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Arkæolog-droner er på vej til at overtage gravemaskinens arbejde
PLUS. I dag er det dyrt og besværligt at tjekke et område for gemte fortidsminder, inden et anlægsarbejde sættes i gang. Fremover kan det gøres helt uden at grave.
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A New Antibiotic Candidate
Antibiotic discovery is always welcome. Here's a new one from a well-searched area ( Actinomycetes extracts), and the authors (university teams from McMaster, Indiana, and Montreal) did a lot of groundwork to make sure that they weren't just going to rediscover known agents. That's a serious problem with broad-based antibiotic screening, as you'd imagine, and there are several ways to try to get
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Early-life microbiota transplantation affects behavioural responses, serotonin and immune characteristics in chicken lines divergently selected on feather pecking
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59125-w
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Generating electricity 'out of thin air'
Researchers unveil a new device powered by a microbe.
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How dinosaur blood vessels are preserved through the ages
A team of scientists led by Elizabeth Boatman at the University of Wisconsin Stout used infrared and X-ray imaging and spectromicroscopy performed at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) to demonstrate how soft tissue structures may be preserved in dinosaur bones—countering the long-standing scientific dogma that protein-based body parts cannot survive more than 1 million years.
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Novel formulation permits use of toxin from rattlesnake venom to treat chronic pain
Crotoxin, extracted from the venom of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus, has been studied for almost a century for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antitumor activities and as an even more powerful muscle paralyzer than botulinum toxin. However, the toxicity of crotoxin limits its medicinal use.
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Researchers claim solar efficiency breakthrough for flexible 'skin'
Engineers at the University of Queensland say technology could be used to power small devices, such as a phone, within two years A flexible solar "skin" that could be used to generate power on homes, cars and phones is a step closer to development after the technology was used to break a world record for electricity conversion, researchers say. Engineers at the University of Queensland have been
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Technology creates new ways to live on after we die
Researchers call for more clarity in managing our digital and genetic afterlife
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What happens to our online lives after we die?
"Digital legacies" create privacy issues and a new culture of mourning
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Vaccine misinformation and social media
People who rely on social media for information were more likely to be misinformed about vaccines than those who rely on traditional media, according to a study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. The study, based on surveys of nearly 2,500 US adults, found that up to 20% of respondents were at least somewhat misinformed about vaccines.
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3 reasons not to panic about artificial intelligence
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Artificiell intelligens hittar sjukdomsrelaterade gener
Ett artificiellt neuralt nätverk kan hitta mönster i stora mängder genuttrycksdata och upptäcka grupper av sjukdomsrelaterade gener. Forskarna hoppas att deras tillvägagångssätt på sikt ska kunna tillämpas inom precisionsmedicin och individanpassad behandling. I sociala medier är det vanligt att den tekniska plattformen ger dig vänförslag. Förslaget grundas på att du och den andra personen har ge
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Sådan fungerer Brøndby Stadions ansigtsgenkendelse
Danmarks hidtil eneste system til overvågning ved hjælp af automatiseret ansigtsgenkendelse har i de første seks måneder udelukket fem uønskede tilskuere fra fodboldkampe.
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£1.2 Billion for weather and climate supercomputer. The supercomputer – expected to be the world's most advanced dedicated to weather and climate – will be used to help more accurately predict storms, select the most suitable locations for flood defences and predict changes to the global climate.
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2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #7
Story of the Week… Toon of the Week… Coming Soon on SkS… Climate Feedback Claim Review… Poster of the Week… SkS Week in Review… Story of the Week… Iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C., breaks off Pine Island glacier in Antarctica Story Highlights: The Pine Island glacier "is one the fastest-retreating glaciers in Antarctica." Over the past 8 years, the Pine Island glacier is l
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Climate change is not the only threat for plants
To maintain plant and animal species on earth, we need not only to consider the direct effects of climate change, but we must also take other equally important environmental issues into consideration—such as changes in agricultural and forestry practices and indirect effects of climate such as increased frequencies of fires.
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Climate change sending Hakuba's snowfall fortunes downhill. More than 30 percent of 385 ski resorts surveyed nationwide had not opened due to lack of snow as of Jan. 30
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Earth climate models and the search for life on other planets
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching. Day and night, they spit out 7 quadrillion calculations per second. These machines collectively are known as NASA's Discover supercomputer and they are tasked with r
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Edaphic factors are important to explain and predict impact of climate change on species distribution
The climate change crisis has resulted in an emphasis on the role of broad-scale climate in controlling species distributions. A key metric for predicting the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems is the local velocity of climate change: how fast a species must move across the landscape to track its preferred climate in space. However, other ecologically important environmental varia
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Efter 25 års forsøg har dansk virksomhed succes med brændselsceller
PLUS. Udviklingsvirksomheden Danish Power Systems har haft et forrygende år med nye aftaler og udsigt til opskalering. Men historien begyndte for 25 år siden.
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Extreme weather could bring next recession
Despite obvious market risks brought by fires, floods and other events, asset managers are slow to react.
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Extreme weather to overload urban power grids, study shows
Extreme hot spells made increasingly likely by climate change could overload urban power grids and cause roving blackouts as an ever-greater share of humanity opt to live in cities, scientists said Monday.
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How extreme weather can disrupt energy supply
We need more storage and grid improvements scientists – and modelling – say.
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UK must prepare for more intense storms, climate scientists say
Government urged to create more natural drainage systems to cope with impact of crisis Britain must brace for more storms like Dennis and Ciara because rainfall will be more intense in a climate-disrupted future, scientists have warned. They said the government needed to increase the creation of more natural drainage systems if it wanted to avoid having to raise the level of sea and river defence
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Coronavirus fears force China into mass chicken cull
Beijing to import US birds as traffic shutdown leads to poultry feed shortages
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Coronavirus Updates: Evacuated Americans Carried Virus From Cruise Ship to Airplane
Fourteen passengers, who were believed to be well before they were evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan on Monday, were found to be infected before boarding a charter plane to the United States.
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Coronavirus updates: US flies out its Diamond Princess passengers as China cases pass 70,000 – live news
Global death toll reaches 1,770 with first case in Taiwan, as Canada prepares to airlift its citizens from Japan cruise ship. Follow live news and latest updates 1.38am GMT The daily national figures for China have been announced. It says the total number of confirmed cases have by 2,048 to 70,548. Total deaths now stand at 1,770, after 105 more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. 1.21am G
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Americans evacuated from coronavirus-hit cruise ship return to US
Passengers flown from Japan after being stuck onboard now face 14 days in quarantine Coronavirus – live updates Two charter flights carrying cruise ship passengers from Japan have landed at military bases in California and Texas, with passengers facing a quarantine period to ensure they do not have the Covid-19 virus that has been spreading thoughout Asia. A plane carrying American passengers tou
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Cathay Pacific results hit as coronavirus disrupts flights
Hong Kong airline's traffic figures show sharp decline in passenger numbers
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China Locks Up Activist Who Criticized State's COVID-19 Response
On Saturday evening, Chinese authorities arrested Xu Zhiyong, a legal expert and civil rights activist who criticized the government's response to the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 . Xu called on President Xi Jinping to resign in an essay earlier this month, The Guardian reports . In it, Xu specifically pointed toward the government's initial choice to censor whistleblowers and keep the ou
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China stifles foreign internet to control coronavirus coverage
Government attacks on VPN services make it more difficult to access restricted sites
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China's Chernobyl Never Seems to Arise
F or a cottage industry of Western experts, the fall of the Chinese Communist Party is always just one crisis away. In 2008, it was the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province that toppled shoddily constructed schools and killed 70,000 people. Later that year, 300,000 babies became sick from drinking milk made from formula tainted with melamine , which revealed the fragility of the country's food
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Chinese activist detained after calling Xi Jinping 'clueless' on coronavirus crisis
Detention of prominent scholar Xu Zhiyong comes amid wider crackdown on freedom of speech The Chinese authorities have detained a prominent activist and legal scholar who issued a blistering attack on president Xi Jinping for mishandling the coronavirus crisis amid a nationwide crackdown on speech freedom. Xu Zhiyong, a former law lecturer and founder of the social campaign New Citizens Movement,
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Global stocks rally on stimulus hopes
CSI 300 gains as traders bank on Beijing easing further to cushion coronavirus impact
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Here's Why It's Taking So Long to Develop a Vaccine For The New Coronavirus
The world is waiting.
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Hong Kong toilet roll heist underscores virus fears
People stockpile basic necessities as outbreak reverberates through region's economies
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How to Stop a Disease From Crossing Borders
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Global Health Protection talks about the coronavirus and her organization's efforts to keep people safe when they travel.
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Image of the Day: Coronavirus Under the Scope
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases releases a series of images that offer a close up look at the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
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Oyo puts brakes on expansion as coronavirus deepens woes
Outbreak complicates the SoftBank-backed hotel chain's efforts to stem mounting losses
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Samsung flies phone parts to Vietnam after coronavirus hits supply chain
Electronics group grapples with disruptions as a result of Chinese border restrictions
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These Unsettling Medical Masks Look Like Human Faces
A startup is trying to cash in on the recent surge in face mask sales caused by the coronavirus outbreak — by selling bizarre-looking masks that are printed to resemble the face of the wearer underneath it. "We make N95 respiratory masks that work with facial recognition software," promises the nebulous website . "Be protective and be recognized. It's so easy." The idea is to protect users from i
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What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?
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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Why corporate schmoozing will survive coronavirus
Recent conference cancellations are unlikely to derail our desire to meet in person
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A Car 'Splatometer' Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off
Measuring how many bugs fly into car windshields might sound silly. But to scientists predicting an "insect apocalypse," the numbers are deadly serious.
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Bioengineers developing organisms without biological parents
Bioengineers are on the brink of developing artificial organisms that will open up new applications in medicine and industry. Beat Christen discusses their risks and benefits.
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Cyborg grasshoppers have been engineered to sniff out explosives
The super-sensitive smelling ability of American grasshoppers has been used to create biological bomb sniffers, which could prove useful for security purposes
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Kvinna fick livmoder från död donator – kan få barn nästa år
För första gången har en livmodertransplantation genomförts i Sverige med en livmoder från en avliden donator. Ingreppet skedde utan komplikationer och en födsel kan ske tidigast 2021.
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Man hacks his prosthetic arm to control music synthesizer with his thoughts
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'Ivy-plus' colleges are missing some middle-class students
Middle-class college students are underrepresented at highly selective colleges and universities, researchers report. That could change, however, if those institutions granted them a boost in the application and admissions process similar to that often given to children of alumni, according to a new study. The report in Opportunity Insights builds on research shared in a 2017 report concluding th
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30 years of the iron hypothesis of ice ages
Nature, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00393-x In 1990, an oceanographer who had never worked on climate science proposed that ice-age cooling has been amplified by increased concentrations of iron in the sea — and instigated an explosion of research.
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A Bold Proposal for Easing the Venezuela-Colombia Migrant Crisis
Building solar and wind power along the border would provide jobs, clean water and more productive farms — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A computational platform for high-throughput analysis of RNA sequences and modifications by mass spectrometry
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14665-7 Mass spectrometry (MS) enables identification of modified RNA residues, but high-throughput processing is currently a bottleneck. Here, the authors present a free and open-source database search engine for RNA MS data to facilitate reliable identification of modified RNA sequences.
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A disinhibitory nigra-parafascicular pathway amplifies seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14648-8 The neural circuits through which the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) exerts its role in epilepsy control are not known. Here the authors reveal that a long-range SNr-parafascicular nucleus disinhibitory circuit participates in regulating seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy and inhibition of this circu
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A Microbial Signature Identifies Advanced Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Mainly Due to NAFLD
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59535-w
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A solvent-assisted ligand exchange approach enables metal-organic frameworks with diverse and complex architectures
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14671-9 Metal-organic frameworks are promising for a range of applications, but architectural control is challenging. Here the authors use solvent-assisted ligand exchange to access a variety of metal-organic framework nanomaterials for precursors of nanoporous carbon with sodium ion storage properties.
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A submillimeter survey of protostars
The formation of stars involves the complex interactions of many phenomena, including gravitational collapse, magnetic fields, turbulence, stellar feedback, and cloud rotation. The balance between these effects varies significantly between sources, and astronomers have adopted a statistical approach to understand the typical, early-stage star formation sequence. The earliest stage is called the pr
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Africa's growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination
Africa is facing a serious lead poisoning problem. In Senegal, for example, researchers linked the deaths of children from processing lead waste to supply a lead battery recycling plant in a poor suburb of Dakar. Villagers supply lead waste to the plant for compensation.
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After domestic abuse, women face 44% higher mortality risk
Women who have experienced domestic abuse are 44% more likely to die from any cause compared to the general population, a study finds. The researchers have also identified an increased risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in those who have experienced domestic abuse, although more research will need to determine what other factors specific
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Algorithms getting better at predicting parole outcomes
US study finds a promising way to calculate the risk of reoffending.
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Amazon's new delivery robots will wait while you try on clothes
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America Is Alone in Its Cold War With China
In the contest between the United States and China over who gets to shape the world in the coming century, America seems to be playing to win. But it's running into a big problem. Despite the global network of alliances Washington has built up, it's been unable to convince those allies to hop aboard the " great-power-competition " express and leave China behind. U.S. officials are learning just h
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An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away – Across the United States and Europe, software is making probation decisions and predicting whether teens will commit crime. Opponents want more human oversight.
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An exoplanet is generating radio waves from its red dwarf sun
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet by detecting radio waves generated by interactions with its parent star
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An Ode to Cold Showers
Luci Gutiérrez H ere's what used to happen. I'd wake up, smoldering and sighing, reel out of bed and into the kitchen, and put the kettle on. Then I'd think: Well, now what? Time would go granular, like in a Jack Reacher novel, but less exciting. Five minutes at least until the kettle boils. Make a decision. Crack the laptop, read the news. Or stare murkily out the window. Unload the dishwasher?
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An Open Letter to America's Billionaires
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Ancient plant foods discovered in Arnhem Land
Australia's first plant foods—eaten by early populations 65,000 years ago—have been discovered in Arnhem Land.
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Arrokoth's origins may solve planetary 'building blocks' mystery
New research describes the farthest, most primitive object in the solar system a spacecraft has ever visited—a bi-lobed Kuiper Belt object known as Arrokoth. The reports expand upon the first published results on this object. Those previous results were based on a small amount of initial data from the New Horizons spacecraft after a January 2019 flyby. William B. McKinnon, professor of earth and
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Artrikt på menyn gynnar älgar i brukad skog
Älgar väljer vad de äter med stor omsorg, och de är duktiga på att balansera födointaget. En varierad kost, med stort intag av lövsly, ger älgarna god kondition och höga kalvvikter, enligt SLU. En sydsvensk studie från SLU har gjort analyser av maginnehållet hos älgar, och jämfört med vad som finns att äta i olika områden, och kalvarnas vikter. Kartläggningen av älgarnas matvanor är ett bra exem
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Astronomers discover 11 dangerous asteroids that could impact the earth. That these asteroids have not previously been identified is because the chaotic orbit of these asteroids. As a result, they are not noticed by the current software from space organizations.
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Author Correction: The ubiquitin ligase UBR5 suppresses proteostasis collapse in pluripotent stem cells from Huntington's disease patients
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14726-x
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Beavers cut flooding and pollution and boost wildlife populations
Five-year study of animals in Devon finds measurable benefits to wildlife and people Beavers have alleviated flooding, reduced pollution and boosted populations of fish, amphibians and other wildlife, according to a five-year study of wild-living animals in Devon. The report , which will help the government decide whether to allow wild beavers to return to England after being hunted to extinction
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Between bondage and freedom: Life in Civil War refugee camps
Research by assistant professor of history Abigail Cooper into the refugee camps set up for African Americans during the Civil War has revealed stories of courage and bravery and a new understanding of how blacks built a new future for themselves born from the ashes of slavery.
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Bill Barr Must Resign
DOJ Barr Trump Stone
W hen Donald Trump chose Bill Barr to serve as attorney general in December 2018, even some moderates and liberals greeted the choice with optimism. One exuberant Democrat described him as "an excellent choice," who could be counted on to "stand up for the department's institutional prerogatives and … push back on any improper attempt to inject politics into its work." At the end of his first yea
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Binaural beats synchronize brain activity, don't affect mood
An auditory illusion thought to synchronize brain waves and alter mood is no more effective than other sounds, according to research in adults recently published in eNeuro. The effect reported in other studies might be a placebo but could still have helpful effects for some people.
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Breaking out of labs and facilities — robots of the open world – TechHQ
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Breakthrough Listen releases 2 petabytes of data from SETI survey of Milky Way
Breakthrough Listen announced its second major release of SETI data: a radio survey of the plane of the Milky Way and the galactic center. The public is urged to search the data for signals from intelligent civilizations. A former undergraduate initiated the analysis by looking at emissions from 20 nearby stars that could see Earth transiting our sun. The VLA also signed on to capture radio data f
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Cambridge caught in crossfire of US-China tech war
Beijing's influence on British universities is growing and uncontrolled, say experts
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Cervical Cancer May Possibly Be Eliminated In The Usa Within 20 Years
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CFCS: Dansk virksomhed hacket fem gange på to år
»Denne sag viser, at hvis man har udstyr på sit netværk, der ikke bliver opdateret, så er hele ens netværk usikkert,« konkluderer Center for Cybersikkerhed om den unavngivne virksomhed.
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Charity care provided by nonprofit hospitals
Researchers looked at the net income of nonprofit hospitals in the US and examined how their financial status was associated with the level of charity care they provided in 2017 for uninsured and insured patients.
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Cheminovas kviksølv er forsvundet fra kysten: Nu prøver forskere at opspore det
PLUS. Mængden af kviksølv i sedimenterne ved kysten i Harboøre Tange er dalet drastisk de sidste 40 år. Selvom budene er mange, kan forskere ikke sætte fingeren på, hvorfor kviksølvet er forsvundet, eller hvor det er forsvundet hen.
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Chemist synthesizes new compounds with strong antidiabetic properties
A RUDN University chemist has synthesized new derivatives of 1,2,4-triazole that exhibit antidiabetic properties. Experiments showed that these compounds work better than acarbose, a widely used hypoglycemic drug, and demonstrate antioxidant properties. In the future, they can be used to develop drugs against type 2 diabetes. The article is published in the journal Bioorganic Chemistry.
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Christina Brock er landets første professor i det autonome nervesystem
Tidlig opsporing af nerveskader samt bedre forebyggelse og udvikling af potentielle behandlingsmuligheder er fokus for Christina Brock, ny professor ved Aalborg Universitetshospital.
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Combination drug therapy for childhood brain tumors shows promise in laboratory models
In experiments with human cells and mice, researchers report evidence that combining the experimental cancer medication TAK228 (also called sapanisertib) with an existing anti-cancer drug called trametinib may be more effective than either drug alone in decreasing the growth of pediatric low-grade gliomas.
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Copper-mediated synthesis of drug-like bicyclopentanes
Nature, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2060-z
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Cork-coated spacecraft to be chucked out of the ISS for re-entry test
A spacecraft designed to study re-entry into Earth's atmosphere has a nose coated in cork, a cheap and lightweight alternative to other materials
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Could micro-credentials compete with traditional degrees?
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Cutting off kidney cancer at its roots
Scientists at the MDC have discovered stem cells responsible for the most common form of kidney cancer. The team of Walter Birchmeier has found a way to block the growth of these tumors in three models of the disease.
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De novo genes far more common and important than scientists thought
Scientists from Trinity and the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that de novo genes—genes that have evolved from scratch—are both more common and more important than previously believed.
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Dear Therapist: My Husband Accidentally Caused the Death of Our Family's Dog
Editor's Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email her at dear.therapist@theatlantic.com . Dear Therapist, My husband used to take our two dogs for walks and would let them off their leash to run in an abandoned field. Three weeks ago, he woke up early in the morning to take them out. Around 9:30, he came down to t
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Dinosaur Eggshells Just Added Curious Evidence to a Debate About Their Blood
Will we ever know for sure?
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Do you believe there will be technology or any means to bring back extinct species?
Right now, they're trying to bring back the Wooly Mammoth via de-extinction, but I believe they have been doing this for a long time now. I don't think the technology we have right now is good enough to go about this process. I think in order to have this process to go smoothly it needs to be able to find a surrogate mother closely related to the species, but it also needs an environment in which
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Does the Universe Need Dark Matter to Form Galaxies? A Controversial Model Says 'No'
A new computer simulation can form galaxies without the need for dark matter. Overcoming this hurdle has been a long-standing challenge for supporters of a controversial theory of the universe that claims dark matter doesn't exist.
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Early schizophrenia treatment doesn't slow the disease
People with schizophrenia who receive early intervention eventually experience the same declines as those whose treatment starts later, researchers report. The finding contradicts the common view that early intervention in schizophrenia slows or stops mental decline. It also suggests that studies of schizophrenia should take into account how long study participants have been symptomatic, otherwis
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Environment high on list of worries for half of Aussie voter
The environment has rocketed up to either number one or two on the list of worries for about half of Australian voters, according to a new poll from The Australian National University (ANU).
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Evoked and spontaneous pain assessment during tooth pulp injury
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59742-5
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Exotic atomic nuclei reveal traces of new form of superfluidity
Recent observations of the internal structure of the rare isotope ruthenium-88 shed new light on the internal structure of atomic nuclei, a breakthrough that could also lead to further insights into how some chemical elements in nature and their isotopes are formed.
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Experimental observation of drumhead surface states in SrAs3
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59200-2 Experimental observation of drumhead surface states in SrAs 3
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Facial expressions don't tell the whole story of emotion
Facial expressions might not be reliable indicators of emotion, research indicates. In fact, it might be more accurate to say we should never trust a person's face, new research suggests.
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Fashion impostor syndrome: why expensive designer clothes can be bad for your health
Researchers have identified a new psychological condition that affects some wearers of luxury items – although notably not those with a huge sense of entitlement Name: Fashion impostor syndrome. Age: New for spring 2020. Continue reading…
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Fast-charging, long-running, bendy energy storage breakthrough
A new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period, has been developed and demonstrated by UCL and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers.
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Fieldwork on remote islands for evolutionary study finds rare bats in decline
A study led by Susan Tsang, a former Fulbright Research Fellow from the City College of New York, reveals dwindling populations and widespread hunting throughout Indonesia and the Philippines of the world's largest bats known as flying foxes.
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Fiverr launches AI-powered automated logo maker
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Flood buyouts disproportionately benefit whitest at-risk neighborhoods in cities
The federal flood buyout program disproportionally benefits at-risk homes in the whitest communities of America's largest cities, according to a study from sociologists at Rice University.
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Formand for akutlægerne: En akutmodtagelse i Køge uden hjertelæger er en dårlig løsning
Trods fire nyansatte yngre læger til at løse problemet med en lukket hjerteafdeling i Køge, er formanden Dansk Selskab for Akutmedicin ikke imponeret.
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Forældet anlægslov: Sønderjysk banestrækning skal undersøges forfra
PLUS. Den nuværende anlægslov for strækningen Tinglev og Padborg er fra 1993 og kræver en opdatering, inden politikerne træffer beslutning om at udvide til et dobbeltspor
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FOXM1 regulates leukemia stem cell quiescence and survival in MLL-rearranged AML
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14590-9 FOXM1 is a known transcription factor which promotes cell proliferation in cancer cells. Here, the authors show that FOXM1 is required for the maintenance of quiescence and self-renewal of leukemia stem cells in MLL-AF9-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia patient and mouse models.
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Fremtidens gadget? Spion-armbånd kan sikre dig mod aflytning
Det er en sjov gadget, men ikke nok til at stoppe overvågning, siger ekspert.
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Freshwater insects recover while spiders decline in UK
Many insects, mosses and lichens in the UK are bucking the trend of biodiversity loss, according to a comprehensive analysis of over 5,000 species led by UCL and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
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Further evidence we are in a simulation
The recent advance in simulation software to the magnitude of billions of times in my mind means the chance we are in a simulation just went up tremendously. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/models-galaxies-atoms-simple-ai-shortcuts-speed-simulations-billions-times I would like to note that this advance does not require a quantum computer. In fact if they release this publicly anyone could
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Gabrio Bassotti: snip-snip and copy-paste surgeon
Gabrio Bassotti's gang uses patients as a source of research material: no consent or ethics approval needed. The patients are real, but the research results are fake.
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Genetics and evolution in cancer
Several new studies were published earlier this month describing the sequencing of over 2,600 cancer genomes. What the results show include what sorts of mutations drive cancer development and how evolution makes cancers so difficult to treat.
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German firms Bayer and BASF fight $265m US fine over weedkiller
Bayer and BASF are told to pay huge damages to a Missouri peach-grower.
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Globular cluster system of NGC 4546 studied in detail
Using the Gemini-South telescope, astronomers have performed a photometric study of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4546. Results of the new research provide more clues about the structure and nature of the galaxy's globular cluster system. The study was published February 7 on arXiv.org.
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Graphene's effects on the lungs
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Gravity Maze Is an Addictive Marble Game That Teaches Kids About STEM
Playing with marbles is sometimes thought of as a fun, but mindless childhood activity. But the people at ThinkFun have come up with a way to use marbles to teach kids about logic and basic STEM skills. It's called Gravity Maze , and it's a fun, addictive, gravity-powered marble game for kids aged eight years and up. The goal of Gravity Maze is to get a marble from point A to point B… or more pre
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Grit Fuels the Cognitive Engine on the Road to Success
Have you ever had the feeling that some of your relatives, classmates, or coworkers seem to never do well when challenged, while others seem to always reach their goals? What do successful people have in common? Cognition is often thought to play a leading role in achieving one's academic or career goals. More specifically, a limited set of cognitive skills measured by IQ tests and known as "crys
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Guy uses amplifier hack to control a modular synth with prosthesis
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Having a clock in your shower could help to reduce water consumption
Findings from a small preliminary study with residents of the Cranfield University campus have shown that shower times are significantly shorter when showers are fitted with time displays.
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Helping to support threatened marine life
Nature, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00448-z Marine ecologist Graham Edgar aims to understand how little-noticed undersea species interact, and how humans disrupt that behaviour.
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Holstein steers given hormone implants grow as well as beef steers
Holstein steers that get hormone implants grow faster than those that do not receive the implants, and they get as big as beef cattle breeds, according to Penn State researchers, who say that's good news for dairy farmers struggling to keep their operations financially viable.
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How a Street-Smart Supercar Got Ready for the Racetrack
To build an NSX for racing, Acura had to "dumb down" its model by omitting its smartest part: the electric motor.
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How learning about fish can help us save the Amazon rainforest
Think of the Amazon, and you probably think of jaguars, monkeys, or parrots. But many of the rainforest's secrets can be found hidden in its watery depths, from the fish swimming around its rivers and lakes And because these animals live in a river network that spans the South American continent, studying them helps conservationists understand why connected ecosystems are healthy ecosystems. Scien
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How the race to autonomous cars got sidetracked by human nature
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Human compost funerals 'better for environment'
A US firm claims the service it offers saves more than a tonne of carbon, after a pilot study.
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Image: Hubble embraces spiral with open arms
The spiral galaxy NGC 2008 sits center stage, its ghostly spiral arms spreading out toward us, in this image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
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In five years, half of all surgeries will be assisted by robots: LTTS
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Incidence of diabetes mellitus in Spain as results of the nation-wide cohort di@bet.es study
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59643-7
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Increasing the service life of polymer electrolyte fuel cells with a nanodispersed ionomer
Protons (subatomic particles) can be transferred from the anode to the cathode through the ionomer membrane in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC). Scientists can extend proton pathways by impregnating the ionomer (type of polymer) into the electrodes to achieve improved proton transfer efficiency. Since the impregnated ionomer can mechanically bind catalysts within the electrode, they are known
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Indigenous Lands Ace Biodiversity Measurements
Across the board, indigenous-managed regions equal or surpass conventional conservation areas — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ink Rx? Welcome to the World of Paramedical Tattoos
Needles and pigments are helping medical patients heal emotionally.
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Intratumoral heterogeneity may be responsible for chemotherapy resistance in patients with small cell lung cancer
A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that chemotherapy results in increased heterogeneity within small cell lung cancer, leading to the evolution of multiple resistance mechanisms.
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It's Okay to Leave Your Headphones at Home
A striking thing happened to me the day after Christmas while I was visiting home. In the middle of a long run on a grassy levee that walls off an untamed estuary from the rest of New Orleans, my phone died. The music blaring from my Bluetooth earbuds ceased with an impolite bloop and halted me mid-stride. Already sweating, I became even clammier at the thought of running multiple miles to get ba
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Jagten på intelligent liv i universet bliver intensiveret
SETI Institute, der leder efter ekstraterrestrisk liv, får nu direkte adgang til samtlige rådata fra 27 store radioteleskoper i New Mexico.
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KBT för utmattningssyndrom ger effektiv symtomlindring
En 12 veckor lång KBT-behandling minskar symtomen och ökar livskvaliteten hos personer med utmattningssyndrom eller anpassningsstörning. Det gäller både via internet och kognitiv beteendeterapi på vanligt sätt. De positiva effekterna kvarstod ett år efter avslutad behandling. Stressrelaterad ohälsa är ett utbrett problem i Sverige och internationellt. Personer som upplever stress under långa peri
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Klimatförändringar inte enda hotet mot våra växter
För att bevara växt- och djurarter måste man inte bara ta hänsyn till de direkta effekterna av klimatförändringar utan också andra viktiga miljöfaktorer. Det kan vara förändringar i jordbruk och skogsbruk liksom indirekta effekter av klimatförändringar som ökad brandrisk. – Vi bör definitivt ta klimatfrågan på största allvar, men när det gäller biologisk mångfald finns det andra hot som är minst
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Latino Support for Trump Is Real
President Donald Trump has done almost everything he can to anger Latino voters. And yet, his support among this crucial portion of the electorate remains surprisingly consistent. After the 2016 election, exit polls analyzed by the Pew Research Center showed that 28 percent of Latino voters supported Trump; today, 30 percent support him. This percentage may not seem high. But consider what the nu
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Lensless on-chip microscopy platform shows slides in full view
When you look through a microscope, whatever is on the stage is magnified to a degree the naked eye can hardly imagine. While traditional microscopy techniques allow miniscule details to come into view, standard equipment doesn't provide us with the full picture.
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Like a 'second wife': Wind energy gives American farmers a new crop to sell in tough times
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Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020)
Nature, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00449-y Virtuoso mathematician who transformed the study of partial differential equations.
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Mainstreaming SETI
This weekend I was at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) meeting in Seattle talking about science communication. The meeting often creates a pulse of science-news reporting, base on all the presentations and lectures there. One talk I didn't get to see was by Dr. Anthony Beasley , director of the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia. He
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Meet the Sulfur Miners Risking Their Lives Inside a Volcano
Mt. Ijen, on the island of Java, is one of the most dangerous workplaces on Earth.
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Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer
A new supercomputer is to be built by 2022 to improve the accuracy of weather forecasting.
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Microplastics: A macro problem
Flying somewhere over the planet, there's a plane equipped with research-grade, double-sided tape on the outside of its hull. Each time the pilot lands the plane, he removes the tape, seals it in a package, and replaces it with a new one before he takes off again. He then mails the package to Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, care of Dimitri Deheyn, Associate Researcher.
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Mobilen – ett växande arbetsmiljöproblem inom handeln
Att kunden tittar i sin mobil istället för på kassapersonalen i butiken har negativ inverkan på arbetsmiljön för de anställda, visar forskning vid Karlstad universitet och Högskolan i Borås. Mobiltelefoner används och accepteras i allt högre grad som en del av vardagliga situationer både i privata och offentliga utrymmen. Att den ökade mobilanvändningen kan ha en negativ påverkan på privata relat
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More efficient photocatalysts could unlock the potential of solar energy
An organic semiconductor photocatalyst that significantly enhances the generation of hydrogen gas could lead to more efficient energy storage technologies.
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Mortality from all causes over 40% higher in female domestic abuse survivors
Women who have experienced domestic abuse appear to be more than 40% more likely to die from any cause compared to the general population, a study led by the Universities of Warwick and Birmingham suggests.
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Neural Network Says These 11 Asteroids Could Smash Into Earth
A team of researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands have developed a neural network called "Hazardous Object Identifier" that they say can predict if an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Their new AI singled out 11 asteroids that were not previously classified by NASA as hazardous, and which were larger than 100 meters in diameter — big enough to explode with the force of hu
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New all-sky search reveals potential neutrino sources
For over a century, scientists have been observing very high-energy charged particles called cosmic rays arriving from outside Earth's atmosphere. The origins of these particles are very difficult to pinpoint because the particles themselves do not travel on a straight path to Earth. Even gamma rays, a type of high-energy photon that offers a little more insight, are absorbed when traversing long
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New catalyst recycles greenhouse gases into fuel and hydrogen gas
Scientists have taken a major step toward a circular carbon economy by developing a long-lasting, economical catalyst that recycles greenhouse gases into ingredients that can be used in fuel, hydrogen gas, and other chemicals. The results could be revolutionary in the effort to reverse global warming, according to the researchers. The study was published on February 14 in Science.
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New green technology from UMass Amherst generates electricity 'out of thin air'
As reported today in Nature, the laboratories of electrical engineer Jun Yao and microbiologist Derek Lovley at UMass Amherst have created a device they call an 'Air-gen.' or air-powered generator, with electrically conductive protein nanowires produced by the microbe Geobacter. The Air-gen connects electrodes to the protein nanowires in such a way that electrical current is generated from the wat
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New green technology generates electricity 'out of thin air'
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a new technology they say could have significant implications for the future of renewable energy, climate change and in the future of medicine.
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New interest in old helmet design
Protection from shock waves is increasingly important.
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New Invention Generates Electricity "Out of Thin Air"
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New material to surpass traditional oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
A research group led by Prof. YANG Minghui at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) discovered that zirconium nitride (ZrN) catalysts could be a superior alternative to expensive platinum (Pt) catalysts for oxygen reduction. The study was published in Nature Materials.
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New technique allows scientists to 'listen in' on cancer cells
Scientists have a developed a new technique to decipher how millions of individual cells are communicating with each other in miniature tumours grown in the lab, known as organoids, according to new research published in Nature Methods today (Monday). This is the first time that scientists have been able to analyse many different signalling molecules at once in individual cells within replicas of
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New technologies, strategies expanding search for extraterrestrial life
New technologies that enable new strategies are revitalizing the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), by not only augmenting the traditional search for intelligently-generated radio signals but also allowing searches for other signs of life and technological activity.
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New Telescope Images of Betelgeuse Reveal Details of Its Mysterious Dimming
We still don't know what's happening over there.
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New UCL technology analyses single cancer cells in lab grown tumours
New technology developed at UCL is, for the first time, enabling cancer scientists to analyse the individual behaviour of millions of different cells living inside lab-grown tumours — a breakthrough which could lead to new personalised cancer treatments.
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No 10 furore is latest chapter in long, dark history of racist science
Idea that members of one race are intellectually superior has had to be confronted regularly The notion that members of one race are inherently more intelligent than members of another – brought back into circulation by the appointment of Andrew Sabisky , who claims that black Americans have a lower average IQ than white people, as a Downing Street adviser – is an idea with a deep and disturbing
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No 10 refuses to comment on PM's views of racial IQ
Move comes after hiring of new adviser who said black people have lower average IQs Boris Johnson's spokesman has refused to say whether the prime minister thinks black people have lower IQs on average, or agrees with eugenics, after No 10 hired an adviser with highly controversial views. In a tense briefing with the media, the prime minister's deputy official spokesman declined several times to
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No 10 refuses to condemn adviser's remarks
Labour calls for Andrew Sabisky to be sacked over reported comments on race and eugenics.
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Noise-tolerant single photon sensitive three-dimensional imager
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14591-8 Imagers capable of reconstructing three-dimensional scenes in the presence of strong background noise are desirable for many remote sensing and imaging applications. Here, the authors report an imager operating in photon-starved and noise-polluted environments through quantum parametric mode sorting.
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Open University scientists testing 'Moon dust' for water
Scientists at the Open University are studying minerals collected during the 1969 Moon landings.
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Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver
MySafe scheme for addicts aims to help reduce overdose deaths in Canadian city A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as part of a project to help fight the Canadian city's overdose crisis. The MySafe project, which resembles a cash machine, gives addicts access to a prescribed amount of medical quality hydromorphone, a drug about twice as powerful as heroin. Continue reading
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Origin of life: A Darwinian machine for non-living objects
Life is usefully defined on the basis of process: Any set of entities that participates in the process of evolution by natural selection is alive. But how does evolution by natural selection—and thus life—get started? The answer is far from obvious. Lack of insight haunts origins of life research and plagues understanding of the major evolutionary transitions, including the transition from cells t
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Painting of deity found inside 3,000-year-old coffin
Three men, one at each end and one at the middle, slowly and gingerly lifted the wooden lid as if handling a giant eggshell. Quietly offering each other direction and status reports, they glided a few steps and placed the lid atop a Styrofoam support structure for safekeeping.
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Parents from lower-income families less likely to say child's water supply is safe
Parents from lower-income families are less likely to describe their home tap water as safe, say their water has been tested or feel confident in the quality of drinking fountain water at their child's school compared with higher income peers, a new national poll suggests.
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Perovskites reveal huge resettable single-photon response
Despite the progress in perovskite device efficiencies, these systems are not fully understood, in particular the frequency- and power-dependence of their response to light. Yu-Hwa Lo and colleagues at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) now report on systematic investigations of how these devices respond to light for frequencies varying over eight orders of magnitude and power rangin
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Plane, train, or automobile? The climate impact of transport is complicated
The 2020s will have to involve some very big decisions about transport – the UK's most polluting sector. The UK government's response so far has been erratic, choosing to intervene to prevent the collapse of Flybe (Europe's biggest regional airline) and give the green light for the high-speed rail project, HS2.
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Politikere kræver fælles mobilopladere – men det vil stadig tage årevis
PLUS. Europa-Parlamentet er igen blevet enige om, at mobilproducenter skal have fælles opladere til mobiltelefoner. Men der går med al sandsynlighed år, før en eventuel obligatorisk standard træder i kraft.
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Power generation from ambient humidity using protein nanowires
Nature, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2010-9 A new type of energy-harvesting device, based on protein nanowires from the microbe Geobacter sulforreducens, can generate a sustained power output by producing a moisture gradient across the nanowire film using natural humidity.
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Protein function maintains the balance between protrusive and contractile cell machineries
Tropomodulin maintains the fine balance between the protein machineries responsible for cell movement and morphogenesis. Disturbances in this balance are common in many diseases, for example, invasive cancers.
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Psychedelics have lost their cool. Blame Gwyneth Paltrow | John Semley
Mushrooms used to be the territory of hippies, explorers, indigenous people and artists. Now tech bros and wellness gurus have taken over On a June evening in 1955, an investment banker and amateur mycologist named Robert Gordon Wasson found himself in an adobe house high in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, encountering the divine. That night, Wasson, his wife, the photographer Allan Richardson a
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Qanon Deploys 'Information Warfare' to Influence the 2020 Election
The conspiracy movement lost its online home when 8chan was shut down. Followers migrated to other sites—and have set their sights on the presidential race.
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Rain has eased the dry, but more is needed to break the drought
After the intensely dry conditions of 2019, January and February have brought much-needed rain. Dams in many cities and towns were replenished and some farmers may be able to grow a crop for the first time in several seasons. So does this mean the drought has broken?
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Recommended diuretic causes more side effects than similar hypertension drug
Patients taking the recommended diuretic for hypertension had nearly three times the risk of potentially serious side effects, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University.
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Reproductive genome from the laboratory
The field of synthetic biology does not only observe and describe processes of life but also mimics them. A key characteristic of life is the ability for replication, which means the maintenance of a chemical system. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried generated a system, which is able to regenerate parts of its own DNA and protein building blocks.
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Research reveals how ski tourism operators can protect profits in the face of climate change
Research by Cass Business School academics has presented a methodology for identifying how winter tourism operators can protect themselves against the risk of decreasing visitor numbers to ski destinations and lost revenues.
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Researchers challenge new guidelines on aspirin in primary prevention
New guidelines recommend aspirin use in primary prevention for people ages 40 to 70 years old who are at higher risk of a first cardiovascular event, but not for those over 70. Yet, people over 70 are at higher risks of cardiovascular events than those under 70. As a result, health care providers are understandably confused about whether or not to prescribe aspirin for primary prevention of heart
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Researchers create new tools to monitor water quality, measure water insecurity
A wife-husband team will present both high-tech and low-tech solutions for improving water security at this year's American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 16. Northwestern University's Sera Young and Julius Lucks come from different ends of the science spectrum but meet in the middle to provide critical new information to approach this g
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Retractions could mean fewer submissions for journals, says new analysis
What effects the number of submissions a journal receives? A new study in Learned Publishing, led by staff at Wiley, aimed to find out — and the results, based in part on our database, suggest that retractions may correlate with submission numbers. We asked corresponding author Thomas Gaston to answer a few questions about the … Continue reading
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Roskilde kommune kaster redningskrans til svømmehalsbyggeri på dybt vand
Byggeriet af en ny svømmehal i Roskilde Kommune får tilført 49 mio. kroner til at nå ny tidsplan.
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Scientists Are Deeply Concerned These 5 Cascading Crises Threaten Future Generations
It's all connected.
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Scientists call for reform on rankings and indices of science journals
Researchers are used to being evaluated based on indices like the impact factors of the scientific journals in which they publish papers and their number of citations. A team of 14 natural scientists from nine countries are now rebelling against this practice, arguing that obsessive use of indices is damaging the quality of science.
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Scientists Propose Gene Hack to Make Cocaine Less Fun
Party's Over Mayo Clinic scientists have proposed a new treatment for cocaine addiction, that's, somehow, taken humans over two millennia to figure out: Make it less fun. More Like No-caine Writing in The Conversation, a pair of University of Tennessee scientist report that Mayo Clinic researchers have published a paper with the whimsically longwinded title "Systemic Safety of a Recombinant AAV8
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Scientists unlock low-cost material to shape light for industry
Researchers in Australia have found a way to manipulate laser light at a fraction of the cost of current technology.
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SENSEI – HBP Partnering Project – 3D Imaging and Segmentation
From: HumanBrainProject
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She Didn't Want a Pelvic Exam. She Received One Anyway.
Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients.
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Sitting more is associated with higher heart disease risk in older women
Post-menopausal Hispanic women sat an average of about 8-1/2 hours per day, compared to more than 9 hours per day for non-Hispanic women.In the total sample of older women, prolonged sitting time patterns were associated with significantly greater body mass index, waist circumference, fasting blood sugar, insulin, triglycerides and insulin resistance.
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Skaffa barn eller inte – vem i paret bestämmer?
Om du och din partner drar åt olika håll när det gäller att skaffa barn – vems vilja väger då tyngst, i genomsnitt? En studie i demografi har svaret, som nyanserar bilden av traditionella könsroller. – Generellt behöver båda parter vilja det för att de ska välja att bli föräldrar, vilket är ganska väntat. Nytt för den här studien är att vi kan visa att det ser lite olika ut för par som redan bliv
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Solar powered plane which could be airborne for a year completes first flight
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Solved: The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling
The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after more than a half a century.
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Space companies are racing to beam web access to the entire planet. But 'space junk' is a big worry
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Steel Plate Shears Cutting Speed and Modular Design – Metalforming
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Study identifies states with highest rates of melanoma due to ultraviolet radiation
A new study finds a wide state-by-state variation in rates of melanoma caused by ultraviolet (UV) exposure with highest rates in several states on the East and West Coast including Hawaii, but also a few landlocked states, including Utah, Vermont, and Minnesota.
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Study of electric conduction mechanisms in bismuth silicate nanofibers
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59563-6
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Study: Disease-causing repeats help human neurons function
Researchers found that repeats in the gene that causes Fragile X Syndrome normally regulate how and when proteins are made in neurons.
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Systems analysis for a new Arctic
A major new IIASA report highlights new and emerging policy trends in the Arctic, a region on the front lines of climate change, geopolitics, and global governance.
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Team finds giant bacteria-chomping viruses in odd places
Hundreds of newly discovered and unusually large bacteriophages have capabilities normally associated with living organisms, researchers report. Researchers found the huge bacteriophages, viruses that "eat" bacteria, by scouring a large database of DNA generated from nearly 30 different environments, ranging from the guts of premature infants and pregnant women to a Tibetan hot spring, a South Af
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Techtopia #142: Bor vi i en science fiction drøm?
… eller bor vi bare i en fortid med lidt science fiction krydderi? Techtopia har mødt den israelsk-svenske fremtidsforsker Aric Dromi.
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Tesla's Hardware 3 computer frightens legacy auto after Model 3 teardown: 'We cannot do it'
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Test measures immune response to improve ovarian cancer diagnosis
About 300,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed globally each year, with about 60% of women dying within five years after diagnosis. A clinical trial has shown testing for a specific immune biomarker could improve diagnosis.
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The *Stranger Things* Season 4 Trailer Is Full of Surprises
The Duffer Brothers sent it out with a message signed, "From Russia with love."
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The Ca2+ permeation mechanism of the ryanodine receptor revealed by a multi-site ion model
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14573-w Although the permeation mechanisms for K+ and Na+ channels have been extensively studied, the ion permeation mechanism through Ca2+ channels was largely unknown. Here the authors develop a multisite Ca2+ model that can be used in the framework of classical MD simulations to study Ca2+ in a quantitative manne
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The carbon cost of home delivery and how to avoid it
Delivering online shopping to people's homes is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly when deliveries fail and the journey needs to be repeated. Researchers are now re-thinking home deliveries to see if there is a better way of doing things, with ideas including robot couriers, jointly owned parcel lockers and an "Uber' for parcels.
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The Empathic Civilisation (Please give me your thoughts and opinions after watching)
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The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago
Nature Communications, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14723-0 Little is known about the diets of early modern humans as they dispersed into Australia. Here, Florin et al. study charred plant remains from Madjedbebe rockshelter, which show that 65–53 thousand years ago, early modern humans in northern Australia already had a broad diet of plants.
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The Hottest New Literary Genre Is 'Doomer Lit'
Stories about climate disaster have entertained us for years. Now, they're getting more unforgiving and dire.
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The Next Stage In Perovskite Solar Development | OilPrice.com
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The paradox of dormancy: Why sleep when you can eat?
Why do predators sometimes lay dormant eggs, which are hardy, but take a long time to hatch and are expensive to produce? That is the question that researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) set out to answer in a recent paper published in Advanced Science.
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The skinny on why poor sleep may increase heart risk in women
A new study suggests that for women, poor sleep could contribute to unhealthy food choices, increasing the risk of obesity and heart disease.
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The Super-Cool Materials That Send Heat to Space
Paints, plastics and even wood can be engineered to stay cool in direct sunlight—but their role in displacing power-hungry air conditioners remains unclear — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The sustainable voyager's guide to the galaxy
A sweet ride if you can get there. Advanced civilizations could sail away on black hole jets at the center of some galaxies. (Lynette Cook/) Greta Thunberg's transatlantic voyage showed the world that inter-continental travel doesn't have to rely on fossil fuels . By harnessing the freely available energy blowing in the wind, the 16-year-old Swede managed to sail around 3,500 miles from the UK to
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The use of robots and artificial intelligence in war
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The whitest communities most benefit from flood buyouts
The federal flood buyout program disproportionally benefits at-risk homes in the whitest communities of America's largest cities, a new study shows. Researchers examined data in 500 municipalities across the US between 1990 and 2015 to come up with the first nationwide, peer-reviewed analysis of racial inequalities in the implementation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) flood bu
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The world's 'chemical diversity' tripled in just 20 years
There are 350,000 chemicals available on the market and in circulation worldwide, according to a new estimate. The last time researchers compiled a list, it only ran to 100,000 entries. Drawn up shortly after the turn of the millennium, the list focused on markets in the US, Canada, and western Europe. That made sense at the time because 20 years ago, these countries accounted for more than two t
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There's a fitness gap between public and homeschool students
Homeschooled adolescents may have significantly lower abdominal strength and endurance than public school students who are required to take part in physical education programs, according to a new study. This was despite no significant difference between the two groups in measurements of body mass index, the researchers found. The study compares specific health metrics between two sets of students
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This Breakthrough Just Got Us One Step Closer to a Quantum Internet
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This Revolutionary Supplement Is Designed to Offset the Side Effects of Adderall
Every day millions of people rely on central nervous system stimulants to boost focus and energy. Unfortunately, these stimulants often come with a wide variety of unpleasant side effects, and in the case of some, prolonged use can result in serious long term damage to your brain. Luckily, a company called Recoop has created a pair of dietary supplements specifically engineered to counteract the
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Three quarters of Aussies impacted by summer bushfires
More than three quarters of Australian adults report that they were affected by the nation's recent unprecedented bushfires, according to a new poll from The Australian National University (ANU).
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Tiny bits of air pollution may trigger nonfatal heart attacks
Even a few hours of exposure to ambient ultrafine particles common in air pollution may potentially trigger nonfatal heart attacks, research suggests. Myocardial infarction is a major form of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Ultrafine particles (UFP) are 100 nanometers or smaller in size. In urban areas, automobile emissions are the primary source of UFP. The study in the journal Environmental H
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Today's Cartoon: Like Father, Like Son
The worst way to realize you're turning into your parents.
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Trial finds benefits to people and wildlife from beavers living wild in English countryside
A major five-year study into the impacts of beavers on the English countryside has concluded that the water-living mammals can bring measurable benefits to people and wildlife.
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U.N. warns that runaway inequality is destabilizing the world's democracies – The report is unusually clear-eyed in acknowledging that the distribution of wealth and power is a zero-sum game
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UK government refuses request to explain cost of hitting net zero
The UK government has denied a freedom of information request to explain why it estimates the cost of hitting net-zero emissions by 2050 is £70 billion a year – much higher than an independent assessment found
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Ull historiskt lika viktig som brons
Redan för fyra tusen år sedan producerades ylletextilier storskaligt i Mellanöstern och bort mot östra Medelhavet. Snabbt spred sig hantverket i Europa och handeln med ull, garn och textilier blev väldigt viktig, lika viktig som handeln med bronsens beståndsdelar koppar och tenn. – Med bronsen kom också ullen till våra breddgrader. Vi ser det i danska gravar med ekkistor som bevarat organiskt mate
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Upstairs-Downstairs: Images of Iceland, From the Ground and From Space
Iceland is one of the few places on Earth where you can walk along a mid-ocean ridge.
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US peach farmer wins $265 mln damages over Bayer, BASF herbicide
A US jury has awarded $265 million to a Missouri farmer who blamed herbicide from chemical giants Bayer AG and German rival BASF for destroying his peach orchards, in a case set to bolster 140 other lawsuits.
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USA efter Huawei-kritik: Vi udvikler vores egen 5G-teknologi
Den amerikanske forsvarsminister afslører, at USA i samarbejde med flere teknologivirksomheder, er i gang med at udvikle et 5G-netværk, der skal gøre amerikanerne uafhængige af kinesiske leverandører.
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Value co-creation: From 'consume and dispose' to 'consume and pass on'
Major industrialized nations currently live in a "consume and dispose" world. This is great for firms' bottom lines and abstract measures such as GDP, but the social and environmental costs of this way of life have been high—for example, the high price of "fast fashion". We're all encouraged to use less and recycle more, but how can we as a society shift to a "consume and pass on" model?
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Variability in estimated gene expression among commonly used RNA-seq pipelines
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59516-z
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VEGF and bFGF induction by nitric oxide is associated with hyperbaric oxygen-induced angiogenesis and muscle regeneration
Scientific Reports, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59615-x
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Vill driva barnonkologin framåt
Utanför de olika intagningsrummen på barnonkologen avdelning 64, hänger inplastade namnskyltar med regnbågar, enhörningar och traktorer som de unga patienterna själva har gjort. Hit kommer varje år runt 60 nyinsjuknade barn i cancer från södra Sverige. Av dem överlever 85 procent. Här har även barnläkaren och forskaren Kees-Jan Pronk en av sina två arbetsplatser.
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Watch the Moon and Mars Meet Up in the Early Morning Sky
In what is known as an occultation, Mars will briefly disappear behind the moon on Tuesday morning.
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Watching on as Betelgeuse dims
But don't hold your breath waiting for an explosion, astronomers suggest.
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We can improve politics in America. Here's how.
"[T]he single healthiest thing most of us can do for our relationship with politics and for politics would be to deemphasize our connection to national politics and reemphasize our connection to state and local politics," says Ezra Klein. The media has become overwhelmingly nationalized. To improve your relationship with politics, and to improve politics in general, be intentional about your info
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What authorities have learned so far about the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash
An NTSB drone perspective of the flight path and subsequent accident impact site. (NTSB/) The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday published a number of details the board has gathered from ADS-B tracking data, ground-based video camera footage and witnesses since the January 26 crash of a Sikorsky S76, N72EX, in the hilly terrain near Calabasas, California. The flight, operated under Pa
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What I Learned from Spending a Week in Virtual Reality
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What's the World's Worst Smell?
Some odors are more heinous than others. Then there's Stench Soup.
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Where finding fish is easy
Research reveals the diversity of a region known as Rupununi.
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Where Science Enters the Courtroom, the Daubert Name Looms Large
The Dauberts joined an elite group of plaintiffs whose names have become ubiquitous in the legal system. But in the sweep of history, the lives of a family whose personal tragedy gave rise to the practice of vetting scientific experts in the courtroom had largely been scrubbed from the record.
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Who'd Want to Live on Mars?
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have become mildly obsessed with building colonies on Mars. SpaceX has released glossy depictions of a Martian City home to 1 million people. There's also talk about terraforming Mars to make it habitable for humans. My response to this is a simple "what's the point?". Even if Mars had a breathable atmosphere and some sort of artificial magnetosphere (highly speculative t
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Why the hunt for alien life is pointless | Letters
David Robson thinks the time it will take to make contact presents a problem. John Boyd questions the purpose of finding extraterrestrial life when we can't respect life on our own planet While reading your report ( Is anybody out there? Biggest hunt ever to begin for alien life , 15 February) I wondered why scientists are trying to persuade people to believe there is any point in contacting life
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Wi-Fi skal udvides, men S-togsnettet står i vejen
PLUS. Telemyndighederne er tæt på at åbne 6 GHz-frekvensbåndet til ulicenseret Wi-Fi-udstyr. Men s-togenes signalsystem kører i netop de frekvensbånd, der snart skal åbnes.
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Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right.
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Zooming in on breast cancer reveals how mutations shape the tumour landscape
Scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of breast cancer ever achieved, revealing how genetic changes shape the physical tumour landscape, according to research funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Nature Cancer today (Monday). An international team of scientists has developed intricate maps of breast tumour samples, with a resolution smaller than a single cell.
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