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A bioplastic that protects against UV radiation
Researchers at the University of Oulu's Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry have developed a new synthetic bioplastic that, unlike traditional carbon-based plastics or other bioplastics, provides protection from the sun's ultraviolet radiation.
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How gut bacteria make broccoli a superfood
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00493-8 Scientists reveal the pathway used by one gut microbe to transform vegetable components into anti-cancer compounds.
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People who eat a big breakfast may burn twice as many calories
Eating a big breakfast rather than a large dinner may prevent obesity and high blood sugar, according to new research.
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3D Printing of Body Parts Is Coming Fast—but Regulations Are Not Ready
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A little good is good enough — excuses and 'indulgence effects' in consumption
Ecofriendly materials, produced under good work conditions — convincing arguments for most of us. But how do consumers really weigh compliance with such ethical standards? Not as much as they think: Researchers used an example from textile industry to demonstrate that customers unconsciously use a single ethical aspect as an excuse for less moral behavior regarding other aspects. They report abou
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A plan to save Earth's oceans
At least 26 per cent of our oceans need urgent conservation attention to preserve Earth's marine biodiversity, a University of Queensland-led international study has found. Dr Kendall Jones said the international community needed to rapidly increase marine conservation efforts to maintain the health of the world's oceans.
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Antibiotics in animals: More research urgently needed
A special issue of Animal Health Research Reviews turns the spotlight on the science underlying this growing crisis—looking at the evidence base for using antibiotics to prevent illness in beef and dairy cattle, swine, and broiler poultry.
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Antidepressant harms baby neurons in lab-grown 'mini-brains'
Researchers have demonstrated the use of stem-cell-derived 'mini-brains' to detect harmful side effects of a common drug on the developing brain. Mini-brains are miniature human brain models, developed with human cells and barely visible to the human eye, whose cellular mechanisms mimic those of the developing human brain.
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Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic
Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world's most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. It also cleared infections in two different mouse models. The computer model, which can screen more than a hundred million chem
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Black phosphorous tunnel field-effect transistor as an alternative ultra-low power switch?
Researchers have reported a black phosphorus transistor that can be used as an alternative ultra-low power switch. A research team led by Professor Sungjae Cho in the KAIST Department of Physics developed a thickness-controlled black phosphorous tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) that shows 10-times lower switching power consumption as well as 10,000-times lower standby power consumption than c
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Brain cells protect muscles from wasting away
While many of us worry about proteins aggregating in our brains as we age and potentially causing Alzheimer's disease or other types of neurodegeneration, we may not realize that some of the same proteins are aggregating in our muscles, setting us up for muscle atrophy in old age.
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Changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate
Switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die.
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Colorado River Is in Danger of a Parched Future
The river is due to lose up to 31 percent of its flow by midcentury—an alarming trend that could affect 40 million people — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Deciphering the mechanism that determines organ size and shape
The study, published in the journal Developmental Cell and performed in Drosophila, unravels how developmental genes regulate organ size and proportions.Researchers at IRB Barcelona demonstrate that the size and patterning of a given organ are regulated by different mechanisms.Given the high genetic and mechanistic conservation between flies and humans, these discoveries pave the way for new resea
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Defeated Chess Champ Garry Kasparov Has Made Peace With AI
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DNA-tagging strategy for early detection of disease signatures
Researchers can uncover how proteins interact with other proteins with far greater sensitivity and in a more natural context than conventional methods, thanks to an analytic technique developed by a RIKEN team. This will make it easier to discover the roles that protein-coding genes play and to diagnose conditions such as autoimmune diseases.
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Drug cocktail holds promise for spinal injuries
Scientists have discovered a combination of two commonly available drugs that could help the body heal spinal fractures.
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Essential oil components can be tested as drug candidates
A research team at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the KU Leuven Department of Biology showed that, contrary to generally held belief, most components of essential oils could meet the criteria set for drug candidates. Essential oil components are the constituents of essential oils, which are complex mixtures of plant metabolites obtained by dry or steam distillation, or by citrus pee
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'Feline grimace scale' published
When your cat folds back its ears, closes its eyes, puts its whiskers forward or tucks its head between the shoulders, it's most likely a sign that it's feeling pain. But how much pain?
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Forest management that factors in stream distance would help protect arthropods
The structure of vegetation and stream distance are important factors to consider in order to protect the biodiversity of forest arthropods, as stated in an article now published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management. The study concludes that farther from a river course, the conditions are better for the communities of arthropods in the forests, since they need a cool and wet microclimate.
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Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador's biodiversity during the Cretaceous
A fossilized insect wing discovered in an abandoned mine in Labrador has led palaeontologists to identify a new hairy cicada species that lived around 100 million years ago.
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Fossils help identify a lone 'bright spot' in a similar state to coral reefs before human impact
Many Caribbean coral reefs are heavily degraded, yet their pre-human, natural states are often assumed or estimated using space-for-time substitution approaches.
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Frozen bird turns out to be 46,000-year-old horned lark
Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute to explaining the evolution of sub species, as well as how the mammoth steppe transformed into tundra, forest and steppe biomes at the end of the last Ice Age.
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Genetic study uncovers clues to explain how killifish stop aging during diapause
A team of researchers at Stanford University working with others from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The University of British Columbia has uncovered some clues regarding how the African killifish is able to pause the aging process during a diapause. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes a genetic analysis they con
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Global database for Karst spring discharges
For the first time researchers present comprehensive records that facilitate sustainable water management.
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Greener spring, warmer air
Advanced leaf-out enhances annual surface warming in the Northern Hemisphere
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How earthquakes deform gravity
Researchers at the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ in Potsdam have developed an algorithm that for the first time can describe a gravitational signal caused by earthquakes with high accuracy. Tests with data from the 2011 earthquake near Fukushima show that the procedure could help to improve earthquake early warning systems in the future.
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Medicine as Meditation
What a doctor learned from a chaplain — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas May Be Significantly Underestimated
Estimates of methane coming from natural sources have been too high, shifting the burden to human activities — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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NASA measures rainfall rates in two American Samoa Tropical Cyclones
There are two tropical cyclones affecting American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean on Feb. 21. Tropical Storm Vicky has triggered warnings, while Tropical Cyclone 18P continues to develop. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite provided a look at the rainfall rates occurring in both storms.
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NASA sees tropical cyclone 18p form near American Samoa
The low-pressure area that has been lingering west-northwest of American Samoa for several days has organized into a tropical depression. NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Depression 18P.
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New torula yeast product as digestible as fish meal in weanling pig diets
Starting weanling pigs off with the right diet can make all the difference for the health and productivity of the animal. A new University of Illinois study shows amino acids from a new torula yeast product are more digestible by young pigs than amino acids from fish meal.
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Scientists crack the mystery of liquid light interactions in organic materials
A team of scientists from the Hybrid Photonics Laboratory at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and the University of Sheffield (UK) made a breakthrough in understanding nonlinear physics of the strong interaction of organic molecules with light. Principles of strong light matter interaction open new horizons of ultra-fast and low energy all-optical data processing. The fi
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Scientists predict state of matter that can conduct both electricity and energy perfectly
Three scientists from the University of Chicago have run the numbers, and they believe there may be a way to make a material that could conduct both electricity and energy with 100% efficiency–never losing any to heat or friction.
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Seafloor images reveal the secret lives of sponges
You might think that deep-sea sponges would be about as active as the one sitting in your kitchen sink. But when it comes to motion at the bottom of the ocean, there is more than meets the eye. Time-lapse photography taken over 30 years reveals that certain seafloor animals once thought to be static are actually expanding, contracting, tumbling, and rolling across the seafloor—just very slowly.
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Shaping the rings of molecules
Chemists discover a natural process to control the shape of 'macrocycles,' molecules of large rings of atoms, for use in pharmaceuticals and electronics.
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Smaller animals faced surprisingly long odds in ancient oceans
A new fossil study from Stanford University shows extinction was unexpectedly common among smaller sea creatures in the deep past.
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Social accounting, a different perspective when analysing public spending efficiency
A UPV/EHU's research group has shown that it is possible to express in terms of money the social value generated by a hospital. It has calculated the social added value index of a hospital for the first time taking the Osakidetza [Basque Autonomous Community Public Health Service] Santa Marina Hospital as the basis. This analysis provides the hospital with information for the purpose of implementi
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Study reveals hidden risks of estuary development for young salmon
A Simon Fraser University-led research team has found significant evidence that human activity in estuaries is impacting juvenile Pacific and Atlantic salmon. The team's review of 167 peer-reviewed studies (from an initial search of 13,000) identified negative impacts from several stressors, including the effects of flood-protecting tidal gates, pollution and habitat modification.
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Surgeons successfully treat brain aneurysms using a robot
A robot was used to treat brain aneurysms for the first time. The robotic system could eventually allow remote surgery, enabling surgeons to treat strokes from afar.
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The Art of Animal Adaptation
Species across the globe have been forced to adapt to humans' effects on the environment. An upcoming book illustrates some unexpected examples of this dynamic — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Gene Gap: what makes us human? – Science Weekly podcast
Gene-editing technologies have the power to change life as we know it. This week on the podcast, we're bringing you the first episode from our Common Threads series, part of an innovative new Guardian project called The Gene Gap. We'll be talking about science but without the scientists – instead we'll hear from the people who could be most affected by the promise of gene editing. This first episo
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The strategy of cells to deal with the accumulation of misfolded proteins is identified
A new article by the Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle research group at UPF identifies the main strategy of cells to deal with the accumulation of misfolded proteins. In the paper, published today in the journal Cell Reports, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe yeast model has been used to investigate the protein quality control process. The study was led by Elena Hidalgo, and postdoctoral researchers Ma
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TMI: More information doesn't necessarily help people make better decisions
New research from Stevens Institute of Technology suggests that too much knowledge can lead people to make worse decisions, pointing to a critical gap in our understanding of how new information interacts with prior knowledge and beliefs.
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Tools used to study human disease reveal coral disease risk factors
In a study published in Scientific Reports, a team of international researchers led by University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa postdoctoral fellow Jamie Caldwell used a statistical technique typically employed in human epidemiology to determine the ecological risk factors affecting the prevalence of two coral diseases–growth anomalies, abnormalities like coral tumors, and white syndromes, infectious
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Transporter mutation alters cell energy
The cotransporter NKCC1 moves sodium, potassium and chloride ions across the cell membrane and has roles regulating cell volume, epithelial transport and neuronal excitability.
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We must prioritize the protection of ecosystems
Prioritising and tracking the protection of countries' ecosystems—from wetlands to reefs, forests and more—is critical to protecting Earth's biodiversity.
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Where is the greatest risk to our mineral resource supplies?
Risk tool identified 23 mineral commodities whose supply poses the greatest risk, including those used in consumer electronics, renewable energy, aerospace, and defense applications.
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Why do whales migrate? They return to the tropics to shed their skin
Whales undertake some of the longest migrations on earth, often swimming many thousands of miles, over many months, to breed in the tropics. The question is why? Scientists propose that whales that forage in polar waters migrate to low latitudes to maintain healthy skin.
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Young Bats and Snakes Look Identical
Originally published in September 1849 — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Around the world, men are facing plunging sperm counts over the past 4 decades. It's unclear what exactly is driving the crisis, but a recent study, including 2,935 young Danish men unaware of their fertility status, suggests adjusting one's diet may be a tactic worth taking to reverse this trend.
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Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease
A preclinical in vitro study shows that selected plant-based herbal medicines, especially Ghanaian quinine and Japanese knotweed, work better than antibiotics against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. These findings represent an important step towards the development of treatments that might be better tolerated and more effective than the current standard of care.
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70,000-year-old remains suggest Neanderthals buried their dead
A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in a cave in Iraq shows signs of having been deliberately buried – more evidence our cousin species behaved a little like we do
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Autism eye scan could lead to early detection
A new eye scan could help identify autism in children years earlier than currently possible.The non-invasive eye scan utilises a hand-held device to find a pattern of subtle electrical signals in the retina that are different in children on the autism spectrum, which are directly linked to differences in their brain development.
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Green ammonia could slash farm emissions and power the ships of the future
For the past 100 years, a simple molecule has had an immensely positive impact on our world. Ammonia, which comprises three hydrogen atoms bonded to a single nitrogen atom, is widely used to make the fertilizers enable us to produce enough food for everyone on the planet. That makes it pretty much the most important molecule after water.
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How decline in memory, gait speed are associated with dementia risk
The risk of dementia in adults 60 and older who experience declines in both memory and gait speed was compared with adults who experience no decline or decline in either memory or gait speed only in this observational meta-analysis that included six studies with about 8,700 participants from the US and Europe.
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Jorden blev dannet langt hurtigere end tidligere antaget
Forskere fra Københavns Universitet har ved hjælp af jernisotoper påvist, at vores planet…
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Klimaforskere: Menneskeskabt methan-udslip er kraftigt undervurderet
Olie- og gasudvinding er ansvarlig for en langt større andel af det globale methanudslip. Det viser iskerner fra Grønland, der går tilbage til 1750.
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Major discovery in the genetics of Down syndrome
New research highlights the RCAN1 gene's effect on memory and learning.
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New strategies for helping children process negative emotions
A recent study of indigenous people in southern Chile challenges Western assumptions about children's emotional capabilities and highlights the value of spending time outdoors to help children regulate their emotions.
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Origins of immune system mapped, opening doors for new cancer immunotherapies
A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland could lead to new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Researchers mapped thymus tissue through the human lifespan to understand how it develops and makes vital immune cells called T cells. In the future, this information could help researchers to generate an artificial thymus and engineer improved therapeutic T cells.
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Scientists solve long-debated puzzle of how the intestine heals itself
Scientists find that normal intestinal cells 'de-differentiate' en masse into stem cells that generate the cells needed for a healthy intestinal lining. New study establishes de-differentiation as the predominant mode of stem cell recover in the intestine.
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Skruvad rymdradiostrålning upptäckt
Rymdforskare har spårat den skruvade radiostrålningen från det berömda svarta hålet i galaxen M87. Den skruvade strålningen kan avslöja unika egenskaper hos svarta hål. Forskarna bakom upptäckten, Bo Thidé professor vid Institutet för rymdfysik, IRF, och hans italienska kolleger Fabrizio Tamburini och Massimo Della Valle, har tidigare genomfört en analys av radiobilder på det svarta hålet i galax
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Study detects abnormally low levels of a key protein in brains of young men with autism
Brains of young men with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have low levels of a protein that appears to play a role in inflammation and metabolism.
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The answer to lactose intolerance might be in Mongolia
Mongolians subsist on a dairy-heavy diet, even though most are lactose intolerant. (Matthäus Rest/) Lake Khövsgöl is about as far north of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar as you can get without leaving the country. If you're too impatient for the 13-hour bus ride, you can take a prop plane to the town of Murun, then drive for three hours on dirt roads to Khatgal, a tiny village nestled again
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The Earliest Sex Between Different Human Ancestors May Have Occurred 700,000 Years Ago
So much sex in our evolutionary history.
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The fat around arteries seems to have an important job
New evidence suggests that the fat around our arteries may play an important role in keeping those blood vessels healthy. The finding could affect how researchers test for treatments related to plaque buildup in our arteries, or atherosclerosis, an issue that can often lead to a heart attack—a leading cause of death in the United States. The fat, known as perivascular adipose tissue, or PVAT, hel
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The Lessons To Be Learned From Forcing Plants To Play Music
It's not as mean as it might sound (though it does involve a little electrocution) and the results can be both beautiful and, well, eye-opening. (Image credit: DEA / G. Cigolini/De Agostini via Getty Images)
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The practice of meditation leaves marks in the brain
The study conducted at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca shows that the practice of Transcendental Meditation has positive effects on psychological well-being and that these effects are correlated with measurable changes in the brain.
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Trying to Forget
It is difficult to overstate the importance of learning. Many consider lifelong learning to be one of their primary goals in life, education is one of the primary roles of government, and machine learning — an algorithmic approximation of learning applied to computers — is a hundred-million dollar business. It quite literally underlies everything we […]
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Turning the humble soya bean into a powerful green glue
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00456-z Chemists have borrowed a strategy from plant cell walls to produce a high-strength wood adhesive.
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Want to live longer? Stay in school, study suggests
A multi-institution study has attempted to tease out the relative impact of two variables most often linked to life expectancy — race and education — by combing through data about 5,114 black and white individuals in four US cities.
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What birdsong tells us about brain cells and learning
New research by neuroscientists uses a unique model — the intricate mating songs of birds — to show how the intrinsic properties of neurons are closely tied to the complex processes of learning.
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Social isolation during adolescence drives long-term disruptions in social behavior
Mount Sinai Researchers find social isolation during key developmental windows drives long term changes to activity patterns of neurons involved in initiating social approach in an animal model.
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Bill Nye: Humans May Be Descendants of Ancient Martians
Science Guy Noted TV personality and public science advocate Bill Nye made an unusual pitch for NASA funding this week: We should fund the space agency because its research could nail down whether humankind is descended from ancient life on Mars. "If life started on Mars first, it's extraordinary but not crazy to suggest that you and I are descendants of Martians. That is an extraordinary hypothe
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Companies Are Stealing Influencers' Faces
Fast fashion sellers are using social media stars' images without permission—and there's not much they can do about it.
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So Is It Okay to Eat More Red and Processed Meat?
A study last October said so, but the journal's decision to publish wasn't necessarily okay — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Frusen fågel var 46 000 år gammal berglärka
Den urgamla berglärkan hittades nedfrusen vid en by i Sibirien. Och visade sig ha mycket att berätta. Forskare kartlade arvsmassan och fick ny kunskap om hur underarter utvecklas, och hur mammutstäppen omvandlades till tundra, taiga och stäpp vid slutet av senaste istiden. År 2018 hittades en välbevarad fågel nedfrusen i marken utanför byn Belaya Gora i Sibirien. Nu har forskare vid Centrum för p
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A genetic map for maize
Researchers have decoded the genetic map for how maize from tropical environments can be adapted to the temperate US summer growing season. They believe that if they can expand the genetic base by using exotic varieties, they might be able to counter stresses such as emerging diseases and drought associated with growing corn in a changing climate.
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Ancient methane might not pose a major climate risk
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00494-7 Bubbles in Antarctic ice suggest that warming will not result in massive release of long-buried methane.
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Australia's horrific fires may permanently change the country's landscape
A koala yells out during last month's bushfires in southeastern Australia. (Andrea Izzotti/Deposit Photos/) Grant Williamson is a research fellow in environmental science at the University of Tasmania. Gabi Mocatta is a research fellow in climate change communication at the University of Tasmania. Rebecca Harris is a climate research fellow at the University of Tasmania. Tomas Remenyi is a climat
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Carbon pricing may be overrated, if history is any indication
A common demand in discussions about climate change is to respect the science. This is appropriate. We should all be paying close attention to the urgent and terrifying conclusions being published by climate scientists.
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Climate activists have not been alone in switching focus to local politics: The oil industry has also pivoted. In the past few years, the American Petroleum Institute and its allies have fought against climate-friendly policies in at least 16 different states.
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Community choice aggregation: A brief introduction
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bruce Lieberman CARLSBAD, CA. – When it comes to paying the electric bill, most people don't give it a second thought – it's something that in effect is "baked in." But across California and several other states, local governments increasingly are thinking anew about how their residents get their power – with big potential implications for Americ
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Genetics of how corn can adapt faster to new climates
Researchers have decoded the genetic map for how maize from tropical environments can be adapted to the temperate US summer growing season. They believe that if they can expand the genetic base by using exotic varieties, they might be able to counter stresses such as emerging diseases and drought associated with growing corn in a changing climate.
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Great Barrier Reef could face 'most extensive coral bleaching ever', scientists say
This year's bleaching likely to be widespread although less intensive than previous outbreaks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says The Great Barrier Reef could be about to experience its most widespread outbreak of mass coral bleaching ever seen, according to an analysis from the US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But the analysis, seen by Guardian A
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How do we protect our unique biodiversity from megafires?
This summer's devastating Australian fires and their continuing impact on biodiversity serve as a stark reminder of the challenges in nature conservation as we head into an increasingly volatile future driven by climate change.
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It's the warmest winter ever and it's the North Pole's fault. Climate change and odd Arctic weather patterns combined to keep the cold from moving south.
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It's time to say goodbye to our most ambitious climate target ever. For the last four years, avoiding 1.5 degrees of warming has been at the top of the climate agenda. But the goal is already out of reach. Where do we go next?
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JP Morgan economists warn of 'catastrophic' climate change
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JP Morgan Warns Clients of "Catastrophic" Environmental Collapse
Minority Report Prominent investment bank JP Morgan Chase has sent a report to clients warning that climate change could have cataclysmic effects on the markets — and, well, the rest of civilization, too. "We cannot rule out catastrophic outcomes where human life as we know it is threatened," reads the report, obtained by the BBC . Conscience Raising The report, authored by JP Morgan economists D
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More plastic is on the way: What it means for climate change
With the recent fracking boom causing low gas prices, fossil fuel companies are seeking other ways to bolster their profits—by making more plastic. Just as the world is starting to address its enormous plastic pollution problem, these companies are doubling down on plastic, with huge potential consequences for climate and the environment.
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New Antarctic island spotted as mammoth glacier retreats
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00489-4 An uncharted island off Antarctica's western coast could reveal how climate change is altering the continent.
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New studies explore how knowledge drives action in climate change decision-making
In several new studies, researchers explore the importance of learning and knowledge in environmental decision-making and the different ways in which scientific knowledge can become more relevant and useful for societies.
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Newly found bacteria fights climate change, soil pollutants
Cornell researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria—which they named in memory of the Cornell professor who first discovered it—that is particularly adept at breaking down organic matter, including the cancer-causing chemicals that are released when coal, gas, oil and refuse are burned.
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Offshore wind farms could power much of coastal China
If China is to meet and exceed its Paris Climate Agreement goal by 2030, it's going to need to find a way to increase its wind capacity. Researchers found that offshore wind could be a big part of the solution.
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Pete Buttigieg's $2 trillion climate plan is infeasible, but less so than most
The Democratic presidential candidate has adopted more favorable views of fracking, nuclear, and carbon removal than his more progressive rivals.
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Prehistoric migration could hint at how birds will handle climate change
Sandhill cranes fly off from their wintering grounds at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Reserve in New Mexico. (Frank FF/Deposit Photos/) Avian migration may date back way further than previously predicted. Scientists used to think that birds wouldn't wing across a perpetually frostbitten Earth, so they set the timeline of the biannual treks at around 20,000 years ago, after the last ice age . But a n
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Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots- Draft of Brown study says findings suggest 'substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages'
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Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change
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Voters Really Care About Climate Change
Updated at 1:05 p.m. ET on February 21, 2020. It's not a fluke, an error, or an outlier. In poll after poll, the results are clear: Climate change is one of the most important issues in the 2020 presidential election. A new survey , released today and provided exclusively to The Atlantic, only drives the point home: Climate is the clear number-two issue—second only to health care—for Democrats wh
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'Antarctica Melts,' NASA Says, Showing Effects Of A Record Warm Spell
Taken just nine days apart, two images illustrate the impact a recent warm period had on the Antarctic Peninsula. NASA says such warmth "has become more common in recent years." (Image credit: NASA)
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February is typically one of the wettest months in California, but the state is parched, and there's no moisture in the forecasts. The year began with snowpack at 90% of its historical average. But less than two dry, warm months later, it's hanging in at just 52% of average.
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It may only be February, but 2020 is already "virtually certain" to be among the 10 warmest years on record, and has nearly a 50 percent chance of being the warmest ever. The predictions follow a January that was the warmest ever in 141 years of record keeping
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'No one is allowed to go out': your stories from the coronavirus outbreak
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00478-7 From laboratory closures to equipment shortages, researchers worldwide tell Nature how they have been affected by the epidemic.
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As Study Sheds Light on Coronavirus Risks, Misinformation Looms
On Monday, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released the most comprehensive information to date on the novel coronavirus that has infected thousands around the world — even as unfounded theories and misinformation about the virus' origins continue to spread.
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Branson unveils first cruise ship as he shrugs off coronavirus fears
Virgin Voyages line poised to set sail as founder downplays threat of virus to new venture Sir Richard Branson has launched his first cruise ship and brushed off concerns that the coronavirus outbreak will dissuade younger holidaymakers from embracing his latest venture. Despite the unfortunate timing – with passengers on one ship quarantined in Japan after hundreds caught the virus, and another
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China set to clamp down permanently on wildlife trade in wake of coronavirus
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00499-2 Wild-animal markets are the suspected origin of the current outbreak and the 2002 SARS outbreak.
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Coronavirus Cases in the United States Reach 34, and More Are Expected
The contagion "represents a tremendous public health threat," said one federal health official.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Another Young Doctor Dies in China
It was the latest in a string of deaths among health care providers who have been working to contain the outbreak in Wuhan.
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Coronavirus may be worse than Wall St is wagering
If the outbreak turns out to be disruptive, here's how to immunise your portfolio
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Coronavirus outbreak to cost global airlines $29bn
Industry association forecasts 'very tough year' for carriers due to deadly epidemic
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Coronavirus provides an opportunity for Chinese tech
Solutions for virus-related problems include contactless food delivery and anxiety tracking
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Coronavirus wreaks havoc on luxury and fashion groups
Fashion shows streamed online to isolated customers, but fears remain for supplies and sales in key market
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Coronavirus: Diamond Princess repatriation flight to UK is delayed
More than 70 British nationals are now due to leave cruise ship in Japan on Friday night The repatriation flight due to bring home dozens of Britons who have been trapped on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan has been delayed. More than 70 British nationals who have been quarantined onboard the Diamond Princess were due to fly home on Friday but will now leave the cruise ship on Friday night,
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Coronavirus: two more Australians evacuated from Diamond Princess test positive
New diagnoses bring number of cruise ship evacuees brought to Darwin with Covid-19 to four Four people evacuated to Darwin from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities have confirmed. Two Queensland women aged 54 and 55 tested positive on Friday night after leaving the ship on Thursday and will be flown to a Brisbane hospital on Saturday for further trea
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How a cruise turned into a coronavirus nightmare
The Diamond Princess proved to be the perfect incubator for the deadly infection
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Newer Vaccine Technologies Deployed to Develop COVID-19 Shot
Researchers look to messenger RNA encased in nanoparticles, DNA plasmids, molecular clamps, and other approaches as they rush to design a vaccine against the new coronavirus.
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NHS to test Londoners for coronavirus at home
Fresh approach to detecting Covid-19 aims to limit spread of infection across capital The NHS has started testing people for coronavirus in their own homes in London. The new approach will be expanded to other areas outside the capital in the coming weeks. The World Health Organization is recommending that people take simple precautions to reduce exposure to and transmission of the Wuhan coronavi
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Pinn's illustration of the week: Supply and demand
Tech companies caught in coronavirus disruption
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Researchers Map Structure of Coronavirus "Spike" Protein
The finding could help lay the groundwork for a vaccine — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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South Korea unveils emergency measures as coronavirus spreads
Residents of fourth-biggest city asked to stay indoors
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Study finds certain genetic test not useful in predicting heart disease risk
A Polygenic Risk Score — a genetic assessment that doctors have hoped could predict coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients — has been found not to be a useful predictive biomarker for disease risk, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The Deadly Coronavirus Is Tearing Through Chinese Prisons
As the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus spreads worldwide , it continues to leave a trail of destruction in China, where efforts to care for the sick and curtail new infections are straining health care resources . Now, in a grim update, The New York Times reports that the novel pathogen is tearing through the country's prison system as well — a troubling hint that even in its epicenter, we still don'
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The virus crisis and the decoupling of global trade
Coronavirus succeeds where politicians failed to curtail globalisation
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US stocks post weekly drop as investors reach for safety
Weak data and concerns about coronavirus send US 30-year yield to record low
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Virus fears push yields on long-dated US Treasuries to new low
Flight to safety on impact of outbreak on growth and as S Korea imposes restrictions on city
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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 caused by 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 shop
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Who is most at risk of contracting coronavirus?
After the deaths of young health workers, do we have to rethink who is at risk of infection? There have been a number of deaths from the coronavirus among doctors who are young and, as far as we know, otherwise healthy. Continue reading…
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How COVID-19 Is Spread
Scientists' latest understanding of the facts, the suspicions, and the discounted rumors of SARS-CoV-2's transmission from person to person
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Scientists Warn That We Must Prepare For The Next Global Viral Outbreak Now
We can't pretend epidemics won't happen again.
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Blinda plockar fram minnen på samma sätt som seende
När man skapar minnen är flera sinnen ofta involverade samtidigt. Inom psykologin kallas det för multimodalitet och betyder att sinnen var för sig bidrar till ett gemensamt helhetsintryck av en händelse.
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"Google Just Gave Users a Million Reasons to Quit Chrome"
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'Amputeret' årsrapport for hysterektomi
Problemer med LPR3 fører til afkortning af opgørelsesperioden i årsrapport fra Dansk Hysterektomi og Hysteroskopi Database
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'Environmental DNA' Lets Scientists Probe Underwater Life
With the help of a new kind of drone, marine biologists can sequence DNA found in the ocean to reveal what's living in an ecosystem—and what's missing.
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'Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky': Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya
At first, villagers thought the dark, dense blot in the sky was a harmless cloud. Then came the terrifying realization that the locusts had arrived.
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'Radical change' needed after latest neutron star collision. A recent neutron star merger has defied astronomers' expectations, leading them to question longstanding ideas about neutron stars and the supernovas that create them. "We have to go back to the drawing board."
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New and exciting content will be available for you this weekend. Until then, please enjoy Lena Lovich and my four part series on money, religion, and numerology from 2008. 080808 (god is a number part 1) 01 1 01 1 01 (god is a number part 2) 3.14159265 (god is a number part 3) 7 (god is a number part 4) You certainly do have a strange effect on me I never thought that I could feel the way I feel
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1.248 speciallæger har hjulpet med at vurdere indikatorer
Ikke alt data er lige vigtig, når kvalitet af behandling skal vurderes.
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2019: The Year Fracking Earthquakes Turned Deadly
The first fracking-induced earthquake to claim human lives shows why magnitude may underestimate the danger such earthquakes pose. !-seismogram_cropped.jpg Image credits: Inked Pixels/ Shutterstock Earth Friday, February 21, 2020 – 09:15 Nala Rogers, Staff Writer (Inside Science) — On Feb. 25, 2019, an earthquake shook the village of Gaoshan in China's Sichuan Province, leaving 12 people injure
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3D-printed houses could become concrete reality
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5 reasons talking to yourself is good for you
Talking to yourself is a healthy, widespread tendency among children and adults. Research suggests the practice supplies a bevy of benefits, from improved mental performance to greater emotional control. Self-talk is most beneficial when it combines thought and action or reinforces an instructional framework. Our culture views talking to yourself as a habit for eccentrics. Movies depict unhinged
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A better diagnosis of rare diabetes to adapt treatment
Monogenic diabetes affects 1% to 4% of all cases of diabetes. Often confused with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, more than 90% of monogenic cases are misdiagnosed. A study carried out by scientists (UNIGE/HUG) with more than 1,200 young diabetics allowed to identify the proportion of monogenic diabetes in the whole pediatric diabetes population. Consequently, treatments were adjusted according to the
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A neural network unpicks the knots
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00483-w After training, an artificial-intelligence program can distinguish between five types of knot with 99% accuracy.
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A new paper in JEP:General looks at biases in people's use of external memory aids.
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A server dedicated to opinions, knowledge, and theory: Sciences (Math, physics, programming), Philosophy, Psychology, & more (including MBTI, Enneagram, Cognitive Functions for casual enjoyment) Political discussions and debates are also welcomed. Come engage in mind-stimulating discussion.
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A step towards controlling spin-dependent petahertz electronics by material defects
The operational speed of semiconductors in various electronic and optoelectronic devices is limited to several gigahertz (a billion oscillations per second). This constrains the upper limit of the operational speed of computing. Now researchers from the MPSD and the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay have explained how these processes can be sped up through the use of light waves and defecte
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A very different, very clean energy source: thin air
Hidden in the mud along the banks of Washington D.C.'s Potomac River may be a profound new source of electricity. The microbe makes nanowires that produce a charge from water vapor in ordinary air. Already capable of powering small electronics, it appears that larger-scale power generation is within reach. The mad rush is on for discovering clean and renewable forms of energy before it's too late
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A wobbling star may explain pattern of weird radio signals from space
We've spotted strange blasts of radio waves from space in a pattern that may be produced by a magnetised neutron star wobbling as it spins
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Abrogation of type-I interferon signalling alters the microglial response to Aβ1–42
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59917-0 Abrogation of type-I interferon signalling alters the microglial response to Aβ 1–42
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Additive manufacturing of cellulose-based materials with continuous, multidirectional stiffness gradients
Functionally graded materials (FGMs) enable applications in fields such as biomedicine and architecture, but their fabrication suffers from shortcomings in gradient continuity, interfacial bonding, and directional freedom. In addition, most commercial design software fail to incorporate property gradient data, hindering explorations of the design space of FGMs. Here, we leveraged a combined appro
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Aerosol optical tweezers advance understanding of airborne particles
Two studies led by faculty in Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies show how aerosol optical tweezing can allow scientists to scrutinize the components of the atmosphere with new precision.
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Air Quality is Worse in African American Neighborhoods. This Community is Fighting Pollution with Data
Equipped with air quality sensors, an African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, is trying to reverse decades of environmental injustice.
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Alcohol-induced deaths in US
National vital statistics data from 2000 to 2016 were used to examine how rates of alcohol-induced deaths (defined as those deaths due to alcohol consumption that could be avoided if alcohol weren't involved) have changed in the US and to compare the results by demographic groups including sex, race/ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status and geographic location. The study is accompanied by two comme
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AltaRock Energy Melts Rock With Millimeter Waves for Geothermal Wells
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An integrative approach to the facile functional classification of dorsal root ganglion neuronal subclasses [Neuroscience]
Somatosensory neurons have historically been classified by a variety of approaches, including structural, anatomical, and genetic markers; electrophysiological properties; pharmacological sensitivities; and more recently, transcriptional profile differentiation. These methodologies, used separately, have yielded inconsistent classification schemes. Here, we describe phenotypic differences in respo
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Angkor Wat May Owe Its Existence to an Engineering Catastrophe
The collapse of a reservoir in a remote and mysterious city could have helped Angkor gain supremacy
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Antallet af operationer er steget markant
Antallet af operationer med indsættelse af knæprotese er steget markant. Det viser årsrapporten 2019 fra Dansk Knæalloplastik Register (DKR).
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Antimatter hydrogen has the same quantum quirk (Lamb shift) as normal hydrogen
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Apes, adaptations, and artifacts of anesthetics [Letters (Online Only)]
Shave et al. (1) provide a highly interesting comparison of cardiac form and function in humans and chimpanzees, but, while we agree that the circulation provides important constraints on exercise performance in animals, we are concerned regarding the validity of the central tenet of the high arterial blood pressure and…
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Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas
Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a lost ancient kingdom dating to 1400 B.C. to 600 B.C., which may have defeated Phrygia, the kingdom ruled by King Midas, in battle.
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Asteroid impact enriches certain elements in seawater
Asteroid strikes upset the environment and provide clues via the elements they leave behind. Now, University of Tsukuba researchers have linked elements that are enriched in the Cretaceous–Paleogene (KPg) boundary clays from Stevns Klint, Denmark, to the impact of the asteroid that produced the Chicxulub crater at the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. This corresponds to one of the "Big Five" mass extinc
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Astronomers Detect a Doomed 'Hot Jupiter' With an Insane 18-Hour-Short Orbit
The exoplanet is spiralling in towards its star, and will be completely obliterated.
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Author Correction: Demonstration of facilitation between microalgae to face environmental stress
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59860-0
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Author Correction: Erythropoietin (EPO) haplotype associated with all-cause mortality in a cohort of Italian patients with Type-2 Diabetes
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59859-7 Author Correction: Erythropoietin ( EPO ) haplotype associated with all-cause mortality in a cohort of Italian patients with Type-2 Diabetes
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Author Correction: Integrating standardized whole genome sequence analysis with a global Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic resistance knowledgebase
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58955-y
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Author Correction: Probing the physical limits of reliable DNA data retrieval
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14904-x
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Bagsiden: Om rejsekortets dummebøder mv.
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Bariatric surgery effective against early-onset obesity too
Surgical treatment of obesity is as effective for individuals who developed the disorder early, by the age of 20, as for those who have developed obesity later in life, a study from the University of Gothenburg shows.
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Basic income: Could cash handouts revitalize the economy?
Chris Hughes, cofounder of Facebook, sees universal basic income as a way to stabilize the lives of those who need it most. A foundation of $500 per month could solve many of today's economic problems. Much of the criticism surrounding UBI comes from a place of myth and mistrust. If you give someone cash, how can you be sure they'll spend it responsibly? The fact is, cash is the most effective wa
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Behandling af børnekræft er på højt internationalt niveau
Femårsoverlevelsen blandt børn, der får kræft, er i de sidste 20 år steget markant og er i den seneste årsrapport fra Dansk Børnecancer Register, som dækker perioden 1.juni 2018 – 31.maj 2019, opgjort til 87 pct.
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Binaural Beats, Mood and Memory
Binaural beats are an auditory illusion created by listening to two tones of slightly different frequency. This produces a type of feedback effect in the brain that produces a third illusory sound that has a pulsating quality, hence binaural beats. All perceptual illusions are fascinating, at least to neuroscientists, because they are clues to how the brain processes sensory information. What we
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BlackRock trims 30-year Treasuries after rally
Exclusive: Fixed income chief says long-dated bond yields 'not anywhere close' to correct
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Blind Portsmouth astronomer shares his love of space
Nic Bonne, who uses 3D-printed models to study galaxies, wants more people to stargaze.
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Book Review: The Meandering Path of Human Evolution
In "Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time," science writer Gaia Vince provides a sweeping account of the biological and cultural evolution of humanity, and shows how our species has reset its fundamental relationship with nature over the course of its ongoing evolution.
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Cadets research bioprinting to improve Soldier care in the future
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California backtracks on solar requirement for new homes, critics say
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Can capitalism and the planet truly coexist?
As the Productivity Commission confirmed this week, Australia's economy has enjoyed uninterrupted growth for 28 years straight. Specifically, our output of goods and services last financial year grew by 2%. Economists obviously see the growth of a national economy as good news—but what is it doing to the Earth?
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Canada cannot dust off gender roles in home
Canadian couples still divide most household chores along traditional lines—even though women and men, overall, share more home duties more than ever, a new Statistics Canada study of opposite-sex couples shows.
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Capillary-driven desalination in a synthetic mangrove
According to the cohesion-tension theory, mangrove trees desalinate salty water using highly negative pressure (or tension) that is generated by evaporative capillary forces in mangrove leaves. Here, we demonstrate a synthetic mangrove that mimics the main features of the natural mangrove: capillary pumping (leaves), stable water conduction in highly metastable states (stem), and membrane desalin
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Centralisering har drevet forbedret overlevelse blandt patienter med nyrekræft
Markant stigning i langtidsoverlevelse for danske nyrekræftpatienter, viser årsrapport fra Dansk Renal Cancer Database.
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Check Out This Terrifying Cybertruck Police Car
Hot Fuzz Police departments in Mexico and Dubai are already planning police cars based on Tesla's divisive Cybertruck. And now, yet another group of five-oh has released a rough concept for a Cybercruiser — the hardboiled highway po-po of Ontario, Canada. Hey @elonmusk can you suggest which model would make make a better police car? #Cybertruck or #TeslaX ? pic.twitter.com/texsL1enJ3 — OPP Highwa
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Comment on "The intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing"
Kondash et al . provide a valuable contribution to our understanding of water consumption and wastewater production from oil and gas production using hydraulic fracturing. Unfortunately, their claim that the water intensity of energy production using hydraulic fracturing has increased in all regions is incorrect. More comprehensive data show that, while the water intensity of production may have
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Compact dark object search: Scanning Earth's core with superconducting gravimeters
Physics theory suggests that the universe is made up in great part by a type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, and hence cannot be observed using conventional detection methods. This type of matter, referred to as dark matter, has so far never been experimentally observed or detected.
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Computer vision is used for boosting pest control efficacy via sterile insect technique
By means of an imaging analysis system made available by FAPESP, a Brazilian research group succeeds at facilitating the selection of sterilized male specimens reared to combat a South American fruit fly known as pest of apple and peach orchards.
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Cooperation Under Anarchy: A Critique Of Neorealism's Competition Bias In A Self-Help System
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Could Alien Life Travel on Interstellar Asteroids and Comets like 'Oumuamua?
The theory of panspermia — the idea that simple life can travel from world to world — is back in the limelight after several interstellar objects were discovered in our solar system.
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CRISPR safety switch can make cells self-destruct if they go rogue
A genetic tweak can make cells self-destruct in the presence of CRISPR and could be used to make cells tamper-proof or shut them down if they go wrong
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Cross-talk between enzymes that read and correct recipes in the cookbook of life
Even the best chef can make mistakes – even when using the recipes (genes) from the 'cookbook of life' — DNA. A new discovery as to how cells repair their DNA may have implications for the future drug development.
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Cryptographic 'tag of everything' could protect the supply chain
To combat supply chain counterfeiting, which can cost companies billions of dollars annually, researchers have invented a cryptographic ID tag that's small enough to fit on virtually any product and verify its authenticity.
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Curing genetic disease in human cells
Scientists show for the first time that a newer type of CRISPR, called base-editing, can safely cure cystic fibrosis in stem cells derived from patients.
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CUX1 and I{kappa}B{zeta} (NFKBIZ) mediate the synergistic inflammatory response to TNF and IL-17A in stromal fibroblasts [Systems Biology]
The role of stromal fibroblasts in chronic inflammation is unfolding. In rheumatoid arthritis, leukocyte-derived cytokines TNF and IL-17A work together, activating fibroblasts to become a dominant source of the hallmark cytokine IL-6. However, IL-17A alone has minimal effect on fibroblasts. To identify key mediators of the synergistic response to TNF…
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Datatech-redaktør: EU's nye strategi tager kampen op mod it-giganter og Kina
Europa har en fordel med høj kvalitet på data. USA har pengene, mens Kina har de lempelige regler.
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De dygtigste inden for 61 behandlinger
Hvem er bedst til at behandle hjertesvigt, lungekræft og rygsøjlegigt? Se vindere inden for 61 behandlings- og diagnoseområder.
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Deltagelse i tarmkræftscreening har været en succes
Den danske befolknings interesse for og deltagelse i programmet for tarmkræftscreening overgår alle forventninger og betegnes af styregruppen bag Dansk Tarmkræftscreeningsdatabase som 'en ubetinget succes'.
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Despite a "Double-Barreled" Flu Season, the Vaccine is Mostly Doing its Job
This year's flu shot is working relatively well to prevent influenza, particularly among children — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Despite burdens most pediatricians very supportive of national vaccination program
Despite bureaucratic hurdles, the vast majority of pediatricians want to keep participating in a national program that provides vaccinations at no cost to children who are on Medicaid, uninsured, or who are American Indian/Alaska Native, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Device inspired by mangroves could help clear up flood water
Researchers say their synthetic system reproduces tree's ability to desalinate water A novel approach to removing salt from water, inspired by mangrove trees, has been revealed by researchers who say the system could offer an unusual approach to clearing up flood water. Mangroves, like other trees, employ a system of water transport: it is thought evaporation of moisture from their leaves produce
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Differences between deep neural networks and human perception
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Discovery of a picomolar potency pharmacological corrector of the mutant CFTR chloride channel
F508del, the most frequent mutation causing cystic fibrosis (CF), results in mistrafficking and premature degradation of the CFTR chloride channel. Small molecules named correctors may rescue F508del-CFTR and therefore represent promising drugs to target the basic defect in CF. We screened a carefully designed chemical library to find F508del-CFTR correctors. The initial active compound resulting
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Diversification insulates fisher catch and revenue in heavily exploited tropical fisheries
Declines in commercial landings and increases in fishing fleet power have raised concerns over the continued provisioning of nutritional and economic services by tropical wild fisheries. Yet, because tropical fisheries are often data-poor, mechanisms that might buffer fishers to declines are not understood. This data scarcity undermines fisheries management, making tropical fishing livelihoods pa
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DNA from ancient packrat nests helps unpack Earth's past
New work shows how using next-generation DNA sequencing on ancient packrat middens — nests made out of plant material, fragments of insects, bones, fecal matter, and urine — could provide ecological snapshots of Earth's past. The study may pave the way for scientists to better understand how plant communities — and possibly animals, bacteria, and fungi as well — will respond to human-caused cl
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Don't Even Think About Buying Solar Panels Until You've Tried This Free Cost Assessment
When you were a kid you probably figured that in the future, the whole world would be powered by solar panels . After all, sunlight is free, and converting it into electricity doesn't pollute the atmosphere. Solar panels kind of seem like a no brainer. Unfortunately, as you have probably noticed, it's now 2020 and we're not living in a futuristic solar panel utopia yet. But we are getting closer
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Duck-billed dinosaurs had the same bone tumors as people
Studying the fossilized traces of diseases in dinosaurs can help researchers better understand how these maladies have changed over time. (Wikimedia Commons/) 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
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Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
A new study documented the earliest known interbreeding event between ancient human populations — a group known as the 'super-archaics' in Eurasia interbred with a Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestor about 700,000 years ago. The event was between two populations more distantly related than any other recorded. The authors proposed a revised timeline for human migration out of Africa and into Eurasia. T
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Egocentric boundary vector tuning of the retrosplenial cortex
The retrosplenial cortex is reciprocally connected with multiple structures implicated in spatial cognition, and damage to the region itself produces numerous spatial impairments. Here, we sought to characterize spatial correlates of neurons within the region during free exploration in two-dimensional environments. We report that a large percentage of retrosplenial cortex neurons have spatial rec
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Electrified roads are the future of freight transport, not Hydrogen fuel cells
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Equilibrium Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Methanesulfonate [EMIM][MeSO3]
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59702-z Equilibrium Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Methanesulfonate [EMIM][MeSO 3 ]
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Evaluating the mineral commodity supply risk of the U.S. manufacturing sector
Trade tensions, resource nationalism, and various other factors are increasing concerns regarding the supply reliability of nonfuel mineral commodities. This is especially the case for commodities required for new and emerging technologies ranging from electric vehicles to wind turbines. In this analysis, we use a conventional risk-modeling framework to develop and apply a new methodology for ass
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Excitons in 2D perovskites for ultrafast terahertz photonic devices
In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites have emerged as promising candidates for environmentally stable solar cells, highly efficient light-emitting diodes, and resistive memory devices. The remarkable existence of self-assembled quantum well (QW) structures in solution-processed 2D perovskites offers a diverse range of optoelectronic properties, which remain largely u
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Experimental demonstration of acoustic semimetal with topologically charged nodal surface
Weyl points are zero-dimensional band degeneracy in three-dimensional momentum space that has nonzero topological charges. The presence of the topological charges protects the degeneracy points against perturbations and enables a variety of fascinating phenomena. It is so far unclear whether such charged objects can occur in higher dimensions. Here, we introduce the concept of charged nodal surfa
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Extending the Spectrum of Dysgraphia: A Data Driven Strategy to Estimate Handwriting Quality
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60011-8
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Facebook's AI speeds up natural language processing without additional training
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Facile diamond synthesis from lower diamondoids
Carbon-based nanomaterials have exceptional properties that make them attractive for a variety of technological applications. Here, we report on the use of diamondoids (diamond-like, saturated hydrocarbons) as promising precursors for laser-induced high-pressure, high-temperature diamond synthesis. The lowest pressure and temperature ( P-T ) conditions that yielded diamond were 12 GPa (at ~2000 K
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Faldende deltagelse i screeningsprogram for livmoderhalskræft
Mulighed for selvopsamlet prøve kan måske øge tilslutningen til det nationale screeningsprogram for livmoderhalskræft, vurderer styregruppen for kvalitetsdatabasen for livmoderhalskræftscreening.
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Femårig graftoverlevelse svagt faldende
220 patienter fik deres første nyretransplantation udført i Danmark i 2016, fremgår det af den landsdækkende database for patienter med kronisk nyresvigts årsrapport for 2017.
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Fix The Nobels Already
This paper comes out and states what chemists have known for some time now: the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been changing over the years, very likely as a deliberate action on the part of the committee that awards it. It's now more properly described as the award for "Chemistry or the Life Sciences". That the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been waylaid by achievements in the life sciences is neith
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Flash graphene is the new recyclin way
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Flere behandlede CLL-patienter deltager i behandlingsprotokoller
Styregruppen for Den landsdækkende LYFO database glæder sig over en andel på 32 pct. CLL-patienter, der deltager i behandlingsprotokoller. Trods stigning er det stadig langt fra målsætningen på 60 pct.
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Flere med planlagt dialysestart og tidlig henvisning
Der er sket forbedringer inden for to vigtige indikatorer for dialysebehandlingen, viser årsrapporten for den landsdækkende database for patienter med kronisk nyresvigt 2017.
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For meget vand og for lidt vind: Ringkøbing Fjord mister sine sandmuslinger
PLUS. For meget regn forstyrrer den slusepraksis, der skal sikre saltbalancen. Det ødelægger betingelserne for sandmuslinger.
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For weight-loss surgery patients who quit smoking, relapse is common
Although 1 in 7 adults smoke cigarettes the year prior to undergoing weight-loss surgery, nearly all successfully quit at least a month before their operation. However, smoking prevalence steadily climbs to pre-surgery levels within seven years, according to new research. The findings suggest that there may be missed opportunities to engage patients in interventions to improve long-term smoking ce
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Fusion Startup Claims Breakthrough Will Provide "Unlimited" Energy
An Australian fusion startup called HB11, a spin-off from the University of New South Wales, claims to have found a way to revolutionize current nuclear fusion technology, potentially laying the groundwork for a new era of power generation — without running the risk of a nuclear meltdown. The startup's leadership doesn't mince words. "We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have
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Færre patienter blev opereret for hul i mavesækken inden for tre timer
Kun én enhed opfyldte standarden for, at patienter med hul i mavesækken bliver opereret senest tre timer efter kontakt. Styregruppen for Akut Kirurgi Databasen ser en faldende tendens på området.
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Færre udskrabninger efter abort
Andelen af kvinder, der får foretaget udskrabning af livmoderen efter spontan eller provokeret abort, er faldet betydeligt gennem en årrække, fremgår det af kvalitetsdatabasen for tidlig graviditet og abort.
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Først, gør ingen skade
I mange år troede vi, at vi bevægede os mod en bedre patientsikkerhedskultur. Men noget er gået galt.
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Få komplikationer, mange tilbagefald
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Få patienter i protokolleret behandling
Patienter med den hæmatologiske sygdom myelodysplastisk syndrom er en meget uensartet patientgruppe og derfor svær at inkludere i de behandlingsprotokoller, som på sigt måske kunne forbedre behandlingen.
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Gadget Lab Podcast: Inside Textio's Anti-Bias Bot
Textio CEO Kieran Snyder talks to WIRED about training computers to make human language more inclusive.
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Gammelt byggeri undgår krav: Bor du i lejlighed, så glem elbiler
PLUS. Ny bekendtgørelse løser ikke problemerne for elbilejere, der bor i etageejendomme. Kritikerne frygter, den vil få mange til at droppe købet af en elbil.
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Gene changes may save some bats from white-nose syndrome
A new study presents the first genetic evidence of resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome. The deadly fungal disease has decimated some North American bat populations. The study involved northern Michigan populations of the little brown bat, one of the most common bats in eastern North America prior to the arrival of white-nose syndrome in 2006. Since then, some populations of the small,
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Gode sundhedsråd er ikke til forhandling
De seneste årtier har budt på et utal af bøger, der sætter fokus på sundhed og sygdomsforebyggelse. Senest i rækken er Chris MacDonalds bog 'Ikke til forhandling', som har høstet rosende omtaler fra en bred række af fagfolk. Den er forskningsbaseret og grundig, lyder det fra overlæge og professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen.
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Grimes Wants to Send Her Mind to Mars Inside a "Humanoid Vessel"
Brain Jar In a new interview with British magazine The Face , singer and visual artist Grimes revealed her wild plans to travel to Mars. When asked if she'd "rather go to Mars or upload your consciousness to the cloud," the renowned musician — and Elon Musk love interest — couldn't make up her mind. But she settled on a spacey alternative. "I guess I'd like to upload my consciousness, and then wh
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Guidelines for thyroid surgery published in Annals of Surgery
The first set of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical guidelines for surgical treatment of thyroid disease — developed by an expert panel assembled by the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) — was published today by Annals of Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
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Here's Why NASA Suspects Mars Life Could Be Hiding Underground
Mars Life This summer, NASA plans to launch the most sophisticated Mars rover in history — a 2,260-pound behemoth which, if all goes well, will eventually send samples from the Red Planet back to Earth. A key hope is that the rover will gather new evidence of life, alive or extinct, on our planetary neighbor. But Space.com attended a recent conference about potential astrobiology on Mars, and fou
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Here's Another Chance to Weigh In on the FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal
An appeals court ordered the FCC to seek comments on whether its new regime hurts public safety or low-income consumers.
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Himalayan wolf lopes towards recognition as distinct species
Animal's unique adaptation to low-oxygen life can be basis for protection, say researchers Wolves living in the Himalayas are to be recognised as a subspecies of the grey wolf, with researchers predicting that the animals will soon be declared a unique species. The wolves surviving at high altitudes in Nepal and on the Tibetan plateau possess a genetic adaptation to cope with the lack of oxygen t
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Hormone adjustment may lead to new ways to prevent and treat lung damage in premature infants
Prematurely born babies often need oxygen therapy to prevent brain damage or death. Unfortunately, excessive oxygen can damage immature lungs and cause severe life-long problems including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH). A new study in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, provides insights into the important role that the hormone adrenomedullin
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House coal and wet wood to be phased out by 2023 to cut pollution. Plans to phase out the sale of house coal and wet wood have been confirmed as part of efforts to tackle tiny particle pollutants known as PM2.5, which can penetrate deep into lungs and the blood and cause serious health problems.
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How a 'no raw data, no science' outlook can resolve the reproducibility crisis in science
When we look for reliable sources of information, we turn to studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. But in some cases, researchers find it difficult to reproduce the results of certain studies, and often their findings turn out to be different from the original ones—even when the same methods and procedures are used—thereby making the study unreliable. This discrepancy is called a
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How better propulsion systems can improve space exploration
Aero/Astro engineer Ken Hara is developing computer models to help make a little-known, but widely-used thruster engine more suitable for long-distance missions.
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How big tech hijacked its sharpest, funniest critics
Without design fiction, critical hits like Black Mirror would look very different.
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How close you live to a city shapes your politics
How close people live to bigger cities shapes their politics, according to a new study. The researchers, using Gallup survey data between 2003-18, found evidence that the urban-rural political divide—more noticeable and decisive in recent elections—is rooted in geography and not merely differences in the type of people living in these places. "…we tend to overlook how the social environment—outsi
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How Cold Is It in Outer Space?
Even the coldest places on Earth do not compare to how frigid outer space is.
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How pilots land their planes in powerful crosswinds
Credit where it is due, this livestream has had me in stitches today! 😂 #StormCaira pic.twitter.com/wAGsiYhBDQ — Jonny (@steerwithmyrear) February 9, 2020
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HTC Reveals Next-Gen Proton VR Headsets
HTC has struggled to remain relevant in smartphones, but it's still hanging on in virtual reality . While Oculus has seen massive success with the Quest, HTC is planning for the future with the Vive "Project Proton" concepts. The company showed off Project Proton alongside the updated Cosmos VR headset lineup, but unlike the latter, Proton isn't ready for prime time. If these headsets ever do lau
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Hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech. "We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than 50 years," says a company that claims its hydrogen-boron fusion technology is already working a billion times better than expected.
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Hyundai Developing Hydrogen-powered Construction Equipment
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Høj dødelighed blandt ældre patienter med akut leukæmi
Fem år efter diagnosen akut leukæmi er kun godt hver fjerde patient over 60 år i live.
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Image of the Day: See-Through Tissue
Scientists have developed a tissue-clearing protocol that allows them to peer into entire, transparent human organs.
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Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 spies Houston from orbit
Houston, Texas, U.S., is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
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In a Huge First, Physicists Have Captured Individual Atoms And Watched Them Merge
The most precise kind of chemistry.
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Ingen læger skal gå på arbejde med ondt i maven
Nye regler skal både gøre det trygt at være sundhedsperson og at være patient.
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Intervention is essential for reducing loneliness and social isolation in ASD
Researchers evaluated the efficacy of the Preschool Peer Social Intervention in facilitating peer engagement among preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), with a primary goal of increasing their social engagement during mixed interactions with their peers with ASD and peers with typical development. Key results showed that interaction, play and conversation intervention groups improved
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Intrinsic disorder controls two functionally distinct dimers of the master transcription factor PU.1
Transcription factors comprise a major reservoir of conformational disorder in the eukaryotic proteome. The hematopoietic master regulator PU.1 presents a well-defined model of the most common configuration of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in transcription factors. We report that the structured DNA binding domain (DBD) of PU.1 regulates gene expression via antagonistic dimeric states th
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Iron in brain shows cognitive decline in people with Parkinson's
A cutting-edge MRI technique to detect iron deposits in different brain regions can track declines in thinking, memory and movement in people with Parkinson's disease, finds a new UCL-led study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
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Is Life extension enui a real threat for super-centrarrians
I'm 26 and sometimes I get bored with life. If life extension tech gets better every decade and I keep extending my life; what age would I go completely insane? I've seen depictions of long lived characters in sci fi and fantasy have both reactions. Extreme boredom with life and just fine. submitted by /u/OCDweirdo [link] [comments]
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Isotopic Bomb Traces Are a Boon to Biological Dating
The decades-old signature of nuclear testing can reveal the ages of organisms, or even individual cells.
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It's a crime—but for meth cooks, it's also a job
The motivation to start cooking meth is often driven by addiction, but a new study takes a closer look at the reasons cooks engage in this criminal behavior and come to see it as a job.
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Japan is moving ahead with plans to land a spacecraft on Phobos, one of Mars' moons. If successful, the mission would mark the first time any country has touched down on the surface of the Martian moon and potentially the first round-trip mission to the Mars system.
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KIST researchers develop high-capacity EV battery materials that double driving range
Dr. Hun-Gi Jung and his research team at the Center for Energy Storage Research of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have announced the development of silicon anode materials that can increase battery capacity four-fold in comparison to graphite anode materials and enable rapid charging to more than 80% capacity in only five minutes. When applied to batteries for electric vehicles, the
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Kras kritik fra Statsrevisorerne: Risiko for, at supersygehuse ikke når deres mål
300 ændringer af supersygehusene efter godkendelse fra statens side har ført til usikkerhed om, hvorvidt sygehusene kan levere den aftalte kvalitet.
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Landets største kvalitetsdatabase efterlyser data
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Leg pain medication may prevent re-blockage of neck arteries after a stent
Adding cilostazol, an antiplatelet medication for leg pain, to other drugs tended to prevent re-blockage of carotid artery stents within two years.This is the first trial to show potential effectiveness of medical management for prevention of in-stent restenosis after carotid artery stenting.
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Lev godt med type 2-diabetes
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Light-induced control of protein destruction by opto-PROTAC
By hijacking endogenous E3 ligase to degrade protein targets via the ubiquitin-proteasome system, PROTACs (PRoteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) provide a new strategy to inhibit protein targets that were regarded as undruggable before. However, the catalytic nature of PROTAC potentially leads to uncontrolled degradation that causes systemic toxicity issues, limiting the application of PROTAC in the cl
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Lipid signaling from beta cells can potentiate an inflammatory macrophage polarization
The insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas unwittingly produce a signal that may aid their own demise in Type 1 diabetes, according to a study of the lipid signals that drive macrophage cells in the body to two different phenotypes of activated immune cells.
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Low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation of right posterior parietal cortex reduces reaction time to perithreshold low spatial frequency visual stimuli
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59662-4 Low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation of right posterior parietal cortex reduces reaction time to perithreshold low spatial frequency visual stimuli
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Læger til fitnessekspert: Kræft er ikke din egen skyld
Fitnesseksperten Anne Bech giver sig selv skylden for sin kræftsygdom, men det er der intet bevis for.
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Markant stigning i myelomatosepatienters langtidsoverlevelse
Både yngre og ældre patienter med myelomatose har haft en sikker stigning i tre- og femårsoverlevelsen sammenholdt med de foregående opgørelsesperioder, viser årsrapport fra Dansk Myelomatose Database.
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Mars InSight lander to push on top of the 'mole'
After nearly a year of trying to dig into the Martian surface, the heat probe belonging to NASA's InSight lander is about to get a push. The mission team plans to command the scoop on InSight's robotic arm to press down on the "mole," the mini pile driver designed to hammer itself as much as 16 feet (5 meters) down. They hope that pushing down on the mole's top, also called the back cap, will keep
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Meat Trimmings Are a Health Food Now
For most Americans, meat sticks have one face: Macho Man Randy Savage. The pro wrestler fronted the Slim Jim brand for much of the 1990s, flipping tables and crashing through ceilings in television commercials to implore young men to snap into dried sausage rods. Over several decades of marketing, Slim Jim had fine-tuned itself for a certain type of bro: one who delighted in the purposefully tras
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Mechanical clot removal without clot busters may be sufficient stroke treatment
Mechanical clot removal alone may be as effective as combining it with intravenous (IV) clot-busting medications for stroke patients. Mechanical clot removal alone reduced the risk of brain bleeding in this Japanese study.
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MEN1 deficiency leads to neuroendocrine differentiation of lung cancer and disrupts the DNA damage response
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14614-4 Loss ofMEN1 results in an inherited multiple endocrine neoplastic type 1 syndrome. Here, the authors generate an alveolar type II cell MEN1 knockout mouse model and show that on a Kras mutant background the mice develop lung tumors with features of neuroendocrine differentiation.
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Mental health challenges four times higher in young mothers
The study, recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, says identifying and treating mental health issues in young mothers is especially important as their health also affects the wellbeing of their children. The research recommends 'further efforts should be directed at engaging and treating this high-risk group.'
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Mining gold from implicit models to improve likelihood-free inference [Statistics]
Simulators often provide the best description of real-world phenomena. However, the probability density that they implicitly define is often intractable, leading to challenging inverse problems for inference. Recently, a number of techniques have been introduced in which a surrogate for the intractable density is learned, including normalizing flows and density…
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Minister: Partikelfiltre kan løse forurening fra brændeovne
Partikelfiltre, der kan filtrere 70 procent af de sundhedsskadelige partikler fra brændeovne, har vækket miljøministerens interesse.
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MIT system predicts the best way to deflect an Earth-bound asteroid
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Nanofabrication for all-soft and high-density electronic devices based on liquid metal
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14814-y Though all-soft electronic devices with liquid metals are attractive due to the material's compatibility with patterning methods, obtaining sub-micron patterns remains a challenge. Here, the authors report a hybrid lithography process to realize all-soft submicron-scale devices based on EGaIn.
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Navy gains a competitive edge with research into biological ocean swarms
Tiny and frightening-looking creatures lurking throughout our world's oceans can wreak havoc on Navy tactical decision-makers' ability to sense the environment or plan and chart a navigation course.
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Neighborhood features and one's genetic makeup interact to affect cognitive function
Few studies have examined how the neighborhood's physical environment relates to cognition in older adults. Researchers categorized 4,716 individuals by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype — a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) to determine if there are cognitive benefits of living in neighborhoods with greater access to social, walking and retail destinations. Results showed that the
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New artificial intelligence algorithm better predicts corn yield
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New Battery Tech Could Double Electric Car Driving Range
Altered Carbon A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have announced a new carbon-silicon material that they say could more than double the driving range of electric vehicles — and enable fast charging to more than 80 percent capacity in just five minutes. Current-day EVs generally use graphite anode batteries, which tend to provide shorter range compared to their
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New discovery has important implications for treating common eye disease
Scientists have made an important discovery with implications for those living with a common, debilitating eye disease (age-related macular degeneration, AMD) that can cause blindness. They have discovered that the molecule TLR2, which recognises chemical patterns associated with infection in the body, also seems to play an important role in the development of retinal degeneration. When TLR2 is re
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New Isotope Analysis Just Changed The Very Timeline of How Earth Was Born
Our beautiful planet really is made of stardust.
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New method to isolate atomic sheets and create new materials
Researchers have invented a new method — using ultraflat gold films — to disassemble vdW single crystals layer by layer into monolayers with near-unity yield and with dimensions limited only by bulk crystal sizes. The monolayers have the same high quality as those created by conventional 'Scotch tape' exfoliation, but are roughly a million times larger. They can be assembled into macroscopic art
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New probe developed to detect a common target of anti-inflammatory drugs
Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have recently developed a new probe to detect the activity of Cyclooxygenase-2, an enzyme that plays a major role in driving the progression of cancer. The researchers hope that this probe can have potential applications in cancer therapy.
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New research challenges theory explaining the effects of diet on lifespan
New research from the University of Sheffield has discovered that switching to a rich diet after eating a restricted diet can decrease life expectancy and have negative effects on health.
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Newly discovered immune cell type may be key to improving pancreatic cancer immunotherapy
Current immunotherapies don't work for most people with cancer. Researchers have identified an overlooked immune cell type that may react to targeted therapies to rally a more powerful immune response in more cancer patients.
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No evidence of suitability of prophylactic fluids for wildfire prevention at landscape scales [Letters (Online Only)]
Yu et al. (1) propose a viscoelastic fluid as a prophylactic fire-retardant treatment in landscapes at high risk of wildfires. We argue that, while the idea is worth exploring further, their data do not support its suitability for real landscape-scale applications. First, they report their fluid is environmentally benign because…
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NOAA Unveils Massive Boost in Supercomputing Power
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the United States will triple its operational weather and climate supercomputing capacity, and double its storage and interconnect speed, thanks to the installation of a pair of new Cray systems in Manassas, Virginia and Phoenix, Arizona in the next two years. The goal is to boost weather and climate forecast with more detai
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Nu bruger politiet i London realtids-ansigtsgenkendelse
Politiet i den engelske hovedstad har trykket på startknappen. Nu er der varevogne med realtids-ansigtsgenkendeles på gaden i London.
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Nu kan du få et dick pic-filter til din indbakke – og det virker ret godt
Et nyt plug-in lover at slette dick pics, der lander i din Twitter indbakke. Vi har testet det.
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NUI Galway highlights reproductive flexibility in hydractinia, a Galway bay jellyfish
A new study, led by Dr Tim DuBuc and Professor Uri Frank from the Centre for Chromosome Biology at NUI Galway, has found that Hydractinia, a North Atlantic jellyfish that also lives in Galway Bay, reproduces in a similar way to humans but does so far more flexibly.
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Nye kirurgiske teknikker øger overlevelsen blandt patienter med kræft i spiserør og mave
Forfinede kirurgiske teknikker og vellykket udvælgelse af patienter til præoperativ onkologisk behandling bidrager til markant stigning i overlevelsen blandt patienter med kræft i spiserør, mavemund og mavesæk.
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Næsten komplet dækningsgrad
99 pct. af alle patienter med kroniske myeloproliferative neoplasier er med i databasen for sygdomsområdet, viser årsrapport.
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Oh No, They've Come Up With Another Generation Label
The cutoff for being born into Generation X was about 1980, the cutoff for Generation Y (a.k.a. the Millennials) was about 1996, and the cutoff for Generation Z was about 2010. What should the next batch of babies be called—what comes after Z ? Alpha , apparently. That's the (Greek) letter that the unofficial namers of generations—marketers, researchers, cultural commentators, and the like—have a
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Old carbon reservoirs unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release
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On the evolution of protein-adenine binding [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
Proteins' interactions with ancient ligands may reveal how molecular recognition emerged and evolved. We explore how proteins recognize adenine: a planar rigid fragment found in the most common and ancient ligands. We have developed a computational pipeline that extracts protein–adenine complexes from the Protein Data Bank, structurally superimposes their adenine…
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Opening the window in your home will not flush out the chemicals in the air
A large team of researchers from across the U.S. and one in Canada has found that simply opening windows will not flush chemicals from the air in most homes. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes experiments they carried out with a test home environment and what they learned about the chemicals.
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Oracle BrandVoice: I Have Seen The Future, And It Is 3D Printing
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Osteosarcoma profiling reveals why immunotherapy remains ineffective
Comprehensive profiling of tumor samples taken from patients with osteosarcoma shows that multiple factors contribute to the traditionally poor responses observed from treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Our Founders Didn't Intend for Pardons to Work Like This
GraphicaArtis / Getty On Tuesday, President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor and Celebrity Apprentice contestant who was imprisoned for trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. The president also pardoned the former San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr., the "junk-bond king" Michael Milken, and former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, a
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Pew Research: half predict technology will weaken democracy by 2030 due to the speed and scope of reality distortion, decline of journalism & impact of surveillance capitalism. Third expect technology to strengthen democracy as reformers find ways to fight back against info-warriors & chaos
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PHOTACs enable optical control of protein degradation
PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) are bifunctional molecules that target proteins for ubiquitylation by an E3 ligase complex and subsequent degradation by the proteasome. They have emerged as powerful tools to control the levels of specific cellular proteins. We now introduce photoswitchable PROTACs that can be activated with the spatiotemporal precision that light provides. These trifunct
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Photos of the Week: Ghost Ship, Greek Spring, Naked Festival
Dog catchers in Cairo, luge championships in Russia, flooding in parts of England, a crash at the Daytona 500, London Fashion Week, heavy rains in Australia, continued fighting in Syria, demining in Colombia, Carnival in Venice, and much more
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Photothermally induced transparency
Induced transparency is a common but remarkable effect in optics. It occurs when a strong driving field is used to render an otherwise opaque material transparent. The effect is known as electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic media and optomechanically induced transparency in systems that consist of coupled optical and mechanical resonators. In this work, we introduce the concept of p
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Pill-sized 'heater' could increase accessibility in diagnosing infectious disease
Researchers have developed a tiny 'heater' — about the size of a pill — that could allow resource-limited regions around the world to test for infectious diseases without the need for specialized training or costly lab equipment.
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Pixar Needs to Make More Movies Like Onward
Onward, Pixar's newest movie and its first original animated feature since 2017's Coco , has the narrative structure of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. That means it contains all the elements of a classic hero's journey: a quest for a charmed object, an expedition through dangerous territory, and encounters with brutish enemies and crafty allies. But the most crucial aspect of the role-playing gam
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Polymers could reduce harm caused by landfills
A Binghamton University undergraduate researcher hopes to reduce the impact of landfills on the environment.
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Publisher Correction: Diversified Floral Resource Plantings Support Bee Communities after Apple Bloom in Commercial Orchards
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58960-1
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Purging of highly deleterious mutations through severe bottlenecks in Alpine ibex
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14803-1 Although there is extensive theory predicting the effects of population bottlenecks on mutation load, there is little empirical evidence from recent bottlenecks. Here, Grossen et al. compare the consequences of population bottlenecks in six ibex species for genome-wide variation and mutation load.
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Quackery in Medical School: Chapman Points
If you want to become a physician in the United States, you have two educational routes available to you: osteopathic and vanilla medical schools. Osteopathic medical school graduates earn a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O) degree, and vanilla medical school graduates earn a Doctor of Medicine (M.D) degree. If you're wondering what the difference is between the two, the answer is basically […]
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Quantum physicists "hold" individual atoms in place for first time
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Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech
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Region Sjælland trækker komplethedsgraden ned
For første gang i mere end 10 år befinder komplethedsgraden for indberetninger til Dansk Skulderalloplastik Register (DSR) sig under standarden på 90 pct.
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Reply to Jensen and Wang: Chimpanzees under pressure—Selection of a left ventricular structural and functional phenotype [Letters (Online Only)]
We are grateful for the interest and comments provided by Jensen and Wang (1) related to our recent paper (2). As previously noted, obtaining true resting blood pressure (BP) measurements in chimpanzees is challenging, if not impossible (1). In our study, and as described in detail in the SI Appendix…
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Reply to Santin et al.: Viscoelastic retardant fluids enable treatments to prevent wildfire on landscapes subȷect to routine ignitions [Letters (Online Only)]
Our recent paper (1) reports the development and pilot-scale validation of viscoelastic carrier fluids for ammonium polyphosphate (APP), the primary retardant used in wildland firefighting, to improve retention on common ignition-prone vegetation to protect through environmental exposure. In response to our paper, Santín et al. (2) state that while our…
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Report shows 3 million Australians living in poverty
A new report by UNSW Sydney's Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) and the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) finds that poverty rates have remained at much the same level for the past decade, despite economic growth.
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Researchers develop high-capacity EV battery materials that double driving range
Dr. Hun-Gi Jung and his research team at the Center for Energy Storage Research of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, President Lee Byung Gwon) have announced the development of silicon anode materials that can increase battery capacity four-fold in comparison to graphite anode materials and enable rapid charging to more than 80% capacity in only five minutes. When applied to bat
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Researchers examine how stereotypes of older adults impact jury duty
Although some may try to avoid jury duty, it's still regarded as a valuable contribution to society.
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Researchers identify novel potential combination therapy for childhood brain tumors
Brazilian researchers working in collaboration with Canadian scientists demonstrated that all medulloblastoma tumor subtypes express two stem cell markers: BMI1 and CD133. When they induced DNA chromatin relaxation, tumor cell viability was reduced with down-regulation of BMI1 and CD133. These anti-tumor effects could be potentiated by concurrent inhibition of MAPK/ERK signaling.
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Retraction notice claims authors submitted 'fictional' science
Talk about a brutal retraction notice. The Journal of Translational Medicine has retracted a 2017 paper after multiple investigations into the work concluded that the data were fabricated. At least two of the authors hotly dispute that conclusion, as you'll see. [Warning: Colorful language ahead.] The study, "Stromal vascular fraction cells for the treatment of … Continue reading
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Robots are taking manufacturing jobs but making firms more productive
Robots are replacing manufacturing workers in France, making companies more productive and reducing employment across the industry
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Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus
Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum, which they say could be the lost shrine dedicated some 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendary founder and first king.
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Rosa salamander kan vara världens lataste
Den rosa salamandern "europeisk olm" som lever i undervattensgrottor i forna Jugoslaven kan vara rekordinnehavare i att ta det lugnt.
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Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm disruption by a human antibody that binds a pan-amyloid epitope on curli
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14685-3 Curli amyloid fibers are important components of bacterial biofilms formed by E. coli and Salmonella. Here, Tursi et al. show that a human monoclonal antibody with pan-amyloid binding activity can disrupt biofilms formed by Salmonella Typhimurium in vitro and in vivo.
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San Antonio hospital introduces security robots
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Scientists have discovered a way to generate electricity from water vapour in the air, which could be used to charge small devices like smartphones
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Scientists scanned the brains of bullies and found something grim
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Scientists Sculpt Nanoparticle Shells with Light
Hollowed-out microcrystals could lock away carbon — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Secondary analysis confirms safety of blood thinning agent
The blood thinner apixaban, which treats and prevents blood clots in some people with irregular heart rhythm, is safe and effective in stroke patients. Apixaban is associated with less bleeding, death and hospitalization than warfarin.
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Short and simple sequences favored the emergence of N-helix phospho-ligand binding sites in the first enzymes [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
The ubiquity of phospho-ligands suggests that phosphate binding emerged at the earliest stage of protein evolution. To evaluate this hypothesis and unravel its details, we identified all phosphate-binding protein lineages in the Evolutionary Classification of Protein Domains database. We found at least 250 independent evolutionary lineages that bind small molecule…
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Singlet-filtered NMR spectroscopy
Selectively studying parts of proteins and metabolites in tissue with nuclear magnetic resonance promises new insights into molecular structures or diagnostic approaches. Nuclear spin singlet states allow the selection of signals from chemical moieties of interest in proteins or metabolites while suppressing background signal. This selection process is based on the electron-mediated coupling betw
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Sleep and friends buffer teens against discrimination
Good sleep can help teens cope with racial discrimination and challenges associated with ethnic or racial bias, according to a new study. The study, which focuses on ninth grade students, also shows that sleep helped teens problem-solve more effectively and seek peer support when faced with hardships. "Findings of this study have important implications," says Yijie Wang, assistant professor of hu
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Sneaking up on tiny crystals with electron diffraction
Understanding the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life, is essential to obtain insight into their biological function. Due to their minute size and extreme fragility, these structures are enormously difficult to determine. Acquiring data of sufficient resolution requires immense doses of high energy X-ray radiation, which unfortunately irrevocably damages the proteins principally bei
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Somatic mosaicism and common genetic variation contribute to the risk of very-early-onset inflammatory bowel disease
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14275-y Adult forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are of a polygenic nature, but paediatric and very early onset (VEO) IBD also occur as monogenic forms. Here, using whole exome sequencing, the authors explore both the monogenic and polygenic contribution to VEO-IBD and characterize a rare somatic mosaic VEO-I
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Sony and Facebook Drop Out of GDC and PAX East Due to Covid-19 Fears
Both companies cite the health of their employees as the main concern.
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Spelberoende, nätbaserade högriskspel och skuldsättning
Forskare vid Lunds universitet har studerat sambandet mellan problematiskt spelande och överskuldsättning. Nu publiceras studien som visar att personer som spelat på nätkasino betydligt oftare skuldsatt sig för att finansiera sitt spelande, jämfört med andra spelformer. Spelproblematiken var särskilt markant för kvinnor i den aktuella studien.
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Stadig flere ukomplicerede fødsler
Andel af førstegangsfødende, der har en normal fødsel uden indgreb eller komplikationer, er steget de senere år, viser årsrapport fra Dansk Kvalitetsdatabase for Fødsler
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Stort tidsforbrug til udredning af patienter med levermetastaser
'Uacceptabelt stort tidsforbrug' til udredning af patienter med levermetastaser på grund af komplekse udredningsforløb og pressede radiologiske afdelinger.
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Strategies in catalysts and electrolyzer design for electrochemical CO2 reduction toward C2+ products
In light of environmental concerns and energy transition, electrochemical CO 2 reduction (ECR) to value-added multicarbon (C 2 + ) fuels and chemicals, using renewable electricity, presents an elegant long-term solution to close the carbon cycle with added economic benefits as well. However, electrocatalytic CC coupling in aqueous electrolytes is still an open challenge due to low selectivity, ac
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Structural dynamics of Populus euphratica forests in different stages in the upper reaches of the Tarim River in China
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60139-7
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Study examines why colon cancer is more deadly in pediatric and young adult patients
Colon cancer is more likely to be lethal in children and young adults than middle-aged adults.
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Study finds trend toward benefit in using blood-clotting agent for bleeding stroke
There are few treatment options for bleeding stroke.There was a trend towards reduced growth of brain bleeds in those treated with the antifibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid within 4.5 hours of stroke onset, compared to those treated with placebo.
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Styregruppe glæder sig over nedadgående rate for reoperationer
Den tidlige reoperationsrate efter operation for navle- eller epigastrielhernie er svagt nedadgående, viser årsrapport for Herniedatabasen.
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Styregruppe hæver standard efter årrække med stilstand for reoperationer
Afdelinger har i en årrække ikke holdt sig under standarden på 1 pct. for reoperationer ved lyskebrok inden for 12 måneder.
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Susan Fowler and the End of the 'High Performer' Defense
Plus: Remembering Larry Tesler, the qualities of a successful founder, and the business of houseplant styling.
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Svenskarna blir mindre toleranta
Forskningen har länge varit entydig – vi har blivit mindre fördomsfulla och motståndet mot invandring har minskat över tid. Allt färre är negativa till att exempelvis få en invandrare från en annan del av världen ingift i sin familj. Men vad har hänt med denna långsiktiga trend på senare år, när invandringen till Sverige nått rekordnivåer? En femtedel av Sveriges befolkning är numera född i ett an
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Svigt af korsbåndsoperation og reoperation halveret
Dansk Korsbånds Rekonstruktions Register (DKRR) har i løbet af sin levetid på 14 år set en positiv udvikling for behandlingskvaliteten.
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Sweet beaks: What Galapagos finches and marine bacteria have in common
Ecological niches are a concept well known from higher animals. Apparently, bacteria act accordingly. Researchers have found that marine Polaribacter bacteria find their ecological niche by specializing on their favorite sugar.
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Så skapas ett säkert barnafödande
Trygg vård för nyblivna mödrarna innebär att vara informerad, involverad och guidad genom förlossningen, säger Maria Rönnerhag, forskare vid Högskolan i Väst som intervjuat vårdpersonal och nyblivna mammor om säker vård och barnafödande. Både tillsynsmyndigheter media har uppmärksammat brister inom förlossningsvården. Trots att skandinaviska länder betraktas som några av de säkraste i världen när
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Sådan finder vi Danmarks bedste hospitaler
Dagens Medicin analyserer for 13. gang kvalitetsdata fra danske hospitaler og finder de bedste til 64 behandlinger og undersøgelser.
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Tech Experts Are Pessimistic About Their Industry
Updated at 1:22 p.m. ET It's hard to watch an old friend go through a midlife crisis, isn't it? The new girlfriends , younger and wilder . The workout regimens and hair treatments . Running off to Esalen and talking about mindfulness , doing intense meditation . That particularly tragic combination of bravado and self-loathing , hanging on to past glory , and seeking new space . The unquenchable
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Telemonitoring plus phone counseling lowers blood pressure among black and Hispanic stroke survivors
Minority stroke survivors experience better blood pressure control when lifestyle counseling by phone from a nurse is added to home blood pressure telemonitoring. Improved blood pressure control could lower strokes and stroke deaths in blacks and Hispanics.
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Tesla Teardown Scares Competitors: 'We Cannot Do This'
A teardown of the Tesla Model 3 found Tesla is years ahead of the competition on AI and self-driving – as much as six years ahead by one estimate. Tesla's choice to ignore the traditional supply channel, to design and use its own microprocessors, and integrate much of the control functionality into a single module are cited as reasons for Tesla standing out from the competition. According to an a
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The ATAD2/ANCCA homolog Yta7 cooperates with Scm3HJURP to deposit Cse4CENP-A at the centromere in yeast [Genetics]
The AAA+ ATPase and bromodomain factor ATAD2/ANCCA is overexpressed in many types of cancer, but how it contributes to tumorigenesis is not understood. Here, we report that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae homolog Yta7ATAD2 is a deposition factor for the centromeric histone H3 variant Cse4CENP-A at the centromere in yeast. Yta7ATAD2 regulates…
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The Best Snow Gear (2020): Ski Jackets, Goggles, and More
From snowboard bindings to the best balaclava we've ever tested, here is our favorite ski and snowboard equipment.
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The Books Briefing: A Study in Sleuthing
Many thrillers trace a strange or catastrophic event back to its surprising source. But what catalysts lead to those stories being written in the first place? Walter Mosley's mystery-writing career was set off by a single simile from an older giant of the genre. Celeste Ng's haunting novels draw unexpected lessons from the surreal, unexplained illustrations of Goodnight Moon . Charles Willeford's
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The fibroblast-derived protein PI16 controls neuropathic pain [Medical Sciences]
Chronic pain is a major clinical problem of which the mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here, we describe the concept that PI16, a protein of unknown function mainly produced by fibroblasts, controls neuropathic pain. The spared nerve injury (SNI) model of neuropathic pain increases PI16 protein levels in fibroblasts in dorsal…
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The hidden costs of dietary restriction: Implications for its evolutionary and mechanistic origins
Dietary restriction (DR) extends life span across taxa. Despite considerable research, universal mechanisms of DR have not been identified, limiting its translational potential. Guided by the conviction that DR evolved as an adaptive, pro-longevity physiological response to food scarcity, biomedical science has interpreted DR as an activator of pro-longevity molecular pathways. Current evolutiona
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The integrated catalysts can simplify pharmaceutical manufacturing
Prof. In Su Lee and his research team from POSTECH developed catalytic platforms based on metal organic frameworks.
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The outcomes of bariatric surgery on rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: a prospective cohort study
Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59723-8
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The Problem With Amazon's Nazi-Hunters Show
One factor that complicates any ability to dissect the excesses of Amazon's schlocky new drama Hunters is the show's Do Not Reveal list, a document provided to critics with screeners of the first five episodes. So I can't write about the opening scene, a symbolic demolition of the American Dream in which a bumptious politician grilling burgers in a Kiss the Cook apron is revealed to be [redacted]
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The process of Lewy body formation, rather than simply {alpha}-synuclein fibrillization, is one of the maȷor drivers of neurodegeneration [Neuroscience]
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the accumulation of misfolded and aggregated α-synuclein (α-syn) into intraneuronal inclusions named Lewy bodies (LBs). Although it is widely believed that α-syn plays a central role in the pathogenesis of PD, the processes that govern α-syn fibrillization and LB formation remain poorly understood. In…
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The robot does the hard work. Can you still attain enlightenment?
The robot mandala is a faster and—proponents argue, easier—way to create the traditional sand artwork used for Buddhist meditation.
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The toxic legacy of old oil wells: California's multibillion-dollar problem
Across much of California, fossil fuel companies are leaving thousands of oil and gas wells unplugged and idle, potentially threatening the health of people living nearby and handing taxpayers a multibillion-dollar bill for the environmental cleanup.
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The under appreciated importance of non-woven markets
Face masks. Global supply chains need them because manufacturing needs them.
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Therapeutic cooling effectively targets site of brain injury
Investigators successfully measure brain temperature in newborn babies undergoing therapeutic cooling, showing that the treatment effectively targets the core of the brain.
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This week WHO, UNICEF, and The Lancet published a report about child health named "A future for the world's children?". It says that "the commercial sector's profit motive poses many threats to child health and wellbeing, not least the environmental damage unleashed by unregulated industry".
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Top stories: Tracking the Himalayan wolf, trusting science, and finding our 'ghost' ancestors
This week's top Science news
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Topscorere sætter barren med højt bundniveau
Ranglisterne over Danmarks Bedste Hospitaler viser værdien af et stabilt og højt bundniveau, og små, specialiserede hospitaler kan følge de store til dørs med høj kvalitet.
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Traditional biomass stoves shown to cause lung inflammation
Traditional stoves that burn biomass materials and are not properly ventilated, which are widely used in developing nations where cooking is done indoors, have been shown to significantly increase indoor levels of harmful PM2.5 (miniscule atmospheric particulates) and carbon monoxide (CO) and to stimulate biological processes that cause lung inflammation and may lead to chronic obstructive pulmona
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Universal slow plasmons and giant field enhancement in atomically thin quasi-two-dimensional metals
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14826-8 Plasmons depend strongly on dimensionality. Here the authors show that plasmons in atomically thin metals are qualitatively different from those in a 2D electron gas or metal slab: they are dispersionless at large wavevectors and, in systems such as monolayer TaS2, long-lived enough to be observed experiment
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University of Minnesota researchers discover Mediterranean diet ingredient may extend life
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School discover a potential new way in which diet influences aging-related diseases.
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Unsafe ozone levels blight urban areas daily
Analysis of Met Office data show air pollution levels above WHO limits
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US Is Dramatically Lagging Behind Other Countries in a New 'Child Flourishing Index'
And the sustainability score is even worse.
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Van der Waals interfacial reconstruction in monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides and gold heterojunctions
Nature Communications, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14753-8 Material interfaces are highly crucial to improve device performances. Here, the authors report interfacial reconstruction at the Au {001} substrate surface and the top MoS2 and WS2 monolayers due to the formation of a metastable interfacial Au4S4 phase. The reconstructed interface results in a p-type Schott
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Vinder: »Vi bruger data på en anden måde end andre afdelinger«
Børn og Unge afdeling, Regionshospitalet Viborg, er Danmarks bedste til behandling af børn og unge med diabetes. Interview med specialeansvarlig overlæge Dorte Lydum Senning – suppleret med svar fra specialeansvarlig sygeplejerske Linda Møller Hansen, da Dorte Lydum Senning begyndte på afdelingen 1. januar.
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Vinder: »Virkeligheden er ikke altid så simpel, som data gør den til«
Kardiologisk afdeling på Aalborg Universitetshospital er Danmarks bedste til behandling af hjertesvigt. Interview med Eva Korup, ledende overlæge.
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Vinder: For 12 år siden skulle vi ikke have eksisteret
Kirurgisk afdeling, Holbæk Sygehus er Danmarks bedste til behandling af lyskebrok. Interview med Claus Juul, ledende overlæge.
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Vinder: Kvalitetsdata er blot en hjælpende hånd
Neurologisk Afdeling, Sydvestjysk Sygehus i Esbjerg er Danmarks bedste til behandling af sclerose. Interview med Allan Thimsen, ledende overlæge.
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Vinder: Vi er vindere på landsplan
Thoraxkirurgisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital er Danmarks bedste til behandling af lungekræft. Interview med Gert Lerbjerg, ledende overlæge.
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Wait, Is That Backpack … Floating?
A new pack from HoverGlide looks like magic. But there's a perfectly good physics explanation.
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Walking together: Personal traits and first impressions affects step synchronization
Walking is one of our most natural, daily actions. Now, a new study led by a Tohoku University researcher suggests that walkers use step synchronization as a form of non-verbal social communication. The results lend credence to the effects of psychological traits on movement interaction between humans.
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Water reuse could be key for future of hydraulic fracturing
Enough water will come from the ground as a byproduct of oil production from unconventional reservoirs during the coming decades to theoretically counter the need to use fresh water for hydraulic fracturing operations in many of the nation's large oil-producing areas. While other industries might want to recycle some of that water for their own needs, water quality issues and the potential costs i
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What would happen if a Nation (new or existing) would start redirecting all of its money and resources to education, environment and public service only?
I'm thinking 10 years from now. What are the challenges and privileges this country would face if it followed the millennial ideal of perfect world? submitted by /u/155matt [link] [comments]
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When plasmons reach atomic flatland
Researchers from the MPSD and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in the United States have discovered a significant new fundamental kind of quantum electronic oscillation, or plasmon, in atomically thin materials. Their work has now been published in Nature Communications. It has potential implications for novel imaging techniques and photochemical reactions at the nanoscale.
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White House formally invites public comment on open-access policies
Some publishers feared order making federally funded studies free
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Why Haven't Nanotubes Taken Over the World Yet?
Carbon nanotubes have gotten a lot of hype for being hundreds of times stronger than steel and better at conducting electricity than copper. The potential applications are pretty much limitless, so what's holding them up? submitted by /u/kernals12 [link] [comments]
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Working Scientist podcast: How to bounce back from a bruising peer-review or paper rejection
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00381-1 It's important not to take reviewers' comments personally, even if you feel they have misunderstood the science, Adam Levy discovers.
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World's oldest art under threat from cement mining in Indonesia
Hunting scene dated to 40,000 years ago 'crumbling before our eyes', say scientists The oldest known figurative paintings in the world, located near a cement mine in Indonesia, are under threat from industry, scientists have warned. In December, cave paintings depicting a hunting scene in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi were dated to at least 40,000 years ago . Continue reading…
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Xenobots: Living Machines For Medicine, Science and Exploration
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XMM-Newton reveals giant flare from a tiny star
A star of about eight percent the Sun's mass has been caught emitting an enormous 'super flare' of X-rays—a dramatic high-energy eruption that poses a fundamental problem for astronomers, who did not think it possible on stars that small.
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