**A Case Against Gun Control** :: Previously in this series: “ The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society " “ A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms " “ Show Us the Carnage, Continued " “ Only in America " “ Show Us the Carnage " “ The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre " and before that: “ Why the AR-15 Is So Lethal " “ The Nature of the AR-15 " “ Why the AR-15 Was Never Meant to be in Civilian Hands " “ More on the
**A Cryptic Addition to a Long-Standing Murder Mystery** :: Back in the fall of 2001, exactly one month after the 9/11 attacks, a lawyer in Seattle named Tom Wales was murdered as he worked alone at his home computer at night. Someone walked into the yard of Wales’s house in the Queen Anne Hill neighborhood of Seattle, careful to avoid sensors that would have set off flood lights in the yard, and fired several times through a basement window, hitting Wale
**A delivery platform for gene-editing technology** :: A new delivery system for introducing gene-editing technology into cells could help safely and efficiently correct disease-causing mutations in patients. The system, developed by KAUST scientists, is the first to use sponge-like ensembles of metal ions and organic molecules to coat the molecular components of the precision DNA-editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas9, allowing efficient release of
**A Democratic Memo Undercuts Key Republican Complaints About the FBI** :: The Republican charge that the FBI misled a secret surveillance court in order to spy on a former Trump campaign operative seemed to unravel on Saturday, when Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee revealed the exact wording that the bureau used when applying for the order in October 2016. In a memo drafted by the intelligence committee’s Republicans in January and promptly declassified by
**A dusty atmosphere caused extreme global cooling** :: In recent Earth history, climate has varied following ~100,000 year, glacial-interglacial cycles with higher and lower temperatures and greenhouse gas concentrations. During the coldest glacial conditions, global mean temperatures were about 5 °C cooler than present with about half as much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. These cycles were paced by variations in the Earth's orbit but there is sti
**A fake organ mimics what happens in the blink of an eye** :: A newly crafted artificial eye could help researchers study treatments for dry eye disease and other ailments.
**A Giant Claw Will Grab Falling SpaceX Gear 'Like a Giant Catcher's Mitt'** :: SpaceX is planning to use a giant net – one so immense that it takes up the majority of a high-speed watercraft named Mr. Steven – to catch reusable gear that falls back to Earth after missions to outer space.
**A global view of species diversity in high elevations, via mountain birds** :: A new look at mountain birds is helping Yale University researchers test long-held assumptions about species richness in high elevations.
**A life-saving invention that prevents human stampedes | Nilay Kulkarni** :: Every three years, more than 30 million Hindu worshippers gather for the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious gathering, in order to wash away their sins. With massive crowds descending on small cities and towns, stampedes inevitably happen, and in 2003, 39 people were killed during the festival. In 2014, then 15-year-old Nilay Kulkarni decided to put his skills as a self-taught prog
**A Little Robotic Submarine Could Ply Alien Seas** :: Researchers have been testing the sub in a bucket-sized mock alien ocean in a lab.
**A look at the space between mouse brain cells** :: Between the brain's neurons and glial cells is a critical but understudied structure that's been called neuroscience's final frontier: the extracellular space. With a new imaging paradigm, scientists can now see into and study this complex fluid-filled matrix. The advance, demonstrated in mice, appears February 22 in the journal Cell.
**A look at the space between mouse brain cells** :: Between the brain's neurons and glial cells is a critical but understudied structure that's been called neuroscience's final frontier: the extracellular space. With a new imaging paradigm, scientists can now see into and study this complex fluid-filled matrix.
**A new study eases fears of a link between autism and prenatal ultrasounds** :: On almost every measure, prenatal ultrasounds doesn’t appear to be related to a risk of developing autism, a recent study finds.
**A New Survey Finds 81 Percent Of Women Have Experienced Sexual Harassment** :: A nationwide survey found that most women have experienced some form of sexual harassment, many since their teenage years. The results illustrate why the #MeToo movement was so successful. (Image credit: Sarah Morris/Getty Images)
**A New Way to Recycle Batteries Uses Half the Energy** :: A new recycling process could provide a way to restore lithium ion battery cathodes to “mint condition." What’s better, this new process only uses half the energy of conventional… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**A normal person's guide to buying an old film camera** :: Gadgets You don't have be an expert (or a hipster) to enjoy analog photography Film photography is fun because it's unpredictable and slow.
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**A promising new drug to combat serious inflammatory disease** :: Still's disease is a serious orphan disease caused by a deregulation of the immune system triggering an acute inflammatory response. Under the auspices of UNIGE and HUG, an international team has successfully tested a molecule inhibitor of interleukin-18, a protein involved in immune response. These encouraging results in terms of safety and efficacy are paving the way for a new kind of treatment,
**A protein that self-replicates** :: ETH scientists have been able to prove that a protein structure widespread in nature – the amyloid – is theoretically capable of multiplying itself. This makes it a potential predecessor to molecules that are regarded as the building blocks of life.
**A smarter smart city** :: An ambitious project by Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs could reshape how we live, work, and play in urban neighborhoods.
**A specific new ELISA method for analyzing cetuximab** :: Cetuximab (CET) is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) used for immunotherapy of different types of cancer. This study describes the development and full validation of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with high sensitivity and selectivity for bioanalysis of CET.
**A Star Is Shorn: The Fine Art of Spotting Supernovae Is Ideal for Amateurs** :: With a simple telescope and camera, a backyard skywatcher has helped professional astronomers witness the never-before-seen beginnings of a star’s explosive death — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**A statistical look at the probability of future major wars** :: Aaron Clauset, an assistant professor and computer scientist at the University of Colorado, has taken a calculating look at the likelihood of a major war breaking out in the near future. In an article published on the open access site Science Advances, he describes his analysis of the history of human warfare using a large historical dataset, and offers his opinion on whether we are in the midst o
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**A stroke nearly killed me. Now I'm clinging to life against the odds | Rachel Capps** :: At first blinking was hard. But I worked at it, fighting my brain. Every task is an effort, but I’m committed to getting better Half a day. That’s all it took. Half a day turned my world upside down. My life as a mother, with dreams of building a successful law practice and growing another hobby business. And throughout, aspirations to write. All gone. Flipped in half a day. Continue reading…
**A tapering silicon hole could lead to better drug testing** :: Tohoku University researchers have improved on currently available methods for screening drugs for heart-related side effects.
**A test for autism is on the horizon, powered by A.I.** :: Research has shown that early intervention can make ASD more manageable. Read More
**A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms** :: For recent items about gun massacres, and the public response, please see (starting with most recent): “ Show Us the Carnage, Continued " “ Only in America " “ Show Us the Carnage " “ The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre " and before that: “ Why the AR-15 Is So Lethal " “ The Nature of the AR-15 " “ Why the AR-15 Was Never Meant to be in Civilian Hands " “ More on the Military and Civilian H
**A Week Around the World With The Atlantic** :: What We’re Writing The death of Billy Graham: The influential evangelical preacher died this Wednesday at the age of 99. The man known as “America’s Pastor" was more than just that: Recognizing that Americans are not the future of evangelical Christianity , he preached his gospel across the world, from North Carolina to North Korea. But, Emma Green writes, Graham’s legacy of “bipartisan, ecumenic
**A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice** :: 0003d
**A winning personality might play a major role in China's apparel industry** :: In China, business relationships rely on the long-lasting culture of guanxi, a mixture of personal and public relationships that affect all individuals and organizations. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have found that personality traits associated with guanxi might contribute to the overall performance of new business ventures in the Chinese apparel industry.
**A winning personality might play a major role in China's apparel industry** :: In the United States, business relationships are formal and typically based on contractual agreements. In China, business relationships rely more on the long-lasting culture of guanxi, a mixture of personal and public relationships that affect all individuals and organizations. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have found that personality traits associated with guanxi might contribu
**Acid oceans will dissolve coral reef sands within decades** :: Carbonate sands on coral reefs will start dissolving within about 30 years, on average, as oceans become more acidic, new research published today in Science shows.
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**Adding hope to health fears could boost our motivation** :: Fear about health concerns may grip us, but a little hope might make us more willing to take preventative actions, according to researchers. In two studies, hope and self-efficacy—the belief that a person can help themselves—significantly predicted intentions to take actions against skin cancer, such as wearing sunscreen or protective clothing. “With health messages, it’s not enough just to tell
**Adherence to sleep apnea treatment affects risk of hospital readmission** :: A study of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) suggests that non-adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is significantly associated with increased 30-day hospital readmissions.
**Adolescent Risk-Takers: The Power of Peers** :: Teenagers are often thought of as reckless risk-takers. Nature Video asks a neuroscientist and a group of adolescents what's really behind risky behaviour. This video was reproduced with… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Adults must guide kids' lives, and give them a sense of self-control** :: "Our kids are 'wired' for control. Our role as adults is not to force them to follow the track we’ve laid out for them; it’s to help them develop the skills to find their own way…" Read More
**After Years of Fighting, Idaho Retains Climate Change in Its Education Guidelines** :: The legislature had scrubbed human-caused climate change from state teaching standards, but new standards that include the topic will go into effect.
**Age and gender matter behind the wheel — but not how you might expect** :: A new study explored the relationship between new drivers' skills and age, gender, organized sports and video gaming. The results suggest that mandatory training should be required for all novice drivers, not just teenagers.
**Age and gender matter behind the wheel — but not how you might expect** :: A UCLA study explored the relationship between new drivers' skills and age, gender, organized sports and video gaming. The results suggest that mandatory training should be required for all novice drivers, not just teenagers.
**Age matters behind the wheel—but not how you might expect** :: A UCLA researcher explored the relationship between new drivers' skills and four factors.
**AI and 5G in focus at top mobile fair** :: Phone makers will seek to entice new buyers with better cameras and bigger screens at the world's biggest mobile fair starting Monday in Spain after a year of flat smartphone sales.
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**AI-Driven Robot Learns the Meaning of Love, on Paper at Least** :: The AI-fueled robot BINA48 has completed a college course called Philosophy of Love
**Air France passengers grounded by strike** :: Half of Air France's long-haul flights out of Paris were cancelled Thursday due to a strike over pay by pilots, cabin crew and ground staff.
**Airbnb expands offerings with new upscale categories** :: Home-share titan Airbnb on Thursday took aim at more upscale travelers with new categories including premium lodging and properties for "trips of a lifetime."
**Airlines Won’t Dare Use the Fastest Way to Board Planes** :: United's latest experiment with the boarding procedure could make things better—but it's no revolution.
**Ajit Pai’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People** :: FCC Rules Ajit Pai
**Aliens Would Probably Like It If You Gave them Flowers** :: Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, author of 'Enlightenment Now,' argues that highly developed civilizations tend toward peace and tolerance.
**'All Our Asias' Is a Vital Reminder That Creators Matter** :: The beautiful, surreal indie game about Asian heritage is made all the stronger by the self-conscious inclusion of its own maker.
**Allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation recipients are at a significantly higher risk of cognitive impairment in the years post-transplantation, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology** :: submitted by /u/SophiaDevetzi [link] [comments]
**Almost all adolescents in an economically disadvantaged urban population exposed to tobacco smoke** :: Ninety-four percent of adolescents ages 13 to 19 in an economically disadvantaged, largely minority population in San Francisco had measurable levels of a biomarker specific for exposure to tobacco smoke (NNAL).
**Almost all adolescents in an economically disadvantaged urban population exposed to tobacco smoke** :: Ninety-four percent of adolescents ages 13 to 19 in an economically disadvantaged, largely minority population in San Francisco had measurable levels of a biomarker specific for exposure to tobacco smoke (NNAL).
**Almost every antidepressant headline you’ll read today is wrong** :: A review of the evidence on antidepressants has been hailed as the final word on these drugs, but questions remain for people with less severe depression
**AlphaZero just wants to play** :: Artificial intelligence is continually hyped up, but disappears from view again just as quickly. Roger Wattenhofer explains why that might soon change.
**Alternative methods needed to detect all schistosomiasis cases** :: To detect detect intestinal schistosome infections, the World Health Organization recommends using the Kato-Katz technique, which analyzes slides of fecal matter. But the approach often misses people who are infected with only a low burden of parasites and, as a consequence, shed only a few eggs in fecal samples. Researchers have now analyzed the efficacy of other testing approaches in a setting w
**Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star** :: First light from a supernova is hard to capture; no one can predict where and when a star will explode. An amateur astronomer has now captured on film this first light, emitted when the exploding core hits the star's outer layers: shock breakout. Subsequent observations by astronomers using the Lick and Keck observatories helped identify it as a Type IIb supernova that slimmed down from 20 to 5 so
**Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star** :: First light from a supernova is hard to capture; no one can predict where and when a star will explode. An Argentinian amateur astronomer has now captured on film this first light, emitted when the exploding core hits the star's outer layers: shock breakout. Subsequent observations by UC Berkeley astronomers using the Lick and Keck observatories helped identify it as a Type IIb supernova that slim
**Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star** :: Thanks to lucky snapshots taken by an amateur astronomer in Argentina, scientists have obtained their first view of the initial burst of light from the explosion of a massive star.
**Amateur astronomer captures rare first light of massive exploding star** :: An amateur astronomer in Argentina captured images of a distant galaxy before and after the supernova's 'shock breakout' – when a supersonic pressure wave from the exploding core of the star hits and heats gas at the star's surface to a very high temperature, causing it to emit light and rapidly brighten. Victor Buso's chances of such a discovery, his first supernova, is estimated at one in 10 mil
**Amazon wristbands could track workers' hand movements: 'Employers are increasingly treating their employees like robots'** :: As Amazon continues its quest to shrink delivery times and add warehouses in Illinois, the e-commerce behemoth is eyeing technology that could track the movements of its workers' hands as they fulfill orders.
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**An amateur astronomer accidentally caught an exploding star on camera—and it gets better** :: Space He was excited to test his new camera, but he also captured something totally unique. Victor Buso was looking forward to testing his brand-new camera. He had no idea he would help capture the start of one of the most unpredictable events in the universe;…
**An amateur astronomer caught a supernova explosion on camera** :: An amateur astronomer has caught a supernova explosion on camera.
**An exhaustive account of how the flu destroys your body** :: Health The virus doesn’t cause nearly as much misery as your body’s immune response to it. Unlike most common colds, strains of the influenza virus can cause symptoms all throughout the body. Here’s what goes down when you come down with the flu.
**An improved anti-addiction medication** :: Drug addiction continues to plague vast numbers of people across the world, destroying and ending lives, while attempts to develop more effective pharmaceutical addiction treatments continue. Scientists now report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the development of a potent new medicine to fight addiction, which might also be an effective treatment for epilepsy and other conditions.
**An improved anti-addiction medication** :: Drug addiction continues to plague vast numbers of people across the world, destroying and ending lives, while attempts to develop more effective pharmaceutical addiction treatments continue. Scientists now report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the development of a potent new medicine to fight addiction, which might also be an effective treatment for epilepsy and other conditions.
**An improved anti-addiction medication** :: Drug addiction continues to plague vast numbers of people across the world, destroying and ending lives, while attempts to develop more effective pharmaceutical addiction treatments continue. Scientists now report the development of a potent new medicine to fight addiction, which might also be an effective treatment for epilepsy and other conditions.
**An under-the-radar immune cell shows potential in fight against cancer** :: One of the rarest of immune cells, Type-2 innate lympoid cells might be a potent weapon in slowing the spread of cancer to other parts of the body. Though known primarily for their role in causing asthma, University of British Columbia scientists found that implanted cancers metastasize much more easily in mice lacking ILC2 cells.
**Analysis finds lower IQ in children with chronic kidney disease** :: An analysis of published studies indicates that children with chronic kidney disease may have lower intellectual functioning compared than children in the general population. Compared with children with mild-to-moderate stage kidney disease and with kidney transplants, children on dialysis had the lowest IQ scores. Deficits were evident for attention, memory, and executive function domains.
**Analytical methods help develop antidotes for cyanide, mustard gas** :: To develop antidotes for chemical agents, such as cyanide and mustard gas, scientists need analytical methods that track not only the level of exposure but also how the drug counteracts the effects of the chemical. That's where the work of Erica Manandhar, postdoctoral research associate at South Dakota State University, comes in.
**Ancient ‘dark-skinned’ Briton Cheddar Man find may not be true** :: The headline was that an ancient Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin, but the genetics of skin colour are so complex that we can’t be sure
**Ancient Britons 'replaced' by newcomers** :: Britain's Stone Age population was almost completely replaced some 4,500 years ago, a study shows.
**Ancient Cave Paintings Clinch the Case for Neandertal Symbolism** :: Abstract images in Spanish caves date back 65,000 years—millennia before Homo sapiens set foot in Europe—settling a long-running debate over Neandertal cognition — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Ancient DNA tells tales of humans' migrant history** :: Fueled by advances in analyzing DNA from the bones of ancient humans, scientists have dramatically expanded the number of samples studied — revealing vast and surprising migrations and genetic mixing of populations in our prehistoric past.
**Ancient DNA tells tales of humans' migrant history** :: Fueled by advances in analyzing DNA from the bones of ancient humans, scientists have dramatically expanded the number of samples studied — revealing vast and surprising migrations and genetic mixing of populations in our prehistoric past.
**Ancient DNA tells tales of humans' migrant history** :: Scientists once could reconstruct humanity's distant past only from the mute testimony of ancient settlements, bones, and artifacts.
**Ancient-DNA researchers surpass the 1,000-genome milestone** :: In the last eight years, the field of ancient DNA research has expanded from just one ancient human genome to more than 1,300. The latest 625 of those genomes debut Feb. 21 in two papers published simultaneously in Nature, including the largest study of ancient DNA to date.
**Ancient-DNA researchers surpass the 1,000-genome milestone** :: In the last eight years, the field of ancient DNA research has expanded from just one ancient human genome to more than 1,300. The latest 625 of those genomes debut Feb. 21 in Nature, including the largest study of ancient DNA to date.
**Animal diversity improves reproducibility of pre-clinical research** :: Pre-clinical animal research is typically based on single laboratory studies conducted under highly standardized conditions. But in a new study, researchers show that this near-universal practice may actually help to explain the poor reproducibility of pre-clinical animal research. Instead of standardized conditions, diversity may be better.
**Animal study shows how to retrain the immune system to ease food allergies** :: Treating food allergies might be a simple matter of teaching the immune system a new trick, researchers at Duke Health have found. In a study using mice bred to have peanut allergies, the Duke researchers were able to reprogram the animals' immune systems using a nanoparticle delivery of molecules to the lymph nodes that switched off the life-threatening reactions to peanut exposures.
**Animal study shows how to retrain the immune system to ease food allergies** :: Treating food allergies might be a simple matter of teaching the immune system a new trick, researchers have found. In a study using mice bred to have peanut allergies, the researchers were able to reprogram the animals' immune systems using a nanoparticle delivery of molecules to the lymph nodes that switched off the life-threatening reactions to peanut exposures.
**'Annihilation' Review: A Thrilling, Terrifying Surrealist Trip** :: Alex Garland’s adaptation is as monstrous as it is masterful—even more soul-shaking than the original.
**Annihilation: A Beautiful Heap of Nonsense** :: “I don’t know." This statement, or variations on it, is uttered repeatedly throughout the film Annihilation , generally by characters who have returned from “the Shimmer," a deeply weird sci-fi zone in which the customary laws of physics, biology, time, and memory no longer prevail. It is also a statement that many viewers may be inclined to utter when asked precisely what it was they just watche
**Another former employee sues Google over issues of diversity** :: Another former Google employee is suing the tech company over issues of diversity.
**Antibodies protect nerve-muscle connections in a mouse model of Lou Gehrig's disease** :: A new study identifies a novel treatment strategy that preserved neuromuscular synapses in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
**Antidepressant response within hours? Experts weigh evidence on ketamine as fast-acting treatment for depression in Harvard Review of Psychiatry** :: Recent studies suggest that ketamine, a widely used anesthetic agent, could offer a wholly new approach to treating severe depression — producing an antidepressant response in hours rather than weeks. Two reviews of recent evidence on ketamine and related drugs for treating depression appear in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, published by Wolters Kluwer.
**Antidepressants work – but we need to talk, too | Rhik Samadder** :: A study proving the effectiveness of medication was no surprise. But the news that talking therapies can be as effective as drugs was a striking detail The results of a comprehensive, six-year study confirmed last week what I’ve known a long time: antidepressants work . I know this because half the people I know are on them – and that’s only the half I know about. Antidepressants saved my life, t
**Apple loses bid to ban protests by French tax campaign group** :: A French court on Friday threw out a complaint by Apple demanding a ban on protests at its stores by the tax campaign group Attac.
**Applebee's and IHOP's new recipe for success: technology, takeout and takeovers** :: With free birthday breakfast meals and all-you-can-eat riblets, the IHOP and Applebee's restaurant chains became a traditional stop for millions of American families seeking a feast.
**AR still doesn’t have a killer app, but Google’s ARCore is here to help** :: Its AR developer kit for Android devices is now open to everyone. That will spur more innovation.
**Archaeologists find ancient necropolis in Egypt** :: Egypt's Antiquities Ministry announced on Saturday the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo, the latest discovery in an area known to house ancient catacombs from the Pharaonic Late Period and the Ptolemaic dynasty.
**Archaeology: Pots, people and knowledge transfer** :: In the Late Neolithic, a new style of pottery appears among the grave goods buried with the dead in many parts of Europe. A new genetic study shows that, with one exception, its dissemination was not accompanied by large-scale migration.
**Are bots a danger for political election campaigns?** :: Normally, autonomous computer programmes known as bots trawl the internet, for example, to help search engines. However, there are also programmes known as social bots which interfere in social media, automatically generating replies or sharing content. They are currently suspected of spreading political propaganda. Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have investi
**Are flamingos returning to Florida?** :: Flamingos are a Florida cultural icon, and sightings in the state have been on the rise in recent decades. However, whether they're truly native to the US or only arrive via escape from captivity has long been subject to debate, making developing a plan for managing Florida's flamingo population challenging. A new study reviews the evidence and provides a fresh argument that the birds should be co
**Are flamingos returning to Florida?** :: Flamingos are a Florida cultural icon, and sightings in the state have been on the rise in recent decades. However, whether they're truly native to the US or only arrive via escape from captivity has long been subject to debate, making developing a plan for managing Florida's flamingo population challenging. A new study reviews the evidence and provides a fresh argument that the birds should be co
**Are flamingos returning to Florida?** :: Flamingos are a Florida cultural icon, and sightings of American Flamingos in the state have been on the rise in recent decades. However, whether they're truly native to the U.S. or only arrive via escape from captivity has long been subject to debate, making developing a plan for managing Florida's flamingo population challenging. A new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications reviews t
**Are older adults with knee pain less active than the general population?** :: A new Arthritis Care & Research study found that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels are similarly low in older adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and those from the general population without osteoarthritis or knee pain.
**Are we all contaminated with chemical toxins?** :: Are we all being gradually poisoned by environmental toxins? And what is the evidence for detoxification kits and cleanses?
**Arizona's Tepary Beans Preserve A Native Past, Hold Promise For The Future** :: Local Native Americans grew teparies for centuries, but the beans began to sink into obscurity. Now, thanks to seed preservation and farmers who want to preserve the past, they're making a comeback. (Image credit: Mariana Dale/KJZZ)
**Arming Educators Violates the Spirit of the Second Amendment** :: The Second Amendment is a remarkable piece of the Constitution. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed," it reads. Set aside for the moment questions about its practical interpretations today and its usefulness as a legal tenet—the provision presents a starkly revolutionary moral and politic
**Arrival of Beaker folk changed Britain forever, ancient DNA study shows** :: At least 90% of the ancestry of Britons was replaced by a wave of migrants, who arrived about 4,500 years ago, say researchers The largest ever study on ancient DNA has shown that Britain was changed forever by the arrival of the Beaker folk, a wave of migrants about 4,500 years ago who brought with them new customs, new burial practices, and beautiful, distinctive bell-shaped pottery. Related: F
**Artificial intelligence can diagnose and triage retinal diseases** :: In the February 22 issue of Cell, scientists describe a platform that uses big data and artificial intelligence not only to recognize two of the most common retinal diseases but also to rate their severity. It can also distinguish between bacterial and viral pneumonia in children based on chest X-ray images.
**Artificial intelligence quickly and accurately diagnoses eye diseases and pneumonia** :: Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, researchers at Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health and University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in China, Germany and Texas, have developed a new computational tool to screen patients with common but blinding retinal diseases, potentially speeding diagnoses and treatment.
**As climate changes, so could the genes of the Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly** :: Researchers warn climate change can not only influence the geographic distribution of a species in response to changing conditions — it could also affect the evolutionary trajectories of interbreeding species.
**As pediatric use of iNO increased, mortality rates dropped** :: Jonathan Chan, M.D., and colleagues analyzed data from pediatric patient visits over a 10-year period at 47 children's hospitals and found as inhaled nitric oxide use and costs increased mortality rates dropped modestly.
**As pediatric use of iNO increased, mortality rates dropped** :: Scientists have analyzed data from pediatric patient visits over a 10-year period at 47 children's hospitals and found as inhaled nitric oxide use and costs increased mortality rates dropped modestly.
**As Protection Ends, Here’s One Way to Test for Net Neutrality** :: Some states plan to uphold net neutrality principles. How will they know if telecom companies are obeying their own promises?
**Asian elephants have different personality traits just like humans** :: Researchers have studied a timber elephant population in Myanmar and discovered that Asian elephant personality manifests through three different factors. The personality factors identified by the researchers are Attentiveness, Sociability and Aggressiveness.
**Asian elephants have different personality traits just like humans** :: Researchers of the University of Turku, Finland, have studied a timber elephant population in Myanmar and discovered that Asian elephant personality manifests through three factors. The personality factors identified by the researchers are attentiveness, sociability and aggressiveness.
**Asian elephants have different personality traits just like humans** :: Researchers of the University of Turku, Finland, have studied a timber elephant population in Myanmar and discovered that Asian elephant personality manifests through three different factors. The personality factors identified by the researchers are Attentiveness, Sociability and Aggressiveness.
**Assassin bug's venom system packs a deadly double** :: Venom researchers from The University of Queensland have uncovered a unique and complex venom system within the tiny assassin bug.
**Astronomers discover S0-2 star is single and ready for big Einstein test** :: A team of astronomers has found that S0-2 does not have a significant other after all, or at least one that is massive enough to get in the way of critical measurements that astronomers need to test Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Up until now, it was thought that S0-2 may be a binary, a system where two stars circle around each other.
**Astronomers discover S0-2 star is single and ready for big Einstein test** :: A team of astronomers led by Devin Chu, a UCLA scientist from Hawaii, has found that S0-2 does not have a significant other after all, or at least one that is massive enough to get in the way of critical measurements that astronomers need to test Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Up until now, it was thought that S0-2 may be a binary, a system where two stars circle around each other.
**Astronomers discover S0-2 star is single and ready for big Einstein test** :: Astronomers have the "all-clear" for an exciting test of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, thanks to a new discovery about S0-2's star status.
**Astronomers Spot Most Distant Supernova Ever Seen** :: Light from the powerful cosmic explosion took 10.5 billion years to reach Earth — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Atlantic Studios Presents New Documentary: “Deportation Nation"** :: In “ Deportation Nation ," a new original documentary released today by Atlantic Studios , former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio stands by the controversial statement he made a decade ago, when he called his infamous Tent City a concentration camp. Arpaio, who President Trump pardoned last summer for defying a court order to stop racial profiling and is now running for U.S. Senate, says in Th
**Atomic structure of ultrasound material not what anyone expected** :: Lead magnesium niobate (PMN) is a prototypical "relaxor" material, used in a wide variety of applications, from ultrasound to sonar. Researchers have now used state-of-the-art microscopy techniques to see exactly how atoms are arranged in PMN — and it's not what anyone expected.
**Atomically thin building blocks could make optoelectrical devices more efficient** ::
**Attosecond physics: A keen sense for molecules** :: Laser physicists have developed an extremely powerful broadband infrared light source. This light source opens up a whole new range of opportunities in medicine, life science, and material analysis.
**Attosecond physics: A keen sense for molecules** :: Munich based Laser physicists have developed an extremely powerful broadband infrared light source. This light source opens up a whole new range of opportunities in medicine, life science, and material analysis.
**Austria sues over EU approval of Hungary nuclear plant** :: Staunchly anti-nuclear Austria lodged a legal complaint with the European Court of Justice on Thursday against the EU's approval of the expansion of a nuclear plant in neighbouring Hungary.
**Baby Belle, the hand-reared rhino** :: Belle needed treatment for an injured leg and is Cotswold Wildlife Park's first hand-reared white rhino calf.
**Baby skull binding common among ancient Peru elite** :: The idea of binding and reshaping a baby’s head may make parents today cringe, but for families in the Andes between 1100-1450, cranial modification was all the rage, according to a new study. Like Chinese foot binding, the practice may have been a marker of group identity. Its period of popularity in Peru, before the expansion of the Inca empire, was marked by political upheaval, ecological stre
**Bacteria produce more substances than hitherto assumed** :: Streptomyces chartreusis is an antibiotic-producing bacterium that releases more metabolites into the surrounding medium than scientists previously assumed based on genomic analysis. Many of the substances are likely released to mediate interactions with its environment. They might also include molecules that are of interest as potential pharmaceutical agents. A team headed by Prof Dr. Julia Bando
**Bacteria produce more substances than hitherto assumed** :: The bacterium Streptomyces chartreusis is an antibiotic-producing bacterium that releases more metabolites into the surrounding medium than scientists assumed based on the analysis of the genome. Many of the substances are likely released to mediate interactions with its environment. They might also include molecules that are of interest as potential pharmaceutical agents. A research team analysed
**Bacteria produce more substances than hitherto assumed** :: The bacterium Streptomyces chartreusis is an antibiotic-producing bacterium that releases more metabolites into the surrounding medium than scientists assumed based on the analysis of the genome. Many of the substances are likely released to mediate interactions with its environment. They might also include molecules that are of interest as potential pharmaceutical agents. A research team analysed
**Bacteria-eaters to prevent food poisoning? Phages elim­in­ate Yersinia from food** :: Bacteria-killing viruses could be employed not just in health care, but also in the food industry, a study conducted at the University of Helsinki indicates.
**Bacteria-eaters to prevent food poisoning?** :: Bacteria-killing viruses could be employed not just in health care, but also in the food industry, a new study shows. The researchers have been investigating the possibility of utilizing phages in eradicating food-borne pathogens and preventing food poisoning.
**BAK/BAX macropores facilitate mitochondrial herniation and mtDNA efflux during apoptosis** :: Mitochondrial apoptosis is mediated by BAK and BAX, two proteins that induce mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization, leading to cytochrome c release and activation of apoptotic caspases. In the absence of active caspases, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) triggers the innate immune cGAS/STING pathway, causing dying cells to secrete type I interferon. How cGAS gains access to mtDNA remains unclear.
**Ban the AR-15, Mr. President** :: Why civilians do not need to own guns like the AR-15. Read More
**Banker advarer: Svindlere lokker NemID-koder ud af borgere med telefon-spoofing** :: Svindlere, som har udgivet sig for at være fra bankers support, har siden i går kontaktet danskere, i forsøg på at franarre dem betalingsoplysninger.
**Basque researchers turn light upside down** :: Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC, San Sebastian, Spain) and Kansas State University (USA), report in Science the development of a so called 'hyperbolic metasurface' on which light propagates with completely reshaped wafefronts. This scientific achievement towards a more precise control and monitoring of ligh
**Bats help grow our crops, but climate change has them on the move** :: Nexus Media News Rising temperatures are shifting bat migration patterns, with possible consequences for farmers. Bats play an important role in agriculture. Now, they are changing their migratory behavior as a result of a warming planet.
**Bats May Have Taken on Viruses To Stay in Flight** :: Dampening the immune response to stay up in the air may have helped bats become tolerant to viral infections.
**Bats spread Ebola because they’ve evolved not to fight viruses** :: Bats can carry viruses like Ebola and Marburg that are lethal for humans. This may be because, in order to fly, their bodies have given up on fighting such viruses
**Beautiful buildings are more sustainable** :: Why is it that some buildings stand for hundreds of years, while others are demolished after only being used for a short time?
**Beetroot juice supplements may help certain heart failure patients** :: Beetroot juice supplements may help enhance exercise capacity in patients with heart failure, according to a new proof-of-concept study. Exercise capacity is a key factor linked to these patients' quality of life and even survival.
**Beetroot juice supplements may help certain heart failure patients** :: Beetroot juice supplements may help enhance exercise capacity in patients with heart failure, according to a new proof-of-concept study. Exercise capacity is a key factor linked to these patients' quality of life and even survival.
**Before Hitting the Road, Self-Driving Cars Should Have to Pass a Driving Test** :: Researchers can’t always tell exactly why something works but they can evaluate the outcome — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Behov for ny fysik? Universet udvider sig hurtigere end ventet** :: Hubble-teleskopet har foretaget de mest præcise målinger nogensinde af universet ekspansionshastighed. Det viser overraskende nyt, og giver astronomerne hovedbrud.
**Being female is not a protective factor against heart disease in type 1 diabetes** :: Constrictions of the coronary blood vessels is a possible consequence of type 1 diabetes, and one that can eventually lead to myocardial infarction or heart failure. Generally speaking, women are afflicted by coronary artery disease later than men, but if a woman has type 2 diabetes, the advantage is negated. A new report now shows that this also sometimes applies to type 1 diabetes.
**Being raised in greener neighborhoods may have beneficial effects on brain development** :: A study by ISGlobal, a center supported by the 'la Caixa' Banking Foundation, in collaboration with Hospital del Mar and UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, shows for the first time that exposure to green space during childhood is associated with beneficial structural changes in the developing brain.
**Beluga whales dive deeper, longer to find food in Arctic** :: Beluga whales that spend summers feeding in the Arctic are diving deeper and longer to find food than in earlier years, when sea ice covered more of the ocean for longer periods, according to a new analysis.
**Benjamin Netanyahu's Dangerous Obsession With the Media** :: O ver the course of his career, Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has faced many formidable rivals. There’s been Yasser Arafat, the late former leader of the Palestinians, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, and Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah. But Netanyahu never accused any of them of leading a “Bolshevik campaign" to derail his agenda and ki
**Berkeley Lab 'minimalist machine learning' algorithms analyze images from very little data** :: Berkeley Lab mathematicians have developed a new approach to machine learning aimed at experimental imaging data. Rather than relying on the tens or hundreds of thousands of images used by typical machine learning methods, this new approach 'learns' much more quickly and requires far fewer images.
**Better 'Lisa Simpson 2020' Than Four More Years of Homer** :: On Thursday at a conference sponsored by the American Conservative Union, Ben Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist , had an illuminating exchange with Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who once called Donald Trump “a pathological liar," but has since lined up behind the billionaire who spread lies about his father, insulted the appearance of his wife, and nicknamed him “Lyin’ Ted." Dome
**Beware This Incredibly Silly—But Still Effective—Tax Scam** :: There are lots of tax scams out there, but this is the only one that pays you first.
**Billy Graham, the Great Uniter, Leaves Behind a Divided Evangelicalism** :: Billy Graham US
**Biocontrol of invasive carp: Risks abound** :: 0003d
**Biologist unveils China's first private research university** :: 0003d
**Biomarker, clues to possible therapy found in novel childhood neurogenetic disease** :: Researchers studying a rare genetic disorder that causes severe, progressive neurological problems in childhood have discovered insights into biological mechanisms that drive the disease, along with early clues that an amino acid supplement might offer a targeted therapy. The disorder, called TBCK-encephalopathy, disrupts autophagy, an important cellular waste-disposal process.
**Blowing in the wind—picking apart the plastic problem** :: My son sent me a text this morning from the school bus. "Mum" he said "there's litter everywhere." Of course, he knows my interest in such things…
**BMW plans electric Mini production in China** :: German auto giant BMW said Friday it plans to build an electric version of its compact Mini in China, in a possible joint venture with local partner Great Wall.
**BMW recalls 12,000 diesel cars over emissions** :: German high-end carmaker BMW on Friday recalled thousands of diesel cars for a software update, after reports it had admitted to authorities they released more harmful emissions on the road than in the lab.
**Boron compounds tackle dinitrogen** :: 0003d
**Boron learns to give back to nitrogen** :: 0003d
**Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog to fight back against humans** :: ‘Testing robustness’ apparently crucial to SpotMini’s development, with machine showing it won’t be perturbed by human interference It appears that, just like their flesh and blood counterparts, you just can’t put a good robot dog down, even if you’re a human fighting it for control of a door. Boston Dynamics’ well-mannered four-legged machine SpotMini has already proved that it can easily open a
**Brain ageing may begin earlier than expected | Lancaster University** ::
**Brain immune system is key to recovery from motor neuron degeneration** :: Researchers engineered mice in which the damage caused by a mutant human TDP-43 protein could be reversed by one type of brain immune cell. TDP-43 is a protein that misfolds and accumulates in the motor areas of the brains of ALS patients. They found that microglia, the first and primary immune response cells in the brain and spinal cord, are essential for dealing with TDP-43-associated neuron dea
**Brain liquefaction after stroke is toxic to surviving brain** :: Researchers suggest liquefied brain fluid may be one cause of dementia after stroke.
**'Brain on a chip' reveals how the brain folds** :: Our brains are wrinkled like walnuts by the time we are born. Babies born without these wrinkles — called smooth brain syndrome — suffer from severe developmental deficiencies and their life expectancy is markedly reduced. Now researchers have developed a method for growing tiny 'brains on chips' from human cells that enabled them to track the physical and biological mechanisms underlying the wr
**Brain signal shows when you understand what you hear** :: Researchers have identified a brain signal that indicates whether a person is comprehending what others are saying. The researchers have shown that they can track the signal using relatively inexpensive EEG (electroencephalography) readings taken on a person’s scalp. “When we had the same people come back and hear the same audio book played backwards, the signal disappears entirely." During every
**Brain size of human ancestors evolved gradually over 3 million years** :: Modern humans have brains that are more than three times larger than our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos. Scientists don't agree on when and how this dramatic increase took place, but new analysis of 94 hominin fossils shows that average brain size increased gradually and consistently over the past three million years.
**Brain size of human ancestors evolved gradually over 3 million years** :: Modern humans have brains that are more than three times larger than our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos. Scientists don't agree on when and how this dramatic increase took place, but new analysis of 94 hominin fossils shows that average brain size increased gradually and consistently over the past three million years.
**Brain size of human ancestors evolved gradually over 3 million years** :: Modern humans have brains that are more than three times larger than our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos. Scientists don't agree on when and how this dramatic increase took place, but new analysis of 94 hominin fossils shows that average brain size increased gradually and consistently over the past three million years.
**Breakthrough for peptide medication** :: Peptides, short amino acid chains that control many functions in the human body, represent a billion-dollar market, also in the pharmaceutical industry. But, normally these medications must be injected. A research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now determined how peptides can be designed so that they can be easily administered as a liquid or tablet.
**Breakup of last glacial deep stratification in the South Pacific** :: Stratification of the deep Southern Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum is thought to have facilitated carbon storage and subsequent release during the deglaciation as stratification broke down, contributing to atmospheric CO 2 rise. Here, we present neodymium isotope evidence from deep to abyssal waters in the South Pacific that confirms stratification of the deepwater column during the Last G
**Bridging the gap between weather and climate** :: Andrew Robertson is a Senior Research Scientist and head of the Climate Group at Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). He works on seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts, with the goal of making these forecasts usable by decision-makers in areas such as agriculture and food security, water resource management, and disaster risk reduction.
**BRIEF: How Winter Makes Shrews Stupid** :: BRIEF: How Winter Makes Shrews Stupid To conserve energy in winter, shrews shrink their brains and sacrifice cognitive ability. Shrew_topNteaser.jpg Image credits: Hanna Knutsson via Shutterstock Creature Wednesday, February 21, 2018 – 15:00 Nala Rogers, Staff Writer (Inside Science) — If you think you have trouble getting your brain into gear on a cold winter morning, be glad you're not a shrew
**BRIEF: The Virome Project Aims to Prepare Before the Next Pandemic** :: BRIEF: The Virome Project Aims to Prepare Before the Next Pandemic Scientists want to identify the hundreds of thousands of viruses that could potentially spill over from wildlife into humans. Ebolavirus.jpg Ebola virus budding from surface of cells, from a scanning electron micrograph. Image credits: NIAID via flickr Rights information: CC BY 2.0 Human Thursday, February 22, 2018 – 14:00 Benjami
**Bring Sanity Back to Your Life With These Four Affirmation Apps** :: These positive affirmation apps help you build a positive mindset simply by opening a push alert.
**Bringing an Iranian oasis back from the dead** :: 0003d
**Broadcom lowers offer for Qualcomm as takeover saga continues** :: Singapore-based Broadcom said Wednesday it was cutting its offer price for mobile chip maker Qualcomm in the wake of the US firm's increased bid for Dutch rival NXP.
**Buffersenge skal lette akut patientpres på psykiatrisk hospital** :: Psykiatrisk Hospital Risskov får fire buffersenge og tre ekstra midlertidige senge for at lette akut pres på sengekapacitet.
**Building a bright future for science journalism** :: Editor in Chief Nancy Shute is ready to produce top-quality science journalism and investigate digital innovations.
**Building a sustainable lifestyle one habit at a time** :: Did you make any New Year's resolutions this year? Have they been successful? By about this time of year, research shows that most New Year's resolutions have failed.
**Business this week** :: 0003d
**California Beach Culture Versus Silicon Valley Tech Money: Fight!** :: Vinod Khosla is worth billions, and wants to do what he wants with a beautiful Northern California Beach. So he's asking the US Supreme Court to let him.
**Can scientists create nitrogen-fixing plants?** :: 0003d
**Can surgery and anaesthesia affect memory?** :: Findings from a new Anaesthesia study suggest that patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after having surgery and anaesthesia.
**Can We Change The Past?** :: Putting humans and consciousness aside, at the level of quantum particles, Wheeler's delayed-choice experiments show that actions in the present can influence the past, says physicist Marcelo Gleiser. (Image credit: Getty Images/Tetra images RF)
**Canceling NASA's High-Priority Missions: Bad Policy, Bad Precedent, Bad for Science** :: — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Cancer detection: Seeking signals in blood** :: 0003d
**Cancer organoids to model therapy response** :: 0003d
**Cancer risk associated with key epigenetic changes occurring through normal aging process** :: Some scientists have hypothesized that tumor-promoting changes in cells during cancer development — particularly an epigenetic change involving DNA methylation — arise from rogue cells escaping a natural cell deterioration process called senescence. Now, researchers have demonstrated that instead, tumor-associated epigenetic states evolve erratically during early stages of tumor development, eve
**Cancer risk associated with key epigenetic changes occurring through normal aging process** :: Some scientists have hypothesized that tumor-promoting changes in cells during cancer development–particularly an epigenetic change involving DNA methylation–arise from rogue cells escaping a natural cell deterioration process called senescence. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center demonstrated that instead, tumor-associated epigenetic states evolve erratically during early
**Carbon monoxide detection in the body could lead to rapid disease diagnostics** :: A quick and reliable way to detect levels of carbon monoxide in the body could allow clinicians to diagnose disease.
**Carbon monoxide improves effectiveness of antibiotic medication** :: Carbon monoxide can improve the effectiveness of antibiotics, making bacteria more sensitive to antibiotic medication, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
**Carbon monoxide improves effectiveness of antibiotic that fights stomach infection, study finds** ::
**Catherine Wolf, 70, Dies; Studied How People and Computers Interact** :: A leader in IBM’s development of a speech-recognition system, she relied on her laptop to communicate after Lou Gehrig’s disease left her paralyzed.
**Causing inflammation to run out of fuel** :: Inflammation needs energy: An important source for this energy is oxygen, which is indispensable for the cells of the immune system to work properly. On the one hand, oxygen is an essential element required for cells to survive; on the other hand, it also adds fuel to the fire of inflammation. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have discovered that the body skil
**Causing inflammation to run out of fuel** :: Inflammation needs energy: An important source for this energy is oxygen, which is indispensable for the cells of the immune system to work properly. On the one hand, oxygen is an essential element required for cells to survive; on the other hand, it also adds fuel to the fire of inflammation. Researchers have discovered that the body skilfully uses this process to extinguish inflammation.
**Cave art and painted shells suggest neanderthals were artists, understood symbolism** :: Neanderthals were artists, according to a new study in Science, which reveals that the oldest cave art found in Europe predates early modern humans by at least 20,000 years, and so must have had Neanderthal origin.
**Cave art suggests Neandertals were ancient humans’ mental equals** :: Ancient humans’ close relatives also created rock art and shell ornaments, studies assert.
**CDN analysis sheds light on internet evolution** :: CDNs have greatly improved our online experience. The CDN-H project has studied its implications for the internet's structure and the relationship between stakeholders.
**'Chameleon' ocean bacteria can shift their colors** :: Cyanobacteria — which propel the ocean engine and help sustain marine life — can shift their color like chameleons to match different colored light across the world's seas, according to research by an international collaboration including the University of Warwick.
**'Chameleon' ocean bacteria can shift their colors** :: Cyanobacteria — which propel the ocean engine and help sustain marine life — can shift their color like chameleons to match different colored light across the world's seas, according to new research.
**'Chameleon' ocean bacteria can shift their colors** :: Cyanobacteria – which propel the ocean engine and help sustain marine life – can shift their colour like chameleons to match different coloured light across the world's seas, according to research by an international collaboration including the University of Warwick.
**Changing enzymes for clean energy and disease prevention** :: β-glycosidases are enzymes that play many roles in nature. They can play a role in metabolic disorders and can break down tough plant fibers. Fredj Ben Bdira changed these enzymes in order to enhance the production of clean energy and to improve the treatment of patients with metabolic diseases.
**Charging ahead to higher energy batteries** :: Researchers have developed a new way to improve lithium ion battery efficiency. Through the growth of a cubic crystal layer, the scientists have created a thin and dense connecting layer between the electrodes of the battery. "We believe that our approach having robustness against side reactions at the interface could possibly lead to the production of ideal ceramic separators with a thin and dens
**Charging ahead to higher energy batteries** :: Researchers have developed a new way to improve lithium ion battery efficiency. Through the growth of a cubic crystal layer, the scientists have created a thin and dense connecting layer between the electrodes of the battery.
**Chemical-free, low-cost crop storage bags that preserve food longer now commercially available** :: The internationally recognized Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bag, a specially designed bag to prevent insect-caused post-harvest losses for farmers in developing countries, is now commercially available for farmers worldwide.
**Chicago winters don't bug these insects, thanks to that natural antifreeze** :: A bonus of the sometimes brutal Midwest winters is the absence of creepy crawlies that take a bite out us during the summer months.
**Children's learning is not affected by repeated sick days with fever and infections** :: Whereas severe infections with long-term hospitalisations can make it more difficult for a child to pass the 9th grade exam, recurring less serious severe infections do not affect children's learning. This is shown by the hitherto largest study of almost 600,000 Danish children.
**Children's learning is not affected by repeated sick days with fever and infections** :: Whereas severe infections with long-term hospitalizations can make it more difficult for a child to pass the 9th grade exam, recurring less serious severe infections do not affect children's learning.
**China's two-child policy may exacerbate gender inequality** :: Since China ended its one-child policy allowing all families to have up to two children, an additional 90 million women have become eligible to have a second child. But new UBC sociology research suggests the new universal two-child policy could be negatively affecting women's status and gender equality.
**China's two-child policy may exacerbate gender inequality** :: Since China ended its one-child policy allowing all families to have up to two children, an additional 90 million women have become eligible to have a second child. But new UBC sociology research suggests the new universal two-child policy could be negatively affecting women's status and gender equality.
**China's two-child policy may exacerbate gender inequality** :: Since China ended its one-child policy allowing all families to have up to two children, an additional 90 million women have become eligible to have a second child. But new sociology research suggests the new universal two-child policy could be negatively affecting women's status and gender equality.
**Chinese billionaire Li Shufu buys biggest single stake in Daimler** :: Chinese billionaire Li Shufu has bought a near 10-percent stake in Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler, making him the German group's largest single shareholder, a stock market filing showed Friday.
**Chinese Scientists Unveil Plans for Weird Hypersonic Jet with Extra Wing** :: Past, American waveriders had some critical flaws that the new Chinese design aims to solve.
**Chinese space lab to fall back to Earth in March** :: Chinese space laboratory Tiangong-1 is predicted to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in late April, but where or when it will reach the surface is hard to say.
**Cholesterol and stem cell proliferation** :: 0003d
**Chronic heavy drinking leads to serious risk of dementia, study warns** :: Questions also raised for moderate drinkers of alcohol about their social habit Heavy drinkers are putting themselves at risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. Research published in the Lancet Public Health journal provides powerful evidence that people who drink enough to end up in hospital are putting themselves at serious risk of vascular dementia and Alzh
**Chronicles of Civic Engagement: The Leafblower Battle in D.C.** :: Back in the fall of 2015, in the midst of travels around the country in which my wife, Deb, and I saw countless examples of citizens taking responsibility for changing their own communities, I mentioned a specific way Deb and I intended to apply the lessons of what we’d seen. As the first item in this series explained: Over the past two years, Deb and I have been increasingly impressed by the imp
**Civil engineers devise a cost-saving solution for cities** :: Why fix a road today if it's slated to be ripped up for new sewers next summer?
**Clay print from seal may be first ever extra-biblical reference to the prophet Isaiah** :: Author and archaeologist Eilat Mazar has published an article in Biblical Archaeology Review suggesting that a small piece of clay with a seal imprint on it (called a bulla) might be the first-ever extra-biblical reference to the prophet Isaiah. In her article, she gives a historical overview of both King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, followed by an overview of the locations in which both peopl
**'Click chemistry' reactions may boost cancer-fighting drug potency** :: Researchers have developed a quick and easy way to simultaneously modify dozens of drugs or molecules to improve their disease-fighting properties.
**Climate change, evolution, and what happens when researchers are also friends** :: A new study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, which addresses how climate change is affecting the evolution of organisms, underscores the need for evolutionary, ecosystem and climate scientists to work together to better understand eco-evolutionary feedback dynamics.
**Climate change, evolution, and what happens when researchers are also friends** :: A new study that addresses how climate change is affecting the evolution of organisms underscores the need for evolutionary, ecosystem and climate scientists to work together to better understand eco-evolutionary feedback dynamics.
**Climate change, evolution, and what happens when researchers are also friends** :: What happens when six graduate students in different fields, who happen to be friends, put their heads together on an emerging issue in climate change?
**Climate warming causes local extinction of Rocky Mountain wildflower species** :: New University of Colorado Boulder-led research has established a causal link between climate warming and the localized extinction of a common Rocky Mountain flowering plant, a result that could serve as a herald of future population declines.
**Climate warming causes local extinction of Rocky Mountain wildflower species** :: New University of Colorado Boulder-led research has established a causal link between climate warming and the localized extinction of a common Rocky Mountain flowering plant, a result that could serve as a herald of future population declines.
**CO2 escaped from the deep** :: 0003d
**Coal Jobs Have Gone Up Under Trump, But Not Because Of His Policies** :: The number of U.S. coal jobs rose slightly during the president's first year in office. But energy analysts credit short-term market forces and say they won't stop long-term decline. (Image credit: Dake Kang/AP)
**Cobalt prices soar, but Congo's small miners see little of the gain** :: In global markets the price of cobalt, a mineral used in batteries for high-tech products from iPhones to Tesla electric cars, has nearly tripled to $81,500 a tonne in two years.
**Co-evolution black hole mystery deepened by a new ALMA observation** :: Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe an active galaxy with a strong ionized gas outflow from the galactic center, a team led by Dr. Yoshiki Toba of the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA, Taiwan) has obtained a result making astronomers even more puzzled—the team clearly detected carbon monoxide (CO) gas that is associated with the ga
**Collimators—the LHC's bodyguards** :: The performance of the LHC relies on accelerating and colliding beams made of tiny particles with unprecedented intensities. If even a small fraction of the circulating particles deviates from the precisely set trajectory, it can quench a super-conducting LHC magnet or even destroy parts of the accelerator. The energy in the two LHC beams is sufficient to melt almost one tonne of copper.
**Color of judo uniform has no effect on winning** :: Contrary to previous studies and widespread belief, new research on competitive judo data finds a winning bias for the athlete who is first called, regardless of the color of their uniform.
**Color of judo uniform has no effect on winning** :: Contrary to previous studies and widespread belief, new research on competitive judo data finds a winning bias for the athlete who is first called, regardless of the color of their uniform.
**Combating sulphuric acid corrosion at wastewater plants** :: Writing in Water Research, Austrian researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz discuss new materials that prevent damage from microbial induced concrete corrosion.
**Combating sulphuric acid corrosion at wastewater plants** :: Writing in Water Research, Austrian researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz discuss new materials that prevent damage from microbial induced concrete corrosion.
**Comment on "The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming"** :: In a compelling study, Hicks Pries et al . (Reports, 31 March 2017, p. 1420) showed that 4°C warming enhanced soil CO 2 production in the 1-meter soil profile, with all soil depths displaying similar temperature sensitivity (Q 10 ). We argue that some caveats can be identified in their experimental approach and analysis, and that these critically undermine their conclusions and hence their claim
**Complete architecture of PRC2** :: 0003d
**Complex inhalers could prevent some patients from taking medicine, study suggests** :: Respiratory disease patients with arthritis could struggle to manage their conditions because their inhalers are too fiddly for them to use, new research has found.
**Complex inhalers prevent patients from taking medicine** :: Respiratory disease patients with arthritis could struggle to manage their conditions because their inhalers are too fiddly for them to use, University of Bath research has found.
**Computer models allow farmers to diversify pest management methods** :: A technology developed by Brazilian researchers can help fighting highly resistant agricultural pests by analyzing the connections between the pests' patterns of dispersal in crops and different configurations in diversified intercropping systems.
**Computer models allow farmers to diversify pest management methods** :: In order to fight against pests with resistance to both insecticides and transgenic plants with insecticidal action, a group of Brazilian scientists has developed computational tools that can give clues on the pests' habits, thus enabling decision-makers to choose from a wider range of pest control strategies. The study is published in Scientific Reports.
**Computer scientists and materials researchers collaborate to optimize steel classification** :: Steel is used to build cars, wind turbines and bridges and there are currently about 5000 different types of steel available on the market. But how can steel producers guarantee that a particular steel will always exhibit the same high quality? Up until now experienced experts analysed material samples under the microscope and carefully compared the results against reference images. But classifyin
**Computer scientists and materials researchers collaborate to optimize steel classification** :: Using machine learning techniques, computer scientists and materials scientists in Saarbrücken have now developed a method that is much more accurate and objective than conventional quality control procedures. Their results have just been published in Scientific Reports.
**Condotte bliver skrevet (næsten) ud af kontrakten på Storstrømsbroen** :: Økonomiske problemer betyder, at Condotte, som er med i det konsortium, der vandt byggeriet af den nye Storstrømsbro, får nedskrevet sin ejerandel til 0,01 procent.
**Conscious in Dreamland: The Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming** :: I do a lot of weird things while sleeping. I talk, walk, and experience vivid dreams, all without conscious awareness. Despite the fact that my dreams are often absurd, I don’t question their content while I’m in them. (Oh, I’ve been hired to make a documentary about Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz and his […]
**Conspiracy theorists are using social media to call shooting vicitms "crisis actors." Here's what that means** :: A certain kind of conspiracy theory keeps popping up after every recent mass shooting, and social media is making it easier to spread than ever before. Read More
**Cool, weird, and gross stuff we played with at Toy Fair 2018** :: Gadgets Robots, coding toys, Marvel stuff, and an odd amount of poop-themed toys. Check out all the new playthings from this massive toy trade show.
**Cooler, cheaper method preps nanomaterials for thin films** :: Engineers are developing a new method of processing nanomaterials that could lead to faster and cheaper manufacturing of flexible, thin film devices, such as touch screens and window coatings. The “intense pulsed light sintering" method uses high-energy light over an area nearly 7,000 times larger than a laser to fuse nanomaterials in seconds. The existing method of pulsed light fusion uses tempe
**Copper Age Iberians 'exported' their culture — but not their genes — all over Europe** :: Prehistoric Iberians 'exported' their culture throughout Europe, reaching Great Britain, Sicily, Poland and all over central Europe in general. However, they did not export their genes. The Beaker culture, which probably originated in Iberia, left remains in those parts of the continent. However, that diffusion was not due to large migrations of populations that took this culture with them.
**Copper Age Iberians 'exported' their culture — but not their genes — all over Europe** :: Prehistoric Iberians 'exported' their culture throughout Europe, reaching Great Britain, Sicily, Poland and all over central Europe in general. However, they did not export their genes. The Beaker culture, which probably originated in Iberia, left remains in those parts of the continent. However, that diffusion was not due to large migrations of populations that took this culture with them.
**Coral reefs at risk of losing building material by end of century** :: A new study suggests that by 2050, most coral reefs around the world are at risk of experiencing constant depletion of one of their building blocks – calcium carbonate sediments.
**Coral reefs will transition to net dissolving before end of century** :: Ocean acidification refers to the lowering of the ocean’s pH due to the uptake of anthropogenic CO 2 from the atmosphere. Coral reef calcification is expected to decrease as the oceans become more acidic. Dissolving calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) sands could greatly exacerbate reef loss associated with reduced calcification but is presently poorly constrained. Here we show that CaCO 3 dissolution in
**Corals Are Dissolving Away** :: New data show that ocean acidification not only stops corals from building, it tears them down — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Costco or Amazon Prime? More shoppers choosing both** :: The number of people who both pay to shop at Costco and pay for free shipping from Amazon has grown rapidly in the last five years.
**Could Conservatives Actually Pull Off a Coup Against House Leadership?** :: On July 28, 2015, Representative Mark Meadows, a Republican from North Carolina virtually unknown outside his district, quietly catalyzed a coup against then-Speaker John Boehner. By filing a motion to vacate the chair—a parliamentary maneuver that hadn’t been used since 1910—Meadows triggered a process to put Boehner’s speakership up for a vote, rallying many of his fellow conservatives behind t
**Could interneuron migration explain macrocephaly?** :: Researchers have discovered a new crosstalk between the migrating inhibitory interneurons and the stem cells that generate the excitatory neurons. The researchers discovered that this cellular dialogue controls the growth of the cerebral cortex and that its impairment leads a cortical malformation previously associated with autism in mice.
**Could More Snow in Antarctica Slow Sea Level Rise?** :: New claims that increased snowfall in eastern regions could offset melting in the western side of the continent might not stand the test of time — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Countries investing in well-being allocate resources to child and adolescent psychiatry** :: A new research report shows that a high ranking in the Human Development Index is connected with the availability of mental health services. In a comparison between 17 European and Asian countries, Norway, Switzerland and Finland had the highest ratio of child and adolescent psychiatrists.
**Coupling up buffers gay, lesbian teens against bullying** :: Being in a relationship may buffer lesbian and gay young people against the negative effects of bullying and victimization, research shows. Those in couples also showed lower levels of psychological distress. The finding is particularly important because prior research has not found a protective effect like this for support from parents and friends. “Having a partner then can amplify the good thi
**Cracking the genetic code for complex traits in cattle** :: The global 1000 Bull Genomes Consortium identified the genetic basis for accurately predicting the complex trait of height across cattle and dairy breeds by pooling large genomic datasets and phenotypes collected from 58,000 cattle. The team validated their findings using the DNA of a wild auroch, the ancient ancestor to all cattle and dairy breeds, and, in a world first, demonstrated the genes in
**Creative couples' intervention significantly helps people with Alzheimer's communicate** :: For couples with decades of shared memories, a partner's decline in the ability to communicate because of dementia is frightening and frustrating. Communication strategies they've used before simply don't work anymore. By getting creative, an in-home intervention to support couples affected by dementia is showing that 'practice does make perfect,' both for the caregiver and the care receiver or pe
**Creative couples' intervention significantly helps people with Alzheimer's communicate** :: For couples with decades of shared memories, a partner's decline in the ability to communicate because of dementia is frightening and frustrating. Communication strategies they've used before simply don't work anymore. By getting creative, an in-home intervention to support couples affected by dementia is showing that 'practice does make perfect,' both for the caregiver and the care receiver or pe
**Crop-saving soil tests now at farmers' fingertips** :: Soil pathogen testing — critical to farming, but painstakingly slow and expensive — will soon be done accurately, quickly, inexpensively and onsite, thanks to new research.
**Crop-saving soil tests now at farmers' fingertips** :: Soil pathogen testing — critical to farming, but painstakingly slow and expensive — will soon be done accurately, quickly, inexpensively and onsite, thanks to research that Washington State University scientists plant pathologists are sharing.
**Crop-saving soil tests now at farmers' fingertips** :: Soil pathogen testing – critical to farming, but painstakingly slow and expensive – will soon be done accurately, quickly, inexpensively and onsite, thanks to research that Washington State University scientists plant pathologists are sharing.
**Cross-bred flies reveal new clues about how proteins are regulated** :: Proteins are the go-getters of a cell. They carry out all the jobs that are required for cells to grow, reproduce and perform other duties. But genes carry instructions for far more proteins than are present in a cell at any one time. Therefore, it's useful for researchers to know the set of proteins present, or the proteome, in a cell or tissue at a given time and under certain conditions. Unders
**Cross-bred flies reveal new clues about how proteins are regulated** :: The investigators used a technique called bottom-up proteomics (sometimes called shotgun proteomics) to reveal which proteins of each species were present in the hybrid flies.
**Cross-bred flies reveal new clues about how proteins are regulated** :: The investigators used a technique called bottom-up proteomics (sometimes called shotgun proteomics) to reveal which proteins of each species were present in the hybrid flies.
**C-sections and gut bacteria increase risk of childhood obesity** :: New CHILD Study research has found that overweight and obese women are more like to have children who are overweight or obese by three years of age–and that bacteria in the gut may be partially to blame.
**C-sections and gut bacteria increase risk of childhood obesity** :: New research has found that overweight and obese women are more like to have children who are overweight or obese by three years of age — and that bacteria in the gut may be partially to blame.
**CU scientists' discovery could speed clinical translation of stem cell therapies** :: A team of scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at CU Anschutz has reported a more efficient approach to reprogramming a patient's diseased skin cells into stem cells, raising hopes for future clinical trials and potential cures for critical illnesses.
**Cycling in later life makes you less likely to have a bad fall** :: Riding a bike into your older years means stronger legs, better balance and a lower risk of falls that injure and kill millions of elderly people
**Damage encourages maple species to become female, Rutgers study finds** :: Jennifer Blake-Mahmud reports that striped maples not only change their sex periodically, but that they can wait until the last minute – three weeks before flowering – to do it. The switch appears to be triggered by physical damage, which can prompt a branch to flower female if it's cut off a male tree.
**Damage encourages maple species to become female, study finds** :: A few years ago, Rutgers researcher Jennifer Blake-Mahmud was working on a botany project in Virginia when colleagues pointed out a striped maple, a common tree in the understory of mountain forests from Nova Scotia to Georgia.
**Dana Loesch and the NRA’s Maternity Theater** :: “I want you to know that we will support your two children in the way that you will not." That was Emma González, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shootings , speaking to Dana Loesch, the spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, at a CNN town hall on Wednesday evening. González made the comment as a lead-up to a question about the NRA’s position on semiautomatic weapons, and on
**Dansk forsker: klimavaner skal med ind i stemmeboksen, hvis de skal rykke noget** :: Vi sorterer affald, spiser mindre kød og flyver mindre. Men det batter ikke i det samlede regnskab, hvis ikke man også tager de grønne tanker med, når man sætter sit kryds. Vores institutioner og infrastruktur betyder mere end vores egne vaner.
**Dansk gennembrud: 3D-hjertescanner kan spotte enkelte celler** :: Ny scanner-forskning med dansk deltagelse i spidsen kan give bedre hjerteoperationer.
**Danske fregatter får nu våben til at forsvare sig** :: Missilrørene på Danmarks tre største krigsskibe har stået tomme, siden de blev søsat i 2010. Nu skal fregatterne for første gang udstyres med langtrækkende missiler.
**Danskere bruger Facebook til at handle våben og hælervarer** :: Facebook-grupper med så åbenlyse navne som 'Hælergruppen Nordjylland' handler åbenlyst med ulovlige varer. Alligevel har politiet svært ved at gøre noget ved det.
**Danskernes hoveddør til det offentlige udvikles efter ufleksibel metode** :: NemLog-in skal udvikles efter traditionel metode, som ikke er velegnet til udviklingsarbejde. Det kan i værste fald gøre projektet vanskeligt at realisere.
**Data detectives shift suspicions in Alzheimer's from usual suspect to inside villain** :: The pursuit of the usual suspect in Alzheimer's research may be distracting from a more direct culprit in the disease, according to a study that analyzed data from 51 published experiments. P-tau looked a good bit more culpable than amyloid-beta plaque.
**Datatilsynet får kritik for at afvise Facebook-sag** :: Datatilsynet afviser at undersøge Facebooks indsamling af data i Danmark, og det bliver nu mødt med kritik.
**Datatilsynet løfter pegefingeren: Meget beklageligt, at SSI ikke lever op til loven** :: Datatilsynet udtaler kritik af Statens Serum Institut efter Version2-afsløring om, at SSI ikke har ført et eneste tilsyn med sine databehandlere.
**De næste reformer skal frigøre mere tid til faglighed** :: Den næste store reform skal give lægerne mere tid til lægegerningen, siger statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen i et interview om kræftindsatsen, sammenhæng i sundhedsvæsenet og forældrenes sygdom.
**Dead Sea Scrolls deciphered: esoteric code reveals ancient priestly calendar** :: About 1,000 Dead Sea Scrolls discovered just over 70 years ago near Khirbet Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea have been officially published since the turn of the millennium. But in the case of some, all that was left were poorly preserved remains of texts written in a cryptic script – and all that had been released to the world were photos of small pieces of manuscript, in a prelim
**Debunking claims about medical marijuana: More teen recreational use, fewer opioid deaths** :: Two papers published today look at the current evidence of the effects of medical marijuana laws and conclude there is little support that such laws increase recreational marijuana use among adolescents or reduce opioid overdose deaths.
**Decoding the structure of huntingtin** :: Determining the three dimensional structure of the huntingtin protein could help develop new treatments for Huntington's disease.
**Decoding the structure of huntingtin** :: Determining the three dimensional structure of the protein could help to develop new treatments of Huntington's disease.
**Deep learning reconstructs holograms** :: Deep learning is one of the most exciting forms of machine learning that is behind several recent leapfrog advances in technology including for example real-time speech recognition and translation as well image/video labeling and captioning, among many others. Especially in image analysis, deep learning shows significant promise for automated search and labeling of features of interest, such as ab
**Defects on regulators of disease-causing proteins can cause neurological disease** :: Mutations in human PUMILIO1, a gene that regulates Ataxin1 production, cause conditions similar to spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1).
**Dementia increases the risk of 30-day readmission to the hospital after discharge** :: Until now, little was known about the effects of dementia on early hospital readmission. Researchers in Japan recently published the results of a study to learn more about the effects of dementia and being admitted to the hospital within 30 days of a previous hospital discharge (the medical term for leaving the hospital once your care is considered complete). Their study was published in the Journ
**Democratic Memo: 5 Key Takeaways** :: House Democrats released a 10-page memo Saturday that shows just how misleading the original #ReleaseTheMemo campaign was.
**'Demographic compensation' may not save plants facing changing climate** :: A large-scale study shows mixed results for hypothesis on how plants deal with climate change.
**Demonstration sports: Bizarre Olympic sports that never were** :: While the Olympics officially ended demonstration sports in 1992, a century of unique offerings made us rethink what athletic competition could be. Read More
**Den første gang: Unge fokuserer på den gode præstation** :: De unge er i dag bedre informeret og mindre naive end nogensinde før. Alligevel frygter de sejlivede sex-myter og dårlig performance.
**Depression linked to reduced arginine levels** :: People suffering from major depressive disorder, MDD, have reduced arginine levels, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
**Depression linked to reduced arginine levels** :: People suffering from major depressive disorder, MDD, have reduced arginine levels, a new study shows.
**Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating** :: Preschool is a critical period for children to begin to make their own dietary decisions to develop life-long healthy eating habits. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that preschoolers who learned how to classify food as healthy or unhealthy were more likely to say they would choose healthy food as a snack.
**Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating** :: Preschool is a critical period for children to begin to make their own dietary decisions to develop life-long healthy eating habits. A new study found that preschoolers who learned how to classify food as healthy or unhealthy were more likely to say they would choose healthy food as a snack.
**Det store byggesæt: Fundamenter til havmøllepark sænket på plads** :: Torsdag afsluttede Energinet installation af to beton-fundamenter til transformer-platformene på havmølleparken Kriegers Flak i Østersøen. Installationen varede 10 timer.
**Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test** :: Earlier detection is key to reducing cancer deaths. Here, we describe a blood test that can detect eight common cancer types through assessment of the levels of circulating proteins and mutations in cell-free DNA. We applied this test, called CancerSEEK, to 1005 patients with nonmetastatic, clinically detected cancers of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung, or breast.
**Deutsche Telekom rings up big profits thanks to US tax reform** :: German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom on Thursday announced a big jump for its 2017 net profit, as a tax bump from the United States helped offset record investments in fibre-optic infrastructure.
**Developing reliable quantum computers** :: International research team makes important step on the path to solving certification problems.
**Developing reliable quantum computers** :: Quantum computers may one day solve algorithmic problems that even the biggest supercomputers today can't manage. But how do you test a quantum computer to ensure it is working reliably? Depending on the algorithmic task, this could be an easy or a very difficult certification problem. An international team of researchers has taken an important step towards solving a difficult variation of this pr
**Developing reliable quantum computers** :: Quantum computers may one day solve algorithmic problems which even the biggest supercomputers today can't manage. But how do you test a quantum computer to ensure it is working reliably? Depending on the algorithmic task, this could be an easy or a very difficult certification problem. An international team of researchers has taken an important step towards solving a difficult variation of this p
**Did An IV Cocktail Of Vitamins And Drugs Save This Lumberjack From Sepsis?** :: A 51-year-old man nearly died from septic shock, when a crushing injury led to overwhelming infection. After getting an experimental treatment, he's recovering well, but some doctors want more proof. (Image credit: Ian C. Bates for NPR)
**Did humans speak through cave art? Ancient drawings and language's origins** :: When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests a professor.
**Diet shown to reduce stroke risk may also reduce risk of depression** :: MINNEAPOLIS – People who eat vegetables, fruit and whole grains may have lower rates of depression over time, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 70th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 21 to 27, 2018.
**Different responses to climate change in mountain plants** :: 0003d
**Digestive ability of ancient insects could boost biofuel development** :: A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production.
**Digestive ability of ancient insects could boost biofuel development** :: A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production.
**Disease-bearing mosquitoes gain from shrinkage of green spaces** :: A study conducted in São Paulo, Southern Hemisphere's biggest city, shows that mosquitoes belonging to vector species make up for seven out of the eight most common species found in municipal parks; adapted to urban environment, they benefit from the fragmentation of green areas, a process which leads to the extinction of wild species.
**Disease-bearing mosquitoes gain from shrinkage of green spaces** :: Urbanization and the resulting shrinkage of green spaces in cities are a boon for mosquitoes that transmit pathogens, including Aedes aegypti (dengue) and Culex quinquefasciatus (lymphatic filariasis). More adapted to urban areas, they benefit from the decline in populations of other mosquito species.
**Dispersal of fish eggs by water birds—just a myth?** :: How do fish end up in isolated bodies of water? For centuries, researchers have assumed that water birds transfer fish eggs into these waters—however, a systematic literature review by researchers at the University of Basel has shown that there is no evidence of this to date.
**Distant tropical storms have ripple effects on weather close to home** :: In a new paper in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University researchers describe a breakthrough in making accurate predictions of weather weeks ahead. They've created an empirical model fed by careful analysis of 37 years of historical weather data. Their model centers on the relationship between two well-known global weather patterns: the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the qua
**Distant tropical storms have ripple effects on weather close to home** :: Researchers report a breakthrough in making accurate predictions of weather weeks ahead. They've created an empirical model fed by careful analysis of 37 years of historical weather data. Their model centers on the relationship between two well-known global weather patterns: the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the quasi-biennial oscillation.
**Distant tropical storms have ripple effects on weather close to home** :: The famously intense tropical rainstorms along the Earth's equator occur thousands of miles from the United States. But atmospheric scientists know that, like ripples in a pond, tropical weather creates powerful waves in the atmosphere that travel all the way to North America and have major impacts on weather in the U.S.
**Distinguishing males from females among king penguins** :: It is difficult to distinguish males from females among King Penguins, but a new Ibis study reveals that King Penguins can be sexed with an accuracy of 100% based on the sex-specific syllable pattern of their vocalisations. Using the beak length, King Penguin individuals can be sexed with an accuracy of 79%.
**Distinguishing males from females among king penguins** :: It is difficult to distinguish males from females among King Penguins, but a new Ibis study reveals that King Penguins can be sexed with an accuracy of 100% based on the sex-specific syllable pattern of their vocalisations. Using the beak length, King Penguin individuals can be sexed with an accuracy of 79%.
**Distinguishing males from females among king penguins** :: It is difficult to distinguish males from females among King Penguins, but a new study reveals that King Penguins can be sexed with an accuracy of 100% based on the sex-specific syllable pattern of their vocalizations. Using the beak length, King Penguin individuals can be sexed with an accuracy of 79%.
**'Division of labor' between hemispheres of multicellular spheroidal alga controls light-sensitive movement** :: Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a motility-reactivation method to help determine how light-responsive changes in flagellar waveform in Volvox rousseletii, a multicellular spheroidal alga, are regulated. These results advance current understanding of how flagellar motility increased in complexity as single-celled organisms evolved into multicellular forms.
**DNA analysis reveals the ‘extinct’ Taino people never died out** :: DNA analysis reveals the Taino people who welcomed Columbus to the New World were not eradicated after all. Read More
**DNA gets away: Scientists catch the rogue molecule that can trigger autoimmunity** :: A research team has discovered the process — and filmed the actual moment — that can change the body's response to a dying cell. Importantly, what they call the 'Great Escape' moment may one day prove to be the crucial trigger for autoimmune diseases like arthritis.
**DNA gets away: Scientists catch the rogue molecule that can trigger autoimmunity** :: A research team has discovered the process — and filmed the actual moment — that can change the body's response to a dying cell. Importantly, what they call the 'Great Escape' moment may one day prove to be the crucial trigger for autoimmune diseases like arthritis.
**DNA origami: Imaging individual flexible DNA 'building blocks' in 3-D** :: A team of researchers has generated 3-D images from 129 individual molecules of flexible DNA origami particles. Their work provides the first experimental verification of the theoretical model of DNA origami.
**DNA-tuned diets don’t seem to work** :: 0004d
**Do firehawks intentionally spread fire to aid in food collection?** :: "This is not a new discovery," said Mark Bonta, assistant teaching professor of earth sciences at Penn State Altoona, when asked about the firehawks.
**Do pain medications carry different heart risks?** :: Prior studies have suggested that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be linked with higher cardiovascular risks, but few have assessed potential different cardiovascular risk between NSAID classes or across individual NSAIDs.
**Dockless Electric Bike-Share Companies Take on Uber** :: Jump Bikes, Spin, Limebike, Nere: Startups line up to transform urban mobility. It just might work
**Doctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes** :: More than a third of patients with cancer of the esophagus responded to experimental treatment in China with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. Several CRISPR studies are underway there. (Image credit: Yuhan Xu/NPR)
**Does Anesthesia Cause Memory Problems in Adults?** :: Middle-age adults who had surgery showed greater declines in memory and executive function than similar people who did not have surgery.
**Domestic goat dating back to the Neolithic Corded Ware period identified in Finland** :: Goat hairs have been found in a grave structure that was discovered in the 1930s in Kauhava, western Finland. These are the oldest animal hairs found in Finland. From the perspective of Finnish prehistory, the finding supports the evidence of animal husbandry practised during the Corded Ware period, while also revealing details of burial rituals.
**Domestic goat dating back to the Neolithic Corded Ware period identified in Finland** :: Goat hairs have been found in a grave structure that was discovered in the 1930s in Kauhava, western Finland. These are the oldest animal hairs found in Finland. From the perspective of Finnish prehistory, the finding supports the evidence of animal husbandry practised during the Corded Ware period, while also revealing details of burial rituals.
**Drake and the Strange Spectacle of Charity** :: Dip into the strangely hypnotic film genre that documents the Publishers Clearing House delivering jumbo checks to people, and you begin to notice a pattern. When the “Prize Patrol" first knocks on a door, the sweepstakes winner might gasp and hesitantly smile at the cameras and the balloons, recognizing the familiar script they’ve suddenly been inserted into. But it’s when the money is actually
**Drier conditions could doom Rocky Mountain spruce and fir trees** :: Drier summers and a decline in average snowpack over the past 40 years have severely hampered the establishment of two foundational tree species in subalpine regions of Colorado's Front Range, suggesting that climate warming is already taking a toll on forest health in some areas of the southern Rocky Mountains.
**Drier conditions could doom Rocky Mountain spruce and fir trees** :: Drier summers and a decline in average snowpack over the past 40 years have severely hampered the establishment of two foundational tree species in subalpine regions of Colorado's Front Range, suggesting that climate warming is already taking a toll on forest health in some areas of the southern Rocky Mountains.
**Drier conditions could doom Rocky Mountain spruce and fir trees** :: Drier summers and a decline in average snowpack over the past 40 years have severely hampered the establishment of two foundational tree species in subalpine regions of Colorado's Front Range, suggesting that climate warming is already taking a toll on forest health in some areas of the southern Rocky Mountains.
**Drink alcohol for a longer life, say scientists, just not too much** :: Moderate drinking is associated with a longer lifespan in just about every population ever studied, says Dr. Claudia Kawas, professor of neurology at the University of California, Irvine. Read More
**Droner skal puste nyt liv i satellitter** :: Ældre kommunikationssatellitter kan sagtens have flere operative år i sig, også selv om de er ved at løbe tør for brændstof. Nye løsninger kan forlænge deres levetid.
**Dropbox files for public stock offering of $500 mln (Update)** :: Dropbox filed Friday for an initial public offering, seeking to raise an estimated $500 million for the Silicon Valley cloud computing storage startup.
**Drug successfully targets cancers with tumor-specific gene mutations** :: Pediatric and adult cancers with one of three fusion genes responds well to a new drug, larotrectinib, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The drug is designed to target a specific tumor gene mutation known as tropomyosin receptor kinases (TRK) that can occur in various tumor types.
**DTU-studerende vil have en raket op i 9.000 meters højde** :: Gruppen Danstar har siden 2016 arbejdet for at få en dansk studenterraket op i flere kilometers højde. Målet er en flyvefærdig model i 2021.
**Dupont: God drøftelse om tillid i sundhedsministeriet** :: Efter møde i sundhedsministeriet har næstformand i Lægeforeningen, Michael Dupont, en god fornemmelse af, at politikerne er klar og vil arbejde for at genskabe tillid mellem Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed og lægerne.
**Dust dilemma settles on upcoming moon missions** :: The world's foremost authority on lunar dust is suggesting the powder-like substance, which is finer than talcum powder and more abrasive than sandpaper, remains a major risk-management problem hampering upcoming space expeditions.
**Dutch defer plan to expand second Amsterdam airport** :: The Dutch government Wednesday postponed plans to expand Amsterdam's second airport to ease pressure on the near-capacity Schiphol, after hitting turbulence over noise pollution fears.
**Dårlig kontrol gør det let at snyde med phthalater i legetøj** :: Legetøj med hormonforstyrrende stoffer slipper ind på de danske varehylder på grund af snyd med dokumentationen og et hul i lovgivningen. Der er brug for bedre kontrol, lyder det fra dele af branchen.
**Early results from clinical trials not all they're cracked up to be, shows new research** :: When people are suffering from a chronic medical condition, they may place their hope on treatments in clinical trials that show early positive results. However, these results may be grossly exaggerated in more than 1 in 3 early clinical trials, reports a new study led by Mayo Clinic and published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
**Earthquake or atomic bomb?** :: 0003d
**Eating fish as a child seems to protect you from hay fever** :: Infants who eat fish are less likely to develop hay fever later on, a finding that suggests changing diets have played a role in rising allergy rates
**Eating 'ultra-processed' foods linked to cancer by worrying new study** ::
**Economists cash in on efficient, high-performance computing method** :: Economists have previously made little use of high-performance computers (HPC) in their research. This is despite the fact that the complex interactions and heterogeneity of their models can quickly cause them to reach hundreds of dimensions, which cannot be calculated using conventional methods. In the past, simplified models were therefore often formulated for answering complex questions. These
**Efterretningstjenester advarer mod kinesisk leverandør af danske telenet** :: Cheferne for flere amerikanske efterretningstjenester advarer mod produkter fra kinesiske Huawei, som står for TDC’s mobilnet. Center for Cybersikkerhed afviser grund til bekymring.
**Electric car market jumpstarts cobalt prices** :: Cobalt is hitting historically high prices fuelled by the automobile industry, which needs the rare metal to make light and durable electric batteries.
**Emergency CT for head trauma may be overused, study shows** :: Emergency patients are too often given head CT to check for skull fractures and brain hemorrhage, leading to unnecessary heath care costs and patient exposure to radiation, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2018 Annual Meeting, set for April 22-27 in Washington, DC.
**End-of-life hospital and healthcare use among older adults with Alzheimer's disease** :: A team of researchers from Belgium recently studied how people with Alzheimer's disease use medical services during their final months. The goal was to learn more about the best ways to help older adults with dementia at the end of their lives. Their study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
**Engineers advance capability of wearable tech** :: Creating the perfect wearable device to monitor muscle movement, heart rate and other tiny bio-signals without breaking the bank has inspired scientists to look for a simpler and more affordable tool. Now, researchers have developed a practical way to monitor and interpret human motion, in what may be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to wearable technology.
**Engineers advance the capability of wearable tech** :: Creating the perfect wearable device to monitor muscle movement, heart rate and other tiny bio-signals without breaking the bank has inspired scientists to look for a simpler and more affordable tool.
**Enhanced education could help turn the tide on marine litter** :: Finding a solution to the causes and impacts of marine litter is now widely recognised as one of the major environmental challenges of our time. And one of the key elements required to address the issue is encouraging people of all ages to move away from the current throwaway culture.
**Enhanced education could help turn the tide on marine litter** :: Research has revealed that designing systematic and innovative education tools to teachers and students can make a significant and positive contribution to their understanding of the problem of marine litter — and their willingness to do something about it.
**Enhanced education could help turn the tide on marine litter** :: Research led by the University of Plymouth has revealed that designing systematic and innovative education tools to teachers and students can make a significant and positive contribution to their understanding of the problem of marine litter — and their willingness to do something about it.
**Environmentally safe 'super-fertilizer' will significantly increase the yield of grain crops** :: The biological potential of agricultural plants can only be realized with a balanced mix of trace elements that take part in key metabolic events. An imbalance of microelemental nutrition disrupts the development of plants, which results in their diseases and even death. Ultimately, plants do not realize their biological capabilities and yield a poor harvest. Therefore, the use of microelement fer
**Enzyme location controls enzyme activity** :: Scientists have found that the activity of proprotein covertases, the enzymes that turn-on proteins, is regulated by the location of the enzyme inside the cell. The study uses a novel biosensor, CLIP, and has significant implications for cancer treatment.
**Er Danmarks bidrag til ballistisk missilforsvar lagt på is?** :: Det nye forsvarsforlig indeholdt ikke den længe ventede beslutning om at træde ind i Natos missilforsvar med nye radarer på de danske fregatter. I stedet skal en række alternative bidrag til missilforsvaret nu undersøges.
**EU court says Poland broke air quality laws** :: The EU's top court on Thursday found Poland guilty of violating air quality laws, in the latest clash between the bloc's authorities and the rightwing government in Warsaw.
**European flight safety agency issues drone guidelines** :: Europe's flight safety authority has published its first proposal on the safe operation of small drones, to serve as a guideline for the European Commission to adopt concrete regulations later this year.
**European Measles Cases Quadrupled in 2017** :: The increase is attributed to a drop in immunization rates.
**European space probe prepares to sniff Martian atmosphere** :: A European space probe has swung into position around Mars in preparation to analyze its atmosphere for possible signs of life.
**Europe's cities face more extreme weather than previously thought** :: A landmark study of all 571 European cities shows the impact of flooding, droughts and heatwaves by 2050-2100 will exceed previous predictions.
**Europe's cities face more extreme weather than previously thought** :: Landmark study of all 571 European cities shows the impact of flooding, droughts and heatwaves by 2050-2100 will exceed previous predictions.
**Europe's first artists were Neandertals** :: Europe Humans Neanderthal
**Europæere meget tilfredse med deres egen læge** :: Nyt studie viser generelt høj patienttilfredshed med praktiserende læger i Europa. Danske patienters tilfredshed ligger i midterfejlet, mens Sverige får bundplacering.
**Evaluation of I-TOPP examines outcomes of transdisciplinary doctoral training program** :: Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has doubled in 2- to 5-year-olds and tripled in children aged 6 to 11 years. To address this public health concern, in 2011, the USDA funded the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I-TOPP), a joint doctoral/Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree program, at the University of Illinois with the goal of training future
**Everything Americans know about science in seven graphs** :: Science See how the country stacked up in a recent National Science Foundation quiz. No survey can perfectly capture how well a person understands science. But these tests help us get a snapshot of what Americans know, and how that's changing.
**Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+** :: Galaxy S9 Galaxy S9+
**Evolution constrains large-scale bioproduction** :: The transition toward sustainable biobased chemical production is important for green growth, but productivity and yield of engineered cells frequently decrease in large industry-scale fermentation. This barrier to commercialization of more bioprocesses is largely ascribed to the physical inefficacies of large cubic-meter steel tanks.
**Evolution May Make it Harder for Humans to Hold Their Liquor** :: Humans are still evolving… but before toasting to that, know this: Some of the genetic changes may make hangovers worse, a new study finds.
**Evolution plays many tricks against large-scale bioproduction** :: Ultra-deep DNA sequencing of thousands of cells uncovers many competing mechanisms of evolution as a threat to efficient scale-up of biobased chemicals production. Evolution plays an underestimated role in bioprocesses and limits yields much more than previously anticipated.
**Evolution plays many tricks against large-scale bioproduction** :: Ultra-deep DNA sequencing of thousands of cells uncovers many competing mechanisms of evolution as a threat to efficient scale-up of biobased chemicals production. Evolution plays an underestimated role in bioprocesses and limits yields much more than previously anticipated.
**Evolutionary change in protein function respects biophysical principles** :: Some molecular biologists who study the proteins that regulate cell operations do not confine their research to understanding the molecules' current roles. They also look deep into the proteins' evolutionary past to explore what structures have allowed proteins with new functions to develop in response to new needs.
**Evolutionary transition to destructive cancer** :: In a new study, researchers explore how evolutionary processes guide the pathways of cells. Their results point to influences leading some cells to remain stable over time while driving others to become cancerous and expand without limit.
**Ex-Google Employee Claims Wrongful Firing For Criticizing James Damore’s Memo** :: Former Google engineer Tim Chevalier sued the company, claiming he was fired for sharing politically liberal posts on Google's internal message boards.
**Experts challenge claims about medical marijuana's impact on teen recreational use and opioid deaths** :: Two papers published today look at the current evidence of the effects of medical marijuana laws and conclude there is little support that such laws increase recreational marijuana use among adolescents or reduce opioid overdose deaths.
**Explaining coprophagy – why do dogs eat their own poo?** :: Dogs are scavengers. As many dog owners know to their cost, dogs often have a penchant for things that we find less than palatable. If it's not counter or table surfing, it might be raiding the kitchen rubbish bin or snacking on rich pickings from the park, street or elsewhere.
**'Extinct' Caribbeans have living descendants** :: 0003d
**Extinct lakes of the American desert west** :: Boulder, Colo., USA: The vestiges of lakes long extinct dot the landscape of the American desert west. These fossilized landforms provide clues of how dynamic climate has been over the past few million years.
**Extinct lakes of the American desert west** :: The vestiges of lakes long extinct dot the landscape of the American desert west. These fossilized landforms provide clues of how dynamic climate has been over the past few million years.
**Extinct lakes of the American desert west** :: The vestiges of lakes long extinct dot the landscape of the American desert west. These fossilized landforms provide clues of how dynamic climate has been over the past few million years.
**Extreme conditions await MH370 recovery if wreckage found** :: Salvagers are confident debris and human remains can be recovered if Malaysia Airlines MH370 is finally found, despite the pitch-black darkness, crushing pressure and ice-cold water awaiting them.
**Extreme-altitude birds evolved same trait via different mutations** :: All extreme-altitude birds have evolved especially efficient systems for delivering scarce oxygen to their tissues. But a new study has found that these birds often evolved different blueprints for assembling the proteins — hemoglobins — that actually capture oxygen in the Himalayas and Andes.
**Eyewire Winter Games 2018: Awards** :: At today’s closing ceremony we brought an end to the Winter Games for 2018, and everyone at HQ is thrilled by your accomplishments, also by how nice it was to bring our challenge weeks full circle after four years. Here is the summary of competition awards, but you can also view the full results (including @susi swag details) here . Here’s to you, Eyewirers! Accuracy Biathlon Hunt Ranking is dete
**Eyewire Winter Games 2018: Marathon Results** :: Wow! Eyewirers, you completed this marathon cell in 53 hours 30 minutes. We’d say “finally," but really this was a most impressive effort given the enormity of that cell, and quite the way to cross the finish line for the Winter Games! Congratulations, and make sure to join us at 4 PM EST for the closing ceremony.
**Eyewire Winter Games 2018: The VS winner is…!** :: The winner of this Winter Games’ VS is Team Snowboarding! Eyewire’s picked a delightfully daring way to get yourself across the snow. Congratulations to both sides, however, on a job well done! Artwork by Daniela Gamba
**F.D.A. to Expand Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Addicts** :: The agency will embrace treatment that “does not require the patient to be totally clean at every visit," as long as the patient shows continuing improvement.
**F1's 2018 Cars Come With a New Engineering Puzzle: The Halo** :: These potentially life-saving bands of titanium come with a handful of fresh potential problems.
**Facebook pulls gun game from conservative gathering** :: Facebook pulled a virtual reality gun game from a major US conservative political gathering Friday, saying the demo was a mistake given the recent deadly school shooting in Florida.
**Facebook says Kremlin-linked ads ready for public view, but House hasn't released them** :: A Facebook official said Tuesday that the social network had finished "scrubbing" personal information from Kremlin-linked ads placed on their platform to influence the 2016 election, clearing the way for Congress to release them to the public.
**Facebook's Mandatory Anti-Malware Scan Is Invasive and Lacks Transparency** :: Facebook is locking users out of their accounts until they download antivirus software that sometimes doesn't even work on their computers.
**Facts About Pangaea, Ancient Supercontinent** :: About 300 million years ago, all the seven continents formed one massive supercontinent called Pangaea.
**Fake images spread fast on Facebook—and its AI filters are missing them** :: 0002d
**FCC publishes net neutrality repeal, starting 60-day countdown until it becomes law** :: The FCC is scheduled to repeal net neutral on April 23, but Democrats still have a long-shot chance of turning things around. Read More
**Fear and hoping: Adding hope to health messages may motivate better behaviors** :: While fear about health concerns may grip people, adding a little hope to a message might make people more willing to take preventative actions, according to researchers.
**Fear and hoping: Adding hope to health messages may motivate better behaviors** :: While fear about health concerns may grip people, adding a little hope to a message might make people more willing to take preventative actions, according to researchers.
**Fearmongering is scary, not genetic technologies themselves** :: Australia's gene technology regulations have not been revised since 2001 – despite many game-changing advances in genetic technologies over the past 17 years.
**Februarys will continue to get warmer, which is good for picnics but bad for humans** :: Nexus Media News Our fingerprints are all over this week’s record-breaking heat. The East Coast experienced record-breaking heat this week, showing the human fingerprints of climate change.
**Fejlramt sporskifte afsporede tog i Odense** :: En mekanisk fejl på et sporskifte sendte hjulene på et passagertog i to forskellige retninger under rangering. Arbejdet med at fjerne toget og reparere 30 meter ødelagt jernbanespor kommer sandsynligvis til at forsinke togene indtil i morgen.
**Fertility breakthrough: New research could extend egg health with age** :: Princeton researchers identified a key protein in old, poor-quality C. elegans eggs. When they blocked this protein midway through the fertile window, the equivalent of a woman in her early thirties, they successfully extended egg viability beyond the normal span. Another experiment that knocked out this protein's genes entirely extended the worms' fertility by about 10 percent. If applied to huma
**Fertility breakthrough: New research could extend egg health with age** :: Researchers have identified a key protein in old, poor-quality C. elegans eggs. When they blocked this protein midway through the fertile window, the equivalent of a woman in her early thirties, they successfully extended egg viability beyond the normal span. Another experiment that knocked out this protein's genes entirely extended the worms' fertility by about 10 percent. If applied to humans, t
**Fertility study finds hormone could support early pregnancy** :: Scientists have identified a hormone that could help prepare the womb lining for pregnancy, research shows.
**Fertility study finds hormone that could support early pregnancy** :: Scientists have identified a hormone that could help prepare the womb lining for pregnancy, research shows.
**Few Chicagoland wetlands left without non-native species, study finds** :: The wetlands in and around Chicago are overwhelmingly invaded by non-native plants, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers. The study, which pulls together species occurrence data from over 2,000 wetlands in the urban region, is the first to describe wetland invasion patterns on such a large scale in the Chicagoland area.
**Few Chicagoland wetlands left without non-native species, study finds** :: The wetlands in and around Chicago are overwhelmingly invaded by non-native plants, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers. The study, which pulls together species occurrence data from over 2,000 wetlands in the urban region, is the first to describe wetland invasion patterns on such a large scale in the Chicagoland area.
**Few Chicagoland wetlands left without non-native species, study finds** :: The wetlands in and around Chicago are overwhelmingly invaded by non-native plants, according to a new study. The study, which pulls together species occurrence data from over 2,000 wetlands in the urban region, is the first to describe wetland invasion patterns on such a large scale in the Chicagoland area.
**Film Memento helped uncover how the brain remembers and interprets events from clues** :: In an Aalto University film study combining art and neuroscience, viewers were shown Christopher Nolan's early classic Memento (2000). The protagonist suffers from long-term memory loss and is unable to retain new memories for no longer than a few minutes. The events unfold in reversed chronological order.The results deepen our understanding of how the brain functions, how narratives work in film,
**Film Memento helped uncover how the brain remembers and interprets events from clues** :: In the Christopher Nolan film Memento (2000) the protagonist suffers from long-term memory loss and is unable to retain new memories for no longer than a few minutes. The events unfold in reversed chronological order. The results deepen our understanding of how the brain functions, how narratives work in film, and memory mechanisms impaired by conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
**Financial structure of early childhood edu. Requires overhaul to make it accessible and affordable** :: High-quality early care and education (ECE) is critical to positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, but the current financing structure of ECE leaves many children without access to high-quality services and does little to strengthen the ECE workforce, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
**Financial structure of early childhood education requires overhaul to make it accessible and affordable for all families** :: High-quality early care and education (ECE) is critical to positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, but the current financing structure of ECE leaves many children without access to high-quality services and does little to strengthen the ECE workforce, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Transforming the access
**Financial structure of early childhood education requires overhaul to make it accessible and affordable, report says** :: High-quality early care and education (ECE) is critical to positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, but the current financing structure of ECE leaves many children without access to high-quality services and does little to strengthen the ECE workforce, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
**Finnish research group discovers a new immune system regulator** :: Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa's research group from Turku Centre for Biotechnology of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, has discovered a new regulator of the immune system, a key factor that controls development of regulatory T cells. The discovery provides basis for new strategies for the treatment of both cancer and immune-mediated diseases.
**Fire Escapes Are Evocative, But Mostly Useless** :: Tony wooed Maria from one in West Side Story . Rosario Dawson belted from one in Rent . They became just another piece in a gritty urban jungle gym for the kids in The Get Down . Police procedurals regularly feature guys fleeing (or entering) by means of them. Fire escapes, the clunky metal accessories to buildings constructed in response to industrial building-code reform, have become an iconic
**First 3-D digital models reveal the development of the extinct Tasmanian tiger** :: Researchers from Museums Victoria and the University of Melbourne have CT scanned all 13 known Tasmanian tiger joey specimens to create 3-D digital models which have allowed them to study their skeletons and internal organs, and reconstruct their growth and development.
**First evidence of surprising ocean warming around Galápagos corals** :: A new analysis of the natural temperature archives stored in coral reefs shows the ocean around the Galápagos Islands has been warming since the 1970s. The finding surprised the research team, because the sparse instrumental records for sea surface temperature for that part of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean did not show warming. Scientists thought strong upwelling of colder deep waters spared
**First evidence of surprising ocean warming around Galápagos corals** :: A new analysis of the natural temperature archives stored in coral reefs shows the ocean around the Galápagos Islands has been warming since the 1970s. The finding surprised the research team, because the sparse instrumental records for sea surface temperature for that part of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean did not show warming. Scientists thought strong upwelling of colder deep waters spared
**First evidence of surprising ocean warming around Galapagos corals** :: The ocean around the Galápagos Islands has been warming since the 1970s, according to a new analysis of the natural temperature archives stored in coral reefs.
**First evidence that seals can consume microplastics via their prey** :: Microplastics can transfer up the food chain from fish to top predators, such as seals, reveals new research by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), University of Exeter and the Cornish Seal Sanctuary.
**First global estimate finds 1.8 million young people develop TB every year** :: A total of 1.8 million young people between ten and 24 years of age are estimated to develop tuberculosis (TB) every year, with young adults aged 20 to 24 years at the greatest risk of developing infectious TB, according to research published in the European Respiratory Journal.
**First nanoscale look at how lithium ions navigate a molecular maze to reach battery electrode** :: The lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, electric cars and so many other modern gadgets operate on a simple plan: Lithium ions shuttle back and forth between two electrodes, inserting themselves into one of the electrodes as the battery charges and moving across to the other as the battery drains. The speed and ease of their travel through the battery's liquid electrolyte help determine how f
**First up: Texas** :: 0003d
**'Fishing continued' after East China sea oil spill** :: Satellite images obtained by the BBC show that fishing continued for days after a massive oil spill
**Five novel genetic changes linked to pancreatic cancer risk** :: In what is believed to be the largest pancreatic cancer genome-wide association study to date, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute, and collaborators from over 80 other institutions worldwide discovered changes to five new regions in the human genome that may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer.
**Flertallet af utilfredse læger går efter bolden, ikke manden** :: Kommentar til artiklerne ‘Læge- og patientforeninger til utilfredse læger: Hård retorik kan skade processen’, ‘Minister: Nogle læger har travlt med at grave grøfter’ og ‘Rørbæk: Vi råber op til truslen mod patientsikkerheden er væk’.
**Flu and Whooping Cough Vaccines Dont Harm Babies: Study** :: Infants whose moms received the shots when they were pregnant were no more at risk of dying or being hospitalized than other babies.
**Foot fungus gave up on sex to infect our feet** :: Researchers have discovered that the fungus that causes athlete’s foot and other skin and toenail infections may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as it adapted to grow on its human hosts. Scientists analyzed samples of this tenacious organism, called Trichophyton rubrum , and found that nearly all belonged to a single mating type. What’s more, when they tried to set the fungi up with m
**Forecasts of genetic fate just got a lot more accurate** :: DNA-based scores are getting better at predicting intelligence, risks for common diseases, and more.
**Forsinkede EU-standarder koster virksomheder dyrt** :: Hundredvis af tekniske standarder hober sig op hos EU-Kommissionen. Det både forsinker og fordyrer nye produkter unødigt, lyder det fra industrien.
**Forskning: AI vil i fremtiden være en stor sikkerhedsrisiko** :: Kunstig intelligens kommer til at være en central spiller for it-sikkerheden i fremtiden, viser forskning, der samtidigt slår fast, at machine learning vil kunne bruges til både forsvar og angreb.
**Fortsat ingen afklaring om lægevagter og gebyrer** :: Dialogen om vagtlægeordningen og hvem der skal betale et gebyr til Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed, er stadig i gang, og derfor er der endnu ingen løsningsmodel.
**Four arrests over Taiwan's 'first' bitcoin robbery** :: Taiwan police have arrested four men over a bitcoin robbery worth Twd$5 million ($170,000) in what they said was the first case of its kind on the island.
**Four philosophers who realized they were completely wrong** :: Philosophers like to present their works as if everything before it was wrong. Sometimes, they even say they have ended the need for more philosophy. So, what happens when somebody realizes they were mistaken? Read More
**Fragile X syndrome neurons restored using CRISPR/Cas9-guided activation strategy** :: Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent cause of intellectual disability in males, affecting 1 out of 3600 boys born. For the first time, researchers at Whitehead Institute have restored activity to the fragile X syndrome gene in affected neurons using a modified CRISPR/Cas9 system that removes the methylation–the molecular tags that keep the mutant gene shut off–suggesting that this method may
**France wants to have 500 wolves roaming its countryside** :: The number of wolves in France will be allowed to increase by 40 per cent, as wilderness continues its return to Europe
**French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food** :: Two years ago, France introduced a law to force supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities and food banks. Skeptics called it unworkable at the time, but there are signs the effort is succeeding. (Image credit: Eleanor Beardsley/NPR)
**French WWI soldier identified by DNA to be laid to rest** :: A century after the Battle of Verdun a French soldier who was left behind on the battlefield will get a proper burial Wednesday after being identified by DNA samples from his relatives.
**Fresh row over mysterious sickness affecting US diplomats in Cuba** :: Study into ‘health attacks’ on embassy staff sparks controversy, with some experts claiming situation is being spun for political gain When a mystery illness rippled through the US embassy in Cuba in late 2016, the diplomatic fallout was rapid. The US slashed the number of people at its Havana mission and expelled 15 Cuban diplomats after at least 24 American staff and family reported a mix of he
**From compost to composites: An eco-friendly way to improve rubber (video)** :: The concept of "from trash to treasure" holds true for the world of composting, where food waste is recycled into fertilizer for gardens. But what if compost could go beyond fertilizer? Now, one group reports in ACS Omega that by collecting the gases produced during the compost process, they can combine it with rubber to make optimized electronic sealants and sensors.
**From compost to composites: An eco-friendly way to improve rubber** :: The concept of "from trash to treasure" holds true for the world of composting, where food waste is recycled into fertilizer for gardens. But what if compost could go beyond fertilizer? Now, one group reports in ACS Omega that by collecting the gases produced during the compost process, they can combine it with rubber to make optimized electronic sealants and sensors.
**From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections (Review)** :: A review of Gareth Roberts's book From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Frygt i Sverige for it-angreb på Riksdagsvalg: »Nødvendigt at afskærme it-infrastruktur«** :: Risikoen for cyberangreb vokser, og det har sat gang i debatten om et eventuelt it-angreb på det svenske valg i år.
**Fur real: Scientists improve computer rendering of animal fur** :: The next computer-generated animals in King Kong or The Lion King could look a lot more realistic thanks to a breakthrough by computer scientists at the University of California.The researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley developed a method that dramatically improves the way computers simulate fur, and more specifically, the way light bounces within an animal's pelt.
**Fur real: Scientists improve computer rendering of animal fur** :: The next computer-generated animals in King Kong or The Lion King could look a lot more realistic thanks to a breakthrough by computer scientists. The researchers developed a method that dramatically improves the way computers simulate fur, and more specifically, the way light bounces within an animal's pelt.
**Gadget Lab Podcast: A Deep Dive on Apple's HomePod** :: We discuss the good and bad points about the HomePod, and tell you whether it's worth your Satoshis.
**Gaza to pump sewage straight into sea as crisis worsens** :: Municipalities in Gaza announced Wednesday they will pump sewage straight into the sea from the Palestinian coastal enclave due to fuel shortages and the desperate humanitarian situation in the strip.
**Gene expression study may help guide Arthritis care** :: Researchers who analyzed gene expression in synovial tissue samples from rheumatoid arthritis patients' joints identified different patterns that may be clinically meaningful. The findings, which are published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, indicate that the mechanisms of pain differ in patients with different synovial subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis, and they may help guide clinicians as they deve
**Genetic study paves way for new neuropathic pain treatments** :: The project may pave the way for the development of more effective painkillers for the treatment of this debilitating chronic condition, which afflicts approximately 500 million people throughout the world.
**Genetic study suggests humans may be evolving in a way that prevents alcoholism** :: A pair of researchers with the University of Pennsylvania has found evidence suggesting humans may be evolving in a way that will prevent alcoholism in the future. In their paper published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, Kelsey Elizabeth Johnson and Benjamin Voight describe their study which involved analyzing data from the 1000 Genomes Project looking for emerging gene variants and wha
**Genetic tools complement the visual identification of endangered fish** :: Genetic tools can be a powerful complement to visual identification of endangered fish, indicates a study from the University of California, Davis.
**Genetics makes Asians and Europeans susceptible to severe dengue** :: As globalization and climate change spread tropical infectious diseases around the globe, not all populations have the same degree of susceptibility. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, CNRS and the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health-University of Porto (i3S) identified gene variants common in people of Asian and European ancestry, making them more prone than those of African origi
**Geothermal Energy Grows in Kenya** :: Rapid expansion of geothermal energy generation has helped increase electrical access in Kenya. But the country faces challenges in making electricity widely available.
**German nights get brighter — but not everywhere** :: The nights in the German federal states („Bundesländer") have been getting brighter and brighter in the last four years — but not everywhere at the same rate and with one exemption: Thuringia. This is the result of a study by scientists Chris Kyba and Theres Küster from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences together with Helga Kuechly from 'Luftbild – Umwelt – Planung, Potsdam'. They pub
**German universities likely to benefit from Brexit, report suggests** :: A new report suggests that while UK universities are likely to suffer because of Brexit, German universities may reap the benefits.
**German universities likely to benefit from Brexit, report suggests** :: A new report suggests that while UK universities are likely to suffer because of Brexit, German universities may reap the benefits.
**Germany's Bosch snaps up US commuter app** :: The world's largest car parts supplier Bosch leapt into ride-sharing services Wednesday, announcing the takeover of US commuter carpooling startup Splitting Fares.
**Getting sleepy? Fruit flies constantly tune into environmental temperature to time sleep** :: Humans and fruit flies may have not shared a common ancestor for hundreds of millions of years, but the neurons that govern our circadian clocks are strikingly similar.
**Getting sleepy? Fruit flies constantly tune into environmental temperature to time sleep** :: Humans and fruit flies may have not shared a common ancestor for hundreds of millions of years, but the neurons that govern our circadian clocks are strikingly similar.
**Getting sleepy? Fruit flies constantly tune into environmental temperature to time sleep** :: Humans and fruit flies may have not shared a common ancestor for hundreds of millions of years, but the neurons that govern our circadian clocks are strikingly similar.
**Giant handaxes suggest that different groups of early humans coexisted in ancient Europe** :: Even our earliest human ancestors made and used technology—something we can look back on thanks to the lasting nature of stone tools.
**Giant intrinsic chirality from planar dielectric nanostructures** :: Harvard researchers have developed a metasurface comprising a single planar layer of nanostructures exhibiting strong optical chirality in transmission. This means it can let circularly polarized light of one polarization pass through almost unhindered, while light of the opposite helicity is completely diffracted away. Such capabilities are incredibly useful for a host of applications, including
**Giant intrinsic chirality from planar dielectric nanostructures** :: Harvard researchers have developed a metasurface, comprised of a single planar layer of nanostructures, which exhibits strong optical chirality in transmission. This means it can let circularly polarized light of one polarization pass through almost unhindered, while light of the opposite helicity is completely diffracted away. Such capabilities are incredibly useful for a host of applications, su
**Giving seagrass its due** :: Seagrass meadows play a crucial role in reducing coastal erosion, making their conservation key for combating rising sea levels due to climate change.
**Glem privat ISS: Nu kommer de private, oppustelige rumstationer** :: Amerikanske Bigelow Aerospace har etableret et nyt firma, der kan drive private rumstationer.
**Glitches or not, Nissan starts testing semi-autonomous rides** :: In the future Nissan envisions, driverless cars will pick up children from school and recommend restaurants to tourists in various languages.
**Global cybercrime costs $600 bn annually: study** :: The annual cost of cybercrime has hit $600 billion worldwide, fueled by growing sophistication of hackers and proliferation of criminal marketplaces and cryptocurrencies, researchers said Wednesday.
**Global effort could cut ocean plastics by 77% by 2025** :: Global funding to revolutionise waste management in the world's worst polluting countries could clean up ocean plastic by 77% by 2025.
**Global Health: Measles Cases in Europe Quadrupled in 2017** :: Outbreaks across the continent infected 21,000 and killed at least 35 children, leading some governments to crack down on vaccine compliance.
**Global Virome Project is hunting for more than 1 million unknown viruses** :: Scientists are searching for viruses lurking in animals that could threaten human health.
**Good vibrations feel the Force** :: A group of researchers led by Andrea Cavalleri at the Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg has demonstrated a new method enabling precise measurements of the interatomic forces that hold crystalline solids together. The paper Probing the Interatomic Potential of Solids by Strong-Field Nonlinear Phononics, published online in Nature, explains how a terahertz-f
**Google Assistant adds more languages in global push** :: Google said Friday its digital assistant software would be available in more than 30 languages by the end of the years as it steps up its artificial intelligence efforts against Amazon and others.
**Google's digital assistant branches out to Nest camera** :: Google's voice-activated assistant is branching out to Nest's deluxe security camera in an expansion that may amplify the privacy concerns surrounding internet-connected microphones.
**Goonhilly antenna goes deep space** :: Until now, if you're an entrepreneur planning future missions beyond Earth, you'd have to ask a big space agency to borrow their deep-space antennas. Now, thanks to the UK's county of Cornwall and ESA, you'll have a commercial option, too.
**Gothamist, LAist, and DCist Will Return, Thanks to a Boost From Public Radio** :: Months after billionaire Joe Ricketts closed Gothamist and its affiliates, a group of non-profit radio stations is getting the band back together.
**Government loses clean air court case** :: Campaigners win a third High Court victory over the UK government's plans to tackle air pollution.
**Grab Sweet Outdoor Gear Deals: Proof, Nomad, Black Diamond, LTHR** :: Some of the best (and priciest) outdoor gear around is now steeply discounted.
**Graduate Student Unions Opt Out of Federal Recognition** :: Student workers seek voluntary recognition of their unions by university administrators out of concern that political appointees may deny their unions legal status.
**Gravide med diabetes giver sygdommen videre til børnene** :: Nogle gravide får en midlertidig form for diabetes under graviditeten. Ny forskning viser, at deres børn har større risiko for diabetes.
**Green toads with multiple genomes have ancestors that are only distantly related** :: Diploid vertebrates have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, polyploidy, meaning to possess three or more sets of chromosomes, is very rare in animals. To find out how new vertebrate species have evolved, and, more generally, how the current biodiversity emerged, evolutionary biologists are studying green toads (Bufo viridis), an excellent model system for studying evolutio
**Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue** :: Gun violence is a serious public health issue in America but is not getting the research that it deserves. This needs to change.
**Gut microbes protect against sepsis: Mouse study** :: Sepsis occurs when the body's response to the spread of bacteria or toxins to the bloodstream damages tissues and organs. The fight against sepsis could get a helping hand from a surprising source: gut bacteria. Researchers reporting February 22 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe found that giving mice particular microbes increased blood levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies, which protected
**Gut microbes protect against sepsis: Mouse study** :: Sepsis occurs when the body's response to the spread of bacteria or toxins to the bloodstream damages tissues and organs. The fight against sepsis could get a helping hand from a surprising source: gut bacteria. Researchers found that giving mice particular microbes increased blood levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies, which protected against the kind of widespread bacterial invasion that l
**GWAS identifies genetic alteration associated with opioid dependence** :: A genome-wide association study has identified a new genetic alteration in European-Americans with opioid dependence. The study, published in Biological Psychiatry, included over 3,000 opioid-exposed people. The new findings provide insight into the biological origins of opioid dependence, which has become an epidemic of historical proportions in the US, driven by dangerous use of prescription pai
**Hackers Hijacked Tesla's Cloud to Mine Cryptocurrency** :: The recent rash of cryptojacking attacks has hit a Tesla database that contained potentially sensitive information.
**Haloperidol does not prevent delirium or improve survival rates in ICU patients** :: Prophylactic use of the drug haloperidol does not help to prevent delirium in intensive care patients or improve their chances of survival. Therefore, there is no reason anymore to administer the drug as a preventive measure to reduce the burden of delirium. This was revealed following a three-year, large-scale study among 1,800 patients in 20 Dutch ICUs, headed by Radboud university medical cente
**Haloperidol does not prevent delirium or improve survival rates in ICU patients** :: Prophylactic use of the drug haloperidol does not help to prevent delirium in intensive care patients or improve their chances of survival. Therefore, there is no reason anymore to administer the drug as a preventive measure to reduce the burden of delirium. This was revealed following a three-year, large-scale study among 1,800 patients in 20 Dutch ICUs.
**Hauling antiprotons around in a van** :: A team of researchers working on the antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation (PUMA) project near CERN's particle laboratory, according to a report in Nature, plans to capture a billion antiprotons, put them in a shipping container and transfer them to a lab that is conducting experiments collectively called ISOLDE.
**Having children may add 11 years to a woman’s biological age** :: Having a baby seems to be linked to shorter caps on the ends of a woman’s chromosomes – a sign of ageing that has been linked to disease and a shorter lifespan
**Helping in spite of risk: Ants perform risk-averse sanitary care of infectious nest mates** :: Ants care for their sick nest mates in different ways, depending on their own immune status. When they themselves are susceptible to dangerous superinfections, they use a different method to care for sick colony members compared to ants that are not susceptible, thus protecting themselves from infection.
**Helping in spite of risk: Ants perform risk-averse sanitary care of infectious nest mates** :: Ants care for their sick nestmates in different ways, depending on their own immune status. When they themselves are susceptible to dangerous superinfections, they use a different method to care for sick colony members compared to ants that are not susceptible, thus protecting themselves from infection. This is the result of a study of Professor Sylvia Cremer's research group at the Institute of S
**Here's What Happens When You Break Apart a Fidget Spinner & Swallow It** :: Whether fidget spinners really help kids focus is unclear, but one thing is for sure: Don't take the ball-bearing toy apart and swallow the pieces.
**Here's What Happens When You Leave Surgical Sponges in a Person's Body for Years** :: Years after a C-section, doctors spotted a strange complication.
**Heroin vaccine blocks lethal overdoses and stops addiction** :: The new approach to opiate addiction and overdose has been in development for 25 years. Read More
**High blood pressure limits protection to vital organs and tissues in low-oxygen conditions** :: New research published in The Journal of Physiology sheds light on the effects of high blood pressure by considering the way the body responds to a lack of oxygen.
**High blood pressure limits protection to vital organs and tissues in low-oxygen conditions** :: New research sheds light on the effects of high blood pressure by considering the way the body responds to a lack of oxygen.
**Higher risk of dementia for adults with congenital heart disease, study shows** :: A new study is believed to be the first to show a higher risk of dementia in adults who were born with heart disease. The study of more than 10,000 adult with congenital heart disease (CHD) in Denmark discovered a particularly increased risk for early dementia in middle-age adults.
**Histology in 3-D: New staining method enables Nano-CT imaging of tissue samples** :: To date, examining patient tissue samples has meant cutting them into thin slices for histological analysis. This might now be set to change — thanks to a new staining method devised by an interdisciplinary team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This allows specialists to investigate three-dimensional tissue samples using the Nano-CT system also recently developed at TUM.
**Histology in 3-D: New staining method enables Nano-CT imaging of tissue samples** :: To date, examining patient tissue samples has meant cutting them into thin slices for histological analysis. This might now be set to change, thanks to a new staining method. This allows specialists to investigate three-dimensional tissue samples using the Nano-CT system.
**Horse domestication revisited: Botai horses did not sire today's steeds** :: A new genomic study reveals that the oldest known domesticated horse population, which lived on the Central Asian steppes roughly 5,500 years ago, did not sire the domesticated horses of today.
**Housing problems found to be common at safety-net community health centers** :: A new study finds that more than 40 percent of patients treated at community health centers in the United States have a history of housing problems.
**How ‘mental rehearsal’ preps us for action** :: Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain learns physical tasks, even in the absence of real-world movement. It could hinge on getting the mind to the right starting place and to be ready to perfectly execute everything that follows with a process called “mental rehearsal." “He’s just sitting there thinking, and as he’s thinking he’s getting better and better…" Psychologists and athletes alik
**How 'A Wrinkle in Time' Director Ava DuVernay Became a Creator of Worlds** :: With "A Wrinkle in Time," director Ava DuVernay merges sci-fi’s embrace of the Other with her own vision for a better, more inclusive future.
**How a zebrafish's squiggly cartilage transforms into a strong spine** :: In the womb, our strong spines start as nothing more than a rope of rubbery tissue. As our bodies develop, this flexible cord, called the notochord, morphs into a column of bone and cartilage sturdy enough to hold up our heavy upper bodies.
**How airplane crash investigations can improve cybersecurity** :: While some countries struggle with safety, U.S. airplane travel has lately had a remarkable safety record. In fact, from 2014 through 2017, there were no fatal commercial airline crashes in the U.S.
**How Baby Birds Learn to Duet** :: Recordings of songbird duets reveal that baby birds learn conversational turn-taking like we do: gradually, and from adults. Christopher Intagliata reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**How bacteria manipulate plants** :: Attack at the protein front: Xanthomonas bacteria cause diseases in tomato and pepper plants and inject harmful proteins into plant cells. Researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Bonn, the University of Freiburg and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle have now discovered how one of these proteins manipulates the nutrient supply and
**How bacteria manipulate plants** :: Attack at the protein front: Xanthomonas bacteria cause diseases in tomato and pepper plants and inject harmful proteins into plant cells. Researchers have now discovered how one of these proteins manipulates the nutrient supply and hormonal balance of plants.
**How bacteria manipulate plants** :: Attack at the protein front: Xanthomonas bacteria causes disease in tomato and pepper plants and injects harmful proteins into plant cells. Researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Bonn, the University of Freiburg and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle have now discovered how one of these proteins manipulates the nutrient supply an
**How bats carry viruses without getting sick** :: Bats are known to harbor highly pathogenic viruses like Ebola or Marburg and yet they do not show clinical signs of disease. In a paper published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe on February 22, scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China find that in bats, an antiviral immune pathway called the STING-interferon pathway is dampened, and bats can maintain just enough defense against il
**How bats carry viruses without getting sick** :: Bats are known to harbor highly pathogenic viruses like Ebola or Marburg and yet they do not show clinical signs of disease. Scientists find that in bats, an antiviral immune pathway called the STING-interferon pathway is dampened, and bats can maintain just enough defense against illness without triggering a heightened immune reaction.
**How bats carry viruses without getting sick** :: Bats are known to harbor highly pathogenic viruses like Ebola, Marburg, Hendra, Nipah, and SARS-CoV, and yet they do not show clinical signs of disease. In a paper published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe on February 22, scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China find that in bats, an antiviral immune pathway called the STING-interferon pathway is dampened, and bats can maintain ju
**How BitTorrent Spurred the Streaming Revolution** :: Bram Cohen may say his file-sharing platform wasn't built for piracy, but BitTorrent quickly changed what we do online.
**How blood cancers outsmart the immune system** :: Researchers have discovered how some of the blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) evade the immune system.
**How Cells Pack Tangled DNA Into Neat Chromosomes** :: A human cell carries in its nucleus two meters of spiraling DNA, split up among the 46 slender, double-helical molecules that are its chromosomes. Most of the time, that DNA looks like a tangled ball of yarn — diffuse, disordered, chaotic. But that messiness poses a problem during mitosis, when the cell has to make a copy of its genetic material and divide in two. In preparation, it tidies up by
**How Cells Pack Tangled DNA Into Neat Chromosomes** :: For the first time, researchers can see how proteins grab loops of DNA and bundle them for cell division. The discovery also hints at how the genome folds to regulate gene expression.
**How changes in biotic interactions impact dryland ecosystems** :: The negative impact of a lack of plant functional diversity on ecosystems is well-documented, and can be seen in action in most dryland ecosystems. However, the indirect effects of biotic interactions – activities of certain living organisms that can impact the survival of others – are still unknown. The DRYFUN project set out to lift the veil on this issue.
**How cities draw the heat** :: It is 15 years since the UK sweltered in the record-breaking 2003 summer heatwave. While the sunshine was welcome to many, it also brought deadly consequences, with more than 2,000 people across England and Wales dying in the stifling heat. Some 800 of those deaths were due to air pollution.
**How cities heat up** :: New study from MIT and CNRS shows a way to dial down the urban heat island effects that can pump up city temperatures, through different city planning based on classical physics formulas.
**How detecting light in the water affects how much food cyanobacteria get** :: The Montgomery lab has found a link between how water-dwelling bacteria, called cyanobacteria, monitor light quality in their surroundings and their capacity to do expand iconphotosynthesis well.
**How Digital Maps Have Changed What It Means to Be Lost** :: The last time I was ever truly lost was in the summer of 2013. It was in St. Petersburg, Russia. I traveled there for work, and after four days of fighting jet lag to cram in sightseeing on the side, I fell asleep on a bus, nodding off over the copy of A Clash of Kings I’d been carrying with me during the trip. When I woke up, I had no idea how long I’d been out and if I’d missed my stop. The sto
**How do neural support cells affect nerve function?** :: Glial cells may modulate the release of neurotransmitters — chemicals that relay signals between nerve cells — by increasing the acidity of the extracellular environment.
**How Do Ski Jumpers Fall Huge Distances Without Breaking Their Legs?** :: My legs would break if I fell 50 feet onto hard snow. Why don't Olympic skiers break theirs?
**How endothelial cells change identity** :: 0003d
**How Fast Can a Tiny Van Go in *Ant-Man and the Wasp*?** :: Yup, this whole trailer is just an excuse to do physics.
**How health authorities fight the spread of infectious diseases** :: Public outreach campaigns can prevent the spread of devastating yet treatable diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and gonorrhea. But ensuring these campaigns effectively reach undiagnosed patients, who may unknowingly spread the disease to others, is a major challenge for cash-strapped public health agencies. Now, a team of researchers has created an algorithm that can help policymakers reduce
**How life online influences young people** :: Young people spend a lot of their time online. Even so, we still know very little about how this intensive use of social media influences their development. Brain researcher and Spinoza Prize winner Eveline Crone from Leiden University and media psychologist Elly Konijn (VU) describes what the research has already generated in terms of usable information and what kinds of urgent questions have to
**How Much Salt Do You Need to Survive?** :: Americans don't need to worry about getting the minimum required amount of salt per day.
**How Multilevel Marketing Companies Got the Autism Community Hooked on Essential Oils. Vague wellness language and an army of salespeople are miracle treatments for the bottom line.** :: submitted by /u/thedabarry [link] [comments]
**How people cope with difficult life events fuels development of wisdom, study finds** :: How a person responds to a difficult life event such as a death or divorce helps shape the development of their wisdom over time, a new study from Oregon State University suggests.
**How people cope with difficult life events fuels development of wisdom, study finds** :: How a person responds to a difficult life event such as a death or divorce helps shape the development of their wisdom over time, a new study suggests.
**How spacecraft testing enabled bone marrow research** :: In the 1970s, a NASA employee stepped up to a challenge posed by the National Institutes of Health or NIH: to freeze bone marrow.
**How the 2016 election ‘blew up’ the rules of political media** :: The 2016 election upended the traditional rules of political communication, a new book argues. Speculation about the possibility of a midterm election shakeup is growing as filing deadlines for congressional candidates approach in several states. This fall’s outcome may signal more than a change of direction in Washington, says Dianne Bystrom, director of Iowa State University’s Carrie Chapman Ca
**How the Activists Who Tore Down Durham's Confederate Statue Got Away With It** :: DURHAM, N.C.—“Let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened." That was Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews’s warning on August 15, 2017. The day before, a protest had formed on the lawn outside the county offices in an old courthouse. In more or less broad daylight, some demonstrators had leaned a ladder against the plinth, reading, “In memory of the boys who wore the gray," and loope
**How The Atlantic Covered Billy Graham at the Start of His Career** :: Baptist preacher Billy Graham conducted the first of his many crusades in 1947, at the age of 28. In the nearly six decades that followed, these evangelical campaigns brought him to 185 countries and territories. There, he’d speak in stadiums, parks, auditoriums, and city streets packed with thousands of congregants, who he’d invite to pray with him and claim Jesus as their lord and savior. He co
**How the brain tells our limbs apart** :: Researchers use cutting-edge technologies to uncover differences in neural control for arms and legs.
**How the brain tells our limbs apart** :: Salk researchers use cutting-edge technologies to uncover differences in neural control for arms and legs.
**How the 'I approve' tagline boosts nasty political ads** :: New research by Berkeley Haas Assoc. Prof. Clayton Critcher finds that adding the required 'I approve this message' tagline to negative campaign ads makes them more credible.
**How the 'I approve' tagline boosts nasty political ads** :: With primary season just around the corner, voters will soon start hearing a familiar refrain: "I'm Candidate X, and I approve this message." Since 2002, federal law has required the tagline on all ads paid for by candidates for federal office.
**How the Supreme Court Could Reshape Employment Law** :: During Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination hearing last year, then-Senator Al Franken asked the nominee whether he had read a recent New York Times series about the use of arbitration to thwart consumer complaints against corporations. Gorsuch said he had. “It made me think about a little bit of history," he added. “It used to be back at common law that arbitration was disfavored because it w
**How to build a personal landing page online** :: DIY Control your image. What do people see when they search for you online? Here's how to set up a personal, one-page website to promote yourself or your work.
**How to cut bad crashes among drivers with dementia** :: Requiring physicians to report patients with dementia to state driver’s licensing authorities is not associated with fewer hospitalizations from motor vehicle crashes. In-person license renewal laws and vision testing, however, dramatically cut crashes involving drivers with dementia, according to a new study. The results, reported in the journal Neurology , indicate that physician reporting laws
**How to have a healthier, positive relationship to sex | Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Siphumeze Khundayi** :: From our fear of women's bodies to our sheepishness around the word "nipple," our ideas about sex need an upgrade, say sex educators (and hilarious women) Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Siphumeze Khundayi. For a radical new take on sex positivity, the duo take the TED stage to suggest we look to Africa for erotic wisdom both ancient and modern, showing us how we can shake off problematic ideas about sex
**How to make a monster: what's the science behind Shelley's Frankenstein?** :: A look at the problems Victor Frankenstein would have faced, from preservation of tissue to developing new surgical techniques The bicentenary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus has meant a lot of people are re-examining this brilliant work of science fiction . My particular interest is the science fact behind the science fiction. How much real science inf
**How to resolve racially stressful situations | Howard C. Stevenson** :: If we hope to heal the racial tensions that threaten to tear the fabric of society apart, we're going to need the skills to openly express ourselves in racially stressful situations. Through racial literacy — the ability to read, recast and resolve these situations — psychologist Howard C. Stevenson helps children and parents reduce and manage stress and trauma. In this inspiring, quietly awesom
**How Trump Conquered Facebook Without Russian Ads** :: WIRED contributor Antonio García Martínez on why Russia’s Facebook ads were less important to Trump’s victory than his own Facebook ads.
**How urban heat affects bee populations** :: North Carolina is home to 500 species of wild bees, yet only a subset of these are common in cities and suburbs. People encourage wild bees by planting flowers and creating pollinator gardens to provide the pollen and nectar bees need. However, even gardens rich with flowers do not have the same bee abundance or diversity as natural areas. So, there must be things besides flowers that limit urban
**How We Know This Tiny Pinprick of Light Is the Tesla Roadster** :: Scientist paparazzi turned their scopes toward Elon Musk's Roadster and its mannequin driver.
**How Will Iraq Contain Iran's Proxies?** :: In June 2014, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the leading Shiite clergyman in the world, called on all able-bodied Iraqis to defend their country against the Islamic State. Iraq’s U.S.-trained armed forces had collapsed, fleeing the advance of ISIS as it seized Mosul and much of northern Iraq. Sistani’s fatwa mobilized a 100,000-strong fighting force known as the Hashd al-Shaabi , or Popul
**How Would People React to News That Aliens Exist?** :: On the night before Halloween in 1938, a strange story crackled over radios across the United States. An announcer interrupted the evening’s regular programming for a “special bulletin," which went on to describe an alien invasion in a field in New Jersey, complete with panicked eyewitness accounts and sounds of gunfire. The story was, of course, fake, a dramatization of The War of The Worlds , t
**Huge underwater landslides and tsunamis may be caused by ooze** :: Layers of ooze in the seabed may be responsible for submarine “megaslides" that dwarf ordinary landslides and can cause tsunamis
**Humanoid robot supports emergency response teams** :: Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia tested a new version of the WALK-MAN humanoid robot for supporting emergency response teams in fires. The robot is able to locate the fire and walk toward it, and then activate an extinguisher. During the operation, it collects images and transmits them back to emergency teams, who can evaluate the situation and guide the robot remotely. The new W
**Hunt to crack down on NHS drug errors linked to up to 22,000 deaths** :: Health secretary says mistakes in dispensing medicines cause ‘totally avoidable harm and death’ Jeremy Hunt is ordering an NHS crackdown on errors in dispensing drugs to patients, which research shows could be contributing to as many as 22,000 people dying every year. The health and social care secretary says mistakes involving medication, both in the NHS and globally, are “causing appalling leve
**Hæstorp: Kom ud i virkeligheden, Lars Løkke Rasmussen** :: Regionsrådsformand Sophie Hæstorp inviterer statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen til at ‘komme ud i virkeligheden’, og se hvordan hovedstadens sundhedsvæsen fungerer.
**Hør ugens podcast med nyt om elbiler og Huawei-telefoner** :: Ingeniørens ugentlige podcast, Transformator, handler denne gang om de amerikanske efterretningstjenesters advarsler mod telefoner fra Huawei og ZTE. Du kan også høre nyheder om bl.a. elbiler fra det kommende Geneva Motor Show.
**Hård fysisk aktivitet øger koncentrationen af det appetithæmmende hormon GDF15** :: Ny forskning viser, at koncentrationen af det appetitsænkende hormon GDF15 stiger markant i blodet…
**IBM reveals novel energy-saving optical receiver with a new record of rapid power-on/off time** :: Group of researchers from IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, together with a consortium working under the EU-funded project 'ADDAPT,' have demonstrated a novel optical receiver (RX) that can achieve an aggregate bandwidth of 160 Gb/s through four optical fibers.
**IBM reveals novel energy-saving optical receiver with a new record of rapid power-on/off time** :: With the increasing popularization of datacenters and other bandwidth hungry interconnect applications, today's bandwidth growth of short-distance optical networks demands data transmission speeds of more than 100 Gb/s, calling for the development of energy-efficient, multi-channel optical links with fast data transfer rates.
**Ice chips only? Study questions restrictions on oral intake for women in labor** :: At most US maternity units, women in labor are put on nil per os (NPO) status — they're not allowed to eat or drink anything, except ice chips. But new nursing research questions that policy, showing no increase in risks for women who are allowed to eat and drink during labor. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Nursing, published by Wolters Kluwer.
**Ice chips only? Study questions restrictions on oral intake for women in labor** :: At most US maternity units, women in labor are put on nil per os (NPO) status — they're not allowed to eat or drink anything, except ice chips. But new nursing research questions that policy, showing no increase in risks for women who are allowed to eat and drink during labor.
**Ice chips only? Study questions restrictions on oral intake for women in labor** :: At most US maternity units, women in labor are put on nil per os (NPO) status — they're not allowed to eat or drink anything, except ice chips. But new nursing research questions that policy, showing no increase in risks for women who are allowed to eat and drink during labor.
**'Icebreaker' protein opens genome for T-cell development, researchers find** :: Researchers describe the role of a transcription factor called TCF-1 in targeting the condensed chromatin and regulating the availability of genome sequences in T-cell development. The new connection between TCF-1 and chromatin will aid in developing new therapies using epigenetic drugs to alter T-cell fate in cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases.
**If chatbots are going to get better, they might need to offend you** ::
**Ilden er løs** :: De ansatte i sundhedsvæsenet har brug for noget at trøste sig med.
**Image of the Day: Dumbo Octopus Hatchling** :: The baby cephalopod looks and behaves like an adult from the moment it emerges from the egg.
**Image of the Day: Size Matters** :: The male proboscis monkey's large nose probably evolved in response to female preference and competition between males.
**Image of the Day: Skeeter Eater** :: Geckos could help control mosquito-borne diseases, but their effectiveness depends on the environment.
**Image processing algorithm shows promise for mapping the blood vessel networks in the eye** :: More accurate and efficient mapping of retinal blood vessels using a path-following image processing scheme, developed by an A*STAR-led research team, could help improve retinal scanning and medical diagnosis.
**Image: Antarctic research base Concordia** :: The Franco-Italian Antarctic research base of Concordia sits 1670 km from the South Pole. On the plateau some 3200 m high, the air is so thin that inhabitants live in a permanent state of hypoxia – lack of oxygen. The closest humans are 600 km away at Russia's Vostok base. Average temperatures range from –30°C in the summer months to –60°C in the winter.
**Image: Bering Strait** :: The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the Bering Strait, which connects the Pacific and Arctic Oceans between Russia and the US state of Alaska.
**Image: Hypervelocity impact testing** :: What looks like a mushroom cloud turned sideways is actually the instant an 2.8 mm-diameter aluminium bullet moving at 7 km/s pierces a spacecraft shield, captured by a high-speed camera.
**Imaging individual flexible DNA 'building blocks' in 3-D** :: A team of researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) and Ohio State University have generated 3-D images from 129 individual molecules of flexible DNA origami particles. Their work provides the first experimental verification of the theoretical model of DNA origami.
**Imaging individual flexible DNA 'building blocks' in 3-D** :: Over the past decade, researchers have been working to create nanoscale materials and devices using DNA as construction materials through a process called "DNA origami."
**Impact of misunderstanding genetic tests for heart conditions** :: Patients who undergo genetic testing for inherited heart disease need to be better informed to know how to interpret the results and understand the impact the results will have on their life, a University of Sydney study has found.
**Improved Hubble yardstick gives fresh evidence for new physics in the universe** :: Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first calculated nearly a century ago. Intriguingly, the results are forcing astronomers to consider that they may be seeing evidence of something unexpected at work in the universe.
**Improved Hubble yardstick gives fresh evidence for new physics in the universe** :: Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first calculated nearly a century ago. Intriguingly, the results are forcing astronomers to consider that they may be seeing evidence of something unexpected at work in the universe.
**Improved Hubble yardstick gives fresh evidence for new physics in the universe** :: Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first calculated nearly a century ago. Intriguingly, the results are forcing astronomers to consider that they may be seeing evidence of something unexpected at work in the universe.
**Improved spy tactics for single cells** :: 0003d
**In a first, tiny diamond anvils trigger chemical reactions by squeezing** :: Scientists have turned the smallest possible bits of diamond and other super-hard specks into "molecular anvils" that squeeze and twist molecules until chemical bonds break and atoms exchange electrons. These are the first such chemical reactions triggered by mechanical pressure alone, and researchers say the method offers a new way to do chemistry at the molecular level that is greener, more effi
**In a first, tiny diamond anvils trigger chemical reactions by squeezing** :: Scientists have turned the smallest possible bits of diamond and other super-hard specks into 'molecular anvils' that squeeze and twist molecules until chemical bonds break and atoms exchange electrons. These are the first such chemical reactions triggered by mechanical pressure alone, and researchers say the method offers a new way to do chemistry at the molecular level that is greener, more effi
**In a first, tiny diamond anvils trigger chemical reactions by squeezing** :: Scientists have turned the smallest possible bits of diamond and other super-hard specks into 'molecular anvils' that squeeze and twist molecules until chemical bonds break and atoms exchange electrons. These are the first such chemical reactions triggered by mechanical pressure alone, and researchers say the method offers a new way to do chemistry at the molecular level that is greener, more effi
**In China's eSport schools students learn it pays to play** :: Most teachers would not be impressed to discover a student playing video games in their class. But at a school in eastern China it is mandatory, part of a drive to train eSport champions and tap into the booming industry.
**In living color: seeing cells from outside the body with synthetic bioluminescence** :: Glowing creatures like fireflies and jellyfish are captivating to look at but also a boon for science, as their bioluminescent molecules contribute to visualizing a host of biological processes. Now, scientists in Japan have supercharged these molecules, making them hundreds of times brighter in deep tissues and allowing for imaging of cells from outside the body. The bioengineered light source wa
**In living color: Seeing cells from outside the body with synthetic bioluminescence** :: Glowing creatures like fireflies and jellyfish are captivating to look at but also a boon for science, as their bioluminescent molecules contribute to visualizing a host of biological processes. Now, scientists have supercharged these molecules, making them hundreds of times brighter in deep tissues and allowing for imaging of cells from outside the body. The bioengineered light source was used to
**In living color: seeing cells from outside the body with synthetic bioluminescence** :: Glowing creatures like fireflies and jellyfish are interesting to researchers, as their bioluminescent molecules contribute to visualizing a host of biological processes. Now, scientists in Japan have supercharged these molecules, making them hundreds of times brighter in deep tissues and allowing for imaging of cells from outside the body. The bioengineered light source was used to track cancer c
**In Photos: A Look at Titan's Bizarre Seas** :: Saturn's largest moon Titan is covered in frigid seas of liquid hydrocarbons. Here's a look at what NASA's Cassini mission found and how scientists hope to send an autonomous submarine to explore those extraterrestrial waters.
**In Picasso’s Blue Period, Scanners Find Secrets He Painted Over** :: Scientists used a variety of tools originally developed for medicine, manufacturing and geology to discover hidden details in the artist’s paintings and sculptures.
**In rural Germany, 'mobile banking' means a bank on a truck** :: Bank manager Juergen Schaller never expected to end up getting a trucker's licence and driving 20,000 kilometres (12,400 miles) per year.
**Independent but not alone** :: 0003d
**Indian Man's Brain Tumor Might Be the World's Largest** :: Doctors in India recently operated on what they say could be the largest brain tumor in the world, according to news reports.
**Infant skull binding shaped identity, inequality in ancient Andes** :: The idea of binding and reshaping a baby's head may make today's parents cringe, but for families in the Andes between 1100-1450, cranial modification was all the rage.
**Infant skull binding shaped identity, inequality in ancient Andes** :: The idea of binding and reshaping a baby's head may make today's parents cringe, but for families in the Andes between 1100-1450, cranial modification was all the rage.
**Infants are able to learn abstract rules visually** :: Three-month-old babies cannot sit up or roll over, yet they are already capable of learning patterns from simply looking at the world around them, according to a recent Northwestern University study published in PLOS One. For the first time, the researchers show that 3- and 4-month-old infants can successfully detect visual patterns and generalize them to new sequences.
**Infants are able to learn abstract rules visually** :: Three-month-old babies cannot sit up or roll over, yet they are already capable of learning patterns from simply looking at the world around them, according to a recent study. For the first time, the researchers show that 3- and 4-month-old infants can successfully detect visual patterns and generalize them to new sequences.
**Influenza D antibodies confirmed in horses on Midwestern farms** :: Horses can become infected with influenza D.
**Infrared hyperbolic metasurface based on nanostructured van der Waals materials** :: Metasurfaces with strongly anisotropic optical properties can support deep subwavelength-scale confined electromagnetic waves (polaritons), which promise opportunities for controlling light in photonic and optoelectronic applications. We developed a mid-infrared hyperbolic metasurface by nanostructuring a thin layer of hexagonal boron nitride that supports deep subwavelength-scale phonon polarito
**Ingeniører vil helst ledes af specialister** :: Der er ingen grund til panik, hvis man fortryder en karrierevej som leder eller specialist.
**Injectable goo could bring drugs to cancerous tumors** :: An injectable gel-like scaffold can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally and sequentially to tumors. The results in animal models so far suggest this approach could eventually ramp up therapeutic benefits for patients bearing tumors or after removal of the primary tumors. The research, published in Science Translational Medicine , focused on two specific types o
**Inside Bigelow Aerospace Founder Robert Bigelow's Decades-Long Obsession With UFOs** :: The budget hotel magnate and inflatable space habitat maker has a unique side project.
**Inside the Panoptic Studio, the Dome That Could Give Robots Super-Senses** :: In a chilly basement room sits a giant dome that looks like part physics experiment and part like that chamber Darth Vader kicks back in.
**Insights into familial middle-age dementia suggest new avenues for treatment** :: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a common cause of hereditary dementia, but the molecular events driving the disease are poorly understood. Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) developed a mouse model to study a form of FTLD linked to mutations in the PGRN gene (FTLD-TDP). The team discovered that tau protein phosphorylation is a key early event in the patho
**Insulin Resistance Pioneer Gerald Reaven Dies** :: The longtime professor at Stanford University School of Medicine researched the role of insulin in diabetes, hypertension, and a plethora of other diseases.
**International team publishes roadmap to enhance radioresistance for space colonization** :: An international team of researchers from NASA Ames Research Center, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate at Health Canada, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Oxford University, Insilico Medicine, Insilico Medicine Taiwan, the Biogerontology Research Foundation, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Liverpool, University of Lethb
**Internet access for all: How close are we to global satellite internet?** :: Which of these do you think will win out? Read More
**Interneuron migration impairement could lead to macrocephaly** :: A team from the University of Liège has discovered a new crosstalk between the migrating inhibitory interneurons and the stem cells that generate the excitatory neurons. The researchers discovered that this cellular dialogue controls the growth of the cerebral cortex and that its impairment leads a cortical malformation previously associated with autism in mice. Their results are published in the
**Invasion of the body-snatching fungus** :: UConn researchers recently documented in Nature Scientific Reports a gory and fascinating relationship between periodical cicadas and a fungus that infects them, hijacks their behavior, and causes a scene straight out of a zombie movie.
**Invasion of the body-snatching fungus** :: UConn researchers recently documented in Nature Scientific Reports a gory and fascinating relationship between periodical cicadas and a fungus that infects them, hijacks their behavior, and causes a scene straight out of a zombie movie.
**Iron triggers dangerous infection in lung transplant patients, Stanford-led study finds** :: Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified elevated tissue iron as a risk factor for life-threatening fungal infections in lung transplant recipients.
**Iron-corroding bacteria shown to possess enzymes enabling them to extract electrons from extracellular solids** :: A research team led by NIMS and RIKEN has discovered that sulfate-reducing bacteria responsible for anaerobic iron corrosion in petroleum pipelines, etc. possess a group of cell surface enzymes which enable them to directly extract electrons from extracellular solids. Current anticorrosion methods involve the use of antibacterial agents which kill a broad spectrum of bacteria. Their finding may fa
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**Is spending for infused chemotherapy by commercial insurers lower at physician offices?** :: Delivering infused chemotherapy in a physician office was associated with lower spending by commercial health insurers compared with chemotherapy administered in a hospital outpatient department.
**Is This Seal the Earliest Evidence of Biblical Prophet Isaiah?** :: The 2,700-year-old seal impression refers to Isaiah, which may be the first extra-biblical evidence of the man who has a book in the Hebrew Bible named after him.
**It doesn’t matter how many legs the new lobster emoji has** :: Technology Emojis are symbols, not images in a textbook. Sometime later this year, 157 new emojis will grace your phone or computer, and one of them will be a lobster.
**It might be time to kill off trending topics on social media** :: 0003d
**Italy Scrambles to Fight Misinformation Ahead of Its Elections** ::
**It's official: antidepressants are not snake oil or a conspiracy – they work | Mark Rice-Oxley** :: A groundbreaking new study shows antidepressants are effective – we should get on with taking and prescribing them It’s official: antidepressants work. They are not a multibillion-dollar conspiracy dreamed up by Big Pharma Bond villains. They are not a snake oil distilled in secret laboratories, designed to stupefy us all. They are not a futile cop-out from overextended family doctors. Continue r
**It-virksomheder skuffer: Efteruddannelse og betaling for overarbejde falder fortsat** :: Tal fra fagforeningen Prosa viser, at it-professionelle kun i begrænset omfang nyder godt af efteruddannelse og andre frynsegoder. Det står i kontrast til det store behov for it-folk, som virksomhederne kæmper om gennem blandt andet personalegoder, mener Prosa. Se diagrammer over frynsegoder.
**Iværksætter: »Trykte plastsolceller vil forandre verden«** :: Frederik Krebs forlod sit professorat på DTU for at følge en livsdrøm om at producere bæredygtige plastsolceller. Hans iværksætterfirma har 32 medejere, som alle er fra hans tidligere forskergruppe.
**Japan confirms oil from wrecked tanker hitting its beaches** :: Nissan Japanese Easy
**Judge: Ads can run in Uber, Lyft vehicles in New York City** :: A judge gave the green light Thursday to a Minnesota company that wants to put advertising in vehicles driven for companies like Uber and Lyft in New York City.
**Judges to rule on diesel bans in choking German cities** :: Judges are to rule Thursday on whether German cities can ban old diesel cars to reduce air pollution, with potentially dramatic consequences for a key industry and transport policy in Europe's largest economy.
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**Just one soft drink a day could increase cancer risk, study finds** :: Researchers hail ‘surprising’ findings about sugar after analysing more than 3,000 cases People who regularly consume at least one sugary soft drink a day, no matter the size of their waist, could be at increased risk of cancer, according to a new study. Researchers from Cancer Council Victoria and University of Melbourne studied more than 35,000 Australians who developed 3,283 cases of obesity-r
**Jymmin: How a combination of exercise and music helps us feel less pain** :: Pain is essential for survival. However, it could also slow rehabilitation, or could become a distinct disorder. How strongly we feel it depends on our individual pain threshold. Scientists have discovered that this threshold can be increased by a new fitness method called Jymmin. It combines working out on gym machines with free musical improvisation — and makes us less sensitive towards physica
**Jysk robot skal servere apps på et sølvfad** :: En ny servicerobot skal få alverdens app-udviklere på banen med bidrag til, hvordan robotten kan hjælpe med vejvisning, eftersøgning og meget mere.
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**Keeping A Close Eye: Dogs, Social Referencing, And Evolution** :: Does your dog watch you closely? A new experiment shows how dogs may match our movements and, in some breeds more than others, gaze at us for information, writes anthropologist Barbara J. King. (Image credit: Steve Hoskins/Getty Images)
**Keeping watch on the ocean** :: 0003d
**Kendis-porno og propaganda: Kunstig intelligens udvisker grænsen mellem sandt og falsk** :: Snydevideoer lavet med neurale netværk forfalsker den digitale virkelighed. Men de kan ikke forbydes. Så skal lovene skrives om.
**Kenneth Seddon obituary** :: Pioneer of ‘green chemistry’ through his groundbreaking research into ionic liquids Kenneth Seddon, who has died aged 67 after suffering from cancer, was a pioneering chemist and acknowledged leader of “green chemistry". He led the growth of research into a relatively new area of study, ionic liquids . Ken did not discover these substances, but in the 1980s he was the first to see that they were a
**Kids from low-income areas fare worse after heart surgery, finds study** :: A national study found that children with congenital heart disease from low-income neighborhoods had a higher mortality rate and higher hospital costs after heart surgery compared with similar kids from higher-income neighborhoods.
**Kids with chronic kidney disease have lower IQs and poorer educational outcomes** :: Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have lower IQs and poorer educational outcomes than healthy children a new review of evidence led by University of Sydney scholars reveals.
**Kin of 'world's ugliest animal' among fish hauled off Australia abyss** :: More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage, researchers said Wednesday, including a cousin of the "world's ugliest animal" Mr Blobby.
**Kinase inhibitor larotrectinib shows durable anti-tumor abilities in patients of all ages with 17 un** :: Three simultaneous safety and efficacy studies of the drug larotrectinib reported an overall response rate of 75 percent for patients ages four months to 76 years with 17 different cancer diagnoses. All patients had tumors with tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusions, gene mutations that switch on TRK genes, allowing cancer growth. The studies indicate larotrectinib as a potentially powerful new
**Kommentar: Energimærkning af enfamilieshuse er uigennemskuelig** :: 0004d
**Kronik: Liberalisering af affaldsforbrænding vil ikke sænke prisen** ::
**KU-forsker: Støv i atmosfæren skubbede istiderne helt ned i dybfryseren** :: Ny viden om de mekanismer, der sænker og hæver temperaturen, kan være med til at forudsige næste istid, vurderer NBI-forsker.
**Kunsten at sikre sig mod kvalitetsbrist** :: Sådan har vi søgt at sikre os efter den såkaldte brystkræftsag på Regionshospitalet Viborg.
**Kæmpe studie slår fast: Antidepressiv medicin virker** :: En række antidepressive midler er bedre mod depression, viser ny metaanalyse.
**Lab notes: meet the primitive Picassos – our arty ancestors the Neanderthals** :: This weeks headlines have been full of our ancestors, most prominently the discovery that Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before the arrival of modern humans. Some say this made them the first artists on Earth, but Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones has some interesting points to make about that claim . Neanderthals aside, an intriguing th
**Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia** :: Alcohol use disorders are the most important preventable risk factors for the onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia. This according to a nationwide observational study, published in The Lancet Public Health journal, of over one million adults diagnosed with dementia in France.
**Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia** :: Alcohol use disorders are the most important preventable risk factors for the onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia. This according to a nationwide observational study of over one million adults diagnosed with dementia in France.
**Laser technology takes Maya archeologists where they've never gone before** :: With the help of airborne laser mapping technology, a team of archaeologists, led by University of Arizona professor Takeshi Inomata, is exploring on a larger scale than ever before the history and spread of settlement at the ancient Maya site of Ceibal in Guatemala.
**Laser technology takes Maya archeologists where they've never gone before** :: With the help of airborne laser mapping technology, a team of archeologists is exploring on a larger scale than ever before the history and spread of settlement at the ancient Maya site of Ceibal in Guatemala.
**Laser technology takes Maya archeologists where they've never gone before** :: With the help of airborne laser mapping technology, a team of archeologists, led by UA professor Takeshi Inomata, is exploring on a larger scale than ever before the history and spread of settlement at the ancient Maya site of Ceibal in Guatemala.
**Laser-ranged satellite measurement now accurately reflects Earth's tidal perturbations** :: Tides on Earth have a far-reaching influence, including disturbing satellites' measurements by affecting their motion. The LAser RElativity Satellite (LARES), is the best ever relevant test particle to move in the Earth's gravitational field. In a new study, LARES proves its efficiency for high-precision probing of General Relativity and fundamental physics.
**Laws banning hand-held cellphone calls more effective than texting bans for teen drivers** :: This study looked at state-level cellphone laws and differences in both texting and hand-held cellphone conversations among teen drivers across four years. Teen drivers reported 55% fewer hand-held phone conversations when universal hand-held calling bans were in place compared to state with no bans. Universal texting bans did not fully discourage teens from texting while driving.
**Learning about coronary heart disease from women** :: While many risk factors of CHD, such as smoking, high blood pressure and age, are common among men and women, some metabolic risk factors, such as being diabetic, are more strongly associated with increased risk of CHD in women than in men. A new study by Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers uncovered a new biomarker for CHD. Their results are published in Circulation.
**Leder: Ligegyldighed over for farligt legetøj må stoppe** :: 0002d
**Less expensive, post-acute care options for seniors underutilized** :: Long-term acute care (LTAC) facilities are designed to meet the needs of older adults with severe, complex illnesses who are recovering from hospitalization, but less expensive options sometimes overlooked may also be available, population health researchers at UT Southwestern found.
**Letters: Bari Weiss vs. the 'Outrage Mobs'** :: Bari Weiss and the Left-Wing Infatuation With Taking Offense In a recent article on TheAtlantic.com, Shadi Hamid discussed the controversy that erupted over a tweet from the New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss, and argued that the left has allowed polarizing identity politics to distract from more fundamental debates. In his article “Bari Weiss and the Left-Wing Infatuation With Taking Offen
**Letting kids taste alcohol isn’t risk-free** :: Parents who allow their young children to occasionally sip and taste alcohol may be contributing to an increased risk for alcohol use and related problems when those kids reach late adolescence, a new study suggests. The findings contradict the common belief that letting kids taste alcoholic drinks is harmless, and might even help to promote responsible drinking later in life. The study’s lead au
**Like Lemons? Quinoa? Thank This Food Explorer For Bringing Them To Your Plate** :: In the early 20th century, botanist David Fairchild traveled the world and brought plants back to the U.S. that we now see as thoroughly American. NPR talks with the author of a book on Fairchild.
**Link between surface-water salinity and climate change examined** :: New research explores the impact of de-icing salt from roads and highways on a local watershed. The findings offer hope for the watershed's future surface-water chloride concentrations.
**Listening to data could be the best way to track salmon migration** :: Sound could be the key to understanding ecological data: in a new study in Heliyon, researchers have turned chemical data that shows salmon migration patterns into sound, helping people hear when they move towards the ocean from one river to another. The approach – called sonification – enables even untrained listeners to interpret large amounts of complex data, providing an easier way to interpre
**Listening to data could be the best way to track salmon migration** :: Sound could be the key to understanding ecological data: in a new study in Heliyon, researchers have turned chemical data that shows salmon migration patterns into sound, helping people hear when they move towards the ocean from one river to another. The approach – called sonification – enables even untrained listeners to interpret large amounts of complex data, providing an easier way to interpre
**Listening to data could be the best way to track salmon migration** :: Sound could be the key to understanding ecological data: in a new study, researchers have turned chemical data that shows salmon migration patterns into sound, helping people hear when they move towards the ocean from one river to another. The approach – called sonification – enables even untrained listeners to interpret large amounts of complex data, providing an easier way to interpret 'big data
**Listening to volcanoes could improve eruption forecasts** :: Monitoring inaudible low frequencies called infrasound that come from some active volcanoes could improve the forecasting of significant, potentially deadly eruptions, according to a new study. Scientists analyzed the infrasound detected by monitoring stations on the slopes of the Villarrica volcano in southern Chile, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The distinctive sound emanates f
**Lizard love** :: Anolis lizards have a thing or two to teach humans about love — or in scientific speak, sexual selection — at least when it comes to territoriality.Decades of behavioral research on the lizard's mating systems have resulted in near-unanimous agreement among scientists that the males maintain restricted, static territories to defend exclusive mating access to females within these territories and
**'Local environment' plays key role in breast cancer progression** :: Many of the drugs and therapies available today for treating breast cancer target the cancer cells but tend to neglect the surrounding 'local environment,' which includes surrounding tissues. But cancer cells and their local environment are connected, so both undergo chemical and physical changes during tumor development. During the 62nd Biophysical Society Meeting, researchers will present work e
**Locomotion of bipedal dinosaurs might be predicted from that of ground-running birds** :: A new model based on ground-running birds could predict locomotion of bipedal dinosaurs based on their speed and body size, according to a study published February 21, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Peter Bishop from the Queensland Museum, Australia and colleagues.
**Locomotion of bipedal dinosaurs might be predicted from that of ground-running birds** :: A new model based on ground-running birds could predict locomotion of bipedal dinosaurs based on their speed and body size, according to a study published Feb. 21, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Peter Bishop from the Queensland Museum, Australia and colleagues.
**Locomotion of bipedal dinosaurs might be predicted from that of ground-running birds** :: A new model based on ground-running birds could predict locomotion of bipedal dinosaurs based on their speed and body size, according to a new study.
**Logitech’s G433 gaming headset is a great-sounding option for sweaty gamers** :: Gadgets if you're e-sports sessions get intense, then this headset might be the right call. Logitech's e-sports headset can handle sweat.
**Long incubation times may defend birds against parasites** :: Some tropical birds have longer egg incubation times than their temperate cousins, even though their habitat is teeming with egg-eating predators. The reason why has long been a mystery, but a new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances applies new methods to confirm the evidence for an old hypothesis—that a longer development period leads to a stronger, more efficient immune system.
**Long incubation times may defend birds against parasites** :: Some tropical birds have longer egg incubation times than their temperate cousins, even though their habitat is teeming with egg-eating predators. The reason why has long been a mystery, but a new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances applies new methods to confirm the evidence for an old hypothesis — that a longer development period leads to a stronger, more efficient immune system.
**Long incubation times may defend birds against parasites** :: Some tropical birds have longer egg incubation times than their temperate cousins, even though their habitat is teeming with egg-eating predators. The reason why has long been a mystery, but a new study applies new methods to confirm the evidence for an old hypothesis — that a longer development period leads to a stronger, more efficient immune system.
**Looking for an off switch for celiac disease** :: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects by some estimates nearly 1 in 100 people. Celiac disease symptoms are triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat and related plants, but gluten doesn't act alone to cause the digestive symptoms that patients suffer. Rather, gluten induces an overactive immune response when it's modified by the enzyme transglutaminase 2, or TG2, in the small
**Looking for an off switch for celiac disease** :: New research identifies an enzyme that turns off transglutaminase 2, potentially paving the way for new treatments for celiac disease.
**Looking for an off switch for celiac disease** :: New research published in the Feb. 23 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry identifies an enzyme that turns off transglutaminase 2, potentially paving the way for new treatments for celiac disease.
**Looking for the origins of schizophrenia** :: Schizophrenia may be related to neurodevelopment changes, including brain's inability to create the appropriate vascular system, according to new study resulted from a partnership between the D'Or Institute for Research and Education, the University of Chile and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The results broaden the understanding about the causes of this severe and disabling diso
**Looking for the origins of schizophrenia** :: Schizophrenia may be related to neurodevelopment changes, including brain's inability to create the appropriate vascular system, according to new study. The results broaden the understanding about the causes of this severe and disabling disorder, which affects about 1 percent of the world's population.
**Loops, loops, and more loops: This is how your DNA gets organised** :: Remarkably, living cells are able to package a jumble of DNA over two meters in length into tidy, tiny chromosomes while preparing for cell division. However, scientists have been puzzled for decades about how the process works. Researchers from the Kavli Institute of Delft University and EMBL Heidelberghave now isolated and filmed the process, and witnessed in real time how a single protein compl
**Loops, loops, and more loops: This is how your DNA gets organized** :: A living cell is able to neatly package a big jumble of DNA into chromosomes while preparing for cell division. For over a century, scientists have been puzzled for decades on how the process works. Researchers now managed for the first time to isolate and film the process, and witnessed — in real time — how a single protein complex called condensin reels in DNA to extrude a loop.
**Loops, loops, and more loops: This is how your DNA gets organized** :: A living cell is able to neatly package a big jumble of DNA into chromosomes while preparing for cell division. For over a century, scientists have been puzzled for decades on how the process works. Researchers now managed for the first time to isolate and film the process, and witnessed — in real time — how a single protein complex called condensin reels in DNA to extrude a loop.
**Lost cities of the world** :: The most intriguing abandoned settlements, from ancient ruins to modern ghost towns Last week laser scanning revealed the true scale of the ancient city of Angamuco in western Mexico. The city, built around AD900, is thought to have had 100,000 residents and included pyramids, road systems, vegetable gardens and ball courts. It was a major centre for the Purépecha people, rivals to the Aztecs. Bot
**Lovsjusk tvinger kommuner til at skrotte solceller for millioner** :: Ulovlige solcelleanlæg for omkring 25 millioner kroner pryder stadig tagene på skoler, rådhuse og sportshaller. Men nu kan kommunerne blive tvunget til at pille dem ned.
**Low-calorie diet enhances intestinal regeneration after injury** :: Animals fed restricted-calorie diets are better able to regenerate numerous tissues after injury. A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers pinpoints the cell responsible for these improved regenerative abilities in the intestines.
**Low-power, flexible memristor circuit for mobile and wearable devices** :: A KAIST research team succeeded in developing an energy efficient, nonvolatile logic-in-memory circuit by using a memristor. This novel technology can be used as an energy efficient computing architecture for battery-powered flexible electronic systems, such as mobile and wearable devices.
**Lymphatic System: Facts, Functions & Diseases** :: The lymphatic system helps rid the body of toxins.
**Læger: Lyt nu til os i sager om arbejdsprøvning** :: Lægeforeningen mener, at kommunerne for ofte ser bort for indholdet i lægeerklæringer, når en borger skal i arbejdsprøvning. KL siger, de tager erklæringerne seriøst, men at de er en del af en større pakke.
**Magnetic field traces gas and dust swirling around supermassive black hole** :: Astronomers reveal a new high resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy. The team created the map, which is the first of its kind, using the CanariCam infrared camera attached to the Gran Telescopio Canarias sited on the island of La Palma.
**Magnetic field traces gas and dust swirling around supermassive black hole** :: Astronomers reveal a new high resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, published in a new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The team, led by Professor Pat Roche of the University of Oxford, created the map, which is the first of its kind, using the CanariCam infrared camera attached
**Magnetic field traces gas and dust swirling around supermassive black hole** :: Astronomers reveal a new high resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, published in a new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The team, led by Professor Pat Roche of the University of Oxford, created the map, which is the first of its kind, using the CanariCam infrared camera attached
**Major companies face pressure to stop giving NRA members discounts** :: Angry social media users are pressuring companies that have partnerships with the NRA to cut ties with the organization, though it remains to be seen if all will comply. Read More
**Man Charged with Stealing Terra-Cotta Warrior's Thumb** :: The thumb thief reportedly took a selfie before snagging the valuable souvenir.
**Mangel på nye aksler: ME-lokomotiver risikerer at stå længe på værksted** :: Pendlerne risikerer måneder med færre tog: Halvdelen af akslerne på DSB's ME-lokomotiver kan ikke umiddelbart repareres, og DSB har kun nye aksler til fire lokomotiver.
**Marco Rubio's Lonely Fight** :: There’s something about Senator Marco Rubio that inspires seething hatred in his detractors. But what is it, exactly? It’s natural that progressives wouldn’t be terribly fond of him, as he is an avowed conservative. What’s puzzling, though, is that Rubio seems more intensely disliked on the left than politicians well to his right, who don’t share his zeal for making the tax code more generous tow
**Mass. General-led team identifies genetic defect that may cause rare movement disorder** :: A Massachusetts General Hospital-led research team has found that a defect in transcription of the TAF1 gene may be the cause of X-linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP), a rare and severe neurodegenerative disease.
**Matching DNA to a Diet Does Not Work** :: The results come from a rigorous, $8 million study — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Matter: Neanderthals, the World’s First Misunderstood Artists** :: Europe Humans Neanderthal
**Meanwhile in space: Jupiter looks great and Mars is a dust heap** :: Space Here's the most gorgeous space news you need to catch up on. Feast your eyes on these spacey delicacies.
**Measles has made a four-fold comeback in Europe. Guess why…** :: A report from the World Health Organization shows that the European region experienced about 16,000 measles cases in 2017, representing a four-fold increase from the previous year. Read More
**Measuring the Magic of Healing** :: While researchers wrestle to define and capture “healing," its power continues to mend hearts and souls—if not always bodies — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Medicinrådet anbefaler biologisk behandling af eksem** :: Nyt middel af patienter med moderat til svær atopisk eksem kan anvendes som standardbehandling.
**Meet 5 brilliant scientists running for office in 2018** :: At least 60 will be running at the federal level, and thousands for state offices. Read More
**Meet the SpaceX ships that will never go to space** :: Space These ships catch waves (and rockets) instead. SpaceX is known for their spaceships, but its ocean-going vessels have a huge role to play in their spaceflight ambitions.
**Memories of exposure** :: 0003d
**MEMS chips get metalenses** :: Lens technologies have advanced across all scales, from digital cameras and high bandwidth in fiber optics to the LIGO instruments. Now, a new lens technology that could be produced using standard computer-chip technology is emerging and could replace the bulky layers and complex geometries of traditional curved lenses. Researchers have developed a device that integrates mid-infrared spectrum meta
**'Memtransistor' brings world closer to brain-like computing** :: Combined memristor and transistor operates like a neuron by performing both information processing and memory storage functions.
**'Memtransistor' brings world closer to brain-like computing** :: Computer algorithms might be performing brain-like functions, such as facial recognition and language translation, but the computers themselves have yet to operate like brains.
**Metabolic modelling becomes three-dimensional** :: An international research consortium developed, with significant involvement of Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) scientists, the first computer model to include 3-D in the representation of human metabolic processes.
**Metabolic modelling becomes three-dimensional** :: An international research consortium has developed, with significant involvement of Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) scientists, the first computer model to include 3-D in the representation of human metabolic processes.
**Metalens combined with an artificial muscle** :: Inspired by the human eye, researchers have developed an adaptive metalens that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major contributors to blurry images: focus, astigmatism, and image shift.
**Meteorological silk road pattern may take a toll on Eurasian climate in north-jet years** :: The meteorological teleconnection pattern that covers most domains along the ancient Silk Road exerts significant influences on climatic anomalies over Eurasia. Scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, previously found that there is a significant positive relationship between the Silk Road Pattern and the north-south displacement of the Asian jet. Subseque
**Meteorological silk road pattern may take a toll on Eurasian climate in north-jet years** :: The Silk Road pattern in meteorology is a wave-like teleconnection pattern in the summer propagating eastward under the wave guidance of the upper-tropospheric Asian westerly jet stream. It shows up as alternate southerly and northerly anomalies (or cyclonic and anticyclonic circulation anomalies) along the jet, and is the leading mode of the interannual variability of upper-tropospheric meridiona
**Mexican gray wolf population grows by 1 animal, survey says** :: At least one more endangered Mexican gray wolf is roaming the American Southwest compared with a year earlier, and U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday that lower survival rates among pups are primarily to blame for the lack of strong growth in the population.
**MicroRNA could help treat cancer and asthma** :: A microRNA that regulates inflammation shows promise as a treatment for inflammatory diseases such as asthma and cancer, according to new research.
**Microscale thermophoresis to characterize hits from high-throughput screening** :: A new article details how the European Lead Factory (ELF), a large publicly accessible drug discovery platform, uses microscale thermophoresis (MST) to aid in the prioritization of small molecule hits from high-throughput screening.
**Microscale thermophoresis to characterize hits from high-throughput screening** :: A new perspective article in the March 2018 issue of SLAS Discovery from the biology group at the European Screening Centre Newhouse details how the European Lead Factory (ELF), a large publicly accessible drug discovery platform, uses microscale thermophoresis (MST) to aid in the prioritization of small molecule hits from high-throughput screening.
**Microscale thermophoresis to characterize hits from high-throughput screening** :: A perspective article in the March 2018 issue of SLAS Discovery from the biology group at the European Screening Centre Newhouse details how the European Lead Factory (ELF), a large publicly accessible drug discovery platform, uses microscale thermophoresis (MST) to aid in the prioritization of small molecule hits from high-throughput screening.
**Microscopic solution prevents tip of scanning tunneling microscope from hitting surface** :: Researchers believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years: How to prevent the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope from crashing into the surface of a material during imaging or lithography.
**Microsoft har fastfrosset Grønlands selvstyre** :: Det grønlandske Selvstyres domæne, Nanoq.gl, har siden januar været blokeret. Selvstyret er derfor forhindret i at sende mail til borgere, som bruger en af Microsofts mail-løsninger.
**Midwifery linked to better birth outcomes in state-by-state 'report card'** :: Midwife-friendly laws and regulations tend to coincide with lower rates of premature births, cesarean deliveries and newborn deaths, according to a US-wide 'report card' that ranks each of the 50 states on the quality of their maternity care.
**Midwifery linked to better birth outcomes in state-by-state report cards** :: Midwife-friendly laws and regulations tend to coincide with lower rates of premature births, cesarean deliveries and newborn deaths, according to a new US-wide 'report card' that ranks all 50 states on the quality of their maternity care.
**Millions of Chinese Kids Are Parenting Themselves** ::
**Mind-reading algorithm uses EEG data to reconstruct images based on what we perceive** :: A new technique developed by neuroscientists at U of T Scarborough can reconstruct images of what people perceive based on their brain activity gathered by EEG.
**Mind-reading algorithm uses EEG data to reconstruct images based on what we perceive** :: A new technique developed by neuroscientists can reconstruct images of what people perceive based on their brain activity gathered by EEG.
**Miniature personalised tumours could help you get the best chemo** :: Growing mini tumours in the lab from a patient’s own cells could help doctors discover the best way to treat each person, homing in on the right drugs to use
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**Minimising risks of transplants** :: A bone marrow transplant is often the only therapy available to save leukaemia patients, but the risk of complications is high. Nearly half of all patients experience an unwanted reaction of their immune system, which often attacks their skin and liver and in up to 50 percent of cases the intestines. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have succeeded in decipheri
**Minimizing risks of transplants** :: A bone marrow transplant is often the only therapy available to save leukaemia patients, but the risk of complications is high. Nearly half of all patients experience an unwanted reaction of their immune system, which often attacks their skin and liver and in up to 50 percent of cases the intestines. Researchers have succeeded in deciphering what causes this in some instances life-threatening infl
**MIT: Disse teknologier får deres gennembrud i 2018** :: MIT Technology Review har offentliggjort en top-10 over teknologier, der vil få deres gennembrud i 2018. Fremadstormende teknologier som 3D-metalprint og cloud-baseret kunstig intelligens er blandt dem, der får størst betydning på fabriksgulvet.
**Mobile health applications put the personal data of millions of users at risk** :: 80 percent of the most popular health applications available on Android do not comply with standards intended to prevent the misuse and dissemination of user data. This is the finding of a European study started in 2016 involving Agusti Solanas and Constantinos Patsakis. The research has brought to light evidence of serious security problems regarding the 20 most popular applications on the intern
**Mobilselskab ændrer vilkår igen: Nu må sim-kort bruges i tablets** :: Mobilselskabet Oister må for anden gang på en uge ændre vilkårene for sit nye fri tale/fri data-abonnement, fordi det er i strid med de europæiske netneutralitetsregler.
**Model based on hydrothermal sources evaluate possibility of life Jupiter's icy moon** :: Brazilian scientists compare primitive Earth scenario with satellite Europa's conditions; the jupiterian moon could host microorganisms at the bottom of a huge warm ocean located underneath its frozen crust.
**Model based on hydrothermal sources evaluate possibility of life on Jupiter's icy moon** :: Scientists compare primitive Earth scenario with satellite Europa's conditions; the Jupiterian moon could host microorganisms at the bottom of a huge warm ocean located underneath its frozen crust.
**Modification of CRISPR guide RNA structure prevents immune response in target cells** :: CRISPR-mediated genome editing has become a powerful tool for modeling of disease in various organisms and is being developed for clinical applications. Preassembled Cas9 ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) composed of the recombinant Cas9 protein and in vitrotranscribed (IVT) guide RNA complexes can be delivered into cells without risk of foreign DNA integration into the host genome and with fewer off-targ
**Modification of CRISPR guide RNA structure prevents immune response in target cells** :: CRISPR-mediated genome editing has become a powerful tool for modeling of disease in various organisms and is being developed for clinical applications. Preassembled Cas9 ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) composed of the recombinant Cas9 protein and in vitrotranscribed (IVT) guide RNA complexes can be delivered into cells without risk of foreign DNA integration into the host genome and with fewer off-targ
**Molecular structure of human P-glycoprotein in the ATP-bound, outward-facing conformation** :: The multidrug transporter permeability (P)–glycoprotein is an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)–binding cassette exporter responsible for clinical resistance to chemotherapy. P-glycoprotein extrudes toxic molecules and drugs from cells through ATP-powered conformational changes. Despite decades of effort, only the structures of the inward-facing conformation of P-glycoprotein are available. Here we pr
**Molecular Trojan horse delivers chemotherapeutic drug to cancer cells** :: Researchers have discovered a way for chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to target migrating, or circulating, cancer cells, which are responsible for the development of tumor metastases. Until now, paclitaxel has only been used to target rapidly dividing cancer cells. The team was successful in getting the drug to piggyback on 123B9, an agent they devised to target an oncogene called EphA2.
**Money can buy happiness. Here’s how much it takes** :: Money can buy happiness, new research suggests, but there’s an optimal amount. “That might be surprising as what we see on TV and what advertisers tell us we need would indicate that there is no ceiling when it comes to how much money is needed for happiness, but we now see there are some thresholds," says Andrew T. Jebb, the lead author and doctoral student in the Purdue University department of
**Monkey Vocabulary Decoded** :: From short 'tsiks' and 'ekks' to drawn-out 'phees' — all the sounds produced by marmoset monkeys are made up of individual syllables of fixed length, according to a new study. The smallest units of vocalization and their rhythmic production in the brain of our relatives could also have been a prerequisite of human speech.
**Montana Wildfires Provide A Wealth Of Data On Health Effects Of Smoke Exposure** :: Last summer's wildfires handed scientists a rare chance to study effects of smoke on residents. Most previous work had been on wood-burning stoves, urban air pollution and the effects on firefighters. (Image credit: InciWeb)
**More awareness, research needed on abuse risk of non-opioid painkiller** :: Gabapentin, a nerve pain medication and anticonvulsant, increasingly is being misused, necessitating prescribers to understand its abuse potential and risk profile, according to a new study.
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**More than half the world's ocean are commercially fished** :: More than half of the world's oceans are exposed to industrial fishing activities, a new study, conducted at unprecedented scale, reveals. Peak fishing activity, the study goes on to report, is more affected by cultural and political events such as holidays and closures than by changes in economic factors, or environmental ones.
**Mosquitoes Learn the Smell of Danger** :: The bloodsuckers lose their appetite for attractive scents when they associate those aromas with a likelihood of being swatted. Karen Hopkin reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Moths in mud can uncover prehistoric secrets** :: A groundbreaking new technique for examining moth scales in forest lake sediments allows prehistoric outbreaks of these insects to be identified. The technique — which could prove as revolutionary as fossil pollen and charcoal markers — can provide information on the frequency and intensity of past and future insect epidemics, their impact on the forest environment and how they are linked to cli
**Moths in mud can uncover prehistoric secrets** :: Moth scales, preserved in the mud of a coniferous forest lake, have been used to identify outbreaks of these insects over the past 10,000 years. This groundbreaking new technique, reported in the open-access journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, can tell us more about the frequency and intensity of past and future insect epidemics, their impact on the forest environment and how they are link
**Movement behavior of an anole species surprisingly dynamic** :: Anolis lizards have a thing or two to teach humans about love — or in scientific speak, sexual selection — at least when it comes to territoriality. Decades of behavioral research on the lizard's mating systems have resulted in near-unanimous agreement among scientists that the males maintain restricted, static territories to defend exclusive mating access to females within these territories and
**MRI stroke data set released** :: Researchers have compiled, archived and shared one of the largest open-source data sets of brain scans from stroke patients. The data set, known as ATLAS, is available for download. Researchers globally are using the scans to develop and test algorithms that can automatically process MRI images from stroke patients. In the long run, scientists hope to identify biological markers that forecast whic
**Mutation explains why some people are more vulnerable to viral brain infection** :: Scientists identified mutations in a single gene that impair immunity to viruses in a region of the brain called the brain stem.
**Mutation explains why some people are more vulnerable to viral brain infection** :: Scientists identified mutations in a single gene that impair immunity to viruses in a region of the brain called the brain stem.
**Mutation 'gives bats edge over deadly viruses'** :: A single mutation in an immunity gene may explain why bats can carry deadly viruses and not get sick.
**Mute Is a Grim Sci-Fi Slog** :: According to the director Duncan Jones, Mute , his new film debuting Friday on Netflix, was not originally intended as a work of sci-fi. And it shows. This noir-tinged mystery drama about a mute bartender trying to solve the disappearance of his girlfriend by plunging into a criminal underworld is, indeed, set in the future. There are some robots, a lot of Blade Runner– esque neon lights littered
**My best photograph: Mars rover Curiosity's shot of the hill she'll never climb** :: ‘The mountain in the distance is her goal but we don’t think she’ll get to the top. It’s going to take her another five years just to get to the bright rock formation below’ Planetary scientist, US Geological Survey Continue reading…
**My High School’s Tragedy Actually Led to Change** :: Stories like mine always seem to begin the same way: The sky that morning was so blue—strikingly blue—and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. We were teenagers, unburdened by the weight of the world beyond our small Midwestern town. Nothing bad—nothing really bad—ever happened in Fox River Grove, Illinois. The next part of the story is the same, too: Shortly after 7 a.m., confusion, fear, and pan
**Mysterious Spiral Found in the Tail of Human Sperm** :: Scientists have spent decades studying the extraordinary abilities and anatomy of human sperm, so an international team of researchers was surprised to discover a mysterious, spiral-shaped nanostructure in the tails of sperm.
**Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications** :: The Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit at OIST has developed new innovative biosensing material for counting dividing cells and detecting biomolecules.
**Nanostructured thin-films that can bend light by large angles could be a replacement for bulky glass optical components** :: Surfaces that efficiently redirect the propagation of light have been developed by A*STAR researchers. Ramón Paniagua-Domínguez, working with colleagues from the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and Nanyang Technological University, has invented compact and light-weight optical components that could be integrated into portable optoelectronic devices.
**Narcolepsy isn’t funny – living with a sleep disorder** :: The journalist and author Henry Nicholls has been struggling with several sleep disorders for decades, but for many it’s just a joke For a serious examination of the devastating and incurable disability that is narcolepsy , Henry Nicholls’s book, Sleepy Head , is a surprisingly funny account. There is the obvious, if somewhat cruel, humour to be found in stories of people falling asleep in surpri
**NASA's SDO Reveals How Magnetic Cage on the Sun Stopped Solar Eruption** :: A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun's surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research shows.
**NASA's SDO reveals how magnetic cage on the Sun stopped solar eruption** :: A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun's surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research using NASA data shows.
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**Neanderthals – not modern humans – were first artists on Earth, experts claim** :: Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers More than 65,000 years ago, a Neanderthal reached out and made strokes in red ochre on the wall of a cave, and in doing so, became the first known artist on Earth, scientists claim. The discovery overturns the widely-held belief that modern humans are the only sp
**Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world** :: Europe Humans Neanderthal
**Neanderthals thought like we do** :: Using Uranium-Thorium dating an international team of researchers co-directed by Dirk Hoffmann of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, demonstrates that more than 115,000 years ago Neanderthals produced symbolic objects, and that they created cave art more than 20,000 years before modern humans first arrived in Europe. The researchers conclude that our cousin
**Neanderthals were artistic like modern humans** :: Scientists have found the first major evidence that Neanderthals, rather than modern humans, created the world's oldest known cave paintings — suggesting they may have had an artistic sense similar to our own.
**Neanderthals were artistic like modern humans, study indicates** :: Europe Humans Neanderthal
**Neanderthals were artistic like modern humans, study indicates** :: Scientists have found the first major evidence that Neanderthals, rather than modern humans, created the world's oldest known cave paintings — suggesting they may have had an artistic sense similar to our own.
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**Nearly a decade after Mars Phoenix landed, another look** :: A recent view from Mars orbit of the site where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed on far-northern Mars nearly a decade ago shows that dust has covered some marks of the landing.
**Needed: Info on Biodiversity Change over Time** :: Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks. The BioTIME database should help. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**NEJM reports positive results for larotrectinib against TRK-fusion cancer** :: 55 patients representing 17 cancer types tested positive for TRK fusion and were treated with larotrectinib. Overall response rate was 75 percent.
**Neuroimaging reveals lasting brain deficits in iron-deficient piglets** :: Iron deficiency in the first four weeks of a piglet's life – equivalent to roughly four months in a human infant – impairs the development of key brain structures, scientists report. The abnormalities remain even after weeks of iron supplementation begun later in life, the researchers found.
**Neuroscientists discover a brain signal that indicates whether speech has been understood** :: The presence or absence of a unique brain signal after a listener has heard some speech indicates whether or not that listener has understood what has been said. The discovery has a number of practical applications, including tracking language development, assessing brain function post-injury, and confirming whether important instructions have been understood in high-pressure jobs.
**Neuroscientists discover a brain signal that indicates whether speech has been understood** :: The presence or absence of a unique brain signal after a listener has heard some speech indicates whether or not that listener has understood what has been said. The discovery has a number of practical applications, including tracking language development, assessing brain function post-injury, and confirming whether important instructions have been understood in high-pressure jobs.
**Neuroscientists identify the smallest units that make up the vocalisation of marmoset monkeys** :: From short 'tsiks' and 'ekks' to drawn-out 'phees' – all the sounds produced by marmoset monkeys are made up of individual syllables of fixed length: that is the result of a study by a team of researchers headed by Dr. Steffen Hage of the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuro-science (CIN) at the University of Tübingen. The smallest units of vocalisation and their rhythmic production in th
**Neutrino experiments look to reveal big answers about how these fundamental particles interact with matter** :: Except in horror movies, most scientific experiments don't start with scientists snooping around narrow, deserted hallways. But a tucked-away location in the recesses of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provided exactly what Yuri Efremenko was looking for.
**New analytical method provides an insight into additional chromosomes** :: A new technique promises to identify additional chromosomes involved in carcinogenesis. A method for analyzing additional chromosomes was proposed by a team of scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Institute of Cytology and Genetics (Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences), NSU Laboratory of Structural, Functional and Comparative Genomics and the University
**New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote flowering in rice** :: Nitrogen fertilizers (applied as nitrate, NO3-, or ammonium, NH4+) improve the amount of grain produced per acre, but nitrogen runoff and volatilization pollute the water and the air. Production of nitrogen fertilizers also uses fossil fuels. The major grain crops (such as rice and wheat) use only about 40% of the applied fertilizer—the rest is lost to the air, water, and soil microbes. Applicatio
**New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote flowering in rice** :: Using nitrogen fertilizer increases crop yields, but excess runoff causes environmental pollution. Moreover, in grains such as rice, large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer can delay flowering, leaving the crop vulnerable to late-season cold weather. A recent study in The Plant Cell identified a rice nitrate transporter that can be overexpressed to increase grain yield and accelerate flowering. This
**New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote flowering in rice** :: Using nitrogen fertilizer increases crop yields, but excess runoff causes environmental pollution. Moreover, in grains such as rice, large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer can delay flowering, leaving the crop vulnerable to late-season cold weather. A recent study has identified a rice nitrate transporter that can be overexpressed to increase grain yield and accelerate flowering. This approach has t
**New atmosphere wind/temperature sensor to improve space weather prediction** :: Global wind and temperature measurements in the lower thermosphere (100-150 km above Earth) are the two most important variables needed to accurately predict space weather and climate change. An innovative technique is being developed jointly by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, GSFC, and JPL to make these measurements using the atomic oxygen emission at 2.06 THz (145 μm).
**New Automated Tool Monitors Clinical Trial Reporting** :: The watchdog website FDAAA TrialsTracker names and shames human studies that breach the FDA's requirements for reporting results.
**New Candidates Emerge for Trump’s Top Environmental Adviser** :: A new candidate was needed after the White House withdrew its previous nominee, who had drawn criticism for calling carbon dioxide the “gas of life."
**New crystal structures reveal mysterious mechanism of gene regulation by the 'magic spot'** :: Using an innovative crystallization technique for studying 3D structures of gene transcription machinery, researchers revealed new insights into the long debated action of the 'magic spot' — a molecule that controls gene expression in E. coli and many other bacteria when the bacteria are stressed. The study contributes to fundamental understanding of how bacteria adapt and survive under adverse c
**New crystal structures reveal mysterious mechanism of gene regulation by the 'magic spot'** :: Using an innovative crystallization technique for studying 3D structures of gene transcription machinery, researchers revealed new insights into the long debated action of the 'magic spot' — a molecule that controls gene expression in E. coli and many other bacteria when the bacteria are stressed. The study contributes to fundamental understanding of how bacteria adapt and survive under adverse c
**New crystal structures reveal mysterious mechanism of gene regulation by the 'magic spot'** :: Using an innovative crystallization technique for studying three-dimensional structures of gene transcription machinery, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at Penn State, has revealed new insights into the long debated action of the "magic spot"—a molecule that controls gene expression in Eschericahia coli and many other bacteria when the bacteria are stressed. The study contr
**New device for low-cost single-cell analysis identifies fibroblast subtypes in RA patients** :: As described in a study published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and New York University (NYU) have taken steps to facilitate broad access to single-cell sequencing by developing a 3-D-printed, portable and low-cost microfluidic controller. To demonstrate the utility of the instrument in clinical environments, the researchers deployed the device to
**New device for low-cost single-cell analysis identifies fibroblast subtypes in rheumatoid arthritis patients** :: Researchers have taken steps to facilitate broad access to single-cell sequencing by developing a 3-D-printed, portable and low-cost microfluidic controller. To demonstrate the utility of the instrument in clinical environments, the researchers deployed the device to study synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
**New e-skin displays your vital signs on your hand** :: Nanoscale mesh e-skin can turn your skin into a wearable display. Read More
**New evidence suggests we may need to rethink policies aimed at poverty** :: Poverty is often perceived as an ongoing problem for only a very small number of people, and for most households it is a temporary phase that does not last long.
**New fossils are redefining what makes a dinosaur** :: While some researchers question what characteristics define the dinosaurs, others are uprooting the dino family tree altogether.
**New glaucoma drugs yield large, lasting reductions in intraocular pressure** :: Two novel ocular hypotensive agents that have just been approved for use in humans — netarsudil and latanoprostene bunod (LBN) — greatly reduce intraocular pressure, with lasting results in various animal models of glaucoma and in humans.
**New immune system regulator discovered** :: Researchers in Finland have discovered a new regulator of the immune system, a key factor that controls development of regulatory T cells. The discovery provides basis for new strategies for the treatment of both cancer and immune-mediated diseases.
**New insight into how magma feeds volcanic eruptions** :: A novel research study by scientists at the University of Liverpool has provided new insights into how molten rock (magma) moves through the Earth's crust to feed volcanic eruptions.
**New insight into how magma feeds volcanic eruptions** :: A novel research study by scientists at the University of Liverpool has provided new insights into how molten rock (magma) moves through the Earth's crust to feed volcanic eruptions. Using laboratory experiments involving water, jelly and laser imaging, researchers were able to demonstrate how magma magma flows through the Earth's crust to the surface through magma-filled cracks called dykes.
**New insight into how magma feeds volcanic eruptions** :: Researchers have provided new insights into how molten rock (magma) moves through the Earth's crust to feed volcanic eruptions. Using laboratory experiments involving water, jelly and laser imaging, researchers were able to demonstrate how magma magma flows through the Earth's crust to the surface through magma-filled cracks called dykes.
**New insight into plants' self-defense** :: Chloroplasts are the ultimate green machines—the parts of plant cells that turn sunlight into food in a fairly famous process known as photosynthesis.
**New insight into plants' self-defense** :: Researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of California-Davis have uncovered new details of how chloroplasts move about in times of trouble. It's the fundamental kind of research information that helps scientists understand plant biology and could help farmers prevent crop loss.
**New insights on the neurobiology of dying** :: A new Annals of Neurology study provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. For the study, investigators performed continuous patient monitoring following Do Not Resuscitate – Comfort Care orders in patients with devastating brain injury to investigate the mechanisms and timing of events in the brain and the circulation during the dying process.
**New insights on the neurobiology of dying** :: A new study provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. For the study, investigators performed continuous patient monitoring following Do Not Resuscitate – Comfort Care orders in patients with devastating brain injury to investigate the mechanisms and timing of events in the brain and the circulation during the dying process.
**New interaction mechanism of proteins discovered** :: Researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in which proteins interact with one another and cells organize themselves. This new mechanism involves two fully unstructured proteins forming an ultra-high-affinity complex due to their opposite net charge. Proteins usually bind one another as a result of perfectly matching shapes in their three-dimensional structures.
**New interaction mechanism of proteins discovered** :: UZH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in which proteins interact with one another and cells organize themselves. This new mechanism involves two fully unstructured proteins forming an ultra-high-affinity complex due to their opposite net charge. Proteins usually bind one another as a result of perfectly matching shapes in their three-dimensional structures.
**New interaction mechanism of proteins discovered** :: UZH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in which proteins interact with one another and cells organize themselves. This new mechanism involves two fully unstructured proteins forming an ultra-high-affinity complex due to their opposite net charge. Proteins usually bind one another as a result of perfectly matching shapes in their three-dimensional structures.
**New link between gut bacteria and obesity** :: Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new link between gut bacteria and obesity. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome.
**New link between gut bacteria and obesity** :: Researchers have discovered a new link between gut bacteria and obesity. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome.
**New mapping shows just how much fishing impacts the world’s seas** :: Industrial fishing now occurs across 55 percent of the world’s ocean area while only 34 percent of Earth’s land area is used for agriculture or grazing.
**New Maps Reveal Global Fishing's 'Vast Scope Of Exploitation Of The Ocean'** :: Researchers have used radio transmissions to track the movement of fishing vessels and create stunning maps of fishing activity. The maps show that fishing covers most of the globe's oceans. (Image credit: Global Fishing Watch)
**New method could help quantify untapped natural gas reservoirs** :: More than 30 states have shale formations that harbor natural gas underground, according to the Energy Information Administration. But industry experts can't agree on exactly how much fuel is inside. That's because natural gas and other hydrocarbons lie inside nano-scale, difficult-to-measure pores in shale rocks, which have properties that are not yet understood.
**New method uses light and gold nanoparticles for highly targeted, non-invasive drug delivery** :: Over the last century, there has been astounding progress in medical science, leading to the development of efficient, effective medications for treating cancer and a wide variety of other diseases. But the random dispersion of drugs throughout the body often lowers their effectiveness and, even worse, damages healthy tissue. A prime example of this is the use of chemotherapy drugs, which work to
**New mutant coral symbiont alga able to switch off symbiosis** :: Researchers in Japan have identified the first spontaneous mutant coral symbiont alga that doesn't maintain a symbiotic relationship with its host.
**New mutant coral symbiont alga able to switch symbiosis off** :: Researchers have identified the first spontaneous mutant coral symbiont alga to not maintain a symbiotic relationship with its host.
**New neurons in the adult brain are involved in sensory learning** :: Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have demonstrated that the new neurons produced in adults react preferentially to reward-related sensory stimuli and help speed up the association between sensory information and reward. Adult-born neurons therefore play an important role in both the identification of a sensory stimulus and the positive value associated with that sensory experience
**New neurons in the adult brain are involved in sensory learning** :: Scientists have demonstrated that the new neurons produced in adults react preferentially to reward-related sensory stimuli and help speed up the association between sensory information and reward. Adult-born neurons therefore play an important role in both the identification of a sensory stimulus and the positive value associated with that sensory experience. The neurons generated shortly after b
**New paper links ancient drawings and the origins of language** :: When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests an MIT professor.
**New partnership aids sustainable growth with Earth observations** :: NASA and the nonprofit Conservation International are partnering to use global Earth observations from space to improve regional efforts that assess natural resources for conservation and sustainable management.
**New portable, high performance device analyses toxic gases and air pollutants** :: Against a backdrop of increased concern about the safety of traded cargo across Europe, the EU-funded IRON project has developed a handheld device for sub-parts per billion (ppb) gas detection based on proprietary mid-infrared laser spectroscopy, combined with patented photoacoustic technology.
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**New quantum memory stores information for hours** :: Storing information in a quantum memory system is a difficult challenge, as the data is usually quickly lost. At TU Wien, ultra-long storage times have now been achieved using tiny diamonds.
**New research fails to support efficacy of desvenlafaxine for treating MDD in adolescents** :: New studies in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) reported negative outcomes, failing to support the effectiveness of desvenlafaxine (Pristiq, Pfizer) compared to placebo.
**New research sheds light on prehistoric human migration in europe** :: The first farmers of northern and western Europe passed through southeastern Europe with limited hunter-gatherer genetic admixture, which occurs when two or more previously isolated populations begin interbreeding. However, some groups that remained mixed extensively — without the male-biased, hunter-gatherer admixture that prevailed later in the North and West.
**New staining method enables Nano-CT imaging of tissue samples** :: To date, examining patient tissue samples has meant cutting them into thin slices for histological analysis. This could change, thanks to a new staining method devised by an interdisciplinary team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This allows specialists to investigate three-dimensional tissue samples using the nano-CT system also recently developed at TUM.
**New strategy to target transcription factor STAT5 to combat leukaemia** :: Acute myeloid leukaemia is the most common type of acute cancer of the blood and bone marrow in adults. AML progresses quickly and only 26 percent of the patients survive longer than 5 years as resistance against established treatments arises. The most common molecular cause is FLT3 mutations, which result in hyper-activation of STAT5. A researcher consortium now reports on an early preclinical de
**New studies help researchers evaluate, improve genome engineering in bacteria** :: Researchers in the lab of geneticist George Church at Harvard Medical School have made two new advances in their ongoing efforts to safely and precisely expand the genetic code of life.
**New study brings Antarctic ice loss into sharper focus** :: A NASA study based on an innovative technique for crunching torrents of satellite data provides the clearest picture yet of changes in Antarctic ice flow into the ocean. The findings confirm accelerating ice losses from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and reveal surprisingly steady rates of flow from its much larger neighbor to the east.
**New study suggests hormone therapy helps reduce curvature of the spine** :: The Women's Health Initiative found that hormone therapy (HT) use was associated with a reduction in vertebral fracture risk. A new study shows these same benefits may also guard against a woman's risk of developing hyperkyphosis, an exaggerated curvature of the spine that creates a forward stooped posture. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Me
**New study: It's not quackery—antidepressants work. Period.** :: Antidepressants actually do work for a majority of people who try them, a new study asserts. Read More
**New symmetry-breaking method opens way for bioactive compounds** :: Chemists have developed a new catalytic method for symmetry breaking. The method can help synthesize important building blocks for bioactive compounds such as anticancer drugs.
**New symmetry-breaking method opens way for bioactive compounds** :: EPFL chemists have developed a new catalytic method for symmetry breaking. Published in Angewandte Chemie, the method can help synthesize important building blocks for bioactive compounds such as anticancer drugs.
**New symmetry-breaking method opens way for bioactive compounds** :: Many chemical molecules can exist in nature together with their mirror counterparts; like hands, two compounds can be made up of the same atoms in the same overall structure but in opposite orientations, i.e. left-handed and right-handed. This phenomenon of symmetry is called "chirality", and can give mirror counterparts ("enantiomers") entirely different chemical properties. A famous and tragic e
**New therapeutic gel shows promise against cancerous tumors** :: Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner. The results in animal models so far suggest this approach could one day ramp up therapeutic benefits for patients bearing tumors or after removal of the primary tumors.
**New tool tells bioengineers when to build microbial teams** :: Researchers at Duke University have created a framework for helping bioengineers determine when to use multiple lines of cells to manufacture a product. The work could help a variety of industries that use bacteria to produce chemicals ranging from pharmaceuticals to fragrances.
**New tool tells bioengineers when to build microbial teams** :: Researchers at Duke University have created a framework for helping bioengineers determine when to use multiple lines of cells to manufacture a product. The work could help a variety of industries that use bacteria to produce chemicals ranging from pharmaceuticals to fragrances.
**New US tax law brings Warren Buffett a nice check: $29 billion** :: Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, received a stunning $29 billion check last year from the US government, thanks to a new tax law that massively lowered corporate tax rates.
**New weakness discovered in sleeping sickness pathogen** :: Trypanosomes are single-celled parasites that cause diseases such as human African sleeping sickness and Nagana in animals. But they are also used in basic research as a model system to study fundamental biological questions. Researchers of the University of Bern have now investigated how trypanosomes equally distribute their "power plant" to the daughter cells during cell division. The discovered
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**Newly designed molecule binds nitrogen** :: Chemists from the University of Würzburg have developed a boron-based molecule capable of binding nitrogen without assistance from a transition metal. This might be the first step towards the energy-saving production of fertilizers.
**Newly designed molecule binds nitrogen** :: Chemists have developed a boron-based molecule capable of binding nitrogen without assistance from a transition metal. This might be the first step towards the energy-saving production of fertilizers.
**Newly designed molecule binds nitrogen** :: Wheat, millet and maize all need nitrogen to grow. Fertilisers therefore contain large amounts of nitrogenous compounds, which are usually synthesised by converting nitrogen to ammonia in the industrial Haber-Bosch process, named after its inventors. This technology is credited with feeding up to half of the present world population.
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**Next biggest danger to the environment? Household cleaners.** :: A new study of Los Angeles finds that as car emissions are being reduced household chemicals are taking their place as the main cause of air pollution. Read More
**NIST expertise helps protect Emancipation Proclamation at African American History Museum** :: This month, two seminal documents in American history—the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution—went on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).
**Nitrogen fixation and reduction at boron** :: Currently, the only compounds known to support fixation and functionalization of dinitrogen (N 2 ) under nonmatrix conditions are based on metals. Here we present the observation of N 2 binding and reduction by a nonmetal, specifically a dicoordinate borylene. Depending on the reaction conditions under which potassium graphite is introduced as a reductant, N 2 binding to two borylene units result
**No, Drinking Alcohol Won't Make You Live Past 90** :: Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may not make people live longer, despite the findings of a massive study of retirees.
**No, Medical-Marijuana Legalization Doesn't Make Teens Smoke More Pot** :: Medical-marijuana legalization doesn't seem to lead to an increase in pot usage for teenagers.
**Noninvasive optical sensors provide real-time brain monitoring after stroke** :: Each year, nearly 800,000 people in the U.S. experience a stroke, and almost 90 percent of those are ischemic strokes in which a clot cuts off blood flow to part of the brain. To prevent further injury, blood flow to the brain must be restored as quickly as possible. In a new study, researchers show that non-invasive optical sensors can provide clinicians with real-time feedback on whether clot bu
**Not all dogs eat poop, but the ones that do like it fresh** :: Animals Somewhat surprisingly, poodles rarely partake. Sometimes, dogs have a desire to consume either their own or other dogs’ feces. This behavior is called coprophagy, and, unsurprisingly, many dog owners don’t like it.
**Novel mechanism behind schizophrenia uncovered** :: Researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism in which a protein–neuregulin 3–controls how key neurotransmitters are released in the brain during schizophrenia. The protein is elevated in people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses, but the study is the first to investigate how it causes such severe mental illness.
**Novel search strategy advances the hunt for primordial black holes** :: Some theories of the early universe predict density fluctuations that would have created small "primordial black holes," some of which could be drifting through our galactic neighborhood today and might even be bright sources of gamma rays.
**Novel technology could allow researchers to develop and test new antimalaria drugs** :: One of the biggest obstacles to eradicating malaria is a dormant form of the parasite that lurks in the livers of some patients. This dormant form is resistant to most antimalarial drugs and can reawaken months or years later, causing disease relapse.
**NSF to Close Overseas Offices** :: The agency announces that the fixed offices and staffing will be replaced with short-term expeditions to foster collaboration.
**Ny bog fortæller historien om, hvordan Danmark fik vinger** :: I en spændende bog beskriver historikeren Flemming Petersen det danske vindmølleeventyr som det stykke danmarkshistorie, det er.
**Ny bog udforsker dommedagsfantasien over dem alle** :: Selvom Johannes’ Åbenbaring beskriver firehovede monstre, tidernes ende og kampen mod Antikrist,…
**Ny forskning: Hård træning gør dig mindre sulten** :: Hvis du træner intensivt i cirka en time, øger du koncentrationen af et appetitsænkende hormon, viser en ny undersøgelse.
**Ny kunstig hud kan føle, hele og vokse sammen igen** :: Amerikanske forskere udvikler kunstig hud baseret på nanopartikler, der kan give os langt bedre kunstige lemmer.
**Nye senfølgecentre er »fremtidens musik«** :: Med en økonomisk indsprøjtning fra sidste års Knæk Cancer-indsamling i ryggen skal tre ny senfølgecentre hjælpe de mange patienter, som lever med fysiske og psykosociale følger til en kræftbehandling. Senfølgeproblemer har hidtil stået i skyggen, men centrene markerer begyndelsen på et nyt behandlingsparadigme, lyder forhåbning fra en centerleder.
**Nyt center skal forebygge senfølger efter brystkræft** :: Den høje overlevelse blandt patienter, der er behandlet for brystkræft, betyder, at senfølger i stadig større grad bliver en udfordring, som sundhedsvæsenet bør tage alvorligt, siger professor Peer Christiansen, der skal lede det nye center for senfølger efter brystkræftbehandling.
**NYU researchers adapt HIV test in developing rapid diagnostic test for Zika virus** :: Researchers at New York University College of Dentistry, in collaboration with Rheonix, Inc., are developing a novel test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus in a fraction of the time of current commercial tests.
**Observing and controlling ultrafast processes with attosecond resolution** :: Many chemical processes run so quickly that they are only roughly understood. To clarify these processes, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed a methodology with a resolution of quintillionths of a second. The new technology could enhance the understanding of processes like photosynthesis and contribute to the development of faster computer chips.
**Ocean array alters view of Atlantic conveyor** :: 0003d
**Oil-eating microbes are challenged in the Arctic** :: Bacteria play a major role in cleaning up oil spills and mitigating its environmental impacts. In a new paper, researchers examine the major limiting factors for microbial degradation in Arctic environments.
**Oil-eating microbes are challenged in the Arctic** :: New economic developments in the Arctic, such as trans-Arctic shipping and oil exploitation, will bring along unprecedented risks of marine oil spills. The world is therefore calling for a thorough understanding of the resilience and "self-cleaning" capacity of Arctic ecosystems to recover from oil spills.
**OL-atlet: Sådan mikser man karrieren med topidræt** :: Kompromiser er nødvendige, så udskyd eksempelvis drømmejobbet, hvis din nuværende stilling levner bedre tid til sport. Det anbefaler Lina Almind Knudsen, som kombinerer molekylærdiagnostik med medaljejagt.
**Olympians Are Using Nonalcoholic Beer As Recovery Drinks. Here's The Science** :: Today's Olympians have been swept up in a new trend largely emerging from Bavaria: nonalcoholic athletic recovery beers. Do they really work? We look at the evidence. (Image credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images )
**On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile** :: A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. The water appears to be present day and night, though it's not necessarily easily accessible.
**On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile** :: A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain.
**On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile** :: A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain.
**On the other hand… | Tim Adams** :: It’s never been easy for people to change their mind. But in a world of social media and polarised opinion, the stakes are now even higher. Time for a listening revolution In the past week, the spectacle of the American gun lobby facing down the bereaved families of Parkland, Florida , has been difficult to watch. So close to the latest tragedy, the insistence on the sanctity of the right to bear
**Oncotarget: Cancer pioneer employs physics to approach cancer in last research article** :: In the cover article of Tuesday's issue of Oncotarget, James Frost, MD, PhD, Kenneth Pienta, MD, and the late Donald Coffey, Ph.D., use a theory of physical and biophysical symmetry to derive a new conceptualization of cancer. Co-author Dr. Coffey, ex-deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Professor of Urology, died before this paper was published at 85.
**One Hundred Years of the Olympics in Film** :: The first filmed footage of the Olympics comes from the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm—the fifth edition of a global sporting competition that was still in its infancy. The newsreels predate both world wars and the invention of the television. They come from a time when the Olympics still held art competitions (in five mediums, no less, including painting and sculpture) and didn’t allow women to
**One thing leads to another: Causal chains link health, development, and conservation** :: The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex and dynamic, and researchers have developed numerous models and theories for describing them. They include attempts to bridge traditional academic boundaries, uniting fields of study under rubrics such as social-ecological frameworks, coupled human and natural systems, ecosystem services, and resilience theory. However, the
**One thing leads to another: Causal chains link health, development, and conservation** :: The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex, and recent scholarship has developed a number of models for describing them. Unfortunately, these efforts have been constrained by varying practices and a lack of agreement among practitioners on consistent practices. Jiangxiao Qiu, an Assistant Professor in Landscape Ecology at the University of Florida, and his colleague
**Online Support for the Parkland Shooting Survivors Tops This Week's Internet News** :: Students have taken the gun control to debate to a new level online and off.
**Open data help scientists to unravel Earth systems** :: Understanding nature and its processes has greatly benefited from open data. Open remotely sensed data make hard-to-reach wilderness areas more accessible—at least from above. These advances provide new opportunities for Earth system research, such as in a recent soil moisture study by BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab from the Department of Geosciences and Geography at the University of Helsinki.
**Open data help scientists unravel Earth systems** :: Understanding nature and its processes has greatly benefitted from open data. Open remotely sensed data make hard-to-reach wilderness areas more accessible — at least from above. These advances provide new opportunities for Earth system research.
**Opening Mental Hospitals Unlikely to Prevent Mass Shootings, Experts Say** :: Donald Trump Americans
**Operation Gunnerside: The Norwegian Attack on Heavy Water that Deprived the Nazis of the Atomic Bomb** :: February 28 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and important military missions of World War II — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Operational Excellence – DTE Energy** :: It can be done: achieving operational excellence by reducing operating costs while increasing customer satisfaction.
**Operational Excellence – Golden State Foods** :: How to enable innovation in operational excellence by thinking big, starting small and going fast.
**Operational Excellence – Sears Home Services** :: The tall order of connected devices: how to harness a decade of data to assess that an appliance needs to be fixed before it breaks.
**Opioid abuse leads to heroin use and a hepatitis C epidemic, researcher says** :: Heroin is worse than other drugs because people inject it much sooner, potentially resulting in increased risk of injection-related epidemics such as hepatitis C and HIV, a new study shows. As more people use opioids, many switch to heroin because it's more potent and cheaper — a trend that complicates disease prevention as health officials crack down on opioids.
**Opioid abuse leads to heroin use and a hepatitis C epidemic, USC researcher says** :: Heroin is worse than other drugs because people inject it much sooner, potentially resulting in increased risk of injection-related epidemics such as hepatitis C and HIV, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study shows. As more people use opioids, many switch to heroin because it's more potent and cheaper – a trend that complicates disease prevention as health officials crack down on opioids.
**Opossums don’t like snow but have invaded N. Dakota** :: New research documents ongoing northward range expansion of the common Virginia opossum—and one unlucky opossum in particular. This individual opossum was first spotted in a suburban Grand Forks, North Dakota neighborhood in January 2017, eating sunflower seeds at the base of a birdfeeder. Someone later killed the animal with bow and arrow, as the Grand Forks Herald reported with the headline “Gr
**Orbiting Tesla Roadster has 6 percent chance of hitting Earth in the next million years** :: What goes up must come down, somewhere or other.
**Overlæger fra fagudvalg kritiserer Medicinrådets fravalg af Spinraza** :: Specialister fra fagudvalg kritiserer Medicinrådet for ikke at give dem frit talerum i deres vurdering af, hvorvidt Spinraza bør tilbydes som standardbehandling til muskelsvindstypen SMA.
**Ozone Pollution Grows, but It Can Be Fixed** :: Technology can be improved in developed countries, and spread much more widely in developing countries — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Palladium catalyst speeds up two separate reactions, making useful molecules in a single process** :: A palladium catalyst developed by A*STAR researchers offers a reliable and efficient way to create a molecular structure that is commonly found in medicines and electronic materials.
**Patient-derived organoids model treatment response of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers** :: Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) have recently emerged as robust preclinical models; however, their potential to predict clinical outcomes in patients has remained unclear. We report on a living biobank of PDOs from metastatic, heavily pretreated colorectal and gastroesophageal cancer patients recruited in phase 1/2 clinical trials. Phenotypic and genotypic profiling of PDOs showed a high degree
**Patients Eagerly Awaited a Generic Drug. Then They Saw the Price.** :: Teva Pharmaceuticals announced it would sell a “lower-cost" alternative to Syprine, an old drug that costs more than $21,000. But the new generic version costs nearly as much.
**Patients with advanced cancer may be less competent to make decisions than doctors think** :: Forty-four percent of patients with advanced cancer but only eight percent of healthy adults showed impaired understanding; Forty-nine percent of patients and eight percent of healthy adults showed impaired appreciation; and 85.4 percent of patients versus 10 percent of healthy adults showed impaired reasoning.
**Patterning a hyperbolic metasurface** :: 0003d
**Paul Manafort's Fate Is Sealed** :: There should be no denying Paul Manafort’s fate. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s list of charges keeps on swelling—a repeatedly amended compendium of malfeasance that is now so long and so pointillistic that it could be only defused by a world-historic prosecutorial gaffe. Despite this seeming comprehensiveness, each fresh filing in court contains a moment where the special prosecutor winks at h
**Perceptions of God make Democrats more conservative, Republicans more liberal in some ways** :: Republicans who believe that God is highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats — more liberal — when it comes to social and economic justice issues, according to a Baylor University study analyzing data from the Baylor Religion Survey.
**Perceptions of God make Democrats more conservative, Republicans more liberal in some ways** :: Republicans who believe that God is highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats—more liberal—when it comes to social and economic justice issues, according to a Baylor University study.
**PerkinElmer: Better Understand Complex Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment** :: See the bigger picture.
**Permafrost Experiments Mimic Alaska’s Climate-Changed Future** :: In the permafrost zone near Denali, an expanse of tundra bristles with so many sensors and cables that it resembles an outdoor ICU ward.
**Personalized mini-tumors could predict when cancer drugs will work** :: 0003d
**Personalized stem cell treatment may offer relief for multiple sclerosis** :: Scientists have shown in mice that skin cells re-programmed into brain stem cells, transplanted into the central nervous system, help reduce inflammation and may be able to help repair damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS).
**Peter Thiel Is a Flawed Messenger With a Crucial Message for Tech** :: The billionaire investor says Silicon Valley is unprepared for a coming wave of regulation.
**Phase I clinical trial shows some promise for investigational drug for melanoma** :: In JCI Insight, UNC Lineberger's Stergios Moschos, MD, and colleagues published the results of a phase I, multi-institution clinical trial for an investigational treatment for melanoma and other cancers with mutations in the BRAF or RAS genes.
**PHAT Life: Effective HIV intervention for youth in the criminal justice system** :: A group risk-reduction intervention that uses role-playing, videos, games, and skill-building exercises to promote knowledge about HIV/AIDS, positive coping, and problem-solving skills for high-risk teens in the juvenile justice system, showed great potential for reducing sexual risk-taking. The findings were published in Health Psychology and funded by the National Institute on Minority Health an
**Phishing success linked to incentives and sticking to an effective strategy** :: A new study focusing on the attacker — a largely ignored but crucial aspect of phishing — identifies successful and less successful strategies. It also reveals that attackers are motivated by quicker and larger rewards — with creative individuals putting more effort into constructing these malicious emails. Insights from the study can be used to develop tools and training procedures to detect p
**Phishing success linked to incentives and sticking to an effective strategy** :: Not all phishing campaigns work, but when an attacker perseveres with a strategy that does it is the key to their success. That's the finding of a new study focusing on the attacker, a largely ignored but crucial aspect of phishing. In addition to identifying successful strategies, it also reveals that attackers are motivated by quicker and larger rewards—with creative individuals putting more eff
**Photos of the Week: Dancing Noses, Olympic Jumps, Analog Astronauts** :: A flour war in Greece, mountain hares in Scotland, a massive blue rooster in Washington, D.C., flying sparks in China, the Mach Loop in Wales, students marching against guns in the U.S., curling and skicross in Pyeongchang, a soaring rocket above California, and much more.
**Photos: Teenagers Demand 'Never Again' in an Age of Mass Shootings** :: A week after 17 people were murdered in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, teenagers across South Florida, in areas near Washington, D.C., and in other parts of the United States walked out of their classrooms to stage protests against the horror of school shootings and to advocate for gun law reforms. Student survivors of the attack at Marjory Stoneman
**Physical exercise reduces risk of developing diabetes, study shows** :: Exercising more reduces the risk of diabetes and could see seven million fewer diabetic patients across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, according to new research.
**Physicist Michio Kaku – Timid Monkeys on Mars – Think Again – a Big Think Podcast #136** :: Terraforming Mars. Beaming your consciousness to Alpha Centauri. It's the end of the world as we know it, and Dr. Kaku feels fine. Read More
**Physicists contribute to dark matter detector success** :: In researchers' quest for evidence of dark matter, physicist Andrea Pocar of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his students have played an important role in designing and building a key part of the argon-based DarkSide-50 detector located underground in Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory.
**Physicists Plan Antimatter's First Outing–in a Van** :: Researchers intend to transport the elusive material between labs and use it to study the strange behavior of rare radioactive nuclei — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Plastic straws could be banned, suggests Michael Gove** :: The environment secretary suggests outlawing plastic straws could be easier after Brexit.
**Playing both ends: Amphibian adapted to varied evolutionary pressures** :: Caecilian, Siphonops annulatus, a limbless amphibian found throughout Brazil, has a concentration of enlarged mucous glands in its head region and a concentration of enlarged poison glands in its posterior region. These concentration appear to have evolved from different selective pressures: the ability to tunnel into the ground and to defend oneself from predators.
**Playing both ends: Amphibian adapted to varied evolutionary pressures** :: Caecilian, Siphonops annulatus, a limbless amphibian found throughout Brazil, has a concentration of enlarged mucous glands in its head region and a concentration of enlarged poison glands in its posterior region. These concentration appear to have evolved from different selective pressures: the ability to tunnel into the ground and to defend oneself from predators.
**Playing both ends: Amphibian adapted to varied evolutionary pressures** :: Caecilians are serpent-like creatures, but they're not snakes or giant worms. The limbless amphibians, related to frogs and salamanders, favor tropical climates of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Most live in burrows of their own making; some are aquatic.
**Politics this week** :: 0003d
**Politiker: Midtjylland mangler 100 psykiatriske sengepladser i forhold til andre regioner** :: Jacob Isøe Klærke, der er formand for psykiatri- og socialudvalget i Region Midt, vil arbejde for, at Region Midt får betydeligt flere sengepladser. Det var et af budskaberne på udvalgets møde med personalet i Risskov i går.
**PornBots invaderer Danmark** :: De seneste to uger er danske twitter-brugere blevet fulgt flittigt af falske twitter-kontoer. Bølgen af de såkaldte PornBots skyldes formodentligt, at danskere er blevet rekrutteret til at tage del i svindelnummeret.
**Portable biosensor warns of heart attack and stroke** :: A team of researchers from National Tsing Hua University and National Cheng Kung University, both in Taiwan, has developed a low-cost, portable medical sensor package that has the potential to alert users of medical issues ranging from severe heart conditions to cancer, according to a study published in the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology.
**Portable ultrasound: Post-prison follow up could improve care of patients with kidney disease** :: How using portable ultrasound can help better detect fluid in the lungs of people with end-stage renal disease and a proposed better way to help inmates with ESRD navigate the free world.
**Portable ultrasound; post-prison follow up could improve care of patients with kidney disease** :: How using portable ultrasound can help better detect fluid in the lungs of people with end-stage renal disease and a proposed better way to help inmates with ESRD navigate the free world.
**Portrayals of doctors in comics have become more realistic, nuanced** :: The images of doctors found in comics can be comforting, such as the authoritative and compassionate "Rex Morgan, M.D.," or bizarre, as in the case of Marvel Comics character Dr. Strange, a neurosurgeon turned sorcerer.
**Positive results for larotrectinib against TRK-fusion cancer** :: 55 patients representing 17 cancer types tested positive for TRK fusion and were treated with larotrectinib. Overall response rate was 75 percent.
**Postnatal depression has life-long impact on mother-child relations** :: Postnatal depression (PND) can impact the quality of relationships between mother and child into adult life, and have a negative influence on the quality of relationships between grandmothers and grandchildren, new research has discovered.
**Precision cancer therapy effective in both children and adults** :: Three quarters of patients, both adults and children, with a variety of advanced cancers occurring in different sites of the body responded to larotrectinib, a novel therapy that targets a specific genetic mutation. Results of a phase 1/2 trial have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Unlike most cancer therapies, this oral treatment is based on the genetic traits of the tumor a
**Pregnant women with hypertension can safely monitor their blood pressure at home** :: A new Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology study provides evidence that pregnant women with hypertension can safely monitor their blood pressure at home instead of going into a hospital or clinic. This reduces the number of hospital visits without compromising their health of the health of their babies.
**Prehistoric lizards could sprint on two legs** :: Animals Fossilized footprints provide new insight on ancient lizard behavior Fossilized lizard footprints dating back to the Cretaceous indicate the little scaly beasts could get up and run on two legs.
**Preventing the misdiagnosis of cellulitis** :: A new study finds early dermatology consultation for presumptive cellulitis can improve patient outcomes, reduce costs and reduce hospitalization.
**Preventing the misdiagnosis of cellulitis** :: This study finds early dermatology consultation for presumptive cellulitis can improve patient outcomes, reduce costs & reduce hospitalization.
**Prevention is better than cure: Targeted vaccination to halt epidemics** :: Amidst growing concerns over the low uptake of flu shots in Europe, scientists from the Italian National Research Council and the JRC confirm that vaccinations remain the best way forward when it comes to stopping the spread of infectious diseases.
**Prevention is better than cure: Targeted vaccination to halt epidemics** :: Scientists at the Joint Research centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service, simulated real-world social networks to assess the best strategies for halting epidemics.
**Prevention is better than cure: Targeted vaccination to halt epidemics** :: Scientists simulated real-world social networks to assess the best strategies for halting epidemics.
**Private browsing gets more private** :: A new MIT system uses JavaScript decryption algorithms embedded in web pages and code obfuscation to patch security holes left open by web browsers' private-browsing functions.
**Private browsing gets more private** :: A new system uses JavaScript decryption algorithms embedded in web pages and code obfuscation to patch security holes left open by web browsers' private-browsing functions.
**Programming a DNA Clock** :: Engineers have created a DNA-based chemical oscillator, opening the door to molecular computing — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Proposed Exomoon Defies Formation Theories** :: The mysterious object could be the first moon found beyond our solar system—or something else entirely — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Protein active in life-threatening allergic reactions is a promising target for therapy** :: In a recently published study supported by Food Allergy Research & Education, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have described a signaling pathway that can contribute to the dangerous circulatory and respiratory symptoms of anaphylaxis. The pathway, which promotes fluid loss from blood vessels into surrounding tissues, includes the interleukin-4 receptor, a protein that
**Protein levels in spinal fluid correlate to posture and gait difficulty in Parkinson's** :: Levels of a protein found in the brain called alpha-synuclein (α-syn) are significantly lower than normal in cerebrospinal fluid collected in Parkinson's disease patients suffering from postural instability and gait difficulty, a study led by movement disorders experts at Rush University Medical Center has found.
**Protein levels in spinal fluid correlate to posture and gait difficulty in Parkinson's** :: Levels of a protein found in the brain called alpha-synuclein are significantly lower than normal in cerebrospinal fluid collected in Parkinson's disease patients suffering from postural instability and gait difficulty, a study has found.
**Providers more likely to dismiss young women’s heart attack signs** :: Young women who report heart attack symptoms are more likely to have their providers dismiss them as not heart-related, according to a new study. The research examined the relationship between gender, self-reported symptoms, perception of symptoms, and self-reported care-seeking among patients 55 years and younger who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). While the differences
**PSU study: Pro-diversity policies make companies more innovative and profitable** :: PSU business school professor's research shows that companies that hire a more diverse set of employees are rewarded with a richer pipeline of innovative products and a stronger financial position.
**Putting black skin cancer to sleep — for good** :: An international research team has succeeded in stopping the growth of malignant melanoma by reactivating a protective mechanism that prevents tumor cells from dividing. The team used chemical agents to block the enzymes responsible for erasing epigenetic marks at the DNA. This discovery has potential for use in future combination therapies.
**Putting distance between protein relatives** :: 0003d
**Q&A: The Ocean Breathes So We Can, Too** :: Marine life produces about half the oxygen in our atmosphere.
**Quantum computers are finally here. What are we going to do with them?** :: Hello, quantum world.
**Quantum recurrence: Everything goes back to the way it was** :: When a complex system is left alone, it will return to its initial state with almost perfect precision. Gas particles in a container, for example, will return almost exactly to their starting positions after some time. For decades, scientists have investigated how this 'Poincaré Recurrence Theorem' can be applied to the world of quantum physics. Now, researchers at TU Wien (Vienna) have successful
**Quantum recurrence: Everything goes back to the way it was** :: When a complex system is left alone, it will return to its initial state with almost perfect precision. Gas particles in a container, for example, will return almost exactly to their starting positions after some time. For decades, scientists have investigated how this 'Poincaré Recurrence Theorem' can be applied to the world of quantum physics. Now, researchers have successfully demonstrated a ki
**Quantum-secure satellite communication** :: 0003d
**R&D Systems: Mimex Tissue Model Systems** :: The evolution of organoids
**Radio Atlantic: How Innocence Becomes Irrelevant** :: After Rick Magnis, a Texas judge, reviewed the evidence in Benjamine Spencer’s case, he recommended a new trial for Spencer “on the grounds of actual innocence." But Texas’s highest criminal court took the rare step of rejecting the judge’s ruling. Why? Because Spencer did not meet the state’s “Herculean" standard of unassailable proof, such as DNA, that would remove all doubts of his innocence.
**Rainfall's natural variation hides climate change signal** :: New research from The Australian National University (ANU) and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science suggests natural rainfall variation is so great that it could take a human lifetime for significant climate signals to appear in regional or global rainfall measures.
**Randers har rekord i at operere patienter med tyktarmskræft** :: For få år siden blev Aarhus Universitetshospital og Regionshospitalet Randers sammenlagt til en fælles kolorektal enhed. Det betyder, at Randers-kirurgerne i dag er dem, der på landsplan opererer flest patienter med tyktarmskræft. I 2017 havde de skalpellen i brug hele 250 gange.
**Rants and Raves: Strap On a Pair of Roller Skates and Wheel Away Your Worries** :: There is no bliss like owning your own pair of roller skates.
**Rapid detection of toxic compounds** :: NUS chemists have developed highly selective and sensitive sensors based on molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for the rapid onsite detection of toxic agents.
**Rare first moment of stellar explosion captured by amateur astronomer** :: An amateur astronomer testing his new camera captures the moment a supernova became visible in the night sky, which has helped an international team of researchers to test their theory about the beginning stages of a stellar explosion.
**Rash of forest fires breaks out in Indonesia** :: Indonesia was battling a rash of forest fires Wednesday as it raised an alert over the blazes which occur every year and emit choking smog that can envelop neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.
**Razor-sharp snowflakes are wreaking havoc on Olympians’ skis** :: Science In super-cold temperatures, it's more like skiing on sand than snow. Turns out that in the right temperatures, snowflakes can turn from fluffy sparkles into razor-sharp, ski-destroying spikes.
**Reaching new heights in laser-accelerated ion energy** :: A laser-driven ion acceleration scheme could lead to compact ion sources for established and innovative applications in science, medicine and industry.
**Readers weigh in on human gene editing and more** :: Readers debated feeling morally obligated to edit their kid's genes and had questions about exoplanets.
**Reason (and science) for hope** :: 0003d
**Receiver ‘wakes’ phone from sleep mode when you need it** :: Researchers have developed a wake-up receiver that turns on a shut-off device at a moment’s notice in response to incoming ultrasonic signals—signals outside the range that humans can hear. The receiver could help extend the battery life of wireless devices. By working at a significantly smaller wavelength and switching from radio waves to ultrasound, this receiver is much smaller than similar wa
**Recurrences in an isolated quantum many-body system** :: It is one of the most astonishing results of physics—when a complex system is left alone, it will return to its initial state with almost perfect precision. Gas particles, for example, chaotically swirling around in a container, will return almost exactly to their starting positions after some time. The Poincaré Recurrence Theorem is the foundation of modern chaos theory. For decades, scientists h
**Rediscovered Andy Warhol interview explores pop art and queerness** :: A new paper in the Oxford Art Journal examines the significance of a newly discovered recoding of Andy Warhol's famous 1963 interview with Gene Swenson, published in ARTnews under the heading "What is Pop Art?" The printed interview omitted a large part of the recording, which actually starts with the question "What do you say about homosexuals?" Warhol's early and explicit on-the-record statement
**Rediscovered Andy Warhol interview explores pop art and queerness** :: A new paper in the Oxford Art Journal examines the significance of a newly discovered recoding of Andy Warhol's famous 1963 interview with Gene Swenson, published in ARTnews under the heading 'What is Pop Art?' The printed interview omitted a large part of the recording, which actually starts with the question 'What do you say about homosexuals?' Warhol's early and explicit on-the-record statement
**Reducing failed deliveries, truck parking time could improve downtown Seattle congestion, new report finds** :: In Amazon's hometown, people turn to their computers to order everything from groceries to last-minute birthday presents to the odd toothbrush or medication forgotten from the store.
**Refugees want empowerment, not handouts | Robert Hakiza** :: The prevailing image of where refugees live is of temporary camps in isolated areas — but in reality, nearly 60 percent of them worldwide end up in urban areas. TED Fellow Robert Hakiza takes us inside the lives of urban refugees — and shows us how organizations like the one that he started can provide them with the skills they need to ultimately become self-sufficient.
**Reinventing the inductor** :: A basic building block of modern technology, inductors are everywhere: cellphones, laptops, radios, televisions, cars. And surprisingly, they are essentially the same today as in 1831, when they were first created by English scientist Michael Faraday.
**Reinventing the inductor** :: A basic building block of modern technology, inductors are everywhere: cellphones, laptops, radios, televisions, cars. And surprisingly, they are essentially the same today as in 1831, when they were first created by English scientist Michael Faraday.
**Rejecting the Solutrean hypothesis: the first peoples in the Americas were not from Europe** :: A recent Canadian documentary promoted a fringe idea in American archaeology that’s both scientifically wrong and racist Last month’s release of The Ice Bridge , an episode in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation series The Nature of Things has once again revived public discussion of a controversial idea about how the Americas were peopled known as the “Solutrean hypothesis" . This idea suggests
**Relevant Skills: It's All Relative** :: From getting samples through customs to siphoning gas in the desert, the skills researchers need to develop for their work often extend far outside the traditional classroom — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Removing globally-used anxiety drug from wastewater at low cost** :: A low-cost, one-step method to remove the anxiety drug Diazepam from recycled water and wastewater, using titanium dioxide nanofibers has been developed by researchers headed by University of Johannesburg's Prof Vinod Kumar Gupta. Diazepam is used worldwide and is a member of the benzodiapezine drug group.
**Renaissance Mapmaker Was a Mastermind and a Copycat** :: The enormous, rotating map is filled with horribly drawn sea monsters.
**Reprogramming adult cells into induced pluripotency with unprecedented efficiency** :: A team of scientists has reported a more efficient approach to reprogramming a patient's diseased skin cells into stem cells, raising hopes for future clinical trials and potential cures for critical illnesses.
**Research challenges use of off-label drug to treat osteoarthritis** :: An off-label drug prescribed to treat osteoarthritis of the hand when conventional medication has failed is ineffective, according to new research. The study shows there was no benefit in taking hydroxychloroquine to control debilitating pain when compared to a placebo (dummy substance).
**Research into the family tree of today's horses sheds new light on the origins of the species** :: The earliest known domesticated horses are not at the root of today's modern breed's family tree, as had previously been thought, new research has shown.
**Researcher sets eyes on Saturn's largest moon** :: Co-led by a Western space scientist, NASA is exploring a revolutionary plan that could see a drone-like quadcopter buzz above the surface of Saturn's largest moon.
**Researchers achieve random access in large-scale DNA data storage** :: University of Washington and Microsoft researchers revealed today that they have taken a significant step forward in their quest to develop a DNA-based storage system for digital data. In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, the members of the Molecular Information Systems Laboratory (MISL) describe the science behind their world record-setting achievement of 200 megabytes stored in syntheti
**Researchers adapt HIV test in developing rapid diagnostic test for Zika virus** :: Researchers are developing a novel test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus in a fraction of the time of current commercial tests.
**Researchers bring high res magnetic resonance imaging to nanometer scale** :: A new technique that brings magnetic resonance imaging to the nanometer scale with unprecedented resolution will open the door for major advances in understanding new materials, virus particles and proteins that cause diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
**Researchers bring high-res magnetic resonance imaging to nanometer scale** :: A new technique that brings magnetic resonance imaging to the nanometer scale with unprecedented resolution will open the door for major advances in understanding new materials, virus particles and proteins that cause diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo used a new type of hardware and numerical algorithms to im
**Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle** :: Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens, that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major contributors to blurry images: focus, astigmatism, and image shift.
**Researchers develop new technology platform for cancer immunotherapy** :: Johns Hopkins scientists invent multifunctional antibody-ligand traps (Y-traps), a new class of cancer immunotherapeutics. They develop Y-traps comprising an antibody targeting an immune checkpoint (CTLA-4 or PD-L1) fused to a TGFβ trap. In humanized mouse models, these Y-traps reverse immune suppression and inhibit growth of tumors that do not respond to current immune checkpoint inhibitors.
**Researchers develop process producing cell-sized lipid vesicles for cell-cell synaptic therapies** ::
**Researchers develop process producing cell-sized lipid vesicles for cell-cell synaptic therapies** :: A team of researchers at the University of California in Irvine, California has demonstrated a novel process to produce cell-sized lipid vesicles (CLVs) from microfluidically generated double emulsion templates by investigating the interfacial parameters that control double emulsion stability for storage, and their subsequent dewetting to form multisomes or GUVs (subsets of CLVs). A report detaili
**Researchers develop process producing cell-sized lipid vesicles for cell-cell synaptic therapies** :: Novel and robust process to produce functionalized giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) on-demand from double emulsions templates results in artificial cells with surface ligand neuroligin-2 (NL-2) to promote insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells, demonstrating a versatile cell-cell synaptic therapeutic paradigm.
**Researchers discover novel exciton interactions in carbon nanotubes** :: Nanotechnology researchers studying small bundles of carbon nanotubes have discovered an optical signature showing excitons bound to a single nanotube are accompanied by excitons tunneling across closely interacting nanotubes. That quantum tunneling action could impact energy distribution in carbon nanotube networks, with implications for light-emitting films and light harvesting applications.
**Researchers engineered mice in which the damage caused by a mutant human TDP-43 protein could be reversed by one type of brain immune cell** :: submitted by /u/SophiaDevetzi [link] [comments]
**Researchers film bacteria using melee combat to steal antibiotic resistance genes** :: Researchers at the University of California San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation have identified the mechanism by which a clinically relevant bacterium may gain antibiotic resistance, and have come up with a model for predicting the conditions under which it spreads. The findings, which establish a framework for understanding, quantifying and hopefully combating the emergence of superbugs, w
**Researchers optimise broad beans for bees** :: Scientists from Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Cambridge have been taking part in an experiment to optimise broad beans to increase bee visitation rates; and their findings could benefit both the beans and the bees.
**Researchers reveal how one bacterium inhibits predators with poison** :: Infections caused by gram-negative bacteria such as salmonella, pneumococcus, and cholera are a major problem for patients with compromised immune systems, as well as for premature babies. Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) are bacterial predators that attack and feed on other gram-negative bacteria without harming humans. Therefore, the use of predatory bacteria has been suggested as an alte
**Researchers show microscopic wood nanocrystals make concrete stronger** :: Purdue University researchers studying whether concrete is made stronger by infusing it with microscopic-sized nanocrystals from wood are moving from the laboratory to the real world with a bridge that will be built in California this spring.
**Researchers track commercial fishing worldwide in near real-time** :: The global fishing fleet is so big it can be seen from space. Really.
**Researchers turn light upside down** :: Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and collaborators have reported in Science the development of a so-called hyperbolic metasurface on which light propagates with completely reshaped wafefronts. This scientific achievement toward more precise control and monitoring of light is highly interesting for miniaturizing optical devices for sensing and signal processing.
**Researchers uncover novel mechanism behind schizophrenia** :: An international team of researchers led by a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine scientist has uncovered a novel mechanism in which a protein–neuregulin 3–controls how key neurotransmitters are released in the brain during schizophrenia. The protein is elevated in people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses, but the study is the first to investigate how it causes
**Researchers use a molecular Trojan horse to deliver chemotherapeutic drug to cancer cells** :: A research team at the University of California, Riverside has discovered a way for chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to target migrating, or circulating, cancer cells, which are responsible for the development of tumor metastases. Until now, paclitaxel has only been used to target rapidly dividing cancer cells. The team was successful in getting the drug to piggyback on 123B9, an agent they devised to
**Researchers use plant fibres to develop green options for transport industry** :: University of Portsmouth researchers and teams from around the world are at the forefront of a drive to develop greener composite materials from agricultural waste to be used in the automotive, marine and aerospace industries.
**Researchers validate several fluctuation theorems for first time** :: Researchers at Purdue University have performed the first experimental tests of several fundamental theorems in thermodynamics, verifying the relationship between them and providing a better understanding of how nanoparticles behave under fluctuation.
**Resolvin D-1 limits kidney damage after heart attacks** :: A heart attack triggers an acute inflammatory response at the damaged portion of the heart's left ventricle. If the inflammation lingers, it can lead heart failure. The inflammation can also claim another victim — the kidneys. New research shows that a bioactive compound called resolvin D-1, injected as a therapeutic dose, is able to limit this collateral damage in the kidneys, as tested in an an
**Resolvin D-1 limits kidney damage after heart attacks** :: A heart attack triggers an acute inflammatory response at the damaged portion of the heart's left ventricle. If the inflammation lingers, it can lead heart failure. The inflammation can also claim another victim — the kidneys. New research shows that a bioactive compound called resolvin D-1, injected as a therapeutic dose, is able to limit this collateral damage in the kidneys, as tested in an an
**Response to Comment on "The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming"** :: Temperature records and model predictions demonstrate that deep soils warm at the same rate as surface soils, contrary to Xiao et al .’s assertions. In response to Xiao et al .’s critique of our Q 10 analysis, we present the results with all data points included, which show Q 10 values of >2 throughout the soil profile, indicating that all soil depths responded to warming.
**Retraining may be the best way to ease impending tech-driven job losses** :: 0003d
**Review: 'Dragon Quest Builders' a perfect fit on Nintendo Switch** :: It's impossible for me to keep up with every game. Dozens of titles launch every month and some are bound to fall to the wayside. That's how "Dragon Quest Builders" fell off my radar in 2016.
**Rising sea levels put Pacific salt marshes at risk for extinction, study finds** :: Climate change is dialing up the pressure on species around the world. Polar bears may be the most iconic example, but creatures from corals to elephants are all affected by a warming, changing planet.
**Robo-picker grasps and packs** :: A new robotic system could lend a hand with warehouse sorting and other picking or clearing tasks.
**Robotic crystals that walk n' roll** :: Scientists at Waseda University may have come a step closer to innovating soft robots to care for people. Its material, however, is something you may have never expected.
**Robotic crystals that walk n' roll** :: Scientists have developed robotic crystals that walk slowly like an inchworm and roll 20,000 times faster than its walking speed. These autonomously moving, organic crystals have great potential as material for soft robots in the future.
**Rock dusting on farms could cool the climate, so let’s try it** :: Crushed basalt applied to agricultural land could soak up billions of tons of carbon dioxide and boost crops. Let's put it to the test, says Olive Heffernan
**Rotteregister til rotterne: It-systemer taler ikke sammen** :: Den nationale database 'Rottereden' fungerer ikke, fordi kommunernes it-systemer ikke taler sammen. Det går ud over skadedyrsbekæmpelsen, mener Miljøstyrelsen.
**Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+: Price, Specs, Release Date** :: The new S9 looks almost like last year's S8, and that's completely intentional.
**Samsung set to launch new flagship smartphones** :: Samsung Electronics will unveil its next flagship smartphones—the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+—on Sunday, after it reported record profits in recent weeks and its vice chairman was released from prison.
**Sandhoff disease study shows proof of principle for gene therapy** :: NIH researchers studying a fatal childhood genetic illness called Sandhoff disease uncover new details about how it develops in utero that indicate gene therapy has potential.
**Saudi Arabia to invest $64 bn in entertainment in next decade** :: Saudi Arabia is to invest $64 billion in its entertainment sector over the coming decade, an official said Thursday, as the kingdom pursues a programme of social and economic reforms.
**Saving Koalas, and Other Marsupials, With Milk Almost as Good as Mom’s** :: When baby koalas or kangaroos need to be hand-reared, cow milk can sicken them. So a local company began creating custom formulas, and expanded to echidnas, sugar gliders and other Australian natives.
**Scaly Plastic Snakeskins Inch Immobile Robots Forward** :: These stretchy skins help robots move across rough surfaces, and potentially promote exploration and environmental monitoring. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Science matters for the census** :: 0003d
**Sciencewashing: How Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge Gentrify Cities** :: Steph Yin and Alexis Takahashi of Free Radicals speaking at Caveat. In front of a full house at Caveat in the Lower East Side of Manhattan on Wednesday evening, co-founders of the activist collective Free Radicals Steph Yin and Alexis Takahashi delivered a torrent of a talk that deftly exposed the role that science-making plays in the unjust economic tide that continues to sweep across cities aro
**Scientists Aim To Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century** :: Some scientists want to change the old-fashioned way scientific advancements are evaluated and communicated. But they have to overcome the power structure of the traditional journal vetting process. (Image credit: Mark Airs/Getty Images)
**Scientists create 'Evolutionwatch' for plants** :: Using a hitchhiking weed, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology reveal for the first time the mutation rate of a plant growing in the wild.
**Scientists create 'Evolutionwatch' for plants** :: Using a hitchhiking weed, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology reveal for the first time the mutation rate of a plant growing in the wild.
**Scientists create 'Evolutionwatch' for plants** :: Using a hitchhiking weed, scientists reveal for the first time the mutation rate of a plant growing in the wild.
**Scientists discover critical molecular biomarkers of preeclampsia** :: A new Tel Aviv University study identifies novel molecular biomarkers of preeclampsia, a sudden pregnancy complication, signaling the potential for an early diagnostic blood test.
**Scientists discover new nanoparticle, dubbed exomeres** :: A new cellular messenger discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists may help reveal how cancer cells co-opt the body's intercellular delivery service to spread to new locations in the body.
**Scientists discover new nanoparticle, dubbed exomeres** :: A new cellular messenger discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists may help reveal how cancer cells co-opt the body's intercellular delivery service to spread to new locations in the body.
**Scientists examine link between surface-water salinity, climate change** :: A Syracuse University researcher explores the impact of de-icing salt from roads and highways on a local watershed. She says their findings make her 'cautiously optimistic' about the watershed's future surface-water chloride concentrations.
**Scientists examine link between surface-water salinity, climate change** :: The interplay between surface-water salinity and climate change in Central New York is the subject of a recent paper by researchers in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences.
**Scientists find frustration in battery materials** :: Adding carbon atoms to a new type of solid lithium ion battery could make it charge faster and more safely.
**Scientists find molecular link between Vitamin A derivative and mouse intestinal health** :: New research shows that all-trans-retinoic acid (atRA), the active form of vitamin A, regulates immune system responses in the mouse intestine by controlling expression of the protein HIC1 in cells known as innate lymphoid cells. These findings could suggest new ways to fight disease.
**Scientists find new antimalarial drug targets** :: Researchers have discovered crucial new processes that allow malaria parasites to escape red blood cells and infect other cells, offering potential new treatment targets. The team are already working with pharmaceutical companies to use this knowledge to develop new antimalarial drugs — a critical step in the battle against drug-resistant malaria.
**Scientists gain new insight on how antibodies interact with widespread respiratory virus** :: Scientists have found and characterized the activity of four antibodies produced by the human immune system that target an important protein found in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to new research.
**Scientists isolate cancer stem cells using novel method** :: Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have devised a new technique to isolate aggressive cells thought to form the root of many hard-to-treat metastasized cancers—a significant step toward developing new drugs that might target these cells.
**Scientists isolate cancer stem cells using novel method** :: Researchers have devised a new technique to isolate aggressive cells thought to form the root of many hard-to-treat metastasized cancers — a significant step toward developing new drugs that might target these cells.
**Scientists make cells glow so brightly they can be seen outside the body** :: Synthetic bioluminescent molecules allows researchers to track individual cells in animals with unprecedented accuracy Scientists have stolen a trick from fireflies and jellyfish to make animals with cells that glow so brightly they can be seen from outside the body. The Japanese team created mice and marmosets whose brains contain nerve cells that produce light which can be picked up by a camera
**Scientists poised to win the race against rust disease and beyond** :: In a race to prevent and control rust disease epidemics, scientists have positioned themselves to better understand how rust fungi infect crops and evolve virulence. After using the latest genome sequencing technologies to understand how rust fungi adapt to overcome resistance in crop varieties, scientists from the University of Minnesota, the USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, the Australian Nat
**Scientists poised to win the race against rust disease and beyond** :: In a race to prevent and control rust disease epidemics, scientists have positioned themselves to better understand how rust fungi infect crops and evolve virulence.
**Scientists poised to win the race against rust disease and beyond** :: In a race to prevent and control rust disease epidemics, scientists have positioned themselves to better understand how rust fungi infect crops and evolve virulence.
**Scientists recreate virtual copy of Mexican underwater cave** :: Scientists from all over the world will soon be able to dive into a virtual 3-D replica of a vast underwater cave off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, where the oldest skeleton in the Americas was found seven years ago.
**Scientists set off to explore new Antarctic ecosystem** :: A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey set off on Wednesday to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that has lain hidden under an ice shelf for up to 120,000 years.
**Scientists take step toward safer batteries by trimming lithium branches** :: A collaborative team of researchers from Shinshu University in Japan have found a new way to curb some of the potential dangers posed by lithium ion batteries. Repeated lithium deposition/dissolution during charge/discharge can cause serious accidents due to the deposition of lithium dendrites that penetrate the separator and induce internal short-circuiting. The researchers hope to solve the issu
**Scientists take step toward safer batteries by trimming lithium branches** :: Researchers have found a new way to curb some of the potential dangers posed by lithium ion batteries. Repeated lithium deposition/dissolution during charge/discharge can cause serious accidents due to the deposition of lithium dendrites that penetrate the separator and induce internal short-circuiting. The researchers hope to solve the issues with a plating technology and eventually achieve a com
**Scientists test world's first solar fuels reactor for night** :: International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested CONTISOL, a solar reactor that runs on air, able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen and to run day or night – because it uses concentrated solar power (CSP) which can include thermal energy storage.
**Scientists Unearth a New Class of Antibiotic Compounds from the Soil** :: Scientists Unearth a New Class of Antibiotic Compounds from the Soil The discovery may one day help people with multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Soil_topNteaser.jpg Image credits: Peggy Greb/USDA-ARS via flickr Creature Thursday, February 22, 2018 – 15:00 Tracy Staedter, Contributor (Inside Science) — From a pinch of soil, an innovative technique has uncovered a type of antibiotics that
**Scientists verify theory of the role of the South Pacific in natural atmospheric CO2 fluctuations** :: A team led by geochemist Dr. Katharina Pahnke from Oldenburg has discovered important evidence that the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the end of the last ice age was triggered by changes in the Antarctic Ocean. The researchers from the University of Oldenburg's Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in B
**Scottish hospitals see slower decline in deaths** :: In a first-of-its-kind study, the researchers looked at extensive data on hospital admissions and discharges in both countries over a 17-year period. They found that while the number of people dying in hospital has declined in both countries, it is falling substantially faster in England.
**Screening for fracture risk in postmenopausal women is cost-effective** :: A recent Journal of Bone and Mineral Research analysis indicates that screening for fracture risk in older postmenopausal women is a good use of healthcare resources–in other words, it's cost-effective.
**SDO reveals how magnetic cage on the Sun stopped solar eruption** :: A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun's surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research using NASA data shows. The work highlights the role of the Sun's magnetic landscape, or topology, in the development of solar eruptions that can trigger space weather events around Earth.
**Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth** :: If a sea urchin can't find a suitable pit to live in, it makes one – even if it has to spend months gnawing away at hard granite
**Sea urchins erode rock reefs, excavate pits for themselves** :: Through their grazing activity, sea urchins excavate rock and form the pits they occupy. This activity may cause significant bioerosion of temperate reefs, according to a study published February 21, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michael Russell from Villanova University, U.S., and colleagues.
**Sea urchins erode rock reefs, excavate pits for themselves** :: Through their grazing activity, sea urchins excavate rock and form the pits they occupy. This activity may cause significant bioerosion of temperate reefs, according to a study published Feb. 21, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michael Russell from Villanova University, US, and colleagues.
**Sea urchins erode rock reefs, excavate pits for themselves** :: Through their grazing activity, sea urchins excavate rock and form the pits they occupy. This activity may cause significant bioerosion of temperate reefs, according to a study published Feb. 21, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michael Russell from Villanova University, US, and colleagues.
**Sea-level legacy: 20 cm more rise by 2300 for each 5-year delay in peaking emissions** :: Peaking global carbon dioxide emissions as soon as possible is crucial for limiting the risks of sea-level rise, even if global warming is limited to well below 2 degrees C. A new study analyzes for the first time the sea-level legacy until 2300 within the constraints of the Paris Agreement.
**Searching for an Alzheimer’s cure while my father slips away – podcast** :: At the beginning, we hunted frantically for any medical breakthrough that might hint at a cure. Then hope gave way to the unbearable truth Read the text version here Subscribe via Audioboom , iTunes , Soundcloud , Mixcloud , Acast & Sticher and join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter Continue reading…
**Seas Will Rise for 300 Years** :: And the longer it takes to reduce carbon emissions, the higher they will go — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Seasonal patterns in the Amazon explained** :: Environmental scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have led an international collaboration to improve satellite observations of tropical forests. With the help of professional tree climbers, the scientists collected field data on three factors that affect canopy 'greenness.'
**Seasonal patterns in the Amazon explained** :: Environmental scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have led an international collaboration to improve satellite observations of tropical forests.
**Secretive Fraternities Are Feeding Anti-Semitism in Austria** :: VIENNA—Like many Austrian fraternities, Germania zu Wiener Neustadt sometimes uses a songbook at its get-togethers. It looks ordinary enough, with its red cover, gold crest, and curling script. The cover is studded with metal nails called “Biernagel" that keep the book slightly elevated so it doesn’t get wet when lying in beer. Unlike most other songbooks, however, it contains lyrics about killin
**Securing a child's future needs to start during parents' teen years** :: A child's growth and development is affected by the health and lifestyles of their parents before pregnancy — even going back to adolescence — according to a new paper.
**Securing a child's future needs to start during parents' teen years** :: A child's growth and development is affected by the health and lifestyles of their parents before pregnancy — even going back to adolescence — according to a new paper.
**Seeing nanoscale details in mammalian cells** :: In 2014, W. E. Moerner, the Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for co-developing a way of imaging shapes inside cells at very high resolution, called super-resolution microscopy. Now, he and his lab have created a new microscope that produces 3-D nanoscale images of mammalian cells in their entirety.
**SEEK and you may find cancer earlier** :: 0003d
**Self-assembling peptides and the fight against obesity and diabetes** :: A collaboration between the Department's Nanoscience Centre and MedImmune is taking great strides towards safer and more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
**Self-compassion may protect people from the harmful effects of perfectionism** :: Relating to oneself in a healthy way can help weaken the association between perfectionism and depression, according to a study published Feb. 21, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Madeleine Ferrari from Australian Catholic University, and colleagues.
**Self-compassion may protect people from the harmful effects of perfectionism** :: Relating to oneself in a healthy way can help weaken the association between perfectionism and depression.
**Sending a canopy-wide message** :: 0003d
**Senfølger til kræft i bækkenorganerne skal under luppen** :: Den forskning i bækkenbundsproblemer, som i flere år har fundet sted i Aarhus, skal udbredes til resten af landet i regi af et nyt senfølge-center. Visionen er at forbedre tilværelsen for de mange patienter, som døjer med senfølger efter kræft i bækkenorganerne.
**Separate brain systems cooperate during learning, study finds** :: Brown University researchers have shown that reinforcement learning and working memory — two distinct brain systems — work hand-in-hand as people learn new tasks.
**SETI, the Next Generation?** :: Time to bring the search for extraterrestrial technosignatures all the way in from the cold — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Seven Seconds Ponders the Failures of Justice** :: The central question of Seven Seconds , Netflix’s new 10-part miniseries from Veena Sud (the creator of AMC and Netflix’s The Killing ), is never who killed Brenton Butler, a black teenager in Jersey City. In the show’s opening minutes, viewers see Pete Jablonski (Beau Knapp), an off-duty police officer, hit something with his car while he’s rushing to the hospital to take care of his pregnant wi
**'Sex Invades the Schoolhouse'** :: Editor’s Note: This is part of The Atlantic’s ongoing series looking back at 1968. All past articles and reader correspondence are collected here . New material will be added to that page through the end of 2018. Earlier this month, The New York Times Magazine published “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn," a feature that probed the frontier of sex education: a 10-hour course for high s
**Seychelles designates huge new marine reserve** :: A vast new marine protected area has been created in the Indian Ocean around the Seychelle islands, the government announced Thursday.
**Seychelles Finds A Novel Way To Swap Its Debt For Marine Protections** :: The Indian Ocean nation has brokered a novel deal that is intended to protect nearly one third of its marine area and is thought to be the first of its kind. (Image credit: Tate Drucker/AP)
**Seychelles protects an area 'as big as Britain' in Indian Ocean** :: A novel deal with donors including Leonardo DiCaprio turned public debt into conservation funding.
**Shark bite-off rates revealed at Ningaloo** :: In a world first, researchers at The University of Western Australia have quantified the number of shark bite-offs of recreationally caught fish in the Ningaloo region.
**Shedding (high-power laser) light on the plasma density limit** :: Researchers theoretically proposed the existence of density limit for hole boring by laser light on matter. They derived the maximum plasma density as a function of laser intensity, where hole boring stops and plasma blowout occurs. Theory and simulation of an ultra-high-pressure plasma state, wherein plasma's density pushes light back in the direction of the laser source, contribute to fundamenta
**Shedding a tear may help diagnose Parkinson's disease** :: Tears may hold clues to whether someone has Parkinson's disease, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 70th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 21 to 27, 2018.
**Shifting sands could bring invasive species** :: 0003d
**Short-term use of IV devices is common — and risky — study shows** :: Many hospital patients get medicine or nutrition delivered straight into their bloodstream through a tiny device called a PICC. In just a decade, it's become the go-to device for intravenous care.But a new study finds that one in every four times a PICC gets inserted, the patient didn't need it long enough to justify the risks it can pose. And nearly one in ten of those patients suffered a complic
**Short-term use of IV devices is common — and risky — study shows** :: Many hospital patients get medicine or nutrition delivered straight into their bloodstream through a tiny device called a PICC. In just a decade, it's become the go-to device for intravenous care. But a new study finds that one in every four times a PICC gets inserted, the patient didn't need it long enough to justify the risks it can pose. And nearly one in ten of those patients suffered a compli
**Silkeborg vil forebygge genindlæggelser af lungepatienter** :: I Silkeborg vil de i et tværsektorielt projekt mindske antallet af indlæggelser og genindlæggelser af borgere med lungesygdomme. Hospitalet udpeger dem i risikozonen, hvorefter en hjemmesygeplejerske kommer på besøg.
**Similarities found in cancer initiation in kidney, liver, stomach, pancreas** :: Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that when mature cells transition to begin dividing again, they all seem to do it the same way, regardless of what organ those cells come from.
**Simple walking test may help make difficult diagnosis** :: There's a cause of dementia that can sometimes be reversed, but it's often not diagnosed because the symptoms are so similar to those of other disorders. Now researchers say a simple walking test may be able to accurately diagnose the disease, according to a study published the Feb. 21, 2018, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
**Singapore invites cyberattacks to strengthen defences** :: Hundreds of hackers have targeted Singapore's defence ministry –- but the attacks were at the government's invitation in an unusual attempt to strengthen cybersecurity.
**Single-cell bioluminescence imaging of deep tissue in freely moving animals** :: Bioluminescence is a natural light source based on luciferase catalysis of its substrate luciferin. We performed directed evolution on firefly luciferase using a red-shifted and highly deliverable luciferin analog to establish AkaBLI, an all-engineered bioluminescence in vivo imaging system. AkaBLI produced emissions in vivo that were brighter by a factor of 100 to 1000 than conventional systems,
**Skorstensrøg gør toppen af nyt højhus i København ubeboelig** :: De øverste 17 meter af planlagt højhus på Posthusgrunden i København må ikke bruges til beboelse på grund af røgen fra H.C. Ørstedsværket.
**Sleepwalking is the result of a survival mechanism gone awry** :: Why do some enter into such an irrational and potentially harmful state during sleep? Read More
**Smart vultures never, ever cross the Spain-Portugal border. Why?** :: Europe Humans Neanderthal
**Smartphones are bad for some teens, not all** :: In a commentary published today in Nature's special issue on the science of adolescence, Candice Odgers argues that smartphones should not be seen as universally bad. Her piece highlights research on how teens use online tools to build up relationships and arrange activities in real life. However, she also examines evidence that vulnerable teens are experiencing greater negative effects of life on
**Smarty Plants–My Latest Guest Spot for Radiolab** :: In which we revisit the hot-button topic of plant intelligence — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Snake-inspired robot uses kirigami to move** :: Harvard researchers developed a soft robot inspired by snakeskin that crawls without any rigid components. The soft robotic scales are made using kirigami — an ancient Japanese paper craft that relies on cuts, rather than origami folds, to change the properties of a material. As the robot stretches, the flat kirigami surface is transformed into a 3-D-textured surface, which grips the ground just
**Snakelike Skin Gives a Robot the Power to Crawl** :: Researchers report today that they’ve designed an inflatable robot with its own scales that automatically pop out to get a grip.
**Snapchat-aktien styrtdykker efter kendis-tweet** :: 1,2 millioner brugere er officielt vrede over nyt app-design. Én sur kendis bærer dog muligvis skylden for, at Snapchat på få timer mistede otte milliarder kroner af sin markedsværdi.
**So Is It Spring Yet?** :: Many things are happening all around the world, but on the East Coast of the United States, it’s currently very warm. Very warm . Half-the-country-is-asking-whether-you-can-wear-shorts-to-work-in-February warm. Here’s some context. On Tuesday, temperatures sat at or well above 70 degrees Fahrenheit from Massachusetts to Miami. Boston broke its record for the warmest night ever recorded in the mon
**So Neanderthals made abstract art? This astounding discovery humbles every human** :: Scientists say cave paintings in Spain, thought to have been by our ancestors, were actually by Neanderthals. So did they teach us everything we know? If you go to the painted caves of Spain and France, crawl through narrow passages and keep your balance on slippery rock floors, you reach the hidden places where ice age hunters made their marks tens of thousands of years ago. Nothing seems more s
**'So What? Maybe It Is a Concentration Camp'** :: On the eve of the Iowa Caucuses in January 2016, when Donald Trump’s presidential campaign still seemed a long-shot, he landed a crucial endorsement. Joe Arpaio, the Phoenix-area sheriff hailed by conservative activists for being tough on immigration, embraced Trump with a prescient message. “Everything I believe in," Arpaio declared, “he’s going to do when he becomes president." The former sheri
**So, You Want Your Toddler to Grow Up to Win a Gold Medal** :: Research shows the danger of too much early training — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Social media and internet not cause of political polarization, (new research suggests)** :: New Oxford University research suggests that social media and the internet are not the root of today's fragmented society, and echo chambers may not be the threat they are perceived to be. In fact most people use multiple media outlets and social media platforms, meaning that only a small proportion of the population, at most, is influenced by echo chambers.
**Social media and internet not cause of political polarization, new research suggests** :: The argument against echo chambers is well documented: helped by social media algorithms, we are increasingly choosing to interact in safe spaces, with people who think and act like us – effectively preaching our opinions to the converted. As a result, this behaviour is distorting our world view and, in the process, our ability to compromise, which in turn, stimulates political polarisation. Howev
**Social media as good a barometer of public health attitudes as traditional phone polling** :: Social media data can be used as an additional source of information to gauge public opinion about health issues alongside traditional data sources like phone-based polling, according to new research.
**Software beats power grid hackers in security tests** :: Hacker-resistant software for controlling a power grid performed well in both a simulated cyber-intrusion and in a tryout in a real power plant, its developers say. Though the Honolulu power plant where the tryout occurred was not generating electricity at the time, the test achieved its goal of showing that the software can operate without adverse effects on other plant systems. Concern about th
**Solar radiation mineralizes terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in the ocean** :: Organic carbon dissolved in water plays a vital role in the Earth's carbon cycle. Understanding carbon cycling is central to understanding climate change and how aquatic communities are structured and supported. Scientists have found out that solar radiation mineralizes more terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in the ocean than in the inland waters.
**Soliton microcomb range measurement** :: Laser-based range measurement systems are important in many application areas, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, manufacturing, formation flying of satellites, and basic science. Coherent laser ranging systems using dual-frequency combs provide an unprecedented combination of long range, high precision, and fast update rate. We report dual-comb distance measurement using chip-based soliton
**Solve Genomics with the Blockchain? Why the Hell Not** :: Start-ups are clamoring to use cryptocurrency software to get and trade genome sequences for research and profit.
**Some black holes erase your past** :: In the real world, your past uniquely determines your future. If a physicist knows how the universe starts out, she can calculate its future for all time and all space.
**Some black holes erase your past** :: Physicists insist on determinism: your past and present determine your future uniquely, per Einstein's equations of general relativity. They call this strong cosmic censorship. A mathematician found some types of black holes — charged, non-rotating objects in an expanding universe — that allow an observer inside the black hole to travel across a horizon into a place where the past is obliterated
**Some black holes erase your past** :: Physicists insist on determinism: your past and present determine your future uniquely, per Einstein's equations of general relativity. They call this strong cosmic censorship. A UC Berkeley mathematician found some types of black holes — charged, non-rotating objects in an expanding universe — that allow an observer inside the black hole to travel across a horizon into a place where the past is
**Sometimes We Feel More Comfortable Talking To A Robot** :: Artist Alexander Reben wants to know whether a robot could fulfill our deep need for companionship. He created a robot named BlabDroid that asks people to share their raw emotions and deep secrets. (Image credit: Jenn Liv for NPR)
**Space Photos of the Week: Juno Helps Jupiter Show Off Its Stripes** :: Juno completed its eleventh orbit of the planet on February 7, capturing some spectacular images in the process.
**Spacewatch: Nasa planet hunter will target the rock zone** ::
**SpaceX Completes Successful Launch, Narrowly Misses Catching $6 Million Nose Cone** :: As part of his "rocket reusability" ethos, Elon Musk had hoped to use a giant net on a boat to catch the rocket's protective covering. It turns out it's hard to catch stuff falling from space. (Image credit: Michael Peterson/AP)
**SpaceX has launched its first internet satellites** :: 0002d
**SpaceX launches broadband pathfinders** :: The US rocket company puts up two satellites to test technologies for a broadband mega-constellation.
**SpaceX launches Spanish satellite from California** :: An Earth-observation satellite built for Spain was successfully launched into orbit from California at dawn Thursday, creating a brief light show as it arced over the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles.
**SpaceX Launches Test Satellites for Internet Constellation** ::
**SpaceX postpones California satellite launch due to winds** :: SpaceX Elon Musk
**Spatial structure of bound hole states in black phosphorous** :: NUS chemists have discovered that the bound states of "holes" (the absence of an electron which leads to a net positive charge) in black phosphorus changes from an extended ellipse into a dumbbell shape when it is electrically excited, providing new insights for its use in next generation electronic devices.
**'Speed reading' isn't real, but you can still train yourself to read faster** :: DIY Speedier reading is good enough for me. Speed reading seems to have been an unscientific fad. But you can still pick up the pace with these tips.
**Splitting crystals for 2-D metallic conductivity** :: Sheets of electrons that are highly mobile in only two dimensions, known as 2-D electron gas, have unique properties that can be leveraged for faster and novel electronic devices. Researchers have been exploring 2-D electron gas, which was only discovered in 2004, to see how it can be used in superconductors, actuators and electronic memory devices, among others.
**Spore formation model could advance medicine** :: Michigan State University scientists have produced experimental and modeling results that shed light on how a particular type of enzyme functions during spore formation, potentially advancing human health and disease research.
**Spotify bliver et gadget-firma** :: Flere nye jobopslag løfter sløret for, at musiktjenesten nu vil udvikle fysiske produkter.
**Spørg Scientariet: Hvorfor giver min røremaskine stød?** :: En læser oplever, at hans røremaskine giver stød, når han rører ved den. Hvad gør man ved det? Næstformand i IDA Elteknik svarer.
**Squid skin could be the solution to camouflage material** :: Cephalopods—which include octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish—are masters of disguise. They can camouflage to precisely match their surroundings in a matter of seconds, and no scientist has quite been able to replicate the spectacle. But new research by Leila Deravi, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern, brings us a step closer.
**Stable gas hydrates can trigger landslides** :: Like avalanches onshore, there are different processes that cause submarine landslides. One very widespread assumption is that they are associated with dissociating gas hydrates in the seafloor. However, scientists have now found evidence that the context could be quite different.
**Stable gas hydrates can trigger landslides** :: Like avalanches onshore,many processes cause submarine landslides. One very widespread assumption is that they are associated with dissociating gas hydrates in the seafloor. However, scientists at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have now found evidence that the context could be quite different. Their study has been published in the international journal Nature Communications.
**Stagnation in the South Pacific** :: A team led by geochemist Dr. Katharina Pahnke from Oldenburg has discovered important evidence that the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the end of the last ice age was triggered by changes in the Antarctic Ocean.
**Stagnation in the South Pacific** :: A team led by geochemist has discovered important evidence that the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the end of the last ice age was triggered by changes in the Antarctic Ocean.
**Starwatch: the early morning moon passes Regulus** :: The moon is almost full this week as its path on the ecliptic plane takes it close by Regulus in the constellation of Leo This week’s “must see" is another for early risers. On 1 March the almost full Moon will pass very close to Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo (see chart). Regulus is the closest bright star to the ecliptic plane. This is the path that the planets, the Sun an
**Statsministeren: Hovedstadsregionen skal stramme op** :: Christiansborg på et tidspunkt nødt til reagere på uforklarlige, regionale forskelle i kvaliteten af sundhedsydelser på vitale områder som kræftbehandling, siger statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
**Stem cell study may result in stronger muscles in old age** :: As we grow older, our muscular function declines. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows how an unexpectedly high number of mutations in the stem cells of muscles impair cell regeneration. This discovery may result in new medication to build stronger muscles even when in old age. The study is published in Nature Communications.
**Stem cell study may result in stronger muscles in old age** :: As we grow older, our muscular function declines. A new study shows how an unexpectedly high number of mutations in the stem cells of muscles impair cell regeneration. This discovery may result in new medication to build stronger muscles even when in old age.
**Stephen Fry announces he’s fighting prostate cancer** :: Stephen Fry announces that he’s had surgery for prostate cancer nine the most Stephen-Fry way possible. Read More
**Stiffness matters** :: Nanomedicine entry into cancer cells can be tuned by modulating the stiffness of the plasma membrane.
**Stores make push in scan and go tech, hope shoppers adopt it** :: Shoppers at self-checkout lanes scanning all their groceries after they're done shopping? Old school. More stores are letting customer tally their choices with a phone app or store device as they roam the aisles.
**Stort studie slår fast: Antidepressiv medicin virker** :: Professor kalder det enestående, at man nu endelig kan dokumentere, at antidepressiv medicin virker.
**Stretchable health sensor could improve monitoring of chronic conditions** :: A new type of flexible, wearable sensor could help people with chronic conditions like diabetes avoid the discomfort of regular pin-prick blood tests by monitoring the chemical composition of their sweat instead.
**Stroke drug demonstrates safety in clinical trial** :: A preliminary Phase 2 clinical trial has demonstrated that patients with acute ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke, can safely tolerate high doses of 3K3A-APC, a promising anti-stroke drug.
**Stroke survivors and caregivers feel abandoned by health services, study finds** :: A systematic review of studies focused on stroke survivors' and carers' experiences of primary care and community healthcare services has found that they feel abandoned because they have become marginalised by services and do not have the knowledge or skills to re-engage.
**Structural principles that enable oligomeric small heat-shock protein paralogs to evolve distinct functions** :: Oligomeric proteins assemble with exceptional selectivity, even in the presence of closely related proteins, to perform their cellular roles. We show that most proteins related by gene duplication of an oligomeric ancestor have evolved to avoid hetero-oligomerization and that this correlates with their acquisition of distinct functions. We report how coassembly is avoided by two oligomeric small
**Structures of human PRC2 with its cofactors AEBP2 and JARID2** :: Transcriptionally repressive histone H3 lysine 27 methylation by Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is essential for cellular differentiation and development. Here we report cryo–electron microscopy structures of human PRC2 in a basal state and two distinct active states while in complex with its cofactors JARID2 and AEBP2. Both cofactors mimic the binding of histone H3 tails. JARID2, methylate
**Study compares countries' mortality rates after aneurysm surgery** :: There is substantial international variation in mortality rates after treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm, or enlargement of the aorta. A BJS (British Journal of Surgery) study that compared 10-year data from England and Sweden found that mortality rates were initially better in Sweden but improved over time alongside greater use of a minimally invasive procedure called endovascular aneurysm r
**Study debunks claim that medical marijuana laws increase recreational pot use for US teens** :: Legalizing medical marijuana has not increased recreational use of the substance among US adolescents, according to a new study. For now, there appears to be no basis for the argument that legalizing medical marijuana has increased teens' use of the drug. The researchers analyzed the results of eleven separate studies dating back to 1991. No significant changes, increases or decreases, occurred in
**Study explores emerging role of NAD+ in innate and adaptive immune responses** :: Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a new cellular and molecular pathway that regulates CD4+ T cell response — a finding that may lead to new ways to treat diseases that result from alterations in these cells.
**Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems** :: Three commercially released facial-analysis programs from major technology companies demonstrate both skin-type and gender biases, according to new research. Read More
**Study finds language, achievement benefits of universal early childhood education** :: A study of more than 60,000 children enrolled in Norway's universal early education system has found the program improves language skills and narrows achievement gaps, according to a team of researchers from the US and Norway, led by Boston College Professor of Education Eric Dearing.
**Study finds racial differences in cure rates for Hepatitis C** :: In a large ethnically diverse group of patients seen at a community-based Veterans Affairs practice, cure rates for chronic hepatitis C were lower for African American individuals relative to White individuals, even when patients were receiving optimal therapies. The findings are published in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives.
**Study finds social tags highly accurate, reliable among consumer perception metrics** :: Consumers are rarely far from their phones, which makes it easy for them to share their experiences on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Yelp. Online reviews don't always yield replies from corporate social media teams, but more and more they are being heard.
**Study in mice suggests personalized stem cell treatment may offer relief for MS** :: Scientists have shown in mice that skin cells re-programmed into brain stem cells, transplanted into the central nervous system, help reduce inflammation and may be able to help repair damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS).
**Study offers more food for thought on kids' eating habits, emotions** :: A University of Texas at Dallas psychologist has examined the preconceptions about the effects of emotions on children's eating habits, creating the framework for future studies of how dietary patterns evolve in early childhood. Dr. Shayla C. Holub, associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, demonstrated that children from 4½ to 9 years old chose chocolate candy over goldf
**Study points to risk of future sleep breathing problems in college football players** :: Previous studies with older NFL football players have found a high incidence of sleep apnea, a serious health issue, among the group, particularly among older linemen. Now, a study with college-age linemen suggests that the roots of this health problem in football players may begin much earlier, and at an age when the condition is much less likely to occur in the general population. Body training
**Study sheds light on biodiversity of Anole lizard family trees** :: Lizards have special superpowers. While birds can regrow feathers and mammals can regrow skin, lizards can regenerate entire structures such as their tails. Despite these differences, all have evolved from the same ancestor as lizards.
**Study shows age doesn't affect survival in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after HCT** :: Results from a retrospective study presented at the 2018 BMT Tandem Meetings dispute age as a limiting factor to transplant eligibility, showing no differences in 4-year outcomes for patients older or younger than age 65.
**Study shows that father's age can affect offspring lifespan** :: How does the father's age at conception affect his children? Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE) and fellow scientists have studied this question in mice. Their findings, which have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), show that the offspring of elderly mouse-fathers had a shorter lifespan than those of young fathers and fe
**Study shows, for the first time, that porpoises flee from and stop feeding when disturbed by heavy ship noise** :: Porpoises communicate with each other using sounds. Therefore, they are highly sensitive to noise, such as ship noise. And the Danish belts and sounds are some of the most heavily trafficked waters in the world.
**Study suggests evolutionary change in protein function respects biophysical principles** :: For work reported in Science, Elizabeth Vierling at UMass Amherst and Justin Benesch at Oxford University looked at two types of small HSPs to address what they call a "basic evolutionary puzzle." That is, how two different types of small HSPs, Class I and Class II, evolved from a single type over 400 million years ago to form two distinct types with different functions.
**Study suggests evolutionary change in protein function respects biophysical principles** :: Some molecular biologists who study the proteins that regulate cell operations, including Elizabeth Vierling at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, do not confine their research to understanding the molecules' current roles. They also look deep into the proteins' evolutionary past to explore what structures have allowed proteins with new functions to develop in response to new needs.
**Study tracks evolutionary transition to destructive cancer** :: In a new study, researchers at ASU's Biodesign Institute led an international team to explore how evolutionary processes guide the pathways of cells. Their results, which appear in the advanced online edition of the journal Nature Communications, point to influences leading some cells to remain stable over time while driving others to become cancerous and expand without limit.
**Study uncovers literacy challenge among teenagers due to lack of reading focus in secondary school** :: A UK-wide study of children's reading habits has found that Scottish secondary school pupils, like their peers in other countries, are not reading challenging enough books.
**Study: Lead and other toxic metals found in e-cigarette 'vapors'** :: Significant amounts of toxic metals, including lead, leak from some e-cigarette heating coils and are present in the aerosols inhaled by users, according to a study from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
**Study: Police use of force is rare, as are significant injuries to suspects** :: Police officers rarely use force in apprehending suspects, and when they do they seldom cause significant injuries to those arrested, according to a multi-site study published in the March issue of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
**Study: Pro-diversity policies make companies more innovative and profitable** :: While some may see corporate diversity initiatives as nothing more than glitzy marketing campaigns, a PSU business school professor's research shows that companies that hire a more diverse set of employees are rewarded with a richer pipeline of innovative products and a stronger financial position.
**Study: Salt marshes will vanish if seas keep rising and California keeps building** :: On one side, there's the rising ocean. On the other, rising buildings.
**Styrk lægers efteruddannelse på tværs af regionerne** :: Det giver ikke mening, at der fra region til region er forskellige regler for, hvornår læger kan deltage i efteruddannelse, som er sponseret af industrien.
**Sundhedsvæsenet kan ikke blive et nulfejlssystem** :: Sundhedsvæsenet bør fokusere mere på alt det, der går godt, og lære af det.
**Superstition keeps a lot of Olympians from boinking. But what does the evidence say?** :: Health Many of the Olympic Village's 110,000 condoms likely went unused due to superstition. Despite the condoms that reportedly litter the Olympic Village by the end of the Winter Games, many will go unused because of pre-game superstitions.
**Surfing complete** :: Slowed by skimming through the very top of the upper atmosphere, ESA's ExoMars has lowered itself into a planet-hugging orbit and is about ready to begin sniffing the Red Planet for methane.
**Surprising new study redraws family tree of domesticated and 'wild' horses** :: New research overturns a long-held assumption that Przewalski's horses, native to the Eurasian steppes, are the last wild horse species on Earth.
**Surprising new study redraws family tree of domesticated and 'wild' horses** :: Research published in Science today overturns a long-held assumption that Przewalski's horses, native to the Eurasian steppes, are the last wild horse species on Earth
**Surprising new study redraws family tree of domesticated and 'wild' horses** :: There are no such things as "wild" horses anymore.
**Survey: 54% of gun owners don’t store them safely** :: More than half of US gun owners participating in a new survey reported not safely storing all their firearms. The survey of 1,444 US gun owners, believed to be the first nationally representative sample in 15 years to examine storage practices, found that 54 percent did not store all their guns in a way considered safe. “Many bring guns into their homes for self-defense, but unsecured guns can le
**Survey: more than half of US gun owners do not safely store their guns** :: More than half of gun owners do not safely store all their guns, according to a new survey of 1,444 US gun owners conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
**Swarm trio becomes a quartet** :: With the aim of making the best possible use of existing satellites, ESA and Canada have made a deal that turns Swarm into a four-satellite mission to shed even more light on space weather and features such as the aurora borealis.
**Sweet, bitter, fat: Genetics play a role in kids' snacking patterns** :: The types of snacks a child chooses could be linked to genetics, a new study found. The study investigated whether genetic variants in taste receptors related to sweet, fat and bitter tastes influence the snacks preschoolers choose and found nearly 80 per cent carried at least one of these genotypes that could predispose them to poor snacking habits. These findings could help parents tailor their
**Sweet, bitter, fat: Genetics play a role in kids' snacking patterns, study finds** :: The types of snacks a child chooses could be linked to genetics, a University of Guelph study found.The study investigated whether genetic variants in taste receptors related to sweet, fat and bitter tastes influence the snacks preschoolers choose and found nearly 80 per cent carried at least one of these genotypes that could predispose them to poor snacking habits.These findings could help parent
**Switching from smoking to glo significantly reduces exposure to toxicants** :: Clinical studies by scientists at British American Tobacco indicate that when smokers switched completely from conventional cigarettes to glo, their exposure to certain harmful chemicals was significantly reduced. In some cases, the reductions were the same as those in smokers who quit altogether. These data suggest the potential of glo as a reduced-risk product. glo is a tobacco heating product d
**SwRI scientist helps characterize water on lunar surface** :: A Southwest Research Institute scientist with expertise in how water reacts with lunar soil contributed to a new study that indicates water and/or hydroxyl may be more prevalent on the Moon's surface than previously thought.
**Sygebesøg til akutpladser vækker bekymring hos regionale PLO-formænd** :: De praktiserende læger skal med den seneste overenskomst opprioritere sygebesøg, også til de kommunale akutpladser. Men overenskomsten rummer ingen klar ansvarsdeling mellem praksislæger, kommuner og regionale tilbud. Det bekymrer flere læger.
**Synchronised waves control embryonic patterning** :: During an embryo's journey from a single cell to a complex organism, countless patterning processes make sure that the right cells develop in exactly the right location and at the right time. Cells activate specific genes in a rhythmic manner during this early development, resulting in waves of activation sweeping through the embryo. Scientists at EMBL now show that the rhythm between two specific
**Synchronised waves control embryonic patterning** :: During an embryo's journey from a single cell to a complex organism, countless patterning processes make sure that the right cells develop in exactly the right location and at the right time. Cells activate specific genes in a rhythmic manner during this early development, resulting in waves of activation sweeping through the embryo. EMBL scientists now show that the rhythm between two specific se
**Synergy Between Nurses And Automation Could Be Key To Finding Sepsis Early** :: A bedside computer loaded with software that tracks vital signs in the ICU can pick up early warning patterns, specialists say. But it takes a human care provider to sort the signal from the noise. (Image credit: Ian C. Bates for NPR)
**Sådan påvirker antidepressiver dit humør** :: Omkring en kvart million danskere tager dagligt SSRI-medicin, populært kaldet lykkepiller.
**Tackling health problems in the young is crucial for their children's future** :: A child's growth and development is affected by the health and lifestyles of their parents before pregnancy – even going back to adolescence – according to a new study. The findings show that tackling obesity, mental health, poor nutrition and substance abuse in young people before they become parents is essential for the best possible start to life for their future children.
**Tackling the mechanisms behind depression** :: 0003d
**Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030** :: Taiwan is planning a blanket ban on single-use plastic items including straws, cups and shopping bags by 2030, officials said Thursday, with restaurants facing new restrictions from next year.
**Takara: Editing Human iPSCs with CRISPR-Cas9 and Single-Cell Cloning** :: Visualize the workflow.
**Tales of power and responsibility** :: Many of the breakthroughs on our annual list embody the good-versus-evil dichotomy that faces all technologists.
**Talking with–Not Just to–Kids Powers How They Learn Language** :: Back-and-forth exchanges build the brain’s language center and verbal ability — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**Tasmanian tiger joey 3D scans may unlock evolutionary mystery** :: CT scans of thylacine specimens are being used to investigate why they resembled dogs despite last sharing an ancestor 160m years ago Joeys of thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, look much like the young of every other marsupial: bald, pink, and with pronounced forelimbs and jaws for crawling into their mother’s pouch and latching on to a teat. So it’s perhaps not surprising that, in the 200-year hi
**Tasmanian tiger 'joeys' revealed in 3D** :: Scientists scan Tasmanian tiger specimens to better understand the marsupial's development in the pouch.
**Tasmanian tiger just another marsupial in the pouch** :: Australia's ill-fated Tasmanian tiger looked like any other marsupial when born but assumed dog-like features by the time it left the mother's pouch, scientists said Wednesday in shedding new light on its puzzling evolution.
**Teaching While Afraid** :: This is where things are today: The notion that teachers should be armed in order to protect students from shooters is a serious proposal now under debate. During Wednesday’s White House listening session with students, teachers, and parents affected by school shootings, President Trump suggested that allowing teachers with military training or other training experience to bring guns to school co
**Team finds the movement behavior of an anole species to be more dynamic than previously thought** :: Anolis lizards have a thing or two to teach humans about love—or in scientific speak, sexual selection—at least when it comes to territoriality.
**Team publishes roadmap to enhance radioresistance for space colonization** :: An international team of researchers from NASA Ames Research Center, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate at Health Canada, Oxford University, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Insilico Medicine, the Biogerontology Research Center, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Lethbridge, Ghent University, Center for Healthy Aging and m
**Tech companies should stop pretending AI won’t destroy jobs** ::
**Tech review: Two gadgets that are good for your heart and don't tax your brain** :: Every once in a while, I review products in what I call the "guilt" category. You know, those products that aren't really fun—they're good for you. Such is the case this week as I'm reviewing a pair of health-related gadgets from Mocacare, the MOCAcuff and MOCAheart. Both of these gadgets are designed to help you keep track of vital health information by syncing the data collected to your smartpho
**Tension-free vaginal tape found effective for treating urinary incontinence** :: Long-term results from a BJU International study indicate that tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) may be a highly effective and safe option for certain patients with urinary incontinence.
**Testing lithium battery limitations may improve safety and lifetimes** :: Researchers are using neutrons to study a battery material that could offer a safer alternative to the flammable liquid component found in most types of lithium-ion batteries.
**Thanks, anti-vaxxers: Measles is on the rise in Europe** :: Health Our grip on infectious diseases is slipping as people turn away from vaccination. Before the measles vaccine existed, 9 out of every 10 kids got the disease before age 15. Two million people died from it every year. And now we're backsliding.
**The “Black Mirror" scenarios that are leading some experts to call for more secrecy on AI** :: Artificial intelligence could sway elections, help Big Brother, and make hackers way more dangerous, suggests a new report.
**The Air Pollutants in Your Medicine Cabinet** :: On the final day of April 2010, unbeknownst to most locals, a small fleet of specialists and equipment from the U.S. government descended on the seas and skies around Los Angeles. A “Hurricane Hunter" Lockheed P-3 flew in from Denver. The U.S. Navy vessel Atlantis loitered off the coast of Santa Monica. Orbiting satellites took special measurements. And dozens of scientists set up temporary labs
**The American Detention Machine** :: “Maybe it is a concentration camp; I don’t want to make it look nice." Joe Arpaio stands by his 2008 description of his infamous “tent city" jail. The former Arizona sheriff cultivates an image of toughness on immigration. In 2016, Donald Trump welcomed Arpaio’s support, saying, “When Sheriff Arpaio gives you an endorsement, you know you’re the king of the border." Rewarding Arpaio with a preside
**The Apollo and The Atlantic Present Black Panther in Conversation: Featuring Chadwick Boseman and Ta-Nehisi Coates** :: New York, NY and Washington, D.C. (February 23, 2018)—As Black Panther continues to land rapturous praise and smash box office records in its opening days, the Apollo Theater in collaboration with The Atlantic will present a discussion about the film with its star Chadwick Boseman in conversation with The Atlantic’s national correspondent and author Ta-Nehisi Coates. The event, which is now sold
**The Atlantic Announces Expansion** :: The Atlantic announced today plans for a significant and ambitious expansion across the company. The Atlantic’s President Bob Cohn shared the details in a memo to staff: Colleagues, Many of you were at the town hall this morning. For those of you unable to attend, or those who prefer your information in text and not PowerPoint, I write now with some details about our plans for this year. First, a
**The Atlantic Daily: 'How About Regret?'** :: What We’re Following Crime and Politics: Rick Gates, who served as an aide to President Trump in the White House and on his campaign, has agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and lying to the FBI. Gates is the third former member of Trump’s team to admit committing a felony . His guilty plea casts further
**The Atlantic Daily: In One Moment** :: What We’re Following The View from Parkland: Community members and survivors of last week’s high-school shooting in Parkland, Florida, expressed the urgency of gun-law reforms to leaders including Senator Marco Rubio, National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch, and local law enforcement at a CNN-hosted town hall on Wednesday night. President Trump, who also held a listening session with s
**The Atlantic Daily: 'Information Warfare'** :: What We’re Following The Russia Probe: Alex Van Der Zwaan, a lawyer, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with Rick Gates, Paul Manafort’s former business partner. On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to influence the 2016 election—and while the campaign wasn’t big enough to change the election’s result, it did demonstr
**The Atlantic Daily: Those in Power** :: What We’re Following ‘#NeverAgain’: As student survivors of the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with their state legislators to call for gun reform laws, teenagers across Florida and the U.S. staged walkouts and rallies in support. See photos of the demonstrations. Parkland’s students have emerged as a powerful voice against gun violence, turning to social media to demand that what
**The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Ban on Bump Stocks?** :: Today in 5 Lines President Trump directed Attorney General Jeff sessions to propose regulations that would ban bump stocks, accessories that increase the firing rates of semi-automatic weapons. Earlier in the day, Trump denied allegations that he had forcibly kissed a young woman in Trump Tower in 2006. Attorney Alex van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to lying to federal authorities investigating Russi
**The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Florida Shooting Survivors Descend on the State Capitol** :: Today in 5 Lines Billy Graham, the world-renowned evangelical preacher, died at the age of 99. Students who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting met with top leaders in the state Capitol to lobby for gun control. President Trump also invited a group of students, parents, and teachers to a “listening session" about gun violence at the White House. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly i
**The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Gates to the Manafort** :: Today in 5 Lines Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed new fraud and money-laundering charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates. During a roundtable with state and local officials, President Trump defended the National Rifle Association and expanded on his proposal to arm teachers. In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, NRA Exec
**The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Great Gatesplea** :: Today in 5 Lines Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign aide, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements, and agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the election. Mueller also issued new charges against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, alleging he secretly paid former European politicians to lobby on behalf of Uk
**The Australian government's plan for biocontrol of the common carp presents several risks** :: Belgian, English and Australian scientists are calling on the Australian authorities to review their decision to introduce the carp herpes virus as a way to combat the common carp invading the country's rivers. In a letter published in the journal Science, they not only believe that this measure will be ineffective, but that it also represents a risk to ecosystems.
**The Australian government's plan for the biocontrol of the common carp presents several risks** :: Belgian, English and Australian scientists are calling on the Australian authorities to review their decision to introduce the carp herpes virus as a way to combat the common carp having colonised the country's rivers. In a letter published in the journal Science, they not only believe that this measure will be ineffective but that it also represents a risk to ecosystems.
**The Australian government's plan for the biocontrol of the common carp presents several risks** :: Scientists are calling on the Australian authorities to review their decision to introduce the carp herpes virus as a way to combat the common carp having colonized the country's rivers. They not only believe that this measure will be ineffective but that it also represents a risk to ecosystems.
**The battle for spinach: Tiny crop, huge value, no virgin soil, big trouble** :: In the Pacific Northwest, spinach seed is a tiny crop with huge value. And it's in big trouble.
**The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending February 24, 2018)** :: This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.
**The Big Apple is getting tough on biased AI** :: 0003d
**The City That Remembers Everything** :: The most impressive technical feat of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is that it manages to record nearly every detail from a day in the life of the book’s protagonist, Leopold Bloom, and to elevate those events to the status of literature. Mythology, even. Readers track Bloom’s journey step by step, as he navigates the labyrinthine streets, pubs, and offices of Dublin, yet Bloom’s errands bear the s
**The conflict between males and females could replace the evolution of new species** :: New research shows that males and females of the same species can evolve to be so different that they prevent other species from evolving or colonising habitats, challenging long-held theories on the way natural selection drives the evolution of biodiversity.
**The conflict between males and females could replace the evolution of new species** :: New research shows that males and females of the same species can evolve to be so different that they prevent other species from evolving or colonising habitats, challenging long-held theories on the way natural selection drives the evolution of biodiversity.
**The conflict between males and females could replace the evolution of new species** :: New research shows that males and females of the same species can evolve to be so different that they prevent other species from evolving or colonizing habitats, challenging long-held theories on the way natural selection drives the evolution of biodiversity.
**The critters of the deep sea may thrive on calamari** :: Animals Scientists found a squid graveyard swarming with scavengers. Squid carcasses strewn across the bottom of the Gulf of California may represent just one of many deep-sea graveyards.
**The cryo-electron microscopy structure of huntingtin** :: Mutations on a single gene, the huntingtin gene, are the cause of Huntington's disease. They lead to an incorrect form of the correspondent protein. With the help of cryo-electron microscopy researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried and Ulm University have now decoded the three-dimensional, molecular structure of the healthy human huntingtin protein. This now enables
**The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society** :: Previously in this series: “ A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms " “ ‘Show Us the Carnage,’ Continued " “ Only in America " “ Show Us the Carnage " “ The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre " and before that: “ Why the AR-15 Is So Lethal " “ The Nature of the AR-15 " “ Why the AR-15 Was Never Meant to be in Civilian Hands " “ More on the Military and Civilian History of the AR-15 " a
**The Dark Arts of Foreign Influence-Peddling** :: These days, it’s never good news for Paul Manafort. On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller released his latest indictment against President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman. It charged that Manafort “secretly retained" a small group of former European leaders to “act informally and without any visible relationship with the Government of Ukraine." Dubbed the “Hapsburg Group," this cote
**The Day Humans Taught Robots to Fight Back** :: Boston Dynamic's new robot dog can fight off a human as it opens a door.
**'The Dialogues' Takes On Physics And Reality In Words And Pictures** :: Commentator Adam Frank interviews physicist Clifford Johnson, who has taken a new approach to the exploration of questions about the nature of the universe — the graphic novel. (Image credit: Courtesy of Clifford Johnson)
**The Doomsday L Train Shutdown Just Might Save New York City** :: A comprehensive plan to give L train riders new ways to move could offer long lasting benefits to a growing city.
**The drugs do work: antidepressants are effective, study shows** :: Doctors hope study will put to rest doubts about the medicine, and help to address global under-treatment of depression It’s official: antidepressants are not snake oil or a conspiracy Antidepressants work – some more effectively than others – in treating depression, according to authors of a groundbreaking study which doctors hope will finally put to rest doubts about the controversial medicine.
**The Estée Lauder companies R&D showcases skin aging, active ingredients research at AAD** :: The Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL) Research & Development (R&D) will present research focused on new findings in anti-aging skin research at the 2018 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in San Diego from February 16th- 20th.
**The Ethics of Donald Trump Jr.'s India Adventure** :: Who does Donald Trump Jr. speak for? Does the president’s son speak for the Trump Organization as he promotes luxury apartments in India? Does he speak for himself when he dines with investors in the projects? Does he speak for the Trump administration as he makes a foreign-policy speech in Mumbai on Friday? “When these sons go around all over the world talking about, one, Trump business deals an
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**The Forgotten Everyday Origins of ‘Craft’** :: In his new book Craeft , the archaeologist and BBC presenter Alexander Langlands offers a fascinating and surprisingly relevant dive into a subject that might seem niche to many—the origins of traditional crafts in medieval Europe. The reviews, by and large, have been enthusiastic. But some of the article headlines present a curious opening argument for the work. A short write-up in The Guardian
**The Frustrating Inadequacy of Antidepressants** :: In 1897, the French sociologist Émile Durkheim decided to study and compare the suicide rates of different religions. He found that Protestants were most likely to commit suicide, and Jews least likely. Durkheim chalked it up to the absence of clergy and confessions in Protestantism, which he believed promoted loneliness, as well as the religion’s do-it-yourself spirit. If you don’t manage to do
**The GANfather: The man who’s given machines the gift of imagination** :: By pitting neural networks against one another, Ian Goodfellow has created a powerful AI tool. Now he, and the rest of us, must face the consequences.
**The global footprint of fisheries** :: The global fishing fleet is so big it can be seen from space. Really.
**The global footprint of fisheries** :: UCSB researchers collaborate to track commercial fishing worldwide in real time.
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**The good and bad health news about your exercise posts on social media** :: The more you see your friends post about exercise on social media, the worse you might feel about your own weight, especially when you perceive those people as being very similar to you, new research suggests. However, certain people — those who tend to make 'upward social comparisons' — find their friends' workout posts motivating.
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**The Grim Reaper does not care about the latest longevity study you saw on Facebook** :: Science If it sounds too good to be true, maybe it is. Deadlines regularly belt out accolades for every study that purports to show a link between living past 90 and drinking/smoking/eating mac & cheese three times a day.
**The Guardian view on Neanderthals: we were not alone | Editorial** :: The first human contact with another intelligent species is a staple of science fiction, but we now know it happened 40,000 years ago The three human subspecies known to have hybridised to produce the present human population of the planet, Neanderthals, Homo sapiens and Denisovans , last had a common ancestor more than half a million years ago. Until now it has been assumed that the only branch o
**The happiness contradiction: Essential ways to find value in life from Epicurus** :: Are we going about being happy all wrong? One Greek philosopher thinks so, and he has advice for you. Read More
**The 'Holy Grail' of peptide chemistry: Making peptide active agents available orally** :: Peptides, short amino acid chains that control many functions in the human body, represent a billion-dollar market. But normally, peptide-based medications must be injected. A research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now determined how peptides can be designed for administration as a liquid or tablet.
**The Issue at the Heart of MLB's Free-Agency Debate** :: In some palm-treed parts of the country, Major League Baseball’s 2018 Spring Training is underway in earnest. This is normally one of the most anticipated times of the year, with fans who have had to make do tracking the winter’s transactions getting to see something akin to real baseball again, and the excitement always coalesces around the players who have found new homes, who might provide the
**The Koreas Take Control** :: North Korean Olympics US
**'The Last Jedi"s User Interfaces Aren't Just Cool-Looking** :: Every display in the latest Star Wars film exists to help tell the story.
**The last wild horses aren’t truly wild** :: The ancestor of today’s domesticated horses remains a mystery after a new analysis of ancient horse DNA.
**The Life of an Undocumented Coder** :: D has done everything right. He’s worked hard in school, built a valuable skill set, and tried to join the technology industry. But the DACA political confusion keeps throwing up new obstacles. D’s parents are from Guadalajara, Jalisco, in Mexico. They came north as farmworkers and brought their son with them when he was 9, settling in Salinas, California, an agricultural town ten miles inland fr
**The 'loudness' of our thoughts affects how we judge external sounds** :: The 'loudness' of our thoughts — or how we imagine saying something — influences how we judge the loudness of real, external sounds, a team of researchers from NYU Shanghai and NYU has found.
**The 'loudness' of our thoughts affects how we judge external sounds** :: The 'loudness' of our thoughts — or how we imagine saying something — influences how we judge the loudness of real, external sounds.
**The Most Expensive Comment in Internet History?** :: Bollea v. Gawker isn’t just one of the most consequential lawsuits in the history of modern American media. It’s also probably the strangest. In 2016, Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler, won a nine-figure lawsuit that ultimately bankrupted Gawker Media, a fleet of sites that epitomized the barbed brilliance of New York’s young media crowd. The lawsuit concerned a video of Hogan (né Terry Gene
**The mystery behind the proboscis monkey's big nose** :: Exaggerated male traits, such as a large nose, can be great for attracting females, finds a study of proboscis monkeys in Malaysia.
**The new specimen forcing a radical rethink of Archaeopteryx** :: A new specimen has redefined who’s in and who’s out of the Archaeopteryx genus – and poses questions about other theropod dinosaurs Have you heard? There is a new Archaeopteryx in town. Number 12, to be exact. Technically, this specimen has been around since 2010, but was only formally described three weeks ago, thereby making up for the tragic loss of the Haarlem specimen (now renamed as Ostromi
**The Olympic sport most likely to kill you** :: Science It's probably not skeleton. Winter sports are notoriously tough on the joints, from skis and snowboards that can tweak legs to the tendon-shredding, cartilage-endangering feats of figure skaters.
**The Parkland Students Aren't Going Away** :: The aftermath of a mass shooting in the United States can feel like an all-too-familiar play. Act I : Some combination of grief and shock and terror ripples across the nation, accompanied by a deluge of news coverage. Act II : Gun-control advocates leverage the moment to call for stricter laws; those who oppose such restrictions offer their thoughts and prayers to victims but argue that gun contr
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**The Physics of Figure Skating** :: Let’s break down some of the crucial elements behind figure skating's moves, like the loop, flip, salchow, axel, and lutz — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**The Power of the Parkland Town Hall** :: I was 10 years old when, in 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 12 students at Columbine High School, in what was then the most-deadly school shooting in American history. What I can recall most from my childhood mind from the time aren’t the gruesome details in the news reports or even the sense of dread that gripped students and teachers across the country, but the feeling that somethi
**The Problem with Cryptojacking** :: Jackers pick so many pockets at once that the cost per victim is actually minimal. What’s more, browser-based mining isn’t all bad. So what gives?
**The race to invent the artificial leaf** :: In this excerpt from his new book Taming the Sun , Varun Sivaram follows the research paths of two rival scientists determined to find a way to wring fuel out of thin air.
**The race to map the world for autonomous cars is on—and messy** :: 0004d
**The Rick Gates Plea, an Apple Watch Mess, and More Security News This Week** :: A Mueller probe plea, and Apple snafu, and more of the week's top security news.
**The Rise of Virtual Citizenship** :: “If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere. You don’t understand what citizenship means," the British prime minister, Theresa May, declared in October 2016. Not long after, at his first postelection rally, Donald Trump asserted , “There is no global anthem. No global currency. No certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag and that flag is
**The Science Behind Slurry** :: The Science Behind Slurry What’s really in the stuff used to help put out wildfires? The Science Behind Slurry Video of The Science Behind Slurry Earth Friday, February 23, 2018 – 15:15 Karin Heineman, Executive Producer (Inside Science) — The 2017 California wildfire season was one of the most destructive on record. By the end of December, an area three times the size of Chicago had gone up in
**The scientific case for feeling good and bad vibes.** :: A newly discovered phenomenon shows that humans communicate outside of mere auditory and visual modes. Read More
**The Security Command Center Protecting the Winter Olympics** :: In a windowless room in Seoul, dozens of security experts train—and watch—for the worst.
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**The Shuri Effect: A Generation of Black Scientists?** :: There are a zillion things to love about Black Panther, but seeing Letitia Wright embody a brilliant black scientist brought me incredible joy — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**The Six Month Dental Recall – Science or Legend?** :: The evidence to support dental cleaning every six months is…less than ideal, but it still may be a good idea for many people.
**The Spectacular Implosion of Eric Greitens** :: It’s customary to refer to a politician’s quick rise as “meteoric." Overlooked in that cliché is a truth about what happens to meteorites: They strike the ground violently and destructively. That’s worth considering in light of the meteoric rise of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, who was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with felony invasion of privacy charges in connection with a 2015 ext
**The stiffness of cell plasma membranes affects nanomedicine uptake** :: Nanomedicines need to be taken up by diseased cells in order to release their cargo. Cancer cells have altered membrane properties that hamper their ability to take up nanomedicines. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Prasad Shastri at the University of Freiburg has shown that the stiffness of the cancer cell plasma membrane affects how nanoparticles are internalized, and this process can be enhance
**The Struggle to Predict—and Prevent—Toxic Masculinity** :: Sociological research shows that some delinquent boys—but not all—turn into men with no regard for other people's rights.
**The successful launch of Falcon Heavy prompts a roadmap for radioresistant astronauts** :: This massively-collaborative research proposes the roadmap for making humans more resistant to radiation and multiple other forms of stress- and age-associated damage.
**The tech bias: why Silicon Valley needs social theory** :: Technical knowledge continues to be privileged over social knowledge. Read More
**The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction** :: Scientists are alarmed by a rise in mass mortality events – when species die in their thousands. Is it all down to climate change? There was almost something biblical about the scene of devastation that lay before Richard Kock as he stood in the wilderness of the Kazakhstan steppe. Dotted across the grassy plain, as far as the eye could see, were the corpses of thousands upon thousands of saiga an
**The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger** :: The following article contains major spoilers. Black Panther is a love letter to people of African descent all over the world. Its actors, its costume design, its music, and countless other facets of the film are drawn from all over the continent and its diaspora, in a science-fiction celebration of the imaginary country of Wakanda, a high-tech utopia that is a fictive manifestation of African po
**The Travel Ecosystem: An Industry on the Go** :: Amadeus, a behind-the-scenes technology provider serving the entire travel ecosystem, has transformed its technology backbone to enable the new personalized and seamless digital experiences consumers crave.
**The Underwater Damage Left Behind After Hurricanes** :: After hurricanes hit St. John's hard last fall, the island's coral reefs were badly damaged. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with marine biologist Peter Edmunds of California State University Northridge.
**The way streets and buildings are arranged makes a big difference in how heat builds up** :: A new study shows a way to dial down the urban heat island effects that can pump up city temperatures, through different city planning based on classical physics formulas.
**The World's Luckiest Photographer May Have Proved Astrophysicists Right** :: Catching a star begin to go supernova is a 'one in 10 million' chance. This man just won the cosmic lottery.
**The writing on the wall** :: When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests an MIT professor.
**Theory suggests root efficiency, independence drove global spread of flora** :: A new theory of plant evolution suggests that the 400 million-year drive of flora across the globe may not have been propelled by the above-ground traits we can see easily, but by underground adaptations that allowed plants to become more efficient and independent.
**Theory suggests root efficiency, independence drove global spread of flora** :: Researchers from Princeton University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggest that plants spread worldwide thanks to root adaptations that allowed them to become more efficient and independent. As plant species spread, roots became thinner so they could more efficiently explore poor soils for nutrients, and they shed their reliance on symbiotic fungi. The researchers report that root diameter
**Theory suggests root efficiency, independence drove global spread of flora** :: Researchers suggest that plants spread worldwide thanks to root adaptations that allowed them to become more efficient and independent. As plant species spread, roots became thinner so they could more efficiently explore poor soils for nutrients, and they shed their reliance on symbiotic fungi. The researchers report that root diameter and reliance on fungi most consistently characterize the plant
**Therapy for muscular dystrophy-caused heart failure also improves muscle function in mice** :: Injections of cardiac progenitor cells help reverse the fatal heart disease caused by Duchenne muscular dystrophy and also lead to improved limb strength and movement ability, a new study shows. The study, published today in Stem Cell Reports, showed that when researchers injected cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) into the hearts of laboratory mice with muscular dystrophy, heart function improved
**There may be a better way to reduce hospital readmission rates** :: A recent study published in Health Education Research suggests that lay-health workers may be able to significantly reduce readmissions rates to hospitals for high risk patients following surgery.
**There’s an alt-right alt-Twitter and it’s filled with hate** ::
**There's No One Way to Explain How Flying Works** :: You can use Bernoulli's principle to explain how planes fly—but that isn't the only way.
**These 10 ERs Sharply Reduced Opioid Use And Still Eased Pain** :: Collaboration was key for the 10 emergency rooms that cut opioid prescriptions by 36 percent. Doctors say they now use less addictive medicines to manage pain and have shifted patients' expectations. (Image credit: John Daley / CPR News)
**These 2 brain systems work together as we learn** :: Researchers have discovered that two different brain systems work cooperatively as people learn. The study focused on the interplay of two very different modes of learning a new task: reinforcement learning and working memory. Reinforcement learning is an “under-the-hood" process in which people gradually learn which actions to take by processing rewards and punishments at the neural level, and t
**These 7 Animals Would Absolutely Crush It at the Winter Olympics** :: The Olympics are designed to test elite athleticism, at least in the human realm. But what about the animal world? How would arctic foxes fair in the Winter Olympics, or snowy owls for that matter?
**These cyanobacteria change color to match ocean light** :: A species of cyanobacteria has the chameleon-like power to match different colored light across the world’s seas, research shows. The researchers have shown that Synechococcus cyanobacteria—which use light to capture carbon dioxide from the air and produce energy for the marine food chain—contain specific genes which alters their pigmentation depending on the type of light in which they float. Th
**These Freakish Creatures Were Not Meant to See the Light of Day** :: They are among more than 100 deep-sea species recently scooped up off Australia's coast in a mission to identify animals that live in these barely explored, extreme underwater habitats.
**These maple trees switch their sex after physical damage** :: Striped maples not only change their sex periodically, but can also wait until the last minute—three weeks before flowering—to do it, according to new research. The switch appears to result from physical damage, which can prompt a branch to flower female if it’s cut off a male tree. A few years ago, Jennifer Blake-Mahmud, a researcher at Rutgers University, was working on a botany project in Virg
**This artificial skin can sense ladybug footsteps** :: New research sets the stage for an evolution in electronics by taking the concept of “artificial skin" to the next level. The work demonstrates not only a stretchable circuitry that can feel the touch of a ladybug, but also a manufacturing process to mass-produce this circuitry. Restoring some semblance of touch to people who use prosthetic limbs has been a driving force behind Stanford Universit
**This Giant Clock Will Tick for 10,000 Years, But You'll Never Find It** :: Would you pay $42 million for a clock that ticks once a year?
**This heated jacket uses AI, Alexa, and other buzzwords to keep you perfectly snug** :: Ministry of Supply’s new Mercury jacket learns about your habits to figure out when to turn up the temperature.
**This Is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like** :: CORONA, Calif.—Roberta Gordon never thought she’d still be alive at age 76. She definitely didn’t think she’d still be working. But every Saturday, she goes down to the local grocery store and hands out samples, earning $50 a day, because she needs the money. “I’m a working woman again," she told me, in the common room of the senior apartment complex where she now lives, here in California’s Inla
**This laser could charge your phone from across the room** :: Engineers have, for the first time, come up with a way to safely charge a smartphone wirelessly using a laser. A narrow, invisible beam from a laser emitter can deliver charge to a smartphone sitting across a room—and potentially charge the phone’s battery as quickly as a standard USB cable. To accomplish this, the researchers mounted a thin power cell to the back of a smartphone, which charges t
**This Parasite Is a Surprising Cause of Seizures in the US** :: A brain-infecting parasite causes a surprising number of hospitalizations in the United States.
**This Startup Is Challenging Mechanical Turk—on the Blockchain** :: Amazon's Mechanical Turk dominates the market for on-demand microtasks. Gems is using cryptocurrency to appeal to workers and task-requesters.
**This Startup’s Test Shows How Harassment Targets Women Online** :: Kapwing changed the avatar on its customer-service chat widget from a woman to a man, and then a cat. The harassment stopped.
**Tidlig introduktion til forskningsverdenen giver pote** :: Nanoscience-uddannelsen på Københavns Universitet har siden 2010 involveret førsteårsstuderende…
**Tiny specks of this mineral may fight off ‘superbugs’** :: Researchers have developed nanoparticles that can fight some of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The work offers a way to fight infections at their source. The research could be an important step towards managing the threat of antimicrobial resistance. [Superbugs] are increasingly one of the biggest threats to global health, food, and development. The World Health Organization sa
**Tjek din viden om din far: Hvor godt kender du ham egentlig?** :: Har du stillet din far de spørgsmål, som du vil have svar på, inden han går bort? Bedøm selv her.
**To ord kan ødelægge din jobsamtale** :: Måden du omtaler din nuværende samt tidligere arbejdspladser på, kan have stor betydning for din jobchancer. Det fastslår administrerende direktør i voksende teknologivirksomhed.
**Toenail fungus gives up sex to infect human hosts** :: The fungus that causes athlete's foot and other skin and toenail infections may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as it adapted to grow on human hosts. The discovery that this species may be asexual — and therefore nearly identical at the genetic level — uncovers potential vulnerabilities that researchers could exploit in designing better antifungal medications. The findings appear onl
**Toenail fungus gives up sex to infect human hosts** :: The fungus that causes athlete's foot and other skin and toenail infections may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as it adapted to grow on human hosts. The discovery that this species may be asexual — and therefore nearly identical at the genetic level — uncovers potential vulnerabilities that researchers could exploit in designing better antifungal medications. The findings appear onl
**Toenail fungus gives up sex to infect human hosts** :: The fungus that causes athlete's foot and other skin and toenail infections may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as it adapted to grow on its human hosts.
**Toenail Fungus's Nonexistent Sex Life Is More Interesting Than You Think** :: Toenail fungus is not sexy, and the microbes that cause the infection appear to agree.
**Tomatoes of the same quality as normal, but using only half the water** :: Experts from the University of Seville have published a study showing that reducing the water used to irrigate cherry tomato crops by more than 50% has no effect on nutritional or commercial quality, it also increases the level of carotenoids, compounds of great interest in the food-processing industry. Carotenoids are vitamin A precursors, which are beneficial for the health, and have cosmetic us
**Tomatoes of the same quality as normal, but using only half the water** :: When reducing the water used to water cherry tomato crops by more than 50%, the product not only maintains its quality, both commercially and nutritionally, but it also even increases the level of carotenoids, compounds of great interest in the food-processing industry. In addition to being natural colourings, some are Vitamin-A precursors, which are beneficial for the health and have cosmetic use
**Tomatoes of the same quality as normal, but using only half the water** :: When reducing the water used to water cherry tomato crops by more than 50%, the product not only maintains its quality, both commercially and nutritionally, but it also even increases the level of carotenoids, compounds of great interest in the food-processing industry. In addition to being natural colorings, some are Vitamin-A precursors, which are beneficial for the health and have cosmetic uses
**Top experts warn against 'malicious use' of AI** :: Artificial intelligence could be deployed by dictators, criminals and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than two dozen experts said Wednesday as they sounded the alarm over misuse of the technology.
**Touchstone Center provides insight into glucagon's role in diabetic heart disease** :: A UT Southwestern study reveals the hormone glucagon's importance to the development of insulin resistance and cardiac dysfunction during Type 2 diabetes, presenting opportunities to develop new therapies for diabetic diseases of the heart muscle.
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**Toyota, Genesis among Consumer Reports' top auto picks** :: Toyota has four of the 10 vehicles on Consumer Reports' annual top picks, the most of any brand.
**Tracking dormant malaria** :: In an advance that could help scientist discover new malaria drugs, MIT researchers have shown that they can grow dormant human malaria parasites in engineered human liver tissue for several weeks, allowing them to closely study how the parasite becomes dormant, what vulnerabilities it may have, and how it springs back to life.
**Tracking fishing from space: The global footprint of industrial fishing revealed** :: Humans have been fishing the seas for over 42,000 years. However, the global footprint of fishing was poorly understood — until now. A new study published today in Science illuminates the extent of global fishing — down to individual vessel movements and hourly activity — and finds that fishing occurs in over 55 percent of the world's oceans. By revealing where and when fishing occurs, the find
**Tracking the global footprint of fisheries** :: Although fishing is one of the most widespread activities by which humans harvest natural resources, its global footprint is poorly understood and has never been directly quantified. We processed 22 billion automatic identification system messages and tracked >70,000 industrial fishing vessels from 2012 to 2016, creating a global dynamic footprint of fishing effort with spatial and temporal resol
**Tracking traffic in the divided world of a nerve cell** :: Axonal and dendritic proteins embedded in the membrane at either end — called transmembrane proteins — are built in the same cellular factory and travel on the same cellular highway. But for the cell to function property, they must be delivered to the correct domain. So how does the cell regulate that voyage?
**Tracy Staedter** :: Contributor Tracy Staedter is a freelance science writer based in Boston, who writes for Earther, IEEE Spectrum, Seeker, Live Science, HowStuffWorks, DAME and more. Author articles Creature Scientists Unearth a New Class of Antibiotic Compounds from the Soil The discovery may one day help people with multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Tracy Staedter, Contributor
**Transforming patient health care and well-being through lighting** :: The world of health care is changing rapidly and there is increased interest in the role that light and lighting can play in improving health outcomes for patients and providing healthy work environments for staff, according to many researchers. Recently, the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, together with the Illumination Engineering So
**Transforming patient health care and well-being through lighting** :: The world of health care is changing rapidly and there is increased interest in the role that light and lighting can play in improving health outcomes for patients and providing healthy work environments for staff, according to many researchers.
**Tre unge fortryder inderligt: Far, jeg glemte at lære dig at kende** :: Tre unge har mistet deres far. De står tilbage med masser af spørgsmål – for hvem var han?
**Treating sleep-disordered breathing may have cardiovascular benefits for heart failure patients** :: Severe sleep-disordered breathing is linked with stiffening of the arteries' walls and may be related to the development of heart failure, according to a recent study in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.
**Trigger warnings are taking over universities, but do they work?** :: Talk of trigger warnings and microaggressions are sweeping through university campuses, but some researchers question whether they have any psychological basis
**Trilobites: A 3-D Look Inside the Tasmanian Tiger’s Pouch, Long After Extinction** :: Researchers scanned young thylacines preserved in jars in museums, gaining an understanding of when in their development the marsupials turned canine-like.
**Trilobites: A Case for Wild Flamingos Calling Florida Their Home** :: A new study could help make the case for treating flamingos as Florida natives, which could entitle them to certain protections in the state.
**Trilobites: For Vampire Bats to Live on Blood, It Takes Guts** :: Blood is a very difficult thing to live well on, but a new study of the gut microbes and genomes of vampire bats offer insights into how they do it.
**Trilobites: He Took a Picture of a Supernova While Setting Up His New Camera** :: Astronomers rarely see the beginnings of these explosions, but an Argentine amateur’s lucky picture helped them study the start of a massive star’s violent death.
**Trilobites: The Chambered Nautilus Is the Ocean’s Most Efficient Jet Engine** :: Moving through the deep seas with jets of water uses much more energy than swimming with fins, but this shellfish has found a way to make it work very well.
**Triplefin fish found to have controlled iris radiance** :: A team of researchers with the University of Tübingen in Germany has found an example of a fish that is able to control light reflected from organs next to its pupils—a form of photolocation. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes their study of the fish and their findings and also offers some theories on the purpose of the skill.
**Tropical trees use unique method to resist drought** :: Tropical trees in the Amazon Rainforest may be more drought resistant than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside.
**Tropical trees use unique method to resist drought** :: Tropical trees in the Amazon Rainforest may be more drought resistant than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside.That's good news, since the Amazon stores about 20 percent of all carbon in the Earth's biomass, which helps reduce global warming by lowering the planet's greenhouse gas levels.The study was published Monday in the journa
**Tropical trees use unique method to resist drought** :: Tropical trees in the Amazon Rainforest may be more drought resistant than previously thought, according to a new study. That's good news, since the Amazon stores about 20 percent of all carbon in the Earth's biomass, which helps reduce global warming by lowering the planet's greenhouse gas levels.
**Trump’s Hardline Approach Is Forcing Immigrant Advocates to Readjust** :: For years, activists have urged lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for so-called “Dreamers," immigrants brought to the United States illegally as minors. They’ve staged sit-ins, protested at the steps of the Capitol, and organized rallies across the country. But the Trump administration’s hardline stance has required advocate groups to go further and consider how much they’re willing to c
**Trump’s Hollow Gesture on Guns** :: On Tuesday, in the aftermath of the shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, Trump sent a memo to Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordering a proposal to ban bump stocks and to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. But experts and advocates say the move is more performative than meaningful—and the decision is being criticized by gun-contro
**Trump's Call for Mental Institutions Could Be Good** :: President Donald Trump continued to point to mental-health solutions to America’s gun-violence problem this week, this time saying that he would like to reopen mental asylums that have been closed over the past few decades. “Part of the problem is we used to have mental institutions … where you take a sicko like this guy," he said in a discussion with state and local officials about last week’s
**Træning og sund kost skal erstatte astmamedicin** :: Et studie fra Bispebjerg Hospitals Lungemedicinske Forskningsenhed viser, at det er muligt at halvere astmapatienters symptomer med motion og sund kost.
**Tumbling Cat or Olympic Snowboarder? Turns Out, the Physics Is the Same** :: If you want to understand how snowboarders, skiers, and other Winter Olympians perform complex tricks while shooting through open air, you need to understand cats.
**Tumor Organoids Predict How Well Patients Respond to Cancer Drugs** :: Testing treatments on mini tumors may save time in identifying which therapies work best, a new study shows.
**Turn off the telly and get moving** :: Spending too much time in front of the television could increase your chance of developing potentially fatal blood clots known as venous thrombosis. Even trying to counterbalance hours of TV watching through adequate exercise is not effective warns Yasuhiko Kubota of the University of Minnesota in the US. Kubota is the lead author of a study in Springer's Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.
**Turning light upside down** :: Researchers have developed a 'hyperbolic metasurface' on which light propagates with completely reshaped wavefronts. The achievement towards a more precise control and monitoring of light is particularly relevant to the technological challenges of miniaturizing optical devices for sensing and signal processing.
**Turns out we have no idea how tech affects our kids** :: 0003d
**Tvivl og travlhed giver forsinkede EU-standarder** :: En irsk retssag og mange reviderede EU-direktiver betyder, at flere harmoniserede standarder er forsinket. Det giver ekstra arbejde hos elektronikvirksomhederne.
**Tweeting in cities lower than expected, researchers find** :: Twitter Accounts Users
**Twitter sets crackdown on automated 'bot' accounts** :: Twitter announced Wednesday a crackdown on accounts powered by software "bots" which can artificially amplify a person or cause and which have been accused of manipulating the social network during the 2016 US election.
**Two-way communication is possible with a single quantum particle** :: One photon can transmit information in two directions at once.
**Tying target genes to autism could lead to better treatment** :: A new computational method has connected several target genes to autism, according to new research. The findings, along with other recent discoveries, could lead to screening tools for young children—and help doctors choose the best intervention when making a diagnosis. Autism is a spectrum of closely related symptoms involving behavioral, social, and cognitive deficits. Early detection is key to
**Typhoid Outbreak in Pakistan Linked to Extensively Drug-Resistant Bacteria** :: In January, health officials began an aggressive vaccination campaign to counter the spreading disease.
**Tysk domstol udskyder skæbnedag for dieselbiler** :: Afgørelsen om, hvorvidt byerne Düsseldorf og Stuttgart må forbyde de mest forurenende dieselbiler, ventes at lande i næste uge. Dommen kan få betydning for biltrafikken over hele landet.
**Tysk teknologiprofessor: Glem elbiler med lang rækkevidde** :: Der er absolut ingen grund til at installere et 100 kWh-batteri i en elbil for at kunne køre 500 km på en opladning. Det er både økonomisk og miljømæssigt en fejltagelse. Det siger tysk professor, som står i spidsen for bybilen e.GO, som leverer den første bil til september. 7.000 styk er allered…
**UBC engineers advance the capability of wearable tech** :: Creating the perfect wearable device to monitor muscle movement, heart rate and other tiny bio-signals without breaking the bank has inspired scientists to look for a simpler and more affordable tool. Now, a team of researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus have developed a practical way to monitor and interpret human motion, in what may be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to wearable tech
**Uber Launches Express Pool to Conquer the Commute** :: Uber Express Pool
**Uber takes on commuting with Express car pool service** :: Uber on Wednesday maneuvered to become part of people's daily commutes with the addition of an Express car pool to its ride-share options.
**Uber's Express Pool, GM's Super Cruise, and More Car News** :: Plus: the rise of electric, dockless bike-sharing, Tesla's crypto currency kerfuffle, and more car news you missed this week.
**UCLA scientists use color-coded tags to discover how heart cells develop** :: UCLA researchers used fluorescent colored proteins to trace how cardiomyocytes — cells in heart muscle that enable it to pump blood — are produced in mouse embryos. The findings could eventually lead to methods for regenerating heart tissue in human adults.
**Ugens it-job: Softwareudvikler hos HOFOR eller job i Netcompany** :: På dagens liste er der job for både teknikere, ledere, arkitekter og udviklere. Find det rette job for dig.
**UK Academics Strike Amid Pension Dispute** :: More than 40,000 research staff and lecturers are expected to walk out in 14 days of protests.
**UK scientist says Britons in Europe 'utterly ignored' by government** :: Leading astrophysicist Mark McCaughrean, based in the Netherlands, says many may have to forgo British citizenship One of the most senior British scientists in Europe has made an impassioned plea to the government to reconsider its implacable opposition to freedom of movement, saying it is a direct attack on around 1 million British nationals living on the continent. Britons living in Europe will
**Ultrafast optical ranging using microresonator soliton frequency combs** :: Light detection and ranging is widely used in science and industry. Over the past decade, optical frequency combs were shown to offer advantages in optical ranging, enabling fast distance acquisition with high accuracy. Driven by emerging high-volume applications such as industrial sensing, drone navigation, or autonomous driving, there is now a growing demand for compact ranging systems. Here, w
**UMass Amherst physicists contribute to dark matter detector success** :: This week, scientists from around the world who gathered at UCLA at its Dark Matter 2018 Symposium learned of new results in the search for evidence of the elusive material in Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by the DarkSide-50 detector. WIMPs have been candidate dark matter particles for decades, but none have been found to date. Andrea Pocar of UMass Amherst says the DarkSide detecto
**Under projected rates of sea level rise, a bleak future for Pacific coast tidal wetlands** :: Pacific coast marshes, particularly those in California and Oregon, are highly vulnerable to climate change, according to a new modeling analysis. Under higher-range sea level rise scenarios estimated to impact this region by the end of the century, all high- and mid-marsh habitats are projected to be lost. Only the low marsh habitat is likely to survive under such
**Understanding the wetting of micro-textured surfaces can help give them new functionalities** :: The wetting and adhesion characteristics of solid surfaces critically depend on their fine structures. However, until now, our understanding of exactly how the sliding behaviour of liquid droplets depends on surface microstructures has been limited. Now, physicists Shasha Qiao, Qunyang Li and Xi-Qiao Feng from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China have conducted experimental and theoretical studie
**Understanding the wetting of micro-textured surfaces can help give them new functionalities** :: The wetting and adhesion characteristics of solid surfaces critically depend on their fine structures. However, until now, our understanding of exactly how the sliding behaviour of liquid droplets depends on surface microstructures has been limited. Now, physicists Shasha Qiao, Qunyang Li and Xi-Qiao Feng from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China have conducted experimental and theoretical studie
**Understanding the wetting of micro-textured surfaces can help give them new functionalities** :: The wetting and adhesion characteristics of solid surfaces critically depend on their fine structures. However, until now, our understanding of exactly how the sliding behavior of liquid droplets depends on surface microstructures has been limited. Now, physicists have conducted experimental and theoretical studies on the friction of liquid droplets on micro-structured surfaces.
**Undersøgelse slår fast: Ingeniører i chok når de rammer arbejdsmarkedet** :: Der er er en kløft mellem ingeniørstudiet og arbejdslivet. Det kommer som en overraskelse for nyuddannede ingeniører, at andre kompetencer end de teknisk-faglige er vigtige. Se grafik, der illustrerer kløften.
**Unexpected discovery about essential enzyme** :: The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks plays an important role when cells divide. In a new study, researchers have discovered for the first time that the so-called master switch of the enzyme can change locations—while still performing the same task.
**Unexpected discovery about essential enzyme** :: The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks plays an important role when cells divide. In a new study, researchers have discovered for the first time that the so-called master switch of the enzyme can change locations — while still performing the same task.
**Unexpected discovery about essential enzyme** :: The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks plays an important role when cells divide. In a new study, researchers have discovered for the first time that the so-called master switch of the enzyme can change locations — while still performing the same task.
**Ung læge fik fri til at forske under hoveduddannelse** :: Første læge afslutter sin hoveduddannelse i en særlige forskerdelestilling på Herlev og Gentofte Hospital.
**Unique chemistry found in the New Zealand glowworm** :: Researchers have helped uncover how New Zealand glowworms produce their glow. The scientists have discovered that the glowworms produce their light using a chemical reaction that is different from that of all other glowing creatures like fireflies.
**UNIST introduces new smart contact lens for diabetics** :: A team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has succeeded in developing a new biosensing contact lens capable of detecting glucose levels in patients with diabetes.
**UNIST researchers reveal how one bacterium inhibits predators with poison** :: A team of scientists, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has unveiled that the bacterium Chromobacterium piscinae produces cyanide, an inhibitory molecule, to defend themselves in the battle against Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100.
**University of Washington Researchers Can Wirelessly Charge a Phone Using Lasers** :: A team of electrical engineering students has a solution to all your charging problems: Lasers.
**Unnaturally aglow with a bright inner light** :: 0003d
**Unprecedented single-digit-nanometer magnetic tunnel junction demonstrated** :: A research group from Tohoku University has revealed ultra-small magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) down to a single-digit-nanometer scale that have sufficient retention properties and yet can be switched by a current.
**Unsaddling old theory on origin of horses** :: Botai horses were tamed in Kazakhstan 5,500 years ago and thought to be the ancestors of today's domesticated horses . . . until a team led by researchers from the CNRS and Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier sequenced their genome. Their findings published on Feb. 22, 2018 in Science are startling: these equids are the progenitors not of the modern domesticated horse, but rather of Przewalski's
**UPS adding to electric truck fleet** :: UPS says it will soon start using electric delivery trucks that cost the same as conventional diesel- or gas-fueled ones.
**Urban heat island effects depend on a city's layout** :: The arrangement of a city's streets and buildings plays a crucial role in the local urban heat island effect, which causes cities to be hotter than their surroundings, researchers have found. The new finding could provide city planners and officials with new ways to influence those effects.
**Urban mining to reduce environmental footprint of consumer goods** :: Mining isn't the only way to extract valuable metals. Soon, they could increasingly be recovered from waste, reducing the need for new raw materials and helping Europe's transition to a low-carbon economy.
**US Border Patrol Hasn’t Validated E-Passport Data For Years** :: For over a decade, US Customs and Border Protection has been unable to verify the cryptographic signatures on e-Passports, because they never installed the right software.
**US conservatives spread tweets by Russian trolls over 30 times more often than liberals** :: The first detailed analysis of how misinformation spread through the Twittersphere during the 2016 election also shows that the most retweets of troll content came from Tennessee and Texas.
**Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room** :: Engineers have for the first time developed a method to safely charge a smartphone wirelessly using a laser.
**UT Dallas scientists isolate cancer stem cells using novel method** :: Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have devised a new technique to isolate aggressive cells thought to form the root of many hard-to-treat metastasized cancers — a significant step toward developing new drugs that might target these cells.
**UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time** :: A University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, his advisor and industry collaborators believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years: How to prevent the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope from crashing into the surface of a material during imaging or lithography
**U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art** :: Europe Humans Neanderthal
**Vandrapport fra Cape Town: Storbyen kæmper for at undgå Day Zero** :: Med alverdens påfund kæmper millionbyen mod at skulle lukke for vandforsyningen. Men endnu en tør vinter kan blive katastrofal.
**Vaping may pull lead and other metals into your lungs** :: Significant amounts of lead and other toxic metals leak from some heating coils in e-cigarettes and contaminate aerosols that the user inhales, a new study suggests. A number of the 56 e-cigarette devices used in the research generated aerosols with potentially unsafe levels of lead, chromium, manganese, and/or nickel, scientists found. “…these heating coils, as currently made, seem to be leaking
**Velfærdsturisme er en myte** :: Ni ud af ti EU-borgere, der modtager centrale sociale ydelser i Danmark, har været bosat her i…
**Video: Da B&W byggede sit første dieseldrevne skib, Selandia** :: I 1910 bestilte ØK et stort dieseldrevet skib, der kunne fragte mennesker og gods helt til Asien. Hør fortællingen og se de flotte billeder fra Ingeniørens arkiver. Og søg selv efter flere gode historier.
**Video: Se principperne bag studenter-raket fra DTU** :: En gruppe studerende fra DTU er i gang med at bygge en raket, som optimalt kan ramme præcis 9.000 meters højde. Hør om planerne og arbejdet her.
**Volkswagen profit roars back two years after 'dieselgate'** :: The world's largest carmaker Volkswagen appeared back in racing form Friday, as its 2017 results revved back to levels not seen since before its devastating "dieselgate" emission cheating scandal.
**Volkswagen workers secure big pay bump** :: Workers at the world's largest carmaker Volkswagen said Wednesday they had secured a big pay bump, in line with the rest of Germany's powerful metalworking sector.
**Walking crystals may lead to new field of crystal robotics** :: Researchers have demonstrated that tiny micrometer-sized crystals—just barely visible to the human eye—can "walk" inchworm-style across the slide of a microscope. Other crystals are capable of different modes of locomotion such as rolling, flipping, bending, twisting, and jumping. In the future, these moving crystals may open the doors to the development of crystal-based robots.
**Walmart to launch new online home shopping experience** :: Bohemian or traditional?
**Want to Boost Reproducibility? Get Another Lab Involved** :: Including as few as two labs in a study improved the odds of getting the true effect size by as much as 23 percentage points, according to a replication model.
**Want to know about T rex? Chase an ibis around a track, scientists say** :: The Australian white ibis is one of a dozen bird species whose locomotion is revealing a lot about their dinosaur cousins The Australian white ibis, aka “bin chicken", might not have won the title of Australia’s favourite bird, but its next race might help scientists solve the mystery of how Tyrannosaurus rex walked and ran. The ibis is one of a dozen bird species that scientists raced around an
**Was the Incan Empire a socialist paradise?** :: The Incan Empire had many amazing monuments and lasting achievements. One of the more fascinating is how the Inca managed to run such a large empire without a market economy. Read More
**Watch a Human Try to Fight Off Boston Dynamics' Door-Opening Robot Dog** :: A human with a hockey stick does everything in his power to stop a robot from opening a door.
**Watching too much television could cause fatal blood clots** :: Spending too much time in front of the television could increase your chance of developing potentially fatal blood clots known as venous thrombosis. Even trying to counterbalance hours of TV watching through adequate exercise is not effective warn researchers.
**Waterbeds simulate weightlessness to help skinsuits combat back pain in space** :: Astronauts tend to become taller in weightlessness – causing back pain and making it difficult to fit into spacesuits. Astronauts may be more likely to suffer from 'slipped discs' after landing.
**Waterbirds targeted in Iran's wetlands** :: 0003d
**Wayne LaPierre’s Cynical Exploitation of Outrage** :: It’s been a strange few days in the American gun debate—with teenagers shaking an otherwise moribund discourse into new territory, senators being cowed on national television, and President Trump edging toward minor gun regulations. In the wake of the shooting, the Conservative Political Action Conference decided not to put National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre on its
**We can now squeeze a molecule and turn it into one that we want** :: We can now precisely tweak molecular structures just by squeezing them – a technique that could let us efficiently build custom drug compounds on the cheap
**We may be overdue a massive war, says a statistical analysis** :: Since the end of the second world war a “long peace" has prevailed around the world, but far from being a new era in history it could just be a statistical fluke
**Wearable tech aids stroke patients** :: US scientists develop sensors to allow doctors to follow their patients' progress away from the clinic.
**Weather should remain predictable despite climate change** :: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, temperatures are expected to rise between 2.5 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. This warming is expected to contribute to rising sea levels and the melting of glaciers and permafrost, as well as other climate-related effects. Now, research from the University of Missouri suggests that even as rising carbon dioxide levels in
**Weather should remain predictable despite climate change** :: New research from the University of Missouri suggests that even as rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere drive the climate toward warmer temperatures, the weather will remain predictable.
**Weather should remain predictable despite climate change** :: New research suggests that even as rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere drive the climate toward warmer temperatures, the weather will remain predictable.
**Weight loss linked to healthy eating not genetics, study finds** :: Participants who ate the most vegetables and consumed the fewest processed foods, sugary drinks and unhealthy fats shed the most kilograms The amount and quality of food and not a person’s genetics will lead to weight loss, a US study has found. It has been suggested that variations in genetic makeup make it easier for some people to lose weight than others on certain diets. Continue reading…
**Weird particle soup may have formed stars in the early universe** :: Pions are particles that usually decay very quickly. But right after the big bang, they could have made stars that last long enough for us to detect now
**West Coast Wetlands Could Nearly Disappear in 100 Years** :: Although the Gulf and East coasts get most of the attention, the West Coast could see massive losses — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**What a handsome schnoz!** :: Researchers find evidence supporting both male-male competition and female choice as factors in the evolution of the enlarged male nose in proboscis monkeys.
**What Clarence Thomas Gets Wrong About the Second Amendment** :: Never let it be said that Justice Clarence Thomas is overly concerned with appearances. Witness his release of a passionately pro-gun opinion , less than a week after a school shooting took 17 lives at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. As near as I can tell, only two subjects excite this most phlegmatic of justices: the death penalty and the Second Amendment’s “right to
**What Does Trump Actually Think About Gun Control?** :: Crises are crucibles, bringing out a leader’s core characteristics. The aftermath of the shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has thrown two sides of President Trump into sharp relief. Over the course of 48 hours, Trump has suggested a variety of possible responses to gun violence in schools. Some of them look like the product of the independent, unconv
**What happened to US diplomats in Cuba? – Science Weekly podcast** :: Ian Sample delves into a preliminary study of US embassy staff said to have been targeted by an energy source in Cuba. With no unifying explanation, what do scientists think happened?
**What happened to US diplomats in Cuba? – Science Weekly podcast** :: Ian Sample delves into a preliminary study of US embassy staff said to have been targeted by an energy source in Cuba. With no unifying explanation, what do scientists think happened? Subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud and Acast , and join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter Between 2016 and 2017, a number of US diplomats in Cuba reported distressing sym
**What happens if Earth gets 2°C warmer?** :: Environment And why are we trying to avoid it? Over the last 20 years, 2°C has been referenced in climate policies and agreements made by the Council of the EU, the G8, and more. What makes it so important?
**What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns** :: As I opened the CT scan last week to read the next case, I was baffled. The history simply read “gunshot wound." I have been a radiologist in one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation for 13 years, and have diagnosed thousands of handgun injuries to the brain, lung, liver, spleen, bowel, and other vital organs. I thought that I knew all that I needed to know about gunshot wounds, but the sp
**What is "chain migration"? The real statistics behind the controversy** :: President Trump wants to end "chain migration". Is a merit-based system better? How the controversy over immigration reform threatens to affect millions of families. Read More
**What Is "Normal," Anyway?** :: In psychology and psychiatry, it really means "average" or "typical," but we too easily think of it as a synonym for "how everyone is supposed to think and feel" — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
**What Is Ramadan?** :: Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture. During Ramadan, Muslims fast, abstain from pleasures and pray to become closer to God.
**What is the Windsor hum and is it really US Steel’s fault?** :: An intermittent rumbling similar to a case investigated on The X-Files has been driving some residents berserk for years – with similar noises heard around the world. The truth is out there … Name: The Windsor Hum. Age: About seven years old. Continue reading…
**What it felt like to visit the most tech-centric Olympics ever** :: I tried out 5G wireless networks, AI translation robots, and self-driving buses in Pyeongchang.
**What Rick Gates' Guilty Plea Means For Mueller’s Probe** :: Paul Manafort’s longtime deputy is cooperating with the special prosecutor, so we may soon have answers to these questions hovering around the Russia investigation.
**What Rick Gates’s Guilty Plea Means** :: Paul Manafort R. Gates
**What's Behind Toddler's Extremely Rare Water Allergy?** :: For one toddler in Minnesota, contact with plain old H2O can be dangerous.
**WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Injects $50 Million in Newly Formed Signal Foundation** :: WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has taken on the leadership of the non-profit behind that popular encryption app—and given it a serious injection of cash.
**When every fish counts** :: Genetic analysis by UC Davis showed about one-third of endangered delta smelt were misidentified in surveys of the Yolo Bypass. Their study found that genetic tools can be a powerful complement to visual identification of endangered fish.
**When every fish counts: Genetic tools can ensure accuracy of identification of endangered fish** :: Genetic analysis showed about one-third of endangered delta smelt were misidentified in surveys of the Yolo Bypass. Their study found that genetic tools can be a powerful complement to visual identification of endangered fish.
**When Gun Owners Become Like Hypocritical Hippies** :: “Rights come with responsibilities," argues The Atlantic writer David Frum . “Understanding this principle is what distinguishes an adult from a child. Yet the gun lobby rejects this basic bargain." In this new video, Frum questions the “self-indulgent permissiveness" that leads conservatives down a trail of hypocrisy.
**When it comes to climate change, a tantrum is just what we need** :: We can’t wait for the next generation to solve the problem of climate change but today’s kids can still be a big force for change, says Michael E. Mann
**When Poop Becomes Medicine** :: In 1957, a young microbiologist named Stanley Falkow started asking sick people to swallow their own poop. Falkow was working as a technician in a hospital lab at a time when patients were besieged by a rogue strain of the gut bacterium Staphylococcus. To prevent the bug from infecting people during surgery, all patients were told to take preemptive antibiotics before their operations. Unfortunat
**When proteins shake hands** :: Protein fibres are found virtually everywhere in nature, including in spider silk, wood, the spaces between tissue cells, in tendons, or as a natural sealant for small wounds. These protein nanofibres have outstanding properties such as high stability, biodegradability, and antibacterial effects. Artificially creating these fibres is not easy, much less assigning them specific functions. These iss
**When the cryptocurrency bubble pops, these tokens are built to survive** :: An emerging species of crypto-token offers a glimpse at the future of decentralized services.
**When Wildfire Smoke Invades, Who Should Pay To Clean Indoor Air?** :: Public health agencies are set up to regulate air pollution from cars, trucks and factories. Wildfire smoke presents a different set of threats, prompting some of those agencies to rethink priorities. (Image credit: Nora Saks / Montana Public Radio)
**Where Gun-Control Advocates Could Win in 2018** :: The shifting geography of the electoral battlefield is providing gun-control advocates their best opportunity in years to tilt the balance on the issue in Congress. Since the early 1990s, the National Rifle Association has sustained an impregnable congressional blockade against new gun-control measures. But the weakest link in that chain has always been the Republican-held suburban seats in the H
**Which is more dangerous for your brain: Alcohol or marijuana?** :: Years of inconsistency in marijuana studies sent UC-Boulder researchers pouring over all the MRI data associated with alcohol and pot. Read More
**'White Male Privilege' and Other Themes of Gun Culture** :: Previously in this series: “ A Case Against Gun Control " “ The Cultural Roots of a Gun-Massacre Society " “ A Veteran on the Need to Control Civilian Arms " “ ‘Show Us the Carnage,’ Continued " “ Only in America " “ Show Us the Carnage " “ The Empty Rituals of an American Massacre " and before that: “ Why the AR-15 Is So Lethal " “ The Nature of the AR-15 " “ Why the AR-15 Was Never Meant to be
**Whoosh! Virgin Unveils Hyperloop that Will Travel 760 Mph** :: Virgin Hyperloop One has released prototype for a levitating pod that is designed to zoom at speeds as high as 760 mph (1,200 km/h) through a Hyperloop connecting Dubai to Abu Dhabi, according to news sources.
**Why Albert Einstein was a socialist** :: We often like to consider the ideas of great thinkers when looking at an issue. To that end, Albert Einstein once wrote an essay explaining why he was a socialist. We break it down here. Read More
**Why are there so many types of lizards?** :: Researchers from Arizona State University School of Life Sciences and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have sequenced the complete genetic code — the genome — of several vertebrate species from Panama. They found that changes in genes involved in the interbrain (the site of the pineal gland and other endocrine glands), for color vision, hormones and the colorful dewlap that males bob to a
**Why are there so many types of lizards?** :: Researchers have sequenced the complete genetic code — the genome — of several vertebrate species from Panama. They found that changes in genes involved in the interbrain (the site of the pineal gland and other endocrine glands), for color vision, hormones and the colorful dewlap that males bob to attract females, may contribute to the formation of boundaries between species. Genes regulating li
**Why Artificial Intelligence Researchers Should Be More Paranoid** :: Report highlights risks of AI. A robot-turned-assassin?
**Why Billy Graham Was Determined to Globalize Evangelicalism** :: Billy Graham D. Trump
**Why do firms like Uber and Citymapper keep reinventing buses?** :: Apps want to disrupt public transport by creating “innovative" services that look suspiciously like buses, but real-time data could make for a better ride
**Why do food allergies, including peanuts, so plague the U.S.?** :: Research shows that the U.S. has more food allergies than other nations though it’s not clear why. The good news: For one of the worst allergies, peanuts, there’s promising news. Read More
**Why Elon Musk Is Stepping Down from AI Safety Group He Co-Founded** :: The move could have implications for artificial intelligence development at Tesla.
**Why Justin Trudeau Is Being Snubbed in India** :: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hasn’t hidden his fondness for foreign leaders. He has embraced them , tweeted at them , and sent them birthday wishes —all in an effort to make India a global player in international affairs. So when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, he of the perfect coiffure, high-voltage smile, and beautiful family arrived in New Delhi this week for a state visit, it
**Why legal marijuana businesses are being kicked off social media** :: A number of marijuana companies are kicked off social media without explanation, which is going to force the cannabis industry to answer questions of identity. Read More
**Why Lighting and Makeup Were 'Black Panther"s Secret Weapons** :: Black Panther Movie
**Why Physicists Are Planning to Drive Antimatter Around in a Moving Van** :: Antimatter is about to go on its first road trip.
**Why productivity growth slowed—and how we could turn things around** :: 0002d
**Why Scientists Are Rushing to Hunt Down 1.7 Million Unknown Viruses** :: Can researchers uncover 800,000 viruses in the next 10 years? We're about to find out.
**Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World** :: Until very recently, the machines that could trounce champions were at least respectful enough to start by learning from human experience. To beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, IBM engineers made use of centuries of chess wisdom in their Deep Blue computer. In 2016, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo thrashed champion Lee Sedol at the ancient board game Go after poring over millions of positions from t
**Why The Last 'Wild' Horses Really Aren't** :: A story from the journal Science suggests that the only "wild" horses in existence aren't actually wild at all but rather are the feral descendants of an early domestication. (Image credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
**Why we are sceptical of antidepressant analysis | Letters** :: Academics dispute the claims made for these drugs in a recent study, while one long-term user recounts how they have worked for her and other readers point to the usefulness of meditation and community in fending off depression It was disappointing to read such an uncritical description of the latest analysis of antidepressant trials that does not address doubts about the widespread use of these d
**Why We Can’t Let Google Monopolize AI** :: WIRED contributor Robert Wright on why the government needs to stop Google from monopolizing AI.
**Why we don’t get sick of listening to our favorite song** :: People enjoy replaying a favorite song many times even after the novelty and surprise are gone, according to new research. Forty-three percent of those who listened to their favorite song daily replayed the song at least three times… In a new study, participants reported listening to their favorite song hundreds of times. The mean among the sample was more than 300 times and this number was even
**Why you should—and shouldn't—buy an electric car** :: California was on track to meet Gov. Jerry Brown's initial goal for putting 1.5 million environmentally friendly vehicles on the road by 2025, a new report says, but then Brown upped the target.
**Wildlife secrets of Nigeria's last wilderness** :: Rare chimps, leopards and pangolins have been caught on camera in the forests of Nigeria's largest national park.
**Wine polyphenols could fend off bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease** :: Evidence suggests that sipping wine may be good for your colon and heart, possibly because of the beverage's abundant and structurally diverse polyphenols. Now researchers report that wine polyphenols might also be good for your oral health.
**Wine polyphenols could fend off bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease** :: Sipping wine is good for your colon and heart, possibly because of the beverage's abundant and structurally diverse polyphenols. Now researchers report in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that wine polyphenols might also be good for your oral health.
**Wine polyphenols could fend off bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease** :: Sipping wine is good for your colon and heart, possibly because of the beverage's abundant and structurally diverse polyphenols. Now researchers report in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that wine polyphenols might also be good for your oral health.
**With computation, researchers identify promising solid oxide fuel cell materials** :: Using advanced computational methods, materials scientists have discovered new materials that could bring widespread commercial use of solid oxide fuel cells closer to reality.
**With computation, researchers identify promising solid oxide fuel cell materials** :: Using advanced computational methods, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials scientists have discovered new materials that could bring widespread commercial use of solid oxide fuel cells closer to reality.
**With computation, researchers identify promising solid oxide fuel cell materials** :: Using advanced computational methods, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials scientists have discovered new materials that could bring widespread commercial use of solid oxide fuel cells closer to reality.
**With cost removed, women choose more effective contraceptive methods** :: Researchers evaluated women's contraception choices if cost is not a factor.
**Women report more rudeness at work from other women** :: Women report more incivility from other women at work than from male coworkers, according to a new study. “In other words, women are ruder to each other than they are to men, or than men are to women." The phenomenon of women discriminating against other women in the workplace—particularly as they rise in seniority—has long been documented as the “queen bee syndrome." As women have increased thei
**Women who suffer with SCAD may fare better with conservative care** :: Patients who suffer from a type of heart attack that affects mainly younger women, called spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD, may benefit most from conservative treatment, letting the body heal on its own. This is according to a new scientific statement by a Mayo Clinic led team, published by the American Heart Association in its journal, Circulation.
**World's first solar fuels reactor for night passes test** :: International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested CONTISOL, a solar reactor that runs on air, able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen and to run day or night – because it uses concentrated solar power (CSP) which can include thermal energy storage.
**World's fishing fleets mapped from orbit** :: Satellite tracking shows fishing's footprint on Earth is now over four times that of agriculture.
**Worms living in your veins? Seventeen volunteers said 'OK** :: 0003d
**Wot, no signal?** :: Billions of people still have no access to mobile services, but nano-satellites could change this.
**xView Detection Challenge: Help the Pentagon Analyze Satellite Images** :: The Defense Department is offering $100,000 for artificial-intelligence algorithms that can identify items such buildings and trucks in satellite images.
**Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here's why** :: DIY It's all about that acid. Forget secret sauce—marinating meats in yogurt gives you the most flavorful, tender results. And food science can explain why.
**You don't have to be an expert to solve big problems | Tapiwa Chiwewe** :: Driving in Johannesburg one day, Tapiwa Chiwewe noticed an enormous cloud of air pollution hanging over the city. He was curious and concerned but not an environmental expert — so he did some research and discovered that nearly 14 percent of all deaths worldwide in 2012 were caused by household and ambient air pollution. With this knowledge and an urge to do something about it, Chiwewe and his co
**You Don't Need a Personal Genetics Test to Take Charge of Your Health** :: That in-home DNA test won't tell you much about how to eat or exercise. Fortunately, you don't need it to.
**Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about tools** :: Children as young as seven apply basic laws of physics to problem-solving, rather than learning from what has previously been rewarded, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.
**Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about tools** :: Children as young as seven apply basic laws of physics to problem-solving, rather than learning from what has previously been rewarded, suggests new research.
**Younger age at diabetes diagnosis is linked to higher risk of death from heart disease and stroke, yet lower risk of cancer death** :: New research shows that the earlier a person is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the higher their risk of death from heart disease and stroke, but, unusually, the lower their risk of death from cancer.
**Younger age at diabetes diagnosis is linked to higher risk of** :: New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows that the earlier a person is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the higher their risk of death from heart disease and stroke, but, unusually, the lower their risk of death from cancer.
**Your drive to the shops makes life pretty noisy for whales** :: As unlikely as it may seem, your drive to the supermarket is responsible for a lot of noise pollution in our oceans – and a lot of stress to marine life as a result.
**YouTube and Facebook Trending Tools Highlighted Parkland Conspiracy Theories** :: An algorithm change apparently designed to keep fake news out is precisely what put a Parkland conspiracy video at the top of YouTube's Trending section.
**Zero gravity graphene promises success in space** :: In a series of exciting experiments, Cambridge researchers experienced weightlessness testing graphene's application in space.
**Zia virus could help combat brain cancer** :: Researchers show that infection by Zia caused death of cells from glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. Scientists foresee the use of genetic engineering to neutralize Zika virus' infectious whilst preserving the viral particles which induce the death of tumoral cells.
**Zika virus could help combat brain cancer** :: Study by Brazilian researchers shows infection by Zika caused death of cells from glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. Scientists foresee the use of genetic engineering to neutralize Zika virus' infectious whilst preserving the viral particles which induce the death of tumoral cells.