other. Such applications require strong interaction between the constitutive properties, a criterion that is rarely met in classical inorgani
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Total synthesis of the complex taxane diterpene canataxpropellane
Canataxpropellane belongs to the medicinally important taxane diterpene family. The most prominent congener, Taxol, is one of the most commonly used anticancer agent in clinics today. Canataxpropellane exhibits a taxane skeleton with three additional transannular C–C bonds, resulting in a total of six contiguous quaternary carbons, of which four are located on a cyclobutane ring. Unfortunately, i
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Mosquito heat seeking is driven by an ancestral cooling receptor
Mosquitoes transmit pathogens that kill >700,000 people annually. These insects use body heat to locate and feed on warm-blooded hosts, but the molecular basis of such behavior is unknown. Here, we identify ionotropic receptor IR21a, a receptor conserved throughout insects, as a key mediator of heat seeking in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae . Although Ir21a mediates heat avoidance in Drosop
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Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents
Climate change could increase species' extinction risk as temperatures and precipitation begin to exceed species' historically observed tolerances. Using long-term data for 66 bumble bee species across North America and Europe, we tested whether this mechanism altered likelihoods of bumble bee species' extinction or colonization. Increasing frequency of hotter temperatures predicts species' local
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Microglia mediate forgetting via complement-dependent synaptic elimination
Synapses between engram cells are believed to be substrates for memory storage, and the weakening or loss of these synapses leads to the forgetting of related memories. We found engulfment of synaptic components by microglia in the hippocampi of healthy adult mice. Depletion of microglia or inhibition of microglial phagocytosis prevented forgetting and the dissociation of engram cells. By introdu
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Valence and patterning of aromatic residues determine the phase behavior of prion-like domains
Prion-like domains (PLDs) can drive liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) in cells. Using an integrative biophysical approach that includes nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, small-angle x-ray scattering, and multiscale simulations, we have uncovered sequence features that determine the overall phase behavior of PLDs. We show that the numbers (valence) of aromatic residues in PLDs determine
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Structure of an active human histone pre-mRNA 3'-end processing machinery
The 3'-end processing machinery for metazoan replication-dependent histone precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs) contains the U7 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein and shares the key cleavage module with the canonical cleavage and polyadenylation machinery. We reconstituted an active human histone pre-mRNA processing machinery using 13 recombinant proteins and two RNAs and determined its structure by
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Enhanced sustainable green revolution yield via nitrogen-responsive chromatin modulation in rice
Because environmentally degrading inorganic fertilizer use underlies current worldwide cereal yields, future agricultural sustainability demands enhanced nitrogen use efficiency. We found that genome-wide promotion of histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) enables nitrogen-induced stimulation of rice tillering: APETALA2-domain transcription factor NGR5 (NITROGEN-MEDIATED TILLER GROWTH RES
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Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by {gamma}{delta} T cells
Gamma delta () T cells are essential to protective immunity. In humans, most T cells express V9V2 + T cell receptors (TCRs) that respond to phosphoantigens (pAgs) produced by cellular pathogens and overexpressed by cancers. However, the molecular targets recognized by these TCRs are unknown. Here, we identify butyrophilin 2A1 (BTN2A1) as a key ligand that binds to the V9 + TCR chain. BTN2A1 assoc
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The biology, function, and biomedical applications of exosomes
The study of extracellular vesicles (EVs) has the potential to identify unknown cellular and molecular mechanisms in intercellular communication and in organ homeostasis and disease. Exosomes, with an average diameter of ~100 nanometers, are a subset of EVs. The biogenesis of exosomes involves their origin in endosomes, and subsequent interactions with other intracellular vesicles and organelles
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Combo of two HIV vaccines fails its big test
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Prominent spider biologist spun a web of questionable data
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Underground oil fires liberate carbon-free fuel
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No hasty solutions for African swine fever
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Discovering the limits of ecological resilience
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Room-temperature magnetoelastic coupling
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Using sewage for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
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Death dollhouses and the birth of forensics
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Marine heat waves threaten kelp forests
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Marine restoration projects are undervalued
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U.S. action lowers barriers to invasive species
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Lagging recovery for tropical forests
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Synthesis of Taxol's complicated cousin
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Increasing temperatures and declines
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A biased position for receptors
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Graceful choreography for CO2 and H2O
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Liver disease defect identified
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Architecture of an mRNA processor
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Clinical uses of cellular communication
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Concern about swine fever vaccines
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Decoupling tillering and fertilization
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A weird way to recognize phosphoantigens
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Water-selective zeolite membranes
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A pathway to pain in female mice
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Marine mapping for saving seabirds
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Ages of interstellar dust in a meteorite
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Machine learning for asymmetric catalysis
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Mechanism of homodimeric cytokine receptor activation and dysregulation by oncogenic mutations
Homodimeric class I cytokine receptors are assumed to exist as preformed dimers that are activated by ligand-induced conformational changes. We quantified the dimerization of three prototypic class I cytokine receptors in the plasma membrane of living cells by single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. Spatial and spatiotemporal correlation of individual receptor subunits showed ligand-induced dime
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An AMPK-caspase-6 axis controls liver damage in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Liver cell death has an essential role in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The activity of the energy sensor adenosine monophosphate (AMP)–activated protein kinase (AMPK) is repressed in NASH. Liver-specific AMPK knockout aggravated liver damage in mouse NASH models. AMPK phosphorylated proapoptotic caspase-6 protein to inhibit its activation, keeping hepatocyte apoptosis in check. Suppressio
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Bumblebees' decline points to mass extinction – study
Populations disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter, scientists say Bumblebees are in drastic decline across Europe and North America owing to hotter and more frequent extremes in temperatures, scientists say. A study suggests the likelihood of a bumblebee population surviving in any given place has declined by 30% in the course of a single human generation. The researchers sa
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New robot does superior job sampling blood
In the future, robots could take blood samples, benefiting patients and healthcare workers alike. A team has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people, according to the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device.
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Synchronization of neurons is critical for learning and forming memories
Researchers found that the neurons involved in Pavlovian learning shift their behavior during the learning process and become more synchronized when a memory is formed.
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Study takes a stand against prolonged sitting
A new study shows classrooms remain overlooked when it comes to the health risks of sitting still for too long. Researchers found most students don't realize the health risks can't be counteracted by later exercise, and perhaps unsurprisingly, students feel it is socially unacceptable to take a walk while the professor is still leading class. The researchers have solutions like building open class
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Scientists reveal whole new world of chemistry by stepping indoors
An atmospheric chemist had spent her entire career probing the complexities of outdoor air — how gases and particles in the atmosphere move, interact and change, and how human activities perturb the air we breathe. Then, she went inside. It turns out the chemistry inside can be vastly more complex than that of outdoor air systems.
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Enjoying the View? How computer games can help evaluate landscapes
Geographers are stepping into the virtual world of computer games to develop exciting new ways of assessing landscapes. Researchers have spent years analyzing geographical landscapes and determining what features people from different countries find most appealing. In a bid to engage younger audiences the team created a series of videos depicting dynamic fly-throughs of virtual landscapes.
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How farmers' opinions determine success of plant-disease control strategies
To successfully combat a crop-threatening disease, it may be more important to educate growers about the effectiveness of control strategies than to emphasize the risk posed by the disease, according to new research by Alice Milne of Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, U.K., and colleagues. These findings appear in PLOS Computational Biology.
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Collaboration lets researchers 'read' proteins for new properties
Clumps of proteins inside cells are a common thread in many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. These clumps, or solid aggregates of proteins, appear to be the result of an abnormality in the process known as liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), in which individual proteins come together to form a liquid-like droplet.
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Key molecular machine in cells pictured in detail for the first time
Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Rockefeller University have revealed the inner workings of one of the most fundamental and important molecular machines in cells.
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Why bumble bees are going extinct in time of 'climate chaos'
When you were young, were you the type of child who would scour open fields looking for bumble bees? Today, it is much harder for kids to spot them, since bumble bees are drastically declining in North America and in Europe.
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Popular internet scams to watch out for in 2020
The internet is filled with scammers looking to steal your private information. The Better Business Bureau has shared important information on the scams that are currently trending and ways that internet users can avoid them. Every internet user should also consider investing in a VPN like Private Internet Access for added safety and security. If we've said it once , we've said it a thousand time
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How Does a Mammalian Brain Forget?
A mouse study shows immune cells gobbling up the connections between memory-associated neurons — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How Does a Mammalian Brain Forget?
A mouse study shows immune cells gobbling up the connections between memory-associated neurons — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientist: Mars Colonists Will Need to Compost Dead Human Bodies
Space Death A scientist and a fashion designer have teamed up to tackle one of the lesser-discussed problems facing future Mars colonists: what to do with their dead companions' bodies. Space.com 's Chelsea Gohd — a former Futurism staffer , by the way — reports that the pair is exploring solutions that would address both the emotional and the logistical aftermath of a Mars colonist's death. And
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Tinder a good example of how people use technology for more than we think
From multilevel marketing to political and health campaigning to promoting local gigs, Tinder users are appropriating the platform for their own purposes. And these can often have little to do with sex or dating. This so-called 'off-label use' — a term borrowed from pharmacology describing when people use a product for something other than what the package says — is explored in a new paper by Co
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Portable lab you plug into your phone can diagnose illnesses like coronavirus
Engineers with the University of Cincinnati have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your phone, connecting it automatically to your doctor through a custom app UC developed. The lab the size of a credit card can diagnose infectious diseases such as coronavirus, malaria, HIV or Lyme disease or countless other health conditions such as depression and anxiety.
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Advancements in robotics are continually taking place in the fields of space exploration, health care, public safety, entertainment, defense, and more. These machines—some fully autonomous, some requiring human input—extend our grasp, enhance our capabilities, and travel as our surrogates to places too dangerous or difficult for us to go. Gathered here are recent images of robotic technology, inc
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DARPA is using gamers' brain waves to train future military robots
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The permafrost is thawing twice as fast as we thought
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Could the next generation of particle accelerators come out of a 3-D printer?
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Humanity under threat from perfect storm of crises – study
Climate, extreme weather, biodiversity, food and water crises could lead to 'systemic collapse' The world is facing a series of interlinked emergencies that are threatening the existence of humans, because the sum of the effects of the crises is much greater than their individual impacts, according to a new global study. Climate breakdown and extreme weather, species loss, water scarcity and a fo
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UN Secretary-General: "A Wind of Madness Is Sweeping the Globe"
Ominous Message Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, shared a grim outlook on the state of the world at a Tuesday conference. The underlying message of his speech was that our global society should strive to bring about a more peaceful and prosperous future, NPR reports . But until a big shift happens, his prognosis is one of worsening violence , conflict, global instability
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Company to harvest green hydrogen from underground oil fires
Proton Technologies will target heavy oil deposits but leave carbon trapped underground
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A new money-laundering rule is forcing crypto exchanges to scramble
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Put down that jelly donut and learn the evolutionary science behind why sugar makes us salivate — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Highly cited researcher banned from journal board for citation abuse
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00335-7 Investigation finds that biophysicist Kuo-Chen Chou repeatedly suggested dozens of citations be added to papers.
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Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking space mission
Koch lands in Kazakhstan after 328 days in space, the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut She would miss the friendship of her crewmates, she said, and of course the spectacular views . But after 328 days on the International Space Station – the longest continuous spaceflight ever undertaken by a female astronaut – Christina Koch could not deny last week that she was looking forw
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2021 Cadillac Escalade: 38-Inch Display, Better Self-Driving
The 2021 Cadillac Escalade is shaping up as General Motors' leading technology platform. Unveiled in Los Angeles and New York this week, the wow-factor feature is a 38-inch OLED display in front of the driver. The big SUV also has a raft of driver-assist and safety features standard or available, most notably the second generation of Super Cruise, the Level 2 autonomous driving that locates the c
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This Epic Star Battle Looks Like Something From a "Thor" Movie
Clash of Giants Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a binary star system called HD101584 after a particularly violent and close fly-by. The result is a gorgeous and colorful composite image that looks like it's straight out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Image Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) APEX Predator Scientists combined data from ALMA and a separate radio te
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Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00351-7 The 2019 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science honour two scientists from India who prioritize people over competition and publications.
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PLUS. Mange undersøgelser baseret på observationer er matematisk set inverse problemer, hvor man ud fra output skal finde input. Det kan være svært.
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A possible explanation for the mysterious ice circles in Lake Baikal
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Russia and one in France has found a possible explanation for the creation of ice circles in Lake Baikal—the deepest lake in the world. In their paper published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, the group describes their two-year study of the ice circles and what they learned about them.
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Scientists develop method to build up functional elements of quantum computers
Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia), together with colleagues from FEB RAS, China, Hong Kong, and Australia, manufactured ultra-compact bright sources based on IR-emitting mercury telluride (HgTe) quantum dots (QDs), the future functional elements of quantum computers and advanced sensors. A related article is published in Light: Science and Applications.
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Can statins make you an asshole?
Can statins have rare but significant effects on behavior? A case study.
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Cancer-causing culprits could be caught by their DNA fingerprints
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine have defined the most detailed list of genetic fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes that drive cancer development to date.
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How runaway healthcare costs are a threat to older adults and what to do about it
Empowering Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices, accelerating the adoption of value-based care, using philanthropy as a catalyst for reform and expanding senior-specific models of care are among recommendations for reducing healthcare costs published in a new special report and supplement to the Winter 2019-20 edition of Generations, the journal of the American Society of Aging (ASA).
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Apps could take up less space on your phone, thanks to new 'streaming' software
New software "streams" data and code resources to an app from a cloud server when necessary, allowing the app to use only the space it needs on a phone at any given time.
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This Vehicle Has No Side-View Mirrors—and It's Legal
Self-driving startup Nuro is the first company to win an exemption from federal safety requirements. It won't be the last.
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Ocean Currents Are Speeding Up, Driven by Faster Winds
Climate change may in part be spurring the acceleration, which could change how heat and nutrients are pushed around the oceans — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Physicist Brian Greene: 'Factual information is not the right yardstick for religion'
The theoretical physicist on distinguishing between fact and opinion, why he'd travel forward in time instead of back, and the value of religion Brian Greene, 56, is director of Columbia University's centre for theoretical physics. His work on string theory has focused on the forms that extra dimensions may take. His latest book is Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter and Our Search for Meaning in
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Scientists reveal whole new world of chemistry by stepping indoors
Colorado State University atmospheric chemist Delphine Farmer had spent her entire career probing the complexities of outdoor air—how gases and particles in the atmosphere move, interact and change, and how human activities perturb the air we breathe.
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How plants are built to be strong and responsive
Organised cellulose fibres allow plants to grow, support themselves and store fixed carbon from the atmosphere. Wood and dietary fibre is largely made of cellulose, and coal is derived from cellulose synthesised millions of years ago.
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What does it mean to age? Is it a purely time-based process, with each passing moment bringing our bodies along an invariant trajectory of decline? Or is it a function of our behavior, dependent on our daily activities and the damage inflicted upon ourselves over time? Clearly, there is a bit of truth in each […]
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The Coronavirus Started in Animals. That Makes it More Dangerous.
The coronavirus that emerged in China and rapidly spread around the world almost certainly jumped to humans from an animal. While that's certainly not unheard of, scientists are on high alert — because zoonotic viruses, as they're called, can potentially be more dangerous. The heightened risk associated with animal-borne diseases like 2019-nCoV comes from the fact that our immune systems have nev
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How plants are built to be strong and responsive
Organised cellulose fibres allow plants to grow, support themselves and store fixed carbon from the atmosphere. Wood and dietary fibre is largely made of cellulose, and coal is derived from cellulose synthesised millions of years ago.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
The unchanging viscosity of cells
The only thing that appears to be unchanging in living cells is that they are constantly changing. However, scientists from the IPC PAS have managed to show that there is a certain parameter that does not change. It's their viscosity. This research, although basic, may contribute to the development of completely new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
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Popularity distance between a restaurant's location and a person's hometown biases ratings
Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research upcoming in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity difference between the reviewer's hometown and the distance to their destination, can affect a reviewers online rating by as much as 11%.
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Direct synthesis of azulene continues to reveal alluring properties
Azulene is a pretty neat substance. As the name suggests, it displays a peculiar blue color. First synthesized in the 1930s, azulene has been used in medicine for its bioactive properties. Now azulene derivatives are being studied for use in organic electronics such as n-type semiconductors, solar cells and non-linear optics. This is made possible by the functionalization of the azulene ring. Odd-
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The unchanging viscosity of cells
The only thing that appears to be unchanging in living cells is that they are constantly changing. However, scientists from the IPC PAS have managed to show that there is a certain parameter that does not change. It's their viscosity. This research, although basic, may contribute to the development of completely new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
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UNH researchers find synchronization of memory cells critical for learning and forming memories
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire found that the neurons, or memory cells, involved in Pavlovian learning shift their behavior during the learning process and become more synchronized when a memory is formed — a finding that helps better understand memory mechanisms and provides clues for the development of future therapies for memory-related diseases like dementia, autism and post-t
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Botanical drug is shown to help patients with head and neck cancers
In a UCLA-led phase I clinical trial, a new plant-based drug called APG-157 showed signs of helping patients fight oral and oropharyngeal cancers. These cancers are located in the head and the neck.
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Scientists reveal whole new world of chemistry by stepping indoors
Delphine Farmer and her team at Colorado State University have published their first major study, about bleach cleaning, from HOMEChem, a collaborative experiment with 13 universities that mapped the airborne chemistry of a typical home.
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Popularity distance between a restaurant's location and a person's hometown biases ratings
Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research upcoming in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity difference between the reviewer's hometown and the distance to their destination, can affect a reviewers online rating by as much as 11%.
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'Fluorescent markers' to illuminate cancer begins Phase 3 clinical trials
Purdue-discovered intraoperative molecular imaging used to illuminate and target non-small-cell lung cancer shows improved outcomes for 26% of patients in multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial, receives FDA fast track.
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New online therapy for lingering depression symptoms could fill important gap in care
A pioneering therapy for lingering depressive symptoms developed by U of T psychologist is now available online
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NASA Astronaut Sets Space Record, Says She'll Miss Microgravity
Mission Success On Thursday, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station safely parachuted down into snowy Kazakhstan. One of those astronauts, NASA's Christine Koch, had spent 328 days aboard the ISS. That makes her the new record holder for longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman, with her trip lasting 39 days longer than that of the previous rec
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Seven female scientists you may not have heard of – but should know about
The government is being told to act over a "lack of visible role models for girls" in science. Here's a whole array they could use.
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A study shows growth trends in female homicide victims in Spain spanning over a century
In a groundbreaking study, research carried out between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL, Switzerland) has compiled data on homicide victims in Spain, disaggregated by gender, from 1910 to 2014. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on particular regions of the country or shorter time periods, this study gathers and analyses data corresponding to
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After the Iowa Caucus Meltdown, New Hampshire Says It's Ready
The nation's first primary is proudly low-tech, but it'll take more than paper ballots to defuse the disinformation threat.
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'AuraRing' could let you control games with a flick
A ring and wristband combination called AuraRing can detect the precise location of someone's index finger and continuously track hand movements, researchers report. The ring emits a signal that the wristband can pick up. Then, the wristband can identify the position and orientation of the ring—and the user's finger. "We're thinking about the next generation of computing platforms," says co-lead
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MPs question ministers on tree-planting plans
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers is quizzed on the government's tree-planting plans.
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Words matter when it comes to apparel for people living with disabilitie
Retailers and brands such as Kohl's, Nike, Target, Tommy Hilfiger and Zappos have recently launched adaptive apparel lines, and economists have predicted that the U.S. adaptive clothing market could grow to $54.8 billion by 2023. However, brands should consider the language they use when marketing products to this group of consumers, according to a new study from the University of Missouri. Resear
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Resources and gender competence are needed for science equality measures to be effective
Half of female Spanish researchers believe that being a woman makes your career more difficult. Furthermore, 70% of female scientists think that there are not enough female researchers in leadership roles in Spain. This is according to a report on gender equality in research published by the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom in collaboration with the Cotec Foundation. In an atte
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Drones can determine the shape of a room by listening
Imagine a loudspeaker is placed in a room with a few microphones. When the loudspeaker emits a sound impulse, the microphones receive several delayed responses as the sound reverberates from each wall in the room. These first-order echoes—heard after sound impulses have bounced only once on a wall—then bounce back from each wall to create second-order echoes and so on.
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Researchers demonstrate optical backflow of light
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have for the first time demonstrated the backflow of optical light propagating forward. The phenomenon, theorized more than 50 years ago by quantum physicists, has never before been demonstrated successfully in any experiment—until now.
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Enjoying the view? How computer games can help evaluate landscapes
Geographers from Staffordshire University are stepping into the virtual world of computer games to develop exciting new ways of assessing landscapes.
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Controllable functional ferroelectric domain walls under piezoresponse microscope
Ferroelectric materials possessing high photoelectric, piezoelectric and dielectric response are widely applied in industrial products, such as transducers, capacitors and memory devices. However, as the development of technology, miniaturization, integration and flexibility are of great importance, which could hardly be fulfilled by traditional bulk ferroelectric materials. Hence, nanoscale ferro
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Literature online: Research into reading habits almost in real time
Young people make intensive use of digital networks to read, write and comment on literary texts. But their reading behavior varies considerably depending on whether the title is from the world of popular or classic literature, as revealed by a new study that takes the reading platform Wattpad as an example. This computer-aided analysis under the direction of the University of Basel was published
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AI could help design better drugs that don't clash with other medication
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What interventional radiologists need to know about frostbite and amputation
An ahead-of-print article in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) reviewing various techniques and clinical management paradigms to treat severe frostbite injuries — relevant for interventional radiology, especially–showed promising results using both intraarterial and intravenous tissue plasminogen activator to reduce amputation. AJR's meta-analysis of thrombolytic the
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How plants are built to be strong and responsive
Researchers have solved the long-standing mystery of how plants control the arrangement of their cellulose fibres.
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Story tips: Fusion squeeze, global image mapping, computing mental health, Na+ batteries
Story tips: Fusion squeeze, global image mapping, computing mental health and sodium batteries.
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A study shows growth trends in female homicide victims in Spain spanning over a century
In a groundbreaking study, research carried out between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL, Switzerland) has compiled data on homicide victims in Spain, disaggregated by gender, from 1910 to 2014. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on particular regions of the country or shorter time periods, this study gathers and analyses data corresponding to
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Words matter when it comes to apparel for people living with disabilitie
Brands should consider the language they use when marketing products to this group of consumers, according to a new study from the University of Missouri. Researchers say that "adaptive" makes the apparel seem separate from the market.
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Geography, age and anemia shape childhood vaccine responses in Sub-Saharan Africa
Vaccine responses in the developing immune systems of children may depend on factors such as age, location and anemia status, according to a study comparing samples from 1,119 Dutch children to 171 children in sub-Saharan Africa who took part in a malaria vaccine trial.
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FEFU scientists developed method to build up functional elements of quantum computers
Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia), together with colleagues from FEB RAS, China, Hong Kong, and Australia, manufactured ultra-compact bright sources based on IR-emitting mercury telluride (HgTe) quantum dots (QDs), the future functional elements of quantum computers and advanced sensors. A related article is published in 'Light: Science and Applications'.
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The Cardio-Oncologist Will See You Now
A growing medical subspecialty focuses on the nexus between cancer and heart disease — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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'Language of cells' could uncover new asthma, allergy treatments
MicroRNAs, small ribonucleic acids that drive communication between cells, offer a new potential pathway for treating allergies and asthma, according to a new study. Researchers found that a specific microRNA known as miR-1 has a direct impact on allergic airway inflammation and that altering its levels can help relieve the symptoms of asthma and allergies. The method approaches treatment for all
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Coronavirus shows risk of Trump cuts to health spending
Private sector may not be able to pick up the slack on drug and vaccine development
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Did the Chicken Come First or Is It Turtles All the Way Down?
When you consider the origin of life, the origin of the universe, or any other origin story, one question inevitably rears its ugly head: What caused the beginning? This apparent paradox has vexed humanity for millennia. It's responsible for philosophical terms like " the prime or unmoved mover " or "the uncaused cause," and for the postulation of innumerable gods and deities in religious circles
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Be ready to move on when your apps bite the dust
You stored everything in that app. Now it's dead. RIP. Will color and beauty ever return to the world? Yes, it's really not that bad. (NeONBRAND via Unsplash/) Not every app and service makes it—we've recently lost the likes of MoviePass, PlayStation Vue, and the Cortana app for Android and iOS, and in years past we've said goodbye to a whole host of great tech services (we still miss Google Read
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The Risky Dream of the Fast Food Franchise
Burgerim had all the ingredients for fast-food-franchise fame: a novel concept (sliders); a modern logo evocative of an emoji; and a celebrity connection, in the form of Kim Kardashian West's confidante Jonathan Cheban , who legally changed his name to his Instagram handle, Foodgod . By promising high returns on investment and ensuring that Americans would love its signature lamb sliders, Burgeri
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—The Friday night before the Iowa caucus, John Kerry was standing on the sidewalk in front of Joe Biden's campaign headquarters, wearing a bomber jacket and a pale-blue scarf, insisting that everything was about to snap into place for the former vice president. That's why so many people were going into the caucus saying they were undecided, he argued. "Some people have been t
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China Tightens Wuhan Lockdown in 'Wartime' Battle With Coronavirus
With infections doubling every four days and more than 600 deaths, China intensified the lockdown in Wuhan, with house-to-house searches and mass internments at makeshift quarantine centers.
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Sugar ants' preference for urine may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
An unlikely penchant for urine is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.
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Gene ID'd as potential therapeutic target for dementia in Parkinson's
Researchers have discovered that the genetic variant APOE4 — long linked to dementia — spurs the spread of harmful clumps of Parkinson's proteins through the brain. The findings suggest that therapies that target APOE might reduce the risk of dementia for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Normal resting heart rate appears to vary widely from person to person
A person's normal resting heart rate is fairly consistent over time, but may vary from others' by up to 70 beats per minute, according to analysis of the largest dataset of daily resting heart rate ever collected.
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Donald Trump Now Has the Senate GOP's Blessing to Undermine Democracy
After making it through a criminal investigation and political impeachment unscathed, Trump now has free rein to invite election interference and more.
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1 trick gets Americans out of their political box
It might be possible to get American voters to adopt less polarized political views, at least momentarily, according to new research. Posing as political researchers, a research team approached 136 voters at the first Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton presidential debate in New York. They asked participants to compare Trump and Clinton on various leadership traits (such as courage, vision, and anal
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Oh my aching back: Do yoga, tai chi or qigong help?
About 80 percent of Americans will experience low back pain at some point. Patients are often advised to manage their back pain with exercise and mind-body interventions. But, do they really help? Researchers compared and contrasted yoga, tai chi and qigong, and found them to be effective for treatment of low back pain, reporting positive outcomes such as reduction in pain or psychological distres
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A new approach to calm that angry nose
Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) is a type of airway disease that involves nasal inflammation. Here, semaphorin protein was found to contribute to allergic reactions and development of nasal polyps in patients with ECRS. A research team found that an anti-semaphorin antibody could reduce nasal inflammation in a mouse model of ECRS and that semaphorin protein could be a new biomarker for
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Wasp nests used to date ancient Kimberley rock art
Mud wasp nests collected from Kimberley sites with the permission of traditional owners help scientists establish ancient art rock unique to the area is 12,000 years old not 17,000 years old.
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Energy choices can be contagious — but why?
A growing body of research shows that the behavior of peers can significantly influence an individual's energy-related decisions, but why that occurs is less clear. A new article provides insights into the factors that underpin the effectiveness of peer influence – and how it might be used to promote more sustainable energy choices.
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The mammals that most freely share dangerous microbes with humans
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00313-z Scientists identify two primate species as hosts of a high number of pathogens that can jump to Homo sapiens.
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Navy Suggests Clocks Be Set to "Boston Mean Time"
Originally published in September 1849 — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Cardio-Oncologist Will See You Now
A growing medical subspecialty focuses on the nexus between cancer and heart disease — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Gaps remain in rural opioid crisis research
Rural areas have been hit hard by the opioid crisis, but few studies have been done to understand how to improve access to treatment and reduce the overdose death rate in these communities, according to a new study by Rutgers University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.
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Study takes a stand against prolonged sitting
A UCLA study shows classrooms remain overlooked when it comes to the health risks of sitting still for too long. UCLA researchers found most students don't realize the health risks can't be counteracted by later exercise, and perhaps unsurprisingly, students feel it is socially unacceptable to take a walk while the professor is still leading class. The UCLA researchers have solutions like building
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Resources and gender competence are needed for science equality measures to be effective
Half of female Spanish researchers believe that being a woman makes your career more difficult. Furthermore, 70% of female scientists think that there are not enough female researchers in leadership roles in Spain. In an attempt to mitigate this inequality, companies and institutions across Europe are implementing gender equality measures in R&D, the outcome of which is not normally evaluated from
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Easter Island society did not collapse prior to European contact, new research shows
Easter Island society did not collapse prior to European contact and its people continued to build its iconic moai statues for much longer than previously believed, according to a team of researchers including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
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Design approach may help fix bias in artificial intelligence
Bias in artificial intelligence is well established. Researchers are now proposing that developers incorporate the concept of 'feminist design thinking' into their process as a way of improving equity — particularly in the development of software used in hiring.
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When kids face discrimination, their mothers' health may suffer
A new study is the first to suggest that children's exposure to discrimination can harm their mothers' health.
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New robot does superior job sampling blood
In the future, robots could take blood samples, benefiting patients and healthcare workers alike. A Rutgers-led team has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people, according to the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device.
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A study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center furthered understanding about mitochondria, the cell components known as the 'powerhouse of the cell.' Knowing more about the genome is crucial given that mitochondria play important roles in tumorigenesis.
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OneWeb Launches 34 Satellites as Astronomers Fear Radio Chatter
Like SpaceX, the company aims to build a constellation of internet satellites, but its orbiters could interfere with telescopes on Earth.
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Coronavirus: third person in UK confirmed with disease 'caught virus abroad' – latest news
WHO holds press conference on virus, UK confirms third case and 10 more people on cruise ship off Japan are diagnosed with virus Third person in UK confirmed as having coronavirus Deaths reach 563, with fresh cases on stricken cruise ship off Japan Hong Kong faces 'double devastation' of coronavirus and civil unrest Share your stories 5.26pm GMT The Department of Health and Social Care is yet to
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Disney\+'s Marvel TV Series Finally Gets a Release Date
The hype around original content like *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* is just one reason why the service's subscription numbers are booming.
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Finding connections at the surface
How and where receptors touch at the surface of a cell may influence the strength of neuronal connections and contribute to identifying better medical interventions for pain, cancer other diseases.
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Tel Aviv university researchers demonstrate optical backflow of light
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have for the first time demonstrated the backflow of optical light propagating forward. The phenomenon, theorized more than 50 years ago by quantum physicists, has never before been demonstrated successfully in any experiment — until now.
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Enjoying the view? How computer games can help evaluate landscapes
Geographers from Staffordshire University are stepping into the virtual world of computer games to develop exciting new ways of assessing landscapes.Ruth Swetnam, Professor of Applied Geography, has spent years analyzing geographical landscapes and determining what features people from different countries find most appealing. In a bid to engage younger audiences Ruth teamed up with Jan Korenko, Se
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Literature online: Research into reading habits almost in real time
Young people make intensive use of digital networks to read, write and comment on literary texts. But their reading behavior varies considerably depending on whether the title is from the world of popular or classic literature, as revealed by a new study that takes the reading platform Wattpad as an example. This computer-aided analysis under the direction of the University of Basel was published
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Humanity's greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists
The greatest threat to humanity hides in the potential cascading of impacts of five highly-related, highly-likely risks — collisions that can amplify effects catastrophically, according to a new survey of 222 leading scientists from 52 countries conducted by Future Earth.The survey forms part of 'Our Future on Earth, 2020,' a summary of peer-reviewed scientific research, distilling the planet's m
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Both Sn and Zn single-atoms on CuO catalyst synergistically promote dimethyldichlorosilane synthesis
Because of their maximum atom-utilization efficiency and unique catalytic properties, single-atom catalysts (SACs) have sparked intense interests in recent years. However, most of the reported SACs are limited to single-site active components, with rare reports on catalyst promoters in their single forms. Because promoters are essential components in many industrial catalysts, the exploration of t
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Fisheries Management Is Actually Working, Global Analysis Shows
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PV plants generating energy by radiating heat into the night sky? How? Thermocouples?
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VIDEO: Is Alcohol Really That Bad for You?
What science says about how much, if any, alcohol is OK for your health.
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Improviserade pianoklanger sker i relation till publik och plats
Klangen vid improvisationer är mer än bara själva ljudet. Improvisationspianisten Magda Mayas har lagt olika objekt inuti pianot och studerat hur klangen relaterar till rummet och lyssnarens förutsättningar. Improvisationspianisten Magda Mayas utforskar nya metoder och begrepp för att arbeta med klangfärg i relation till rum, rörelse och lyssnarens upplevelse. Detta gör hon i en avhandling genom
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Is this the original board game of death?
Ancient Egyptian senet board may signal shift from mere pastime to a more serious game
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People who grow up outside of cities have a better sense of direction
A mobile video game called Sea Hero Quest has been used to test navigation abilities, showing that people who grew up in cities are worse navigators than others
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Coronavirus makes 'sniffling while Asian' suspect
Fear of the new illness is helping to revive longstanding prejudices
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The invasive Argentine ant has seasonal viruses
Argentine ants are one of the most successful invasive species in the world. Scientist from University of Oulu and University of Girona, Spain, have previously identified viruses from the invasive Argentine ants of the Mediterranean region and found several new virus species. Now the researchers studied the ant's virus ecology, because loss of pathogen may help an invasive species succeed in a new
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Rejuvenate Bio launches to help dogs live longer, healthier lives
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that Rejuvenate Bio has secured an exclusive worldwide license from the Harvard Office of Technology Development to commercialize a gene therapy technology developed at the Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School (HMS) to prevent and treat several age-related diseases in dogs, extending their overall h
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The invasive Argentine ant has seasonal viruses
Argentine ants are one of the most successful invasive species in the world. Scientist from University of Oulu and University of Girona, Spain, have previously identified viruses from the invasive Argentine ants of the Mediterranean region and found several new virus species. Now the researchers studied the ant's virus ecology, because loss of pathogen may help an invasive species succeed in a new
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Wikipedia, a source of information on natural disasters biased towards rich countries
Floods are the natural disaster that cause the most damage each year throughout the world. Valerio Lorini (JRC-UPF), Javier Rando (UPF), Diego Saez-Trumper (Wikimedia), and Carlos Castillo (UPF) are the authors of a study they are to present at the 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2020), Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia (USA), fro
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Researchers revise timing of Easter island's societal collapse
The prehistoric collapse of Easter Island's monument-building society did not occur as long thought, according to a fresh look at evidence by researchers at four institutions.
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Rejuvenate Bio launches to help dogs live longer, healthier lives
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that Rejuvenate Bio has secured an exclusive worldwide license from the Harvard Office of Technology Development to commercialize a gene therapy technology developed at the Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School (HMS) to prevent and treat several age-related diseases in dogs, extending their overall h
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Graphene mapping 50 times faster
Graphene has created high expectations, as a strong, ultrathin, two-dimensional material that could also be the basis for new components in information technology. There is hence a huge need for characterization of graphene devices. This can be done using Raman spectroscopy. Laser light is sent to the material sample, and scattered photons tell us about the rotations and vibrations of the molecule
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How Coronavirus will hit global growth
Fallout from virus threatens a China-led slowdown
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DSB-årsrapport: IC4 kører nu så godt, at 11 togsæt er taget ud af drift
PLUS. DSB har overskud på driften, men bundlinjen er alligevel et milliardunderskud på grund af nedskrivning af skandaletogenes værdi.
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HPF1 completes the PARP active site for DNA damage-induced ADP-ribosylation
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2013-6
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How some of Earth's most breathtaking landscapes are created by glaciers
Glaciers have carved some of Earth's most beautiful landscapes by steepening and deepening valleys through erosion. Think of the Scottish Highlands, Yosemite National Park in the US, or the Norwegian Fjords. But big questions remain about how glacial erosion works.
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Study shows restrictions on wood burning in Utah dramatically improve air quality
A new University of Utah study on the impact of wood burning stoves and fireplaces along Utah's Wasatch Front proves that 20-year-old restrictions have had a tremendous impact on the state's air quality.
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Steroids could do more harm than good in treating coronavirus
Steroids should be avoided in the treatment of the current novel coronavirus, experts have advised. A commentary article published in The Lancet concludes that, based on evidence from previous outbreaks of similar types of infection such as SARS, steroids provide little benefit to patients and could do more harm than good. They say that clinicians should still administer the treatment for conditio
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Trees in the Amazon are time capsules of human history, from culture to colonialism
The annals of human history have been recorded through text, art, and oral tradition. However, for hundreds of years tropical forests have also kept detailed records of the human activities that unfolded around them. Researchers now describe how the rings, physical chemistry, and DNA of living tropical trees reveal the impacts of native culture as well as the scars of colonial occupation.
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Giving Away a Rare Ford Excursion | Diesel Brothers
Heavy D and Diesel Dave track down a rare Excursion to use in their next giveaway. Stream Full Episodes of Diesel Brothers: https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/diesel-brothers/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DieselBrothersTV https://www.facebook.com/Discovery Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DieselBrosTV https://twitter.c
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Researchers develop a roadmap for growth of new solar cells
Materials called perovskites show strong potential for a new generation of solar cells, but they've had trouble gaining traction in a market dominated by silicon-based solar cells. Now, a study by researchers at MIT and elsewhere outlines a roadmap for how this promising technology could move from the laboratory to a significant place in the global solar market.
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Brain tumor surgery that pushes boundaries boosts patients survival
Survival may more than double for adults with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly type of brain tumor, if neurosurgeons remove the surrounding tissue as aggressively as they remove the cancerous core of the tumor.
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Antioxidant reverses BPD-induced fertility damage in worms
Treatment with a naturally occurring antioxidant, CoQ10, restores many aspects of fertility in C. elegans worms following exposure to BPAFindings offer possible path toward undoing BPA-induced reproductive harms in peopleAlthough CoQ10 is available over the counter, it is not yet clear whether the compound could improve human fertility or do so safely
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Hard times are coming: Brain tissue stiffness is crucial for neurogenesis
In mammalian adult brains, neural stem cells are only present in few specific parts, so called niches. Only these niches are capable of generating new neurons. For the first time, researchers defined the proteome of these niches, the entire set of expressed proteins, and compared it to other regions of the brain. The findings help to identify key regulators for neurogenesis, an important step towa
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How hereditary genetic testing results impact breast cancer treatment
Women with early stage breast cancer who test positive for an inherited genetic variant are not always receiving cancer treatment that follows current guidelines, a new study finds.
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For aging patients, one missed doctor's visit can lead to vision loss
Visit adherence plays an important role in outcomes for patients with age-related macular degeneration, a Penn Medicine study found.
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Molecular 'switch' reverses chronic inflammation and aging
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a molecular 'switch' that controls the immune machinery responsible for chronic inflammation in the body. The finding, which appears this week in the journal Cell Metabolism, could lead to new ways to halt or even reverse many age-related conditions, from from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and cancer.
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Engineered living-cell blood vessel provides new insights to progeria
Scientists have developed the most advanced disease model for blood vessels to date and used it to discover a unique role of the endothelium in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. This devastating and extremely rare genetic disease causes symptoms resembling accelerated aging in children. The model is the first to grow both the smooth muscle and inner lining, or endothelium, layers of blood vess
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Toxic protein, linked to Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases, exposed in new detail
The protein tau has long been implicated in Alzheimer's and a host of other debilitating brain diseases. But scientists have struggled to understand exactly how tau converts from its normal, functional form into a misfolded, harmful one. By analyzing brain tissue from patients, researchers have revealed that modifications to the tau protein may influence what type of disease that will develop — a
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Tropical trees are living time capsules of human history
Tropical forest trees are the centerpiece of debates on conservation, climate change and carbon sequestration. While their ecological importance has never been doubted, what has often been ignored is their ability to store cultural heritage. Using recent advances in scientific methods and a better understanding of the growth of these trees, researchers can now uncover, in detail, the growing condi
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Marine biology: Whales coordinate deep dives to evade predators
Groups of beaked whales reduce predation risk through extreme diving synchronization, according to a study in Scientific Reports. This behavior has not been observed in other deep diving whales and the underlying reasons have remained unclear.
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Psychology: High volumes of mental health-related tweets associated with crisis referrals
Referrals to two mental healthcare providers in London for patients requiring urgent help were significantly greater on days with a higher than average number of tweets discussing topics around mental health, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
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Discovery of genes involved in infertility
A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered a gene, 'Meiosin', that acts as the switch to turn on meiosis. The gene appears to be related to the cause of infertility and could be a big step forward for reproductive medicine.
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Trees in the Amazon are time capsules of human history, from culture to colonialism
The annals of human history have been recorded through text, art, and oral tradition. However, for hundreds of years tropical forests have also kept detailed records of the human activities that unfolded around them. In a Review published Feb. 6 in the journal Trends in Plant Science, researchers describe how the rings, physical chemistry, and DNA of living tropical trees reveal the impacts of nat
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Researcher's technology differentiates between Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy
Scientists have found a way to distinguish between two progressive neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).
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Setting up fundamental bases for information metasurfaces
When illuminated by electromagnetic waves, subwavelength-scale particles of metasurfaces can couple the incident energy to free space with controllable amplitude, phase and polarizations, such that the transmitted wave can be manipulated flexibly with predesigned functionalities. In recent years, rapid developments of digital and information metasurfaces have stimulated many information processing
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MOF@hollow mesoporous carbon spheres as bifunctional electrocatalysts
With the rapid development of industrial technology, the energy crisis caused by the shortage of fossil energy has been a growing problem. The renewable and green energy source systems such as fuel cell and metal-air batteries are regarded as reliable alternatives to fossil fuels. Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are important semi-reactions in these applications
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Proposed hydropower dams pose threat to Gabon's fishes
Proposed hydropower dams in Gabon pose a substantial threat to the African nation's most culturally and economically important fishes, according to a new study.
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Proposed hydropower dams pose threat to Gabon's fishes
Proposed hydropower dams in Gabon pose a substantial threat to the African nation's most culturally and economically important fishes, according to a new study.
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Researchers refute fifty-year old doctrine on cell membrane regulation
The cell membrane can be regarded as the boundary between life and non-life. The ability of the membrane to adapt to changes in the environment is essential for all forms of life. Up until now, the accepted view was that cells can respond to changes in temperature by sensing the fluidity of their cell membranes. However, a research project has now shown that the underlying hypothesis, which was a
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Global study maps cancer mutations in large catalogue
Mutations in 38 different types of cancer have been mapped by means of whole genome analysis by an international team of researchers. A catalogue of the cancer mutations will be available worldwide to doctors and researchers.
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Generating electricity from raindrops efficiently has gone one step further. A research team has recently developed a droplet-based electricity generator (DEG), featured with a field-effect transistor (FET)-like structure that allows for high energy-conversion efficiency and instantaneous power density increased by thousands times compared to its counterparts without FET-like structure. This would
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Researcher's technology differentiates between Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy
Scientists have found a way to distinguish between two progressive neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).
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A close-up look at mutated DNA in cancer cells
PCAWG, the largest cancer research consortium in the world, has set itself the task of improving our understanding of genetic mutations in tumors.
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Novelty speeds up learning thanks to dopamine activation
Brain scientists have identified a causal mechanism of how novel stimuli promote learning. Novelty directly activates the dopamine system, which is responsible for associative learning. The findings have implications for improving learning strategies and for the design of machine learning algorithms.
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Targeting the cancer microenvironment
The recognition of bacterial infections or foreign substances is mediated and controlled by the human immune system. This innate and adaptive immune system comprises the most important metabolic and cellular processes to fight against infections and other diseases. The immune system is also involved in the development of systemic diseases and cancer — it is of utmost importance to further underst
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Ocean temperatures impact Central American climate more than once thought
Researchers examined the rainfall history of Central America over the last 11,000 years. The results provide context for the development of tropical rainforest ecosystems in the region, and long-sought answers to what has been controlling rainfall in Central America for several millennia.
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Researchers refute fifty-year old doctrine on cell membrane regulation
The cell membrane can be regarded as the boundary between life and non-life. The ability of the membrane to adapt to changes in the environment is essential for all forms of life. Up until now, the accepted view was that cells can respond to changes in temperature by sensing the fluidity of their cell membranes. However, a research project has now shown that the underlying hypothesis, which was a
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A new learning model to enhance citizen participation
How can we teach citizens to become active members of society? Peter Ehrström, Head of Research in Regional Science, and Marina Lindell, Project Researcher at the Social Science Research Institute of Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, Finland, approached the question by inviting a group of students on a course that utilized a method called Deliberative Walks. The experiment produced very positive re
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Secondary forests provide deforestation buffer for old-growth primary forests
Currently, re-growing forests comprise roughly 21% of previously deforested areas in the Brazilian Amazon. However, these forests, referred to as secondary vegetation, have been little studied, despite occupying a total area similar to that of the United Kingdom.
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Whistleblower doctor critically ill with coronavirus, hospital says
Chinese state media steps back from reports that medic who gave warning of virus had died Coronavirus – latest developments The fate of a whistleblowing Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm about the coronavirus outbreak is unclear after state media stepped back from earlier reports that he had died. A report in the Communist party-controlled Global Times newspaper on Thursday claimed Li W
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If Sound Traveled Through Space, the Sun Would Be Extremely Annoying
Here Comes the Sun If the vacuum of space didn't prevent sound from traveling, what would the Sun sound like? That's the question posed by a delightful new piece from Astronomy Magazine — a concept that invokes the screaming sun planet from the popular sci-fi cartoon "Rick and Morty." I Scream, You Scream Thankfully our Sun seems quiet, but the harsh reality is that if we could hear the sound of
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Kirk Douglas Was a Movie Star Ahead of His Time
"I've made a career, in a sense, of playing sons of bitches," Kirk Douglas once said , reflecting on a career that encompassed seven decades in Hollywood inhabiting every kind of antihero imaginable. Douglas, who died yesterday at the age of 103, was remembered in his later years as a grand old man of the movie industry, the father of the celebrated actor Michael Douglas and an occasional wry pre
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NASA's plan to build stuff in space just took its first step
The SPIDER robotic arm (white) will put together a large antenna. (Maxar Technologies/) Wherever humans go, they build. Civilization blossomed from clusters of homes and paths, and has more recently swelled to include skyscrapers, power lines, plumbing, and cell towers. And if it is ever to grow beyond the planet, engineers will have to figure out how to build there too. Designers have long dream
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Delightful devices for at-home facials
Added bonus: you'll look bizarre while you pamper. (Depositphotos/) Since the skin on our face is a bit thinner than the skin on the rest of our body, it's important to treat our face with care. Getting a facial at the spa is always a treat, but it can be expensive and take up a lot of time. At-home facials can be just as gratifying. Here are some of the best facial tools and gadgets to keep your
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Steroids could do more harm than good in treating coronavirus
Steroids should be avoided in the treatment of the current novel coronavirus, experts have advised. A commentary article published in The Lancet concludes that, based on evidence from previous outbreaks of similar types of infection such as SARS, steroids provide little benefit to patients and could do more harm than good. They say that clinicians should still administer the treatment for conditio
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Bridging the gap between AI and the clinic
Researchers trained machine learning algorithms on data from more than 62,000 patients with a meningioma. Their goal was to find statistical associations between malignancy, survival, and a series of basic clinical variables including tumour size, tumour location, and surgical procedure.
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Majority-minority social-group contact proves negative for the latter
The study, in which the University of Granada participated, was published recently by the journal Nature Human Behavior. It highlights that, contrary to what was previously thought, among minority groups this contact appears to be negatively related to support for social change toward greater equality.
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What decides the ferromagnetism in the non-encapsulated few-layer CrI3
A recent study demonstrated the layer, polarization and temperature dependence of the Raman features of non-encapsulated 2-5 layer and bulk CrI3, illustrating that the non-encapsulated few-layer and bulk CrI3 are rhombohedral stacking order at low temperature, rather than monoclinic structure.
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Abnormal bone formation after trauma explained and reversed in mice
New study findings implicate a specific type of immune cell behind heterotopic ossification, or abnormal bone formation and present a possible target for treatment.
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Controllable functional ferroelectric domain walls under piezoresponse microscope
Although ferroelectric bulk materials have excellent photoelectric, piezoelectric and dielectric properties, they could hardly meet the increasing need for integrated, micro-sized and wearable devices. As a functional two-dimensional structure, possessing distinctive electric, magnetic, optic and mechanical properties, ferroelectric domain walls have attracted widespread attention in recent years,
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Computer simulation for understanding brain cancer growth
Scientists have developed a computer simulation, BioDynaMo that can be used on standard laptops or desktop computers and provides a software platform which can be used to easily create, run and visualise 3D agent-based biological simulations for brain cancers.
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Recognize and control new variants of the deadly Ebola virus more quickly
The situation is extraordinary: there have only ever been four declarations of public health emergencies of international concern in the past and now there are two at the same time.
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Wikipedia, a source of information on natural disasters biased towards rich countries
This is the result of a study led by Valerio Lorini, a PhD student on the ICT programme, led by Carlos Castillo, coordinator of the Web Science and Social Computing group, with Javier Rando, a student at UPF doing the bachelor's degree in Mathematical Engineering in Data Science, focusing on flooding as a case study. Their work will be presented at ISCRAM 2020, from 24 to 27 May in Virginia (USA).
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Graphene mapping 50 times faster
University of Twente researchers added a smart algorithm to the detection, resulting in 'Raman' working at least fifty times faster and making it more 'gentle' to sensitive materials. The research is presented in National Science Review.
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Setting up fundamental bases for information metasurface
In recent years, investigations of metasurfaces have been extended from the physical and material sciences to digital and information category. Therefore, the study of metasurfaces from information perspective requires a general theory for guidance. Scientists in China reported a theory for characterization on information and information processing capabilities of metasurfaces, and demonstrated th
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Worldwide, women and girls contribute an estimated $10.8 trillion to the global economy for care work that they are not paid for. Women around the globe do more than 75 percent of all unpaid care work. Women make up only 18 percent of cabinet ministers around the world and 24 percent of parliamentarians. You may have heard the news that the richest 22 men in the world have more combined wealth th
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Living giants store millennia of clues to historic climates and societies.
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Flashy above the water, but low key below it
Beaked whales evolve a clever way to avoid predators.
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Studying wasp nests to put an age on art
Striking Australian rock paintings are younger than suspected, scientists say.
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Researchers claim AI can sort cause from coincidence
Healthcare company spruiks new algorithm, but will it work?
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What can a primate tell us about cat allergies?
Its venom points to a feline defence mechanism, research suggests.
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Evolution of an unusual monster galaxy
XMM-2599 lived fast and died young in the very early Universe.
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Coronavirus: Why I chose to stay in Wuhan rather than return to the UK
As governments evacuate foreign nationals from China, New Scientist speaks to a British man about life in Wuhan and why some people are choosing to stay
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Whales coordinate deep dives to evade predators
Groups of beaked whales reduce predation risk through extreme diving synchronization, according to a study in Scientific Reports. This behaviour has not been observed in other deep diving whales and the underlying reasons have remained unclear.
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Tropical trees are living time capsules of human history
In a new article published in Trends in Plant Science, an international team of scientists presents the combined use of dendrochronology, radiocarbon dating and isotopic and genetic analysis as a means of investigating the effects of human activities on forest disturbances and the growth dynamics of tropical tree species. The study presents the potential applicability of these methods for investig
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Fritureolie bliver til 3D-printede sommerfugle i nyt forsøg
Fritureolie fra McDonald's kan bruges som billig og bionedbrydelig resin.
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Whales coordinate deep dives to evade predators
Groups of beaked whales reduce predation risk through extreme diving synchronization, according to a study in Scientific Reports. This behaviour has not been observed in other deep diving whales and the underlying reasons have remained unclear.
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Tropical trees are living time capsules of human history
In a new article published in Trends in Plant Science, an international team of scientists presents the combined use of dendrochronology, radiocarbon dating and isotopic and genetic analysis as a means of investigating the effects of human activities on forest disturbances and the growth dynamics of tropical tree species. The study presents the potential applicability of these methods for investig
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What if the poor were part of city planning? | Smruti Jukur Johari
Almost a billion people worldwide live in informal communities and slums, often without basic infrastructure like clean water, toilets or adequate roads. Urban planner Smruti Jukur Johari breaks down myths about these communities and shares examples of simple, common-sense solutions that arise when governments and architects work together with the residents — instead of around them.
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Using artificial intelligence, agricultural robots are on the rise
Down on the farm with Tom, Dick and Harry
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Is it possible to reduce political polarization?
In the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election, an unusual experiment suggested that it might be possible to influence American voters to adopt less polarized positions.
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New study adds to evidence of diabetes drug link to heart problems
A new study adds to evidence that rosiglitazone — a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes — is associated with an increased risk of heart problems, especially heart failure.
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Some people have extremely sweaty palms – but spraying Botox may help
Using high-pressure jet nozzles to fire liquid Botox into the skin could be a less painful alternative to injections to treat sweaty armpits and palms
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President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday offered a preview of the economic debate that could tip the presidential election this fall. The speech crystallized a key question: Will voters measure their personal economic well-being primarily through trends in unemployment and the stock market, or by whether their income is keeping up with their costs, particularly for health ca
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Dueling Stars Leave a Multicolored Cosmic Light Show
ALMA captured the aftermath of a scrap between two stars.
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Genome 'atlas' pinpoints driver mutations that cancers share
Researchers have completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date. The work significantly improves our fundamental understanding of cancer and signposts new directions for its diagnosis and treatment, the researchers report. For the new analysis in the journal Nature , more than 700 researchers examined more than 2,600 samples from 38 cancer types. The cancers range from com
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Lint brushes to keep your outfits free of fuzz and fur
Keep your clothes and furniture hairless. (Depositphotos/) Choosing what you're going to wear to work is only half the battle. The other half is making sure your work attire still looks professional when you arrive at your desk. Owners of velvety couches, long-haired dogs, and tuxedo cats may have to work extra hard to stay free of loose fibers and pet hair, but all garments can collect lint. Dis
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Neural Network Transforms 124-Year-Old Film Into Crisp HD
Movie Magic When it premiered in 1896, the silent short film "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat" was a cinematic wonder. Compared to today's motion pictures, though, the quality of the black-and-white clip is downright primitive. But now, YouTuber Denis Shiryaev has found a way to show what the film might have looked like if it had been recorded using more modern technology — by using art
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Women with preeclampsia have 4X the risk of heart attack
Women with preeclampsia in their first pregnancy have a greater risk of heart attack or cardiovascular death, according to a new study. Approximately 2 to 8% of pregnant women worldwide receive a preeclampsia diagnosis, a complication involving high blood pressure that usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy in women whose blood pressure was normal. Doctors haven't identified a single cause, b
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The Virus Outbreak Is Delaying Tesla Model 3 Shipments
Production Delays Tesla shares fell more than 17 percent Wednesday after an executive revealed that Model 3 production for early February will be delayed in China for about a week and a half due to the coronavirus outbreak, CNBC reports . The news comes after Tesla rolled out its first Model 3 cars at its brand new Shanghai Gigafactory in January. Shortly afterward, Tesla shares rocketed and made
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Essentials for the best pour-over coffee
An ideal cup of coffee at home. (Toa Heftiba via Unsplash/) Pouring water directly over coffee grounds and filtering the potent elixir into a drinkable brew seems like taking coffee back to the basics. In reality, controlling your brew, from water temperature to pouring technique, allows for a highly individualized cup. Our favorite pour-over essentials are aesthetically pleasing and highly funct
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Aftenundervisning presser ingeniørstuderende
PLUS. Det er et skråplan, når universiteter udbyder aftenundervisning, og arrangerer eksamener i weekenderne, mener IDA STEM-students. De frygter, at udviklingen vil gå ud over de studerendes mulighed for at engagere sig i frivilligt arbejde eller passe et studiejob. DTU påpeger, at aftenundervisning e…
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Laura Ingraham's Attack on Romney Reveals the Swamp
Not so long ago, there was a popular story on the right about Republican presidential candidates: No matter what they did, no matter who they were, the left and the media would savage them. When the GOP nominated Mitt Romney, an accomplished, unquestionably upstanding, experienced politician, he was subject to the usual attacks. The Democrats cried wolf. And that's part of why the country ended u
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OneWeb Joins the Internet Satellite Gold Rush
The company is scheduled to launch 34 satellites Thursday from Kazakhstan.
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Once in a while I'll see someone studying undergraduate organic chemistry, and I'll mention to them that those reactions that they're learning – well, a reasonable number of them – actually get used out in the real world. (The students are generally surprised by this news). I think that a prototype of this sort of thing is the Grignard reaction . It's a staple of sophomore organic chemistry quest
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Solar Orbiter: Ready for launch
The fairing of the US Atlas V 411 rocket with ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft inside at the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida during launch preparations on 21 January 2020.
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Russia's strangest reality show: Siberian quarantine videos shared on Instagram
More than 140 Russians evacuated from Wuhan over coronavirus outbreak are confined to sanatorium Coronavirus – latest updates In a forest in Siberia, more than 140 Russians and others evacuated from Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, have been confined to a sanatorium patrolled by members of Russia's National Guard instructed to let no one enter or exit. Inside, many have taken to Ins
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What is the future of work? Is our future one of 'technological socialism' (where technology is taking care of our needs)? Or will tomorrow's workplace be completely virtualized, allowing us to hang out at home in our PJs while "walking" about our virtual corporate headquarters? This blog will look at the future of work during the age of Web 3.0, examining scenarios in which artificial intelligen
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Why Grocery Stores Have Tiny Kid-Size Carts
When Danielle Eskinazi's 4-year-old son gets his own small cart to push at the grocery store, he carries himself differently. "His back straightens up a little bit," she told me. "He looks around like a peacock to make sure everybody's watching [and can see that] he has a bit of independence in what he chooses to eat." Or at least the illusion of independence. As he tools around the store, he'll
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Researchers refute fifty-year old doctrine on cell membrane regulation
The cell membrane can be regarded as the boundary between life and non-life. The ability of the membrane to adapt to changes in the environment is essential for all forms of life. Up until now, the accepted view was that cells can respond to changes in temperature by sensing the fluidity of their cell membranes. However, a research project has now shown that the underlying hypothesis, which was a
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A new learning model to enhance citizen participation
How to teach citizens to become active members of the society? Peter Ehrström, Head of Research in Regional Science, and Marina Lindell, Project Researcher at the Social Science Research Institute of Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, Finland, approached the question by inviting a group of students on a course that utilized a method called Deliberative Walks. The experiment produced very positive re
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Secondary forests provide deforestation buffer for old-growth primary forests
Currently, re-growing forests comprise roughly 21% of previously deforested areas in the Brazilian Amazon. However, these forests, referred to as secondary vegetation, have been little studied, despite occupying a total area similar to that of the United Kingdom. Now, researchers have examined 14 years of data on secondary vegetation formation and cutting in the Brazilian Amazon based on the Terra
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Sugar ants' preference for pee may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.
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New research at Trinity College Dublin highlights that end-of-life care needs will nearly double over the next 30 years, highlighting urgent need for funding and workforce.
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Static electricity as strong as lightening can be saved in a battery
Prof. Dong Sung Kim and his joint research team presented a new technology that can increase the amount of power generated by a triboelectric nanogenerator.The research team developed a high-efficiency integrated circuit to obtain reliable and practical electrical energy from the triboelectric nanogenerator.
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Direct synthesis of azulene continues to reveal alluring properties
Azulene was first synthesized in the 1930s by Placidus Plattner. In the 1950s, chemists Klaus Hafner and Tetsuo Nozoe devised methods of synthesis that enabled great advancement in the study of azulene. This paved the way for many organic chemists to study azulene and related compounds for their fascinating bioactive and electric properties. Associate Professor Taku Shoji of Shinshu University rec
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Growing new blood vessels could provide new treatment for recovering movement
New research published today in The Journal of Physiology highlights the link between loss of the smallest blood vessels in muscle and difficulties moving and exercising.
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France keeps eyes peeled for ruinous tomato virus
France's agriculture ministry said Thursday that it was increasing surveillance of fields to stave off a ruinous virus affecting tomatoes that has already been found in neighbouring countries.
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8 things we do that really confuse our dogs
Dog behaviour is extraordinarily flexible—this is why we can keep them in our homes and take them to cafes with us at the weekend.
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France keeps eyes peeled for ruinous tomato virus
France's agriculture ministry said Thursday that it was increasing surveillance of fields to stave off a ruinous virus affecting tomatoes that has already been found in neighbouring countries.
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8 things we do that really confuse our dogs
Dog behaviour is extraordinarily flexible—this is why we can keep them in our homes and take them to cafes with us at the weekend.
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Lens cleaning kits for cameras and binoculars
Treat your camera and binoculars right. (William Thomas via Unsplash/) Making sure your optical equipment is well-maintained can be the difference between the perfect shot and a perfectly framed shot that looks like it was taken with a much cheaper device. You've probably invested a lot of money to get the right camera, binoculars, or spotting scope—and you definitely don't want to damage them wi
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Microplastics sticking to Orkney's seagrass beds
Microplastics are accumulating in Orkney's seagrass beds at much higher rates than in the areas surrounding them. Marine scientists from Heriot-Watt surveyed a 100m transect of a seagrass bed in Orkney and found microplastics on all seagrass blades and in over 94% of all samples collected.
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'Racing certainty' there's life on Europa and Mars, says leading UK space scientist
It's 'almost a racing certainty' there's alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa—and Mars could be hiding primitive microorganisms, too.
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Analysis of human genomes in the cloud
Most bioinformatics software used for genomic analysis is experimental in nature and has a relatively high failure rate. In addition, cloud infrastructure itself, when run at scale, is prone to system crashes. These setbacks mean that big biomedical data analysis can take a long time and incur huge costs. To solve these problems, Sergei Yakneen, Jan Korbel, and colleagues at EMBL developed a syste
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Wasp nests used to date ancient Kimberley rock art
Mud wasp nests have helped establish a date for one of the ancient styles of Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley.
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Analysis of human genomes in the cloud
Most bioinformatics software used for genomic analysis is experimental in nature and has a relatively high failure rate. In addition, cloud infrastructure itself, when run at scale, is prone to system crashes. These setbacks mean that big biomedical data analysis can take a long time and incur huge costs. To solve these problems, Sergei Yakneen, Jan Korbel, and colleagues at EMBL developed a syste
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On September 29, 1896, the island of Atsena Otie Key was struck by a powerful hurricane. Located just off the coast of Cedar Key in the Gulf of Mexico, Atsena Otie Key was home to a world-renowned cedar mill and 50 families—until the resulting storm surge destroyed the mill, prompting a steady exodus from the island.
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Study shows acceleration of global mean ocean circulation since 1990s
A study published today in the journal Science Advances, suggests global ocean circulation has accelerated during the past two decades. The research team found that oceanic kinetic energy shows a statistically significant increase since early 1990s, calculating a 36-percent acceleration of global mean ocean circulation.
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Quantum fluctuations sustain the record superconductor
Calculations performed by an international team of researchers from Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and Japan show that the crystal structure of the record superconducting LaH10 compound is stabilized by atomic quantum fluctuations. This result suggests that superconductivity approaching room temperature may be possible in hydrogen-rich compounds at much lower pressures than previously expected wit
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Switzerland flags 'atypical' mad cow case
Switzerland on Thursday reported an "atypical" case of mad cow disease but said there was no danger to human health.
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Structure of human thyroglobulin identified
A team of researchers from the U.K., Slovenia and Germany has determined the structure of human thyroglobulin using cryo-electron microscopy. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their study of the protein and its structure. Nancy Carrasco with Vanderbilt University has published a News & Views piece outlining the work by the team in the same journal issue.
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Botswana to start auctions of elephant hunting licences
Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said.
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China 'concerned' at lack of contact, says PM's dad<>corona
Stanley Johnson claims officials have not heard from No 10 over coronavirus
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Switzerland flags 'atypical' mad cow case
Switzerland on Thursday reported an "atypical" case of mad cow disease but said there was no danger to human health.
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Structure of human thyroglobulin identified
A team of researchers from the U.K., Slovenia and Germany has determined the structure of human thyroglobulin using cryo-electron microscopy. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their study of the protein and its structure. Nancy Carrasco with Vanderbilt University has published a News & Views piece outlining the work by the team in the same journal issue.
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Researchers identify commonly overlooked key attributes of effective leaders
Why aren't organizations getting more "bang" for their leadership development buck? To answer that question, two leadership experts looked at the underlying processes that contribute to leaders' decision-making and behavior: their mindsets.
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Botswana to start auctions of elephant hunting licences
Botswana on Friday will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year, a wildlife official said.
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Black holes eat stars in variable mood lighting
When a black hole chews up a star, it produces visible light or X-rays, but astronomers have almost never detected both types of radiation. Astronomer Peter Jonker (SRON / Radboud University) and his colleagues have now spotted a number of captured stars with an X-ray telescope a few years after they were discovered in optical light. It appears that black holes all dine in the same way after all,
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Controlling buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects
A team of researchers from Bilkent University and Sabanci University SUNUM Nanotechnology Research Center has developed a way to control buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes the device they built and its possible uses.
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Bogong Bikkies: Nutritionally suitable baked biscuits help mountain pygmy-possums after bushfires
Australia's recent bushfires have razed over ten million hectares, and killed at least a billion animals. It's likely countless more will die in the aftermath, as many species face starvation as the landscape slowly regenerates.
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Global study maps cancer mutations in large catalogue
Mutations in 38 different types of cancer have been mapped by means of whole genome analysis by an international team of researchers from, amongst others, the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, and Rigshospitalet. The researchers have compiled a catalogue of the cancer mutations that will be available worldwide to doctors and researchers.
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Both Sn and Zn single-atoms on CuO catalyst synergistically promote dimethyldichlorosilane synthesis
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are of great interest because of their maximum atom-utilization efficiency and unique catalytic properties; however, much attention has paid to single-site active components, rarely to catalyst promoters. Scientists at the GRINM and Institute of Process Engineering from China recently reported a new catalyst consisting of atomically dispersed Sn and Zn co-promoters on
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The unchanging viscosity of cells
The only thing that appears to be unchanging in living cells is that they are constantly changing. However, scientists from the IPC PAS have managed to show that there is a certain parameter that does not change. It's their viscosity. This research, although basic, may contribute to the development of completely new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
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A gold butterfly can make its own semiconductor skin
A nanoscale gold butterfly provides a more precise route for growing/synthesizing nanosized semiconductors that can be used in nano-lasers and other applications.
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Bogong Bikkies: Nutritionally suitable baked biscuits help mountain pygmy-possums after bushfires
Australia's recent bushfires have razed over ten million hectares, and killed at least a billion animals. It's likely countless more will die in the aftermath, as many species face starvation as the landscape slowly regenerates.
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Could houses of the future be made by bacteria?
Imagine if we could grow a building the way coral polyps grow a reef, or if living cells in our clothes could break down sweat and body odor. Imagine colonies of bacteria on space stations produced the filament for 3-D printers. Imagine materials we use every day could repair themselves.
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'Levitating proteins' could offer early warning for disease
A new method uses magnetic levitation to detect the density of proteins in the blood. It could vastly improve the detection and diagnosis rate for disease, say researchers. Magnetic levitation, also known as MagLev, has previously separated different types of particles in solutions, arranging them in groups based on their relative densities rather than weight. Now, two new studies illustrate how
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Net zero goals are galvanising action on climate change at long last
More countries are setting targets to reach net zero carbon emissions. Though it has its problems, this approach shows promising signs of sparking serious action, writes Graham Lawton
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Coronavirus: Why infections from animals are such a deadly problem
The Wuhan coronavirus is the latest example of an infection that jumped from animals into humans – and when infections do this, they can be particularly deadly
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Could houses of the future be made by bacteria?
Imagine if we could grow a building the way coral polyps grow a reef, or if living cells in our clothes could break down sweat and body odor. Imagine colonies of bacteria on space stations produced the filament for 3-D printers. Imagine materials we use every day could repair themselves.
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3-D trapping of Rydberg atoms in holographic optical bottle beam traps
Researchers at CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay in France have recently demonstrated the 3-D trapping of atoms in a Rydberg state inside holographic optical bottle beam traps. Their demonstration, outlined in a paper published in Physical Review Letters, could have important implications for the future realization of quantum simulations.
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Using submarine cables to detect earthquakes
Installing seismic sensors on the ocean floor can be a difficult and expensive task. But what if seismic activity could be monitored by using something that's already down there – pre-existing submarine telecommunications cables? Partially supported by the EU-funded FINESSE project, an international team of geoscientists has used fiber optic communications cables at the bottom of the North Sea as
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A gold butterfly can make its own semiconductor skin
A nanoscale gold butterfly provides a more precise route for growing/synthesizing nanosized semiconductors that can be used in nano-lasers and other applications.
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Rosetta data reveals process behind color-changing chameleon comet
A grand synthesis of Rosetta data has shown how its target comet repeatedly changed color during the two years it was watched by the spacecraft. The chameleon comet's nucleus became progressively less red as it made its close pass around the sun, and then red again as it returned to deep space.
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A protein lulls algae to 'sleep,' and what that means for making green fuels
Algae have the potential to become a sustainable source of high value biofuels and oils. A big hurdle that holds us back from mass producing algae feedstocks is that they make more oil when stressed out, like during starvation.
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Sugar ants' preference for pee may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.
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Burdensome California regulations stymie backyard cottage production, study finds
Despite numerous California state legislative wins in support of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in the last three years, local regulations still limit their production, UC Berkeley researchers have found.
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Proposal: require articles from peer reviewed sources in comment
More often than not we are reading sensationalized news. This is bad. This is bad because the best case scenario is that we spent the extra 5 minutes to get to the actual article or worst case scenario take the linked article as is (albeit with a grain of salt) and are then susceptible to false information. I'm tired of seeing the cure for cancer twice a week. It's just not helpful or informative
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Police surveillance is more invasive and more mysterious than ever
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A new approach to calm that angry nose
Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) is a type of airway disease that involves nasal inflammation. Here, semaphorin protein was found to contribute to allergic reactions and development of nasal polyps in patients with ECRS. An Osaka University-led research team found that an anti-semaphorin antibody could reduce nasal inflammation in a mouse model of ECRS and that semaphorin protein could b
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Scientists offer an inkjet printing technology to make compact, flexible battery elements
A group of St. Petersburg scientists has proposed a new method of manufacturing electrodes for lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, smartphones and tablets. The researchers have shown that these elements can be printed on an inkjet printer, which will reduce the electrodes' thickness by 10-20 times and open up new possibilities for manufacturers of compact electronics, including transformer d
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Oh my aching back: Do yoga, tai chi or qigong help?
About 80 percent of Americans will experience low back pain at some point. Patients are often advised to manage their back pain with exercise and mind-body interventions. But, do they really help? Researchers compared and contrasted yoga, tai chi and qigong, and found them to be effective for treatment of low back pain, reporting positive outcomes such as reduction in pain or psychological distres
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All women should be educated after childbirth about high blood pressure
After childbirth, it is not uncommon for women to experience high blood pressure. If not treated, it can have serious consequences, including stroke and, in some cases, death. It is unclear what causes high blood pressure after childbirth, or who may develop it.
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Drones can determine the shape of a room by listening
In a paper publishing next week in the SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry, Mireille Boutin and Gregor Kemper attempt to reconstruct the shape of a room using first-order echoes received by four microphones attached to a drone.
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Researchers revise timing of Easter island's societal collapse
The prehistoric collapse of Easter Island's monument-building society did not occur as long thought, according to a fresh look at evidence by researchers at four institutions. The decline did not begin until the arrival of Europeans.
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Proposed hydropower dams pose threat to Gabon's fishes
Proposed hydropower dams in Gabon pose a substantial threat to the African nation's most culturally and economically important fishes, according to a new study.
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Unveiling how lymph nodes regulate immune response
The Hippo pathway keeps lymph nodes' development healthy. If impaired, lymph nodes become full of fat cells or fibrosis develops.
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Lasers etch a 'perfect' solar energy absorber
Researchers demonstrate how laser etching of metallic surfaces creates the "perfect solar energy absorber." This not only enhances energy absorption from sunlight, but also reduces heat dissipation at other wavelengths. The researchers also demonstrate solar energy harnessing with a thermal electric generator
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MOF@hollow mesoporous carbon spheres as bifunctional electrocatalysts
A recent work presents a facile in-situ growth method for the rational synthesis of MOFs@hollow mesoporous carbon spheres (HMCS) yolk-shell structured hybrid material for the first time. The hybrid material exhibits superior bifunctional electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Such MOFs@HMCS yolk-shell design provides a versatile metho
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Earlier detection of women's vascular health issues can affect heart disease risk
Men and women differ in the way their vascular systems age and the rate at which atherosclerosis — the hardening of artery walls or buildup of arterial blockage — progresses over time. These sex- and age-related differences have a direct bearing on a woman's risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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Study catalogues cancer 'fingerprints' in decade-long global effort to map cancer genomes
A global research collaboration, led by world class institutions in Singapore, the UK and the USA, has developed the most detailed catalogue of mutational fingerprints found in most types of cancers that could help clarify their developmental history and lead to new prevention and treatment strategies.
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Ben & Jerry's Is Testing a Drone Delivery System for Ice Cream
Soaring Sweets Soon, you might not have to go to the nearest grocery store to satisfy your ice cream craving. Your ice cream could come to you — via a drone. On Tuesday, drone startup Terra Drone Europe announced that it had partnered with Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry's, to test a drone delivery system for the ice cream maker's beloved ice cream cups. Dessert Via Drone Terra Drone
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Fujifilm's X100V improves on one of the best all-around compact cameras
The Fujifilm X100V is a compact premium camera built around the latest generation 26.1 megapixel X-Trans CMOS 4 sensor and X-Processor. (Jeanette D. Moses/) This afternoon Fujifilm announced the fifth generation of its popular premium compact camera, the X100V. The camera features a redesigned, fixed 23mm f/2.0 lens and the same sensor and processor combination found inside Fujifilm's mirrorless
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A protein lulls algae to 'sleep,' and what that means for making green fuels
Algae have the potential to become a sustainable source of high value biofuels and oils. A big hurdle that holds us back from mass producing algae feedstocks is that they make more oil when stressed out, like during starvation.
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Sugar ants' preference for pee may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.
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Study reveals evolutionary clues to honeybees' social complexity
The complex social life of honeybees—with their queens and workers cooperating to produce honey—is deeply entrenched in the public's imagination. But the majority of the world's more than 20,000 bee species are solitary: One female mates, gathers provisions, lays eggs and walls them up with food in a secure spot.
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Study reveals evolutionary clues to honeybees' social complexity
The complex social life of honeybees—with their queens and workers cooperating to produce honey—is deeply entrenched in the public's imagination. But the majority of the world's more than 20,000 bee species are solitary: One female mates, gathers provisions, lays eggs and walls them up with food in a secure spot.
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'Flammable ice' discovery offers up clue to life on other planets
Scientists studying so-called 'flammable ice' in the Sea of Japan have made a startling discovery—the existence of life within microscopic bubbles.
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Chinese 'love revolution' chronicled through study of Western cultural influences
This is a love story: A young Chinese man, Bohe, and a young Chinese woman, Dihua, have just been betrothed. Both of them are amenable to the parentally arranged match. Unfortunately, before they have the chance to marry, the Boxer Rebellion of 1898 erupts and Bohe is separated from Dihua. By the time she is reunited with him in Shanghai, he has become an opium addict. Dihua, a virtuous Confucian
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A method to engineer immune cells so they grow even in hostile tumors
Tumors can create a hostile environment for cancer-fighting immune cells. In a new study, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have developed a method for engineering immune cells to improve their survival and proliferation, even within a hostile tumor.
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Gaps in cure rate appear linked to race and insurance status for common HPV-related cancer
Largest population-based analysis to date on outcomes for HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) finds significant racial and socioeconomic disparities, according to new research in JNCCN-Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
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Wasp nests used to date ancient Kimberley rock art
Mud wasp nests collected from Kimberley sites with the permission of traditional owners help scientists establish ancient art rock unique to the area is 12,000 years old not 17,000 years old
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Energy choices can be contagious — but why?
A growing body of research shows that the behavior of peers can significantly influence an individual's energy-related decisions, but why that occurs is less clear. A new paper provides insights into the factors that underpin the effectiveness of peer influence – and how it might be used to promote more sustainable energy choices.
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Earth is heating at a rate equivalent to five atomic bombs per second
This is a re-post from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The heat absorbed in Earth's oceans reached a new record in 2019, found a recent study published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences . Despite the fact that this has been the case for almost every year over the past decade, this information dominated the news cycle, with some particularly viral headlines noting that the amou
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A method to engineer immune cells so they grow even in hostile tumors
Tumors can create a hostile environment for cancer-fighting immune cells. In a new study, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have developed a method for engineering immune cells to improve their survival and proliferation, even within a hostile tumor.
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Sheep know the grass isn't always greener when it comes to their health
Sheep appear to forage and avoid parasites differently depending on how healthy they are, according to new University of Bristol research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The study, which used remote GPS sensing data to monitor the foraging patterns of sheep, revealed less healthy animals chose to avoid high-quality vegetation due to a higher prevalence of ticks.
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Does Facebook Need an 'Understand' Button?
Mark Zuckerberg has decided it's not important to be liked, only to be understood. What the hell does that even mean?
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'1917' Might Beat the Blockbusters for the VFX Oscar
Usually, the special effects award gives flashy genre flicks their time to shine. This year, a World War I thriller could steal the spotlight.
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World's most powerful particle accelerator one big step closer
Scientists have demonstrated a key technology in making next-generation high-energy particle accelerators possible.
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Sheep know the grass isn't always greener when it comes to their health
Sheep appear to forage and avoid parasites differently depending on how healthy they are, according to new University of Bristol research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The study, which used remote GPS sensing data to monitor the foraging patterns of sheep, revealed less healthy animals chose to avoid high-quality vegetation due to a higher prevalence of ticks.
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For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna controlled two spacecraft with one dish
For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna has sent commands to two ESA spacecraft, simultaneously, at the Red Planet.
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The Best Board Games of the Ancient World
Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga
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20 Seconds to Optimize Hand Wellness
It's a familiar situation in a public restroom: You're on your way in, and someone else is leaving without washing their hands. They see you, and wheel around toward the sink. They start whistling, as if to seem casual, and then give their hands a quick spritz with water. Even among people who will never see each other again, there's a compulsion to perform a tiny baptism of the fingertips: Not e
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Cancer mutations occur decades before diagnosis
A large-scale pan-cancer analysis of the evolutionary history of tumors reveals that cancer-causing mutations occur decades before diagnosis.
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Breathing may change your mind about free will
Is free will just an illusion? For decades, a signal from the brain called the 'readiness potential' has been interpreted to mean that free will may be an illusion. Backed by signals from the brain and lungs, scientists have discovered that the readiness potential is in fact coupled to breathing and that acts of free will happen as you exhale — providing an unexpected perspective on free will.
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New tool monitors real time mutations in flu
A team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists learn how to stop viruses from replicating.
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Third person in UK confirmed as having coronavirus
Patient diagnosed in Brighton and taken to London did not catch virus in UK or China Coronavirus – latest updates The UK has a third case of coronavirus infection, England's chief medical officer has confirmed. The patient, who it is understood was diagnosed in Brighton but is being transferred to a London hospital, did not contract the disease in the UK or mainland China but another country in A
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Board-game piece from period of first Viking raid found on Lindisfarne
Small glass 'crown' thought to be rare archaeological link to first Norse raiders It is not large – the shape and size of a chocolate sweet – and might easily have been discarded as a pebble by a less careful hand. But a tiny piece of worked glass unearthed during an excavation on Lindisfarne has been revealed to be a rare archaeological treasure linking the Northumbrian island with the Vikings ,
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AI learns to predict extreme weather the old-school way
A deep learning computer system taught itself to accurately predict extreme weather events, like heat waves, up to five days in advance using minimal information about current weather conditions. Ironically, the self-learning "capsule neural network" uses an analog method of weather forecasting that computers made obsolete in the 1950s. During training, it examines hundreds of pairs of maps. Each
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Syntetiske data til sundhedsforskning skal fjerne problemer med privatliv
PLUS. Forskere står på spring for at anvende danske sundhedsdata. Syntetiske datasæt kan måske gøre det muligt uden at krænke privatlivets fred og bryde regler om proportionalitet.
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Fiat Chrysler warns coronavirus might shut European plant
Facility is weeks away from halting production after supplies are hit by China shutdowns
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'A turtle inspired us to tackle plastic pollution'
A couple who met while travelling say seeing the "scary" impact of rubbish spurred them into action.
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Debat: Hvorfor skal der DAB+ i alle nye biler med radio?
At EU nu insisterer på, at biler skal have DAB-radioer som standard, er »en meningsløs introduktion af gårsdagens teknologi« mener professor, der i sin tid var med til at anbefale DAB.
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After decades of decline, the U.S. national fusion lab seeks a rebirth
A visionary new leader aims to expand and diversify the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory—and get back to building fusion reactors
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The DC Comics Universe Is Ready for a Rebound
"Me and the Joker? We broke up," Harley Quinn (played by Margot Robbie) tells the camera early on in Birds of Prey , Cathy Yan's new DC Comics–inspired film. This announcement of a plot point is also something of a mission statement—a declaration that Harley's new adventure (subtitled and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn ) will be quite different from her last. The cartoonish, Bro
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Bone broth: a miraculous health tonic, or just a crock of soup?
Yum, skeleton juice. (Madeleine Steinbach/) For February, we're focusing on the body parts that shape us, oxygenate us, and power us as we take long walks on the beach. Bony bonafide bones. These skeletal building blocks inspire curiosity and spark fear in different folks—we hope our stories, covering everything from surgeries and supplements to good old-fashioned boning, will only do the first.
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DJI Mavic Mini Review: The Best Drone for Most People
DJI's latest small drone is lightweight, small enough to fit in your pocket, and tons of fun to fly.
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Oxidative stress associated with aging damages ovarian cells in both humans and nonhuman primates.
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Behandlingsrådet – gentag ikke Medicinrådets mangler
Intentionerne bag Danske Regioners udspil til et behandlingsråd er gode, men det er ærgerligt, at Danske Regioner ikke har benyttet lejligheden til at undgå at gentage Medicinrådets mangler, skriver advokat Martin Dræbye Gantzhorn.
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Studies on mass shootings assess trends, gauge effectiveness, and recommend policies
In the last decade, thousands have been killed or injured as a result of mass violence in the United States. Such acts take many forms, including family massacres, terrorist attacks, shootings, and gang violence. Yet it is indiscriminate mass public shootings, often directed at strangers, that has generated the most public alarm.
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Oklar övergångsålder hos var tredje kvinna
Passerat klimakteriet eller inte? Hos mer än var tredje 50-årig kvinna ger kroppen inget klart svar på den frågan, Enligt en studie från Göteborgs universitet. Orsaken till oklarheten är ökad användning av hormonspiral och p-piller. Avstampet för studien är tidigare forskning som visat att kvinnors klimakterieålder har stigit över tid. Frågan denna gång var om utvecklingen hållit i sig. Trenden m
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Første forskningslektor på gynækologisk-obstetrisk afdeling i Herning
Anne Hammer Lauridsen skal som den første forskningslektor på gynækologisk-obstetrisk afdeling i Hospitalsenheden Vest opbygge en forskningsenhed på afdelingen. Tre ph.d.-projekter er under forberedelse.
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More than a thousand scientists working for over a decade in 37 countries have just published the results of their comprehensive analysis of cancer genetics – Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes . This was a massive effort, facilitated by modern computing allowing for international collaboration. It is a good example of the collaborative nature of science. There are some interesting take-aways f
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New tool monitors real time mutations in flu
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists learn how to stop viruses from replicating.
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New tool monitors real time mutations in flu
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists learn how to stop viruses from replicating.
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Studies on mass shootings assess trends, gauge effectiveness, and recommend policies
In the last decade, thousands have been killed as a result of mass violence. Such acts take many forms, yet it is indiscriminate mass public shootings that has generated the most public alarm. Now, 41 scholars have contributed 16 articles on the topic. The articles assess trends in mass violence and gauge the effectiveness of measures to prevent instances of mass shootings and reduce their lethali
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DTU: Kobling af energisystemer kan give stor del af nødvendig CO2-reduktion
Ny beregning viser, at med en smart kobling af sektorerne i energisystemet kan CO2-udledningen reduceres med 22 mio. ton i 2030 ud af de 29,4 mio. ton, som 70 procents målet krævede i 2017.
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An invasive flatworm from Argentina, Obama nungara, found across France and Europe
The presence of a new invasive flatworm, named Obama nungara, is reported in France by an international team led by Jean-Lou Justine of ISYEB (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France). This is the first study of this invasion, reported in an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
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Pesticide Police, Overwhelmed By Dicamba Complaints, Ask EPA For Help
Across the Midwest, millions of acres of farmland have been damaged by dicamba, an herbicide that can harm crops not engineered to withstand it. There are so many cases, regulators can't keep up. (Image credit: Dan Charles/NPR)
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Why Astrology Matters – Issue 81: Maps
A few years ago, I went to an astrologer as research for a radio show exploring strange beliefs. Vishal knew only my name, and date and place of birth, and didn't tell me anything terribly profound until I asked him about the car I had just bought. He tapped something into his laptop. I waited. "I see two cars in your future," he said. I laughed. "Does that mean I've bought a dud?" "I can't tell
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The John, Paul, George, and Ringo of Genes – Issue 81: Maps
Fame is something that sticks to someone or something, a quality earned or gained for no reason at all. It is also a force of connection. A famous person or thing forms a hub in a network that binds us all. Genes can also be famous, stars in the parade of the animal kingdom. So what genes are the Beatles of DNA? Genes so famous they unite species across the globe? Given there are 8 million or 100
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The Cultural Distances Between Us – Issue 81: Maps
If you ask Siri to show you the weirdest people in the world, what images might you see? In fact, none. Siri showed me different links to the same scientific paper, published a decade ago, with the questioning title, "The weirdest people in the world?" By some stroke of luck, or a divine favor from the science-communication gods, "weird" turns out to be an acronym for capturing the weirdness of p
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Petrol, diesel car sales plummet again as drivers opt, or wait, for electric
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'I'm not a robot': Amazon workers condemn unsafe, grueling conditions at warehouse
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The Night Sky Will Never Be the Same
Last year, Krzysztof Stanek got a letter from one of his neighbors. The neighbor wanted to build a shed two feet taller than local regulations allowed, and the city required him to notify nearby residents. Neighbors, the notice said, could object to the construction. No one did, and the shed went up. Stanek, an astronomer at Ohio State University, told me this story not because he thinks other pe
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Fra Randers til Hvidovre: 11 kollegaer ville dele blødkogte æg ud til travle naboafdelinger
Dagens Medicin fik 11 indstillinger til et blødkogt æg og lidt ekstra omsorg til en travl afdeling. Valget faldt på Organkirurgisk afdeling, Kolding Sygehus. Læs alle indstillinger her.
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Travlhed: »Tid er det gode, vi efterspørger som læger. Det er vores valuta«
Dagens Medicin serverede blødkogt æg for lægerne på Organkirurgisk Afdeling på Kolding Sygehus og testede, om afdelingen nu også har så travlt.
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Coronavirus Fears Will Leave Empty Seats at a Top AI Conference
The event, organized by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, will be missing hundreds of leading Chinese researchers who are hampered by travel restrictions.
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Tesla Is Finally Cruising, and Investors Are Going for a Joyride
The electric-auto maker is valued more highly than Volkswagen, which makes roughly 20 times as many cars. Tesla's stock is also up 71 percent this year alone.
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A Code-Obsessed Novelist Builds a Writing Bot. The Plot Thickens
Vikram Chandra, the author of Sacred Games, created Granthika to keep track of complex narratives. It could change the future of storytelling.
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Travel Bans and Quarantines Won't Stop Coronavirus
The US announced travel restrictions on Friday. But some public health experts worry that a ban won't work—and could create new problems.
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An invasive flatworm from Argentina, Obama nungara, found across France and Europe
One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent human-mediated spread of invasive species. The presence of a new invader, named Obama nungara, is reported in France by an international team led by Jean-Lou Justine of ISYEB (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France). This is the first study of this invasion, reported in an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
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Remember that when you buy one of those genome testing kits—and eventually you will — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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An invasive flatworm from Argentina, Obama nungara, found across France and Europe
One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent human-mediated spread of invasive species. The presence of a new invader, named Obama nungara, is reported in France by an international team led by Jean-Lou Justine of ISYEB (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France). This is the first study of this invasion, reported in an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
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We've finally spotted a pattern in mysterious radio blasts from space
Strange, powerful blasts of radio waves from space called fast radio bursts sometimes flash repeatedly, but never with any discernible pattern – until now
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Facebook's "radioactive data" tracks the images used to train an AI
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Rocks, Rockets and Robots: The Plan to Bring Mars Down to Earth
Coordinated by NASA and ESA, an ambitious effort to retrieve samples from the Red Planet faces major obstacles — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Impeachment Hurt Somebody. It Wasn't Trump.
The impeachment struggle is now over. Historians may one day vindicate Democrats for exposing Donald Trump's abuse of power. But as of now, they have lost. Not only will Trump remain president, and not only does he appear stronger politically than before the impeachment battle began, but he has succeeded in doing precisely what he wanted in the first place: He tarred Joe Biden, who last year look
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Rocks, Rockets and Robots: The Plan to Bring Mars Down to Earth
Coordinated by NASA and ESA, an ambitious effort to retrieve samples from the Red Planet faces major obstacles — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Spanske Talgo vinder DSB-udbud af vognstammer til Tysklands-trafik
De første vogne tages i brug fra midten af 2023, hvormed IC3-tog, som kører på ruten til Hamborg, kan vende tilbage til indenrigstrafik.
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Three-quarters of researchers say yes to meeting-free weeks
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00326-8 Respondents to a Nature poll largely agree that such a measure would be practical, and reveal how much time it would save them.
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Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00332-w Scientists struggle with mycologist's controversial claim, RNA editing is taking off and a scarred patch of Amazon offers case study in healing.
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Toyota and Nintendo warn of hit from coronavirus outbreak
World's second-largest carmaker expects sentiment downturn from illness to hurt China sales
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New tool monitors real time mutations in flu
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists learn how to stop viruses from replicating.
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The Assistant and the Messes Women Clean Up
There's a pattern in The Assistant that recurs from the minute Jane (played by Julia Garner) arrives at her Tribeca office and flicks on the fluorescent lights one by one. Jane seems tranquilized, but not from tiredness. Before anyone else arrives, she starts the process that will define her day: cleaning up the filth that her boss, a bellicose and seemingly predatory film producer, has left behi
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Maps, AI, Ads, and Ambient Navigation
Google Maps 15 New
On Google Maps' 15th anniversary, the CEO underscores the importance of machine learning, while downplaying Google's dominance in advertising.
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Google Maps' Jen Fitzpatrick Says the Future of Maps Goes Beyond Driving
In a WIRED Q&A, the mapping chief celebrates her team's decade and a half of work, and plots a course for the next phase.
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Plato and Hobbes: Two bad metaphors for society—and a better one
Chandran Kukathas, Lee Kong Chian Chair in Political Science, considers Plato and Hobbes' metaphors of society as a ship and a body, respectively. The metaphors for society from classical philosophy frame it as a closed structure. Kukathas argues that because boundaries are fluid and ever changing, and because people move in and out of them, the metaphor should be one of an archipelago. The islan
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Ny metod upptäcker revolutioner genom statistik
Bilmodeller, flicknamnstrender, brottslighet, popmusik – och demokrati. En ny metod för att mäta förändringshastighet kan används för att avslöja olika "revolutioner", tack vare statistik från långa tidsserier av olika data. Har demokratiska revolutioner under 1900-talet sköljt över jorden i distinkta "vågor" som historiker hävdar? Och har verkligen inget intressant hänt inom populärmusik sedan b
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Nyt krav fra regeringen: Boligkøbere skal udskifte gamle brændeovne
Hvis man køber en bolig med en brændeovn eller en pejseindsats, der er produceret før 2003, vil man fremover blive forpligtet til at nedlægge eller udskifte ildstedet. Det foreslår regeringen
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The empirical basis for modelling glacial erosion rates
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14583-8 Glaciers have profoundly shaped Earth's surface, but glacial erosion models lack a strong empirical basis. Cook et al. have compiled a dataset that illustrates how the speed at which glaciers move controls the rate at which they erode, and that climate is crucial in modulating glacier sliding speed and erosi
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Nucleophilic trifluoromethoxylation of alkyl halides without silver
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14598-1 Trifluoromethyl ethers are important bioactive targets in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, however, their synthesis is often not straightforward. Here, the authors disclose a reagent for the nucleophilic trifluoromethoxylation of alkyl halides without silver and under mild conditions.
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Bacillus cereus non-haemolytic enterotoxin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14534-3 The Bacillus haemolytic enterotoxin haemolysin BL has been shown to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome. Here the authors show that a non-haemolytic enterotoxin (NHE) from B. cereus can also activate the NLRP3 inflammasome with a similar mechanism of lytic pore formation.
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Plasmonic monolithic lithium niobate directional coupler switches
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14539-y Lithium niobate is essential for electro-optic modulation, however, combining it with the attractive features of plasmonics is largely unexplored. Here, the authors demonstrate ultra-compact electrooptic switching with low voltage-length product, fast nonlinear response and low capacitance.
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Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14537-0 rsEGFP2 is a reversibly photoswitchable fluorescent protein used in super-resolution light microscopy. Here the authors present the structure of an rsEGFP2 ground-state intermediate after excited state-decay that was obtained by nanosecond time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography at an X-ray free ele
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Complete structure of the chemosensory array core signalling unit in an E. coli minicell strain
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14350-9 Motile bacteria sense chemical gradients with transmembrane receptors organised in supramolecular signalling arrays. Here authors introduce an E. coli strain that forms small minicells possessing extended and highly ordered chemosensory arrays that are visualized by cryo-electron tomography.
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Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14421-x Fibroblast hyper-activation and proliferation is a major feature in arthritis, yet scarcely addressed for anti-arthritic therapies. Here, the authors show that activation of the MC1 receptor induces fibroblast senescence associated with a reparative phenotype, ultimately regulating experimental inflammatory
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Is electrosynthesis always green and advantageous compared to traditional methods?
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14322-z While electrosynthesis represents a green and advantageous alternative to traditional synthetic methods, electrochemical reactions still suffer from some drawbacks that require further efforts in order to fully express the potential of electricity-driven transformations. In this Comment, we will briefly disc
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Experimental fingerprint test can distinguish between those who have taken or handled cocaine
An experimental fingerprint detection approach can identify traces of cocaine on human skin, even after someone has washed their hands — and the test is also smart enough to tell whether an individual has actually consumed the class A drug, or simply handled it.
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Breathing may change your mind about free will
Is free will just an illusion? For decades, a signal from the brain called the 'readiness potential' has been interpreted to mean that free will may be an illusion. Backed by signals from the brain and lungs, EPFL scientists have discovered that the readiness potential is in fact coupled to breathing and that acts of free will happen as you exhale — providing an unexpected perspective on free wil
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Apple langer ud efter EU's fælles opladerstik
Indfører EU en fælles standard, så vil det gå ud over innovationen, forbrugerne og økonomien, lyder det fra Apple.
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Rapid and Precise Semi-Automatic Axon Quantification in Human Peripheral Nerves
Scientific Reports, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58917-4
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On the relevance of cocaine detection in a fingerprint
Scientific Reports, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58856-0
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A fingerprint can show if someone has taken cocaine or just touched it
A person who has ingested cocaine will excrete a compound that can be detected from a single fingerprint, even if they have washed their hands
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The three things we really need to know about the Wuhan coronavirus
We still don't know the death rate, the number of cases or how easily the Wuhan coronavirus spreads, making it difficult to predict how the outbreak will pan out
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The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
O ne day last fall , I sat down to create a new Facebook account. I picked a forgettable name, snapped a profile pic with my face obscured, and clicked "Like" on the official pages of Donald Trump and his reelection campaign. Facebook's algorithm prodded me to follow Ann Coulter, Fox Business, and a variety of fan pages with names like "In Trump We Trust." I complied. I also gave my cellphone num
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Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14601-9 The genomic heterogeneity of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) across populations is poorly understood. Here, the authors analyse a cohort of Chinese ccRCC cases revealing a mutational signature associated with aristolochic acid exposure, and higher mutational burden and enrichment for BAP1 and SETD2 m
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Genetic screens in isogenic mammalian cell lines without single cell cloning
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14620-6 Isogenic pairs of cell lines are powerful tools but time-consuming to generate. Here the authors conduct genome-wide genetic interactions screens of 'anchor' genes with SaCas9 and SpCas9.
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Ultrafast 3D printing with submicrometer features using electrostatic jet deflection
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14557-w Additive manufacturing technologies provide versatility but are limited in terms of printing speed and resolution. Here the authors demonstrate printing of 3D structures with submicrometer features by electrostatically deflecting a jet in electrohydrodynamic jetting.
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Breathing is coupled with voluntary action and the cortical readiness potential
Nature Communications, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13967-9 Voluntary action and free will have been associated with cortical activity, referred to as "the readiness potential" that precedes self-initiated actions by about 1 s. Here, the authors show that the involuntary and cyclic motor act of breathing is coupled with voluntary action and the readiness potential.
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Experimental fingerprint test can distinguish between those who have taken or handled cocaine
An experimental fingerprint detection approach can identify traces of cocaine on human skin, even after someone has washed their hands—and the test is also smart enough to tell whether an individual has actually consumed the class A drug, or simply handled it.
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A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain
Researchers have successfully bypassed the eyes with a brain implant that allows rudimentary vision.
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Can China Prevent Its Next Epidemic?
China has drawn praise for its monumental efforts to curb the coronavirus epidemic. But the real action the country must take should be preventative — so that future outbreaks don't take hold in the first place. Among other things, that may mean shutting down, or at least tightly regulating, wildlife markets.
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When Black Mirror's Arkangel technology becomes reality. Impact, development and potential issues
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Reflections on Universal Basic Income – The Rest is Up to You
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Flodbølge af høringssvar udsætter VVM-undersøgelse af Lynetteholmen
PLUS. By & Havn skulle allerede have haft sit kommissorium fra Miljøstyrelsen. Men høringssvar på tilsammen 1.500 sider gør, at det ikke forventes klar foreløbig.
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Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem
An extinct variety of date palm tree has been grown from ancient seeds preserved in the Judean desert for 2000 years, the oldest seeds ever germinated
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Første Cerius-anlæg med klimavenlig gas er klar til test
Netselskabet Cerius har indviet det første koblingsanlæg på elnettet, hvor man vil teste G3-gas til isolering af tekniske komponenter. Gasarten skal være et grønnere alternativ til den klimatunge drivhusgas SF6.
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Christina Koch Lands on Earth, and Crosses a Threshold for Women in Space
The astronaut completed three all-female spacewalks and set a record for time in space, but you should remember her for much more.
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On Mind, Language and Machines – A Short Discoursive Essay :: 0x0f0f0f
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Psychology : Lie and kids .Why ?
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Coronavirus threatens to tip China property into downturn
Crisis in sector could help slice 2 percentage points off country's first-quarter GDP
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Coronavirus could cost Australian universities 'billions'
The coronavirus outbreak could deliver a painful multi-billion-dollar hit to Australian universities, as high-paying Chinese students are forced to defer their studies, economists warned Thursday.
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Multiple eco-crises could trigger 'systemic collapse': scientists
Overlapping environmental crises could tip the planet into "global systemic collapse," more than 200 top scientists warned Wednesday.
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Record-breaking US astronaut set to return to Earth
US astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts by spending almost a year aboard the International Space Station.
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Universities cancel study-abroad programs amid virus fears
As concerns about China's virus outbreak spread, universities all over the world are scrambling to assess the risks to their programs, and some are canceling study-abroad opportunities and prohibiting travel affecting hundreds of thousands of students.
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Sediment loading key to predicting post-wildfire debris flows
The mudslides that follow wildfires in Southern California can be deadly and difficult to predict. New research can help officials identify areas prone to these mudslides and respond before disaster occurs, according to scientists.
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At least 13% of wastewater treated by Southern Ontario septic systems ends up in streams
The presence of artificial sweeteners has revealed that at least 13 percent of septic system wastewater from rural Southern Ontario homes eventually makes its way into local streams.
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Conflict between ranchers and wildlife intensifies as climate change worsens in Chile
Scientists from the University of La Serena, Newcastle University, UK, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile surveyed ranchers to find out what they thought were the drivers of conflict between people and guanacos (a wild camelid species closely related to the Llama).
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Conflict between ranchers and wildlife intensifies as climate change worsens in Chile
Scientists from the University of La Serena, Newcastle University, UK, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile surveyed ranchers to find out what they thought were the drivers of conflict between people and guanacos (a wild camelid species closely related to the Llama).
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Skåningar har mer käksmärta än norrlänningar
Käksmärtor är vanligare i storstadsområden – och underdiagnostiserat. Ett annat munproblem är syraskador på tänderna, något som åtta av tio sydsvenskar har. Och orsaken är frätande magsyra och frukt, snarare än läsk, enligt forskning vid Malmö universitet.
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Julie Bishop: Coalition should lead world on climate despite 'missteps' on bushfires
Chancellor of Australian National University puts experts at government disposal to provide 'evidence-based' solutions Australia "needs action on several fronts" following a catastrophic bushfire season, including leading international efforts against climate change and cutting emissions beyond the electricity sector, Julie Bishop has said. Bishop, the incoming chancellor of the Australian Nation
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Amors algoritmer – gifta på nätet Allt fler hittar sin partner i mobilen. Vi har talat med forskarna som undersöker vad som händer med kärleken när algoritmer ersätter släkt och vänner som äktenskapsmäklare. Plus Antibiotikaresistens – större hot än klimatet Hjärtat gillar att träna
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Trase är ett samarbete mellan forskare och miljöorganisationer som spårar ursprunget på importerade varor. Hittills har de gått igenom soja, palmolja och kött. Användarvänligheten är inte total men du kan få fram precis vilket slakteri i Brasilien som en svensk köttimportör har fått sin biff ifrån, och t.ex. se om det ligger inom Amazonas, där världens största sammanhängande regnskogsområde finns.
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Under ett år driver det tyska forskningsfartyget Polarstern med den arktiska isen och 600 forskare från 19 länder samlar och bearbetar data om den arktiska vintern. På nätet går det att följa expeditionen genom bilder och inlägg. En karta visar fartygets aktuella position.
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Lättläst och spännande av unga forskare
Under ett par veckor befann sig forskaren Anna Rising i Sydafrikas vildmark på jakt efter en väldigt speciell spindel, känd för sina stora och starka nät. Tillsammans med en spindelexpert lyckades hon fånga 100 exemplar som hon använt för att kartlägga spindeltrådsgenerna och framställa konstgjord spindeltråd. Tråd som kan användas i allt från lätta, starka kläder till att lappa ihop skadade nerve
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Människans jakt på ett bättre liv
Den stora flykten är den flykt som började på 1800-talet, då allt fler människor sakta fick bättre och bättre liv. Allt fler blev rikare och levde längre – och kunde fly från det korta, hårda och sköra liv som människor levt i tiotusentals år. Angus Deaton, professor i ekonomi vid Princeton university, fick ekonomipriset 2015 och är en av världens främsta experter på folkhälsa och ekonomisk utveck
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En tidsresa i forskningens tecken
Töres Theorell är i dag pensionerad stressprofessor med otaliga publicerade artiklar genom åren. I sin bok Gäst hos vetenskapen. Stressforskarens liv i tillämpad teori tar han med läsaren på en resa i tiden. Boken beskriver hans eget liv, sida vid sida med stressforskningens utveckling.
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"Barn tänker rationellt och har färre fördomar"
Christer Fuglesang blev ett välbekant namn när han reste ut i rymden som Sveriges första astronaut. Kanske mindre känt är att han har skrivit en rad böcker för barn, där han vill uppmuntra deras nyfikenhet på världen. Böckerna handlar om syskonen Markus och Mariana som är ute på äventyr med sin farbror Albert och hans märkliga uppfinningar. Den sjätte boken i raden heter Rymdskurkarna, och har pre
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Svar: Traditionellt (fram till ungefär 1970-talet) ansåg man att människans utvecklingslinje (skild från schimpansens och gorillans) var en egen familj, Hominidae (i dagligt tal hominider). Eftersom vi nu vet mycket mer om människans och våra släktingars evolutionshistoria har begreppet Hominidae breddats till att omfatta även schimpanser och gorillor. För att ha en etikett på människans separata
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Varför blir blöta kläder mörkare?
Svar: Vatten är genomskinligt för att det inte absorberar ljus i den synliga regionen av ljusspektrumet, som vi människor kan se. För att förstå varför vissa saker trots det blir mörkare när de blir blöta behöver vi tänka på vad som händer när ljus träffar någonting: Ljuset kan antingen reflekteras eller åka längre in i materialet. Det är just hur mycket ljus som reflekteras som förändras när någo
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Svar: Detta är en intressant fråga, och som så ofta är svaret både ja och nej. Såvitt vi vet har havet varit ungefär lika salt som nu under mycket lång tid, många hundra miljoner år. Men våra kroppsvätskor är inte alls lika salta som havet. Oceanernas salthalt varierar mellan ungefär 30 till 35 promille, medan kroppsvätskornas normala salthalt är 9 promille. Ditt blod är alltså ungefär lika salt s
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Svar: Vissa djur kan skilja på olika mängder i tester där de till exempel belönas med mat. Men de har lättare att skilja på 2 och 3 än på 3 och 4. Över 5 är det svårt. En del djur får bara en eller två ungar. Hos dem kan mammor och ungar känna igen varandra nästan direkt efter födseln. Det gäller exempelvis sjölejon och många hovdjur. Ungarna hittar sin mamma även i stora grupper och mammorna ger
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Hur får man in förändringen i varje gen?
Crispr-saxen klipper på ett ställe i en gen för att göra en förändring, men en gen finns ju i alla celler. Hur lyckas man få in förändringen i varenda gen? /Lasse Pettersson
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Vart tog den biologiska mångfalden vägen
I F&F nr 11/2019 finns en text om världens befolkningsökning. Den nämner det höga ökningstalet, 80 miljoner per år, men sedan är det idel glada besked: takten minskar, fler flickor går i skolan, barnadödligheten sjunker och därmed barnafödandet, osv. Ergo: inga skäl till oro? Men redan dagens befolkning utgör ett hårt tryck på jordens resurser och liv. Enligt Ecological Footprint Network inföll Ea
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Forskning & Framsteg – För dig som är nyfiken på allvar
Just nu har jag ett av mina barn på andra sidan jorden. Han kommer att fira in det nya året tio timmar före oss här hemma. Så om jag ringer honom när klockan slår tolv hos honom kommer vi att tala med varandra under olika år och olika decennier. Det är lätt att lockas till att tro att just ett nytt decennium eller en annan jämn siffra har någon inneboende kraft eller magi. Men just år, tänkta på e
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Listan: Kina utklassar i utsläpp
Kina ligger fortsatt i topp när det gäller utsläpp av växthusgaser enligt EU-kommissionens sammanställning för 2018. De kinesiska utsläppen är jämnstora med de tre övriga största utsläpparna tillsammans − USA, EU och Indien. Under 2018 ökade världens totala utsläpp av koldioxid med knappt 2 procent jämfört med 2017. Räknat per capita så ligger USA i topp, följt av Ryssland, Japan och på fjärdeplat
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Vi ser en fortsatt tillbakagång av demokratin i världen, enligt den årliga rankning som organisationen Freedom House genomför. I hela 68 länder har demokratin försämrats under 2018, medan den har förbättrats i 50. Ända sedan 2006 har fler länder försämrats än förbättrats varje år.
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A Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Has Been Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds
Like a phoenix from the ashes.
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What's the weather like in space? A new mission seeks to find out
Esa is launching a solar mission that could help forecast potentially catastrophic events On the morning of 1 September 1859, the English astronomer Richard Carrington noticed something strange on the surface of the sun: two patches of intensely white light erupting from a cluster of dark sunspots. Five minutes later, they vanished. Later that night, bright aurora lit the Earth's sky as far south
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'Hidden' coronavirus cases could thwart containment efforts, experts warn
Failure to report mild symptoms combined with highly contagious nature of disease raises fears existing figures are 'tip of the iceberg' Coronavirus latest – live updates Global health experts have warned that "hidden" infections make containment of the coronavirus unlikely and raised fears that the rapidly rising caseload of 25,000 people could be the "tip of the iceberg". "Hidden" cases – where
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US and European stocks hit records
Traders encouraged by China's pledge of tariff cuts on US goods
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New Kind of Particle Collider Could Reach Higher Energy at a Lower Cost
Particle physicists have overcome one of the biggest obstacles to a collider that would smash particles for less. DSC_4539.JPG The view from inside the tunnel housing the LHC, underneath the France-Switzerland border near Geneva. Image credits: Yuen Yiu , Staff Writer Physics Wednesday, February 5, 2020 – 15:30 Meredith Fore, Contributor (Inside Science) — The next generation of particle physic
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Climate change: Clean tech 'won't solve warming in time'
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Graphene Made in a Flash From Trash
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Democracy Drives Labor in a Hyper-Capitalist City
HONG KONG—Angel was scrolling through the messaging app Telegram late last year when she saw a notice advertising a new union for health-care employees; her interest was piqued. As a 25-year-old nurse in the surgery department of a major Hong Kong hospital, she works long hours and sees how the facility consistently struggles with a shortage of workers. Nurses in busy wards skip their holidays an
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Massive New Genome Study Unlocks The Mysterious Secrets of How Cancers Form
Incredible.
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De odlar hud i kamp mot svåra infektioner
Svåra, akuta vävnadsinfektioner kan på bara några dagar leda till amputation eller i värsta fall död. Nu vill forskare på Karolinska institutet ta hjälp av konstgjord hud för att snabbt ge rätt behandling till rätt patient.
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At least 13% of wastewater treated by Southern Ontario septic systems ends up in streams
The presence of artificial sweeteners has revealed that at least 13 percent of septic system wastewater from rural Southern Ontario homes eventually makes its way into local streams.
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Cancer-fighting compound fights obesity and diabetes.
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Pregnant women with very high blood pressure face greater heart disease risk
Women with high blood pressure in their first pregnancy have a greater risk of heart attack or cardiovascular death, according to a Rutgers study.
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Biomimetic optics: Effective substitute for eyes
Scientists at University of Tyumen (UTMN) have presented a large-scale study of biomimetic optics, liquid elements that effectively imitate eye functions for use in various fields of industry and medicine, as well as in biochemical and biometric analysis.
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'Watch-and-Wait' strategy could safely replace surgery in more than 20% of rectal cancers
This therapeutic approach is still far from being mainstream practice. But according to the latest research, it could actually prevent hundreds of thousands of invasive surgeries worldwide every year.
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Religious, moral beliefs may exacerbate concerns about porn addiction
Moral or religious beliefs may lead some people to believe they are addicted to pornography even when their porn use is low or average, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
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Conflict between ranchers and wildlife intensifies as climate change worsens in Chile
As Chile becomes drier due to climate change, new research has found ranchers are coming into conflict with guanacos who compete for pasture with livestock.
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VA's 'Healthy Teaching Kitchens' benefit from holistic approach
Over the next decade, older adults will grow to become 20% of the US population. A new paper in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, found Healthy Teaching Kitchen programs are great vehicles for nutrition education specifically among older veterans.
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Trump acquittal, HSBC CEO delay, Spotify podcasts
Donald Trump was acquitted on impeachment charges by the Senate on Wednesday
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Death Toll Soars in China; a Run on Stores in Hong Kong
The rise in the death toll and number of new cases came as China's leader, Xi Jinping, ordered a crackdown on fake medical products and people who undermine efforts to halt the outbreak.
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Mysterious Signals Hint That Fast Radio Bursts Are More Active Than We Thought
Whoa!
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Empatiska bebisar hjälper hungriga främlingar
Altruism är ett välkänt beteende hos vuxna, men nu har forskare även observerat att barn så unga som 19 månader utför osjälviska handlingar. Bebisar som hade syskon visade sig även var mer benägna att hjälpa en främling i nöd.
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Global shares rally after China pledges tariff cuts on US goods
Beijing seeks to cushion the economic fallout from concerns over the impact of coronavirus epidemic
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Amazing New Footage Reveals Grey Seals Clapping Underwater to Communicate
It took 17 years to capture this phenomenon.
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Sand Dunes Interact And 'Communicate' With One Another, Physicists Say
The silent speech of shifting sands.
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Having an Albatross Around Your Boat
By outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Qantas suspends worker for allegedly spreading coronavirus misinformation
Transport Workers' Union says the man was simply providing advice to colleagues on their rights Qantas said an employee has been stood down for spreading misinformation about the safety of working on flights from China amid the coronavirus outbreak, but the Transport Workers' Union said the man was simply providing advice to colleagues on their rights. The airline on Saturday announced it would s
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Buses: Government unveils £50m plan to create first all-electric bus town
Local authorities can bid for the money to pay for a new fleet of up to 200 electric buses.
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Coronavirus: the cost of China's public health cover-up
A crackdown on information about the virus in Wuhan allowed the disease to spread far more widely
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Having an Albatross Around Your Boat
By outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Having an Albatross Around Your Boat
By outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Job recruiters are wary of 3 things on social media
Job recruiters are less likely to select candidates who appear to be too self-involved or opinionated in their social media posts, according to new researchers. The researchers also found that recruiters are less likely to hire employees who post content suggestive of drug or alcohol use. "In 2018, 70% of employers reported looking at social media sites to help them evaluate potential employees,
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Sharp-Nosed Marine Reptile a Triassic Surprise
A fossil found in Alaska may help explain why a mysterious group of seagoing creatures went extinct. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Coronavirus Mystery: Children Seem Less Susceptible, And Scientists Don't Know Why
It's not the first time we've seen this.
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Climate change: Clean tech 'won't solve warming in time'
Breakthrough technologies cannot be relied on to help the UK meet its climate targets, a report says.
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Water Seems to Have Not One, But Two Distinct Structures in Its Liquid State
Water is even weirder than we thought.
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Coronavirus latest: China tariffs cut boosts investor sentiment
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Portsmouth academic develops 'perfect espresso' formula
A team of mathematicians and physicists say they have the formula for consistently good coffee.
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What is coronavirus and how worried should we be?
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor? Find all our coronavirus coverage here How to protect yourself from infection It is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the
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Scientists Warn Multiple Overlapping Crises Could Trigger 'Global Systemic Collapse'
We're at the brink of a spiral.
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Bumblebees carry heavy loads in economy mode
Bumblebees are the big lifters of the insect world, able to fly back to the hive with almost their own bodyweight in nectar on board. A new study shows how they do it — and that bees can show more flexibility in behavior than you might expect from a bumbling insect.
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A new substance prevents vascular calcification
The calcification of blood vessels and other soft tissues is problematic. Researchers have discovered a substance that prevents vascular calcification.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Behind Mitt Romney's Decision
It's Wednesday, February 5. In today's newsletter: The lone Republican to break with his party in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump explains his thinking. Plus: what happens when boredom is weaponized. * « TODAY IN POLITICS » Caucus-goers in Des Moines, Iowa (JORDAN GALE / THE NEW YORK TIMES ) 48-52; 47-53 First things first: The Republican-controlled Senate voted to acquit Presid
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Scientific Reports – nature.com science feeds
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Author Correction: Aberrant DNA methylation of miRNAs in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy
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Author Correction: Thermodynamic Signatures of Weyl Fermions in NbP
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Coronavirus: mother-baby transmission unproven despite case of newborn
A 30-hour-old baby is the youngest person to be diagnosed with the virus but experts warn against jumping to conclusions News that a 30-hour-old newborn baby had become the youngest person to have been diagnosed with coronavirus has prompted speculation that the potentially lethal illness could potentially be passed from a mother to a fetus. But medical experts have warned against drawing conclus
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Global Ocean Circulation Is Speeding Up
The movements of water within the ocean basins has been increasing in speed over the last 20 years, a new study shows, conflicting with prior models of climate change.
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Most Comprehensive Analysis of Cancer Genomes to Date
An interrogation of the whole genomes of more than 2,600 cancers yields clues about the genetic drivers of malignancy, how tumors evolve, and more.
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We need music to be political, not just entertaining
Music has long played an essential role in the political fabric of cultures. Some fans want musicians to "shut up and sing," as if artists were not also citizens. Protest songs have been an important aspect of the Arts for centuries. When the Dixie Chicks criticized the Bush administration for planning to launch a war in Iraq nine days before the president did so in 2003, the Dallas-based band wa
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How to find drinkable water in the wild
The best water you'll ever drink is the water you find when you're dying of thirst. (Lachlan via Unsplash/) When you venture outdoors, you need to prepare for the worst—getting lost or stranded is always a possibility. Knowing where to get drinkable water is not only a good thing if you are hiking on a particularly hot day, but it could also be the difference between a dramatic anecdote and a sad
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Gene variants provide insight into brain, body incongruence in transgender
Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because their brain indicates they are one sex and their body another, may have been found in estrogen receptor pathways in the brain of 30 transgender individuals.
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Artificial common sense: what it takes to get AI to actually understand
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Pluto's icy nitrogen heart makes its atmosphere spin backwards
Every day on Pluto, nitrogen puffs out the icy world's heart-shaped plain into the atmosphere, and every night it refreezes, creating winds unlike any we've seen before
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I Spy On Turtles Having Sex With 3D-Printed Turtle Sex Dolls
A creative solution to the difficulties of studying creatures that are usually underwater.
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Ford develops voice-based, 3D-printed wheel nuts to combat wheel theft
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Uber gets California DMV license to test self-driving cars on public roads
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Wanted: A Science of UFOs | Alexander Wendt | TEDxColumbus
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Sperm Whales Confirmed as the Origin of Jetsam Ambergris
Preserved DNA extracted from the rock-like digestive blobs may offer insights into whale ecology.
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'Speaking Simulator' Feels Different When You Have a Stutter
The game turns talking into an alien act. But if you have a speech impediment, it's surprising how familiar the alien can be.
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President Donald Trump has survived the latest and most serious crisis of his own making. As ever, he seems to have learned nothing from the ordeal. The Republican-controlled Senate voted today to keep Trump in office. Breaking with his party, Senator Mitt Romney of Utah cast the lone Republican vote convicting Trump of one of the two impeachment articles—abuse of power. The president comes out o
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23 Dangerous Propositions the Senate Just Ratified
The Senate today voted largely along party lines to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment. The acquittal, in the simplest sense, is a declaration that the House of Representatives failed to prove its case. But it is also a statement of values by the Senate—an embrace of certain basic propositions about the president's conduct, the House's conduct in impeaching him, and its
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Hackable Cisco Phones, a Locust Invasion, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Does The New Coronavirus Spread Silently?
Scientists are trying to figure out how often people without symptoms can transmit the novel coronavirus. If it happens a lot, that could complicate the response to the outbreak. (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Your water filter might not catch all toxic chemicals
Water filters may not remove all of the drinking water contaminants you're most concerned about, researchers report. While using any water filter is better than using none—many household filters are only partially effective at removing toxic perfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, from drinking water, according to a new study. And a few, if not properly maintained, can even make the si
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Tablets you'll want your kids to use
Kid-friendly tablets. (Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash/) There are so many great reasons to keep your tablet away from your kids. Expensive electronic devices do not go well with jam and rough-housing. Everyone in your work contact list does not need a group text with a random string of characters. Your child does not need to see a Jason Bourne movie when they still define spying as that thing you do
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Scientists Chronicle the Shifting Colors of a Comet's 'Seasons'
The Rosetta mission found a regular pattern of varying red and blue hues on the comet as it passed near to and then away from the sun.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Has Rideshare Industry in Turmoil
Health officials have reported coronavirus infections in 26 countries to date, but the vast majority of cases — 24,324 — are still in China, where the virus originated. Even the nation with the next-highest number of infections, Japan, has a paltry 33 cases in comparison. But that isn't stopping the coronavirus outbreak from rocking the rideshare industry across the globe, with both drivers and p
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Sediment loading key to predicting post-wildfire debris flows
The mudslides that follow wildfires in Southern California can be deadly and difficult to predict. New research can help officials identify areas prone to these mudslides and respond before disaster occurs, according to scientists.
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Overactive immune cells in babies may lead to childhood asthma
Babies whose immune cells produce more pathogen-fighting proteins are more likely to develop temporary or persistent asthma later in life
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Researchers have developed a new platform for all-optical computing, meaning computations done solely with beams of light.
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Crystal-stacking process can produce new materials for high-tech devices
Stacking ultrathin complex oxide single-crystal layers allows researchers to create new structures with hybrid properties and multiple functions. Now, using a new platform, researchers will be able to make these stacked-crystal materials in virtually unlimited combinations.
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How American Politics Became a Meme Theater
Nancy Pelosi ripping up President Trump's speech is the latest political move to go viral, a common occurrence that keeps people engaged but also distracted from the issues.
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Entire board of law journal resigns in a 'small act of resistance'
The defense resigns. The entire editorial board of the European Law Journal, along with its two top editors, has quit over a dispute about contract terms and the behavior of its publisher, Wiley. In a statement posted on the blog of the European Law Blog, editors-in-chief Joana Mendes, of the University of Luxembourg, and Harm … Continue reading
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UT team develops model to predict hernia surgery recovery outcomes
Could patients experience less pain and possibly have better recovery outcomes if their fears or emotional issues were addressed before surgery? Three researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently developed a predictive model to examine that question. Rebecca Koszalinski, Anahita Khojandi, and Bruce Ramshaw examined data collected from 102 patients who underwent ventral hernia re
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You Can Now Book Space on a SpaceX Rocket for $1 Million Online
Rocket Rideshare SpaceX has officially launched an online booking tool that lets you reserve space on a Falcon 9 rocket. You won't be getting a seat to travel to space yet, though — the tool is meant to offer smaller companies a way to send payloads into space, including small satellites, as TechCrunch reports . Ticket to Orbit For a cool $1 million, customers will be able to send a payload of up
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Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into useable energy. Their findings could one day be used to engineer crops that thrive under low-light conditions.
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Cancer-causing culprits will be caught by their DNA fingerprints
Causes of cancer are being catalogued by a huge international study revealing the genetic fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes that drive cancer development. This detailed list of genetic fingerprints will provide clues how each cancer developed. This will help scientists search for previously unknown causes of cancer, leading to better information for prevention strategies, and help signpost ne
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Is it possible to reduce political polarization?
In the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an unusual experiment suggested that it might be possible to influence American voters to adopt less polarized positions.
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Direct touch of food makes eating experience more enjoyable
Strawberry-flavored mousse tastes 10% sweeter when served from a white container rather than a black one. Coffee tastes nearly twice as intense when it is drunk from a white mug rather than a clear glass one. Adding two-and-a-half ounces to the weight of a plastic yogurt container makes the yogurt seem about 25% more filling.
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Contributor is a Seattle-based science writer and physicist who has written for Live Science, WIRED, Symmetry, and Physics. A former AAAS Mass Media Fellow, she primarily enjoys writing about physics, astronomy, and chemistry. Author social media Twitter
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Ice cleats to help you on slippery, cold walkways
Get a grip. (Caleb Ralston via Unsplash/) More than 42,000 workers sought medical intervention after falling on ice in 2014 , leaving them off work for at least one day to recuperate. If you don't know the pain and embarrassment of suddenly slipping on ice, consider yourself lucky. If you do, consider ice cleats, which help winter wanderers stay safe. Here are some great cleats that will prevent
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Is it possible to reduce political polarization?
In the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election, an unusual experiment suggested that it might be possible to influence American voters to adopt less polarized positions.
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Face masks alone aren't a good way to keep from getting sick
Mask-wearing is more common in some parts of Asia for a variety of cultural reasons (Macau Photo Agency/) No one wants to get sick. During pandemics—or even just normal flu season—that desire to avoid the ill and infirm shoots up, and we start taking extra precautions. But if you do one thing this winter to keep yourself from catching a virus, don't let it be wearing a face mask. It's not so much
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The best mechanical pencils for drafting or drawing
Draw your own path. (Amazon/) Mechanical pencils are versatile tools for writers, artists, designers, architects, and anybody else who needs a reliable, erasable, and consistent fine pencil line. They come in cheery basic versions, or more sophisticated, durable versions designed to last. They're refillable and stylish, and give you that analog pencil experience without the need to sharpen. Find
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PNAS – RSS feed of Early Edition articles
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Its clinical and molecular heterogeneities and the lack of in vitro models outline the complexity of PCa in the clinical and research settings. We established an in vitro mouse PCa model based on organoid technology that takes…
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PNAS – RSS feed of Early Edition articles
l-tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid for mammals, is the precursor of a wide array of immunomodulatory metabolites produced by the kynurenine and serotonin pathways. The kynurenine pathway is a paramount source of several immunoregulatory metabolites, including l-kynurenine (Kyn), the main product of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) that catalyzes the…
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PNAS – RSS feed of Early Edition articles
Excitability—a threshold-governed transient in transmembrane voltage—is a fundamental physiological process that controls the function of the heart, endocrine, muscles, and neuronal tissues. The 1950s Hodgkin and Huxley explicit formulation provides a mathematical framework for understanding excitability, as the consequence of the properties of voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels. The Hodg
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Selective targeting of TET catalytic domain promotes somatic cell reprogramming [Cell Biology]
Ten-eleven translocation (TET) family enzymes (TET1, TET2, and TET3) oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and generate 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) marks on the genome. Each TET protein also interacts with specific binding partners and partly plays their role independent of catalytic activity. Although the basic role of TET enzymes is well established now, the…
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Packing structure of semiflexible rings [Applied Physical Sciences]
Unraveling the packing structure of dense assemblies of semiflexible rings is not only fundamental for the dynamical description of polymer rings, but also key to understand biopackaging, such as observed in circular DNA of viruses or genome folding. Here we use X-ray tomography to study the geometrical and topological features…
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In plants, enhanced defense often compromises growth and development, which is regarded as trade-offs between growth and defense. Here we identified a gene, OsALDH2B1, that functions as a master regulator of the growth–defense trade-off in rice. OsALDH2B1 has its primary function as an aldehyde dehydrogenase and a moonlight function as…
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PNAS – RSS feed of Early Edition articles
The substrate for ribosomes actively engaged in protein synthesis is a ternary complex of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA), and GTP. EF-Tu plays a critical role in mRNA decoding by increasing the rate and fidelity of aa-tRNA selection at each mRNA codon. Here, using three-color single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy…
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Inorganic ions regulate amorphous-to-crystal shape preservation in biomineralization [Commentaries]
Calcified minerals in biogenic materials often play a utilitarian role, such as structural supports in bone, teeth, and shells, where the crystals are arranged in well-ordered arrays (1, 2). The ability of organisms to produce single crystalline scaffolds and hierarchical architectures with unique features, such as bent or spheroidal shapes,…
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Frogs give new insights into vertebrate novelties [Commentaries]
We recognize a frog largely because of its shape—short body, long legs, and absence of a tail. These features are modifications of the "vertebrate body plan," a head, a body, four appendages, and a tail. However, evolving lineages of vertebrates have modified that theme in incredibly diverse ways. Research by…
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High-Reynolds-number fractal signature of nascent turbulence during transition [Engineering]
Transition from laminar to turbulent flow occurring over a smooth surface is a particularly important route to chaos in fluid dynamics. It often occurs via sporadic inception of spatially localized patches (spots) of turbulence that grow and merge downstream to become the fully turbulent boundary layer. A long-standing question has…
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A Plasmodium key fits a mosquito lock [Commentaries]
Malaria is one of the three most lethal infectious diseases. Unlike AIDS and tuberculosis, malaria is unique in that the parasite must complete a complex differentiation program in its mosquito vector for transmission to occur (1) (Fig. 1). Despite significant progress made in the last couple of decades, our mechanistic…
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Deciphering the RNA capping process in bacteria [Commentaries]
RNA capping in eukaryotes has been studied since the 1970s, starting with the discovery of 5′ 7-methylguanylate caps in the Shatkin laboratory (1). That capping mechanism involves a pause during transcription elongation that allows the recruitment of specialized capping enzymes to modify the 5′ end of the nascent RNA. In…
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Direct touch of food makes eating experience more enjoyable
When high self-control individuals touch food directly with their hands (vs. indirectly with a utensil), they not only experience it as tastier and more satisfying, but they eat more of it. The work may not only offer a way to increase the appeal of food but also offers retailers a simple way to make the eating experience more enjoyable for consumers sampling food.
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Medical Face Masks Thwart China's Omniscient Facial Recognition
Faced with a growing coronavirus outbreak, Chinese authorities in two provinces have made medical face masks mandatory in public — and the popularity of masks is spiking across the country. But the masks have created an unintended thorn in the government's side: Quartz reports that the masks are rendering China's nearly ubiquitous facial recognition systems all but useless. At first, it sounds li
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Direct touch of food makes eating experience more enjoyable
When high self-control individuals touch food directly with their hands (vs. indirectly with a utensil), they not only experience it as tastier and more satisfying, but they eat more of it. The work, published in the Dec. 19, 2020 issue of the Journal of Retailing, may not only offer a way to increase the appeal of food but also offers retailers a simple way to make the eating experience more enjo
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UPS battery backups to make sure your power levels never drop
Back yourself up. (Amazon/) If there is one thing the average homeowner has in common with an intergalactic warlord, it's the endless quest for unlimited power. Our homes have gotten 21st-century smart, but the number of viable outlets in the average home has remained stubbornly 20th century. A power outage is more than an inconvenience these days—it's absolutely crippling. To that end, a solid,
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A New Experiment Hopes to Solve Quantum Mechanics' Biggest Mystery
Physicists will try to observe quantum properties of superposition—existing in two states at once—on a larger object than ever before
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Will the New Coronavirus Keep Spreading or Not? You Have to Know One Little Number
Whenever there's a new outbreak, scientists rush to calculate a number called R0, or R-naught — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby 'Cocoon Galaxy'
Astronomers have revealed that a well-known, nearby galaxy has a rare double-nucleus structure.
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Improving AI's ability to identify students who need help
Researchers have designed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that is better able to predict how much students are learning in educational games. The improved model makes use of an AI training concept called multi-task learning, and could be used to improve both instruction and learning outcomes.
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Increased traffic injuries are a surprising result of restricting older drivers
Research has examined impacts of mandated cognitive testing at driver's license renewal for people aged 75+. Such testing aims to identify potentially dangerous drivers and remove them from the road, upon which they may start bicycling or walking. The study found significant increases in traffic injuries among these older unprotected road users. This suggests need for testing that fully considers
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Will the New Coronavirus Keep Spreading or Not? You Have to Know One Little Number
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These Brain Training Bundles Will Reprogram Your Mind for Maximum Mental Output
Do you want to improve your intellectual fitness? Boost your memory and focus? comprehend things faster and more efficiently? Think clearly and solve problems more easily? Well, the good news is that you can . Believe it or not, decades of research in psychology and behavioral neuroscience have led to the development of some very effective brain training techniques and strategies. And now masteri
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Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby 'Cocoon Galaxy'
Allen Lawrence, wrapping up a long career as an electrical engineer, was serious about moving his astronomy hobby beyond the 20-inch telescope he'd hauled to star parties under the dark skies of Texas and Arizona.
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Dead Sea dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds
Find shows traits favored by ancient date farmers
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Landmark study to transform cancer treatment
Scientists said 99% of understanding of cancer was missing until today.
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Scientists reveal the most extensive genetic map of cancers ever made
It shows how hard tumours will be to crack
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Are economists globally understating or overstating the cost of climate change?
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World's most powerful particle accelerator one big step closer
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Army scientists look inside batteries with a molecular eye
Scientists are closer to understanding exactly what happens inside batteries that make them prone to fire, thanks to a molecular eye of sorts.
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NASA satellite observes Tropical Storm Francisco's formation
Shortly after Tropical Cyclone Francisco formed on Feb. 5 in the Southern Indian Ocean, NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the storm.
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Christina Koch: Nasa astronaut sets new female space record
Nasa astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman.
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New global biodiversity study provides unified map of life on land and in the ocean
A new study offers the most complete picture available of where life occurs on Earth and what the most critical environmental factors are for determining why it's in specific places. The study's authors envision it providing a way to adapt management practices as climate change disrupts ecosystems across the planet.
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9,900-year-old Mexican female skeleton distinct from other early American settlers
A new skeleton discovered in the submerged caves at Tulum sheds new light on the earliest settlers of Mexico.
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Researchers have developed a new platform for all-optical computing, meaning computations done solely with beams of light.
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Researchers identify commonly overlooked key attributes of effective leaders
Leadership experts looked at the underlying processes that contribute to leaders' decision-making and behavior: their mindsets
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Yes, You *Can* Map Out an Electric Field at Home
Grab your sheet of conducting paper and you'll be charting invisible electrostatic forces in no time.
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Community health worker program yields $2.47 for every $1 invested annually by Medicaid
Every dollar spent on patients receiving support from Penn Medicine's community health worker (CHW) program resulted in an annual return on investment (ROI) of $2.47 for every dollar invested annually by Medicaid, according to a new study published online today in Health Affairs. The savings are generated by reducing hospitalizations.
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Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby 'Cocoon Galaxy'
Iowa State astronomers have revealed that a well-known, nearby galaxy has a rare double-nucleus structure. Their paper reporting the discovery is now online and has been accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal.
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2B more people will likely live in cities by 2030
Urban expansion means more than 2 billion additional people will probably live in cities around the globe by the year 2030, researchers say. The pace is equivalent to building a city the size of New York City every six weeks. Put another way, urban expansion into undeveloped land will destroy almost 112,000 square miles of natural habitat from 2000 to 2030—an area larger in size than the entire U
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The shocking, forgotten history of cretinism
Until about a century ago, 'cretinism' was endemic throughout large parts of the Alps. Sufferers often had a visibly enlarged thyroid gland, and in the worst cases were severely retarded. Although 'goiter belts' in North America and Europe have been eradicated, the disease remains common throughout the world. Age-old blight How do you make Captain Haddock swear like the drunken sailor he is, with
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Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found in Israel
An extinct variety of date palm tree has been grown from ancient seeds preserved in the Judean desert for 2000 years, the oldest seeds ever germinated
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Scientists Grow Date Palm Plants from 2,000-Year-Old Seeds
The researchers hope to resurrect a variety of date that was praised in antiquity but lost to time. ancientdatepalm_2.jpg Image credits: Composite image by Abigail Malate . Source images one , two , and three from Internet Archive Book Images. Culture Wednesday, February 5, 2020 – 14:00 Catherine Meyers, Editor (Inside Science) — Methuselah, Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith and Hannah — all sa
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New study provides criteria for good infant sleep for the first time
According to a new study, sleep problems among infants are very common and normally improve by the time the child reaches the age of 2.
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Fruit flies respond to rapid changes in the visual environment
Researchers have discovered a mechanism employed by the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster that broadens our understanding of visual perception. Their results explain why the eye can correctly evaluate contrast, even in suddenly changing light conditions.
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Landscape-level surveys are necessary to address large-scale wildlife losses from poaching
Widespread poaching in tropical biodiversity hotspots is causing unprecedented declines in wildlife populations, known as defaunation. A new study provides evidence that large-scale systematic surveys and novel methods of data collection and analysis, are necessary to assess the extent and distribution of poaching and its impact on biodiversity in forest exposed to severe defaunation.
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Fastest high-precision 3D printer
3D printers working in the millimeter range and larger are increasingly used in industrial production processes. Many applications, however, require precise printing on the micrometer scale at a far higher speed. Researchers have now developed a system to print highly precise, centimeter-sized objects with submicrometer details at a so far unmatched speed.
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Mitt Romney is doing something nearly unheard of these days: He's putting his country above his party. He's voting his conscience when doing so comes at a cost. He's not rationalizing weakness and timidity by prettying them up as virtues. He will vote to convict President Donald Trump , in an act of extraordinary political courage. This decision would have negative ramifications for Romney in any
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Welcome to the Era of Supercharged Lithium-Silicon Batteries
Batteries with silicon anodes promise to make devices last more than 20 percent longer on a single charge.
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Car pollution is a major source of ultrafine particles
Auto emissions are a key factor in the creation of tiny matter called ultrafine particles and pose a significant health problem in many urban areas, according to a new study. Researchers studied auto emissions relevant to urban areas, especially Beijing, which has some of the highest pollution from auto exhaust in the world. Their findings show that auto exhaust plays a part in the creation of la
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Basmati rice genome could pinpoint valuable traits
Researchers have assembled the complete genome of two varieties of basmati rice, one of which is drought-tolerant and resistant to bacterial disease. The findings, published in Genome Biology , show that basmati rice is a hybrid of two other rice groups. Basmati—derived from the Hindi word for "fragrant"—is a type of aromatic long-grain rice grown in southern Asia. Despite the economic and cultur
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Mudwasps used to date Australia's aboriginal rock art
Scientists use the remains of wasps' nests to date Australia's ancient aboriginal rock art.
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Forskere opdager sjælden fortidsøgle med besynderligt udseende
Den 200 millioner år gamle havøgle skiller sig ud med sin ekstremt spidse snude.
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Scientists in Israel grow date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds
Seeds found in Judean desert are male and female, leading to hopes of producing dates A handful of date seeds from fruit that ripened around the time of Jesus have been successfully planted and grown in southern Israel, researchers have revealed. The seeds, dubbed Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith and Hannah, were among many others discovered at archaeological sites in the Judean desert. Continue
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Scientists unravel mystery of photosynthesis
Scientists have solved a critical part of the mystery of photosynthesis, focusing on the initial, ultrafast events through which photosynthetic proteins capture light and use it to initiate a series of electron transfer reactions.
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NASA satellite observes Tropical Storm Francisco's formation
Shortly after Tropical Cyclone Francisco formed on Feb. 5, 2020 in the Southern Indian Ocean, NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the storm.
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Bumblebees carry heavy loads in economy mode
Bumblebees are the big lifters of the insect world, able to fly back to the hive with almost their own bodyweight in nectar on board. A study published Feb. 5 in Science Advances shows how they do it — and that bees can show more flexibility in behavior than you might expect from a bumbling insect.
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Prehistoric skeleton discovered in Southern Mexico
A prehistoric human skeleton found in southern Mexico is at least 10,000 years old and most likely dates from the end of the most recent ice age. An international research team led by geoscientists from Heidelberg University studied the remains of the approximately 30-year-old woman. The uranium-thorium dating technique was used to determine the age of the fossil record, which provides important c
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Development of the immune system varies according to age, location and anaemia
Age and geographical location have the strongest influence on immune composition and vaccine responses, with anaemia having a considerable effect, according to a study co-led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), the Babraham Institute and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, in collaboration with the Manhiça Health Research Center (CISM). The results, published in Sc
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Dansk studie forudsiger børns risiko for astma
PLUS. Et stort studie fra DTU Bioengineering og Copsac viser, hvordan fejltolkninger i det tidlige immunforsvar risikerer at føre til astma hos børn.
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Seals Caught On Film Clapping In the Wild For the First Time Ever
The famous clappers had never actually been filmed smacking their flippers together in the wild.
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Nonprofit Sues FCC for Ignoring Science on Cell Phone Radiation
Update Required The Federal Communication Commission keeps ignoring new evidence that cell phones and other telecommunication devices can harm human health — at least, that's according to a nonprofit called the Environmental Health Trust. To that end, the EHT has now filed a lawsuit against the FCC in an attempt to force it to reconsider how it regulates the telecom industry. Damning Evidence The
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Phototrophic organisms are superbly adapted to different light environments but often must acclimate to challenging competition for visible light wavelengths in their niches. Some cyanobacteria overcome this challenge by expressing paralogous photosynthetic proteins and by synthesizing and incorporating ~8% chlorophyll f into their Photosystem I (PSI) complexes, enabling them to grow under far-re
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Mysterious Australian rock art may depict the chaos following rising seas
Gwion dancers were painted as oceans inundated lands and displaced clans
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Nike's Tokyo Olympic Gear: A First Look
The apparel and shoes for team USA were designed for peak performance—ecologically and athletically.
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9,900-year-old Mexican female skeleton distinct from other early American settlers
A new skeleton discovered in the submerged caves at Tulum sheds new light on the earliest settlers of Mexico, according to a study published February 5, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Wolfgang Stinnesbeck from Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
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New global biodiversity study provides unified map of life on land and in the ocean
New research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and partner organizations yielded the first comprehensive global biodiversity map documenting the distribution of life both on land and in the ocean.
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Bumblebees carry heavy loads in economy mode
Bumblebees are the big lifters of the insect world, able to fly back to the hive with almost their own bodyweight in nectar on board. A study published Feb. 5 in Science Advances shows how they do it—and that bees can show more flexibility in behavior than you might expect from a bumbling insect.
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Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into useable energy. Their findings could one day be used to engineer crops that thrive under low-light conditions.
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How Mitt Romney Decided Trump Is Guilty
Mitt Romney didn't want to go through with it. "This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make in my life," he told me yesterday afternoon in his Senate office. Roughly 24 hours later, Romney would deliver a speech announcing that he was voting to convict President Donald Trump on the first article of impeachment—abuse of power. For weeks, the senator from Utah had sat silently
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After 2,000 Years, These Seeds Have Finally Sprouted
Their names are Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith, and Hannah, and their ages are—well, actually, this one's a bit complicated. Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith, and Hannah are date-palm trees, and although they were all planted in recent years, the seeds from which they germinated all came from ancient archaeological sites . These seeds, according to radiocarbon dating, were about 2,000 years old
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Here's What It's Like to Live Under Coronavirus Quarantine
The U.S. government issued an order that kept hundreds of citizens who traveled to Wuhan, China in quarantine on an Air Force base. But it hasn't rounded up roughly 5,000 Americans who recently returned to the States from China — and as a result, The New York Times reports , many are now in self-imposed quarantine, isolated in their homes. Several students, health workers, and others who recently
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Advice for Brits to quit China on coronavirus fears criticised by WHO
It's wrong to say all regions of the Asian country are equally at risk, says body's director general Follow the latest developments The UK has been criticised by the World Health Organization's director general for urging all its 30,000 citizens in China to leave the country because of the coronavirus outbreak. It was wrong to imply that the whole of China had an outbreak on the same scale as tha
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Genome stability: Intricate process of DNA repair discovered
An elaborate system of filaments, liquid droplet dynamics and protein connectors enables the repair of some damaged DNA in the nuclei of cells, researchers have found. The findings further challenge the belief that broken DNA floats aimlessly — and highlight the value of cross-disciplinary research in biology and physics.
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Scientists unravel mystery of photosynthesis
Scientists have solved a critical part of the mystery of photosynthesis, focusing on the initial, ultrafast events through which photosynthetic proteins capture light and use it to initiate a series of electron transfer reactions.
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Extreme weather conditions can tax urban drainage systems to the max
During a typical Canadian winter, snow accumulation and melt — combined with sudden rainfalls — can lead to bottlenecks in storm drains that can cause flooding. With that in mind, researchers have been examining urban stormwater drainage systems, and they too have concerns about the resilience of many urban drainage systems.
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Choosing common pain relievers: It's complicated
About 29 million Americans use over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to treat pain. Every year in the US, NSAID use is attributed to approximately 100,000 hospitalizations and 17,000 deaths. All of these drugs have benefits and risks, but deciding which one to use is complicated for health care providers and their patients. To assist in clinical decision-making, researcher
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Asian hornet invasion spreads to Northern Germany
Known to prey on many insects, including honey bees and other beneficiary species, the Asian hornet, which had recently invaded parts of Europe, presents a serious threat to apiculture and even to ecosystems. Scientists now share concerns about this fast invader spreading to the north. In early September 2019, a single specimen was collected alive in Hamburg (Germany), representing the northernmos
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DNA Damage Linked to Brain Overgrowth in Autism
Cell lines from individuals with macrocephalic autism spectrum disorder have an increased number of double-strand breaks in the DNA of long neural genes.
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Awake functional MRI detects neural circuit dysfunction in a mouse model of autism
MRI has potential as a translational approach from rodents to humans. However, given that mouse functional MRI (fMRI) uses anesthetics for suppression of motion, it has been difficult to directly compare the result of fMRI in "unconsciousness" disease model mice with that in "consciousness" patients. We develop awake fMRI to investigate brain function in 15q dup mice, a copy number variation mode
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The acquisition of malaria immunity is both remarkably slow and unpredictable. At present, we know little about the malaria parasite genes that influence the host's ability to mount a protective immune response. Here, we show that a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) resulting in a single amino acid change (S to F) in an ApiAP2 transcription factor in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berg
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Germination of 2000-year-old seeds of Phoenix dactylifera from Judean desert archaeological sites provides a unique opportunity to study the Judean date palm, described in antiquity for the quality, size, and medicinal properties of its fruit, but lost for centuries. Microsatellite genotyping of germinated seeds indicates that exchanges of genetic material occurred between the Middle East (easter
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Stochastic transcriptional pulses orchestrate flagellar biosynthesis in Escherichia coli
The classic picture of flagellum biosynthesis in Escherichia coli , inferred from population measurements, depicts a deterministic program where promoters are sequentially up-regulated and are maintained steadily active throughout exponential growth. However, complex regulatory dynamics at the single-cell level can be masked by bulk measurements. Here, we discover that in individual E. coli cells
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The origin of life as a planetary phenomenon
We advocate an integrative approach between laboratory experiments in prebiotic chemistry and geologic, geochemical, and astrophysical observations to help assemble a robust chemical pathway to life that can be reproduced in the laboratory. The cyanosulfidic chemistry scenario described here was developed by such an integrative iterative process. We discuss how it maps onto evolving planetary sur
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Nerve density is associated with prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness and prognosis. Thus far, no visualization methods have been developed to assess nerve density of PCa in vivo. We compounded propranolol-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nerve peptide nanoparticles (PSN NPs), which achieved the nerve density visualization of PCa with high sensitivity and high specificity, and facilitated
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Deep-reaching acceleration of global mean ocean circulation over the past two decades
Ocean circulation redistributes Earth's energy and water masses and influences global climate. Under historical greenhouse warming, regional ocean currents show diverse tendencies, but whether there is an emerging trend of the global mean ocean circulation system is not yet clear. Here, we show a statistically significant increasing trend in the globally integrated oceanic kinetic energy since th
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Flavivirus induces and antagonizes antiviral RNA interference in both mammals and mosquitoes
Mosquito-borne flaviviruses infect both mammals and mosquitoes. RNA interference (RNAi) has been demonstrated as an anti-flavivirus mechanism in mosquitoes; however, whether and how flaviviruses induce and antagonize RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity in mammals remains unknown. We show that the nonstructural protein NS2A of dengue virus-2 (DENV2) act as a viral suppressor of RNAi (VSR). When NS2A-
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Coupling Cas9 to artificial inhibitory domains enhances CRISPR-Cas9 target specificity
The limited target specificity of CRISPR-Cas nucleases poses a challenge with respect to their application in research and therapy. Here, we present a simple and original strategy to enhance the specificity of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing by coupling Cas9 to artificial inhibitory domains. Applying a combination of mathematical modeling and experiments, we first determined how CRISPR-Cas9 activity p
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During endoderm formation, cell identity and tissue morphogenesis are tightly controlled by cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic factors such as biochemical and physical inputs. While the effects of biochemical factors are well studied, the physical cues that regulate cell division and differentiation are poorly understood. RNA sequencing analysis demonstrated increases of endoderm-specific gene exp
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Targeted anti-IL-1{beta} platelet microparticles for cardiac detoxing and repair
An acute myocardial infarction (AMI) induces a sterile inflammatory response that facilitates further heart injury and promotes adverse cardiac remodeling. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) plays a central role in the sterile inflammatory response that results from AMI. Thus, IL-1β blockage is a promising strategy for treatment of AMI. However, conventional IL-1β blockers lack targeting specificity. This in
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A model of collective behavior based purely on vision
Classical models of collective behavior often take a "bird's-eye perspective," assuming that individuals have access to social information that is not directly available (e.g., the behavior of individuals outside of their field of view). Despite the explanatory success of those models, it is now thought that a better understanding needs to incorporate the perception of the individual, i.e., how i
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Kinematic flexibility allows bumblebees to increase energetic efficiency when carrying heavy loads
Foraging bees fly with heavy loads of nectar and pollen, incurring energetic costs that are typically assumed to depend on load size. Insects can produce more force by increasing stroke amplitude and/or flapping frequency, but the kinematic response of a given species is thought to be consistent. We examined bumblebees ( Bombus impatiens ) carrying both light and heavy loads and found that stroke
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12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia
The Kimberley region in Western Australia hosts one of the world's most substantial bodies of indigenous rock art thought to extend in a series of stylistic or iconographic phases from the present day back into the Pleistocene. As with other rock art worldwide, the older styles have proven notoriously difficult to date quantitatively, requiring new scientific approaches. Here, we present the radi
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Tropical forests did not recover from the strong 2015-2016 El Nino event
Severe drought and extreme heat associated with the 2015–2016 El Niño event have led to large carbon emissions from the tropical vegetation to the atmosphere. With the return to normal climatic conditions in 2017, tropical forest aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks are expected to partly recover due to increased productivity, but the intensity and spatial distribution of this recovery are unknown. We
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The response to programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) blockade in cancer immunotherapy is limited because of multiple immune evasion mechanisms. Here, a previously unknown strategy is proposed to synergize the nuclear factor B (NF-B) inhibition and PD-1 blockade for antitumor immunotherapy. A dual pH-sensitive nanocarrier loading curcumin (CUR) and anti–PD-1 mon
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Pathogenic siderophore ABC importer YbtPQ adopts a surprising fold of exporter
To fight for essential metal ions, human pathogens secrete virulence-associated siderophores and retake the metal-chelated siderophores through a subfamily of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)–binding cassette (ABC) importer, whose molecular mechanisms are completely unknown. We have determined multiple structures of the yersiniabactin importer YbtPQ from uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) at inwar
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The fuel of atmospheric chemistry: Toward a complete description of reactive organic carbon
The Earth's atmosphere contains a multitude of emitted (primary) and chemically formed (secondary) gases and particles that degrade air quality and modulate the climate. Reactive organic carbon (ROC) species are the fuel of the chemistry of the atmosphere, dominating short-lived emissions, reactivity, and the secondary production of key species such as ozone, particulate matter, and carbon dioxid
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Pertussis continues to cause considerable infant mortality world-wide, which could be addressed in part by passive immunization strategies. Antibody hu1B7 is a candidate therapeutic that potently neutralizes pertussis toxin in vitro, prevents leukocytosis in mice and treats established disease in weanling baboons as part of an antibody cocktail. Here, we evaluated the potential for hu1B7 and an e
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Global warming is speeding up Earth's massive ocean currents
Rising winds boost flows in tropics and Southern Ocean
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New global biodiversity study provides unified map of life on land and in the ocean
New research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and partner organizations yielded the first comprehensive global biodiversity map documenting the distribution of life both on land and in the ocean.
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Bumblebees carry heavy loads in economy mode
Bumblebees are the big lifters of the insect world, able to fly back to the hive with almost their own bodyweight in nectar on board. A study published Feb. 5 in Science Advances shows how they do it—and that bees can show more flexibility in behavior than you might expect from a bumbling insect.
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Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into useable energy. Their findings could one day be used to engineer crops that thrive under low-light conditions.
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Characterizing RNA alterations in cancer
The largest and most comprehensive catalogue of cancer-specific RNA alterations reveals new insights into the cancer genome.
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Cancer mutations occur decades before diagnosis
A large-scale pan-cancer analysis of the evolutionary history of tumours reveals that cancer-causing mutations occur decades before diagnosis.
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Analysis of human genomes in the cloud
Scientists from EMBL present a tool for large-scale analysis of genomic data with cloud computing. Main advantages of the new tool, called Butler, are continuous system monitoring and its ability to self-heal in case of failure, allowing for 43% more efficient data processing than previous approaches. The tool was developed for the Pan-Cancer project. The team published the method in Nature Biotec
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Studying DNA rearrangement to understand cancer
Using the dataset from the Pan-Cancer project, a team including EMBL scientists has developed methods to group, classify, and describe structural variants — large rearrangements of the genome that are a key driver of cancer. Their findings could help to improve cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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Scientists identify new genetic drivers of cancer
Analysis of whole cancer genomes gives key insights into the role of the non-coding genome in cancer.
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The Hard Life And Mysterious Death Of Hol Chan 3 Woman, Found In Mexican Cave
Remains reveal details about how she lived but raise larger questions about the First Americans.
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Globalt studie kortlægger kræftmutationer i stort katalog
Mutationer i 38 forskellige typer af kræft er blevet kortlagt ved hel-genom analyse af et internationalt…
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Abcam's new CRISPR-Cas9 cell lines for target identification, validation and pathway discovery
Abcam's new CRISPR-Cas9 knockout (KO) cell lines provide reproducible, single gene KOs that support the interrogation of the relationship between genotype and phenotype.
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Why males pack a powerful punch
Elk have antlers. Rams have horns. In the animal kingdom, males develop specialized weapons for competition when winning a fight is critical. Humans do too, according to new research from the University of Utah. Males' upper bodies are built for more powerful punches than females', says the study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, suggesting that fighting may have long been a part
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Why males pack a powerful punch
Elk have antlers. Rams have horns. In the animal kingdom, males develop specialized weapons for competition when winning a fight is critical. Humans do too, according to new research from the University of Utah. Males' upper bodies are built for more powerful punches than females', says the study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, suggesting that fighting may have long been a part
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Abcam's new CRISPR-Cas9 cell lines for target identification, validation and pathway discovery
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This Is Donald Trump's Best Week
Updated on February 5 at 2:16 p.m. It's been a pretty good week for Donald Trump, and it's only Wednesday. In fact, it's hard to think of a better week in the Trump administration. That's partly a testament to what a chaotic mess the presidency has been. There are plenty of contenders for worst week . Best? That's a tougher order. But the White House has gotten encouraging news this week on all f
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Why males pack a powerful punch
Elk have antlers. Rams have horns. In the animal kingdom, males develop specialized weapons for competition when winning a fight is critical. Humans do too, according to new research. Fighting may have long been a part of our evolutionary history.
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New therapy option identified for early-stage breast cancer
Radionuclide therapy has been successful in delaying the growth of disseminated tumor cells in early-stage breast cancer. Radium-233 dichloride not only impacts cells directly hit by radiation but also has significant effects on cells outside of the radiation field, according to new research.
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Scientists document collapse of the white-lipped peccary
Populations of white-lipped peccaries, a 'new world' pig-like species usually found throughout Central American tropical forests, are in freefall, new research finds.
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Scientists learn more about the first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life
The first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life largely determine just how well it will perform. In those moments, a set of molecules self-assembles into a structure inside the battery that will affect the battery for years to come. Now scientists have witnessed the formation of the solid-electrolyte interphase at a molecular level.
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Chromothripsis in human cancer
Newly discovered mutational phenomenon chromothripsis is prevalent across more cancers than previously thought.
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As part of the Pan-Cancer project, EMBL scientists have examined whole patient and cancer genomes in the search for genetic factors that influence cancer development. Their goal was to characterise and study heritable, or germline, genetic variation in genomes of cancer patients.
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Same-sex attraction isn't an evolutionary paradox – here's why
Our explanations for how same-sex attraction evolved are wrong – it's the spectrum of sexuality that is important, says Andrew Barron
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Want to know whether the new coronavirus will spread or not? You have to know this one little number
The new coronavirus. SARS. MERS. Ebola… whenever there's a new outbreak, scientists rush to calculate a number called the R0, or R-naught. Why? It's been a critical part of the scientific effort to understand just how transmissible the new virus is. Here's how. For more coverage of novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, is here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/report/the-new-coronavirus-outbreak-what
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Scientists learn more about the first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life
The first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life largely determine just how well it will perform. In those moments, a set of molecules self-assembles into a structure inside the battery that will affect the battery for years to come. Now scientists have witnessed the formation of the solid-electrolyte interphase at a molecular level.
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These infrared images show just how alive butterflies' wings are
Contrary to popular belief, butterfly wings actually have living cells that help them thermoregulate. (Yu et al./) From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted lady's signature fiery orange, it's no secret butterflies have some pretty captivating flappers. For a long time, it seemed as if the insects achieved such radiance through sets of lifeless cells. But now, n
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Fake martial arts: The psychology behind 'no-touch' knockouts
A small fraction of martial arts teachers claim to possess extraordinary powers, like being able to knock out opponents without touching them. A recent video essay explores the psychological factors that drive people to believe in fake martial arts. These factors might also help to explain why there's often some degree of blind self-deception regarding the efficacy of traditional martial arts. Ou
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There's a Bacterial Bonanza in Your Bed, but These High-Tech Sheets Can Change That
It's probably not something you want to think about, but sometimes the truth hurts. Chances are your sheets , towels, and pillowcases are swimming with bacteria and all kinds of other microbes – even if you're washing them once a week. While that information might not be pleasant to hear, there is a way to help fight this problem: using Miracle Brand bedding and towels by Aloft . The secret of Mi
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Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows
Research into genetic mutations suggests possibility of tests that would detect cancer earlier Early signs of cancer can appear years or even decades before diagnosis, according to the most comprehensive investigation to date of the genetic mutations that cause healthy cells to turn malignant. The findings, based on samples from more than 2,500 tumours and 38 cancer types, reveal a longer-than-ex
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New therapy option identified for early-stage breast cancer
Radionuclide therapy has been successful in delaying the growth of disseminated tumor cells in early-stage breast cancer. Radium-233 dichloride not only impacts cells directly hit by radiation but also has significant effects on cells outside of the radiation field, according to research published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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First comprehensive survey of virus DNA found within cancer cells
Researchers have carried out the first comprehensive survey of viruses found within different types of cancer. An international team systematically investigated the DNA found within more than 2,600 tumor samples from patients with 38 different types of cancer.They discovered traces of viruses in 13% of the samples studied, and also further identified some of the mechanisms that viruses use to trig
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Gut bacteria help control healthy muscle contraction in the colon
Micro-organisms in the gut support healthy digestion by helping nerve cells within the intestine to regulate the contraction and relaxation of the muscle wall of the colon, according to new research from the Crick and Bern University.
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Traces of immortality in tumor DNA
To gain an infinite lifespan, cancer cells need to maintain the ends of their chromosomes, known as telomeres. They achieve this in various different ways. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center systematically investigated more than 2,500 tumor genomes of 36 types of cancer to find out how these mechanisms are manifest in changes in the DNA. The study is part of the Pan-Cancer Analysis
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Unprecedented exploration generates most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date
An international team has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and signposting new directions for its diagnosis and treatment.Published today in Nature, more than 700 researchers have analysed more than 2600 samples from 38 cancer types ranging from common cancers like colorectal and breast cancers,
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Crystal-stacking process can produce new materials for high-tech devices
Stacking ultrathin complex oxide single-crystal layers allows researchers to create new structures with hybrid properties and multiple functions. Now, using a new platform developed by engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers will be able to make these stacked-crystal materials in virtually unlimited combinations.
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A close-up look at mutated DNA in cancer cells
PCAWG, the largest cancer research consortium in the world, has set itself the task of improving our understanding of genetic mutations in tumors. A new study by the international research group, to which the MDC substantially contributed, is now being published in the journal Nature.
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Researcher's technology differentiates between Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy
Scientists have found a way to distinguish between two progressive neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA), using a technology developed by a researcher at UTHealth. The discovery was published today in Nature.
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Viruses and cancer — systematic overview published
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center systematically investigated the DNA of more than 2,600 tumor samples from patients with 38 different types of cancer to discover traces of viruses — which they found in 13% of the samples studied. The researchers also identified mechanisms that the pathogens use to trigger carcinogenic mutations in the DNA. The work is part of the Pan-Cancer Analy
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Unprecedented exploration generates most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date
An international team has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and signposting new directions for its diagnosis and treatment.
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L ate on Monday, following the chaos of the Iowa caucus, Pete Buttigieg did the same thing several of his fellow Democratic-primary candidates did that evening: He gave a rousing speech to his supporters. The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor talked about optimism, and about change. But he talked about something else as well—something his fellow candidates, acknowledging the night's lack of an of
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The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1907-7 Whole-genome sequencing data for 2,778 cancer samples from 2,658 unique donors across 38 cancer types is used to reconstruct the evolutionary history of cancer, revealing that driver mutations can precede diagnosis by several years to decades.
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The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1943-3 The characterization of 4,645 whole-genome and 19,184 exome sequences, covering most types of cancer, identifies 81 single-base substitution, doublet-base substitution and small-insertion-and-deletion mutational signatures, providing a systematic overview of the mutational processes that contribute to cancer development.
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Live-animal imaging of native haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1971-z A dual genetic strategy enables the labelling and in vivo imaging of native long-term haematopoietic stem cells in the mouse calvarial bone marrow.
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Global genomics project unravels cancer's complexity at unprecedented scale
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00213-2 A massive international effort has yielded multifaceted studies of more than 2,600 tumours from 38 tissues, generating a wealth of insights into the genetic basis of cancer.
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Quantum crystal structure in the 250-kelvin superconducting lanthanum hydride
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1955-z Quantum atomic fluctuations have a crucial role in stabilizing the crystal structure of the high-pressure superconducting phase of lanthanum hydride.
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Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1975-8 In a mouse model, aryl hydrocarbon receptor signalling in enteric neurons is revealed as a mechanism that helps to maintain gut homeostasis by integrating the luminal environment with the physiology of intestinal neural circuits.
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Stress- and ubiquitylation-dependent phase separation of the proteasome
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1982-9 Hyperosmotic stress leads to a phase separation of the proteasome, triggered by interactions between RAD23B and ubiquitylated proteins, which bring together p97 and proteasome-associated proteins into nuclear proteolytic foci.
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Heterogeneous integration of single-crystalline complex-oxide membranes
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1939-z A universal mechanical exfoliation method of creating freestanding membranes of complex-oxide materials with different crystal structures and orientations and stacking them to produce a range of artificial heterostructures with hybridized physical properties is described.
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An orbital water-ice cycle on comet 67P from colour changes
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1960-2 Spectral analysis of the VIRTIS dataset shows two opposite seasonal colour cycles in the coma and on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, indicating an orbital water-ice cycle.
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The era of massive cancer sequencing projects has reached a turning point
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00308-w The future of cancer genomics lies in the clinic.
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Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1965-x Analyses of 2,658 whole genomes across 38 types of cancer identify the contribution of non-coding point mutations and structural variants to driving cancer.
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Neurodegenerative diseases distinguished through protein-structure analysis
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00131-3 Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy involve the protein α-synuclein. Proof that aggregated α-synuclein adopts a different structure in each case suggests that its conformation underlies the distinct disorders.
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A droplet-based electricity generator with high instantaneous power density
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1985-6 A device involving a polytetrafluoroethylene film, an indium tin oxide substrate and an aluminium electrode allows improved electricity generation from water droplets, which bridge the previously disconnected circuit components.
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Molecular architecture of the key precursor of thyroid hormones revealed
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00244-9 The structure of thyroglobulin, the enormous protein that acts as a precursor for thyroid hormones, has been determined, and its hormone-forming tyrosine amino-acid residues have been identified.
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Podcast: Out-of-office emails and work-life-balance, and an update on the novel coronavirus outbreak
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00315-x Hear the latest from the world of science, brought to you by Benjamin Thompson and Nick Howe.
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How to silence an X chromosome
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00207-0 The non-coding RNA Xist has been shown to enlist the SPEN protein to recruit a team of protein complexes — initiating the process that prevents transcription of one of the two X chromosomes found in female mammalian cells.
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Retraction Note: Microglia-dependent synapse loss in type I interferon-mediated lupus
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1949-x
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Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1969-6 The flagship paper of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium describes the generation of the integrative analyses of 2,658 cancer whole genomes and their matching normal tissues across 38 tumour types, the structures for international data sharing and standardized analyses, and the main scientific fin
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Genomic basis for RNA alterations in cancer
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1970-0 Integrative analyses of transcriptome and whole-genome sequencing data for 1,188 tumours across 27 types of cancer are used to provide a comprehensive catalogue of RNA-level alterations in cancer.
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Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1913-9 Whole-genome sequencing data from more than 2,500 cancers of 38 tumour types reveal 16 signatures that can be used to classify somatic structural variants, highlighting the diversity of genomic rearrangements in cancer.
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The structure of human thyroglobulin
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1995-4 The cryo-electron microscopy structure of human thyroglobulin reveals that proximity, flexibility and solvent exposure are key characteristics of its hormonogenic tyrosine pairs, and provides a framework for understanding the formation of thyroid hormones.
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Genomics: data sharing needs an international code of conduct
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00082-9 Efforts to protect people's privacy in a massive international cancer project offer lessons for data sharing.
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The guidance receptor plexin D1 is a mechanosensor in endothelial cells
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1979-4 PLXND1 is a mechanosensor that is required for endothelial cells to respond to shear stress both in vitro and in vivo by regulating the site-specific distribution of atherosclerotic lesions.
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Muon colliders come a step closer
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00212-3 Particle colliders that use elementary particles called muons could outperform conventional colliders, while requiring much smaller facilities. Muon cooling, a milestone on the road to these muon colliders, has now been achieved.
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SPEN integrates transcriptional and epigenetic control of X-inactivation
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1974-9 The transcriptional repressor SPEN bridges the non-coding RNA Xist to transcription machinery, histone deacetylases and chromatin remodelling factors to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.
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AQP5 enriches for stem cells and cancer origins in the distal stomach
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1973-x AQP5 is identified as a marker for pyloric stem cells in humans and mice, and stem cells in the AQP5+ compartment are shown to be a source of invasive gastric cancer in mouse models.
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Nature will publish peer review reports as a trial
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00309-9 Research involves deep discussions between authors and reviewers. Starting this week, readers of some Nature Research journals will be able to see this up close.
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Demonstration of cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1958-9 Ionization cooling, a technique that delivers high-brightness muon beams for the study of phenomena at energy scales beyond those of the Large Hadron Collider, is demonstrated by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment.
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Phase separation organizes the site of autophagosome formation
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1977-6 The pre-autophagosomal structure in yeast is a liquid-like condensate of Atg proteins whose phase separation may have a critical, active role in autophagy.
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Reply to: Why fossil fuel producer subsidies matter
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1921-9
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Why fossil fuel producer subsidies matter
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1920-x
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Discriminating α-synuclein strains in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1984-7 Protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) technology can discriminate between patients with Parkinson's disease and patients with multiple system atrophy on the basis of the characteristics of the α-synuclein aggregates in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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A platform for making and transferring oxide films
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00206-1 Crystalline films of technologically useful oxide materials have been grown by a method based on surface-modified substrates. Unlike usual oxide films, these can be easily transferred to any material.
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Thousands Are Quarantined On a Virus-Stricken Luxury Cruise Ship
An entire luxury cruise ship housing 2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew members has been quarantined off the Japanese coast for two weeks, according to the Washington Post . Last week, a passenger from Hong Kong on the vessel Diamond Princess was confirmed to have caught the coronavirus that's swept the globe this year, claiming the lives of hundreds of people. According to Japan's Health Ministry,
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Reconstructing evolutionary trajectories of mutation signature activities in cancer using TrackSig
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14352-7 Cancers evolve as they progress under differing selective pressures. Here, as part of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium, the authors present the method TrackSig the estimates evolutionary trajectories of somatic mutational processes from single bulk tumour data.
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Pathway and network analysis of more than 2500 whole cancer genomes
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14367-0 Understanding deregulation of biological pathways in cancer can provide insight into disease etiology and potential therapies. Here, as part of the PanCancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) consortium, the authors present pathway and network analysis of 2583 whole cancer genomes from 27 tumour types.
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Genomic footprints of activated telomere maintenance mechanisms in cancer
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13824-9 In somatic cells the mechanisms maintaining the chromosome ends are normally inactivated; however, cancer cells can re-activate these pathways to support continuous growth. Here, the authors characterize the telomeric landscapes across tumour types and identify genomic alterations associated with different t
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Estimating growth patterns and driver effects in tumor evolution from individual samples
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14407-9 There are many methods to detect cancer-driving mutations. Here, the authors harness the variant allele frequency of mutations in tumor cells of a single individual to present a method that can estimate growth patterns and identify driver gene evolution at a patient specific level.
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Forskere finder generne bag 38 kræftsygdomme: Åbner for bedre behandlinger
Danske forskere er en del af kæmpe projekt, hvor mange tusinde kræftgener er blevet kortlagt.
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Giant Moon rocket, living robots and quantum computer — January's best science images
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00245-8 The month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team.
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Chronic pain: prescribe mental health support as well as drugs, say experts
Calls for social interventions to be used along with opioids, which often have little effect People with chronic pain should be prescribed social interventions, such as mental health support instead of just opioid painkillers, experts have said. About 28 million adults in the UK live with pain that has lasted three months or more, according to recent research. But tackling such pain is challengin
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The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves
Two weeks before Christmas in 1978, the cargo ship MS München encountered a fierce storm in the North Atlantic. Although the captain couldn't evade it, the forecasted waves and winds should have posed no threat to the 261-meter-long ship. At midnight, just three hours earlier, an operator had radioed out to a cruise ship, "Have a good trip and see you soon." Now came a distress call from the Münc
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Trump Touts Tree Planting but Ignores Climate in State of the Union Speech
Several GOP lawmakers have pushed tree planting as a climate mitigation strategy, though scientists say it alone will not curb emissions — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientists find common approach to self-organization problem
An international group of scientists, with the participation of University of Tyumen (UTMN), has presented an overview of cluster systems research, offering a fresh and generalized approach to the problem of self-organization. An article about this was published today by the world's oldest scientific magazine, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.
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Majority of veterans with GWI report moderate/severe fatigue, sleep, and pain symptoms
An online survey of nearly 500 veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) suggests a high burden of disease almost three decades after the conflict.
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Wilderness Medical Society issues important new clinical practice guidelines
The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) has released new clinical practice guidelines in a supplement to Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, published by Elsevier. This issue features updates to previously published clinical practice guidelines and newly developed guidelines on diabetes management and spinal immobilization in the wilderness setting.
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Why males pack a powerful punch
Elk have antlers. Rams have horns. In the animal kingdom, males develop specialized weapons for competition when winning a fight is critical. Humans do too, according to new research from the University of Utah. Males' upper bodies are built for more powerful punches than females', says the study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, suggesting that fighting may have long been a part
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Massive cancer genome study reveals how DNA errors drive tumor growth
Analysis of 2600 tumors could help match cancer patients to targeted treatments
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A deep dive into the genomes of cancer
Decade-long study helps unravel the complexities of cause and effect.
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Cancer gene map heralds new era of personalised treatment
Scientists complete decade-long project to catalogue mutations that drive disease's development
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If a toddler throws her dinner on the floor, a second or two of fuss might ensue, but it's not anything very startling. The adults clean up, then continue as before. But if a guest throws dinner on the floor in a fancy restaurant, that is startling. Everybody turns to look. The staff will be agitated; explanations will be demanded. That rule of life was confirmed last night. President Donald Trum
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These AR Smart Glasses Shoot Lasers Directly Onto Your Retina
Eyeball Lasers In a new attempt at augmented reality smart glasses that actually impress consumers, Bosch is doing away with images projected onto lenses. Instead, its Light Drive glasses will beam images directly onto users' eyeballs with tiny lasers. The glasses, which IEEE Spectrum 's Evan Ackerman tested at CES , require a mildly-annoying custom fitting to make sure the lasers actually hit th
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What DNA From 2,600 Tumors Is Telling Scientists About Cancer
Thanks to an international collaboration, researchers have a database of DNA from thousands of tumors to draw from.
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'Giga Texas?' Musk asks Twitter users to vote on new gigafactory
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MICE Cold: Collaboration Demonstrates Muon Ionization Cooling
Physicists take the first step toward taming the short-lived particle — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Crystal-stacking process can produce new materials for high-tech devices
The magnetic, conductive and optical properties of complex oxides make them key to components of next-generation electronics used for data storage, sensing, energy technologies, biomedical devices and many other applications.
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How manipulating ligand interactions in metal clusters can spur advances in nanotechnology
When metal atoms form small clusters of a particular size, they show interesting and potentially useful electromagnetic characteristics, which are different from those of the actual bulk metal. To fully explore the potential of these properties, it is necessary to find ways to assemble precise macroscopic structures out of these clusters. But, how do these clusters bind together, and what exactly
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MICE Cold: Collaboration Demonstrates Muon Ionization Cooling
Physicists take the first step toward taming the short-lived particle — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ants don't need anger management
They've got their aggression under control.
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Tiny bridges help particles stick together
When it comes to the strength and stability of an aggregate, size may matter.
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Researchers reveal more about the mysterious Tombaugh Regio.
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Thanks, but I'll wait for the shrimp
Cuttlefish eat less for lunch when dinner looks better.
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ALMA captures a death process terminated prematurely.
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