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May 15, 2024
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May 15, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet around SPECULOOS-3, an 'ultracool dwarf' star as small as Jupiter, twice as cold as our Sun, and located 55 light-years from Earth. After ...
May 15, 2024 — It's one thing to dream up a quantum internet that could send hacker-proof information around the world via photons superimposed in different quantum states. It's quite another to physically show it's possible. That's exactly what physicists have ...
May 15, 2024 — The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study looked at the spread of dinosaurs across different ...
May 14, 2024 — Astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they live in our own galactic neighborhood. The stars are in the Milky Way's 'halo' -- the cloud of stars that envelopes the ...
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May 15, 2024 — A recent study has found that an ion transporter protein that regulates the pH of specific brain cells can repair the blood-brain barrier and restore ...
May 15, 2024 — Research could pave the way for a prosthetic hand and robot to be able to feel touch like a human hand. The technology could also be used to help restore lost functionality to patients after a ...
May 15, 2024 — A small number of New York City wild birds carry highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to a recent ...
May 15, 2024 — The research cracks the code on the iconic baobab tree's origin story, revealing their surprising origins in Madagascar and incredible long-distance dispersals to Africa and Australia. The study ...
May 15, 2024 — Instead of burning fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, researchers in Switzerland want to use heat from the sun. The proof-of-concept study ...
May 13, 2024 — Molecular biologists provide exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm Platynereis dumerilii. Specialized cells, so-called chaetoblasts, control the formation of the bristles. ...
May 14, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered WASP-193b, an extraordinarily low-density giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like ...
May 14, 2024 — A young whale's journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers ...
May 14, 2024 — The vast majority of people have an ongoing conversation with themselves, an inner voice, that plays an important role in their daily lives. But between 5-10 per cent of the population do not have ...
May 13, 2024 — in March a farm worker who reported no contact with sick or dead birds, but who was in contact with dairy cattle, began showing symptoms in the eye ...
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May 15, 2024 — 'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. Yet, a small portion of the stirred-up ...
May 15, 2024 — Everyone experiences aging in their own way, and factors such as genetics, lifestyle and environment play a role in this process. Some individuals reach the age of 90 or even 100 in good health, ...
May 15, 2024 — Researchers have leveraged deep learning techniques to enhance the image quality of a metalens camera. The new approach uses artificial intelligence to turn low-quality images into high-quality ones, ...
May 15, 2024 — A new type of recyclable resin, made from biosourced materials, has been designed for use in 3D printing ...
May 15, 2024 — Researchers who contributed to the development of record-breaking solar cells a few years ago, expanded their invention. The self-assembled monolayers can now be applied not only in inverted but also ...
May 14, 2024 — Even the most optimistic projections for the rapid build-out of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources acknowledge that coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels will dominate the world's ...
May 14, 2024 — Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a study into the pest's ...
May 14, 2024 — The balsam woolly adelgid, a tiny nonnative flightless insect, is spreading across the American West killing subalpine fir in northern Utah's recreation-heavy mountain ranges and canyons. ...
May 14, 2024 — Researchers present a novel framework that uses image-mining techniques and machine learning algorithms to identify flaws in counterfeit coins. The researchers' framework uses fuzzy association ...
May 14, 2024 — A new system could enable simple, low-cost detectors for monitoring water for lead contamination, and potentially other heavy metals as ...
May 14, 2024 — Scientists have documented the benefits of lactate burning in exercising humans, but few studies have looked at the role of lactate during rest or after a meal. Exercise physiologists challenged ...
May 14, 2024 — A research team has revealed the link between the frequency of sleep apnea events during the rapid-eye-movement stage and the severity of verbal memory impairment in older adults at risk for ...
May 14, 2024 — Researchers have recast diffusion in multicomponent alloys as a sum of individual contributions, called 'kinosons.' Using machine learning to compute the statistical distribution of the ...
May 14, 2024 — A new study shows that chlorine mixed with petroleum in water can potentially produce inadvertent byproducts harmful to human ...
May 14, 2024 — Research indicates a specially bred line of chickens could save growers thousands of gallons of water and thousands of pounds of food each month without sacrificing poultry ...
May 14, 2024 — Environmentally caused alterations to specific areas of the genome -- known as imprint control regions -- during early development may contribute to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, ...
May 14, 2024 — Cinematography techniques can significantly increase user engagement with virtual environments and, in particular, the aesthetic appeal of what users see in virtual ...
May 14, 2024 — The latest 'Florida Climate Resilience Survey' found that 90% of Floridians believe that climate change is happening. Belief in human-caused climate change has surged among Florida ...
May 14, 2024 — A battery made from zinc and lignin that can be used over 8000 times. This has been developed with a vision to provide a cheap and sustainable battery solution for countries where access to ...
May 14, 2024 — Grassland provides many services for humans, animals and nature, such as feed production, carbon storage and recreation. Researchers spent two years investigating permanent grassland, its ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Final Dust Settles Slowly in the Deep Sea
- Alzheimer's Disease Without Symptoms: How Is That Possible?
- Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Boost Image Quality of Metalens Camera
- Bio-Based Resins Could Offer Recyclable Future for 3D Printing
- Promising New Development in Solar Cell Technology
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- The Case for Sharing Carbon Storage Risk
- Genetics Provide Key to Fight Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
- Meet the New Insect Killing Utah's Fir Trees
- Counterfeit Coins Can Be Detected More Easily Thanks to a Novel Approach
- Scientists Develop an Affordable Sensor for Lead Contamination
- Far from Toxic, Lactate Rivals Glucose as Body's Major Fuel After a Carbohydrate Meal
- Study Links Sleep Apnea Severity During REM Stage to Verbal Memory Decline
- Simulating Diffusion Using 'kinosons' And Machine Learning
- Petroleum, Chlorine Mix Could Yield Harmful Byproducts
- Researchers Uncover What Makes Some Chickens More Water Efficient Than Others
- Study Explores Role of Epigenetics, Environment in Differing Alzheimer's Risk Between Black and White Communities
- Virtual Reality Becomes More Engaging When Designers Use Cinematic Tools
- 90% of Floridians Believe Climate Change Is Happening
- Eco-Friendly and Affordable Battery for Low-Income Countries
- Mosaic Grassland Landscapes Are the Most Beneficial
- Bitter Makes the Stomach Acidic, but How?
- GPS Stations Measure Daily Ice Loss in Greenland
- How Wildfires Change Soil Chemistry
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Speed Up and Improve the Most Computationally-Intensive Aspects of Plasma Physics in Fusion
- Speedy, Secure, Sustainable -- That's the Future of Telecom
- Artificial Intelligence Tool to Improve Heart Failure Care
- New Technique Improves Finishing Time for 3D Printed Machine Parts
- An Easy Pill to Swallow -- New 3D Printing Research Paves Way for Personalized Medication
- Some Brain Cells Age Faster and Are More Prevalent in Alzheimer's
- People With More Copies of Ribosomal DNA May Have Higher Risks of Developing Disease
- Newly Identified PET Biomarker Predicts Success of Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy
- Distinct Population of 'troublemaker' Platelet Cells Appear With Aging, Lead to Blood Clotting, Disease
- 2023 Was the Hottest Summer in Two Thousand Years
- Mixed Public Opinion on Polygenic Embryo Screening for IVF
- Innovative 'mini-Brains' Could Revolutionize Alzheimer's Treatment
- Metalens Expands Its Reach from Light to Sound
- Transforming Waste Carbon Dioxide Into High-Value Chemicals With a Cost Reduction of About 30%
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Persistent Strain of Cholera Defends Itself Against Forces of Change, Scientists Find
- Insights Into Protein Evolution
- Just Believing That an AI Is Helping Boosts Your Performance
- Cats Purrfectly Demonstrate What It Takes to Trust Robots
- World's Largest Hummingbird Is Actually Two Species
- Exceptionally Large Transverse Thermoelectric Effect Produced by Combining Thermoelectric and Magnetic Materials
- Today's World: Fastest Rate of Carbon Dioxide Rise Over the Last 50,000 Years
- New Work Extends the Thermodynamic Theory of Computation
- New Viruses That Could Cause Epidemics on the Horizon
- Island Birds More Adaptable Than Previously Thought
- New Drug Makes Exercise, Everyday Tasks Easier for People With Common Heart Condition
- Like Dad and Like Mum...all in One Plant
- New Molecule Mimics the Anti-Clotting Action of Blood-Sucking Organisms
- Research on Centromere Structure Yields New Insights Into the Mechanisms of Chromosome Segregation Errors
- Potential Power and Pitfalls of Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Sleep Medicine
- New Study Shows Certain Combinations of Antiviral Proteins Are Responsible for Lupus Symptoms and Affect Treatment Outcomes
- Study Reveals Patients With Brain Injuries Who Died After Withdrawal of Life Support May Have Recovered
- What Makes a Memory? It May Be Related to How Hard Your Brain Had to Work
- Research Shows That 'softer' Proteins Can Cross Into the Nucleus Quicker
- Birth by C-Section More Than Doubles Odds of Measles Vaccine Failure
- Eye Care: Taking Electroretinography to the Next Level With a Soft Multi-Electrode System
- The Price Tag of Phasing-out Coal
- Team Studies Factors Related to a Sense of Economic Insecurity in Older Adults
- Prostate Cancer Study: More Health Benefits from Plant-Based Diet
- Plant Virus Treatment Shows Promise in Fighting Metastatic Cancers in Mice
- Hide and Seek Between Atoms: Find the Dopant
- Study Traces an Infectious Language Epidemic
Friday, May 10, 2024
- Cellular Activity Hints That Recycling Is in Our DNA
- Research Explores Ways to Mitigate the Environmental Toxicity of Ubiquitous Silver Nanoparticles
- Melanoma in Darker Skin Tones
- Clues from Deep Magma Reservoirs Could Improve Volcanic Eruption Forecasts
- Breakthrough in Hemostasis and Wound Healing Research
- ERR-Gamma 'trains' Stomach Stem Cells to Become Acid-Producing Cells
- AI Systems Are Already Skilled at Deceiving and Manipulating Humans
- AI Intervention Mitigates Tension Among Conflicting Ethnic Groups
- Blockchain Could Offer a Solution to the UK's Transport Ticketing Systems
- AI Knowledge Gets Your Foot in the Door
- Metabolism of Autism Reveals Developmental Origins
- How the Brain Is Flexible Enough for a Complex World (Without Being Thrown Into Chaos)
- New Tool to Boost Battle Against Childhood Undernutrition
- Rolling With the Punches: How Mantis Shrimp Defend Against High-Speed Strikes
- Stem Cells: A New Mechanical Transducer
- ONe Novae Stellar Explosion May Be Source of Our Phosphorus
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Transforming Common Soft Magnets Into a Next-Generation Thermoelectric Conversion Materials by 3 Minutes Heat Treatment
- GPS-Like System Shows Promise as HIV Vaccine Strategy to Elicit Critical Antibodies
- Discrimination May Accelerate Aging
- Good Vibrations: New Tech May Lead to Smaller, More Powerful Wireless Devices
- 'Smart' Contact Lenses Could Someday Enable Wireless Glaucoma Detection
- New Machine Learning Algorithm Promises Advances in Computing
- New 'forever Chemical' Cleanup Strategy Discovered
- Squeezed by Neighbors, Planet Glows With Molten Lava
- Transformation of Ocean Management Is Underway
- How Climate Change Will Affect Malaria Transmission
- Manganese Sprinkled With Iridium: A Quantum Leap in Green Hydrogen Production
- A Fragment of Human Brain, Mapped in Exquisite Detail
- Ocean Biodiversity Work Needs Improvement
- Take Cover! Survey Shows Tornado Warnings Widely Misunderstood
- New Treatment Could Reverse Hair Loss Caused by an Autoimmune Skin Disease
- An Entirely New COVID-Related Syndrome
- Improved Wildfire Smoke Model Identifies Areas for Public Health Intervention
- A Better Way to Control Shape-Shifting Soft Robots
- New Rhizobia-Diatom Symbiosis Solves Long-Standing Marine Mystery
- High School Student Helps Transform 'crazy Idea' Into Innovative Research Tool