Astronomi
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Another 1/230,000,000th of a Galactic OrbitAs the solar year ends let's try to stop being so parochial — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Batteri-lagring
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Battery Storage Poised to Expand RapidlyThe 2016 Los Angeles gas leak put battery storage of electricity on the fast track — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Nytårsfortsætter overholder vi ikke
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How to make even your toughest new year’s resolutions stickOur annual vows to ditch bad habits rarely manage to change behaviour, but why? Frank Swain examines how to make a new you in 2017
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Børn af tre forældre for at fjerne mitokondriesygdomme vil ikke altid virke, da ikke alle de dårlige mitokondrier bliver fjernet i processen.
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Unexpected Risks Found In Editing Genes To Prevent Inherited Disorders In 2016, scientists combined the genes of three people in an effort to make a baby free of an inherited disease. But the process doesn't wipe out all faulty mitochondria, and could pose new risks. (Image credit: Getty Images/Science Photo Library)
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Fysikforskere forsøger at få mere indsigt i vindenergiens fluktuationer og variationer.
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The Answer is Blowing in the WindPhysics research provides new insights into the fluctuations of wind energy, with implications for engineering and policy.
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Amerikansk undersøgelse viser, at ikke alle college-studerende drikker: I et studie har man forsøgt at undersøgt årsager om det f.eks. har betydning, om de unge bor hjemme hos forældrene
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College-student status does not automatically mean excessive drinkingCollege matriculation is often associated with increases in the frequency and intensity of drinking. This study used a national sample to examine the association between being a college student and changes in excessive drinking from late adolescence through young adulthood and whether students' residing with their parents during the school year affected the association.
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Scientific American har udgivet en artikel om nytårs-illusioner
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To New Illusory BeginningsThe New Year is a new start. Embrace the feeling. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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En redaktør ved tidsskriftet Nature skriver om, hvilke bøger i 2016, swe var hendes favoritter – bl.a. bøger om kvindelige matematikere
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Best Science Books of 2016Barbara Kiser, Books and Arts Editor at the journal Nature, talks about her favorite science books of 2016, especially three books about the little-known history of women mathematicians. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Den såkaldte Delboeuf-illusion hos mennesket findes ikke hos hunde ("portion control").
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Need Help with Portion Control? Don't Ask a Dog for HelpDogs are not tripped up by the Delboeuf illusion, but we are — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientific American anbefaler en række bøger.
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Brain Beauty: The Art of NeuroscienceBook recommendations from Scientific American — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Det er blevet påstået, at yoga kan være helbredende for en række sygdomme, fra sukkersyge til søvnløshed. Påstanden vurderes skeptisk i en artikel.
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A Skeptic Fact-Checks Yoga's Health Claims And Goes With The Om Yoga has been promoted as the cure for many ills, from diabetes to insomnia. Scientific proof is mixed. But this skeptic says if yoga makes climbing the stairs hurt less, that's good enough. (Image credit: Jenn Liv for NPR)
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Medfører transposoner at vi ældes? (Det er en artikel i en serie af de mest populære spørgsmål og svar, som blev bragt i 2016)
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These 10 questions captivated readers in 2016 Science is all about big questions: How did life begin on Earth? Could we live even longer? What makes us happy? Each day brings more answers, from tentative clues to breakthrough discoveries. The following ten questions reflect the most popular stories published on Futurity in 2016. Thank you for reading and happy new year! 10. Do transposons cause us to age? (Credit: Getty Images ) A new study
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Et lille antal industrier er årsag til en enorm andel af de udsendte giftstoffer og drivhusgasser
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The Top-22 Air Polluters RevealedA small number of industrial facilities emit an enormous share of toxics and greenhouse gases — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Nyt tidsskrift om sociale normer
cognitive science
A new paper in JESP explores the role of social norms in regret of actions and inactions. submitted by /u/markmana [link] [comments]
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Forskere har studeret hvordan flagermus kommunikerer – og skændes.
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When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble Researchers have found new clues to how bats communicate. And it turns out they tend to argue — a lot. The research could lead to a broader understanding of animal communication. (Image credit: Alex Mita/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dødsfaldet af en skuespiller ved Star Wars diskuteres på baggrund af Carrie Fishers maniodepressive syndrom.
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Did Carrie Fisher's Bipolar Disorder Contribute to Her Death?The late Star Wars actor was outspoken about her diagnosis and served as an example to others suffering from the disorder — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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David Fishers amerikanske farm omtales som en slags amerikansk drøm.
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By Returning To Farming's Roots, He Found His American Dream David Fisher's farm is a kind of American Dream. Not the conventional one of upward economic mobility. This is the utopian version, the uncompromising pursuit of a difficult agrarian ideal. (Image credit: Dan Charles/NPR)
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Året 2016 var et godt år for hjerneforskning – fra psykiatri til Alzheimer. En kvinde med ALS kan skrive ved blot at tænke på bogstaver. Mennesker med kræft har opdaget at deres frygt og depression kunne fjernes med hallucinogene svampe..
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From Psychedelics To Alzheimer's, 2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science A woman with ALS was able to type just by thinking about the letters, and people with cancer found their anxiety and depression erased by a single encounter with magic mushrooms. (Image credit: Image by Catherine MacBride/Getty Images)
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Klimaændringer vil påvirke dyrelivets udbredelse på Jorden. Men de enkelte arter påvirkes ikke uafhængig af andre arter. Biologer har studeret myrer i denne sammenhæng.
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Biologist's ant research provides long-term look at effects of climate changeMany scientists have attempted to tackle how climate change will affect the natural world by determining the thermal tolerance of various species, then predicting what will happen to them as our world warms. However, this approach as a way to understand nature has its drawbacks because one species never acts alone, so comprehending how global change impacts these interactions is crucial to a holis
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Brug af psilocybin skal man være forsigtig med, siger forskere, der har undersøgt næsten 2000 mennesker, som siger, at de har haft negative erfaringer efter at have taget psilocybin-holdige svampe. Over 10% af disse mennesker mente, at deres værste trip havde givet skade for dem selv eller andre, og mange af disse anså deres mest belastende episode som en af deres mest belastende oplevelser i livet.
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Researchers urge caution around psilocybin useIn a survey of almost 2,000 people who said they had had a past negative experience when taking psilocybin-containing 'magic mushrooms,' a researchers say that more than 10 percent believed their worst 'bad trip' had put themselves or others in harm's way, and a substantial majority called their most distressing episode one of the top 10 biggest challenges of their lives.
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En af hovedårsagerne til at kræft er vanskeligt at behandle er, at kræftceller har udviklet talrige mekanismer, som gør det muligt for dem at undgå at blive nedbrudt af immunsystemet. En af disse mekanismer omfatter MDSC-celler, nemlig myeloid-afledte hæmmerceller (myeloid-derived suppressor cells). Ny forskning har givet ny indsigt i, hvordan MDSC-celler gør det muligt for kræftceller at omgå immunangreb.
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Role for immune cells in cancer’s ability to evade immunotherapyOne of the main reasons cancer remains difficult to treat is that cancer cells have developed a multitude of mechanisms that allow them to evade destruction by the immune system. One of these escape mechanisms involves a type of immune cell called myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). A recent study provides new insight into how MDSCs enable tumor cells to circumvent immune attack and offer th
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Man kan i livmodervæske påvise mutationer, som er relateret til livmoder-kræft (endometrie-cancer) før denne kræft kan diagnosticeres.
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Endometrial cancer mutations are detectable in uterine lavage fluid before a cancer is diagnosedMutations that have been linked to endometrial cancer can be found in the uterine lavage fluid of pre- and post-menopausal women both with and without detectable cancer.
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Et studie tyder på, at hurtige stigninger i oxygen-indholdet i atmosfæren har haft stor betydning for udviklingen af dyrelivet på Jorden.
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Fossil fuel formation: Key to atmosphere’s oxygen?For the development of animals, nothing — with the exception of DNA — may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere. A study now links the rise in oxygen to a rapid increase in the burial of sediment containing large amounts of carbon-rich organic matter.
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BBC skriver om en række vigtige videnskabsbegivenheder i 2017.
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Coming upFrom a majestic natural spectacle to a high-octane technological thrill ride, here's our guide to the big science events of 2017.
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En række britiske frontforskere er blevet hædret som New Year Honors, skriver BBC.
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Scientists' work recognised in New Year HonoursThe work of a number of the UK's leading scientists has been recognised in the New Year Honours.
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En notebook kan erstatte app's.
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How one notebook could replace all the productivity apps that have failed you DIY A nerd’s guide to bullet journaling A nerd's guide to bullet journaling. Read on.
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En kraftig stigning i antallet af biler øger luftforureningen voldsomt i Delhi.
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Private vehicles add to Delhi's pollution woesDespite its alarming pollution levels, Delhi has seen an explosion in the number of private vehicles, while public transport is in decline, environmentalists warn.
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Ved slutningen af 2017 vil Kina forbyde handel med elfenben. Dette vil lukke det største marked i verden for krybskytters elfenben.
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China to Ban Domestic Ivory Trade by End of 2017The ban will shut the door to the world's biggest end market for poached ivory — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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En panda er død i en alder af 31 år. Hun var kendt som "panda grandpa", og har ca. 130 efterkommere i verden, dvs. omkring en fjerdedel af verdens pandaer i fangenskab.
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'Panda Grandpa' Pan Pan Dies In ChinaPan Pan, who died this week at the age of 31, was known as the "panda grandpa": He has some 130 descendants worldwide, accounting for a quarter of the world's captive giant pandas. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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Forskere har designet molekyler, der har potentiale til at give en helende kraft til stressede celler – bl.a. til celler, der er involveret ved hjerteproblemer. Der er tale om hydrogensulfid-donormolekyler, dvs. organiske molekyler, som ved nedbrydning frigiver hydrogensulfid, når de påvirkes af oxidativt stress.
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New class of hydrogen sulfide donor moleculesResearchers have designed molecules with the potential to deliver healing power to stressed cells — such as those involved in heart attacks. The research, at a cellular level in the lab, involves organic molecules that break down to release hydrogen sulfide when triggered by oxidative stress.
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Med et scanningelektronmikroskop har forskere skabt en snemand, der kun er 3 mikrometer høj.
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World's Smallest Snowman: Scientist Claims New RecordIt stands just under three micrometers tall, carved with a scanning electron microscope — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Børn i lavindkomstlande får enæringsmæssigt ringe kornprodukter ifølge den første globale analyse om kornprodukter til børn.
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Lack of standards for infant cereals threatens child nutrition in lower-income countriesThe first global analysis of infant cereals sold in lower-income countries highlights the need for basic quality assurance services to improve nutritional consistency and healthy growth of infants from 6 to 24 months of age.
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Introduktion af mere venlige og mindre potente stammer af mikroorganismer i en population af sygdomsfremkaldende mikroorganismer kan overraskende medføre, at sygdommen bliver farligere. Det har ellers været udråbt som en mulig god måde, at bekæmpe sygdomme såsom bl.a. kræft på denne måde.
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Using 'fire to fight fire' to combat disease could make it worse, tests showA treatment billed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against disease, including cancer, could back-fire and make the disease fitter and more damaging, new research has found. Ground-breaking research has found that introducing 'friendlier' less-potent strains into a population of disease-causing microbes can lead to increased disease severity.
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Kan en genetisk mutation eller bestemte alleler (arvelige elementer), som medfører sygdomme i et bestemt miljø, give positive virkninger i andre miljøer?
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Ancient DNA can both diminish and defend modern mindsYou've likely heard about being in the right place at the wrong time, but what about having the right genes in the wrong environment? In other words, could a genetic mutation (or allele) that puts populations at risk for illnesses in one environmental setting manifest itself in positive ways in a different setting?
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Forskere har studeret, hvor lang tid der vil går, før forureningen fra Deepwater Horizon ulykken, der spredte olie i havbunden i Den Mexikanske Golf i 2010, vil være nedbrudt. Bionedbrydningen af 125 stoffer er blevet undersøgt i denne forbindelse.
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Deepwater spill: How long will 125 hydrocarbons stay on the seafloor?Scientists have now analyzed long-awaited data from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment to determine the specific rates of biodegradation for 125 compounds that settled to the deep ocean floor after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The oil that discharged into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) rig in 2010 contaminated more than 1,000 square m
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Selvkørende biler kræver ændringer i lovgivningen i USA.
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How the government is making way for self-driving cars Cars Outgoing Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on our robotic future During his time as Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, who leaves his post at the end of January, penned laws to keep us safe on changing roads with driverless…
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Hvorfor skal mennesker, der har holdt nytår med champagne og shots på toilettet mange gange næste dag med "ExplosiveHangover Poops".
2017 bliver – ligesom 2016 – et år, hvor sikkerhed og hackerangreb vil fylde en hel del.
Advarslerne om creatin til teenagere når ikke frem. Stoffet bruges som muskelopbyggende stof, men bør ikke bruges af teenagere. Forskere har gennemgået 244 forretninger i USA og fundet, at på trods af mærkningsadvarsler ville 2/3 af forretningerne anbefale ernæringstilskud til en 15-årig forboldsspiller, der forsøgte at få større muskler.
Apple har tilbudt at levere //**overskudsvarme**// gratis til borgerne i Viborg.
Ariana Grande er en af flere kendte stjerner, der nu er figurer i **//computerspil//**.
Der er mange //**superhelte og -heltinder i filmene**// i 2017.
Det diskuteres om //**Twitter vil dø**// og hvornår det i så fald vil ske.
Et år er gået men det var dog blot //**1/230.000.000 af et galaktisk kredsløb**//
Forslag til bøger om //**design**// (2017)
Forslag til hvordan man kan //**holde sine nytårsfortsætter**//.
Historisk teknologi og videnskab. //**Motor vehicle i 1917. Age of Holes i 1867**//.
Hvad skete der i 2016, da Silicon Valley's //**Hype Machine**// Sputtered
Kommende **//opfindelser vil få positiv indflydelse på økonomien//**.
**//Kæmpefly skal kunne transportere//** tanks, soldater og fly, forestiller man sig.
Man kan på forskellige måder //**gøre sin email rigtig sikker**//.
//**Problemerne der opstår med selvkørende biler**// diskuteres.
Teknologi kan hjælpe mennesker som gerne **//vil komme ud af dårlige vaner.//**
PREGNANCY: Less exercise in pregnancy after past miscarriage
New research finds lower motivation to exercise and poorer psychological health among women with a history of miscarriage and those who are overweight or obese before pregnancy. Additionally, women who were less likely to exercise had higher rates of anxiety and depression, according to researchers who surveyed 113 women, 41 of which had a prior miscarriage, and 72 who were overweight or obese. “
EMOJIS: People around the world use these emojis the most
People worldwide love 😂, except the French, who prefer ❤️, according to a new study of global emoji usage. Researchers analyzed 427 million messages from nearly 4 million smartphone users in 212 countries and regions to see if emoji use was universal or differed based on user location and culture. They used a popular input method app—Kika Emoji Keyboard—made available in 60 languages. The team’s
DUST BOWL: Tech wouldn’t save US crops from another Dust Bowl
Technological advances wouldn’t protect US agriculture from a drought on the scale of the legendary Dust Bowl crisis of the 1930s, research shows. Additionally, warming temperatures could lead to crop losses at the scale of the Dust Bowl, even in normal precipitation years by the mid-21st century, scientists conclude. “By mid-century even a normal year in precipitation could be as bad as what we
HIV: Seizures that signal HIV create treatment Catch-22
Physicians in sub-Saharan Africa must often choose between treating an HIV infection and controlling seizures, which can occur if the disease goes undiagnosed for too long. While the study, which appears in the journal Neurology , initially had the purpose of identifying risk factors for seizures in HIV-positive patients and thereby providing physicians with a blueprint for care, it has instead h
WHALES – ORCA: Granny, the world's oldest known orca, is likely dead
Animals Thanks a lot, 2016 A 105-year-old Orca known as granny is missing and presumed dead. Read on.
MATH: 3-D Fractals Offer Clues to Complex Systems
If you came across an animal in the wild and wanted to learn more about it, there are a few things you might do: You might watch what it eats, poke it to see how it reacts, and even dissect it if you got the chance. Mathematicians are not so different from naturalists. Rather than studying organisms, they study equations and shapes using their own techniques. They twist and stretch mathematical o
CLIMATE CHANGE: Will climate change leave tropical birds hung out to dry?
The future of the red-capped manakin and other tropical birds in Panama looks bleak. A research project spanning more than three decades and simulating another five decades analyzes how changes in rainfall will affect bird populations. The results show that for 19 of the 20 species included in the study, there may be significantly fewer birds if conditions become dryer.
GAMBLING: Gambling addiction triggers the same brain areas as drug and alcohol cravings
Gambling addiction activates the same brain pathways as drug and alcohol cravings, suggests new research.
ANTIBIOTICS: Infant's prolonged infection reveals mutation that helps bacteria tolerate antibiotics
A life-threatening infection in an infant with leukemia led to a discovery of how prolonged infection sets the stage for bacterial persistence despite antibiotic susceptibility.
BREAST CANCER***: Vaccine shows promising results for early-stage breast cancer patients
Immunotherapy is a fast growing area of cancer research. It involves developing therapies that use a patient's own immune system to fight and kill cancer. Medical researchers are working on a new vaccine that would help early-stage breast cancer patients who have HER2 positive disease.
ECONOMICS: Economics made simple with physics models
Both physical and economic phenomena may possess universal features that could be uncovered using the tools of physics. The principal difference is that in economic systems — unlike physical ones — current actions may be influenced by the perception of future events. The latest issue of EPJ Special Topics examines the question as to whether econophysics, a physics-based approach to understanding
LEARNING: Parents’ presence when TV viewing with child affects learning ability
A study shows an increased physiological change in children when parents view programs with them as opposed to being in a separate room.
OBESE: Obese Mice Can Move, But They Don't
Changes in brain chemistry blunt and restore movement — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
CANCER: Using immune cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs
Biomedical engineers have created a smart, targeted drug delivery system using immune cells to attack cancers.
CLIMATE CHANGE: More extreme storms ahead for California
Scientists have found that extreme precipitation events in California should become more frequent as the Earth's climate warms over this century. The researchers developed a new technique that predicts the frequency of local, extreme rainfall events by identifying telltale large-scale patterns in atmospheric data.
LIVER DISEASE: Common antioxidant may guard against liver disease
A common antioxidant found in human breast milk and foods like kiwi fruit can protect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring of obese mice.
CEMENT: Probing ways to turn cement's weakness to strength
Scientists show how cement particles can handle stress by gradually passing it from one layer to the next and turning weakness to strength.
RAKETTER: Raket-eksplosion opklaret: Søndag flyver SpaceX igen
Fejl i en heliumtank i Falcon 9 raket var skyld i eksplosion for fire måneder siden. Nu er fejlen rettet.
SPACE: SpaceX aims to launch the Falcon 9 again this Sunday
Space Now with less explosive helium tanks SpaceX is ready to resume launching again, after a September 1 explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket, its payload, and the launch pad it was sitting on.
NANOPARTICLES: Tiny laser created using nanoparticles
Researchers have developed a plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies and uses so-called dark lattice modes.
OBESITY: Inflammation halts fat-burning
Scientists have shown in mice that excess pounds can simply be melted away by converting unwanted white fat cells into energy-consuming brown slimming cells. In a recent study, the university researchers show why the inflammatory responses that often occur in overweight people block this kind of fat cell conversion.
INTERNET: Streamlining the Internet of Things and other cyber-physical systems
Computer engineers have laid out a framework to improve research on cyber-physical systems. They encourage combining model-based design with data-based learning: in other words, merge two existing paradigms into one practice.
3D PRINT: How to 3-D print your own sonic tractor beam
After demonstrating the first acoustically driven tractor beam platform, researchers develop a simpler, cheaper version using 3-D printable parts and open-source electronic components for the maker community.
INSOLATOR: Quantum simulation technique yields topological soliton state in SSH model
Using atomic quantum-simulation, an experimental technique involving finely tuned lasers and ultracold atoms about a billion times colder than room temperature to replicate the properties of a topological insulator, a team of researchers has directly observed for the first time the protected boundary state of the topological insulator trans-polyacetylene. The transport properties of this organic p
OBESITY: Deeper than obesity: A majority of people is now overfat
Researchers put forth the notion of overfat, a condition of having sufficient excess body fat to impair health. After review of current data and scientific studies they argue how, in addition to most of those who are overweight and obese, others falling into the overfat category include normal-weight people with characteristic risk factors for chronic and metabolic disease.
GEOLOGY: STEM Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Niespolo
“Rocks are like time capsules, chapters in Earth’s history book. But, you have to be able to read the rock record to understand what it is telling you about the past”
Dansk olieproduktion falder for 11. år i træk
OLIE: Den danske olieproduktion i Nordsøen falder og falder – og er i 2015 kommet nede på niveau med produktionen i 1992. Det viser Energistyrelsens nye opgørelse over olie- og gasproduktionen for 2015.
ENVIRONMENT: Largest lake in southern Europe under threat from “eco-resort”
One of the most biodiverse lakes in Europe, home to many species found nowhere else, is under threat from the development of a resort and hydropower dams
QUANTUM COMPUTERS: Quantum computers ready to leap out of the lab in 2017
Google, Microsoft and a host of labs and start-ups are racing to turn scientific curiosities into working machines. Nature 541 9 doi: 10.1038/541009a
ILLIGAL TRADING: New beginning for illegally traded endangered species
Illegally traded endangered species that escape to form secondary populations offer opportunities for their long-term survival, a study suggests.
GLAUCOMA: New way of imaging eyes could spot glaucoma sooner
A new imaging technique has given researchers the first look at individual cells at the back of the eye that are involved in vision loss in diseases like glaucoma. The team hopes their new technique could prevent vision loss via earlier diagnosis and treatment for these diseases. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a new method to non-invasively image the hu
PROSTATA CANCER: Tool predicts if prostate cancer will return after surgery
A tool that analyzes the expression patterns of four genes might help doctors predict if prostate cancer will reoccur following surgery. Currently the only other way to estimate tumor aggressiveness is with a Gleason score, a grading system for prostate tumors that has limited power in most cases, researchers say. Some prostate cancers grow very slowly, and when the disease is detected early the
UROKSEN: Forskere vil have uroksen tilbage i Europa
Måske bliver uroksen den næste ulv.
EYE DISEASE: From photosynthesis to new compounds for eye diseases
Researchers have succeeded in using X-rays to minutely observe a photosynthesis reaction and produce a movie of the event. The findings will aid understanding of similar processes in the human eye.
AYURVEDA: Does Science Support Ayurveda?
Ayurvedic medicine was practiced for thousands of years before anyone invented the placebo controlled experiment. How has this ancient system held up to modern scientific scrutiny? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
SOLAR ENERGY: The beating heart of solar energy
Using solar cells placed under the skin to continuously recharge implanted electronic medical devices is a viable one. Swiss researchers have done the math, and found that a 3.6 square centimeter solar cell is all that is needed to generate enough power during winter and summer to power a typical pacemaker.
COPYRIGHT: A social reboot for illegal downloaders
Unauthorized downloading of digital goods, including copyright music, videos, computer games, and images has become an increasing problem for content providers and those who hold the copyright on such goods and expect remuneration for distribution. A new research study suggests that content providers must take a pragmatic view based on social consensus to persuade illicit downloaders that their be
MATERNAL DEPRESSION: Maternal depression across the first years of life impacts children’s neural basis of empathy
Exposure to early and chronic maternal depression markedly increases a child’s susceptibility to psychopathology and social-emotional problems, including social withdrawal, poor emotion regulation, and reduced empathy to others. Since 15-18% of women in industrial societies and up to 30% in developing countries suffer from maternal depression, it is of clinical and public health concern to underst
ANTIMATTER: Lasers capture glow from anti-hydrogen atom
Scientists have for the first time measured the wavelength of light emitted from an atom of antimatter—in this case, antihydrogen. Francis Robicheaux, professor of physics at Purdue University and a member of the ALPHA collaboration that conducted the work, says the goal of the experiment is to make high-precision fundamental measurements of an atom of antimatter. The hope was to find even a small
REMOTE SENSING: 3-D Ocean Map Tracks Ecosystems in Unprecedented Detail
The new tool, which divides water masses into precise categories, could help in conservation planning — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
GENEROSITYAre you a giver or a taker? |: Adam Grant
In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant breaks down these workplace personalities and offers simple strategies to promote a culture of generosity and keep self-serving employees from taking more than their share.
COMPUTER MEMORY: Random access memory on a low energy diet
Memory chips are among the most basic components in computers. The random access memory is where processors temporarily store their data, which is a crucial function. Researchers have now managed to lay the foundation for a new memory chip concept. It has the potential to use considerably less energy than the chips produced to date — this is important not only for mobile applications but also for
VULCANIC ASH: Frequency of flight-disrupting volcanic eruptions estimated
Holidaymakers concerned about fresh volcanic eruptions causing flight-disrupting ash clouds across Northern Europe might be reassured by a study setting out the first reliable estimates of their frequency.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Climate Change Is Raising Flood Risk in the Northern U.S.
Shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground are likely causes for the heightened risk — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COMPUTER MEMORY: Scientists turn memory chips into processors to speed up computing tasks
A team of international scientists have found a way to make memory chips perform computing tasks.
INSULIN: Chemically modified insulin is available more quickly
Replacing a hydrogen atom by an iodine atom in insulin, the hormone retains its efficacy but is available more rapidly to the organism. Researchers were able to predict this effect based on computer simulations and then confirm it with experiments.
TUNA FISHING – AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Sustainable tuna fishing is bad for climate – here’s why
Fishing methods meant to keep marine ecosystems healthy may unintentionally aggravate climate change
DINOSAURER: Dræbte langsomhed dinosaurerne? De tilbragte måneder i ægget
Dinosaurer var lang tid om at komme ud af ægget, og det kan have haft betydning for deres uddøen.
SYNAESTHESIA – STRUCK BY LIGHTNING: Woman hit by lightning loses synaesthesia – but then it returns
Medication, meningitis and being struck by lightning have all affected one woman’s synaesthesia, but remarkably it soon returned in exactly the same form
SNORING: Do Anti-Snoring Gadgets Really Work?
Your noisy roommate probably won't like paying cold cash to get electric shocks. And that may not stop the snoring, sleep doctors say. Fortunately, there are other ways to turn down the volume. (Image credit: Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE: Louisiana History Washes Away As Sea Levels Rise, Land Sinks
Louisiana's coastline is disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico. And with it many historic sites are being washed away, leaving archaeologists scrambling to document what they can before it's gone. (Image credit: Tegan Wendland/WWNO)
TELELOGNING: Jurist om lognings-dom: Dansk telelogning i klar strid med EU-afgørelse
https://www.version2.dk/artikel/jurist-lognings-dom-danske-logningsregler-klar-strid-med-eu-domstolen-1071375 En afgrænset logning vil sandsynligvis få negative konsekvenser for politiet i sager om drab og kidnapninger, selvom retssikkerheden styrkes, mener jurist Jacob Mchangama. Version2
STRADIVARIUS-VIOLINER: Hemmeligheden bag stradivarius-violinen afsløret
Moderne analyser af de legendariske stradivarius-violiner afslører, at træet har helt andre egenskaber end i violiner i dag.
FOXES IN CITIES: There are five times more urban foxes in England than we thought
There may now be some 150,000 foxes living in English cities, up from 33,000 in the 1990s. That’s one fox for every 300 urban residents
NANOTRÅD: Verdens tyndeste ledning er tre atomer tyk
Amerikanske forskere har fremstillet nano-tråd med en tykkelse på bare tre atomer og med et isolerende lag af diamant. Tråden er ledende og kan bruges til at skabe nye materialer som for eksempel dioder og halvledere.
ANIMALS – ENVIRONMENT:China’s ivory ban is great, now for shark fins and tiger bone
Beijing's ban on ivory is very welcome and could save the African elephant, but it must do the same for rhinos, pangolins and more, says Richard Schiffman
ALLERGY – PEANUT – BABIES:Clinical guidelines to reduce risk of peanut allergy
An expert panel has issued clinical guidelines to aid health care providers in early introduction of peanut-containing foods to infants to prevent the development of peanut allergy.
FOOD PLANTS: Incredible Photorealistic Renderings of the Foods That Power the Human Race
Wheat, rice, and corn form the basis of most diets around the world—but in every culture, these foodstuff appears in a different form. The post Incredible Photorealistic Renderings of the Foods That Power the Human Race appeared first on WIRED .
NET NEUTRALITY: Don’t Gut Net Neutrality. It’s Good for People and Business
Opinion: An NYU economics professor describes how abandoning net neutrality would hurt companies and consumers alike. The post Don't Gut Net Neutrality. It’s Good for People and Business appeared first on WIRED .
DRIVHUSEFFEKT: Nyt kemisk stof vil formindske effekten på klimaet med 93 procent
Der er udsigt til at slippe af med en af de mest skadelige drivhusgasser, SF6, og erstatte den med et…
BATTERIER: CES: Pc-producenter kæmper med batteritiden i ultralette bærbare pc'er
Kampen om at fremstille den tyndeste bærbare pc koster på batteritiden. Tre af de nyeste bud illustrerer, hvor svært det er for producenterne.https://www.version2.dk/artikel/ces-pc-producenter-kaemper-med-batteritiden-ultralette-baerbare-pcer-1071420 Version2
INTERNET OF THINGS:Forskere: Vi vil finde en løsning på problemet med sårbare Internet of Things-teknologier
Der er færre regler for Internet of Things-produkter i USA, og derfor rejser europæiske IoT-startups over Atlanten. Nu vil forskere hjælpe iværksætterne til at udvikle produkterne i Europa – produkter som samtidig er mindre sårbarehttps://www.version2.dk/artikel/forskere-vi-vil-finde-loesning-paa-problemet-med-saarbare-internet-of-things-teknologierVersion2
SPACE – MARS WATER: Mars should have loads more water – so where has it all gone?
We have either misunderstood what its early years were like – or it is hiding vast amounts of water beneath its surface
GEOTERMISK VARME I DANMARK: Håndfaste drejebøger skal hjælpe geotermisk varme i gang i Danmark
Geus vil sammen med ti partnere udrydde usikkerheden omkring udnyttelse af geotermisk varme med tre konkrete drejebøger.
SPACE: Ny NASA-mission skal udforske universets ekstreme objekter
Missionen skal give astronomerne svar på, hvad der sker i miljøerne omkring universets mest ekstreme objekter såsom supertunge sorte huller og neutronstjerner.
AUTISM – FACIAL CUES:Computer uses facial cues to spot if people have autism
Learning how people’s responses to stories vary has enabled a program to tell whether people have autism or ADHD
DEMENS – TRAFIK: Tung trafik nær bopæl øger risikoen for demens
Forskere finder sammenhæng mellem risikoen for at udvikle demens og en adresse mindre end 300 meter fra en stor, trafikeret vej.
LASER WEAPON: UK military to build prototype 'laser weapon'
The UK Ministry of Defence has officially awarded a £30m contract to produce a prototype laser weapon.
OLD PEOPLE EXCLUDED: Out in the cold: Why are the oldest people the most excluded?
People over the age of 85 are significantly more likely to suffer social exclusion than those in the 65 to 84-year-old bracket, according to new research. In a study of 10,000 people aged over 65, social policy researchers found the 'oldest old' — those 85 and over — have more trouble accessing services such as healthcare and food shops, with 16 percent reporting 'significant' problems, compared
BRAIN: Of mice and men: Unique electrical properties of human nerve cells make a difference
Scientists have presented the first direct evidence that human neocortical neurons have unique membrane properties that enhance signal processing. The research implies that human cortical neurons are efficient electrical microchips that use low membrane capacitance to compensate for humans' larger brains and cells, and to process sensory information more effectively.
FOOD WASTE: Worries about food waste appear to vanish when diners know scraps go to compost
Diners waste far less food when they're schooled on the harm their leftovers can inflict on the environment. But if they know the food is going to be composted instead of dumped in a landfill, the educational benefit disappears.
CLIMATE CHANGE – PERMAFROST: When the Arctic coast retreats, life in the shallow water areas drastically changes
The thawing and erosion of Arctic permafrost coasts has dramatically increased in the past years and the sea is now consuming more than 20 meters of land per year at some locations.
GONORRHEA: Scientists develop new antibiotic for gonorrhea
Scientists have harnessed the therapeutic effects of carbon monoxide-releasing molecules to develop a new antibiotic which could be used to treat the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea.
FISH – HERRING: Eelgrass in Puget Sound is stable overall, but some local beaches suffering
Eelgrass, a marine plant crucial to the success of migrating juvenile salmon and spawning Pacific herring, is stable and flourishing in Puget Sound, despite a doubling of the region's human population and significant shoreline development over the past several decades.
DEMENTIA – TRAFFIC: Living near major traffic linked to higher risk of dementia
People who live close to high-traffic roadways face a higher risk of developing dementia than those who live further away, new research has found.
VITAMIN D HEADACHE*:Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of chronic headache
Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of chronic headache, according to a new study.
MICROBES – DNA – MEMORIES: Scientists learn how to ramp up microbes' ability to make memories
Researchers have identified a mutation that prompts bacterial cells to acquire genetic memories 100 times more frequently than they do naturally. This discovery provides a powerful research tool and could bring scientists one step closer to developing DNA-based data storage devices.
BRAIN – NETWORK ANALYSES: Network Analyses and Nervous System Disorders
Network analyses in nervous system disorders involves constructing and analyzing anatomical and functional brain networks from neuroimaging data to describe and predict the clinical syndromes that result from neuropathology. A network view of neurological disease and clinical syndromes facilitates accurate quantitative characterizations and mathematical models of complex nervous system disorders
BRAIN – NETWORK ANALYSES: Dense Associative Memory is Robust to Adversarial Inputs
Deep neural networks (DNN) trained in a supervised way suffer from two known problems. First, the minima of the objective function used in learning correspond to data points (also known as rubbish examples or fooling images) that lack semantic similarity with the training data. Second, a clean input can be changed by a small, and often imperceptible for human vision, perturbation, so that the resu
BRAIN – NETWORK ANALYSES: Encoding Sensory and Motor Patterns as Time-Invariant Trajectories in Recurrent Neural Networks
Much of the information the brain processes and stores is temporal in nature – a spoken word or a handwritten signature is defined as much by how it unfolds in time as by its spatial structure at any given moment in time. It remains unclear how neural circuits encode such patterns. We show that the same recurrent neural network model can simultaneously encode time-varying sensory and motor pattern
CLIMATE CHANGE: Climate change: Fresh doubt over global warming 'pause'
New research backs a controversial study that found there had been no slowdown in global warming.
SPACE: How to build a DIY replica of Galileo's telescope
DIY Stargaze like the pioneering astronomer Build a DIY replica of Galileo's telescope to stargaze like the pioneering astronomer did.
DEMENTIA – TRAFFIC: Living near a highway may increase dementia risk by 7 per cent
Living within 50 metres of a busy road like a motorway or highway is linked to higher risk of developing dementia. Air pollution may partly be to blame
SPACE: Theory provides roadmap in quest for quark soup 'critical point'
Thanks to a new development in nuclear physics theory, scientists exploring expanding fireballs that mimic the early universe have new signs to look for as they map out the transition from primordial plasma to matter as we know it. The theoretical work identifies key patterns that would be proof of the existence of a so-called "critical point" in the transition among different phases of nuclear ma
SPACE: NASA Unveils New Missions to Bizarre Asteroids
The Lucy spacecraft will investigate Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, while the Psyche mission will voyage to a mysterious metallic space rock
MICROBES IN ANIMALS – FOR DRUG: Roadkill Animals Are Surprising Sources of Drug Discovery
Deer and opossums on an Oklahoma highway harbor microbes with helpful chemicals
SMARTPHONES: Who gets most distracted by cell phones?
Researchers have verified that the mere presence of a cell phone or smartphone can adversely affect our cognitive performance, particularly among infrequent internet users.
FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH:U.S. Scientists Fear New Restrictions on Fetal-Tissue Research
A probe led by House Republicans concluded that such work is of limited value
VIBRIO CHOLERAE: New mechanism for Type IV pili retraction in Vibrio cholerae
Although pathogenic bacteria often rely on a specialized molecular motor to retract their pili, a new study reveals that a minor pilin protein elicits pilus retraction in the cholera bacterium, Vibrio cholerae.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The fire through the smoke: Working for transparency in climate projections
To help policymakers more confidently prepare for the effects of climate change, a group of preeminent climate scientists evaluated the scientific work and expert judgments behind the most recent projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regarding the potential ecological, social, economic and meteorological repercussions of climate change.
BRAIN – STRESS – FEAR:Witnessing fear in others can physically change brain
Scientists have discovered that observing fear in others may change how information flows in the brain. The finding in a rodent model may have bearing on people who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder.
MOLECULES: Green chemistry: Au naturel catalyst mimics nature to break tenacious carbon-hydrogen bond
A new catalyst for breaking the tough molecular bond between carbon and hydrogen holds the promise of a cleaner, easier, cheaper way to derive products from petroleum, say researchers. Simple, plentiful hydrocarbons are the starting block for complex chemical products such as plastics and pharmaceuticals. The first step, however, is very, very difficult — breaking the carbon-hydrogen bond. A new
ZIKA VIRUS: How we know Zika virus causes Guillain-Barre Syndrome and birth defects
A structured analysis of the evidence confirms that infection with mosquito-borne Zika virus is a cause of the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), in addition to microcephaly and other congenital brain abnormalities, according to a systematic review.
CELL DIVISION: Scientists discover a molecular motor has a 'gear' for directional switching
A new study offers a new understanding of the complex cellular machinery that animal and fungi cells use to ensure normal cell division, and scientists say it could one day lead to new treatment approaches for certain types of cancers.
GRAPHENE: Nano-chimneys can cool circuits
Researchers show that tweaking graphene to place cones between it and nanotubes grown from its surface would form 'nano-chimneys' that help heat escape. The discovery offers a strategy to channel heat away from nano-electronics.
FISH – IN NOT-CLEAR WATER:Murky Amazon waters cloud fish vision
African cichlid fish evolved in calm, clearwater lakes saturated with sunlight, and are known for their incredible visual system, which relies on a diverse array of visual pigment proteins called opsins. A new analysis is the first to examine related cichlids from the murky, silty water of South America's Amazon Basin. The researchers found that, in three select Amazonian species, several opsin ge
STATIN AND CHOLESTEROL:Most younger adults with high LDL-C levels do not take a statin
Despite recommendations, less than 45 percent of adults younger than 40 years with an elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level of 190 mg/dL or greater receive a prescription for a statin, according to a new study.
BRAIN AND FOOD: Brain shrinks less in older people who eat Mediterranean diet
As we age, our brains shrink. A study of 401 people in their 70s suggests that a diet high in vegetables and olive oil is linked to slightly less shrinkage
CLIMATE CHANGE: Increasing rainfall in a warmer world will likely intensify typhoons in western Pacific
An analysis of the strongest tropical storms over the last half-century reveals that higher global temperatures have intensified the storms via enhanced rainfall. Rain that falls on the ocean reduces salinity and allows typhoons to grow stronger.
E-CIGARETTES: Liquid nicotine for electronic cigarettes is toxic for kids
A 6-year-old child who accidentally swallowed liquid nicotine intended for her parents' electronic cigarettes required immediate emergency medical treatment that included intubation and an overnight stay in a pediatric intensive care unit.
OBESITY: Cardiovascular benefits continue five years after weight loss program
Participants in the Why WAIT (Weight Achievement and Intensive Management) program lost substantial amounts of weight, and even those who maintained relatively little loss of weight after five years demonstrated reduced risks of cardiovascular disease.
SPACE: Icy ridges found on Pluto
Using a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather on Earth and a computer simulation of the physics of evaporating ices, a new study has found evidence that snow and ice features previously only seen on Earth, have been spotted on Pluto.
CLIMATE CHANGE – ATLANTIC CIRCULATION SYSTEM: Potential instability in Atlantic Ocean water circulation system
One of the world's largest ocean circulation systems may not be as stable as today's weather models predict, according to a new study. In fact, changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — the same deep-water ocean current featured in the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' — could occur quite abruptly, in geologic terms, the study says.
FETAL TISSUE RESERCH: US scientists fear new restrictions on fetal-tissue research
House Republicans conclude that tissue from aborted fetuses is of limited value for research and seek to reduce funding. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21254
HEART DISEASE: Drug seems to treat deadly heart disease in cats
A new drug shows promise for treating heart disease in cats and humans, report researchers. The drug, MYK-461, proved effective in a study of five cats with a naturally occurring form of inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a currently incurable disease that also affects humans. A paper describing the work appears in the journal PLOS ONE . HCM is the most common form of feline heart disea
AGERING: How to Control Aging
A new book lays out the scientific case for lengthening your telomeres—and perhaps your life
SPACE – SUPERNOVAE CLOCK IS ACCURATE: Role of supernovae in clocking the universe
New research by cosmologists confirms the accuracy of Type Ia supernovae in measuring the pace at which the universe expands. The findings support a widely held theory that the expansion of the universe is accelerating and such acceleration is attributable to dark energy. The findings counter recent headlines that Type Ia supernova cannot be relied upon to measure the expansion of the universe.
KLIMAÆNDRING – HAVENES TEMPERATUR: Ny forskning bekræfter: Havene er blevet støt varmere de sidste 75 år
Klimaforandringerne tog ikke en "pause" fra 1998 og frem. Temperaturmålingerne havde indbygget skævhed, bekræfter forskere fra Storbritannien og USA.
QUANTUM WORLD: Physicists can’t agree on what the quantum world looks like
A survey of 149 scientists shows that there’s a split over which interpretation is correct – and many don’t even care
IMMUNOTHERAPY:Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against glioblastoma
In a new study, gene therapy deployed with immune checkpoint inhibitors demonstrates potential benefit for devastating brain cancer.
STOMACH IN A LAB: A stomach grown in a petri dish could help scientists understand our guts
Health Digestion under a microscope Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital created a working piece of human stomach in a lab, complete with acid and digestive-enzyme producing capabilities.
AUSTRALIA FERAL CATS:Feral cats now cover over 99.8 percent of Australia
Feral cats cover over 99.8 percent of Australia's land area, including almost 80 percent of the area of our islands. These are just some of the findings of new research which looks at the number of feral cats in Australia. The research was undertaken by over 40 of Australia's top environmental scientists and brings together evidence from nearly 100 separate studies across the country.
MORNING SICKNESS: New Study Raises Concerns About Morning Sickness Drug
An analysis of an early trial reveals missing data, high dropout rates and inconsistencies
SPACE: NASA's new Psyche mission will take us to a metal asteroid for the first time
Space It may be the naked core of an ancient planet Asteroids are some of the last remaining unexplored territories in the solar system. To help fill in some of the blanks, NASA just announced two new missions.
CLIMATE CHANGE: People aren't the only beneficiaries of power plant carbon standards
A research team has projected the potential affects of carbon emissions standards in the year 2020. Their work shows that key crops and tree species would benefit from policies that would limit the emission of pollutants from power plants.
AUUTISM: Increased reaction to stress linked to gastrointestinal issues in children with autism
One in 45 American children lives with autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of these children also have significant gastrointestinal issues, but the cause of these symptoms is unknown. Now, researchers suggest that the gastrointestinal issues in these individuals with autism may be related to an increased reaction to stress. The researchers ho
SPACE: Enigmatic Radio Pulses Linked to Far-Distant Galaxy
Pinpointing a source for "fast radio bursts" brings scientists one step closer to solving a cosmic mystery
OXYGEN THERAPY: How oxygen therapy improves cord blood transplants
A small clinical trial—the first human trial of its kind—has uncovered the importance of a hormone called erythropoietin for effective umbilical cord blood transplants in leukemia and lymphoma patients. Lowering EPO levels in people aids in a process known as homing, where newly transplanted blood stem cells migrate properly to the bone marrow of the patient and begin to restore the body’s abilit
KLIMAÆNDRINGER – FUGLE:Trækfugle surfer på den grønne bølge på tværs af kontinenter
Nattergalen og rødrygget tornskade får svært ved at overleve i fremtidens klima, konkluderer danske forskere efter at have fulgt fuglenes trækmønster.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The global warming hiatus never actually happened
Environment Yes, the oceans have been warming for the past 75 years We just can’t get a break.
SPIDER SILK: Antibiotic spider silk for drug delivery, regenerative medicine and wound healing
A chance meeting between a spider expert and a chemist has led to the development of antibiotic synthetic spider silk.
SINGLE GENE DISORDERS:Simple blood test can detect genetic diseases early in pregnancy
Together, single-gene disorders are more common than Down’s syndrome. Now there’s a safe prenatal test that can help prospective parents decide what to do
SPACE: Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy, and perhaps magnetar
Since first detected 10 years ago, fast radio bursts have puzzled astronomers. Unlike pulsars, they flash irregularly, most only once, and only for milliseconds. And they seem to come from outside the galaxy, meaning they are very energetic. A team of astronomers has now localized the only repeating burst, to a distant dwarf galaxy. The researcher who created the rapid data collection and analysis
CLIMATE CHANGE: 2016 Edges 1998 as Warmest Year on Record
Globally, 2016 edged out 1998 by +0.02 C to become the warmest year in the 38-year satellite temperature record, according to scientists. Because the margin of error is about 0.10 C, this would technically be a statistical tie, with a higher probability that 2016 was warmer than 1998. The main difference was the extra warmth in the Northern Hemisphere in 2016 compared to 1998.
CYSTIC FIBROSIS: Enzyme may cause runaway inflammation in cystic fibrosis
New research links the chronic lung inflammation that is a hallmark of cystic fibrosis with a new class of bacterial enzymes that hijack the patient’s immune response and prevent the body from calling of runaway inflammation. Results from the laboratory investigation appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and give scientists two avenues to explore for the creation of therap
GLOBALE WARMING: No Pause in Global Warming
Scientists, not politicians, resolve a set of controversial measurements
STOMACH IN LAB: Scientists tissue-engineer functional part of human stomach in laboratory
Scientists have used pluripotent stem cells to generate human stomach tissues in a Petri dish that produce acid and digestive enzymes. They grew tissues from the stomach's corpus/fundus region. The study comes two years after the same team generated the stomach's hormone-producing region (the antrum). The discovery means investigators now can grow both parts of the human stomach to study disease.
FOSSIL FISH: 280 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of chimaeroid fishes
High-definition CT scans of the fossilized skull of a 280 million-year-old fish reveal the origin of chimaeras, a group of cartilaginous fish related to sharks. Analysis of the brain case of Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni, a shark-like fossil from South Africa, shows telltale structures of the brain, major cranial nerves, nostrils and inner ear belonging to modern-day chimaeras.
CLIMATE CHANGE – WILDLIFE: Where Trade Threatens Biodiversity
These maps show the “threat hotspots” around the world where consumption in the U.S. and Japan impact endangered wildlife. This video was reproduced with permission and was first…
PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Artificial leaf goes more efficient for hydrogen generation
A new study has introduced a new artificial leaf that generates hydrogen, using the power of the Sun to mimic underwater photosynthesis.
WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER: Turning your living room into a wireless charging station
Researchers demonstrate that the technology already exists to produce a wireless power transfer system similar to a flat-screen TV that could remotely charge any device within its line of sight.
AGEING: A cure for ageing is near but you probably can’t afford it
The race is on to develop anti-ageing treatments, but will they really work? And if they do, will only the rich be to defy the ravages of time?
MAIZE IN AFRICA: Pigeon peas are good sidekicks for Malawi’s maize
Planting pigeon peas alongside maize in Malawi could improve crop yields and address gaps in both local nutrition and food supply, new research suggests. Maize is Malawi’s most important food crop. But subsistence farmers in many regions—often highly weathered and leached soils—tend to have mediocre crop yields. A lack of phosphorous and also nitrogen in the soil is a common problem. After a deva
CLIMATE CHANGE: Tenfold jump in green tech needed to meet global emissions targets
The global spread of green technologies must quicken significantly to avoid future rebounds in climate-warming emissions, a new study shows. Based on the new calculations, the Paris Agreement's warming target of 2 degrees C won't be met unless clean technologies are developed and implemented at rates 10 times faster than in the past. Radically new strategies to implement technological advances are
WILDLIFE – BIRDS: What's Killing the World's Shorebirds?
Shorebird populations have shrunk by 70% across North America since 1973, and the species that breed in the Arctic are among the hardest hit
ALCOHOL ABUSE: Alcohol abuse increases risk of heart conditions as much as other risk factors
Alcohol abuse increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack and congestive heart failure as much as other well-established risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity, according to a new study.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Domino effect: The loss of plant species triggers the extinction of animals
When plant species disappear due to climate change, this may lead to the subsequent loss of various animal species. Insects which depend on interactions with specific plant partners are particularly threatened. Plants, in contrast, will be less sensitive to the disappearance of their animal partners, according to a new article.
MELANOMA: Promising new drug stops spread of melanoma by 90 percent
Researchers have discovered that a chemical compound, and potential new drug, reduces the spread of melanoma cells by up to 90 percent.
FISH: Male pipefish pregnancy: It's complicated
In the upside-down world of the pipefish, sexual selection appears to work in reverse, with flashy females battling for males who bear the pregnancy and carry their young to term in their brood pouch. But new research shows even more factors appear to play a role in determining mating success.
DRUG TRIAL TRAGEDY: Battle to see all data behind drug trial tragedy must go on
A year after a volunteer died during a test of an experimental painkiller, full details remain beyond wider scrutiny. That must change, says James Randerson
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE:Factors responsible for chronic nature of autoimmune disease identified
Researchers have uncovered two factors responsible for the chronic, lifelong nature of autoimmune disorders, which tend to flare up intermittently in affected patients.
FIBER AND GOUT*: High fiber diets may alleviate inflammation caused by gout
New research shows that a high-fiber diet likely inhibits gout-related inflammation caused by monosodium urate (MSU) crystals.
SPACE: First look at new, extremely rare galaxy
Approximately 359 million light-years from Earth, there is a galaxy with an innocuous name (PGC 1000714) that doesn't look quite like anything astronomers have observed before. New research provides a first description of a well-defined elliptical-like core surrounded by two circular rings — a galaxy that appears to belong to a class of rarely observed, Hoag-type galaxies.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT:Corporal punishment viewed as more acceptable and effective when referred to as spanking
Corporal punishment is viewed as more acceptable and effective when called spanking, according to a new study. Parents and nonparents alike judged identical acts of a child's misbehavior and the subsequent corporal punishment more favorably when called 'spank' or 'swat' rather than 'slap,' 'hit' or 'beat.' The findings indicate that people buffer negative views of corporal punishment by calling it
SPACE: Some Bizarre Black Holes Put On Light Shows
Black holes aren't all doom and gloom. Some of these incredibly dense matter-suckers fling powerful jets of light and charged particles — the space version of a fireworks show. (Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser)
CLIMATE CHANGE: Alaska Faces Up to $5.5 Billion in Climate Damage by 2100
Spending money to adapt will likely be a good investment in Alaska and other states facing sea-level rise and shifting precipitation patterns
DINOSAUR EGG: What do we know about dinosaur eggs?
Animals These fossils can reveal a lot about how dinosaurs lived Dinosaur eggs can shed light on dinosaur evolution, behavior and even how they went extinct.
EARLY HUMAN: Dust To Dust: Scientists Find DNA Of Human Ancestors In Cave Floor Dirt
Anthropologists in Germany say they may not need old bones to recover ancient DNA. They just analyze dust from the floor of caves where Neanderthals and other now-extinct human relatives once resided. (Image credit: Bence Viola/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology )
BLACK HOLES: Some Bizarre Black Holes Put On Light Shows
Black holes aren't all doom and gloom. Some of these incredibly dense matter-suckers fling powerful jets of light and charged particles — the space version of a fireworks show.
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Big data shows how what we buy affects endangered species
We don't have to snuff out species when we eat a hamburger or buy a tee-shirt — if we know how our consumption affects endangered and threatened species.
ATOMVÅBEN: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons | Erika Gregory
Today nine nations collectively control more than 15,000 nuclear weapons, each hundreds of times more powerful than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We don't need more nuclear weapons; we need a new generation to face the unfinished challenge of disarmament started decades ago. Nuclear reformer Erika Gregory calls on today's rising leaders — those born in a time without Cold War fears and
BRAIN – MUSIC: Lack of joy from music linked to brain disconnection
Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five per cent of the population. Researchers have discovered that people with this condition showed reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions responsible for processing sound and subcortical regions related to reward.
SPACE: Hidden secrets of Orion's clouds
This spectacular new image is one of the largest near-infrared high-resolution mosaics of the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. It reveals many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.
WILDLIFE: What’s killing the world’s shorebirds?
Researchers brave polar bears, mosquitoes and gull attacks in the Canadian Arctic to investigate an alarming die off Nature 541 16 doi: 10.1038/541016a
BREXT: Migrant farm workers may stay after Brexit but red tape goes
The government is "absolutely committed" to ensuring that British farmers have access to migrant workers after Brexit.
QUANTUM COMPUTER:Quantum Computers Ready to Leap Out of the Lab in 2017
Google, Microsoft and a host of labs and start-ups are racing to turn scientific curiosities into working machines
ANSIGTSGENKENDELSE:Tekstiler med 'ansigtsprint' skjuler dig for kameraerne
Ved at bære stof med et mønster af, hvad computeralgoritmer anser for ansigter i massevis, kan bæreren slippe uden om ansigtsgenkendelse.
SUSTAINABLE FOOD: 3 Ways to Make Your Diet More Sustainable
There are three big factors that contribute to the sustainability of our individual and collective diets—and one or two of these often gets overlooked
ROBOT: Ny Lego-robot skal introducere børn til programmering – med pruttelyde
https://www.version2.dk/artikel/ny-lego-robot-skal-introducere-boern-programmering-med-pruttelyde-1071393 Lego Boost er mindre avanceret end Mindstorms og er tænkt som et legetøj, der skal lære børn principperne i programmering. Version2
KRÆFTFORSKNING – HAVSVAMP:
På bunden af Stillehavet findes en havsvamp med et enormt potentiale. Svampen producerer nemlig et stof der sandsynligvis kan bremse kræftcellers spredning.
ELBILER: Ny elbil med 1.050 hk præsenteres i Las Vegas
Første elbil fra det kinesisk-amerikanske startup Faraday Future et netop blevet vist på CES-messen i Las Vegas. Bilen får 1.050 hk, over 600 km rækkevidde og sensorer, der gør den fuldt selvkørende.
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK: The Remarkable Timing of Seals
Some marine mammals can compare time periods and sense milliseconds of difference
SPACE: Orion-tågen gemmer på skjulte unge stjerner
Nyt enormt infrarødt billede af Orion A stjernefabrikken afslører flotte detaljer.
GADGETS: The 11 Best Tech Gadgets We’ve Seen at CES So Far
So many things we want! The post The 11 Best Tech Gadgets We've Seen at CES So Far appeared first on WIRED .
DRIVERLESS CAR: Take a Spin in Hyundai’s Ioniq, the Driverless Car for the Masses
Cheaper sensors and less computing power add up to an autonomous car you might call affordable—if Hyundai ever builds it. The post Take a Spin in Hyundai's Ioniq, the Driverless Car for the Masses appeared first on WIRED .
CEMENT: Cement Is Stronger When Its Molecules Are Busted
New research shows that molecular imperfections make cement more resilient to shock. The post Cement Is Stronger When Its Molecules Are Busted appeared first on WIRED .
BREXIT: Scientists should not resign themselves to Brexit
Leaving the European Union is not yet a done deal, and UK researchers must look past a pay-off and take a stand, says Colin Macilwain. Nature 541 6 doi: 10.1038/541006a
SPACE: Superbillede af Mælkevejens stjernefabrikker
Med optagelser fra infrarødt teleskop i Chile har astronomer sammenstykket et foto, der giver nyt indblik i processerne for stjernedannelse.
BRAIN CONCUSSION: This single brain activity might diagnose a concussion
Currently there is not a single test that can reliably and objectively diagnose concussions, but new research suggests measuring the brain’s response to sound could take the guesswork out of the diagnosis. “Our ambition is to produce a reliable, objective, portable, user-friendly, readily available, and affordable platform to diagnose concussion,” says Nina Kraus, a professor at Northwestern Univ
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FORENSIC SCIENCE:**Forensic science standards 'at significant risk'**
The quality of forensic science work in England and Wales is putting the integrity of the criminal justice system at risk, the regulator warns.
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STORMFLOD: **Nutidens 100-årshændelser er fremtidens 20-årshændelser**
En usædvanlig vejrsituation, som mindede om forholdene i 2006 og 1872, førte til, at januarstormen blev til en 100-årshændelse. Men hvordan bestemmer man egentligt størrelsen af en 100-årshændelse, når man kun har data fra de seneste 20-30 år til rådighed?
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PARKINSON: **Tiny nanoelectrodes record brain’s activity without damaging it**
Electrodes help treat epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, but can damage the brain and slowly stop working. Nanotube electrodes are safer and should last longer
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ALLERGY – PEANUT – BABIES:**Infants Should Be Fed Peanuts to Stave Off Allergies**
Contrary to past guidance, new recommendations call for early introduction
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VINDENERGI: **Negative elpriser stoppede danske vindmøller i julestormen**
Skævt elmarked: Danske havmølleparker lukkede ned i julens blæsevejr, fordi Sverige ikke ville tage imod dansk el. Det betød, at danske producenter måtte betale for at komme af med strømmen.
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ROUNDWORM: **Worms have teenage ambivalence, too**
Scientists find that neurological changes mark transition from ambivalent adolescent to capable adult in the roundworm.
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BRAIN ArXiv Query**Groupwise Structural Parcellation of the Cortex: A Sound Approach Based on Logistic Models**
Current theories hold that brain function is highly related to long-range physical connections through axonal bundles, namely extrinsic connectivity. However, obtaining a groupwise cortical parcellation based on extrinsic connectivity remains challenging. Current parcellation methods are computationally expensive; need tuning of several parameters or rely on ad-hoc constraints.
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Is there a common structural brain connectivity network for human populations?#
BRAIN ArXiv Query**Extracting the Groupwise Core Structural Connectivity Network: Bridging Statistical and Graph-Theoretical Approaches**
Finding the common structural brain connectivity network for a given population is an open problem, crucial for current neuro-science. Recent evidence suggests there's a tightly connected network shared between humans. Obtaining this network will, among many advantages , allow us to focus cognitive and clinical analyses on common connections, thus increasing their statistical power.
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How often can neuroscience studies be reproduced?#
BRAIN ArXiv Query**Is neuroscience facing up to statistical power?**
It has been demonstrated that the statistical power of many neuroscience studies is very low, so that the results are unlikely to be robustly reproducible. How are neuroscientists and the journals in which they publish responding to this problem? Here I review the sample size justifications provided for all 15 papers published in one recent issue of the leading journal Nature Neuroscience.
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BRAIN ArXiv Query**The Diverse Club: The Integrative Core of Complex Networks**
A complex system can be represented and analyzed as a network, where nodes represent the units of the network and edges represent connections between those units. For example, a brain network represents neurons as nodes and axons between neurons as edges. In many networks, some nodes have a disproportionately high number of edges.
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How quickly is Antarctica melting?#
CLIMATE CHANGE: **Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away**
One of the 10 largest icebergs ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, scientists say.
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Can robot drivers drive cars as human can?#
SELFDRIVING CARS: **Nissan’s Path to Self-Driving Cars? Humans in Call Centers**
Remote operators could be the smple, scaleable answer to what Nissan says is an unsolvable problem: making robot drivers do everything humans can. The post Nissan's Path to Self-Driving Cars? Humans in Call Centers appeared first on WIRED .
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AGEING:
#Age-related diseases:- Canbiomarkers such as chemicals found in the blood show how well a person is aging and risk for aging-related diseases?
Study finds patterns of biomarkers predict how well people age, risks of age-related diseaseLevels of specific biomarkers, or chemicals found in the blood, can be combined to produce patterns that signify how well a person is aging and his or risk for future aging-related diseases, according to a new study.
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AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA:
#Smog:- What is making the smog in China?
Why is the smog in China so bad?
Environment It’s getting harder and harder to breathe Earlier this week, a thick layer of smog rolled into China’s capital city, turning skyscrapers into shadows and clear air into a yellow fog.
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ANTIBIOTIC:
#Colistin:- How do the mcr-1 gene protect bacteria from colistin (used for infections that do not respond to other treatments)?
New research describes how bacteria resists 'last-resort' antibioticAn international research team has provided the first clues to understand how the mcr-1 gene protects bacteria from colistin — a 'last resort' antibiotic used to treat life-threatening bacterial infections that do not respond to other treatment options.
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AUTISM:
#Stress in autism:- Are the gastrointestinal issues common among people with autism related to an increased reaction to stress?
Cortisol may link stress and GI trouble in autism The gastrointestinal issues common among people with autism may be related to an increased reaction to stress, say researchers. “We know that it is common for individuals with autism to have a more intense reaction to stress, and some of these patients seem to experience frequent constipation, abdominal pain, or other gastrointestinal issues,” says David Beversdorf, associate professor in the dep
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AUTOIMMUNITY:
#Autoimmunity and infections:- How can infection give autoimmune disease?
Autoimmunity and infections: When the body fights itselfDoctors are on the trail of a possible connection between autoimmune diseases and infections: errors can occur when immune cells absorb certain proteins from pathogen cells.
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BAT:
#Bat behaviour:- Doescompetitiveness among bats pay off?
Competitiveness among bats: When being extra sweet doesn't pay offA new study reveals how competitiveness among bats, as well as relative perceptions of sweetness when tasting nectar, shape the evolution of nectar-producing plants.
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BIRDS:
#Birds in cities:- Are urban birds more often divorced?
Why birds in new suburbs get ‘divorced’ Urban sprawl is kicking a group of songbirds called “avoiders” out of their territory, forcing divorce, and stunting their ability to find new mates and reproduce successfully, even after relocating. “The hidden cost of suburban development for these birds is that we force them to do things that natural selection wouldn’t have them do otherwise,” says lead author John Marzluff, a professor of wil
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BIRTH CONTROL – AND DEPRESSION:
#Birth control – and mood changed:- Is birth control and depression linked?
Birth Control and Depression: What You Need to KnowA new study suggests a link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. Which methods were more likely to cause these mood changes?
And what do you need to know before you make any…
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BLACK HOLE:
#Black hole images:- What is thedeepest X-ray image of a black hole?
Deepest X-ray image ever reveals black hole treasure troveAn unparalleled image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is giving astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang. This is the deepest X-ray image ever obtained, collected with about 7 million seconds, or 11 and a half weeks, of Chandra observing time.
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BRAIN DISEASE:
#Encephalitis:- Is there a treatment for the autoimmune disease Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis?
New treatment for a rare form of encephalitisAnti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is an inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system. It is a rare autoimmune disease that results in the body producing antibodies against the NMDA receptor, a protein that plays an important role in signal transduction in the brain. Using a new treatment regimen, researchers have recorded significant progress in treating the disease, including in pat
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BRAIN:
#Behaviour:- How can the brain control behavior when the visual information is misleading?
Clues into how brain shapes perception to control behaviorSome of the visual information our brains receive is potentially misleading. New research on fruit flies demonstrates how even a simple brain can filter out such misinformation, hinting at how our own brains might shape how we see the world — and how we react to it.
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BRAIN:
#Ovary cancer:- Can a tumour in an ovary have brain-like structure and sending electric impulses between cells?
Miniature brain and skull found inside 16-year-old girl’s ovaryA tumour removed from a girl in Japan contained a thin plate of bone covering a brain-like structure capable of sending electric impulses between cells
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BUILDING STRUCTURES IN NATURE:
#Sea sponges:- Can strongyloxea spicules (rods in sea sponges) give inspiration in technology and building?
Tiny rods in sea sponges are awesome at not buckling Tiny structural rods in the bodies of orange puffball sea sponges have evolved the optimal shape to avoid buckling under pressure. That shape could inspire improvements to all kinds of slender structures, from building columns to bicycle spokes. The rods, called strongyloxea spicules, measure about 2 millimeters long and are thinner than a human hair. Hundreds of them are bundled together, formin
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CANCER – PROSTATA:
#Prostate cancer:- Is lutetium-177-labeled PSMA-617 a promising new therapeutic agent for radioligand therapy of patients with advanced and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer?
New therapeutic agent proves more effective treatment for advanced prostate cancerMedical researchers have demonstrated that lutetium-177-labeled PSMA-617 is a promising new therapeutic agent for radioligand therapy of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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CANCER:
#Breast cancer:- Is grilled meat giving breast cancer survivors higher mortality?
Consumption of grilled meat linked to higher mortality risk among breast cancer survivorsFindings published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicate that higher consumption of grilled, barbecued, and smoked meat may increase the mortality risk among breast cancer survivors.
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CANCER:
#Breast cancer:- Is there a genetic driver to metaplastic breast cancer?
Researchers find key genetic driver for rare type of triple-negative breast cancerBy developing a new mouse model to study a poorly understood protein, researchers uncovered its link to metaplastic breast cancer, opening the door to better understanding of this challenging breast cancer subtype.
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CANCER:
#Epigenetic enzymes:- DoesKDM5-enzymes have a epigenetic role in cancer?
Unexpected role for epigenetic enzymes in cancerA new study focused on a family of enzymes — known as KDM5 — that have been shown in previous studies to be involved in cancer cell growth and spreading.
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CANCER:
#Leukemia in children:- Can lethal childhood leukemia have a genetic driver?
Halting lethal childhood leukemiaScientists have discovered the genetic driver of a lethal childhood leukemia that affects newborns and infants and identified a targeted molecular therapy that halts the proliferation of leukemic cells. The finding also has implications for treating other types of cancer.
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CANCER:
#Lung cancer:- What is the treatment burden of older lung cancer patients?
Older lung cancer patients face significant treatment burdenDepending on the type of treatment older lung cancer patients receive, they can spend an average of one in three days interacting with the healthcare system in the first 60 days after surgery or radiation therapy, according to a new study.
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CANCER:
#Skin cancer:- Can indoor tanning give skin cancer?
Indoor tanning study reveals surprising new at-risk group for skin cancerIn a new study of indoor tanning and skin cancer risk, the use of indoor tanning among non-heterosexual black male teens was found to be nearly equal to that of heterosexual white females.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
# Great Barrier Reef:- Is theGreat Barrier Reef healthy?
Great Barrier Reef almost drowned; climate implicationsThe first comprehensive analysis of the Great Barrier Reef at a time of rapid sea-level rise during the beginning of the Last Interglacial found it almost died. The research shows the reef can be resilient but questions remain about cumulative impacts. The research also provides an accurate identification of the age of the fossil reef that grew before the modern Great Barrier Reef, some 129,000-
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
#Birds:- Do climate change influence bird migration?
Climate Change Might Make Birds Mis-Time Their MigrationsMigratory birds might soon find that they are unable to find the best food stopovers along their route
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
#Heat records:- By what margin was 2016 the hottest on record up til 2016?
World Shatters Heat Records in 2016Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin, with temperatures creeping close to a ceiling set by nations for limiting global warming
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
#Ocean acidification:- How canocean acidification in polar regions during the seasonally ice-covered waters around Antarctica be studied?
Ocean Acidification: High-tech mooring will measure beneath Antarctic iceScientists have deployed a high-tech mooring beneath the seasonally ice-covered waters around Antarctica to better understand ocean acidification in polar regions.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
#Storms:- How are storms affecting California?
Atmospheric Rivers, IllustratedGraphics from the Scientific American archive show how these storm systems impact California
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
#Tornado:- Are tornado outbreaks increasing?
Large-scale tornado outbreaks increasing in frequencyThe frequency of large-scale tornado outbreaks is increasing in the United States, particularly when it comes to the most extreme events, according to new research.
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D VITAMIN:
#Respiratory infections and D-vitamin:- Does high dose of vitamin D reduce the number of respiratory infections in older adults?
High monthly vitamin D reduces respiratory infections, may increase falls for older adultsResearchers concluded that a monthly high dose of vitamin D reduced the number of respiratory infections in older adults but increased the number of falls they experienced. More study is needed to see whether daily (rather than monthly) dosing with high levels of vitamin D could help protect older adults from respiratory infections and minimize the risk of falls, said the researchers.
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DEPRESSION:
#Neurotic patients:- Cantherapeutic interventions make patients less neurotic?
Counseling, antidepressants change personality (for the better), team reportsA review of 207 studies involving more than 20,000 people found that those who engaged in therapeutic interventions were, on average, significantly less neurotic and a bit more extraverted after the interventions than they were beforehand.
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DNA:
#DNA repair:- What are the key molecular tools that binds and orients repair enzymes to DNA?
Study characterizes key molecular tool in DNA repair enzymesOxidative damage to a cell's DNA is constant and destructive and a complex suite of enzymes have evolved to repair and maintain it. In an important new step in teasing out these complex processes, an enzyme component known as Zf-GRF, which is highly conserved in several enzymes and across species, has been shown to be a key molecular tools that binds and orients repair enzymes to DNA.
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EATING DISORDER:
#Children eating disorder:- Howyoung can children with eating disorder symptoms be?
Identifying children at risk of eating disorders is key to saving livesSpotting eating disorder symptoms in children as young as nine years old will allow medics to intervene early and save lives, experts say.
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EBOLA:
#Ebola in recovering patients:- Can Ebola virus replicate in the lungs of a person recovering from infection?
Lung-specific Ebola infection found in recovering patientScientists have found potential evidence of Ebola virus replication in the lungs of a person recovering from infection, according to new research. The findings could aid research into new treatment approaches and better understanding of how the virus is transmitted.
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EXOPLANET:
#Space travel:- Will it be possible to survice a space travel to an exoplanet?
The Proxima Trail: Could you survive the journey out to an exoplanet?
You have died of dysentary In the future, your family is embarking on the one way trip to Proxima Centauri b. Will they be able to survive the hazardous journey?
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FARMING:
#Vertical farms:- Is vertical farming possible?
The Rise of the Vertical Farm, and the Week’s Other Must-Read Stories We're proud to bring NextDraft—the most righteous, most essential newsletter on the web
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FDA:
#FDA regulation:- How will FDA regulate during Trump presidency?
Gene-edited cows, rogue clinics, speedier drug approvals: The challenges facing Trump's FDA chief The agency's next leader will have an opportunity to reshape its approach to regulation.
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FOOD:
#Childrens food:- Why do parents buy frozen dinners for their children?
Parents purchase frozen dinners for more than convenienceProcessed foods are higher in calories, sugar, sodium, and saturated fat than natural foods, but prepackaged, processed meals remain a popular choice for many consumers because they reduce the energy, time, and cooking skills needed to prepare food. Having items like boxed entrees and frozen dinners available at home can contribute to a poor diet, which led researchers to examine reasons why paren
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FOSSIL PLANT:
#Tomatillo:- How old is the nightshade plant family (tomato family)?
Check out the incredibly rare fossil of an ancient tomatilloDelicate fossil remains of tomatillos found in Patagonia, Argentina, show that this branch of the nightshade family existed 52 million years ago—long before the dates previously ascribed to these species. Tomatillos, ground cherries, and husk tomatoes—members of the genus Physalis —are unusual because they have papery, lantern-like husks, known to botanists as inflated calyces that grow after fer
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GPS:
#GPS:- Does time flow faster on the Global Positioning System satellites than it does on the ground?
How Your GPS Uses Einstein's RelativityTime flows slightly faster on the Global Positioning System satellites than it does on the ground, so Einstein's relativity theory comes into play when figuring out where on Earth you are.
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HEART DISEASE:
#Recurrence of heart attacks:- How can high risk patients with a history of cardiovascular disease be identified?
Reducing recurrence of heart attacks, death in patients with cardiovascular diseaseA new test can identify patients with a history of cardiovascular disease who are at high risk of another heart attack or death and would benefit from treatment with the drug vorapaxar.
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HEART FAILURE:
#Heart treatment:- Candiagnosing the condition in heart failure patients with greater accuracy improve treatment?
Novel tests improve treatment for heart failure patientsFor the first time, researchers have developed tests that could improve treatment for heart failure patients by diagnosing the condition with greater accuracy, as well as by detecting the onset of congestive heart failure earlier.
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HUMAN BODY:
#Organs:- Have human organsremained hidden or misunderstood for much of history?
6 body parts that hid from science in plain sightThe newly "discovered" mesentery isn't the only wily organ From the brain to the genitals, our bodies host bits that have remained hidden or misunderstood for much of history.
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IMMUNOSYSTEM:
#B cells:- Can tailored organoids reproduce immune-system events?
Tailored organoid may help unravel immune response mysteryResearchers report on the use of biomaterials-based organoids in an attempt to reproduce immune-system events and gain a better understanding of B cells.
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INTERNET OF THINGS:
#Botnet:- What gadgets for botnets?
Wifi pillows and smart hairbrushes make CES a botnet dream Gadgets Internet of things that are likely to be compromised Man common household items now have wifi versions, which is great news for people who build botnets.
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JELLYFISH:
#Jellyfish:- How many distinct morphological types of jellyfish that inhabit the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America?
Study compiles data on 958 types of South American jellyfishDetailed information on 958 distinct morphological types of jellyfish that inhabit the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America has been compiled by scientists. The study involved scientists from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay.
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KLIMAÆNDRING:
#Golfstrømmen:- Vil Golfstrømmen stoppe?
Forskere: Havenes globale pumpe er i større fare end vi troede Klimaforandringerne kan få den saltvandspumpe, som golfstrømmen blandt andet drives af, til at kollapse relativt hurtigt. Med katastrofale konsekvenser for klimaet.
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MARINE RESERVES:
#Fishery:- What is the benefit ofambitious marine reserves that target unprotected fishing grounds?
Scaling up marine conservation targets should benefit millions of peopleAbout 200 countries worldwide committed to protecting 10 percent of national marine areas by signing the Convention on Biological Diversity. But more ambitious marine reserve coverage policies that target unprotected fishing grounds would benefit millions of people who depend on fisheries for food and livelihoods.
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MEMORY:
#Working memory:- Will training of the working memory improved cognitive performance?
A paper in Perspectives on Psychological Science examined whether working memory training improves cognitive performance. It doesn't.
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MØRKT STOF:
#Tyngdekraft og mørkt stof:- Hvad er mørkt stof?
Videnskab 2017: Sender ny teori for tyngdekraften mørkt stof ud i kulden?
Fysikerne har i årevis ledt og ledt efter partikler af mørkt stof. Har eftersøgningen været forgæves?
Det er et de helt store spørgsmål, som Jens Ramskov håber, bliver besvaret i 2017.
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MOTION:
#Physical activity:- Can regular leisure-time physical activity reduce deaths from all causes?
#Physical activity:- Can regular leisure-time physical activity reduce strokes or heart attacks?
Physical activity reduces heart disease deaths for older adultsA new study examined whether regular leisure-time physical activity could reduce deaths from all causes, and whether it also could reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease. The researchers discovered that moderate – as well as high-levels of physical activity – were associated with a decreased risk of heart disease and death from all causes, including from events such as strokes or heart attacks.
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MOTORCYCLES:
#Self-balancing:- Can you get a self-balancing motorcycle?
Honda’s Self-Balancing Motorcycle Is Perfect for NoobsNo more tipping over as you pull up to the light.
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MUSIC IMPROVISATION:
#Improvisation:- What is music improvisation?
Get down with the digitalMusic improvisation is all about the emotion, says one expert, but researchers have now found a way to understand the complex interactions that take place between instrumentalists and singers during a jam with the aim of using those insights to add greater emotional expression to a performance involving digital instruments.
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NARCISSISTIC TRAITS:
#Employment:- Are people who work for psychopathic and narcissistic bosses more depressed?
#Employment:- Are people who work for psychopathic and narcissistic bosses more likely to engage in undesirable behaviors at work?
Toxic bosses are bad for your health and bad for your reputationPeople who work for bosses who display psychopathic and narcissistic traits not only feel more depressed due to their bosses bullying behavior. They are also more likely to engage in undesirable behaviors at work.
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OBESE:
#Obese teenagers:- Can gastric bypass be used for obese teenagers?
Gastric bypass helps severely obese teenagers maintain weight loss over long termSurgery leads to significant weight loss and health benefits over 5-12 years, but may lead to more surgery and vitamin deficiency in some, new research suggests.
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OBESITY:
#Eating early:- Should obese people eat early in the day?
Time-restricted feeding study shows promise in helping people shed body fatFor the first time in humans, it has been reported that eating early in the day lessens daily swings in hunger and changes the 24-hour pattern of fat oxidation and energy metabolism, which may aid in weight loss
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OXYTOCIN:
#Cuddle hormone:- Does oxytocin hormone help chimp comrades bond before war with rival groups?
Oxytocin surge before a fight helps chimps bond with their group A spike in the “cuddle hormone” helps chimp comrades bond for war with rival groups, and something similar seems to happen in humans
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PARKINSON:
#Parkinson deep brain stimulation:- How often should batteries for Parkinson deep brain stimulation be replaced by surgery?
These shock patterns won’t drain battery for brain stimulation New energy-saving patterns of electric shock delivered for deep brain stimulation might reduce the number of battery replacement surgeries needed during a patient’s lifetime. Deep brain stimulation is used to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms and other neurological motor control diseases. The treatment sends electrical pulses deep into the brain through wires implanted into the basal ganglia. “B
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PLASMOID:
#Plasmoid instability:- Doesplasmoid instabilities occur during collisional magnetic reconnectionFirst-ever direct observation of collisional plasmoid instability during magnetic reconnection in a laboratory settingPhysicists have for the first time directly observed a phenomenon that had previously only been hypothesized to exist. The phenomenon, plasmoid instabilities that occur during collisional magnetic reconnection, had until this year only been observed indirectly using remote-sensing technology.
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PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER – EATING DISORDER:
#Eating disorder patients:- How can eating disorder patients be helped?
Research reveals help for eating disorder patientsMore people are dying from eating disorders than any other psychiatric disorder, and professor has discovered a way to help women by significantly reducing eating disorder symptoms in those who are struggling.
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RACE IN MEDICINE:
#Astma:- Why are African Americans less responsive to asthma treatment?
Why is asthma worse in black patients?
African Americans may be less responsive to asthma treatment and more likely to die from the condition, in part, because they have a unique type of airway inflammation, according to a study. The study is one of the largest and most diverse trials conducted in the U.S. on race and asthma, with 26 percent of the patients self-identifying as African American.
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REMOTE CONTROL: Sensor-Laden Remote Control Knows Where You’re Pointing It With its new Smart Remote, Sevenhugs presents a compelling use case for a universal remote.
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ROBOTS:
#Earwax biomemetic technology:- Can biomimetic earwax adhesive surface be used in a ventilation system for robotics?
The technological potential of earwaxScientists are seeing potential in some sort of biomimetic earwax adhesive surface that can be used in a ventilation system for robotics or for other kinds of machinery.
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SECURITY SCREENING:
#Chemical screening:- Canindividual micron-sized particles be chemically identified in a microscope?
New microscope chemically identifies micron-sized particlesScientists have developed a microscope that can chemically identify individual micron-sized particles. The new approach could one day be used in airports or other high-security venues as a highly sensitive and low-cost way to rapidly screen people.
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SENSORS:
#Wearable devices:- Can your walk connect sensors on parts of your body in a secure way?
Your walk could be a password that connects devices on your bodySensors on different parts of the body can pick up your "gait fingerprint", letting wearable devices securely connect with each other
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SLEEPING SICKNESS:
#Sleeping sickness sceening:- Can medical screening and fly control speed up the elimination of sleeping sickness?
Medical screening and fly control could rapidly reduce sleeping sickness in key locationsIn 2012, the World Health Organization set public health goals for reducing Gambian sleeping sickness, a parasitic infection. Now, by mathematically modeling the impact of different intervention strategies, researchers report have described how two-pronged approaches, integrating medical intervention and vector control, could substantially speed up the elimination of sleeping sickness in high burd
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SOLAR ENERGY:
#Energy in remote areas:- Do remote areas have access to financial resources, commercial institutions and markets needed to bring solar electricity to their communities?
Off-grid power in remote areas will require special business model to succeedLow-cost, off-grid solar energy could provide significant economic benefit to people living in some remote areas, but a new study suggests they generally lack the access to financial resources, commercial institutions and markets needed to bring solar electricity to their communities.
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SPACE:
#Fast radio bursts:- What are the fast radio bursts – the mysterious cosmic bursts in space?
Newfound Source of Mysterious Cosmic Bursts Poses Deeper EnigmasDespite a breakthrough discovery by radio astronomers, the decade-long puzzle of elusive “fast radio bursts” is far from being solved
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SPACE:
#Milky Way:- Is the supermassive black hole in the milky way making planets?
Milky Way’s core could be spewing out planet-sized star chunksThe supermassive black hole at the galaxy's heart can stretch and shred stars that approach – then fling the shreds away as spheres as small as Neptune
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SPACE:
#Moon:- How accurate are maps of the path of totality for moon eclipses?
NASA moon data provides more accurate 2017 eclipse pathThanks to elevation data of the moon from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, coupled with detailed NASA topography data of Earth, we have the most accurate maps of the path of totality for any eclipse to date.
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SPACE:
#SpaceX:- When was SpaceX launched?
Foul Weather Pushes SpaceX’s Next Launch to MondaySpaceX's first launch attempt since its September 2016 launchpad mishap gets delayed a day.
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STEM CELLS – WOUND AND HAIR CELLS:
#Scarring:- Can scarring from wounds be avoided?
Hair Cells Could Heal Skin Sans ScarsHair follicles appear to be key in reprogramming other cells in the wound, restoring the original skin architecture, instead of simply scarring.
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SUN STORMS:
#Solar storms:- Can solar storms change the moon?
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily81Solar storms could spark soils at moon's polesPowerful solar storms can charge up the soil in frigid, permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, and may possibly produce 'sparks' that could vaporize and melt the soil, perhaps as much as meteoroid impacts, according to new research. This alteration may become evident when analyzing future samples from these regions that could hold the key to understanding the history of the moon and so
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TOBACCO:
#Smoke quitting:- How canpeople with psychiatric problems quit smoking?
Psych patients want to quit smoking but don’t get help Many people with psychiatric problems want to quit smoking, but psychiatrists and caseworkers typically don’t prescribe medications to help them or refer them to services aimed at smoking cessation, researchers find. Among American adults who have a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or clinical depression, 57 percent are smokers. In contrast, only 15 percent of US ad
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TRANSGENDER:
#Transgender:- What countries are not diagnosing transgender as a mental disorder?
Where Transgender Is No Longer a DiagnosisDenmark becomes the first country to declassify it as a mental disorder
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TRANSISTOR:
#Wearable sensors:- Can transistors be flexible and stretching to twice their lengthwithout losing their conductive properties?
Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable techA flexible transistor can stretch to twice its length without losing its conductive properties and could be used in electronic tattoo-style wearable sensors
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TREE AGE:
#Measuring trees:- Can sonic tomography measure wood decay in tree trunks?
Measuring trees with the speed of soundForesters and researchers are using sound to look inside living trees. A new study presents methods for use of sonic tomography, which measures wood decay by sending sound waves through tree trunks. The new study describes optimum placement of the sensors to avoid aberrant tomography results for the non-model tree shapes that populate the tropics and details how to analyze the tomograms to quantif
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URBANISERING IN EVOLUTION:
#Evolution:- Can you talk abouturbanisation in the evolution of organisms?
Urbanisation signal detected in evolution, study showsScientists discover a 'clear signal' of urbanisation in the evolution of organisms around the globe.
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VEDVARENDE ENERGI I KINA:
#Energi i Kina:- Hvor meget investerer Kina i vedvarende energi frem til 2020?
Kina investerer over 2.500 milliarder i grøn energi Kina vil støtte vedvarende energi med 360 milliarder dollars Landet vil pumpe et beløb der er større end Danmarks bruttonationalprodukt i vedvarende energi indtil 2020. – Den voldsomme forurening og de tiltagende klimaforandringer presser Kina til at investere trecifret milliardbeløb i en grønnere omstilling frem mod 2020.
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VIRUS:
#Surgical mask:- How can virus be made harmless in surgical masks?
New surgical mask doesn't just trap viruses, it renders them harmlessThe surgical masks people wear to stop the spread of diseases don't work well — that isn't what they're designed for. Pathogens like influenza are transmitted in aerosol droplets when we cough or sneeze. Masks trap the droplets but the virus remains infectious. Scientists took on the challenge of improving the masks, using salt to turn them into virus killers.
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WHALES:
#Whale intestines:- What can the study of microbes in the guts of dolphins and whales tell us?
The Secret Lives of Marine Mammal MicrobesProbing the mystery of what goes on inside the guts of dolphins and whales
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#Road Salt:- Can zooplankton evolve genetic tolerance to moderate levels of road salt?
Zooplankton rapidly evolve tolerance to road saltA common species of zooplankton—the smallest animals in the freshwater food web—can evolve genetic tolerance to moderate levels of road salt in as little as two and a half months, according to new research.
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BRÆNDEOVNE
#Brændeovne: Hvor mange helbredsskader medfører brugen af brændeovne?
#Brændeovne: Hvor meget koster helbredsskaderne, som brugen af brændeovne medfører?
Ny analyse: Partikler fra brændeovne volder skade for 800 mio. kroner om åretSkatteministeriet konkluderer i ny afgiftsanalyse, at det vil være samfundsøkonomisk fornuftigt med en afgift på partikler fra brændeovne. Hvis afgiften lægges pr. ovn, vil den blive på 1.200 kroner, hvis regnskabet skal gå op.
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BREAST CANCER
#Breast cancer: What is triple negative breast cancer?
#Breast cancer: Can triple negative breast cancer be treated?
Drug that improves blood flow in damaged heart might also fight breast cancerResearchers are looking at a drug once used to improve blood flow in damaged hearts in thousands of patients as a possible treatment option for triple negative breast cancer.
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EVOLUTION – PERCEPTION – ABILITY TO NOTICE DIFFERENCES IN STIMULI
#Perception: Is the ability to notice differences in stimuli critical to understanding the evolution?
While not necessarily reality, perception can cause reality to evolvePerception can drive the evolution of observable traits, a new study has demonstrated. Understanding perceptual abilities, including the ability to notice differences in stimuli, is critical to understanding the evolution of observable traits, the new report outlines.
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DRIVING – IMPAIRED DRIVING
#Driving: How can impaired driving be avoided?
#Driving: Are criminal sanctions for impaired driving a success?
#Driving: Can risk perceptions deter people to avoid impaired driving?
Police sobriety checkpoints can reduce drunk driving better than increased penaltiesDriving while impaired (DWI) causes more than 10,000 deaths per year in the United States. Although enforcing criminal sanctions for DWI is the traditional response, the success of these measures has been inconsistent. This study looked at risk perceptions as a method of reducing the frequency of DWI – in other words, whether the threat of being apprehended for DWI can deter people from engaging i
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ENERGY – FROM LIGHTNING
#Lightning: Can energy from lightning be harvested and captured?
Yes, We Can Get Power from Lightning–but It's Probably Not Worth It [Podcast]A bolt of lightning can light up the sky—but can its energy be captured to power the lights in our homes?
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ENERGY FROM PLANTS – MISCANTHUS
#Bioenergy: Can Miscanthus be used for biofuel?
#Bioenergy: How mush energy can Miscanthus yield?
#Bioenergy: How mush energy can switchgrass yield?
#Bioenergy: Is Miscanthus better for biofuel than switchgrass regarding yield?
Open-source plant database confirms top US bioenergy cropScientists have confirmed that Miscanthus, long speculated to be the top biofuel producer, yields more than twice as much as switchgrass in the US using an open-source bioenergy crop database gaining traction in plant science, climate change, and ecology research.
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BAKTERIERS DNA-ÆNDRINGER
#Bakterier: Hvor hurtigt kan bakterier kan gøre sig selv resistente over for lægemidler?
#Bakterier: Hvor hurtigt kan bakterier kan gøre sig selv resistente over for antibiotika?
#Bakterier: Hvor hurtigt kan bakterier kan gøre sig selv resistente over for vacciner?
Bakterier kan ændre deres eget DNA i rekordfartDet betyder, at bakterier hurtigt kan gøre sig selv resistente over for lægemidler og vacciner, lyder det fra forsker.
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PHILOSOPHY
#Philosophy: Does philosophy serve any purposes compaired with science?
What Is Philosophy's Point?, Part 1 (Hint: It's Not Discovering Truth)Philosophy can still serve many purposes, even if it can’t compete with science as a method of accumulating knowledge
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ORM I VANDVÆRKER
#Orm i vandværker: Hvordan kan orm fjernes fra sandfiltre uden brug af klor der ødelægger bakteriemiljøet?
Vandværker kan nu fjerne orm i filtrene uden brug af klorDTU-forskere har fundet en metode til at fjerne orm fra sandfiltre uden at ødelægge bakteriemiljøet med klor. Løsningen ligger i en flaske CO2.
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PSYCHOLOGY OF CODEPENDENCE
#Relationships: What is codependence?
Is Your Relationship Codependant? And What Exactly Does That Mean?Like “self love” or “inner child,” the term “codependent” smacks of pop psychology psychobabble. To make matters worse, it’s become shorthand for a whole… —
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BRAIN STIMULATION WITH ELECTRIC CURRENTS
#Brain stimulation: Can electrical currents stimulate the brain for exam?
Students Zap Their Brains For a Boost, For Better Or Worse Stimulating the brain with electrical currents is exploratory technology. But people are making and buying devices that do that for use at home — and interest rises around exam time.
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TREES – CHESTNUT IN EAST USA
#Chestnut in USA: Can the chestnut trees decimated in eastern USA be restored?
Scientists Work To Bring Back Once-Thriving American Chestnut Tree The American chestnut tree used to make up a quarter of the forests in the eastern U.S., but disease decimated these trees in the last century. Now there's an effort to restore the American chestnut.
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ANSIGTSGENKENDELSE
#Ansigtsgenkendelse: Ændres vores evne til at genkende ansigter med alderen?
Hjernens evne til at genkende ansigter vokser med alderenOpdagelsen fra Stanford University gør op med en central tankegang i neurovidenskaben om, at det kun går tilbage for hjernen med alderen.
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REMOTE CONTROL
#: Remote control? How can a remote control know where you are pointing?
Sensor-Laden Remote Control Knows Where You’re Pointing It With its new Smart Remote, Sevenhugs presents a compelling use case for a universal remote.
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#Satellitter: Kan satellitter bruges til flyovervågning?
Opsendelse af flyovervågnings-satellitter udskudtNye satellitter skal overvåge fly præcist og ikke mindst forhindre, at de sporløst forsvinder. Indtil videre er opsendelsen dog udskudt på grund af vejret.
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HIV
#Can PrEP drugs from internet affect HIV rates?
Massive drop in London HIV rates may be due to internet drugsNew HIV infections in gay men have dropped by around 40 per cent at some clinics, which could be thanks to people buying PrEP drugs from abroad via websites
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SPECIALLÆGER
#Lægeuddannelse: Bør fristen for at kunne uddanne sig til speciallæge afskaffes?
150 læger får nej til at blive speciallægeLangt flere læger end først antaget har overskredet femårsfristen og kan ikke blive speciallæger. Tid til helt at afskaffe fristen, mener Yngre Læger, men regeringen vil højst udvide den.
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#:Bjørne i Korea: Bør man forbyde avl af bjørne for at bruge deres galdesaft?
#:Bjørne i Korea: Hvorfor avles bjørne i Korea for at bruge deres galdesaft?
#:Galde: Har galde fra bjørne i Korea helbredende egenskaber?
#:Pseudoscience: Har galde fra bjørne i Korea helbredende egenskaber?
Bears That Inspired 'Adorable' Korean Paralympic Mascot Live In Caged CaptivityThe 2018 Paralympic mascot is the Asiatic black bear, a symbol of Korean folklore. But behind the caricature, South Korea has a troubled relationship with the bears, farming them for their bile.
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KRÆFT
#Postforsendelse: Kan forsinket post være livstruende?
Forsinket post betyder aflyste kræftundersøgelser Fire ud af fem regioner er udfordret af bl.a. forsinkede patientindkaldelser som følge af, at PostNords quickbreve ikke bliver leveret til tiden. Uholdbart, mener Overlægeforeningen.
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DEPRESSION
#BRAIN: Can electrical stimulation of the brain improve depression?
Zapping the brain really does seem to improve depressionCan stimulating the brain with electricity really make you better? Many are sceptical, but an analysis now suggests it can help with depression and addiction
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FOTOSYNTESE
#Fotosyntese: Kan man efterligne planternes fotosyntese?
Forskere vender fotosyntesen på hovedet de næste tre årEn af de store udfordringer inden for bioteknologien i dag er at bruge energien i sollys til at udføre…
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MEMORY
#Memory long-term: When is long-term momeries starting in children?
When Do Children Start Making Long-Term Memories?Dima Amso, an associate professor in the department of cognitive, linguistic and
psychological sciences at Brown University, answers
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ALUMINIUMSALLERGI
#Allergi: Kan vaccination give aluminiumsallergi?
Vaccination kan medføre aluminiumsallergi – men det forsvinder af sig selv.
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ÆLDRES MEDICIN
#Medicin til ældre. Mangler man viden om brug af medicin til ældre?
Der mangler viden om brug af medicin til ældreInstitut for Rationel Farmakoterapi i Sundhedsstyrelsen holder et stormøde, hvor fokus bliver, at det kan give bivirkninger, når ældre får flere lægemidler.
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BRAIN – MATH
#Brain: How does the brain do math?
How does the brain do math? (The neuroscience of mathematical ability)
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BRAIN – CONCUSSION
#Brain: Why is the level of the brain protein tau highter after concussion?
Brain protein predicts recovery time following concussionElevated levels of the brain protein tau following concussion are associated with a longer recovery period and may serve as a marker to help physicians determine an athlete's readiness to return to play, report investigators.
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ADHD
#Brain – ADHD: Is ADHD different for women and girls?
Is ADHD Different for Women and Girls?Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen examines how ADHD often manifests in girls and women
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SUCTION CUP
#Biomimecry: Can you find inspiration in nature – the clingfish – for suction cups?
#Suction cup in fish: Can you find inspiration in nature – the clingfish – for suction cups?
Bio-inspired suction cups withstand more than splashesTo create prototype suction cups that are capable of glomming onto rough, wet surfaces and staying there, a research team has found inspiration in an aptly-named marine creature: the clingfish.
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BEES
#Bees and pesticide: Can the neonicotinoid pesticide, imidacloprid, change social behavior in bumblebees?
Neonicotinoid pesticide affects foraging and social interaction in bumblebeesChanges in social behavior have been observed in bees with sublethal exposure to the neonicotinoid pesticide, imidacloprid, report scientists.
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DEMENTIA
#Tablet computers and dementia: Can agitation among patients with dementia be managed with tablet devices?
Tablet devices show promise in managing agitation among patients with dementiaThe use of tablet computers is both a safe and a potentially effective approach to managing agitation among patients with dementia, a new pilot study suggests.
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SCIENCE LANGUAGE
#Scientific language: Is scientific publications in non-English language overlooked?
How English Came To Be The Dominant Language In Science Publications New research suggests that scientific publications may be overlooked in non-English speaking countries. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks about the issue with Princeton Professor Michael Gordin.
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RADONFORURENING
#Radon-måling: Kan radonniveauet måles konstant med en elektronisk måler?
Nordmænd lancerer live-måling af radonEn elektronisk måler kan konstant oplyse om radonniveauet og skal erstatte månedlange målinger og laboratorieundersøgelser.
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SCLEROSIS
#Multiple Sclerosis – and fasting: Will fasting help patient with multiple sclerosis?
I'm Fasting For Science: Will It Help Tame My Multiple Sclerosis? I like to eat, often and a lot. But when I heard about a medical study looking at whether fasting might tame the painful symptoms of MS, I was all in. Then I ate that 7 a.m. bagel.
Unique gene signature predicts potentially lethal prostate cancersStandard therapy for prostate cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American men, is based on blocking androgens, the male sex hormones. However,for some men, prostate cancer recurs despite androgen-deprivation therapy. A team of scientists has identified an 11-gene signature unique to advanced recurrent prostate cancer that they believe will help to identify these aggressiv
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Snails that carry disease can travel surprisingly farParasite-carrying snails can travel long distances, spreading a deadly disease along the way, according to new research. The study is the first to findgenetic evidence for long-distance movements—as far as 30 miles—among snails that pose an important public health threat.Where and how snails move is of concern in many developing countries because freshwater snails transmit schistosomiasis, a pa
Chimp drinking culture caught on videoCritically endangered chimpanzees craft absorbent drinking sticks,remote cameras reveal.
Suppressing a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumorsInhibiting a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumors,say researchers.
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Researchers find protein that weakens severe sepsis immune reactionNo effective therapy exists today for sepsis, an inflammatory storm that afflicts about 3 million Americans a year, killing up to half. But now, investigators haveidentified a key molecule that, in mice, helps protect the body’s central nervous system against the runaway inflammation of sepsis bacteria-in-blood.
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Surf and Earth: How prawn shopping bags could save the planetBioengineers are trialing how touse shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags, as a ‘green’ alternative to oil-based plastic, and as a new food packaging material to extend product shelf life.
This super-cheap paper centrifuge can spin 125,000 times per minuteHealth Thehand-powered device could help detect malaria A paper centrifuge powered only by human hands could perform super-cheap blood tests.
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Summer heat for the winterCan thermal solar energy be stored until wintertime? Within a European research consortium, scientists have spent four years studying this question by pitting three different techniques against each other.
Weather's not to blame for your aches and painsThe weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis,new research reveals. It's long been thought episodes of both back pain and arthritis can be triggered by changes in the weather, including temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind direction and precipitation.
Ancient Retroviruses Emerged Half a Billion Years AgoThisviral group (ancient retrovirus) appeared hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought
Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than those with lower BMIsIn first study to compare results of cognitive training by BMI category, scientists found thatmemory training provided only one-third the benefit to older adults with obesity than benefit it provided to older adults without obesity.
Forskere får ødelagte tænder til at gendanne sig selvMetoden kan revolutionere den måde, tandlæger lapper huller i tænderne på – ved atforskerne får ødelagte tænder til at gendanne sig selv.
Stem cell therapy reverses blindness in animals with end-stage retinal degenerationA stem cell-based transplantation approach that restores vision in blind mice moves closer to being tested in patients with end-stage retinal degeneration,according to a study. The researchers showed that retinal tissue derived from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) established connections with neighboring cells and responded to light stimulation after transplantation into the host ret
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Glia, not neurons, are most affected by brain agingThe difference between an old brain and a young brain isn't so much the number of neurons but the presence and function of supporting cells called glia.In a new article, researchers who examined postmortem brain samples from 480 individuals ranging in age from 16 to 106 found thatthe state of someone's glia is so consistent through the years that it can be used to predict someone's age.
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Aggressive prostate cancer secrets revealed in landmark studyA landmark study has revealedthe reason why men with a family history of prostate cancer who also carry the BRCA2 gene fault have a more aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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Warmer West Coast ocean conditions linked to increased risk of toxic shellfishHazardous levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin that accumulates in shellfish, have been linked to warmer ocean conditions in waters off Oregon and Washingtonfor the first time, report scientists.
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Trump and Space: Panel Forecasts Changes to ComeAs Trump’s “landing team” touches down at NASA, science community members mull ways to interact with politics — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Rate of elevated systolic blood pressure increases globally, along with associated deathsAn analysis that included 8.7 million participants finds thatthe rate of elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) increased substantially globally between 1990 and 2015, and that in 2015 an estimated 3.5 billion adults had systolic blood pressure of at least 110 to 115 mm Hg, and 874 million adults had SBP of 140 mm Hg or higher, according to a study.
Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNASignatures of ethnicity in the genome appear to reflect an ethnic group's shared culture and environment, rather than their common genetic ancestry,report scientists. Epigenetic signatures distinguishing Mexican and Puerto Rican children in this study cannot be explained by genetic ancestry alone, the researchers say.
Sorte huller sender "spytklatter" afsted med 30 millioner km/tStjernerester som slynges væk fra det sorte hul i Mælkevejens galakse, samler sig i planetstore klatter,viser ny forskning.
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Certain kinds of vaginal bacteria can actually boost HIV riskThe balance of microbes can change your susceptibilityCertain bacteria that dwell in the vagina can make a woman more vulnerable to HIV.
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Rapid Arctic warming has in the past shifted Southern Ocean windsIce core records from the two poles show that during the last ice age,sharp spikes in Arctic temperatures shifted the position of winds around Antarctica – during the last ice age.
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Alcohol prevents ability to extinguish fearful memories in miceIf the goal is to ease or extinguish fearful emotional memories like those associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol may make things worse, not better, experiments in mice suggest that. Results of their study demonstrate, they say, thatalcohol strengthens emotional memories associated with fearful experiences and prevents mice from pushing aside their fears (Alcohol is bad for stress-preventing).
Gravitational biology: Real time imaging and transcriptome analysis of fish aboard space stationScientists report that live-imaging and transcriptome analysis of medaka fish transgenic lines lead to immediate alteration of cells responsible for bone structure formation. These findings are important for assessing theeffects of microgravity on long term human space missions.
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Wearable sensor device helps visually impaired to sense their environmentA wearable assistive device has been developed for thesensor device for visually impaired, which enables them to sense their environmentand move around more safely. The device, which is worn like a heart rate monitor, has been clinically tested.
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The importance of the glutamine metabolism in colon cancerThe importance of glutamine has been made clear as a colon cancer specific metabolism. It is known that glutamine metabolism is important for pancreatic cancer, butthe importance of glutamine metabolism for colon cancerhas been unclear. In this study, researchers showed the importance of glutamine metabolism.
Even a little heat can keep bugs from making babiesExposure to mild heat as juveniles negatively affects fruit flies’ chances of producing offspring as adults, report researchers. The findings suggest thatinsects are already feeling the effects of climate change, as 2016 is reported to be the hottest year on record. “While these insects don’t die because of the mild heat—they produce fewer offspring.” The research also reveals that the extent of
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Drunk Mice Get the MunchiesA study in mice reveals thatalcohol activates brain cells linked to hunger
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Geologer finder 52 millioner år gammel forfader til kartoflenFundet af etfossil af en 52 millioner år gammel plante fra natskyggefamiliengiver forskere ny indsigt i udviklingen af nogle af vores mest basale fødevarer.
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Biological changes could underlie higher psychosis risk in immigrantsA new study could explain howmigrating to another country increases a person's risk of developing schizophrenia, by altering brain chemistry. Immigrants had higher levels of the brain chemical dopamine than non-immigrants in the study;abnormal dopamine levels are linked to symptoms of schizophrenia, say the researchers.
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More individual therapy for blood cancer patientsBecause it is impossible to predict which acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients will benefit, all patients are routinely treated with chemotherapy although only some will respond to the treatment. Researchers have now discovered anovel biomarker that enables the detection of therapy responders and non-responders with high accuracy. In addition, their research reveals new hope for patients who cu
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Glyphosat fundet i seks gange så mange tyske urinprøver som for 15 år sidenFra 2001 til 2015 erkoncentrationen af sprøjtemidlet glyphosat steget markant i især mænds urin, viser tal fra det tyske miljøagentur UPB.
Could better sleep prevent gestational diabetes?A new study links short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus—suggesting that addressingsleep concerns during pregnancy could potentially reduce the risk of developing GDM diabetes. GDM, which is diagnosed by high blood glucose levels, is one of the most common health problems during pregnancy. Unmanaged high glucose levels in pregnancy can result in complications that can affect both
Non-invasive screening method reveals important properties of pharmaceutical tabletsInformation on significant properties of pharmaceutical tablets, such as their mechanical strength and dissolution, can now be obtained without resorting to the conventional, time-consuming and destructive testing methods, according to a new study. A new structural descriptive parameter based onterahertz (THz) time-domain techniques allow for a non-invasive detection of pharmaceutical tablet
Neurons modulate the growth of blood vesselsA team of researchers shake at the foundations of a dogma of cell biology. By detailed series of experiments, they proved thatblood vessel growth is modulated by neurons and not, as assumed so far, through a control mechanism of the vessel cells among each other. The results are groundbreaking for researchinto and treatment of vascular diseases, tumors, and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Identification of autophagy-dependent secretion machineryA group of researchers identified amolecular machinery by which autophagy mediates secretion. These results underscore an important role of autophagy other than degradation, andwill bring us to future translational research of medicine.
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People with forms of early-onset Parkinson's disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet, research suggestsA new study is strengthening the therapeutic potential for dietary interventions inParkinson's disease, – these patients may benefit from a boost in niacin, which is found in some nuts and meat.
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Cocaine users make riskier decisions after losing a gamblePeople addicted to cocaine make riskier decisions than healthy people after losing a potential reward, according to a study. In the study, researchers show that thisheightened sensitivity to loss (losing a potential reward) displayed by the cocaine userscorrelated with an exaggerated decrease in a part of the brain that processes rewards.
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Scrapping excessive neural connection helps build new connectionsNeural activity that retracts excessive early innervation in a certain pathway helps make late neural connections in a different pathway, research has found. This may provide aself-organizing mechanism of neural connections, and additionally, early excessive innervation may serve as a guide for making late neural connections.
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Et par gange hver millioner år sker der noget virkelig drastisk på vores jordnår polerne bytter plads. Med en ny computersimulation har vi fået et bedre indblik i hvordan det sker. Tilrettelæggelse: Kristoffer Frøkjær-Jensen og Marie Hougaard. www.dr.dk/p1/videnskabensverden
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Mini-brains made from teeth help reveal what makes us sociableTiny balls of brain tissue made from donated stem cells from children with autism or a condition that makes them hyper-sociable show intriguing differences
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Verdens letteste og stærkeste materiale med grafenMed en tæthed på bare 5 procent af stål, men 10 gange større styrke – etnyt svampelignende materiale er skabt ved at sammenpresse små flager af grafen.
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Brain cell powerhouses appear good treatment target for stroke, TBI recoveryCell powerhouses are typically long and lean, but with brain injury such as stroke or trauma, they can quickly become bloated and dysfunctional, say scientists who documented the phenomena in real time for the first time in a living brain.
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Newly proposed reference datasets improve weather satellite data qualityResearchers have proposed in-orbit reference datasets for calibrating weather satellites. A recent presentation demonstrated that using these references reduced errors in microwave and infrared weather satellites to fractions of a degree Celsius.
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Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level riseEven if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to a new study.
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Transfusions of 'old' blood may harm some patientsBlood transfusions with the oldest blood available could be harmful for some patients, finds a team of researchers.Old blood not good – investigators recommend reducing the maximum blood storage limit from six to five weeks.
Appendix may have important function, new research suggestsThe human appendix, a narrow pouch that projects off the cecum in the digestive system, has a notorious reputation for its tendency to become inflamed (appendicitis), often resulting in surgical removal. Although it is widely viewed as a vestigial organ with little known function, recent research suggests that theappendix (blindtarmen) may serve an important purpose. In particular, it may serve as a reservoir
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This app uses a game to fight depressionA game-based app for phones and tablets called Project: EVO seems to help older adults with depression feel better by targeting underlying cognitive conditions, such as attention and focus, according to two recent studies. “We found thatmoderately depressed people do better with apps like this because they address or treat correlates of depression,” says Patricia Areán, a University of Washingto
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Fear of diagnostic low-dose radiation exposure is overstated, experts assertResearchers assert thatexposure to medical radiation does not increase a person's risk of getting cancer. The long-held belief that even low doses of radiation, such as those received in diagnostic imaging, increase cancer risk is based on an inaccurate, 70-year-old hypothesis, according to the authors.
New findings detail structure of immature Zika virusResearchers have determined thehigh-resolution structure of immature Zika virus,a step toward better understanding how the virus infects host cells and spreads.
Neuroscientist probes tiny world of the fruit fly to discover sleep/eating/activity connectionThe humble fruit fly has proved to be a fruitful research subject for a neuroscientist team. The collaborators’ research into their behavior has helped expand our understanding of some importantneurobiological connections between eating and sleep — including the infamous “food coma” felt after a big meal.
'Weekend warriors' have lower risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular diseasePhysical activity patterns characterized by just one or two sessions a week may be enough to reduce deaths in men and women from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, regardless of adherence to physical activity guidelines, a new study of over 63,000 adults reports.
A possible solution to a long-standing riddle in materials scienceAn international team of scientists may have solved the 30-year-old riddle ofwhy certain ferroelectric crystals exhibit extremely strong piezoelectric responses.
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells cope with genetic chaosScientists have uncoveredhow tumors are able to grow despite significant damage to the structure and number of their chromosomes, the storage units of DNA.
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New model predicts when people are willing to try new thingsA new model to predictwhen people are most likely to try different products and try new thingshas been developed by scientists. The research could help to direct public health interventions aimed at encouraging healthier choices.
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Can big data yield big ideas? Blend novel and familiar, new study findsStruggling to get your creative juices flowing for a new idea or project? A new study sheds light on the secret sauce to developing creative ideas, and it all comes down to word choice.
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Secret new weapon of insect-transmitted viruses exposedFindings by a team of scientists could provide critical knowledge to attack deadly viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes and aphids.
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52 Million-Year-Old Tomatillo Fossil Rewrites Veggie HistoryPotatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers belong to the nightshade family. A newly discovered fossil in Patagonia suggests that family started much earlier than believed, perhaps when dinosaurs roamed. (Image credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State University)
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Russia Hacked ‘Older’ Republican Emails, FBI Director SaysFBI Director James Comey tells Congress the same hackers who breached the DNC also penetrated the RNC's older email domains and state-level GOP targets. The post Russia Hacked 'Older' Republican Emails, FBI Director Says appeared first on WIRED .
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Morphognosis: the shape of knowledge in space and timeArtificial intelligence research to a great degree focuses on the brain and behaviors that the brain generates. But the brain, an extremely complex structure resulting from millions of years of evolution, can be viewed as a solution to problems posed by an environment existing in space and time. The environment generates signals that produce sensory events within an organism. Building an internal
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Vast Shadow Sweeps Across Young Exoplanetary System18 years of Hubble Telescope data on a star system reveals a surprising phenomenon spanning tens of billions of miles
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Pretty in pink: Some algae like it coldScientific efforts are aimed at learning more about the effects of pink snow algae on glaciers and snowfields covering Pacific Northwest stratovolcanoes.
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Plus-sized fly: A model to understand the mechanisms underlying human obesityA new fly model sheds light on how the brain acts to signal 'fullness' and the possibility of conferring resilience against the impact of high-fat diets.
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Unique gene signature predicts potentially lethal prostate cancersStandard therapy for prostate cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American men, is based on blocking androgens, the male sex hormones. However,for some men, prostate cancer recurs despite androgen-deprivation therapy. A team of scientists has identified an 11-gene signature unique to advanced recurrent prostate cancer that they believe will help to identify these aggressiv
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How to Watch President Obama’s Farewell Address TonightA president looking to leave a tech-forward legacy has made it easy to watch his parting remarks online. The post How to Watch President Obama's Farewell Address Tonight appeared first on WIRED .
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Wastewater treatment upgrades result in major reduction of intersex fishUpgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario's Grand River, led to a 70 per cent drop of fish that have both male and female characteristics within one year and a full recovery of the fish population within three years, according to researchers.
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Postdoc jobs in biomedicine don't yield positive returns in the labor marketPostdoc jobs don't yield a positive return in the labor market, research has concluded. Additionally, the investigators found that these positions likely cost graduates roughly three years' worth of salary in their first 15 years of their careers.
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Shedding mutations may let cancer evade immunotherapyCancer cells may develop resistance to drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors by simply getting rid of mutations that would otherwise trigger the body’s disease-fighting immune system, research suggests. Researchers conducted the study, aimed at determining why so-called immunotherapy can become ineffective over time, on cells from five lung cancer and head and neck cancer patients. A summary appea
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Snails that carry disease can travel surprisingly farParasite-carrying snails can travel long distances, spreading a deadly disease along the way, according to new research. The study is the first to findgenetic evidence for long-distance movements—as far as 30 miles—among snails that pose an important public health threat.Where and how snails move is of concern in many developing countries because freshwater snails transmit schistosomiasis, a pa
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Kunstig uintelligens: Amazons Alexa køber dukkehuse af sig selvEn familie fik pludselig et dukkehus tilsendt, som enheden havde bestilt.
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Japanese monkey tries to mate with deerA male Japanese monkey has been filmed trying to mount and mate with a Sika deer.
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Donald Trump win 'won't sway world on climate'Targets on CO2 will continue despite a climate change sceptic becoming president, a UK minister says.
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Brazil: Clash of cultures over Amazon damsIndigenous groups and river dwellers are battling the government and big corporations over the huge dams being built to meet Brazil's energy needs.
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Chimp drinking culture caught on videoCritically endangered chimpanzees craft absorbent drinking sticks,remote cameras reveal.
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DNA-evidence needs statistical back-upHow do forensic scientists deal with complex DNA-evidence found at crime scenes? A researcher has now developed new statistical models to analyze them.
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Suppressing a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumorsInhibiting a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumors,say researchers.
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What kind of selfie taker are you?Taking and posting pictures of yourself doesn't necessarily mean you're a narcissist, new research suggests. People also take selfies to engage in conversations and chronicle their lives.
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The String and Paper CentrifugeThis toy-inspired centrifuge could enable medical testing in remote locations, and costs just 20 cents to make. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on January 10,… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers find protein that weakens severe sepsis immune reactionNo effective therapy exists today for sepsis, an inflammatory storm that afflicts about 3 million Americans a year, killing up to half. But now, investigators haveidentified a key molecule that, in mice, helps protect the body’s central nervous system against the runaway inflammation of sepsis bacteria-in-blood.
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Surf and Earth: How prawn shopping bags could save the planetBioengineers are trialing how touse shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags, as a ‘green’ alternative to oil-based plastic, and as a new food packaging material to extend product shelf life.
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Vaccine Critic Kennedy Set to Chair Trump Panel on Vaccination SafetyLike the president-elect, Robert Kennedy Jr. has pushed arguments of a link to autism
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Daily folic acid supplementation remains important for prevention of birth defectsDespite the mandatory addition of folic acid to enriched grain products in the United States, many women still do not consume adequate amounts of this important vitamin, according to a new editorial.
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This super-cheap paper centrifuge can spin 125,000 times per minuteHealth Thehand-powered device could help detect malaria A paper centrifuge powered only by human hands could perform super-cheap blood tests.
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What does it take for an AIDS virus to infect a person?Researchers examined the characteristics of HIV-1 strains that were successful in traversing the genital mucosa that forms a boundary to entry by viruses and bacteria. Studying viral isolates from the blood and genital secretions of eight chronically HIV-1 infected donors and their matched recipients, the researchers identified a sub-population of HIV-1 strains with biological properties that pred
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Summer heat for the winterCan thermal solar energy be stored until wintertime? Within a European research consortium, scientists have spent four years studying this question by pitting three different techniques against each other.
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Could you walk to the moon in a lifetime?Space An amazing video shows you how, and David Bowie is there (for some amazing reason) Amazing 360-video from NPR's Skunk Bear walks us to the moon with David Bowie…
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Obama: Selv Trump kan ikke stoppe skiftet til grøn energiI en artikel i Science argumenterer den afgående præsident for, at vedvarende energikilder er kommet for at blive.
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Weather's not to blame for your aches and painsThe weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis,new research reveals. It's long been thought episodes of both back pain and arthritis can be triggered by changes in the weather, including temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind direction and precipitation.
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Ancient Retroviruses Emerged Half a Billion Years AgoThisviral group (ancient retrovirus) appeared hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought
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'Housekeepers' of the brain renew themselves more quickly than first thoughtCells in the brain responsible for detecting and fixing minor damage renew themselves more quickly than previously thought, new research has shown.
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Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than those with lower BMIsIn first study to compare results of cognitive training by BMI category, scientists found thatmemory training provided only one-third the benefit to older adults with obesity than benefit it provided to older adults without obesity.
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Couch potatoes face same chance of dementia as those with genetic risk factors: ResearchSedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop the disease as those who are genetically predisposed, according to a major study which followed more than 1,600 Canadians over five years.
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Current controls on alcohol marketing are not protecting youth, warn public health expertsYouth around the world are exposed to extensive alcohol marketing, experts warn, adding that current controls on that marketing appear ineffective in blocking the association between youth exposure and subsequent drinking.
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Forskere får ødelagte tænder til at gendanne sig selvMetoden kan revolutionere den måde, tandlæger lapper huller i tænderne på – ved atforskerne får ødelagte tænder til at gendanne sig selv.
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#DoesItFart is the burning science question you never knew you hadAnimals And Twitter is here to answer it A gassier, more informative version of “does it blend?”…
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Researchers develop new compound to fight cytomegalovirusA Retro94-based compound mayprevent a common and sometimes fatal virus — human cytomegalovirus (CMV) — from reproducing and help to protect immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV, on chemotherapy, with transplants, and infants from the effects of the disease, according to researchers.
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Testing how species respond to climate changePredicting how species will respond to climate change is a critical part of efforts to prevent widespread climate-driven extinction, or to predict its consequences for ecosystems, say scientists.
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NASA study finds a connection between wildfires, droughtFor centuries drought has come and gone across northern sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, water shortages have been most severe in the Sahel — a band of semi-arid land situated just south of the Sahara Desert and stretching coast-to-coast across the continent, from Senegal and Mauritania in the west to Sudan and Eritrea in the east.
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Risk of skin cancer doesn't deter most college students who tan indoors, study showsWhite female college students in Indiana who tan indoors know they are placing themselves at risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging, but most continue to tan indoors anyway, according to a study.
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New approach to managing warfarin patients improves care, cuts costsNew performance measures have been developed for patients on warfarin that may save lives and money, report investigators.
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Stem cell therapy reverses blindness in animals with end-stage retinal degenerationA stem cell-based transplantation approach that restores vision in blind mice moves closer to being tested in patients with end-stage retinal degeneration,according to a study. The researchers showed that retinal tissue derived from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) established connections with neighboring cells and responded to light stimulation after transplantation into the host ret
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Glia, not neurons, are most affected by brain agingThe difference between an old brain and a young brain isn't so much the number of neurons but the presence and function of supporting cells called glia.In a new article, researchers who examined postmortem brain samples from 480 individuals ranging in age from 16 to 106 found thatthe state of someone's glia is so consistent through the years that it can be used to predict someone's age.
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Aggressive prostate cancer secrets revealed in landmark studyA landmark study has revealedthe reason why men with a family history of prostate cancer who also carry the BRCA2 gene fault have a more aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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Warmer West Coast ocean conditions linked to increased risk of toxic shellfishHazardous levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin that accumulates in shellfish, have been linked to warmer ocean conditions in waters off Oregon and Washingtonfor the first time, report scientists.
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Trump and Space: Panel Forecasts Changes to ComeAs Trump’s “landing team” touches down at NASA, science community members mull ways to interact with politics — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Rate of elevated systolic blood pressure increases globally, along with associated deathsAn analysis that included 8.7 million participants finds thatthe rate of elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) increased substantially globally between 1990 and 2015, and that in 2015 an estimated 3.5 billion adults had systolic blood pressure of at least 110 to 115 mm Hg, and 874 million adults had SBP of 140 mm Hg or higher, according to a study.
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California Floods Its Fields to Keep Its Cities From FloodingOpening the Sacramento Weir means flooding the plains to protect the state's capital from the same fate.
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Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNASignatures of ethnicity in the genome appear to reflect an ethnic group's shared culture and environment, rather than their common genetic ancestry,report scientists. Epigenetic signatures distinguishing Mexican and Puerto Rican children in this study cannot be explained by genetic ancestry alone, the researchers say.
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Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infectionNew insight has been gained into the everyday hazards of life in the late Byzantine Empire, sometime around the early 13th century, as well as the evolution of Staphylococcus saprophyticus, a common bacterial pathogen.
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Sorte huller sender "spytklatter" afsted med 30 millioner km/tStjernerester som slynges væk fra det sorte hul i Mælkevejens galakse, samler sig i planetstore klatter,viser ny forskning.
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Rise of personal technology in criminal proceedings poses risks to individuals' rightsPersonal technology such as fitness trackers and smartphones have become common companions in our daily lives. But those same devices increasingly will be used in criminal proceedings to gather evidence of criminal activity by their owners, raising questions about individuals' rights that the legal system is not yet fully prepared to address, according to a new study.
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Certain kinds of vaginal bacteria can actually boost HIV riskThe balance of microbes can change your susceptibilityCertain bacteria that dwell in the vagina can make a woman more vulnerable to HIV.
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Rapid Arctic warming has in the past shifted Southern Ocean windsIce core records from the two poles show that during the last ice age,sharp spikes in Arctic temperatures shifted the position of winds around Antarctica – during the last ice age.
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Changing rainfall patterns linked to water security in IndiaChanges in precipitation, which are linked to the warming of the Indian Ocean, are the main reason for recent changes in groundwater storage in India.
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'Goldilocks' drug prevents chronic kidney disease in primatesA research team has developed a way to avoid ischemia/reperfusion injury of the kidney with a new monoclonal antibody that binds its target receptor in a way that is 'just right.'
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Retroviruses 'almost half a billion years old'Retroviruses — the family of viruses that includes HIV — are almost half a billion years old, according to new research. That's several hundred million years older than previously thought and suggests retroviruses have ancient marine origins, having been with their animal hosts through the evolutionary transition from sea to land. The findings will help us understand more about the continuing 'a (se tidligere artikel)
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Ancient retroviruses emerged half a billion years agoThis group of viruses is hundreds of millions of years older than previously thought. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21274
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Alcohol prevents ability to extinguish fearful memories in miceIf the goal is to ease or extinguish fearful emotional memories like those associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol may make things worse, not better, experiments in mice suggest that. Results of their study demonstrate, they say, thatalcohol strengthens emotional memories associated with fearful experiences and prevents mice from pushing aside their fears (Alcohol is bad for stress-preventing).
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Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumps by 200 percent in US childrenAbout 25 percent of children and more than 41 percent of adults in the United States reported consuming foods and beverages containing low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) such as aspartame, sucralose, and saccharin in a recent nationwide nutritional survey, according to a study out today. Those numbers represent a 200 percent increase in LCS consumption for children and a 54 percent jump for adults from
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Gravitational biology: Real time imaging and transcriptome analysis of fish aboard space stationScientists report that live-imaging and transcriptome analysis of medaka fish transgenic lines lead to immediate alteration of cells responsible for bone structure formation. These findings are important for assessing theeffects of microgravity on long term human space missions.
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Wearable sensor device helps visually impaired to sense their environmentA wearable assistive device has been developed for thesensor device for visually impaired, which enables them to sense their environmentand move around more safely. The device, which is worn like a heart rate monitor, has been clinically tested.
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New framework could help online addicts reduce their usageResearch has shown that internet addicts do not always feel guilty about their usage, and in many cases, they do not even perceive their usage as problematic. A new model could help addicts realize that their usage is a problem and reduce it.
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The strange double life of Dab2A scientist discovered Dab2 more than 20 years ago and has been studying its relationship to cancer ever since. But now he's found that Dab2 has been living a secret life all along — one that could have public health implications for fighting obesity.
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Chinese AI company plans to mine health data faster than rivalsiCarbonX believes its cutting-edge partners and generous funding give it the upper hand. Nature 541 141 doi: 10.1038/541141a
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American effort reduced risky opioid prescriptions for veterans, study findsFewer veterans received prescriptions for risky dosages of opioid painkillers after a national initiative took aim at reducing high doses and potentially dangerous drug combinations, a new study finds. Over a two-year period, high-dose opioid prescribing declined by 16 percent, and very-high-dose opioid prescribing dropped by 24 percent. The number of patients receiving both opioids and sedatives,
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CDC guidelines for HIV prevention regimen may not go far enough, study suggestsCDC guidelines for who should be on Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) don't go far enough because current standards could miss some people who should be on it, report experts who have developed an online PrEP risk calculator that may fill that gap.
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The importance of the glutamine metabolism in colon cancerThe importance of glutamine has been made clear as a colon cancer specific metabolism. It is known that glutamine metabolism is important for pancreatic cancer, butthe importance of glutamine metabolism for colon cancerhas been unclear. In this study, researchers showed the importance of glutamine metabolism.
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Difficulty in noticing that white people are white, new study findsAs part of a new study, people had to guess what a group of three white or black actors had in common. When the common feature was race, it was discovered in a few minutes by almost all participants considering the group of black actors, but only by a few presented with the white actors.
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Drop in urban density by 2050 could drive up energy usePopulation densities in urban areas worldwide will continue to drop until 2050 with significant consequences for energy use in buildings, according to a new forecast. “This is the first global-scale analysis of future urban densities and associated building energy use under different scenarios of urban population densities and demand for buildings,” says Burak Güneralp, research assistant profess
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Fem dimser sikrer din cykel mod tyveriOver 55.000 cykler om året bliver meldt stjålet i Danmark. Her er fem måde at sikre cyklerne bedre.
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Hazardous Marine Toxin Could Rise with Warming WaterDomoic acid, occasionally found in shellfish, is a serious health risk and researchers have linked its presence with climatic phenomena (se tidligere artikel)
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Study reveals best states for loversIs Virginia really for lovers? Other states may have something to say about that, finds a new American study.
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First study to show parents' concerns about neighborhood restrict kids' outdoor playParents who are concerned about their neighborhoods restrict their children's outdoor play, new research has found for the first time.
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Researchers concerned about young people's responsibility for their work abilityYoung people in working life see themselves as solo players responsible for maintaining their own work ability. They regard themselves as holding the ball when the job requires new knowledge and motivation, according to research.
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The next step in nanotechnology | George TulevskiEvery year the silicon computer chip shrinks in size by half and doubles in power, enabling our devices to become more mobile and accessible. But what happens when our chips can't get any smaller? George Tulevski researches the unseen and untapped world of nanomaterials. His current work: developing chemical processes to compel billions of carbon nanotubes to assemble themselves into the patterns
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Even a little heat can keep bugs from making babiesExposure to mild heat as juveniles negatively affects fruit flies’ chances of producing offspring as adults, report researchers. The findings suggest thatinsects are already feeling the effects of climate change, as 2016 is reported to be the hottest year on record. “While these insects don’t die because of the mild heat—they produce fewer offspring.” The research also reveals that the extent of
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3-D printing and nanotechnology, a mighty alliance to detect toxic liquidsCarbon nanotubes have made headlines in scientific journals for a long time, as has 3-D printing. But when both combine with the right polymer, in this case a thermoplastic, something special occurs: electrical conductivity increases and makes it possible to monitor liquids in real time.
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Criminology study links NFL players' misbehavior on, off fieldNew research has found NFL players who drew the most penalties also had more criminal arrests than their teammates.
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And the Winner of the Volcanic Event of 2016 Is…You voted. Now let's count down the top 10 volcanic events of 2016.
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Infant Brains Reveal How the Mind Gets BuiltRebecca Saxe ’s first son, Arthur, was just a month old when he first entered the bore of an MRI machine to have his brain scanned. Saxe, a cognitive scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, went headfirst with him: lying uncomfortably on her stomach, her face near his diaper, she stroked and soothed him as the three-tesla magnet whirred around them. Arthur, unfazed, promptly fell
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Drunk Mice Get the MunchiesA study in mice reveals thatalcohol activates brain cells linked to hunger
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Geologer finder 52 millioner år gammel forfader til kartoflenFundet af etfossil af en 52 millioner år gammel plante fra natskyggefamiliengiver forskere ny indsigt i udviklingen af nogle af vores mest basale fødevarer.
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Autoudfyldte tekstfelter i browseren kan udnyttes til at stjæle personoplysningerhttps://www.version2.dk/artikel/autoudfyldte-tekstfelter-browseren-kan-udnyttes-at-stjaele-personoplysninger-1071865 Brugere kan uforvarende udlevere oplysninger i Chrome, Safari og Opera-browsere. Version2
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Forskere finder 52 millioner år gamle "tomat"-fossilerFundet af to gamle fossiler af bær, der er i familie med nutidens tomater, kan være nøglen til at forstå almindelige planters udvikling.(se tidligere artikel)
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Biological changes could underlie higher psychosis risk in immigrantsA new study could explain howmigrating to another country increases a person's risk of developing schizophrenia, by altering brain chemistry. Immigrants had higher levels of the brain chemical dopamine than non-immigrants in the study;abnormal dopamine levels are linked to symptoms of schizophrenia, say the researchers.
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More individual therapy for blood cancer patientsBecause it is impossible to predict which acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients will benefit, all patients are routinely treated with chemotherapy although only some will respond to the treatment. Researchers have now discovered anovel biomarker that enables the detection of therapy responders and non-responders with high accuracy. In addition, their research reveals new hope for patients who cu
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Obama versus Trump: 5 Medical and Science StancesIn some areas the next administration's approach may be more of the same
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Legendary radio telescope hangs in the balanceUS National Science Foundation looks to slash funding for Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory. Nature 541 143 doi: 10.1038/541143a
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Wild monkey filmed mounting deer and trying to have sex with itThe unusual inter-species sex may be down to a lack of females pushing Japanese macaques to search for pleasure elsewhere – on the backs of furry Sika deer
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Verdens største solfangeranlæg i drift i SilkeborgMed et areal på 156.694 kvadratmeter er Silkeborg Forsynings nye solfangeranlæg verdens hidtil største. Anlægget blev taget i brug kort før nytår.
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Glyphosat fundet i seks gange så mange tyske urinprøver som for 15 år sidenFra 2001 til 2015 erkoncentrationen af sprøjtemidlet glyphosat steget markant i især mænds urin, viser tal fra det tyske miljøagentur UPB.
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Could better sleep prevent gestational diabetes?A new study links short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus—suggesting that addressingsleep concerns during pregnancy could potentially reduce the risk of developing GDM diabetes. GDM, which is diagnosed by high blood glucose levels, is one of the most common health problems during pregnancy. Unmanaged high glucose levels in pregnancy can result in complications that can affect both
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Non-invasive screening method reveals important properties of pharmaceutical tabletsInformation on significant properties of pharmaceutical tablets, such as their mechanical strength and dissolution, can now be obtained without resorting to the conventional, time-consuming and destructive testing methods, according to a new study. A new structural descriptive parameter based onterahertz (THz) time-domain techniques allow for a non-invasive detection of pharmaceutical tabletpara
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2D materials enhance a 3D worldIn the past decade 2D materials have captured the fascination of a steadily increasing number of scientists. These materials, whose defining feature is having a thickness of only one to very few atoms, can be made of a variety of different elements or combinations thereof. Scientists’ enchantment with 2D materials began with a winning experiment: creating a 2D material using a lump of graphite and
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Insects feel the heat: Scientists reveal rise in temperature affects ability to reproduceEven a mild rise in temperature damages insect's ability to reproduce, new research indicates. Insect populations in high latitude countries are the worst affected. Identifying genes linked to increased and decreased reproduction may help understand how insects cope with climate change and controlling insect pests, say the scientists. (se tidligere artikel)
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Spinning toy reinvented as low-tech centrifugeHand-powered device can process blood samples and separate out parasites such as those that cause malaria. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21273 (se tidligere artikel)
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Deepest X-ray image ever is chock-full of black holesAstronomers are getting their best look yet at black holes by studying the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. About 70 percent of the objects in the new image, from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory , are supermassive black holes. “With this one amazing picture, we can explore the earliest days of black holes in the universe and see how they change over billions of years.” “With this one amazing p
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Neurons modulate the growth of blood vesselsA team of researchers shake at the foundations of a dogma of cell biology. By detailed series of experiments, they proved thatblood vessel growth is modulated by neurons and not, as assumed so far, through a control mechanism of the vessel cells among each other. The results are groundbreaking for researchinto and treatment of vascular diseases, tumors, and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Identification of autophagy-dependent secretion machineryA group of researchers identified amolecular machinery by which autophagy mediates secretion. These results underscore an important role of autophagy other than degradation, andwill bring us to future translational research of medicine.
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People with forms of early-onset Parkinson's disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet, research suggestsA new study is strengthening the therapeutic potential for dietary interventions inParkinson's disease, – these patients may benefit from a boost in niacin, which is found in some nuts and meat.
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Cocaine users make riskier decisions after losing a gamblePeople addicted to cocaine make riskier decisions than healthy people after losing a potential reward, according to a study. In the study, researchers show that thisheightened sensitivity to loss (losing a potential reward) displayed by the cocaine userscorrelated with an exaggerated decrease in a part of the brain that processes rewards.
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Scrapping excessive neural connection helps build new connectionsNeural activity that retracts excessive early innervation in a certain pathway helps make late neural connections in a different pathway, research has found. This may provide aself-organizing mechanism of neural connections, and additionally, early excessive innervation may serve as a guide for making late neural connections.
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Polar Bear Conservation Plan Calls Climate Change "the Primary Threat" to Their SurvivalThe new plan from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also addresses human-polarbear conflict, subsistence hunting and oil spills
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Let’s Learn Some Physics Playing With Compound PulleysHumans use compound pulleys all the time. They are based on the work-energy principle. Here is a physics based explanation of this type of simple machine.
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Svindel med grøn støtteordning skaber politisk kaos i NordirlandMisbrug af støtteordning til grøn varme kan udløse nyvalg i Nordirland.
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Hubble Charts Cosmic Course for Voyager ProbesAnalysis reveals gas clouds the spacecraft will encounter in thousands of years —
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Et par gange hver millioner år sker der noget virkelig drastisk på vores jordnår polerne bytter plads. Med en ny computersimulation har vi fået et bedre indblik i hvordan det sker. Tilrettelæggelse: Kristoffer Frøkjær-Jensen og Marie Hougaard. www.dr.dk/p1/videnskabensverden
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Trump and Congress Could Halt State Action on ClimateThe new Republican-controlled federal government could use “preemption” to restrict state and local environmental protections –
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Your Dog Remembers Even More about What You Do Than You ThinkA canine demonstration of “episodic memory”
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Overlæge får fængselsstraf for voldtægt af reservelægeEn enig domsmandsret har i dag kendt en tidligere overlæge på Slagelse Sygehus skyldig for voldtægter af en yngre reservelæge. Dommen er anket.
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Alle Sikorsky S-92 får flyveforbudHelikopterproducenten har tirsdag eftermiddag udsendt et inspektionsdirektiv for samtlige Sikorsky S-92 på verdensplan, efter at problemer med halerotoren fik en norsk helikopter til at rotere 180 grader under en nødlanding.
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Where science and nonsense collideAfter a decade of progress, Argentina’s scientists are battling a government bent on twisting public conceptions of their role, writes Alberto Kornblihtt. Nature 541 135 doi: 10.1038/541135a
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We Must Learn How to Talk about Science–FastBetter explanations and more facts don’t lead to understanding, so communicators need research to figure out what actually works —
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Norway is first country to turn off FM radio and go digital-onlyFrom this week, Norway will start switching off its national FM network, forcing people to switch to digital audio broadcasting (DAB) or miss out
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Pop a Wheelie With the Daredevil Bikers of LondonWheelies, burnouts and more—all without a helmet. And the photographer wasn't any safer.
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Luxembourg’s Bid to Become the Silicon Valley of Space MiningIn 2016, Luxembourg began taking steps toward dominating the asteroid mining industry, and so potentially the flow of cash and commodities beyond Earth. /
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Car Dealers Are Dangerously Uneducated About New Safety FeaturesA new report says that's a big problem for safety.
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How ‘Dumpster Fire’ Became 2016’s Word of the YearAt a loss for words to encapsulate the last 12 months? The linguists are here to help.
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Jeff Sessions’ Attorney General Hearing: 3 Questions Senators Must AskIf history is a predictor, today's confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions won't go as smoothly as President-elect Trump would hope.
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John Kelly’s Homeland Security Hearing: 3 Questions Congress Must AskPresident-elect Trump's pick for Homeland Security head gets grilled by the Senate today. Here's what they need to ask first.
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U.N. Climate Fund Could Take a Big Hit if Trump Keeps Election PromiseThe U.S. has only handed over $500 million of its $3-billion pledge to help developing countries deal with global warming
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Warming Oceans Could Boost Dangerous Toxin In Your Shellfish DinnerA new study finds a link between warming waters and a dangerous neurotoxin that builds up in species like Dungeness crabs, clams and mussels — and can be hazardous, even fatal in people who eat them (se tidligere artikel)
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Projekt for psykisk syge skal finde bedste model på tværs af sektorerNyt projekt skal finde den bedste samarbejdsmodel på tværs af sektorer for at reducere overdødelighed blandt borgere med psykisk lidelse.
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Kvote 2-test sorterer kvinder fra medicinstudietSelvom dobbelt så mange kvinder som mænd søger optagelse via kvote 2 på medicinstudiet på SDU, ender studiet med at optage lidt flere mænd end kvinder. Det er en test i optagelsesrunden, der sorterer kvinderne fra og som er diskriminerende, mener chef i Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut.
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Do DIY Brain-Booster Devices Work?Zapping the cranium may juice up neuron circuits, and use is rising—but there might be a cognitive price — (se tidligere artikel)
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Center for Cybersikkerhed: Ingen har overblik over angreb rettet mod DanmarkI Sverige blev det for nylig opgjort, at over 100.000 hackerangreb fra andre stater rammer landet hvert år. Men i Danmark er der ingen, der på samme måde kan lave et overslag over angreb mod landet, siger chefen for Center for Cybersikkerhed. https://www.version2.dk/artikel/center-cybersikkerhed-ingen-har-overblik-angreb-rettet-mod-danmark-1071859 Version2
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Nytårsaftens skudsekund lammede canadiske nødradioerRadioerne hos politi og beredskab i Montreal gik ned nytårsaften, fordi årsskiftet medførte et skudsekund.
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The Paperfuge: A 20-Cent Device That Could Transform Health CareThe Paperfuge is a hand-powered centrifuge made of paper, string, and plastic that can spin biological samples at up to 125,000 rpm.
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Jean Jullien, Creator of the ‘Peace for Paris’ Symbol, Drops a Clever BookIf the book has a meta-narrative, it has to do with the inescapable silliness that comes with being human.
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Mini-brains made from teeth help reveal what makes us sociableTiny balls of brain tissue made from donated stem cells from children with autism or a condition that makes them hyper-sociable show intriguing differences
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Travel To The Moon With David Bowie (360° Video)See panoramic views of a trip to the moon in Skunk Bear's latest video. It's a journey that spans David Bowie's long career — and his greatest hits serve as the soundtrack
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Danskernes alkoholforbrug koster kommuner milliarderNy rapport fra Sundhedsstyrelsen viser, at udover at et højt alkoholforbrug har store omkostninger for den, der drikker, så koster det kommunerne mange penge.
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IPhone fylder 10: Er gamechangeren blevet en bremse for Apple?https://www.version2.dk/artikel/steve-jobs-fremviste-foerste-iphone-10-aar-siden-1071531 Det er 10 år siden, Steve Jobs første gang holdt en iPhone op i strakt arm. Han forandrede dermed hele smartphone-markedet. Men spørgsmålet er, om det er forandret så meget, at Apple nu bliver hægtet af. Version2
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Verdens letteste og stærkeste materiale med grafenMed en tæthed på bare 5 procent af stål, men 10 gange større styrke – etnyt svampelignende materiale er skabt ved at sammenpresse små flager af grafen.
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Forskere finder Jordens "manglende" grundstofJapanske forskere har identificeret det manglende grundstof i Jordens kerne: Silicium.
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Googles selvkørende biler kommer på vejene i denne månedSelskabets bildivision Waymo har annonceret, at deres selvkørende minivans lanceres i USA snart.
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Humans Worry About Self-Driving Cars. Maybe It Should Be The ReverseSelf-driving cars will perform rationally. For example: stop when someone is in their way. Research suggests humans will take advantage, and step into an intersection when they know they shouldn't.
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Why Uber’s human drivers aren’t out of a job just yetUber is racing to make autonomous cabs a reality, but public confidence about safety is stuck in the slow lane, says Uber driver Daniel Matthews
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Første biosimilære version af Mabthera tættere på europæisk lanceringTruxima har samme effekt, kvalitet og sikkerhed som Mabthera, mener EMA’s komité for humane lægemidler, CHMP.
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Varmere og varmere – 2016 satte ny rekordJordens gennemsnitstemperatur var 0,2 grader højere i 2016 end i 2015 – det hidtil varmeste år.
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Fremtidens traktorer kører på dataDigitaliseringen er nødvendig, hvis levestandarden skal fastholdes. Data, satellitter og robotter bliver landmandens nye værktøjer.
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App-firma: Rigide udbudsrammer avler en helt forkert måde at lave it påhttps://www.version2.dk/artikel/appfirma-rigide-udbudsrammer-avler-helt-forkert-maade-at-lave-it-paa-1071287 Det offentlige er ofte alt for lammet af rigide udbud, mener app-firma, der rutinemæssigt undgår fastpris-projekter hos staten. Version2
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Forsinket signaludstyr redder DSB fra pladsmangel og aflysningerMangel på IC4-tog betyder pladsmangel og aflysninger i 2017. Men den elektronik til nye signaler, der skal installeres på alle DSB-tog, er sideløbende blevet forsinket – og det redder paradoksalt nok situationen.
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Deep driven fMRI decoding of visual categoriesDeep neural networks have been developed drawing inspiration from the brain visual pathway, implementing an end-to-end approach: from image data to video object classes. However building an fMRI decoder with the typical structure of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), i.e. learning multiple level of representations, seems impractical due to lack of brain data. As a possible solution, this work pre
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How Mathematics can help in sensing instantaneous physiological information from photoplethysmography in a fast and reliable wayDespite the population of the noninvasive, economic, comfortable, and easy-to-install photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, a mathematically rigorous and stable algorithm to simultaneously extract the fundamental physiological information, including the instantaneous heart rate (IHR) and the instantaneous respiratory rate (IRR), from the single-channel PPG signal is lacking. A novel signal processing
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Associative pattern recognition through macro-molecular self-assemblyWe show that macro-molecular self-assembly can recognize and classify high-dimensional patterns in the concentrations of $N$ distinct molecular species. Similar to associative neural networks, the recognition here leverages dynamical attractors to recognize and reconstruct partially corrupted patterns. Traditional parameters of pattern recognition theory, such as sparsity, fidelity, and capacity a
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Extracting the Groupwise Core Structural Connectivity Network: Bridging Statistical and Graph-Theoretical ApproachesFinding the common structural brain connectivity network for a given population is an open problem, crucial for current neuro-science. Recent evidence suggests there's a tightly connected network shared between humans. Obtaining this network will, among many advantages , allow us to focus cognitive and clinical analyses on common connections, thus increasing their statistical power. In turn, knowl
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Warming world harming insects' reproduction, says studyA warming world is harming insects ability to reproduce, which could have long-term consequences, scientists warn.(se tidligere artikel)
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Primate tool-use: Chimpanzees make drinking sticksCritically endangered chimpanzees in Ivory Coast craft extra-absorbent drinking sticks, researchers observe.
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New candidate for 'missing element' in Earth's coreScientists believe they have established the identity of a "missing element" (silicium) in the Earth's core.
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Two years, multiple doctors often needed to diagnose polycystic ovary syndrome, study showsPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder – and most common cause of infertility – affecting 9 to 18 percent of women around the world. Despite the prevalence of the complex and chronic condition, one-third of women diagnosed with PCOS saw at least three health professionals over the course of two years before receiving a diagnosis, according to a new study.
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What teeth reveal about the lives of modern humansWhen anthropologists of the future find our fossilized teeth, what will they be able to conclude about our lives? One researcher has an idea.
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What did Big Data find when it analysed 150 years of British history?What could be learned about the world if you could read the news from over 100 local newspapers for a period of 150 years? This is what a team of Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers have done, together with a social scientist and a historian, who had access to 150 years of British regional newspapers.
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Brain cell powerhouses appear good treatment target for stroke, TBI recoveryCell powerhouses are typically long and lean, but with brain injury such as stroke or trauma, they can quickly become bloated and dysfunctional, say scientists who documented the phenomena in real time for the first time in a living brain.
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Newly proposed reference datasets improve weather satellite data qualityResearchers have proposed in-orbit reference datasets for calibrating weather satellites. A recent presentation demonstrated that using these references reduced errors in microwave and infrared weather satellites to fractions of a degree Celsius.
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Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level riseEven if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to a new study.
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Transfusions of 'old' blood may harm some patientsBlood transfusions with the oldest blood available could be harmful for some patients, finds a team of researchers.Old blood not good – investigators recommend reducing the maximum blood storage limit from six to five weeks.
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How a moon slows the decay of Pluto's atmosphereA new study provides additional insight into relationship between Pluto and its moon, Charon, and how it affects the continuous stripping of Pluto's atmosphere by solar wind. When Charon is positioned between the sun and Pluto, the research indicates that the moon can significantly reduce atmospheric loss.
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Model sheds light on inhibitory neurons' computational roleResearchers have developed a new computational model of a neural circuit in the brain, which could shed light on the biological role of inhibitory neurons — neurons that keep other neurons from firing.
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Appendix may have important function, new research suggestsThe human appendix, a narrow pouch that projects off the cecum in the digestive system, has a notorious reputation for its tendency to become inflamed (appendicitis), often resulting in surgical removal. Although it is widely viewed as a vestigial organ with little known function, recent research suggests that theappendix (blindtarmen) may serve an important purpose. In particular, it may serve as a reservoir
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This app uses a game to fight depressionA game-based app for phones and tablets called Project: EVO seems to help older adults with depression feel better by targeting underlying cognitive conditions, such as attention and focus, according to two recent studies. “We found thatmoderately depressed people do better with apps like this because they address or treat correlates of depression,” says Patricia Areán, a University of Washingto
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Prostate cancer treatment rates drop, reflecting change in screening recommendationsAs some national guidelines now recommend against routine prostate cancer screening, the overall rate of men receiving treatment for the disease declined 42 percent, a new study finds.
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Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactionsNew research shows that metal-oxide catalysts can sometimes release oxygen from within their structure, enhancing chemical activity.
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Why Trello, a Simple To-Do App, Is Worth $425 MillionAtlassian will pay nearly a half-billion dollars for the popular project management app Trello. It's worth every penny.
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Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022If it happens, it would be the first time such an event was predicted by scientists. They say two stars in the constellation Cygnus will eventually merge and explode. (Image credit: NASA/IPAC/MSX )
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The Internet Won’t Let Trump Get Away With Insulting Meryl StreepThere are certain things you just can't do.
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Obama Makes the Case for His Clean Energy Legacy"Near-term politics aside" President expresses confidence that shift toward low-carbon fuels will continue —
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Lego’s Boost Kit Turns Your Bricks Into Robots. RobotsWe'll repeat that: Lego robots.
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How invasive species are like drunk people walkingA theory that uses the mathematics of a drunken walk may describe ecological invasions better than waves do. The ability to predict the movement of an ecological invasion is important because it determines how resources should be spent to stop an invasion in its tracks. The spread of disease such as the black plague in Europe or the spread of an invasive species such as the gypsy moth from Asia a
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A Mysterious Killer Algae Just Got a Little Less PuzzlingA new study makes a pivotal connection: A killer algae gets particularly toxic in masses of warm Pacific waters like El Niño.
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Cramming in all your exercise on the weekend is still good for your healthHealth ‘Weekend warriors’ are still getting healthy According to a study published this week in JAMA, getting the recommended hours of exercise that the World Health Organization recommends in just two days still provides…
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Chemists report E-selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesisUsing ring-closing metathesis to exploit the properties of carbon-carbon double bonds, researchers have developed a new catalytic approach for the preparation of compounds essential to drug discovery.
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Fear of diagnostic low-dose radiation exposure is overstated, experts assertResearchers assert thatexposure to medical radiation does not increase a person's risk of getting cancer. The long-held belief that even low doses of radiation, such as those received in diagnostic imaging, increase cancer risk is based on an inaccurate, 70-year-old hypothesis, according to the authors.
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Older adults with arthritis need just 45 minutes of activity per weekOlder adults who suffer from arthritis need to keep moving to be functionally independent. But in an examination of a goal that is daunting for most of this aging population, a new study found that performing even a third (45 minutes) of the recommended activity is beneficial, and those who did improved function in their lower arthritic limbs by 80 percent.
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New findings detail structure of immature Zika virusResearchers have determined thehigh-resolution structure of immature Zika virus,a step toward better understanding how the virus infects host cells and spreads.
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Crohn's disease risk and prognosis determined by different genesResearchers have identified a series of genetic variants that affect the severity of Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease — but surprisingly, none of these variants appear to be related to an individual's risk of developing the condition in the first place.
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Warmer oceans are now linked to dangerous neurotoxins in shellfishEnvironment New research could help forecast deadly toxin outbreaks New research could help forecast deadly outbreaks of the neurotoxin domoic acid, which is produced by algal blooms in warm water…(se tidligere artikel om warmer oceans)
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Neuroscientist probes tiny world of the fruit fly to discover sleep/eating/activity connectionThe humble fruit fly has proved to be a fruitful research subject for a neuroscientist team. The collaborators’ research into their behavior has helped expand our understanding of some importantneurobiological connections between eating and sleep — including the infamous “food coma” felt after a big meal.
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Recognize sepsis as a separate cause of illness and deathSepsis should be recognized as a separate cause of illness and death around the world. This focus would help efforts to prevent sepsis by improving hygiene, nutrition and vaccination rates and also lead to timely treatment, better outcomes and quality of life for people with sepsis, argue researchers.
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'Weekend warriors' have lower risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular diseasePhysical activity patterns characterized by just one or two sessions a week may be enough to reduce deaths in men and women from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, regardless of adherence to physical activity guidelines, a new study of over 63,000 adults reports.
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Place matters in late diagnosis of colorectal cancer, study findsIn addition to a person's race or ethnicity, where they live can matter in terms of whether they are diagnosed at a late stage for colorectal cancer, according to a recent study.
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A possible solution to a long-standing riddle in materials scienceAn international team of scientists may have solved the 30-year-old riddle ofwhy certain ferroelectric crystals exhibit extremely strong piezoelectric responses.
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Children are more apt to confess misdeeds if they think parents will react positivelyEven if they believe they could be punished, older kids are more likely than younger children to view confessing to a misdeed as the right thing to do.
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Newly discovered phytoplankton groups appear to favor warmer oceansAn international research team has discovered two phytoplankton groups — unlike any known species — in climate-sensitive areas around the world. While they appear relatively rare compared to other phytoplankton, scientists say their prevalence in warm waters suggests they could be important in future ocean ecosystems.
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells cope with genetic chaosScientists have uncoveredhow tumors are able to grow despite significant damage to the structure and number of their chromosomes, the storage units of DNA.
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New model predicts when people are willing to try new thingsA new model to predictwhen people are most likely to try different products and try new thingshas been developed by scientists. The research could help to direct public health interventions aimed at encouraging healthier choices.
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Can big data yield big ideas? Blend novel and familiar, new study findsStruggling to get your creative juices flowing for a new idea or project? A new study sheds light on the secret sauce to developing creative ideas, and it all comes down to word choice.
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Secret new weapon of insect-transmitted viruses exposedFindings by a team of scientists could provide critical knowledge to attack deadly viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes and aphids.
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Caribbean bats need 8 million years to recover from recent extinction wavesCan nature restore the numbers of species on islands to levels that existed before human arrival?How long would it take for nature to regain bat diversity as before human arrival ?To answer these questions, a research team compiled data on Caribbean bats and their close relatives.
Nu skal fodbold hjælpe kvinder med brystkræftFodbold gavner mænd med prostatakræft. Nyt forskningsprojekt skal vise, om kræftramte kvinder også kan få gavn af driblinger.
Neural connection keeps instincts in checkScientists have identifiedthe physical connection through which the prefrontal cortex inhibits instinctive behavior, report scientists.
New insights into mechanisms of breast cancer development and resistance to therapyWhy does breast cancer develop and how come certain patients are resistant to established therapies? Researchers have gained new insights into the molecular processes in breast tissue. Theyidentified the tumor suppressor LATS as a key player in the development and treatment of breast cancer.
How Earth's previous moons collided to form the moon: New theoryA new theory suggests the Moon we see every night is not Earth's first moon, but rather the last in a series of moonsthat orbited our planet. Moons formed through the process could cross orbits, collide and merge, slowly building the bigger moon we see today.
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Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands historyHave you tried the national dish gofio while on holiday on the Canary Islands? If so, you have eaten the same food as the original inhabitants ate, nearly 2,000 years ago.The island farmers of Canary Island have cultivated the same types of grain for over a thousand years.
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Thanks to AI, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems Machine learning is helping doctors diagnose things like genetic disorders, Alzheimer's, and autism faster than ever before.The post Thanks to AI, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems appeared first on WIRED .
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Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient airScientists have found a simple, reliableprocess to capture carbon dioxide directly from ambient air, offering a new option for carbon capture and storage strategies to combat global warming.
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Spinning spider silk is now possibleBeing able to produce artificial spider silk has long been a dream of many scientists, but all attempts have until now involved harsh chemicals and have resulted in fibers of limited use. Now, a team of researchers has, step by step, developed a method that works. Today they report that they canproduce kilometer long threads of artificial spider silk that for the first time resemble real spider silk.
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Uunique microbial photosynthesis discoveredResearchers have discovered anew type of cooperative photosynthesis that could be used in engineering microbial communities for waste treatment and bioenergy production.
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Heartburn pills in pregnancy may be linked to childhood asthmaChildren born to mothers who take heartburn medication during pregnancy may have a greater risk of developing asthma, research suggests. Advice for expectant moms should not change based on these findings, the researchers say, but further studies are needed.
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Bilingualism may save brain resources as you ageA research team established thatyears of bilingualism change how the brain carries out tasks that require concentrating on one piece of information without becoming distracted by other information. This makes the brain more efficient and economical with its resources.
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The Exoplanet Revolution Turns 25Astronomers confirmed the first planets beyond our solar system a quarter-century ago5
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Landmark global scale study reveals potential future impact of ocean acidificationOcean acidification and the extent to which marine species are able to deal with low pH levels in the Earth's seas, could have a significant influence on shifting the distribution of marine animals in response to climate warming.
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Findings showing Roundup causes disease puts glyphosate back under the spotlightCutting edge techniques showlow-dose, long-term exposure to Roundup (glyphosate) causes liver disease in rats, new research confirms.
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The science of baby's first sightScientists have found moreclues about the evolving brains of baby mammals as eyesightcomes online. Using an imaging system to get neuron-level resolution, they showed how one specific brain circuit — the 'ventral stream' — in mice came online immediately after birth, but another circuit — the 'dorsal stream' — needed visual stimuli in order to mature. The experiments have helped to unveil ho
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52 Million-Year-Old Tomatillo Fossil Rewrites Veggie HistoryPotatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers belong to the nightshade family. A newly discovered fossil in Patagonia suggests that family started much earlier than believed, perhaps when dinosaurs roamed. (Image credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State University)
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Russia Hacked ‘Older’ Republican Emails, FBI Director SaysFBI Director James Comey tells Congress the same hackers who breached the DNC also penetrated the RNC's older email domains and state-level GOP targets. The post Russia Hacked 'Older' Republican Emails, FBI Director Says appeared first on WIRED .
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Morphognosis: the shape of knowledge in space and timeArtificial intelligence research to a great degree focuses on the brain and behaviors that the brain generates. But the brain, an extremely complex structure resulting from millions of years of evolution, can be viewed as a solution to problems posed by an environment existing in space and time. The environment generates signals that produce sensory events within an organism. Building an internal
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Vast Shadow Sweeps Across Young Exoplanetary System18 years of Hubble Telescope data on a star system reveals a surprising phenomenon spanning tens of billions of miles
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Pretty in pink: Some algae like it coldScientific efforts are aimed at learning more about the effects of pink snow algae on glaciers and snowfields covering Pacific Northwest stratovolcanoes.
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Plus-sized fly: A model to understand the mechanisms underlying human obesityA new fly model sheds light on how the brain acts to signal 'fullness' and the possibility of conferring resilience against the impact of high-fat diets.
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Unique gene signature predicts potentially lethal prostate cancersStandard therapy for prostate cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American men, is based on blocking androgens, the male sex hormones. However,for some men, prostate cancer recurs despite androgen-deprivation therapy. A team of scientists has identified an 11-gene signature unique to advanced recurrent prostate cancer that they believe will help to identify these aggressiv
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How to Watch President Obama’s Farewell Address TonightA president looking to leave a tech-forward legacy has made it easy to watch his parting remarks online. The post How to Watch President Obama's Farewell Address Tonight appeared first on WIRED .
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Wastewater treatment upgrades result in major reduction of intersex fishUpgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario's Grand River, led to a 70 per cent drop of fish that have both male and female characteristics within one year and a full recovery of the fish population within three years, according to researchers.
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Postdoc jobs in biomedicine don't yield positive returns in the labor marketPostdoc jobs don't yield a positive return in the labor market, research has concluded. Additionally, the investigators found that these positions likely cost graduates roughly three years' worth of salary in their first 15 years of their careers.
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Shedding mutations may let cancer evade immunotherapyCancer cells may develop resistance to drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors by simply getting rid of mutations that would otherwise trigger the body’s disease-fighting immune system, research suggests. Researchers conducted the study, aimed at determining why so-called immunotherapy can become ineffective over time, on cells from five lung cancer and head and neck cancer patients. A summary appea
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Snails that carry disease can travel surprisingly farParasite-carrying snails can travel long distances, spreading a deadly disease along the way, according to new research. The study is the first to findgenetic evidence for long-distance movements—as far as 30 miles—among snails that pose an important public health threat.Where and how snails move is of concern in many developing countries because freshwater snails transmit schistosomiasis, a pa
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Kunstig uintelligens: Amazons Alexa køber dukkehuse af sig selvEn familie fik pludselig et dukkehus tilsendt, som enheden havde bestilt.
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Japanese monkey tries to mate with deerA male Japanese monkey has been filmed trying to mount and mate with a Sika deer.
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Donald Trump win 'won't sway world on climate'Targets on CO2 will continue despite a climate change sceptic becoming president, a UK minister says.
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Brazil: Clash of cultures over Amazon damsIndigenous groups and river dwellers are battling the government and big corporations over the huge dams being built to meet Brazil's energy needs.
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Chimp drinking culture caught on videoCritically endangered chimpanzees craft absorbent drinking sticks,remote cameras reveal.
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DNA-evidence needs statistical back-upHow do forensic scientists deal with complex DNA-evidence found at crime scenes? A researcher has now developed new statistical models to analyze them.
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Suppressing a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumorsInhibiting a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumors,say researchers.
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What kind of selfie taker are you?Taking and posting pictures of yourself doesn't necessarily mean you're a narcissist, new research suggests. People also take selfies to engage in conversations and chronicle their lives.
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The String and Paper CentrifugeThis toy-inspired centrifuge could enable medical testing in remote locations, and costs just 20 cents to make. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on January 10,… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers find protein that weakens severe sepsis immune reactionNo effective therapy exists today for sepsis, an inflammatory storm that afflicts about 3 million Americans a year, killing up to half. But now, investigators haveidentified a key molecule that, in mice, helps protect the body’s central nervous system against the runaway inflammation of sepsis bacteria-in-blood.
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Surf and Earth: How prawn shopping bags could save the planetBioengineers are trialing how touse shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags, as a ‘green’ alternative to oil-based plastic, and as a new food packaging material to extend product shelf life.
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Vaccine Critic Kennedy Set to Chair Trump Panel on Vaccination SafetyLike the president-elect, Robert Kennedy Jr. has pushed arguments of a link to autism
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Daily folic acid supplementation remains important for prevention of birth defectsDespite the mandatory addition of folic acid to enriched grain products in the United States, many women still do not consume adequate amounts of this important vitamin, according to a new editorial.
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This super-cheap paper centrifuge can spin 125,000 times per minuteHealth Thehand-powered device could help detect malaria A paper centrifuge powered only by human hands could perform super-cheap blood tests.
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What does it take for an AIDS virus to infect a person?Researchers examined the characteristics of HIV-1 strains that were successful in traversing the genital mucosa that forms a boundary to entry by viruses and bacteria. Studying viral isolates from the blood and genital secretions of eight chronically HIV-1 infected donors and their matched recipients, the researchers identified a sub-population of HIV-1 strains with biological properties that pred
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Summer heat for the winterCan thermal solar energy be stored until wintertime? Within a European research consortium, scientists have spent four years studying this question by pitting three different techniques against each other.
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Could you walk to the moon in a lifetime?Space An amazing video shows you how, and David Bowie is there (for some amazing reason) Amazing 360-video from NPR's Skunk Bear walks us to the moon with David Bowie…
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Obama: Selv Trump kan ikke stoppe skiftet til grøn energiI en artikel i Science argumenterer den afgående præsident for, at vedvarende energikilder er kommet for at blive.
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Weather's not to blame for your aches and painsThe weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis,new research reveals. It's long been thought episodes of both back pain and arthritis can be triggered by changes in the weather, including temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind direction and precipitation.
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Ancient Retroviruses Emerged Half a Billion Years AgoThisviral group (ancient retrovirus) appeared hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought
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'Housekeepers' of the brain renew themselves more quickly than first thoughtCells in the brain responsible for detecting and fixing minor damage renew themselves more quickly than previously thought, new research has shown.
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Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than those with lower BMIsIn first study to compare results of cognitive training by BMI category, scientists found thatmemory training provided only one-third the benefit to older adults with obesity than benefit it provided to older adults without obesity.
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Couch potatoes face same chance of dementia as those with genetic risk factors: ResearchSedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop the disease as those who are genetically predisposed, according to a major study which followed more than 1,600 Canadians over five years.
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Current controls on alcohol marketing are not protecting youth, warn public health expertsYouth around the world are exposed to extensive alcohol marketing, experts warn, adding that current controls on that marketing appear ineffective in blocking the association between youth exposure and subsequent drinking.
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Forskere får ødelagte tænder til at gendanne sig selvMetoden kan revolutionere den måde, tandlæger lapper huller i tænderne på – ved atforskerne får ødelagte tænder til at gendanne sig selv.
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#DoesItFart is the burning science question you never knew you hadAnimals And Twitter is here to answer it A gassier, more informative version of “does it blend?”…
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Researchers develop new compound to fight cytomegalovirusA Retro94-based compound mayprevent a common and sometimes fatal virus — human cytomegalovirus (CMV) — from reproducing and help to protect immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV, on chemotherapy, with transplants, and infants from the effects of the disease, according to researchers.
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Testing how species respond to climate changePredicting how species will respond to climate change is a critical part of efforts to prevent widespread climate-driven extinction, or to predict its consequences for ecosystems, say scientists.
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NASA study finds a connection between wildfires, droughtFor centuries drought has come and gone across northern sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, water shortages have been most severe in the Sahel — a band of semi-arid land situated just south of the Sahara Desert and stretching coast-to-coast across the continent, from Senegal and Mauritania in the west to Sudan and Eritrea in the east.
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Risk of skin cancer doesn't deter most college students who tan indoors, study showsWhite female college students in Indiana who tan indoors know they are placing themselves at risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging, but most continue to tan indoors anyway, according to a study.
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New approach to managing warfarin patients improves care, cuts costsNew performance measures have been developed for patients on warfarin that may save lives and money, report investigators.
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Stem cell therapy reverses blindness in animals with end-stage retinal degenerationA stem cell-based transplantation approach that restores vision in blind mice moves closer to being tested in patients with end-stage retinal degeneration,according to a study. The researchers showed that retinal tissue derived from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) established connections with neighboring cells and responded to light stimulation after transplantation into the host ret
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Glia, not neurons, are most affected by brain agingThe difference between an old brain and a young brain isn't so much the number of neurons but the presence and function of supporting cells called glia.In a new article, researchers who examined postmortem brain samples from 480 individuals ranging in age from 16 to 106 found thatthe state of someone's glia is so consistent through the years that it can be used to predict someone's age.
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Aggressive prostate cancer secrets revealed in landmark studyA landmark study has revealedthe reason why men with a family history of prostate cancer who also carry the BRCA2 gene fault have a more aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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Warmer West Coast ocean conditions linked to increased risk of toxic shellfishHazardous levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin that accumulates in shellfish, have been linked to warmer ocean conditions in waters off Oregon and Washingtonfor the first time, report scientists.
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Trump and Space: Panel Forecasts Changes to ComeAs Trump’s “landing team” touches down at NASA, science community members mull ways to interact with politics — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Rate of elevated systolic blood pressure increases globally, along with associated deathsAn analysis that included 8.7 million participants finds thatthe rate of elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) increased substantially globally between 1990 and 2015, and that in 2015 an estimated 3.5 billion adults had systolic blood pressure of at least 110 to 115 mm Hg, and 874 million adults had SBP of 140 mm Hg or higher, according to a study.
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California Floods Its Fields to Keep Its Cities From FloodingOpening the Sacramento Weir means flooding the plains to protect the state's capital from the same fate.
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Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNASignatures of ethnicity in the genome appear to reflect an ethnic group's shared culture and environment, rather than their common genetic ancestry,report scientists. Epigenetic signatures distinguishing Mexican and Puerto Rican children in this study cannot be explained by genetic ancestry alone, the researchers say.
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Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infectionNew insight has been gained into the everyday hazards of life in the late Byzantine Empire, sometime around the early 13th century, as well as the evolution of Staphylococcus saprophyticus, a common bacterial pathogen.
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Sorte huller sender "spytklatter" afsted med 30 millioner km/tStjernerester som slynges væk fra det sorte hul i Mælkevejens galakse, samler sig i planetstore klatter,viser ny forskning.
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Rise of personal technology in criminal proceedings poses risks to individuals' rightsPersonal technology such as fitness trackers and smartphones have become common companions in our daily lives. But those same devices increasingly will be used in criminal proceedings to gather evidence of criminal activity by their owners, raising questions about individuals' rights that the legal system is not yet fully prepared to address, according to a new study.
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Certain kinds of vaginal bacteria can actually boost HIV riskThe balance of microbes can change your susceptibilityCertain bacteria that dwell in the vagina can make a woman more vulnerable to HIV.
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Rapid Arctic warming has in the past shifted Southern Ocean windsIce core records from the two poles show that during the last ice age,sharp spikes in Arctic temperatures shifted the position of winds around Antarctica – during the last ice age.
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Changing rainfall patterns linked to water security in IndiaChanges in precipitation, which are linked to the warming of the Indian Ocean, are the main reason for recent changes in groundwater storage in India.
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'Goldilocks' drug prevents chronic kidney disease in primatesA research team has developed a way to avoid ischemia/reperfusion injury of the kidney with a new monoclonal antibody that binds its target receptor in a way that is 'just right.'
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Retroviruses 'almost half a billion years old'Retroviruses — the family of viruses that includes HIV — are almost half a billion years old, according to new research. That's several hundred million years older than previously thought and suggests retroviruses have ancient marine origins, having been with their animal hosts through the evolutionary transition from sea to land. The findings will help us understand more about the continuing 'a (se tidligere artikel)
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Ancient retroviruses emerged half a billion years agoThis group of viruses is hundreds of millions of years older than previously thought. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21274
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Alcohol prevents ability to extinguish fearful memories in miceIf the goal is to ease or extinguish fearful emotional memories like those associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol may make things worse, not better, experiments in mice suggest that. Results of their study demonstrate, they say, thatalcohol strengthens emotional memories associated with fearful experiences and prevents mice from pushing aside their fears (Alcohol is bad for stress-preventing).
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Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumps by 200 percent in US childrenAbout 25 percent of children and more than 41 percent of adults in the United States reported consuming foods and beverages containing low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) such as aspartame, sucralose, and saccharin in a recent nationwide nutritional survey, according to a study out today. Those numbers represent a 200 percent increase in LCS consumption for children and a 54 percent jump for adults from
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Gravitational biology: Real time imaging and transcriptome analysis of fish aboard space stationScientists report that live-imaging and transcriptome analysis of medaka fish transgenic lines lead to immediate alteration of cells responsible for bone structure formation. These findings are important for assessing theeffects of microgravity on long term human space missions.
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Wearable sensor device helps visually impaired to sense their environmentA wearable assistive device has been developed for thesensor device for visually impaired, which enables them to sense their environmentand move around more safely. The device, which is worn like a heart rate monitor, has been clinically tested.
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New framework could help online addicts reduce their usageResearch has shown that internet addicts do not always feel guilty about their usage, and in many cases, they do not even perceive their usage as problematic. A new model could help addicts realize that their usage is a problem and reduce it.
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The strange double life of Dab2A scientist discovered Dab2 more than 20 years ago and has been studying its relationship to cancer ever since. But now he's found that Dab2 has been living a secret life all along — one that could have public health implications for fighting obesity.
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Chinese AI company plans to mine health data faster than rivalsiCarbonX believes its cutting-edge partners and generous funding give it the upper hand. Nature 541 141 doi: 10.1038/541141a
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American effort reduced risky opioid prescriptions for veterans, study findsFewer veterans received prescriptions for risky dosages of opioid painkillers after a national initiative took aim at reducing high doses and potentially dangerous drug combinations, a new study finds. Over a two-year period, high-dose opioid prescribing declined by 16 percent, and very-high-dose opioid prescribing dropped by 24 percent. The number of patients receiving both opioids and sedatives,
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CDC guidelines for HIV prevention regimen may not go far enough, study suggestsCDC guidelines for who should be on Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) don't go far enough because current standards could miss some people who should be on it, report experts who have developed an online PrEP risk calculator that may fill that gap.
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The importance of the glutamine metabolism in colon cancerThe importance of glutamine has been made clear as a colon cancer specific metabolism. It is known that glutamine metabolism is important for pancreatic cancer, butthe importance of glutamine metabolism for colon cancerhas been unclear. In this study, researchers showed the importance of glutamine metabolism.
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Difficulty in noticing that white people are white, new study findsAs part of a new study, people had to guess what a group of three white or black actors had in common. When the common feature was race, it was discovered in a few minutes by almost all participants considering the group of black actors, but only by a few presented with the white actors.
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Drop in urban density by 2050 could drive up energy usePopulation densities in urban areas worldwide will continue to drop until 2050 with significant consequences for energy use in buildings, according to a new forecast. “This is the first global-scale analysis of future urban densities and associated building energy use under different scenarios of urban population densities and demand for buildings,” says Burak Güneralp, research assistant profess
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Fem dimser sikrer din cykel mod tyveriOver 55.000 cykler om året bliver meldt stjålet i Danmark. Her er fem måde at sikre cyklerne bedre.
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Hazardous Marine Toxin Could Rise with Warming WaterDomoic acid, occasionally found in shellfish, is a serious health risk and researchers have linked its presence with climatic phenomena (se tidligere artikel)
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Study reveals best states for loversIs Virginia really for lovers? Other states may have something to say about that, finds a new American study.
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First study to show parents' concerns about neighborhood restrict kids' outdoor playParents who are concerned about their neighborhoods restrict their children's outdoor play, new research has found for the first time.
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Researchers concerned about young people's responsibility for their work abilityYoung people in working life see themselves as solo players responsible for maintaining their own work ability. They regard themselves as holding the ball when the job requires new knowledge and motivation, according to research.
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The next step in nanotechnology | George TulevskiEvery year the silicon computer chip shrinks in size by half and doubles in power, enabling our devices to become more mobile and accessible. But what happens when our chips can't get any smaller? George Tulevski researches the unseen and untapped world of nanomaterials. His current work: developing chemical processes to compel billions of carbon nanotubes to assemble themselves into the patterns
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Even a little heat can keep bugs from making babiesExposure to mild heat as juveniles negatively affects fruit flies’ chances of producing offspring as adults, report researchers. The findings suggest thatinsects are already feeling the effects of climate change, as 2016 is reported to be the hottest year on record. “While these insects don’t die because of the mild heat—they produce fewer offspring.” The research also reveals that the extent of
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3-D printing and nanotechnology, a mighty alliance to detect toxic liquidsCarbon nanotubes have made headlines in scientific journals for a long time, as has 3-D printing. But when both combine with the right polymer, in this case a thermoplastic, something special occurs: electrical conductivity increases and makes it possible to monitor liquids in real time.
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Criminology study links NFL players' misbehavior on, off fieldNew research has found NFL players who drew the most penalties also had more criminal arrests than their teammates.
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And the Winner of the Volcanic Event of 2016 Is…You voted. Now let's count down the top 10 volcanic events of 2016.
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Infant Brains Reveal How the Mind Gets BuiltRebecca Saxe ’s first son, Arthur, was just a month old when he first entered the bore of an MRI machine to have his brain scanned. Saxe, a cognitive scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, went headfirst with him: lying uncomfortably on her stomach, her face near his diaper, she stroked and soothed him as the three-tesla magnet whirred around them. Arthur, unfazed, promptly fell
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Drunk Mice Get the MunchiesA study in mice reveals thatalcohol activates brain cells linked to hunger
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Geologer finder 52 millioner år gammel forfader til kartoflenFundet af etfossil af en 52 millioner år gammel plante fra natskyggefamiliengiver forskere ny indsigt i udviklingen af nogle af vores mest basale fødevarer.
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Autoudfyldte tekstfelter i browseren kan udnyttes til at stjæle personoplysningerhttps://www.version2.dk/artikel/autoudfyldte-tekstfelter-browseren-kan-udnyttes-at-stjaele-personoplysninger-1071865 Brugere kan uforvarende udlevere oplysninger i Chrome, Safari og Opera-browsere. Version2
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Forskere finder 52 millioner år gamle "tomat"-fossilerFundet af to gamle fossiler af bær, der er i familie med nutidens tomater, kan være nøglen til at forstå almindelige planters udvikling.(se tidligere artikel)
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Biological changes could underlie higher psychosis risk in immigrantsA new study could explain howmigrating to another country increases a person's risk of developing schizophrenia, by altering brain chemistry. Immigrants had higher levels of the brain chemical dopamine than non-immigrants in the study;abnormal dopamine levels are linked to symptoms of schizophrenia, say the researchers.
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More individual therapy for blood cancer patientsBecause it is impossible to predict which acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients will benefit, all patients are routinely treated with chemotherapy although only some will respond to the treatment. Researchers have now discovered anovel biomarker that enables the detection of therapy responders and non-responders with high accuracy. In addition, their research reveals new hope for patients who cu
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Obama versus Trump: 5 Medical and Science StancesIn some areas the next administration's approach may be more of the same
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Legendary radio telescope hangs in the balanceUS National Science Foundation looks to slash funding for Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory. Nature 541 143 doi: 10.1038/541143a
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Wild monkey filmed mounting deer and trying to have sex with itThe unusual inter-species sex may be down to a lack of females pushing Japanese macaques to search for pleasure elsewhere – on the backs of furry Sika deer
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Verdens største solfangeranlæg i drift i SilkeborgMed et areal på 156.694 kvadratmeter er Silkeborg Forsynings nye solfangeranlæg verdens hidtil største. Anlægget blev taget i brug kort før nytår.
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Glyphosat fundet i seks gange så mange tyske urinprøver som for 15 år sidenFra 2001 til 2015 erkoncentrationen af sprøjtemidlet glyphosat steget markant i især mænds urin, viser tal fra det tyske miljøagentur UPB.
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Could better sleep prevent gestational diabetes?A new study links short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus—suggesting that addressingsleep concerns during pregnancy could potentially reduce the risk of developing GDM diabetes. GDM, which is diagnosed by high blood glucose levels, is one of the most common health problems during pregnancy. Unmanaged high glucose levels in pregnancy can result in complications that can affect both
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Non-invasive screening method reveals important properties of pharmaceutical tabletsInformation on significant properties of pharmaceutical tablets, such as their mechanical strength and dissolution, can now be obtained without resorting to the conventional, time-consuming and destructive testing methods, according to a new study. A new structural descriptive parameter based onterahertz (THz) time-domain techniques allow for a non-invasive detection of pharmaceutical tabletpara
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2D materials enhance a 3D worldIn the past decade 2D materials have captured the fascination of a steadily increasing number of scientists. These materials, whose defining feature is having a thickness of only one to very few atoms, can be made of a variety of different elements or combinations thereof. Scientists’ enchantment with 2D materials began with a winning experiment: creating a 2D material using a lump of graphite and
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Insects feel the heat: Scientists reveal rise in temperature affects ability to reproduceEven a mild rise in temperature damages insect's ability to reproduce, new research indicates. Insect populations in high latitude countries are the worst affected. Identifying genes linked to increased and decreased reproduction may help understand how insects cope with climate change and controlling insect pests, say the scientists. (se tidligere artikel)
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Spinning toy reinvented as low-tech centrifugeHand-powered device can process blood samples and separate out parasites such as those that cause malaria. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.21273 (se tidligere artikel)
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Deepest X-ray image ever is chock-full of black holesAstronomers are getting their best look yet at black holes by studying the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. About 70 percent of the objects in the new image, from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory , are supermassive black holes. “With this one amazing picture, we can explore the earliest days of black holes in the universe and see how they change over billions of years.” “With this one amazing p
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Neurons modulate the growth of blood vesselsA team of researchers shake at the foundations of a dogma of cell biology. By detailed series of experiments, they proved thatblood vessel growth is modulated by neurons and not, as assumed so far, through a control mechanism of the vessel cells among each other. The results are groundbreaking for researchinto and treatment of vascular diseases, tumors, and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Identification of autophagy-dependent secretion machineryA group of researchers identified amolecular machinery by which autophagy mediates secretion. These results underscore an important role of autophagy other than degradation, andwill bring us to future translational research of medicine.
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People with forms of early-onset Parkinson's disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet, research suggestsA new study is strengthening the therapeutic potential for dietary interventions inParkinson's disease, – these patients may benefit from a boost in niacin, which is found in some nuts and meat.
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Cocaine users make riskier decisions after losing a gamblePeople addicted to cocaine make riskier decisions than healthy people after losing a potential reward, according to a study. In the study, researchers show that thisheightened sensitivity to loss (losing a potential reward) displayed by the cocaine userscorrelated with an exaggerated decrease in a part of the brain that processes rewards.
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Scrapping excessive neural connection helps build new connectionsNeural activity that retracts excessive early innervation in a certain pathway helps make late neural connections in a different pathway, research has found. This may provide aself-organizing mechanism of neural connections, and additionally, early excessive innervation may serve as a guide for making late neural connections.
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Polar Bear Conservation Plan Calls Climate Change "the Primary Threat" to Their SurvivalThe new plan from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also addresses human-polarbear conflict, subsistence hunting and oil spills
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Let’s Learn Some Physics Playing With Compound PulleysHumans use compound pulleys all the time. They are based on the work-energy principle. Here is a physics based explanation of this type of simple machine.
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Svindel med grøn støtteordning skaber politisk kaos i NordirlandMisbrug af støtteordning til grøn varme kan udløse nyvalg i Nordirland.
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Hubble Charts Cosmic Course for Voyager ProbesAnalysis reveals gas clouds the spacecraft will encounter in thousands of years —
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Et par gange hver millioner år sker der noget virkelig drastisk på vores jordnår polerne bytter plads. Med en ny computersimulation har vi fået et bedre indblik i hvordan det sker. Tilrettelæggelse: Kristoffer Frøkjær-Jensen og Marie Hougaard. www.dr.dk/p1/videnskabensverden
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Trump and Congress Could Halt State Action on ClimateThe new Republican-controlled federal government could use “preemption” to restrict state and local environmental protections –
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Your Dog Remembers Even More about What You Do Than You ThinkA canine demonstration of “episodic memory”
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Overlæge får fængselsstraf for voldtægt af reservelægeEn enig domsmandsret har i dag kendt en tidligere overlæge på Slagelse Sygehus skyldig for voldtægter af en yngre reservelæge. Dommen er anket.
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Alle Sikorsky S-92 får flyveforbudHelikopterproducenten har tirsdag eftermiddag udsendt et inspektionsdirektiv for samtlige Sikorsky S-92 på verdensplan, efter at problemer med halerotoren fik en norsk helikopter til at rotere 180 grader under en nødlanding.
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Where science and nonsense collideAfter a decade of progress, Argentina’s scientists are battling a government bent on twisting public conceptions of their role, writes Alberto Kornblihtt. Nature 541 135 doi: 10.1038/541135a
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We Must Learn How to Talk about Science–FastBetter explanations and more facts don’t lead to understanding, so communicators need research to figure out what actually works —
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Norway is first country to turn off FM radio and go digital-onlyFrom this week, Norway will start switching off its national FM network, forcing people to switch to digital audio broadcasting (DAB) or miss out
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Pop a Wheelie With the Daredevil Bikers of LondonWheelies, burnouts and more—all without a helmet. And the photographer wasn't any safer.
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Luxembourg’s Bid to Become the Silicon Valley of Space MiningIn 2016, Luxembourg began taking steps toward dominating the asteroid mining industry, and so potentially the flow of cash and commodities beyond Earth. /
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Car Dealers Are Dangerously Uneducated About New Safety FeaturesA new report says that's a big problem for safety.
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How ‘Dumpster Fire’ Became 2016’s Word of the YearAt a loss for words to encapsulate the last 12 months? The linguists are here to help.
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Jeff Sessions’ Attorney General Hearing: 3 Questions Senators Must AskIf history is a predictor, today's confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions won't go as smoothly as President-elect Trump would hope.
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John Kelly’s Homeland Security Hearing: 3 Questions Congress Must AskPresident-elect Trump's pick for Homeland Security head gets grilled by the Senate today. Here's what they need to ask first.
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U.N. Climate Fund Could Take a Big Hit if Trump Keeps Election PromiseThe U.S. has only handed over $500 million of its $3-billion pledge to help developing countries deal with global warming
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Warming Oceans Could Boost Dangerous Toxin In Your Shellfish DinnerA new study finds a link between warming waters and a dangerous neurotoxin that builds up in species like Dungeness crabs, clams and mussels — and can be hazardous, even fatal in people who eat them (se tidligere artikel)
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Projekt for psykisk syge skal finde bedste model på tværs af sektorerNyt projekt skal finde den bedste samarbejdsmodel på tværs af sektorer for at reducere overdødelighed blandt borgere med psykisk lidelse.
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Kvote 2-test sorterer kvinder fra medicinstudietSelvom dobbelt så mange kvinder som mænd søger optagelse via kvote 2 på medicinstudiet på SDU, ender studiet med at optage lidt flere mænd end kvinder. Det er en test i optagelsesrunden, der sorterer kvinderne fra og som er diskriminerende, mener chef i Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut.
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Do DIY Brain-Booster Devices Work?Zapping the cranium may juice up neuron circuits, and use is rising—but there might be a cognitive price — (se tidligere artikel)
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Center for Cybersikkerhed: Ingen har overblik over angreb rettet mod DanmarkI Sverige blev det for nylig opgjort, at over 100.000 hackerangreb fra andre stater rammer landet hvert år. Men i Danmark er der ingen, der på samme måde kan lave et overslag over angreb mod landet, siger chefen for Center for Cybersikkerhed. https://www.version2.dk/artikel/center-cybersikkerhed-ingen-har-overblik-angreb-rettet-mod-danmark-1071859 Version2
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Nytårsaftens skudsekund lammede canadiske nødradioerRadioerne hos politi og beredskab i Montreal gik ned nytårsaften, fordi årsskiftet medførte et skudsekund.
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The Paperfuge: A 20-Cent Device That Could Transform Health CareThe Paperfuge is a hand-powered centrifuge made of paper, string, and plastic that can spin biological samples at up to 125,000 rpm.
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Jean Jullien, Creator of the ‘Peace for Paris’ Symbol, Drops a Clever BookIf the book has a meta-narrative, it has to do with the inescapable silliness that comes with being human.
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Mini-brains made from teeth help reveal what makes us sociableTiny balls of brain tissue made from donated stem cells from children with autism or a condition that makes them hyper-sociable show intriguing differences
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Travel To The Moon With David Bowie (360° Video)See panoramic views of a trip to the moon in Skunk Bear's latest video. It's a journey that spans David Bowie's long career — and his greatest hits serve as the soundtrack
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Danskernes alkoholforbrug koster kommuner milliarderNy rapport fra Sundhedsstyrelsen viser, at udover at et højt alkoholforbrug har store omkostninger for den, der drikker, så koster det kommunerne mange penge.
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IPhone fylder 10: Er gamechangeren blevet en bremse for Apple?https://www.version2.dk/artikel/steve-jobs-fremviste-foerste-iphone-10-aar-siden-1071531 Det er 10 år siden, Steve Jobs første gang holdt en iPhone op i strakt arm. Han forandrede dermed hele smartphone-markedet. Men spørgsmålet er, om det er forandret så meget, at Apple nu bliver hægtet af. Version2
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Verdens letteste og stærkeste materiale med grafenMed en tæthed på bare 5 procent af stål, men 10 gange større styrke – etnyt svampelignende materiale er skabt ved at sammenpresse små flager af grafen.
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Forskere finder Jordens "manglende" grundstofJapanske forskere har identificeret det manglende grundstof i Jordens kerne: Silicium.
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Googles selvkørende biler kommer på vejene i denne månedSelskabets bildivision Waymo har annonceret, at deres selvkørende minivans lanceres i USA snart.
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Humans Worry About Self-Driving Cars. Maybe It Should Be The ReverseSelf-driving cars will perform rationally. For example: stop when someone is in their way. Research suggests humans will take advantage, and step into an intersection when they know they shouldn't.
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Why Uber’s human drivers aren’t out of a job just yetUber is racing to make autonomous cabs a reality, but public confidence about safety is stuck in the slow lane, says Uber driver Daniel Matthews
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Første biosimilære version af Mabthera tættere på europæisk lanceringTruxima har samme effekt, kvalitet og sikkerhed som Mabthera, mener EMA’s komité for humane lægemidler, CHMP.
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Varmere og varmere – 2016 satte ny rekordJordens gennemsnitstemperatur var 0,2 grader højere i 2016 end i 2015 – det hidtil varmeste år.
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Fremtidens traktorer kører på dataDigitaliseringen er nødvendig, hvis levestandarden skal fastholdes. Data, satellitter og robotter bliver landmandens nye værktøjer.
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App-firma: Rigide udbudsrammer avler en helt forkert måde at lave it påhttps://www.version2.dk/artikel/appfirma-rigide-udbudsrammer-avler-helt-forkert-maade-at-lave-it-paa-1071287 Det offentlige er ofte alt for lammet af rigide udbud, mener app-firma, der rutinemæssigt undgår fastpris-projekter hos staten. Version2
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Forsinket signaludstyr redder DSB fra pladsmangel og aflysningerMangel på IC4-tog betyder pladsmangel og aflysninger i 2017. Men den elektronik til nye signaler, der skal installeres på alle DSB-tog, er sideløbende blevet forsinket – og det redder paradoksalt nok situationen.
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Deep driven fMRI decoding of visual categoriesDeep neural networks have been developed drawing inspiration from the brain visual pathway, implementing an end-to-end approach: from image data to video object classes. However building an fMRI decoder with the typical structure of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), i.e. learning multiple level of representations, seems impractical due to lack of brain data. As a possible solution, this work pre
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How Mathematics can help in sensing instantaneous physiological information from photoplethysmography in a fast and reliable wayDespite the population of the noninvasive, economic, comfortable, and easy-to-install photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, a mathematically rigorous and stable algorithm to simultaneously extract the fundamental physiological information, including the instantaneous heart rate (IHR) and the instantaneous respiratory rate (IRR), from the single-channel PPG signal is lacking. A novel signal processing
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Associative pattern recognition through macro-molecular self-assemblyWe show that macro-molecular self-assembly can recognize and classify high-dimensional patterns in the concentrations of $N$ distinct molecular species. Similar to associative neural networks, the recognition here leverages dynamical attractors to recognize and reconstruct partially corrupted patterns. Traditional parameters of pattern recognition theory, such as sparsity, fidelity, and capacity a
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Extracting the Groupwise Core Structural Connectivity Network: Bridging Statistical and Graph-Theoretical ApproachesFinding the common structural brain connectivity network for a given population is an open problem, crucial for current neuro-science. Recent evidence suggests there's a tightly connected network shared between humans. Obtaining this network will, among many advantages , allow us to focus cognitive and clinical analyses on common connections, thus increasing their statistical power. In turn, knowl
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Warming world harming insects' reproduction, says studyA warming world is harming insects ability to reproduce, which could have long-term consequences, scientists warn.(se tidligere artikel)
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Primate tool-use: Chimpanzees make drinking sticksCritically endangered chimpanzees in Ivory Coast craft extra-absorbent drinking sticks, researchers observe.
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New candidate for 'missing element' in Earth's coreScientists believe they have established the identity of a "missing element" (silicium) in the Earth's core.
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Two years, multiple doctors often needed to diagnose polycystic ovary syndrome, study showsPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder – and most common cause of infertility – affecting 9 to 18 percent of women around the world. Despite the prevalence of the complex and chronic condition, one-third of women diagnosed with PCOS saw at least three health professionals over the course of two years before receiving a diagnosis, according to a new study.
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What teeth reveal about the lives of modern humansWhen anthropologists of the future find our fossilized teeth, what will they be able to conclude about our lives? One researcher has an idea.
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What did Big Data find when it analysed 150 years of British history?What could be learned about the world if you could read the news from over 100 local newspapers for a period of 150 years? This is what a team of Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers have done, together with a social scientist and a historian, who had access to 150 years of British regional newspapers.
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Brain cell powerhouses appear good treatment target for stroke, TBI recoveryCell powerhouses are typically long and lean, but with brain injury such as stroke or trauma, they can quickly become bloated and dysfunctional, say scientists who documented the phenomena in real time for the first time in a living brain.
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Newly proposed reference datasets improve weather satellite data qualityResearchers have proposed in-orbit reference datasets for calibrating weather satellites. A recent presentation demonstrated that using these references reduced errors in microwave and infrared weather satellites to fractions of a degree Celsius.
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Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level riseEven if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to a new study.
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Transfusions of 'old' blood may harm some patientsBlood transfusions with the oldest blood available could be harmful for some patients, finds a team of researchers.Old blood not good – investigators recommend reducing the maximum blood storage limit from six to five weeks.
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How a moon slows the decay of Pluto's atmosphereA new study provides additional insight into relationship between Pluto and its moon, Charon, and how it affects the continuous stripping of Pluto's atmosphere by solar wind. When Charon is positioned between the sun and Pluto, the research indicates that the moon can significantly reduce atmospheric loss.
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Model sheds light on inhibitory neurons' computational roleResearchers have developed a new computational model of a neural circuit in the brain, which could shed light on the biological role of inhibitory neurons — neurons that keep other neurons from firing.
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Appendix may have important function, new research suggestsThe human appendix, a narrow pouch that projects off the cecum in the digestive system, has a notorious reputation for its tendency to become inflamed (appendicitis), often resulting in surgical removal. Although it is widely viewed as a vestigial organ with little known function, recent research suggests that theappendix (blindtarmen) may serve an important purpose. In particular, it may serve as a reservoir
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This app uses a game to fight depressionA game-based app for phones and tablets called Project: EVO seems to help older adults with depression feel better by targeting underlying cognitive conditions, such as attention and focus, according to two recent studies. “We found thatmoderately depressed people do better with apps like this because they address or treat correlates of depression,” says Patricia Areán, a University of Washingto
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Prostate cancer treatment rates drop, reflecting change in screening recommendationsAs some national guidelines now recommend against routine prostate cancer screening, the overall rate of men receiving treatment for the disease declined 42 percent, a new study finds.
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Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactionsNew research shows that metal-oxide catalysts can sometimes release oxygen from within their structure, enhancing chemical activity.
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Why Trello, a Simple To-Do App, Is Worth $425 MillionAtlassian will pay nearly a half-billion dollars for the popular project management app Trello. It's worth every penny.
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Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022If it happens, it would be the first time such an event was predicted by scientists. They say two stars in the constellation Cygnus will eventually merge and explode. (Image credit: NASA/IPAC/MSX )
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The Internet Won’t Let Trump Get Away With Insulting Meryl StreepThere are certain things you just can't do.
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Obama Makes the Case for His Clean Energy Legacy"Near-term politics aside" President expresses confidence that shift toward low-carbon fuels will continue —
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Lego’s Boost Kit Turns Your Bricks Into Robots. RobotsWe'll repeat that: Lego robots.
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How invasive species are like drunk people walkingA theory that uses the mathematics of a drunken walk may describe ecological invasions better than waves do. The ability to predict the movement of an ecological invasion is important because it determines how resources should be spent to stop an invasion in its tracks. The spread of disease such as the black plague in Europe or the spread of an invasive species such as the gypsy moth from Asia a
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A Mysterious Killer Algae Just Got a Little Less PuzzlingA new study makes a pivotal connection: A killer algae gets particularly toxic in masses of warm Pacific waters like El Niño.
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Cramming in all your exercise on the weekend is still good for your healthHealth ‘Weekend warriors’ are still getting healthy According to a study published this week in JAMA, getting the recommended hours of exercise that the World Health Organization recommends in just two days still provides…
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Chemists report E-selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesisUsing ring-closing metathesis to exploit the properties of carbon-carbon double bonds, researchers have developed a new catalytic approach for the preparation of compounds essential to drug discovery.
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Fear of diagnostic low-dose radiation exposure is overstated, experts assertResearchers assert thatexposure to medical radiation does not increase a person's risk of getting cancer. The long-held belief that even low doses of radiation, such as those received in diagnostic imaging, increase cancer risk is based on an inaccurate, 70-year-old hypothesis, according to the authors.
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Older adults with arthritis need just 45 minutes of activity per weekOlder adults who suffer from arthritis need to keep moving to be functionally independent. But in an examination of a goal that is daunting for most of this aging population, a new study found that performing even a third (45 minutes) of the recommended activity is beneficial, and those who did improved function in their lower arthritic limbs by 80 percent.
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New findings detail structure of immature Zika virusResearchers have determined thehigh-resolution structure of immature Zika virus,a step toward better understanding how the virus infects host cells and spreads.
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Crohn's disease risk and prognosis determined by different genesResearchers have identified a series of genetic variants that affect the severity of Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease — but surprisingly, none of these variants appear to be related to an individual's risk of developing the condition in the first place.
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Warmer oceans are now linked to dangerous neurotoxins in shellfishEnvironment New research could help forecast deadly toxin outbreaks New research could help forecast deadly outbreaks of the neurotoxin domoic acid, which is produced by algal blooms in warm water…(se tidligere artikel om warmer oceans)
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Neuroscientist probes tiny world of the fruit fly to discover sleep/eating/activity connectionThe humble fruit fly has proved to be a fruitful research subject for a neuroscientist team. The collaborators’ research into their behavior has helped expand our understanding of some importantneurobiological connections between eating and sleep — including the infamous “food coma” felt after a big meal.
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Recognize sepsis as a separate cause of illness and deathSepsis should be recognized as a separate cause of illness and death around the world. This focus would help efforts to prevent sepsis by improving hygiene, nutrition and vaccination rates and also lead to timely treatment, better outcomes and quality of life for people with sepsis, argue researchers.
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'Weekend warriors' have lower risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular diseasePhysical activity patterns characterized by just one or two sessions a week may be enough to reduce deaths in men and women from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, regardless of adherence to physical activity guidelines, a new study of over 63,000 adults reports.
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Place matters in late diagnosis of colorectal cancer, study findsIn addition to a person's race or ethnicity, where they live can matter in terms of whether they are diagnosed at a late stage for colorectal cancer, according to a recent study.
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A possible solution to a long-standing riddle in materials scienceAn international team of scientists may have solved the 30-year-old riddle ofwhy certain ferroelectric crystals exhibit extremely strong piezoelectric responses.
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Children are more apt to confess misdeeds if they think parents will react positivelyEven if they believe they could be punished, older kids are more likely than younger children to view confessing to a misdeed as the right thing to do.
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Newly discovered phytoplankton groups appear to favor warmer oceansAn international research team has discovered two phytoplankton groups — unlike any known species — in climate-sensitive areas around the world. While they appear relatively rare compared to other phytoplankton, scientists say their prevalence in warm waters suggests they could be important in future ocean ecosystems.
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells cope with genetic chaosScientists have uncoveredhow tumors are able to grow despite significant damage to the structure and number of their chromosomes, the storage units of DNA.
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New model predicts when people are willing to try new thingsA new model to predictwhen people are most likely to try different products and try new thingshas been developed by scientists. The research could help to direct public health interventions aimed at encouraging healthier choices.
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Can big data yield big ideas? Blend novel and familiar, new study findsStruggling to get your creative juices flowing for a new idea or project? A new study sheds light on the secret sauce to developing creative ideas, and it all comes down to word choice.
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Secret new weapon of insect-transmitted viruses exposedFindings by a team of scientists could provide critical knowledge to attack deadly viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes and aphids.
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Reducing drug dosage, and hearing loss in TB patients without reducing efficacyAminoglycosides, recommended by the World Health Organization to treat multidrug resistant tuberculosis, cause hearing loss and kidney damage in a dose dependent manner. Now, by reducing the dose in a carefully calculated fashion, clinician researchers have been able to greatlyreduce the numbers of patients suffering hearing loss (from aminoglycoside treatment), without compromising effectiveness against tuberculosis.
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Massive genetic study of humpback whales to inform conservation assessmentsScientists have published one of thelargest genetic studies ever conducted on the humpback whale(Megaptera novaeangliae) for the purpose of clarifying management decisions in the Southern Hemisphere and supporting calls to protect unique and threatened populations, according to experts.
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Role of common risk factors in ER-positive, ER-negative breast cancerResearchers have examined the role of common risk factors in the development of ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancers. The study sheds new light on how a woman’s age, weight, and menopausal status affect her risk for breast cancer.
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Prostate cancer team cracks genetic code to show why inherited disease can turn lethalProstate cancer researchers havediscovered a key piece in the genetic puzzle of why men born with a BRCA2 mutation may develop aggressive localized cancersthat resist treatment and become lethal for up to 50 per cent of patients within five years.
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Why high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cellsCancer researchers have homed in onhow high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells. Vitamin C breaks down to generate hydrogen peroxide, which can damage tissue and DNA. The new study shows that tumor cells with low levels of catalase enzyme activity are much less capable of removing hydrogen peroxide than normal cells, and are more susceptible to damage and death when they are exposed to high doses o
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Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the wombEven before they are born,premature babies may display alterations in the circuitry of their developing brains,according to a first-of-its kind research study.
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Obama says shift to green energy is 'irreversible' despite TrumpRenewable energy will continue to grow in the US despite the antipathy of the incoming Trump administration.
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The Asian Dove That Ate Europe AliveThe story behind one of Europe's most familiar columbiforms…
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Practical and versatile microscopic optomechanical device createdResearchers have developed a new type of optomechanical device that uses a microscopic silicon disk to confine optical and mechanical waves. The new device is highly customizable and compatible with commercial manufacturing processes, making it a practical solution for improving sensors that detect force and movement.
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Caribbean bats need 8 million years to recover from recent extinction wavesCan nature restore the numbers of species on islands to levels that existed before human arrival?How long would it take for nature to regain bat diversity as before human arrival ?To answer these questions, a research team compiled data on Caribbean bats and their close relatives.
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Nu skal fodbold hjælpe kvinder med brystkræftFodbold gavner mænd med prostatakræft. Nyt forskningsprojekt skal vise, om kræftramte kvinder også kan få gavn af driblinger.
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Barriers to sexual health among male teens and young menResearchers who conducted a dozen focus groups with 70 straight and gay/bisexual Hispanic and African-American males ages 15 to 24 report that gaining a better understanding of the context in which young men grow up will allow health care providers to improve this population’s use of sexual and reproductive health care.
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Neural connection keeps instincts in checkScientists have identifiedthe physical connection through which the prefrontal cortex inhibits instinctive behavior, report scientists.
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New insights into mechanisms of breast cancer development and resistance to therapyWhy does breast cancer develop and how come certain patients are resistant to established therapies? Researchers have gained new insights into the molecular processes in breast tissue. Theyidentified the tumor suppressor LATS as a key player in the development and treatment of breast cancer.
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How Earth's previous moons collided to form the moon: New theoryA new theory suggests the Moon we see every night is not Earth's first moon, but rather the last in a series of moonsthat orbited our planet. Moons formed through the process could cross orbits, collide and merge, slowly building the bigger moon we see today.
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Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands historyHave you tried the national dish gofio while on holiday on the Canary Islands? If so, you have eaten the same food as the original inhabitants ate, nearly 2,000 years ago.The island farmers of Canary Island have cultivated the same types of grain for over a thousand years.
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Thanks to AI, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems Machine learning is helping doctors diagnose things like genetic disorders, Alzheimer's, and autism faster than ever before.The post Thanks to AI, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems appeared first on WIRED .
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Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient airScientists have found a simple, reliableprocess to capture carbon dioxide directly from ambient air, offering a new option for carbon capture and storage strategies to combat global warming.
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Spinning spider silk is now possibleBeing able to produce artificial spider silk has long been a dream of many scientists, but all attempts have until now involved harsh chemicals and have resulted in fibers of limited use. Now, a team of researchers has, step by step, developed a method that works. Today they report that they canproduce kilometer long threads of artificial spider silk that for the first time resemble real spider silk.
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How on Earth does geotagging work?Computing science researchers are using automated geotagging models to put a place to online data and documents.
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GaN-on-Silicon for scalable high electron mobility transistorsScientists have advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the composition of the semiconductor layers that make up the device. The team created the high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structure on a 200 mm silicon substrate with a process that will scale to larger industry-standard wafer sizes.
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Uunique microbial photosynthesis discoveredResearchers have discovered anew type of cooperative photosynthesis that could be used in engineering microbial communities for waste treatment and bioenergy production.
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Heartburn pills in pregnancy may be linked to childhood asthmaChildren born to mothers who take heartburn medication during pregnancy may have a greater risk of developing asthma, research suggests. Advice for expectant moms should not change based on these findings, the researchers say, but further studies are needed.
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Bilingualism may save brain resources as you ageA research team established thatyears of bilingualism change how the brain carries out tasks that require concentrating on one piece of information without becoming distracted by other information. This makes the brain more efficient and economical with its resources.
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The Exoplanet Revolution Turns 25Astronomers confirmed the first planets beyond our solar system a quarter-century ago5
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Landmark global scale study reveals potential future impact of ocean acidificationOcean acidification and the extent to which marine species are able to deal with low pH levels in the Earth's seas, could have a significant influence on shifting the distribution of marine animals in response to climate warming.
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Backpackers demonstrated resounding leadership in aftermath of Nepal earthquakeA first-of-its-kind study exploring the experiences of tourists exposed to a natural disaster immediately in its aftermath reveals four dominant themes: emotional turmoil, quick recovery, springing into action, and connection to the army.
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Hydropower in China impacts the flow of the Mekong RiverThe hydropower projects in China have caused major river flow changes to the Mekong River since the year 2011. An analysis of river flows in Northern Thailand indicates that the hydropower operations considerably increased dry season flows and decreased wet season flows. Furthermore, the study shows that the dry season flows have also become increasingly variable.
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Nissan uses NASA rover tech to remotely oversee autonomous carCar-maker Nissan demonstrates an autonomous driving system developed with NASA that calls on human teleoperators to help when unexpected situations arise
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Findings showing Roundup causes disease puts glyphosate back under the spotlightCutting edge techniques showlow-dose, long-term exposure to Roundup (glyphosate) causes liver disease in rats, new research confirms.
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Catheter safeguards at hospitals reduce infections and save money, study showsU.S. hospitals are reducing bloodstream infections related to catheters by implementing rigorous safeguards that also save millions of healthcare dollars each year, according to research.
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Wanting to stay in education is 'not main reason why women delay having children'Researchers calculate that for every extra year of educational enrollment after the age of 12, a woman delayed motherhood by an average of six months. However, strikingly, they also find that the main influence on whether a woman postpones having children is largely associated with her family background. Education alone contributes to only 1.5 months, they say.
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These adorable birds are sexual nomads—and that helps protect their speciesWhy compete for a lady’s love when you can travel hundreds of miles and find a new one? They’ll go the whole wide world…
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Brexit May Spark British Brain DrainBreak from EU drives U.K. academics to think about leaving, survey finds
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It’s not clear why extreme tornado outbreaks are on the riseThe increase in large-scale tornado outbreaks in the US doesn’t appear to be clearly linked to climate change, a new study suggests. The new findings tie the growth in frequency to trends in the vertical wind shear found in certain supercells—a change not so far associated with a warmer climate. “Either the recent increases are not due to a warming climate, or a warming climate has implications f (se tidligere artikel – tornado)
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Fuglenørden Sebastian Klein er besat af sjældne fugleSom barn ville Sebastian Klein se rovdyr. En tur ud i naturen lærte ham, at det var nemmere at spotte fugle.
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Watch nanotubes wriggle to form a bridgeResearchers inspired by a high-wire act and fly fishing have coaxed strings of synthetic DNA to build microscopic bridges between molecules on the surface of a lab dish. They describe this process, which could someday be used to connect electronic medical devices to living cells, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology . Senior author Rebecca Schulman, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecula
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The science of baby's first sightScientists have found moreclues about the evolving brains of baby mammals as eyesightcomes online. Using an imaging system to get neuron-level resolution, they showed how one specific brain circuit — the 'ventral stream' — in mice came online immediately after birth, but another circuit — the 'dorsal stream' — needed visual stimuli in order to mature. The experiments have helped to unveil ho
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High rates of PTSD and other mental health problems after great east Japan earthquakeThe devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear disaster in Japan had a high mental health impact — with some effects persisting several years later, according to a comprehensive research.
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For chemicals, mega is out and bio is inEngineers propose that the future of chemical production lies in decentralized biomanufacturing facilities that will push innovation and achieve efficiency not possible at today's megaplants.
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Impact of parent physical activity, sedentary behavior on their preschool childrenYoung children do follow in their parents' footsteps. Literally. That's the conclusion of researchers who found that in underserved populations,parents' physical activity — and their sedentary behavior — directly correlates with the activity level of their preschoolers. Researchers say these findings could lead to interventions that focus more on helping parents model — not just encourage — a
Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNAA single application keeps working for nearly a month, which could allow us tomodify plants without actually altering their DNA
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Why mums and babies prefer to keep to one side of each otherMothers prefer to hold children on the left,and animal young prefer to approach their mother from one side, too. Asymmetry in the brain may explain why
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Chemicals in ubiquitous Mediterranean plants may hold key to delaying neurodegenerative diseases, study suggestsChemicals extracted from the prickly pear and brown seaweed, two ubiquitous Mediterranean plants, eased symptoms in organisms suffering from neurodegenerative disease, according to new research. Small molecules from the plants interfere with the build-up of sticky protein clumps rendering them less toxic to neurons. The results of the study hold promise for ground-breaking treatment of age-related
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New tool helps cities to plan electric bus routes, and calculate the benefitsThe rollout ofSweden’s first wireless charging busesearlier this month was coupled with something the rest of the world could use – namely, a tool for cities to determine the environmental and financial benefits of introducing their own electrified bus networks.
Brain scans of kids overturn idea that tissue stops growingNew research seems to contradict a central thought in neuroscience: the amount of brain tissue goes in one direction throughout our lives—from too much to just enough.For the first time, scientists found microscopictissue growth in the brain continues in regions that also show changes in function.The group made this finding by looking at the brains of an often-overlooked participant pool: chil
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Experiments in mice may help boost newly FDA-approved therapy for spinal muscular atrophyAcademic and drug industry investigators say they haveidentified a new biological target for treating spinal muscular atrophy.
The fly reveals a new signal involved in limb growthMany of the secrets of life, such as how we become a certain size and shape, have been uncovered in studies performed over more than 100 years and involving animal models such as the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Now, researchersdisclose a new signal that participates in the specification and growth of fly wings.
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Fixing overuse, underuse of medical care can improve health and save moneyInternational experts have pinpointed how reforming the overuse and underuse of health and medical services around the world can improve health outcomes and stem spiraling costs of health care.
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Psychology essential to achieving goals of patient-centered medical homesPsychologists can offer critical experience and expertise in strengthening the increasingly common model of coordinated health care, the patient-centered medical home, helping to achieve the 'triple aim' of improved outcomes, decreased cost and enhanced patient experience, according to new research.
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Fiddler Crabs Use Their Giant Claw For the Two F’s: Fightin’ And Flirtin’One of fiddler crab's claws comes way, way bigger than the other—totally naturally. So it can fight and flirt, of course.
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Pacemakere skal drives af solceller placeret under hudenSchweiziske læger og fysikere har testet solceller, der kan lægges under huden og generere en effekt, der langt overgår behovet for at drive eksempelvis en pacemaker. Det kan gøre batterier overflødige.
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Fast fine art: 19th century painting tricks revealedTo paint quickly while creating exceptional texture and volume effects, J. M. W. Turner and other English artists of his generation relied on the development of innovative gels. All the rage in the 19th century — and still in use today–these compounds alter the properties of the oil paints they are combined with. Now, researchers have finally learned the chemical secrets behind these mixtures. L
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High cholesterol intake and eggs do not increase risk of memory disordersA relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are not associated with an elevated risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.Furthermore, no association was found in persons carrying the APOE4 gene variant that affects cholesterol metabolism and increases the risk of memory disorders, report researchers at conclusion of a new study.
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The Rise and Fall of a Shrimp BiologistWhen you mix science and politics and disrupt the social order, you had better be ready for some lowbrow playground antics –
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The trunk trick that lets elephants pick up almost anythingKelly the elephant has shown how trunks can grip and lift anything from fine granules to 350-kilogram logs – it’s all in the kink
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New unknown risk factor for arteriosclerosis identifiedFollowing a blood infection, the first class of antibodies produced by the immune system are IgM antibodies. They form the "vanguard" of the immune response, before other cells are activated to fight the infection. Some people are deficient or completely lack these antibodies, so that they develop congenital immune deficiency. Researchers have now discovered how this deficiency can also lead to an
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How phishing scams thrive on overconfidenceA new study examines overconfidence in detecting phishing e-mails. According to the research, most people believe they're smarter than the criminals behind these schemes, which is why so many fall easily into a trap.
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Species diversity reduces chances of crop failure in algal biofuel systemsWhen growing algae in outdoor ponds as a next-generation biofuel, a naturally diverse mix of species will help reduce the chance of crop failure, according to a new study.
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Physicians can better predict outcomes for kidney transplant patients with key data, study findsKidney transplant patients have a better chance of survival if physicians use all the data that's available to them — including data that's tracked over time — to predict the likelihood of organ failure.
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Natural tooth repair method, using Alzheimer's drug, could revolutionize dental treatmentsA new method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp (dental treatment) using an Alzheimer's drug has been discovered by a team of researchers.
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New potential treatment for cancer metastasis identifiedBreast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads, may be prevented through the new use of a class of drugs already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, say investigators.
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‘Breathalyzer’ ignitions may cut fatal car crashesRequiring ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers appears to cut fatal alcohol-related car crashes more than less strict interlock laws do, report researchers. The study—published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine —finds that mandatory interlock laws were associated with a 7 percent decrease in the rate of fatal crashes involving at least one driver with blood alcohol ove
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Moms of juvenile offenders lack legal know-howTeenagers who commit crimes for the first time are more likely to re-offend if their mothers don’t participate in their legal process, new research finds. Unfortunately, their mothers are widely unfamiliar with the juvenile justice system—and those who know the least about the system also participate the least. A new study suggests a dire need for more legal education for parents of juvenile offe1d
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Pacemakere skal drives af solceller placeret under hudenSchweiziske læger og fysikere har testet solceller, der kan lægges under huden og generere en effekt, der langt overgår behovet for at drive eksempelvis en pacemaker. Det kan gøre batterier overflødige.
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Størstedelen af verdens koralrev risikerer at dø inden år 210099 procent af klodens koralrev vil inden udgangen af dette århundrede være døendepå grund af koralblegning, viser ny forskning.
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High cholesterol intake and eggs do not increase risk of memory disordersA relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are not associated with an elevated risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.Furthermore, no association was found in persons carrying the APOE4 gene variant that affects cholesterol metabolism and increases the risk of memory disorders, report researchers at conclusion of a new study.
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Natural tooth repair method, using Alzheimer's drug, could revolutionize dental treatmentsA new method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp (dental treatment) using an Alzheimer's drug has been discovered by a team of researchers.
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New potential treatment for cancer metastasis identifiedBreast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads, may be prevented through the new use of a class of drugs already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, say investigators.
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What to Say to a Climate Change SkepticWhat should you say to a climate change skeptic? –
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Moms of juvenile offenders lack legal know-howTeenagers who commit crimes for the first time are more likely to re-offend if their mothers don’t participate in their legal process, new research finds. Unfortunately, their mothers are widely unfamiliar with the juvenile justice system—and those who know the least about the system also participate the least. A new study suggests a dire need for more legal education for parents of juvenile offe1d
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