A Massachusetts Man Is Infected With Monkeypox
45minThe case, the first in the U.S. this year, follows unusual clusters discovered in Europe and Canada.
Rare stone circle found at prehistoric ritual site in Cornwall
18minArchaeologists find pits lying in crooked horseshoe formation at Castilly Henge near Bodmin A rare stone circle has been found at a prehistoric ritual site in Cornwall, with seven regularly spaced pits mapped by a team of archaeologists. Bracken and scrub were cleared over the winter at Castilly Henge near Bodmin to allow archaeologists to survey the site. They found the pits lying in a crooked h
Official measures of research 'impact' are failing to keep pace with socially-networked academics
20minA survey of how academics use social media to encourage people to interact with their research argues that much of the public value of their work is probably being overlooked in official "impact" assessments.
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Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists
1dIt is difficult to catch Asian elephants responding to deaths of herd members in the wild, but online videos helped researchers observe the behavior.
What Parents Did Before Baby Formula
12hThe baby was just two weeks old, and hungry. Elizabeth Hanson tried to breastfeed, but didn't have enough milk. With terror, she watched as her daughter lost weight, tiny bones protruding from her skin. In America, in modern times, most parents can count on multiple safe, healthy options for feeding an infant: breast milk or formula. That is, unless they are experiencing the impacts of the curren
Marvel Signs Deal to Insert CGI Stan Lee Cameos Into Future Films
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Never Say Die Comic books legend Stan Lee died years ago, but now it looks like he could live on — because Marvel is maneuvering to allow his likeness to be used in films, theme parks and more. The Holly wood Reporter revealed today that a 20-year deal between Marvel, Genius Brands International and POW! Entertainment — the intellectual property company Lee started in 2001 — will allow Marvel to
Overraskende forskning: Der er stort set ingen insekter tilbage på villavejene
19hMere end 600 frivillige har hjulpet forskere med projektet 'Insektmobilen'.
NASA Reveals Early Plans to Send Two Astronauts to Surface of Mars
6hDuring a high-level talk on NASA's objectives for human space exploration, we got an early glimpse of what a 30 day crewed mission to the surface of Mars could eventually look like. It's an exciting prospect that, while many years if not decades away, shows the agency's commitment to fulfilling humanity's dreams of setting foot on the Red Planet for the first time in history. NASA director of spa
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Released From Prison, Seen Eating at Cracker Barrel
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Looks like "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli — best known for raising the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill — is out of the clink and living it up at Cracker Barrel. That horrifying Mad Lib is brought to you by one of Shkreli's buddies, who posted on Twitter that he'd picked the former pharma exec up from prison, following up with a photo of the pair dining at the chain eatery. "
Chernobyl: Facts about the world's worst nuclear disaster
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion resulted in the most horrific nuclear disaster in the world.
Spectacular ceiling frescoes discovered in the Temple of Khnum at Esna
1dIn the Temple of Khnum at Esna, Upper Egypt, German and Egyptian researchers have uncovered a series of vibrantly-colored ceiling frescoes. The relief images in the central section of the ceiling, Professor Christian Leitz from the University of Tübingen reports, make up a total of 46 depictions of the Upper-Egyptian vulture goddess Nekhbet and the Lower-Egyptian serpent goddess Wadjet. Both are d
Enzyme breaks down PET plastic in record time
10hPlastic bottles, punnets, wrap—lightweight packaging made of PET plastic becomes a problem if it is not recycled. Scientists at Leipzig University have now discovered a highly efficient enzyme that degrades PET in record time. The enzyme PHL7, which the researchers found in a compost heap in Leipzig, could make biological PET recycling possible much faster than previously thought. The findings hav
Engineers investigating NASA's Voyager 1 telemetry data
3hWhile the Voyager 1 spacecraft continues to return science data and otherwise operate as normal, the mission team is searching for the source of a system data issue.
Research team develops wood-based foam to keep buildings cooler
4hSummertime is almost here, a time when many people try to beat the heat. But running air conditioners constantly can be expensive and wasteful. Now, researchers reporting in the ACS journal Nano Letters have designed a lightweight foam made from wood-based cellulose nanocrystals that reflects sunlight, emits absorbed heat and is thermally insulating. They suggest that the material could reduce bui
Super-sized atoms can be used as a receiver to stream live video
5hWhen excited by lasers, a tiny glass container filled with rubidium atoms can act as a receiver for streamed video signals
Seafloor animal cued to settle, transformed by a bacterial compound
15hMost bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate animals, such as sponges, corals, worms and oysters, produce tiny larvae that swim in the ocean prior to attaching to the seafloor and transforming into juveniles. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and led by University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa researchers revealed that a large, complex molecule, called lipo
First direct observation of the dead-cone effect in particle physics
3hThe ALICE collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has made the first direct observation of the dead-cone effect—a fundamental feature of the theory of the strong force that binds quarks and gluons together into protons, neutrons and, ultimately, all atomic nuclei. In addition to confirming this effect, the observation, reported in a paper published today in Nature, provides direct experim
Limited cross-variant immunity from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron without vaccination
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Child's tooth could offer clues to ancient human relative
1dA child's tooth at least 130,000 years old found in a Laos cave could help scientists uncover more information about an early human cousin, a study said on Tuesday.
Pee pals: Dolphins use taste of urine to recognize friends
3hThink about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: their voice, perhaps, or even a favored deodorant.
The mosaic oat genome gives insights into a uniquely healthy cereal crop
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04732-y Assembly of the hexaploid oat genome and its diploid and tetraploid relatives clarifies the evolutionary history of oat and allows mapping of genes for agronomic traits.
Ökning av svår hepatit hos barn förbryllar forskarna
10hÖver 450 barn i 28 länder har sedan slutet av mars drabbats av akut svår hepatit. Orsaken förbryllar forskarna. Sjukdomen drabbar framför allt barn under 16 år som i övrigt är helt friska. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
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Over 75 Percent of Long Covid Patients Were Not Hospitalized for Initial Illness, Study Finds
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Researchers analyzed the largest database of private insurance claims in the United States in the first four months after a diagnostic code for long Covid was created.
Extraterrestrial Stone Found in Egypt May Be First Evidence on Earth of Rare Supernova
20hAn interstellar traveler.
Child's 130,000-year-old tooth could offer clues to extinct human relative
1dResearchers believe the discovery in a Laos cave proves that Denisovans lived in the warm tropics of southeast Asia A child's tooth at least 130,000 years old found in a Laos cave could help scientists uncover more information about an early human cousin, according to a new study. Researchers believe the discovery proves that Denisovans – a now-extinct branch of humanity – lived in the warm tropi
Crypto-Shilling Celebs Suddenly Very Quiet Now That It's Crashing
7hBusted Remember all those celebrities who took money from crypto companies to do ads encouraging low-information dupes into investing? They're still rich, but they've been awfully quiet since the industry they shilled has tanked in value . As The New York Times notes , not a single one of the celebrities who did cryptocurrency ads earlier this year has said anything since its cumulative valuation
The Supreme Court Needs an Ethics Code
13hThe extraordinary leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade has reignited a discussion about ethical responsibility in public life. The core concern of ethics is that, in deciding what to say and how to act, those with public roles must look to the public's interests, not their own or those of a narrow class of allies. In a period of acute concern about the erosion of instituti
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Superconducting X-Ray Laser in California Achieves Temperatures Colder Than Space
21hJust 2 kelvins above absolute zero.
Scientists Gene Hack Hamsters Into Hyper-Aggressive Monsters
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Hamster Brawl Scientists say that a little gene hacking turned adorable hamsters into vicious monstrosities. Researchers at Georgia State University may have published the scientific understatement of the year when saying that their CRISPR experiment with hamsters "found that the biology behind social behavior may be more complex than previously thought." Using the revolutionary gene editing tech
Boeing's Starliner Launch Will Bring New Cargo and Science to the Space Station
8hThe uncrewed flight includes a payload of food, provisions and a specialized flight-test dummy — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Complex Is a Knot? New Proof Reveals Ranking System That Works
10hBack in 1981, Cameron Gordon introduced a new way to relate two knots — mathematical constructs modeled after the knots that appear in a single thread or string. In his paper, he conjectured that this new relationship could be used to arrange groups of knots according to how complicated they are. This winter, Ian Agol, a mathematician at the University of California, Berkeley, posted a six-page..
What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing
11hFor weeks now , as COVID-19 cases have ticked upward in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, pundits and political leaders have offered a supposedly reassuring refrain: Cases might be climbing, but hospitalizations aren't yet following suit. In some places, that has been true. Several health-care workers around the country told me they're seeing the lowest caseloads since last summer. A few aren't hav
We Shouldn't Try to Make Conscious Software–Until We Should
12hEventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
John Fetterman Wins on Vibes
19hEven if you don't know a single policy he supports, chances are good that you know what John Fetterman looks like. Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor is larger than life at 6 foot 8, distinctively bald with a salt-and-pepper goatee, and draped in a baggy shirt or hoodie. Oh, and he's a shorts guy too. Fetterman easily won today's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, and will run in November in a r
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
23hA UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.
Goodnight Sweet Prince: NASA is Officially Killing Its Mars Lander
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The end of NASA's InSight Mars lander is, well, in sight. The spacecraft has long been battling with Martian dust obstructing its umbrella-shaped solar panels, making it increasingly difficult to charge its batteries. Now, in a Tuesday update , NASA revealed that Insight's science operations are coming to a close later this summer. By December, they say, the lander will have "become inoperative."
Elon Musk Spotted Seemingly Using Starship Heat Shield as Snack Tray
1dTasty Morsels Twitter users spotted an interesting piece of serving ware in a photo of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with Indonesian president Joko Widodo having a chat — a Starship ceramic heat shield tile being used to hold snacks. The two sat down to discuss everything from electric vehicles to interplanetary space travel. Indonesia happens to be the world's biggest producer of nickel, a crucial ingred
NASA Alarmed That Astronauts' Spacesuits Keep Filling Up With Water
1hWatery Grave The spacesuits that allow astronauts to venture outside of the International Space Station have been declared "no-go" for upcoming spacewalks. That's because the suits' helmets keep filling with excess water, a potentially life threatening scenario astronauts have been battling with on multiple occasions, CBS reports . The massive and unwieldy suits, referred to as "extra-vehicular m
The Pope Says His Preferred Medication for Injury Is Tequila
2hHey barkeep, hurry up, would ya? In a viral video the Associated Press covered yesterday , Pope Francis stopped to speak with onlookers as he passed through St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. He sat inside the bulletproof popemobile and chatted with Mexican seminary students from the Legion of Christ who asked the Argentinian leader in his native Spanish how his knee was doing, according to the
Sleep Helps The Brain Process Emotions, And a New Study in Mice Reveals How
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Ukraine's Way Out
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The war in Ukraine is entering a more dangerous phase. Even though Russia appears to have downsized its goals after Kyiv blunted Moscow's initial invasion, the Kremlin is now determined to enlarge the chunk of eastern and southern Ukraine that it grabbed in 2014. Meanwhile, NATO allies are pouring in arms, providing intelligence, and savoring the prospect of a "victory" that entails expelling Rus
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Elon Musk Warns That Humankind Will "End Up in Adult Diapers"
4hTesla CEO Elon Musk has rehashed one of his favorite talking points yet again , warning of the dangers of having fewer children, something that he says could lead to the collapse of human civilization . "At least maintain our numbers," he said during a conference in Miami earlier this week, as quoted by Insider . "We don't necessarily need to grow dramatically, but least let's not gradually dwind
People With Schizophrenia Are Skipping Meds and Making Peace With the Voices
5hTurns out not making people feel inferior because their brains work differently could be better than forcing them to conform — you know, like a lot of societal expectations . A New York Times report published yesterday followed a female patient who experiences auditory hallucinations and described the voices she often hears. As a child, doctors prescribed her multiple medications: antipsychotics
The Impossible Ambition of Kendrick Lamar's New Album
8h"Sorry I didn't save the world," Kendrick Lamar says in the final moments of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers , his new double album. The apology is not sarcastic. Lamar really has spent nearly two decades of rapping trying to open minds, save souls, and bring peace … and yet, still, all of this ( gestures wildly ) is going on. Lamar sings his album-closing track, "Mirror," in a lighthearted voice a
The Rotten Core of Our Political System
12hA lexander Burns and Jonathan Martin are star political reporters for The New York Times , and their scoops in This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future have already made headlines . But the book is more interesting than just for perishable news that will attract ogling Washington insiders. It's a document of decline and fall—a chronicle that should cause future reader
The Myth That Roe Broke America
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The idea that American politics became bitter and divisive because of Roe v. Wade , the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, is a cherished bit of right-wing folk history, akin to the idea that Robert E. Lee opposed slavery or that the purpose of the Electoral College was to protect small states from the tyranny of big states . Like any political use of history, its purpose is to just
Octopuses torture and eat themselves after mating. Science finally knows why.
14hOctopus mothers slam themselves against rocks and eat their own arms before their eggs hatch. Scientists have discovered what leads to the self-destruction.
830 million-year-old organisms found locked in ancient crystals could be resurrected
14hResearchers discovered microorganisms from 830 million years ago trapped in ancient salt crystals from Australia
The Crypto Crash Feels Amazing
2hUpdated at 6:10 p.m. ET on May 18, 2022 "What do you think of this company Netscape ?" my parents asked. It was 1995, and they had called me on the landline, which back then just meant the telephone. Netscape was a company that made a graphical web browser— the web browser, really—but gave it away for free. Its income statement showed only modest revenue (and substantial losses). The web was new
Conservatives Are Defending a Sanitized Version of 'The Great Replacement'
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Three years ago, when a white-supremacist fanatic killed dozens of people in El Paso, Texas, the reaction from the right was unreserved condemnation . When another white-supremacist fanatic killed 10 people at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, last week, the reaction from some figures on the right was to acknowledge that the guy had a point about this whole "replacement"
Forstå dagens store klimaaftaler: Her er de otte vigtigste ting
4hObligatoriske solceller på nybyggeri og tusindvis af vindmøller i Nordsøen skal gøre EU fri af russisk gas og begrænse klimakrisen.
Japan Approves Play to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean
7hFlood Gates Japanese regulators just gave the Fukushima nuclear plant the green light to release around 1.4 million liters of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific ocean starting next year, the Associated Press reports . While the environmental risks are minimal according to the regulator, there's still plenty of tritium, a potentially carcinogenic byproduct, in the water that could thr
What the U.S. Can Learn from Brazil's Successful COVID Vaccination Campaign
9hDespite similar leadership at the start of the pandemic, Brazilians are more trusting of government and view vaccination as a necessity and a right — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Good That Ted Cruz's Win Can Do
10hTo hold his Senate seat against his challenger, Beto O'Rourke, in 2018, Ted Cruz spent nearly $40 million. O'Rourke's campaign spent double that amount. The day before the vote in Texas, Cruz lent his campaign $260,000. This was a curious—and seemingly unnecessary—gesture: The campaign's final report showed it ended with $263,000 cash in hand. Yet Cruz was not acting irrationally. He was preparin
This Hacktivist Site Lets You Prank Call Russian Officials
12hTo protest the war in Ukraine, WasteRussianTime.today auto-dials Russian government officials, connects them to each other, and lets you listen in to their confusion.
Sold! Dinosaur skeleton that inspired Velociraptors from 'Jurassic Park' auctioned for $12.4 million
14hA rare skeleton of the dinosaur Deinonychus, the species that inspired the Velocirators in the movie "Jurassic Park," just sold for $12.4 million at auction.
Europe Rethinks Its Reliance on Burning Wood for Electricity
1dA new proposal would significantly rewrite E.U. rules on renewable energy, ending subsidies for biomass like wood pellets.
The real reason you feel so busy (and what to do about it) | Dorie Clark
1dThese days, almost all of us feel pressed for time. Leadership expert Dorie Clark shares three hidden reasons people fall into an endless loop of feeling constantly busy, and invites you to question what really motivates how you spend your time.
The Intersectionality of Hate
1d"The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved." These are not the words of the teenager who walked into a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday to hunt down Black Americans, although they might as well be. These are the words of Tom Buchanan, a rich, repugnant character in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.
Much Like Hipsters, Scallops Can Be Lured to Their Death by Disco Lights
4hClam-iroquai Just like your average EDM fan, scallops can, as it turns out, be captured more easily when you turn on the pretty lights for them. As The Guardian reports , a group of fishing consultants (yes, that's a thing) have devised a devious plot to lure unsuspecting scallops — by flashing "disco" lights inside trap baskets, which apparently attracts them. This technique was actually created
Tucker Carlson Deserves Blame—But Not for Buffalo
5hThis is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Every Monday, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Question of the Week Caitlin Flanagan's masterful " Chasing Joan Didion " has me thinking about travel. What have you learned w
Pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2019 alone
5hPollution accounted for one in six deaths three years ago, a figure that is unchanged since the last analysis in 2015
The Incredible Shrinking Car Dealership
5hThe way people buy automobiles is changing—so Honda and other manufacturers are adapting in kind.
EU reveals its plans to stop using Russian gas
5hIt will invest in pipelines in other countries but will speed up a shift to green energy.
What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism
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F or all the talk about how Donald Trump's endorsed candidates would fare in the Republican primaries this year, the results in this week's races made clear: Whatever happens to Trump's personal influence, Trumpism is consolidating its dominance of the GOP. The former president's scorecard on Tuesday was mixed. Candidates he endorsed won the GOP nominations for governor in Pennsylvania and Senate
Study shows how diet has transformed the ancient dog into a family pet
9hThe shape of the mandible (the lower jaw) is influenced by the mechanical action of the jaw muscles that connect it to the skull, and mandible shape therefore reflects the diet of the animal. The lower jaw is also sufficiently robust to survive burial and fossilization, providing a valuable insight into the diets of animals that are long dead.
How Accurate Are Rapid COVID Tests?
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Two testing experts explain the latest data on how well the assays perform — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An EU Law Could Let US Prosecutors Scan Phones for Abortion Texts
11hTools used to find child abuse material could be wielded in the US to protect "unborn children" if the EU bans end-to-end encryption.
Homeopathy and Pre-Registered Trials
11hPreregistering clinical trials is a great idea, but we have to actually track registration. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
Do Airline Offset Programs Really Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
14hCarbon credits could eventually play an important role in fighting climate change, but right now a few dollars' worth won't change much.
Glem 'døren' på Mars: Her er 3 billeder fra Curiosity, som forskeren finder mere interessante
14hI snart ti år har Curiosity udforsket Mars og gjort os klogere på planetens våde fortid, fortæller forsker.
The baby formula shortage has birthed a shady online marketplace
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After Ashley Diaz had her baby in early April, she faced a setback. She wasn't producing enough breast milk. Her newborn son needed formula to supplement his nutrition. So she sent her mother to Target to stock up. She came back with only two boxes—the maximum allowed. Now, many of those store shelves are empty, not only in Los Angeles, where Diaz lives, but across the United States. Parents are
Method used to track ants underground could revolutionize how we measure snow depth from space
15hAnts may be the unlikely heroes when it comes to better understanding the health of our planet in the midst of a climate crisis. In a paper published to Frontiers in Remote Sensing, a team of scientists, including those from NASA, have found a way to estimate the depth of snow from orbit using ants deep underground.
China diverts anti-poverty funds to Covid testing as crisis deepens
22hLocal governments say resources are being used to cover costs of zero-Covid policy
There's an Animal That Walks on Three Limbs. It's a Parrot.
1dLovebirds — and perhaps other species — seem to confound nature's strong preference for bilateral bodies.
NASA's InSight still hunting marsquakes as power levels diminish
1dDusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring the Mars lander mission to a close around the end of this year.
New algorithm approach paves the way for larger, more complex metalenses
1dCompact and lightweight metasurfaces—which use specifically designed and patterned nanostructures on a flat surface to focus, shape and control light—are a promising technology for wearable applications, especially virtual and augmented reality systems. Today, research teams painstakingly design the specific pattern of nanostructures on the surface to achieve the desired function of the lens, whet
UK expects to produce more electricity than it needs by 2030
5hA wave of huge offshore wind farms is expected to produce such a glut of inexpensive power that Great Britain soon stops being a net importer of electricity
Outbursts of magnetar SGR J1935+2154 investigated in detail
9hEuropean astronomers have conducted a detailed, long-term X-ray monitoring campaign of a magnetar known as SGR J1935+2154, since it entered its active phase, experiencing numerous X-ray outbursts. Results of the study, published May 10 on arXiv.org, could help us better understand the nature of this magnetar.
US rushes to catch up with China in supercomputer race
19hWorld's biggest economies battle to dominate advanced processing power that will affect defence and climate modelling
These materials were meant to revolutionize the solar industry. Why hasn't it happened?
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Solar panels are basically synonymous with silicon. The material is used in about 95% of the panels in today's market. But silicon solar cells are limited in how much energy they can harness from the sun, and they are still relatively expensive to make. For many, compounds called perovskites have long held promise as potentially cheaper, lighter, more efficient solar materials. But despite the ex
The Miraculous Comeback of the Field Trip
12hPhotographs by Cassidy Araiza You could hear them getting antsy through the bus windows. "I want to see a meerkat!" "Finally, I get to feel my feet!" And a deeper voice, just as emphatic: "SIT! DOWN!" It was a little after 10 a.m. on May 6 when three busloads of third graders poured out into the heat of a dusty parking lot at Out of Africa, a wildlife park about 90 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona
How did US baby formula get contaminated with dangerous bacteria?
5hCronobacter sakazakii contamination shut down the biggest formula manufacturing plant in the US. What we know about how it happened and what parents struggling to find formula can do
Roe's Fall Will Limit Screening for Fatal Congenital Conditions
7hMany life-limiting conditions can only be detected 12 weeks into pregnancy—but some US states are planning to set to the abortion limit much earlier.
Remarkably strong pairing of charge carriers in bilayer antiferromagnetic Mott insulators
9hOver the past few years, many physicists and material scientists have been investigating superconductivity, the complete disappearance of electrical resistance observed in some solid materials. Superconductivity has so far been primarily observed in materials that are cooled to very low temperatures, typically below 20 K.
Burst Pipe AND Power Failure on the Saga! | Deadliest Catch
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Why It's So Hard to Count Twitter Bots
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Elon Musk's method for tracking down bots may be useless, but finding a better formula is tougher than you think.
Quantum key distribution network accurately measures ground vibration
10hA team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has found that quantum key distribution (QKD) networks can be used to accurately measure ground vibration. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes their implementation of a twin-field, fiber-based QKD network over a distance of 658 km. They also determined that the network could be used
Carbon-Rich Peat Is Disappearing. But Is It Also Growing?
12hScientists have discovered "proto-peat" forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature.
Since You're Already Getting a Flu Shot, Why Not One for Covid, Too?
5hScientists and federal health officials are debating plans to pair coronavirus and flu vaccinations in the fall.
New material can 'capture toxic pollutants from air'
11hResearchers at University of Limerick have developed a new material that has the ability to capture toxic chemicals from the air.
Water Levels in Lake Mead Reach Record Lows
4hLake Mead, North America's largest artificial reservoir, formed on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, has shrunk to historic lows—dropping to about 30 percent of its capacity. The reservoir is a major source of water for Arizona, Nevada, and California, as well as part of Mexico, serving nearly 25 million people and huge agricultural areas. A combination of drought, climate change, an
Kale 'miracle food' paper retracted for being 'word salad'
13hKale may be a superfood, but for one paper on the vegetable, Twitter proved to be its Kryptonite. We'll explain. Last November, Food Science & Nutrition published an article titled "Kale (Brassica oleracea var. sabellica) as miracle food with special reference to therapeutic and nutraceuticals perspective." How miraculous? As the authors, from Government College University … Continue reading
Ediacarans: Did competition kill off Earth's mysterious first animals?
5hA mysterious extinction about 540 million years ago may have been caused when early animals began competing against one another
Internet-based precision irrigation system shows promise for fresh-market tomato
10hAn "internet of things"—or IoT—system monitoring real-time data from soil-based sensors to activate an automated precision irrigation setup can conserve water and boost crop production, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
Your Crushing Anxiety About the Climate Crisis Is Normal
10hA Stanford researcher shares what she's learned about the ways climate change affects mental health and offers practical advice
Earthbound Space Dust Comes From Solar System's Edge
1dFor the first time, researchers confirm dust from the zodiacal cloud comes from more than 2 billion miles from Earth.
How can Covid-19 affect the human brain?
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Scientists are trying to understand the cause of neurological effects and whether symptoms will be long-lasting
Ultracold bubbles on space station open new avenues of quantum research
3hProduced inside NASA's Cold Atom Lab, ultracold bubbles provide new opportunities to experiment with an exotic state of matter.
Ny utredning: Stoppa motorvägar – biltrafiken måste minska
15hEn omställning till elbilar räcker inte för att stoppa koldioxidutsläppen enligt Klimaträttsutredningen som presenteras idag. Trafikverket bör få nya instruktioner så att flyg- och bilresor minskar och att fler cyklar, går eller åker tåg istället.
A Letter to My Fellow Asian Mothers From the Multiverse
12hA raft of recent films like Everything Everywhere All at Once highlights the complicated relationships between immigrant Asian women and their mothers.
Image: Hubble reveals a river of star formation
1dThis newly revised NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hickson Compact Group 31 (HCG 31) of galaxies highlights streams of star-formation as four dwarf galaxies interact. The bright, distorted clump of young blue-white stars (top-right of center) is NGC 1741. Although it appears to be a single galaxy, NGC 1741 is actually a pair of colliding dwarf galaxies. Another dwarf, cigar-shaped galaxy
Ultrahigh piezoelectric performance demonstrated in ceramic materials
10hThe ability of piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa makes them useful for various applications from robotics to communication to sensors. A new design strategy for creating ultrahigh-performing piezoelectric ceramics opens the door to even more beneficial uses for these materials, according to a team of researchers from Penn State and Michigan
Second endangered cheetah cub dies in Iran: state media
14hThe second of three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran has died in a blow to conservation efforts for the critically endangered subspecies, state media reported Wednesday.
Rare monkeypox infections detected in several European countries
3hIt's unknown whether the monkeypox cases in different countries are linked.
Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid
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Pfizer's Paxlovid can prevent severe covid-19 in vulnerable people when taken as a five-day course at home, but the medicine may not eradicate the virus in everyone
Best air purifiers {year}: Enjoy clean air in your home
13hWe've rounded up the best air purifiers on the market to rid your home of pollutants and irritants
Plantwatch: the plants that kill their insect pollinators
18hJack-in-the-pulpit plants lure in gnats, cover them in pollen and trap them. As they struggle to escape they pollenate female flowers There are two plant species with the most brutal flowers in the world, which deliberately kill their insect pollinators. The flowers of jack-in the pulpit, Arisaema angustatum, and its close relative Arisaema peninsulae are hidden inside a bowl-shaped wrapper with
NSW announces new inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg's conviction over her children's deaths
18hScientists had called for Folbigg's release after it was discovered two daughters had a genetic variant that can cause sudden death Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing The New South Wales attorney general has ordered a second public inquiry into the conviction of the woman dubbed "Australia's worst female serial killer"
AI solves complex physics problems by looking for signs of symmetry
5hComplicated physics problems are sometimes simpler than they appear, so physicists have made a machine learning model to search for the simplicity
Parasite that controls cat minds may infect billions of people. The clue is in their eyes.
6hToxoplasma gondii is probably the most successful parasite in the world today. The disease caused by this parasite can scar the back of the eye.
United States' ocean conservation efforts have major gaps, analysis shows
19hMore than 98% of U.S. waters outside the central Pacific Ocean are not part of a marine protected area, and the ones that are tend to be "lightly" or "minimally" protected from damaging human activity, research led by Oregon State University shows.
This Topsy-Turvy Gizmo Tries to Reinvent the Tripod Head
11hThis little gadget tries to perfect the tried-and-true ball head, but it's too expensive and has a few too many quirks.
NASA Begins Countdown for End of InSight Mars Mission
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The InSight spacecraft, which carries a seismometer and studies the red planet's insides, is expected to cease functioning by the end of the year.
Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin
15hNew research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak streamflows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin, altering reservoir management and irrigation across the entire region.
In Romania's Transylvanian Alps, See Bison on Safari
14hIn Europe, "rewilding" is aiding the reintroduction of key animal species, including bison, which visitors can track in the forests and meadows of western Romania.
Physicists shine new light on an old quantum optics problem about collective behavior
7hWhen atoms interact with each other, they behave as a whole rather than individual entities. That can give rise to synchronized responses to inputs, a phenomenon that, if properly understood and controlled, may prove useful for developing light sources, building sensors that can take ultraprecise measurements, and understanding dissipation in quantum computers.
The US Plan to Document War Crimes in Ukraine
1dThe government-funded Conflict Observatory will use open source tools and satellite imagery to gather evidence of human rights violations.
Insights to better characterize the nuclear physics and extreme environments of cosmic explosions
11hMichigan State researchers have helped peer inside a nova—a type of astrophysical nuclear explosion—without leaving Earth.
The workplace, redefined by women of color | Deepa Purushothaman
8hCorporate inclusion visionary Deepa Purushothaman shares how women of color can advocate for themselves in workplace settings where they are undervalued, discriminated against and overlooked — and how companies can foster working cultures that empower everyone to achieve success. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Mem
Marine ecologists warn of coral extinction by the end of the century
1dVibrant coral reefs teeming with marine life are diminishing throughout the Caribbean as global temperatures rise. Coral reefs are habitats that support the seafood industry, are barriers for coastal communities from storms, flooding and sea level rise, and are attractions for tourism. Their net economic value worldwide is estimated to be tens of billions of dollars. However, if atmospheric and oc
The Download: A baby formula crisis, and the hunt to improve solar panels
10hThis is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The baby formula shortage has birthed a shady online marketplace Across the United States, parents are scrambling to find baby formula amid a nationwide shortage. To non-parents, the shortage may seem sudden, but it's been quietly snowballing into a crisis for
I tried to buy an Olive Garden NFT. All I got was heartburn.
12hMoney is weird now. When we were settling in on the theme for our May/June issue , I decided to buy an NFT of an Olive Garden for my friend Katie, who really loves Olive Garden. It was also an attempt to try to better understand NFTs. Each of the " Non-Fungible Olive Gardens ," really just a photo of a restaurant, was minted for $19.99 and listed on the NFT trading platform OpenSea—the amount tet
A 590-Foot-Tall Dam in China Will Be Built Entirely by Robots
9hAs the world rushes to stop burning fossil fuels and implement more renewable sources of power, there's a lot of hype around solar and wind . While they're comparatively easier to get up and running, these energy sources don't have nearly the same output capacity—or consistency—as hydropower. China is investing big in all of the above, most recently announcing construction of a massive dam on the
3D models reveal how seismic waves move through Earth
8hOn a sunny morning in September 1985, a massive earthquake killed more than 9,000 people in Mexico City, even though the epicenter of the earthquake was some 200 miles away.
Going Nowhere Fast
12hA pair of exercise bicycles are resting 12,500 feet beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 370 miles south-southeast of Newfoundland. In 1912, these same bikes sat alongside rowing machines, an "electric camel," and other pieces of state-of-the-art equipment in the gymnasium of the RMS Titanic. The bicycles had a single flywheel and were mounted in front of a large dial whose red
Mental Health Care Should Be Available for All, Not a Luxury
4hThe stress of COVID fractured a system that was already cracked — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A hybrid open-top light-sheet microscope for versatile multi-scale imaging
10hDuring image analysis, researchers use light sheet microscopy of cleared tissue as a preferred method for high throughput volumetric imaging. A flexible system can provide a range of sizes, resolution and tissue-clearing protocols. In a new report now published in Nature Methods, Adam K. Glaser and a team of interdisciplinary scientists in mechanical engineering, bioengineering, and synthetic biol
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is ready to launch to the ISS
5hAt the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil, but Boeing hopes to change that with an uncrewed test of its Starliner spacecraft
6 Great Deals on Robot Vacuums and Air Purifiers
7hSpring cleaning isn't just for your closet. Get rid of that pesky dust, pet dander, and pollen with some of our favorite gadgets.
Physicists explain how type of aurora on Mars is formed
3hPhysicists led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed.
Team develops automated platform for plasmid production
1dPlasmids have extensive use in basic and applied biology. These small, circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce new genes into a target organism. Well known for their applications in the production of therapeutic proteins like insulin, plasmids are broadly used in the large-scale production of many bioproducts.
The wonder material graphene may have found its killer app
8hIt will help decarbonise industry, produce greener concrete and make hydrogen
Watch a Giant Stingray's Safe Return to Its River Home
45minThe Mekong River is home to enormous and endangered aquatic life. A 400-pound fish's release shows how some conservation efforts in Cambodia are paying off.
Injured women face discrimination over life-saving drugs, say researchers
48minFemale patients in England and Wales half as likely to receive TXA, which cuts risk of bleeding to death by 30%, as injured men Injured women are experiencing sex discrimination in the administration of a life-saving drug that cuts the risk of bleeding to death by 30%, researchers have warned. They found that female trauma victims were half as likely to receive tranexamic acid (TXA) as injured me
Did Researchers Really Uncover the Cause of SIDS?
1hAn interesting but preliminary biomarker study's reception illustrates the challenges of conducting and communicating nuanced research in the era of social media.
Ancient Tooth Could Be Clue in Denisovan Migration Mystery
1hThe new fossil from Laos helps answer the question of how some people from Southeast Asia carry DNA from the ancient hominin.
Mysterious Hominin Left its Mark With 3.66-Million-Year-Old Footprint
1hVolcanic ash buried evidence shortly after several individuals walked through a part of eastern Africa.
Move Over Apoptosis: Another Form of Cell Death May Occur in the Gut
2hThough scientists don't yet know much about it, a newly described process called erebosis might have profound implications for how the gut maintains itself.
Industry lobbying on WHO overshadowing public health policy, researchers suggest
2hHas the World Health Organization become collateral damage in the wars over global commerce? Producers of such products as commercial milk formulas, processed foods, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceuticals and electronic gaming software have been ramping up efforts to influence United States policy toward the WHO. This, University of California, Davis researchers suggest in a new paper, compromises a
Identifying links between incentives and ethical lapses
2hHow and why do incentives elicit unethical behavior?
5 Fascinating Uses of Spider Silk
2hSpiders use their silk for a variety of things, and humans have found uses for it, too.
Prediction of future healthcare expenses of patients from chest radiographs using deep learning: a pilot study
2hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12551-4
Ab-initio Study of structural, elastic, electronic and optical properties of hexahalometallate single crystals K2XBr6(X = Se, Pt)
2hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12570-1 Ab-initio Study of structural, elastic, electronic and optical properties of hexahalometallate single crystals K 2 XBr 6 (X = Se, Pt)
Research Reveals Surprising Conversations Between Our Brain Cells
2hA new finding on star-shaped cells called astrocytes could lead to future treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer's and schizophrenia.
At-risk sea life in the Atlantic needs better protection from an increase in shipping
2hNew research has shown a dramatic increase in shipping in the North East Atlantic. Scientists now warn that more monitoring in the area is required to help protect sea life on the at-risk register.
Researchers discover effective combination immunotherapy for liver cancer
2hResearchers have discovered a specific combination immunotherapy that shows promise in the fight against liver cancer.
Engineers show how tungsten oxide can be used as a catalyst in sustainable chemical conversions
3hEngineers rely on catalysts for a vast array of applications from food manufacturing to chemical production, so finding efficient, environmentally friendly catalysts is an important avenue of research.
Canada & Australia are too cheap to solve climate change
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Dead eyes back to life: Scientists bring sight after death
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A new underwater greenhouse could reveal the future of agriculture. It grows over 100 different fruits and vegetables.
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Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN
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Surveillance pathway tells cells when they run low on lipids
3hResearchers have discovered a molecular pathway that allows cells to sense when their lipid supplies become depleted, prompting a flurry of activity that prevents starvation. The findings might someday lead to new ways to combat metabolic disorders and a variety of other health conditions.
Conservationists find high DDT and PCB contamination risk for critically endangered California coastal condors
3hA new study has found contaminants, banned decades ago, are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. The condors may be at increased risk for reproductive impairment because they consume dead marine mammals along the California coast.
High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires
3hOnce humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat, cooking, to scare away animals and to alter their environs, especially burning areas to plant and to restore grazing land. In Madagascar, scientists and conservationists have long believed that fire is a leading cause of high landscape degradation, but an international team of researchers have found that medium to large fires o
Friendly fungi announce themselves to their hosts
3hCommensal fungi need to be alive and actively making proteins that stimulate our immune cells to elicit that commensal benefit, according to new findings.
Density, benign disease raise risk of breast cancer
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Women with dense breast tissue and benign breast disease face an elevated risk of future breast cancer and could benefit from a tailored mammogram screening strategy, according to a large study.
Molecular surveillance pathway tells cells when they run low on lipids
3hUT Southwestern researchers have discovered a molecular pathway that allows cells to sense when their lipid supplies become depleted, prompting a flurry of activity that prevents starvation. The findings, reported in Nature, might someday lead to new ways to combat metabolic disorders and a variety of other health conditions.
Best Samsung Watches of 2022
3hThe best Samsung watches offer some of the clearest innovation in smartwatch design. Your Galaxy watch can be many things: an intimate mobile health tracker that lives on your wrist, a music player with gigabytes of storage, a window into Google Maps that helps you navigate the world, and even a replacement for your smartphone that allows you to take important calls and texts when you're out on a
Engineering team creates monitoring toolkit to speed production of biologic drugs
3hTwo Rutgers University engineers specializing in the process of making drugs derived from living organisms have created an analytical tool they expect will accelerate the discovery and production of biologic drugs that are often at the cutting edge of biomedical research.
Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo1.33C(OH)2-MXene
3hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12177-6 Atomic-scale understanding of the Na and Cl trapping on the Mo 1.33 C(OH) 2 -MXene
Biden warns of 'another tough hurricane season' this year
3hPresident Joe Biden warned Wednesday that the country will likely see "another tough hurricane season" this year, and he pledged that his administration was prepared to respond to the storms and help Americans recover from them.
NBA sees rise in acts of symbolic violence, decline in acts of physical violence
4hA new analysis of NBA basketball broadcasts from 1998 to 2018 reveals a decline in acts of physical violence, such as pushing and elbowing, and a rise in acts of symbolic violence, such as shouting, trash talking, and menacing displays. Assaf Lev from the Department of Sports Therapy at Ono Academic College in Kiryat Ono, Israel, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLO
Will the James Webb Space Telescope Reveal Another Earth?
4hWith the December 2021 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the most expensive and ambitious scientific initiatives ever attempted commenced operations. Now that the telescope has been successfully deployed in its unique position in space, its advanced instruments will be able to gather data on questions that scientists once could only dream of answering. Is there life on other planet
Which muscles does spinning work?
4hIndoor cycling is a firm favourite with fitness fanatics – but which muscles does spinning work? Find out with our essential guide
Remote teaching during the pandemic disadvantages students in New Jersey's lower-income school districts
4hThe rollout of remote teaching in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic was haphazard, under-resourced, inequitably delivered, contributed to student and teacher stress and may exacerbate digital and social inequality, according to a Rutgers study.
What should parents know about hepatitis in kids?
4hIf you're a parent who is worried about the sudden—and unusually high—number of acute hepatitis cases in children, you're not alone. But medical experts say there is no need for panic. Instead, they recommend that physicians and parents educate themselves on what to watch out for. Hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver, is extremely rare in children. Yet more than 100 cases of severe hepatitis—i
French towns sweat in record May heat
4hSeveral southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as whole is on track to be the hottest since records began, the national weather service said.
How plants colonize the base of an active stratovolcano
4hNew research in plants that colonized the base of an active stratovolcano reveals that two simple molecular steps rewired nutrient transport, enabling adaptation.
Keeping buildings cooler with a wood-based foam
4hSummertime is almost here, a time when many people try to beat the heat. But running air conditioners constantly can be expensive and wasteful. Now, researchers have designed a lightweight foam made from wood-based cellulose nanocrystals that reflects sunlight, emits absorbed heat and is thermally insulating. They suggest that the material could reduce buildings' cooling energy needs by more than
For wetland plants, sea-level rise stamps out benefits of higher CO2
4hWetlands across the globe are in danger of drowning from rising seas. But for decades, scientists held out hope that another aspect of climate change — rising carbon dioxide (CO2) — could trigger extra plant growth, enabling coastal wetlands to grow fast enough to outpace sea-level rise. That helpful side effect is disappearing, scientists have discovered.
Both nature and nurture contribute to signatures of socioeconomic status in the brain
4hResearchers found that a person's genetics and the environment in which they live contribute to how socioeconomic status shapes the architecture of the brain.
(INT) how humans learn | Investigation | lessons from 30 meta analyses
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Hidden lake may reveal what Antarctica was like before it froze
4hAn investigation of the underside of the world's largest ice sheet in East Antarctica has revealed a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earliest beginnings. That would answer questions about what Antarctica was like before it froze, how climate change has affected it over its history, and how the ice sheet might behave as the world warms. Two miles o
Next-generation weather models cross the divide to real-world impact
4hEach winter, spring, and summer, extreme weather forecasters and researchers meet to test the latest, most promising severe weather forecast tools and innovations to see how they perform in real-world settings.
Discovery uncovers need for ammonia emission regulations
4hA discovery by former Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student, Mingyi Wang, leading a large collaborative team, sheds light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. The study, published in Nature, reveals an unexpected volatile reaction between nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and ammonia, synergistically creating new particles at a rapid rate. The findings suggest that in addition to carbo
How antisemitism spreads online and what you can do
4hA new book digs into how Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms may be fueling the rise of antisemitism in the United States and globally. According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2021 was a low point in the history of American antisemitism. The organization tallied 2,717 antisemitic incidents for that year, the most since it began collecting data in 1979. Co-edited by Sabine von Mering ,
Cannibal wasp babies eat their siblings, because nature is brutal
5hWhen food starts running low in wasp larvae nurseries, the babies resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
Graphene-wrapped zeolite membranes for fast hydrogen separation
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The effects of global warming are becoming more serious, and there is a strong demand for technological advances to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Hydrogen is an ideal clean energy which produces water when burned. To promote the use of hydrogen energy, it is essential to develop safe, energy-saving technologies for hydrogen production and storage. Currently, hydrogen is made from natural gas, s
Two-step molecular process rewires nutrient transport in wild thale cress
5hNew research in plants that colonized the base of an active stratovolcano reveals that two simple molecular steps rewired nutrient transport, enabling adaptation.
For wetland plants, sea-level rise stamps out benefits of higher carbon dioxide
5hWetlands across the globe are in danger of drowning from rising seas. But for decades, scientists held out hope that another aspect of climate change—rising carbon dioxide (CO2)—could trigger extra plant growth, enabling coastal wetlands to grow fast enough to outpace sea-level rise. That helpful side effect is disappearing, they discovered in a new study published May 18.
Developing a better diagnostic nano-probe
5hBiomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples and are related to specific diseases. Therefore, doctors can analyze biological samples from a patient to check their health condition or to monitor the progress of a specific therapy. Typically, these samples need to be purified and diluted before the analysis, and current medical diagnostic techniques rely on health care facilit
New advances for reducing defects in multimaterials using directed energy deposition
5hMaterials used in the fields of aerospace, automobiles, medical equipment and defense need to withstand extremely harsh environments. Small flaws in the materials, i.e. cracks, can lead to catastrophic consequences and massive economic loss. However, most materials cannot handle such high temperatures and pressures. Multimaterials, like functionally graded materials (FGMs), which combine different
Report evaluates food diversity in 10 Mediterranean countries
5hThe Mediterranean diet is underpinned by diverse foods. However, after assessing agrobiodiversity consumption, production and conservation in the region, researchers say that further actions are needed—particularly on farms—to ensure food system resilience.
Origin of Life Theory Involving RNA–Protein Hybrid Gets New Support
5hA structure that links amino acids suggests that early organisms could have been based on an RNA-protein mix — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Study shows a '15-minute city' within reach for Vancouver
5hAccording to a new study published by Simon Fraser University researchers, 79 percent of residents in the City of Vancouver have access to a grocery store within a 15-minute walk and 99 percent had at least on grocery store within a 15-minute cycle.
What is storm surge? It's often a hurricane's deadliest and most destructive threat
5hStorm surge, the massive mound of water that builds up and comes ashore during a hurricane, is often the deadliest and most destructive threat from these devastating storms.
Component for brain-inspired computing
5hResearchers have developed a new material for an electronic component that can be used in a wider range of applications than its predecessors. Such components will help create electronic circuits that emulate the human brain and that are more efficient at performing machine-learning tasks.
Technique protects privacy when making online recommendations
5hResearchers have developed a novel privacy-preserving protocol that could enable an algorithm that provides recommendations to guarantee a user's personal information remains secure while ensuring recommendation results are accurate. Their technique is so efficient it can run on a smartphone over a very slow network.
Smart contact lens for glaucoma could release drugs when needed
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A wireless contact lens that monitors eye pressure and delivers glaucoma drugs on demand has been tested in animals
Bringing order to the chaos of sea level projections
5hIn their effort to provide decisionmakers with insight into the consequences of climate change, climate researchers at NIOZ, Deltares and UU are bringing order to the large number of sea level projections, translating climate models to expected sea level rise. Their new overview study was published in the journal Earth's Future. These results offer tools for decision making on the shorter and long
New study sheds light on the phenomenon of female Jewish slavery and uncovers gang rape in Livorno's slave prison
5hHistorian Prof. Tamar Herzig, Vice Dean for Research at Entin Faculty of Humanities, exposed previously unknown evidence of an organized gang rape of a group of enslaved Jewish girls and women from North Africa in the Italian city of Livorno at the beginning of the 17th century. The rape was organized by Dr. Bernardetto Buonromei, a high-ranking state official at Livorno's slave prison, who was al
'Polluted' babies, millions dead: Scientists sound alarm on global pollution
5hBy many measures, modern science has greatly improved the American way of life. Advances in chemistry and other technologies over the past century have made food more affordable and transportation more convenient and paved the way for a plethora of consumer goods. About 4 in 5 U.S. households own a computer and smartphone.
Scientists reveal different water isotope concentrations in precipitation observations across Brazil's diverse climate
5hAn isotope of a chemical element contains the same number of protons in the center of its atom, but when compared to another atom, the number of neutrons is different. Regarding water, some hydrogen and oxygen atoms within water molecules contain different number of neutrons, resulting in water isotopes. Because of the wide range of interactions that water molecules within precipitation can have w
Tree loss on Madagascar not caused by small-scale fires used for land clearing
5hOnce humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat and cooking as well as to scare away animals and to alter their environs, especially burning areas to plant and to restore grazing land. In Madagascar, scientists and conservationists have long believed that fire is a leading cause of high landscape degradation, but an international team of researchers have found that medium to
Scientists hone long-range forecasting of US tornadoes, hail
6hScientists at Northern Illinois University continue to hone extended-range weather forecasting, identifying patterns halfway around the globe that will heighten the probability weeks later for hail- and tornado-producing storms in the United States.
Researchers create photonic materials for powerful, efficient light-based computing
6hUniversity of Central Florida researchers are developing new photonic materials that could one day help enable low power, ultra-fast, light-based computing.
Native plant gardening for species conservation
6hDeclining native species could be planted in urban green spaces. Researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Leipzig University and other institutions describe how to use this great potential for species protection. In their most recent study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, they recommend pra
New study highlights major step forward in monitoring ocean health
6hIn a major step forward for monitoring the biodiversity of marine systems, a new study published today in Environmental DNA details how MBARI researchers are using autonomous underwater robots to sample environmental DNA (eDNA). eDNA allows scientists to detect the presence of aquatic species from the tiny bits of genetic material they leave behind. This DNA soup offers clues about biodiversity ch
When harnessing the power of social media, engagement is a key performance indicator
6hThe explosive growth of social media during the last decade has dramatically changed the dynamics of business-customer interactions. Yet relatively few firms have properly strategized their social media appearance and involvement, says Fang Fang Li, who will publicly defend her doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa on Wednesday 18th May.
Discovering a new way by which aerosols rapidly form and grow at high altitude
6hAerosol particles can form and grow in Earth's upper troposphere in an unexpected way, reports the CLOUD collaboration in a paper published today in Nature. The new mechanism may represent a major source of cloud and ice seed particles in areas of the upper troposphere where ammonia is efficiently transported vertically, such as over the Asian monsoon regions.
Proposed nitrogen fertilizer policies could protect farmer profits, environment
6hNitrogen fertilizer has major implications for crop yields and environmental health, specifically water quality in the Gulf of Mexico. Federal and state governments have shied away from regulating nitrogen fertilizer use, but voluntary and incentives-based programs have not been particularly successful; the oxygen-starved "dead zone" in the Gulf remains much larger than goals set by the federal-st
On the road to cleaner, greener, and faster driving
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Researchers have developed a technique to control a fleet of autonomous vehicles as they approach and pass through a signalized intersection in a way that reduces fuel consumption and greenhouse emissions from idling and stop-and-go traffic, while improving travel speeds.
New ALS 'drug' is more effective than existing ones
6hNew preclinical research on the experimental drug, NU-9, to treat ALS shows it is more effective than existing FDA-approved drugs for the disease. More importantly, NU-9 has an enhanced effect when given in combination with those drugs.
Teaching physics to AI makes the student a master
6hResearchers have demonstrated that incorporating known physics into machine learning algorithms can help the inscrutable black boxes attain new levels of transparency and insight into material properties.
Health screening, genetic tests might identify people at risk of premature heart disease
6hHealth screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who have familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated bad cholesterol levels, which may lead to premature cardiovascular disease. Identifying familial hypercholesterolemia early in adulthood creates an opportunity for early treatment aimed at preventing heart attack and death, accordi
Climate Change Caused $4 Billion of Typhoon's Damage
6hA new wave of attribution research links the economic cost of weather events to climate change — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Så har M/S Berlin fået rotorsejl: Ingeniøren var med, mens det skete
6hPLUS. På industrihavnen i Rostock er et færgeleje klar til at løfte det 30 meter lange og 42 ton tunge rotorsejl på plads.
Scallops shown to swim into illuminated fishing pots
6hScallops are drawn to illuminated fishing pots like moths to a flame, new research shows.
Review: The Litter-Robot 4 Is The Rolls-Royce of Cat Litter Boxes
6hThe unwashed, clumped masses have what they're waiting for. Litter-Robot 4 — the latest in a popular line of self-cleaning litter boxes by Whisker — has arrived. The self-cleaning litter box, while an incredible idea attempted by many, has rarely achieved a level of excellence by their respective makers. The idea? Cats go in, do their smelly business, jump out, and after a moment or two, the devi
PHGDH heterogeneity potentiates cancer cell dissemination and metastasis
6hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04758-2 PHDGH heterogeneity in primary tumours could be a sign of tumour aggressiveness.
Exercise spurs the brain to make more mood-boosting hormone
6hNature, Published online: 16 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01353-3 Release of the signalling chemical dopamine stays high for a week after vigorous activity ends, animal research shows.
Care ethics in social entrepreneurship promotes social sustainability
6hPracticing ethics of care in social entrepreneurship has immediate and long-term impacts on sustainability, according to a recent University of Eastern Finland study published in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change
6hTropical trees in Australia's rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate impacts, according to the findings of a long-term international study. This research has found the death rates of tropical trees have doubled in the last 35 years, as global warming increases the drying power of the atmosphere.
New weight-loss intervention targets instinctive desire to eat
6hPeople who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and kept it off using a new weight loss program that targets internal hunger cues and the ability to resist food.
Oat reference genome: Insights into a uniquely healthy cereal crop
6hCultivated oat (Avena sativa L.) is an old crop thought to have been domesticated over 3,000 years ago, while growing as a weed in wheat and barley fields. Oat has a low carbon footprint, substantial health benefits and the potential to replace animal-based food products. However, lack of genome resources has prevented the application modern methods of plant breeding. An international research tea
New model could improve matches between students and schools
6hFor the majority of students in the U.S., residential addresses determine which public elementary, middle, or high school they attend. But with an influx of charter schools and state-funded voucher programs for private schools, as well as a growing number of cities that let students apply to public schools across the district (regardless of zip code), the admissions process can turn into a messy g
Trees are dying much faster in northern Australia — climate change is probably to blame
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01358-y The rate of trees dying has doubled in Queensland's old-growth forests over the past 35 years.
How galaxies could exist without dark matter
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01403-w How dark-matter-free galaxies may have formed, the scientists surviving the war in Ukraine, and imaging the black hole Sagittarius A*.
Polariton Bose–Einstein condensate from a bound state in the continuum
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04583-7 Using a patterned waveguide, a Bose–Einstein condensate of polaritons is realized in a bound state in the continuum, with a low condensation threshold density that occurs at a dispersion saddle point.
Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04579-3 A simple and power-efficient microcomb source is used to drive complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor silicon photonic engines, a step towards the next generation of fully integrated photonic systems.
Distinct gene clusters drive formation of ferrosome organelles in bacteria
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04741-x A fez gene cluster drives formation of ferrosomes, a distinct lipid-bounded organelle for iron storage, in diverse bacterial species.
Gibbin mesodermal regulation patterns epithelial development
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04727-9 Characterization of Gibbin, encoded by AHDC1, offers insights into the epidermal and mesodermal patterning phenotypes seen in Xia–Gibbs and related syndromes in humans, which derive from abnormal mesoderm maturation as a result of gene-specific DNA methylation decisions.
Synergistic HNO3–H2SO4–NH3 upper tropospheric particle formation
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04605-4 By performing experiments under upper tropospheric conditions, nitric acid, sulfuric acid and ammonia can form particles synergistically, at rates orders of magnitude faster than any two of the three components.
Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04737-7 Over the past 35 years, annual tree mortality risk has increased in the moist tropical forests of Australia and is associated with increased atmospheric water stress.
Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04756-4 Pregestational hyperglycaemia in mothers increases the probability of glucose intolerance in the offspring, an effect controlled by TET3-dependent DNA demethylation of genes involved in insulin secretion.
Direct observation of the dead-cone effect in quantum chromodynamics
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04572-w The direct measurement of the QCD dead cone in charm quark fragmentation is reported, using iterative declustering of jets tagged with a fully reconstructed charmed hadron.
Observation of a molecular bond between ions and Rydberg atoms
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04577-5 A study reports on the observation of a new type of molecular bond between an ion and a Rydberg atom and characterizes the resulting molecule using an ion microscope study.
MCM complexes are barriers that restrict cohesin-mediated loop extrusion
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04730-0 Single-nucleus Hi-C of embryos, polymer simulations and single-molecule imaging collectively reveal that MCM complexes influence genome folding and gene expression by impeding DNA loop extrusion.
Microfluidic chain reaction of structurally programmed capillary flow events
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04683-4 Microfluidic chain reactions encode programs structurally in situ, and can form a frugal, versatile, bona fide lab-on-a-chip with wide-ranging applications in liquid handling and point-of-care diagnostics
Fast and efficient DNA replication with purified human proteins
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04759-1 A biochemical reconstitution of human replisomes that provides a system for future studies of DNA metabolic processes.
Hmx gene conservation identifies the origin of vertebrate cranial ganglia
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04742-w In the tunicate Ciona intestinalis, the homeobox transcription factor Hmx drives differentiation of bipolar tail neurons, indicating conserved regulation and function, and homology with cranial sensory ganglia in higher vertebrates.
Programmable heating and quenching for efficient thermochemical synthesis
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04568-6 By using a programmable electric current to allow rapid pulsed heating and quenching, a non-equilibrium, continuous synthesis technique shows improved performance in thermochemical reactions, as well as lower energy costs.
Observation of ultracold atomic bubbles in orbital microgravity
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04639-8 Bubbles of ultracold atoms have been created, observed and characterized at the NASA Cold Atom Lab onboard the International Space Station, made possible by the microgravity environment of the laboratory.
A trail of dark-matter-free galaxies from a bullet-dwarf collision
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04665-6 The dark-matter-free dwarf galaxies DF2 and DF4 in the NGC 1052 group probably formed together in the aftermath of a single bullet-dwarf collision around eight billion years ago.
Resolving the H i in damped Lyman α systems that power star formation
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04616-1 Spectroscopy of a gravitationally lensed galaxy at a redshift of 2.7 with spatially resolved maps of two foreground damped Lyman α systems indicates a vast mass of neutral hydrogen gas, consistent with a star-forming region.
Intracellular lipid surveillance by small G protein geranylgeranylation
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04729-7 In Caenorhabditis elegans, geranylgeranyl conjugation to RAB-11.1 acts as a lipid sensor to regulate nutrient uptake and lipid metabolism in response to metabolic demand.
Metabolic diversity drives cancer cell invasion
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01301-1 The migration and growth of cancer cells at sites far from the initial tumour is usually fatal. Metabolic heterogeneity — variable expression of an enzyme in the initial tumour — is identified as an early step in this deadly process.
A lab-on-a-chip that takes the chip out of the lab
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01299-6 A microfluidic system achieves miniaturization without the need for extra equipment, bringing chip-based devices closer to mainstream commercial reality, with a framework that could be widely applied to diagnostics.
Giant collision created galaxies devoid of dark matter
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01298-7 Two galaxies that are curiously lacking in dark matter — the most abundant matter in the Universe — might have formed when a collision between dwarf galaxies separated ordinary matter from its dark counterpart.
Maternal enzyme reprograms paternal DNA for healthy offspring
7hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01237-6 It emerges that high blood sugar deregulates the enzyme TET3 in the eggs of female mice, preventing it from properly modifying sperm-derived DNA when eggs are fertilized. This leads to metabolic defects in adult progeny.
Q and A: In Battle of the Sexes, Dominance Doesn't Always Equal Power
7hThe Scientist spoke to hyena researcher Eve Davidian for a broad look at power relationships between male and female mammals.
What's the difference between veganism vs vegetarianism?
7hVeganism vs vegetarianism: which is better? We compare the benefits and risks of these popular plant-based diets
Foresters hope 'assisted migration' will preserve landscapes as the climate changes
7hForesters responding to climate change are experimenting with planting trees in Vermont that typically are found further south. They hope the trees will survive hotter and drier conditions to come. (Image credit: Emma Jacobs for NPR)
It's a female bonobo's world: Ecologists propose new tools to assess sex and power among wild animals
7hIn the wild, it might seem like male animals run the show. But researchers have laid a new framework to assess power distribution between the sexes, and its application has shown that in some animal species, females rule the roost and their paths to power look very different from that of their male counterparts'.
Researchers use galaxy as a 'cosmic telescope' to study heart of the young universe
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7hGalaxy Telescope Universe
A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, has given researchers the ability to peer into galactic nurseries at the heart of the young universe.
Scallops swim into illuminated fishing pots
7hScallops are drawn to illuminated fishing pots like moths to a flame. The study examined the effect of LED lights on crab and lobster pots used by fishing boats off the coast of Cornwall, UK, and the research team was stunned by the results. More than 500 scallops were caught — 99.6% of them in pots with lights.
Nuclear physics and extreme environments of cosmic explosions
7hResearchers have helped peer inside a nova — a type of astrophysical nuclear explosion — without leaving Earth. These stellar events help forge the universe's chemical elements, and astronomers have explored their nature with an intense isotope beam and a custom experimental device with record-setting sensitivity.
Kids 5-11 Approved For COVID-19 Boosters
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7hFDA Pfizer Covid 5 11
(Photo: Jesse Paul/Unsplash) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially put its stamp of approval on COVID-19 vaccination booster doses for children ages 5 through 11. In a release published Tuesday, the organization authorized booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children who received their second dose of the primary vaccine at least five months prior. Parents have been ab
Celiac friendly cereal? Research shows oats could be the answer
7hResearch published in Nature has decoded the genome of oats and explained why the popular cereal could be suitable for most people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance.
Best Smart Garage Door Openers in 2022
7hThe best smart garage door openers are an often overlooked part of the smart home makeover. Lighting, televisions, refrigerators, and even thermostats come with "smart" capabilities to control and optimize them fully directly from a phone, tablet, or PC. Now, even the "ol' clicker" is available in smart offerings, with features you didn't even know you wanted. Ever left the house and wondered if
Extending the lifespan of artificial cell membranes from five days to almost two months
7hThe cell membrane, which contains a hydrophilic exterior and a hydrophobic interior, opens and closes ion channels like a water faucet and converts a physicochemical stimulus into an electrical signal that is then transmitted to cells. Until recently, the limited ability of an artificial cell membrane structure to only last a maximum of five days has been a hurdle.
Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s, study finds
7hTropical trees in Australia's rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate impacts, according to the findings of a long-term international study published in Nature today. This research has found the death rates of tropical trees have doubled in the last 35 years, as global warming increases the drying power of the atmosphere.
Important genetic origin of our senses identified
7hHaving a head is quite an advantage. Although this may sound banal, it had to be tested in a long evolutionary process: As animal life developed, invertebrates initially dominated the oceans. These had already developed head structures, but the development of a novel, improved head led to the success of vertebrates. This "new head" allowed a wide spatial distribution and multiplication of sensory
Synthesis of two-dimensional holey graphyne
7hDiamond and graphite are two naturally occurring carbon allotropes that we have known about for thousands of years. They are elemental carbons that are arranged in a manner so that they consist of sp3 and sp2 hybridized carbon atoms, respectively. More recently, the discovery of various other carbon allotrope materials, such as graphene, fullerene, carbon nanotube, graphyne, and graphdiyne, has be
Key to reducing defects in multimaterials
7hFunctionally graded materials (FGMs) are high-performance materials with expected applications in aerospace, automobiles, defense, and medicine. These materials are usually employed in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure, therefore making it important for them to be as defect-free as possible. Now, researchers have found a way to minimize defects in FGMs by manipulating the gradient of
Viral infections during pregnancy affect maternal care behavior
7hViral infections during pregnancy affect the mother's brain and her postpartum care behavior. These are the findings of a research study in a mouse model.
Dopamine makes you feel happy, but we probably still have to rewrite the textbooks
7hResearchers have discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain's 'feel good' substance, dopamine. According to one of the researchers behind the new study, the discovery may facilitate the development of drugs for i.e. cocaine addiction and ADHD and is most likely to change the general notion of how dopamine is removed from the brain.
Raising the bar on sex and gender reporting in research
7hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30398-1 For nearly a decade, Nature Portfolio journals have asked for information about sex and gender in research studies, and more recently, we have also encouraged authors to use the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines in their work. We are now updating our guidance and practice so that authors are mo
Blue Origin delays next flight over technical issues
7hJeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said it would push back the launch of its fifth crewed rocket, originally scheduled for Friday, over technical issues.
The role party affiliation played in getting US to grim new milestone of one million COVID deaths
8hCOVID-19 has now claimed the lives of 1 million Americans—a grim milestone made worse by the fact that probably a third of those fatalities could have been avoided. Estimates suggest that more than 318,000 deaths from the disease occurred among individuals who had access to vaccines, but chose not to receive any.
Gun ownership and homicide in the US: A stronger correlation
8hIn 2017, there were nearly 40,000 gun-related deaths in the United States, including homicides and suicides. To delve into this alarming statistic, U.S.-trained Université de Montréal economist Karim Chalak and his coauthors did an econometric study of the rate of U.S. gun ownership and the associated risk of death, and found it to be much higher than previously thought.
Study chronicles presence of chronic frames of race, gender, and wealth inequality
8hAll social inequalities, by definition, involve one group that has more and another that has less. Do people prefer describing inequalities in terms of advantage or disadvantage?
Connecting fragmented wolverine habitat is essential for their conservation
8hPresent day wolverines, which emerged during the ice age, have been declining globally despite their many adaptions to live in challenging, rugged environments.
Dutch veterans feel misunderstood
8hVeterans experience social stereotyping and disinterest, concludes anthropologist Yvon de Reuver, who will receive a Ph.D. for her research from Radboud University on 23 May. Veterans are known to suffer from psychological problems they developed during their military service. But how do the veterans experience this themselves? De Reuver examined what it means to them, being a veteran.
Prompt and accurate information is vital in a pandemic. The climate and biodiversity crises demand the same urgency
8hDenying the severity of a crisis neither removes nor lessens the problem. Sticking to the status quo because it doesn't suit our work practices, or social and economic norms, not only delays the inevitable, it compounds the problem.
It's a female bonobo's world—ecologists propose new tools to assess sex and power among wild animals
8hIn the wild, it might seem like male animals run the show. But in a review publishing in Trends in Ecology & Evolution on May 18, researchers lay a new framework to assess power distribution between the sexes, and its application shows that in some animal species, females rule the roost and that their paths to power look very different than their male counterparts'.
Why people trust or distrust experts when it comes to critical issues
8hThese days, it doesn't take much to set off a heated online debate. Anyone can publicly share their opinion, but not everyone is concerned with accuracy or acting in good faith. And when it comes to critical issues such as the pandemic and climate change, trusting the wrong people can have serious consequences.
Author Correction: Systematic experimental comparison of particle filtration efficiency test methods for commercial respirators and face masks
8hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12766-5
Author Correction: Viscoelastic properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa variant biofilms
8hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12599-2
Author Correction: Tipping points induced by parameter drift in an excitable ocean model
8hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12470-4
10-Hz tACS over the prefrontal cortex improves phonemic fluency in healthy individuals
8hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11961-8
Reliable diagnostics at the tip of your finger
8hBiomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples and are related to specific diseases. Therefore, doctors can analyze biological samples from a patient to check their health condition or to monitor the progress of a specific therapy. Typically, these samples need to be purified and diluted before the analysis, and current medical diagnostic techniques rely on healthcare faciliti
How the brain changes during depression treatment
8hResearchers have shown what happens to the brain when a person receives a depression treatment known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). rTMS is a depression treatment typically used when other approaches — such as medications — haven't been effective for a patient. By stimulating the dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex, rTMS activates several other regions of the brain involved
Energy-efficient AI hardware technology via a brain-inspired stashing system?
8hResearchers have proposed a novel system inspired by the neuromodulation of the brain, referred to as a 'stashing system,' that requires less energy consumption. Computer scientists have now developed a technology that can efficiently handle mathematical operations for artificial intelligence by imitating the continuous changes in the topology of the neural network according to the situation.
Magnetic resonance makes the invisible visible
8hResearchers have developed an advanced NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) method to monitor fast and complicated biomolecular events such as protein folding.
Oprydning af plastøer i Stillehavet: Hvad så med den portugisiske orlogsmand?
8hPLUS. Forskere fra University of North Carolina har fundet overraskende stor tilstedeværelse af organismer, der flyder med havstrømmene i Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Publisher Correction: Influence of nutrient supply on plankton microbiome biodiversity and distribution in a coastal upwelling region
9hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30665-1
Author Correction: Transforming activity of an oncoprotein-encoding circular RNA from human papillomavirus
9hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30659-z
New research shows the way Australian families watch TV is changing
9hWhat are parents' favorite TV shows to watch with their kids? How important is it that kids' TV is Australian? Which are the best streaming services for children?
Time-restricted eating may lower CVD risk for older breast cancer survivors
9hOlder breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food intake to eight hours during the weekday, followed by 16 hours of fasting, lowered their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after a few weeks, according to a new research letter.
Statins may provide protection against depression
9hStatins have been hailed as a wonder drug; the cholesterol-lowering drugs have been prescribed to tens of millions of people since their approval in the late 1980s to prevent heart attack and stroke. But the drugs may yet have additional benefits, some research has hinted, including on mental health. Now, a new study examines the influence of statins on emotional bias, a marker for risk of depress
Scientists see signs of traumatic brain injury in headbutting muskox
9hScientists saw for the first time hallmarks of concussions and other head trauma in the brains of deceased headbutting animals — muskoxen and bighorn sheep. The results may contradict the commonly-held belief that ramming animals do not suffer brain injuries and support the notion that studies on animals with brains evolutionarily similar to those of humans may help researchers understand and red
Study identifies cellular 'chaperone' for zinc
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9hScientists Protein Zinc
A team has described and characterized the first zinc metallochaperone: a protein that puts zinc into other 'client' proteins. The findings shed light on the public health issue of zinc deficiency and open an entirely new area of biology for exploration.
DNA offers link to ancient Indigenous people of Uruguay
9hThe first whole genome sequences of the ancient people of Uruguay provide a genetic snapshot of Indigenous populations of the region before European military campaigns decimated them. "Our work shows that the Indigenous people of ancient Uruguay exhibit an ancestry that has not been previously detected in South America," says John Lindo, co-corresponding author of a paper on the findings and an a
The Urgent Need to Improve Health Equity
9hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01345-3 A special package highlights problems and solutions.
Discrimination Is Breaking People's Hearts
9hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01346-2 Heart attacks, strokes and other consequences of cardiovascular disease are particularly dangerous for people who face inequity.
People Who Are Making Health Care More Fair
9hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01349-z Four innovators are finding new solutions for the problem of injustice.
Science Still Doesn't Understand How Our Sex Affects Our Health
9hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01380-0 Our X and Y chromosomes represent the biggest genetic difference in our species. Medicine routinely ignores their influence. Why?
Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
9hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01348-0 Tuberculosis is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts one quarter of the world's population—mostly because of poverty.
HIV Care Has Improved Dramatically—But Not for Everyone
9hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01350-6 The HIV/AIDS crisis has lessons for the COVID pandemic and other health inequities.
US child welfare system is falling short because of persistent child poverty
9hAlthough government spending on the child welfare system totaled US$33 billion in 2018, the most recent year for which an estimate is available, it's still failing to meet all children's needs because of overwhelming demand.
Racism is different from colorism
9hRonald Hall is a professor in the School of Social Work at Michigan State University. He has written over 200 books/articles/monographs, etc., on colorism—discrimination on the basis of skin tone, often among the same ethnic or racial group. Below are highlights from an interview with The Conversation. Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.
Midtjylland vil have landsdækkende analyse af amputationer og forebyggende behandlinger
9hNationale og regionale data for amputationer skal give Region Midtjylland mere præcis og sikker viden om regionens brug af amputationsforebyggende behandlinger.
Organizations seek to develop drought-resistant crops to tackle food crisis
9hAgricultural organizations are joining forces to develop drought-resistant crops for farmers in the global South, amid warnings of a global food crisis that threatens the world's poorest.
NMR-based metabolomic profiling can differentiate follicular lymphoma from benign lymph node tissues and may be predictive of outcome
9hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12445-5
A noninvasive artificial neural network model to predict IgA nephropathy risk in Chinese population
9hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11964-5
Deep learning supports the differentiation of alcoholic and other-than-alcoholic cirrhosis based on MRI
9hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12410-2
Barcoding and species delimitation of Iranian freshwater crabs of the Potamidae family (Decapoda: Brachyura)
9hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12335-w
Cytogenetic testing by fluorescence in situ hybridization is improved by plasma cell sorting in multiple myeloma
9hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11676-w
Pandemic restrictions limit women's ability to cope with abusive partners
9hThe COVID-19 pandemic has substantially affected how women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) coped with their abusive situation, according to a new study led by health sciences professor Tara Mantler and Kim Jackson, professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
World's tallest building engulfed as Mideast sandstorms hit UAE
9hThe world's tallest building disappeared behind a grey layer of dust on Wednesday as sandstorms that have swept the Middle East hit the United Arab Emirates, prompting weather and traffic warnings.
For plant-based proteins, soy is a smart choice
9hSoy—the versatile protein source that comes from the species of legumes known as soybeans—is becoming a popular alternative to meat and dairy products, and for good reason. Whether you are trying to eat healthier, eat more sustainably, or both, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Department of Nutritional Sciences researcher Yangchao Luo and his research group recently published a
A drug that rejuvenates our immune systems prevents severe COVID and death in a phase 2 trial. Various aging drugs are being tested to treat COVID and other common diseases
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Reducing harmful air pollution has led to a surprising effect — more hurricanes in the North Atlantic
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Stanford Linguist is using an 'AI time machine' to study how ideas have formed and changed over time.
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The Scientists Fighting for Parasite Conservation
9hParasites play an outsize role in balancing ecosystems, and some species may be in danger — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Climate change indicators hit record highs in 2021: UN
9hFour key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that the global energy system was driving humanity towards catastrophe.
Publisher Correction: A silicon singlet–triplet qubit driven by spin-valley coupling
9hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30596-x
Celebrated Mexican archaeologist wins major Spanish award
10hEduardo Matos Moctezuma, a celebrated Mexican archaeologist who led the excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, won this year's Princess of Asturias award in the social sciences category, the Spanish foundation behind the prizes announced Wednesday.
Protein's role in fragile X is more complex than thought
10hResearchers have identified a previously unknown function for the fragile X protein, the loss of which is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability. The researchers showed that the protein modulates how neurons in the brain's memory center process information, a central part of learning and memory. Fragile X syndrome is due to a genetic mutation that largely eliminates the fragile X
How orangutan mothers communicate with their offspring
10hTogether with a Swiss-German team, behavioral scientist Dr. Marlen Fröhlich from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen has studied mother-offspring interactions in orangutans. The team paid particular attention to individual differences and flexibility in the communication strategies of orangutan mothers, which they studied both in the wild a
Scientists develop a material for use in radiation-tolerant devices
10hRussian scientists have developed a unique material based on halide perovskites for use in high-speed and highly sensitive ionizing radiation detectors. The study has been published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
Sibling interactions impact child well-being in Latinx children
10hMost children in the U.S. grow up with siblings, yet the role of sibling relations in child development and well-being is relatively understudied, especially among families of color. Researchers at Penn State, Arizona State University, and Harvard are working together to study these dynamics in Latinx children to better understand the role of siblings' warmth and negativity in children's everyday
Does empathy considered more of an emotion or a cognitive effort in today's neuroscience?
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Nature journals raise the bar on sex and gender reporting in research
10hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01218-9 Authors will be prompted to provide details on how sex and gender were considered in study design.
Symphony of the Damned
10hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01343-5 A soundtrack to our lives.
Bra arbetsmiljö får lärare att stanna kvar i yrket
10hMånga lärare väljer att byta bana och det spär på lärarbristen i Sverige. En studie har nu tittat på vad som får lärare att vilja fortsätta i yrket. Resultatet visar att upplevd hälsa och en bra arbetssituation har stor betydelse. – Detta visar hur viktigt det är att skolledningarna tar arbetsmiljöarbetet på allvar, säger forskaren Gunnar Bergström vid Högskolan i Gävle. Inlägget dök först upp p
Jordbrukets massiva maskiner äventyrar livsmedelsförsörjningen
10hJordbrukets maskiner är nu lika tunga som bastanta dinosaurier och djupare jordlager skadas av framfarten på åkrarna. På global nivå uppskattas omkring en femtedel av den odlingsbara marken nu vara i riskzonen – med stora konsekvenser för livsmedelsförsörjningen på sikt. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
Bästa sätten att minska biltrafiken i städer
10hVilka åtgärder för att minska biltrafiken i städerna fungerar bäst? Forskare vid Lunds universitet har gått igenom nästan 800 vetenskapliga studier för att ta reda på svaret. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
Konsten att tala perfekt franska – tre framgångsfaktorer avslöjade
10hMinne för språksekvenser, en inlyssnande personlighet och lång vistelse i landet. Det är receptet om svenskar vill prata lika bra som personer med franska som modersmål. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
Vad har betydelse för en lyckad integration i skolan?
10hVad är viktigt när nyanlända elever ska integreras i det svenska utbildningssystemet och vad innebär egentligen en lyckad integration? Ali Osman, docent i pedagogik, förklarar vad som både kan hjälpa och försvåra integration. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
Australia is failing at math and needs to find a new formula to arrest the decline
10hDivide, subtract, add, multiply: whatever way you cut it, Australia is heading in one direction when it comes to global math rankings—downwards.
Steno-direktør om nyt diabetesmiddel: »Der er ikke kun tale om kosmetik, men om en klinisk forskel«
11hEli Lillys tirzepatid, der kombinerer GIP- og GLP-1-analogerne, viser lovende takter og har nu fået FDA-godkendelsen i hus. EMA gransker lige nu firmaets SURPASS fase 3-studier, og ifølge professor og Steno-direktør Allan Flyvbjerg viser studierne større effekt end Novo Nordisks semaglutid.
A Brexit opportunity worth grasping
11hThe genetic technology bill is a moment to cheer new global benefits from the UK's agricultural science research
This crafty tool can eavesdrop on 6G wireless signals
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11hEavesdroppers Metasurface
Hackers could make a tool to eavesdrop on some 6G wireless signals with just office paper, an inkjet printer, a metallic foil transfer, and a laminator. The researchers who discovered the wireless security hack will present their findings and demonstrate the attack this week in San Antonio at ACM WiSec 2022 , the Association for Computing Machinery's annual conference on security and privacy in w
What Genetics Can–and Cannot–Reveal about an Individual's COVID Risk
11hGenome-wide association studies can sleuth out genetic markers that raise or lower COVID risk, but they miss social factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Spillover threats, Moon quest — the week in infographics
11hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01373-z Nature highlights three key graphics from the week in science and research.
Science in Africa: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
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11hLessons Covid 19 Pandemic
Nature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01150-y The continent followed Western nations too closely in its early response to the coronavirus emergency, says Nigerian virologist Oyewale Tomori.
Kina bygger megastort PtX-anlæg med kapacitet på 300 MW
11hDet kinesiske anlæg forventes færdigt i 2023.
Christian Freitag er ny folketingskandidat for Konservative
11hDet Konservative Folkeparti i Slagelse Kommune har på en ekstraordinær generalforsamling tirsdag aften valgt tidligere PLO-formand Christian Freitag som ny folketingskandidat.
Flygtninge fra Ukraine fordeles blandt praktiserende læger
11hNy aftale mellem PLO og Danske Regioner sikrer, at flere ukrainere får en læge tæt på deres bopæl, og at de alment praktiserende læger deles om opgaven.
Ældgammel kindtand fundet: Denisova-mennesket var i stand til at tilpasse sig ekstreme miljøer
11hEt nyt studie afslører, at denisova-mennesket ikke kun levede i Sibirien og Himalayabjergene. Den…
Dopamin er stoffet, der gør dig glad. Men nu skal lærebøgerne nok skrives om
12hOpdagelse af ny brik i reguleringen af hjernens belønningsstof dopamin kan hjælpe til at udvikle…
Forurening skyld i ni millioner for tidlige dødsfald hvert år
13hForurening er verdens største miljømæssige risikofaktor for sygdom og tidlig død.
Dansk Undergrunds Consortium borer nye oliebrønde i Nordsøen
13hDansk Undergrunds Consortium arbejder mod at modne to nye boringer i den nordlige del af det danske territorium i Nordsøen. Det fremgår af Nordsøfondens årsberetning.
Sted, teknologi og tid: 5 udfordringer for statschef-erklæring om 150 GW vindkraft i Nordsøen
13hPLUS. Analyse: En fælleserklæring om 150 GW vindkraft i 2050 kan hurtigt løbe ind i forhindringer.
Lægepraksis på hospitalsmatrikel giver styrket samarbejde
13hLægehuset Amager er placeret på Amager Hospital til stor glæde for personalet og patienterne. »Jo mere vi kender til hinanden, desto bedre kan vi samarbejde – også når det bliver vanskeligt,« siger Anna S. Mogensen, praktiserende læge og kompagnon, om samarbejdet med hospitalslægerne.
Incremental levels of diagnostic information incentivize health-seeking in non-alcoholic fatty liver: a randomized clinical trial
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12295-1
Health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in individuals living near restaurants: a cross-sectional study in Shiraz, Iran
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12040-8
Malignant transformation of oral epithelial dysplasia in Southwest Finland
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12441-9
Combined kinetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia, N-antigenemia and virus-specific antibodies in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12461-5
Simultaneous electrochemical determination of morphine and methadone by using CMK-5 mesoporous carbon and multivariate calibration
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12506-9
High-charge electron beams from a laser-wakefield accelerator driven by a CO2 laser
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10160-9 High-charge electron beams from a laser-wakefield accelerator driven by a CO 2 laser
Population-based study for the comorbidities and associated factors in Ménière's disease
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12492-y
Detection of spatial avoidance between sousliks and moles by combining field observations, remote sensing and deep learning techniques
13hScientific Reports, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12405-z
Has the BLM Movement Influenced Police Use of Lethal Force?
13hFor decades, researchers have studied the influence of social movements on broader society. Yet nearly nine years after the start of Black Lives Matter, few studies have sought to quantify the movement's impact on police use of lethal force. Researchers point to a central challenge: incomplete data.
The use of single-cell multi-omics in immuno-oncology
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30549-4 Single-cell multi-omics (scMulti-omics) has brought transformative insights into immuno-oncology, demonstrating success in describing novel immune subsets and defining important regulators of antitumor immunity. Here, we give examples of how scMulti-omics has been used in specific tumor studies and discuss how th
SulfoxFluor-enabled deoxyazidation of alcohols with NaN3
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30132-x Azides are common moieties in chemical synthesis. Here the authors present a methodology to synthesize alkyl azides in one step from simple alcohols under mild conditions.
Steering the reaction pathway of syngas-to-light olefins with coordination unsaturated sites of ZnGaOx spinel
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30344-1 Great progress has been made in the development of bifunctional oxide-zeolite catalysts to tackle the selectivity challenge in syngas chemistry. Here the authors show syngas conversion can be steered along a highly active and selective pathway towards light olefins via ketene acetate (acetyl) intermediates.
Singlet and triplet to doublet energy transfer: improving organic light-emitting diodes with radicals
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29759-7 Organic light-emitting diodes must be engineered to circumvent efficiency limits imposed by the ratio of triplet to singlet exciton formation, following electron-hole capture. Here, authors unlock energy transfer channels between singlet, triplet and doublet excitons using thermally activated delayed fluorescence
Origins of glycan selectivity in streptococcal Siglec-like adhesins suggest mechanisms of receptor adaptation
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30509-y Streptococcal siglec-like binding regions (SLBRs) selectively bind cell surface glycans, but the basis for this selectivity is not understood. Here, the authors identify selectivity-modulating SLBR regions and study how changes in SLBR glycan selectivity affect interactions with human glycoprotein receptors.
Mechanistic insights into photochemical nickel-catalyzed cross-couplings enabled by energy transfer
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30278-8 Although the combination of photo- and nickel catalysis has garnered intense interest in the preceding years, the mechanisms by which these transformations occur are to some degree unresolved. Here the authors provide computational and spectroscopic support for a Dexter energy-transfer mechanism in the context of
The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30412-6 Many regenerative animals form an outgrowth at wound sites called a blastema. Here the authors identify equinox, which is expressed in the planarian wound epidermis and essential to initiate positional information regeneration and blastema formation.
Feasibility of whole genome and transcriptome profiling in pediatric and young adult cancers
13hNature Communications, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30233-7 Cancer whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing (cWGTS) has been challenging to implement in clinical settings. Here, the authors develop a workflow to deliver robust cWGTS analyses and reports within clinically-relevant timeframes for paediatric, adolescent and young adult solid tumour patients.
China looks to clean hydrogen fuel to power future. "In the next step, we will continue to increase R&D input, make breakthroughs in core technologies of homegrown H2 fuel cell engines, speed up the commercialization of the country's H2 energy & fuel cell industry and expand application scenarios"
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The pandemic's true health cost: how much of our lives has COVID stolen?
14hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01341-7 Researchers are trying to calculate how many years have been lost to disability and death.
Dusty demise for NASA Mars lander in July; power dwindling
14hA NASA spacecraft on Mars is headed for a dusty demise.
How can we measure whether brain functional modules specialize in a given cognitive process?
14hUsing neuro- /brain imaging submitted by /u/christinasapa [link] [comments]
Techtopia #238: Det vilde internet bliver tøjlet
14hInternettet har udviklet sig fra et næsten frit og ureguleret område, hvor der hovedsageligt var fokus på tekniske forhold, til en kompleks digital infrastruktur, der bliver reguleret af både EU og de enkelte lande.
Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds
14hA new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55% since 2000.
UN floats plan to boost renewables as climate worries mount
15hThe United Nations chief on Wednesday launched a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies, hoping to revive world attention on climate change as the U.N.'s weather agency reported that greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification hit new records last year.
Parasite names, mouse rejuvenation and toxic sunscreen
15hNature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01340-8 The latest science news, in brief.
Can introducing a central bank digital currency improve social welfare?
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15hCBDC Australia Digital
While cash is issued in the form of physical paper and coins, central bank digital currency (CBDC) involves recording transaction information in a digital ledger kept by the central bank. A study published in Economic Inquiry examines how introducing CBDC affects welfare in an economy in which tax evasion occurs in cash transactions.
Are microplastics pervasive in Nigerian drinking water?
15hIn Nigeria, about 90% of water available for drinking is sourced from boreholes, or deep, narrow wells that tap into naturally occurring underground water. A recent study in Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry found that microplastics (MPs) are abundant in the drinking water of these boreholes.
Rökning och prognos för män som drabbas av prostatacancer
15hEn lägre risk för rökare att utveckla prostatacancer, men en högre risk att dö av sjukdomen. Det visar en ny epidemiologisk studie ledd från Lunds universitet där forskarna följt över 350 000 personer genom flera årtionden.
Meet Altos Labs, Silicon Valley's latest wild bet on living forever
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America in 2072: A Society Stratified by Genetic Enhancement
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Major infrared breakthrough could lead to solar power at night
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To Drive Technological Progress, We Need Worker Power
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Humans have big plans for mining in space – but there are many things holding us back
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The kids are not OK
18hJulia Steinberger is an ecological economist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. She first posted this piece at Medium.com , and it was reposted on Yale Climate Connections with her permission. Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva – and was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story of a day that shook me up. I have given climate talks at high
Ikke alle danske læger er lige gode til at yde kronikeromsorg
19hNy dansk forskning viser, at de fleste patienter med flere kroniske sygdomme bliver tilbudt årskontroller hos deres praktiserende læge. Dog viser studiet også, at der er stor variation mellem de forskellige praksisser i forhold til, hvor gode de er til at tilbyde kronikerydelser.
Ingeniør, der forhindrede prop-effekt af Øresundsforbindelsen: 'Gentænk formen på Lynetteholm'
19hPLUS. Lynetteholms blokering af vand- og salttransporten kan udlignes ved at grave Øresund dybere, men udgravninger er en nødløsning og kan skade vandmiljøet.
Gammel vindkraft kan levere store energimængder ny vindkraft
19hPLUS. En opgradering af eksisterende møller er en smutvej til øget produktion af vindkraft.
Interaktivt radon-kort: 17.000 boligejeres måling af radonniveauet i deres ejendom
19hMellem 2015 og 2020 har boligejere landet over foretaget radonmålinger i deres bolig. Se kortet her.
Study gives animal testing alternatives a confidence boost
21hAs part of a government effort to reduce animal testing, researchers have worked to produce a new protocol for screening skin allergens. The method is potentially cheaper and faster than animal testing, while maintaining a similar performance.
Timing of heart surgery crucial, research shows
21hThe timing of valve replacement heart surgery is crucial, and should be performed earlier than previously thought for people with aortic stenosis, a new study shows. The condition is one of the most common and serious valve disease problems, caused by a narrowing of the aortic valve opening.
A new law unchains fusion energy – The update shows that we can actually safely use more hydrogen fuel in fusion reactors, and therefore obtain more energy than previously thought
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Ford-backed robotaxi start-up Argo AI is ditching its human safety drivers in Miami and Austin
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Will the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and is the United Nations report on climate change be ignored or we adapt and change with the future?
21hhttps://youtu.be/N0DxuK_OW14 We don't have a real awareness of the implications of climate change. How these elements could really play together. We need to move together and we need to move fast as the effects of climate change are already being felt. Major changes taking place in the global environment are at the centre of a growing research interest today. They are increasingly attracting atte
When do you believe humanity can significantly increase an individuals intelligence with novel technology?
21hThis would ostensibly have a profound effect on development and quality of life submitted by /u/First-Element [link] [comments]
Tailor-made enzymes poised to propel plastic recycling into a new era
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Chronic frames of social inequality: How mainstream media frame race, gender, and wealth inequality
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Focused ultrasound excites action potentials in mammalian peripheral neurons in part through the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
DNA methylation clocks for dogs and humans
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
An aggregation inhibitor specific to oligomeric intermediates of Aβ42 derived from phage display libraries of stable, small proteins
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Balance of osmotic pressures determines the nuclear-to-cytoplasmic volume ratio of the cell
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
How local partisan context conditions prosocial behaviors: Mask wearing during COVID-19
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Population interconnectivity over the past 120,000 years explains distribution and diversity of Central African hunter-gatherers
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Impact of natural selection on global patterns of genetic variation and association with clinical phenotypes at genes involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Emergence and spread of ancestral Yersinia pestis in Late-Neolithic and Bronze-Age Eurasia, ca. 5,000 to 1,500 y B.P.
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Diurnal biting of malaria mosquitoes in the Central African Republic indicates residual transmission may be "out of control"
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Characterization of the incense sacrificed to the sarira of Sakyamuni from Famen Royal Temple during the ninth century in China
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Estimating eviction prevalence across the United States
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Farm vehicles approaching weights of sauropods exceed safe mechanical limits for soil functioning
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Mars' emitted energy and seasonal energy imbalance
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22hEnergy Ethiopia Mozambique
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
A male pheromone that improves the quality of the oogenic germline
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Robust designation of meiotic crossover sites by CDK-2 through phosphorylation of the MutSγ complex
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
Existence of twisting in dislocation-free protein single crystals
22hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 21 , May 2022.
First animals developed complex ecosystems before the Cambrian explosion
1dEarly animals formed complex ecological communities more than 550 million years ago, setting the evolutionary stage for the Cambrian explosion, according to a new study.
mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna fare better against COVID-19 variants of concern
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1dCOVID-19 19 Vaccine
A comparison of four COVID-19 vaccinations shows that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna — perform better against the World Health Organization's variants of concern (VOCs) than viral vector vaccines — AstraZeneca and J&J/Janssen. Although they all effectively prevent severe disease by VOCs, the research suggests that people receiving a viral vector vaccine are more vul
Type-I interferon stops immune system 'going rogue' during viral infections
1dResearchers have discovered that Type I interferon (IFN) plays a key role in helping the immune system effectively target viruses, while stopping white blood cells from 'going rogue' and attacking the body's own organs. This opens the way to potential new treatments that can save many lives.
Automated platform for plasmid production
1dResearchers have developed PlasmidMaker, a versatile automated platform for plasmid design & construction. These circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce new genes into a target organism, and have extensive use in basic and applied biology. In particular, they have applications in the large-scale production of bioproducts.
Chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer
1dA theoretical framework shows how to increase the odds of identifying cancer-causing mutations before tumors take hold. Researchers demonstrate that only a few energetically favorable pathways are likely to lead to cancer.
New protein structures to aid rational drug design
1dIn a major advance for rational drug design, a Texas A&M AgriLife team has described several protein structures of a crucial player in cellular processes. The advance could bring new ideas for treatments of diseases such as Alzheimer's, AIDS, cancer and others.
Researchers glean new insights on skin aging from naked mole-rats
1dA new research paper published in Aging Volume 14, Issue 9, is titled "Single-cell transcriptomics reveals age-resistant maintenance of cell identities, stem cell compartments and differentiation trajectories in long-lived naked mole-rats skin."
Mosquitoes Bite More During the Day Than Previously Thought
1dWhile malaria research and control strategies have focused on mosquitoes' nocturnal activity, almost one-third of bites occur while the sun is up, a new study estimates.
Algorithms empower metalens design
1dResearchers have developed a new method for designing large-scale metasurfaces that uses techniques of machine intelligence to generate designs automatically. The method will enable new metasurface designs that can make an impact on virtual or augmented reality, self-driving cars, and machine vision for embarked systems and satellites.
If you take several medications, 'polypharmacy' is a word to know
1dTaking multiple prescription drugs and supplements can be fraught with risk, a new study suggests — but it's hard for many people to part with their medications.
National Zoning Atlas aims to make America's patchwork of codes accessible and comprehensible
1dZoning laws, adopted by thousands of local governments across the country, dictate much of what can be built in the United States. Zoning codes have major ramifications for businesses, housing, and quality of life but can be very difficult for non-experts to understand.
Shaping the future of light through reconfigurable metasurfaces
1dHarnessing the power of 'phase-change' materials, researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces — artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties — are crucial to the future of nanotechnology.
Seeing molecules inside a nanometer-sized 'sardine can'
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1dSeeing Inside MOF Sardine
Researchers have successfully developed a new technique allowing them to observe gas molecules packing into metal-organic frameworks (MOF) using infrared spectroscopy. Their innovation was to measure polarized light absorption of guest molecules in a MOF film to deduce molecule alignment using this common piece of lab equipment. This method is the first to show guest alignment and does so in real-
The world is slowly running out of vegetable oil, warns food expert – 'Our appreciation of vegetable oil will likely reach new levels in months to come'
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In the event that honeybees did go extinct, would it be possible to create robotic bees to pollinate flowers?
1dIt would just be a matter of scaling down drones, wouldn't it? And would it be possible to implement them on a large enough scale? And equipped with an AI so that they can recognize flowers themselves rather than having someone physically control them? submitted by /u/kanna172014 [link] [comments]
Robot-assisted surgery can cut blood clot risk and speed recovery, study finds | Cancer
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Robotic swimmer shows how microorganisms get around
1dA robotic swimmer could help researchers better understand the movements of bacteria and other microorganisms. Just by moving around, microorganisms like bacteria and sperm are performing a remarkable feat. The effects of viscosity are amplified at small scales, which means a microorganism swimming in water is a bit like a person trying to do the backstroke in a tar pit. Scientists still don't ha
Fostering research excellence in an uncertain environment
1dNature, Published online: 17 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01383-x A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.
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