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April 19, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion ...
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Apr. 12, 2024 — Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — It's not a single pesticide or virus stressing honey bees, and affecting their health, but exposure to a complex web of multiple interacting stressors encountered while at work pollinating crops, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest that this brown dwarf might generate aurorae similar to ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of this ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to waste ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point for cultural exchanges and trades amongst ancient people -- and it all took place in vast caves and lava tubes that have ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform tundras from carbon ...
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Apr. 18, 2024 — Two siblings who have the only known mutations in a key gene anywhere in the world have helped scientists gain new insights that could help progress the search for new treatments in type 1 ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Autism spectrum disorder has yet to be linked to a single cause, due to the wide range of its symptoms and severity. However, a recent study suggests a promising new approach to finding answers, one ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — AI developments in chemical biology could unlock new types of disease ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable. However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Thought emerges and is controlled in the brain via the rhythmically and spatially coordinated activity of millions of neurons, scientists argue in a new article. Understanding cognition and its ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Scientists created four cannabis-derived CBN analogs (chemical look-a-likes) with enhanced neuroprotective properties and potential for therapeutic application in neurological disorders like ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The harder your brain works at your job, the less likely you may be to have memory and thinking problems later in life, according to a new study. This study does not prove that stimulating work ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of 'food as medicine' -- a philosophy in which food and nutrition are ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The rate at which human cells age is influenced by multiple interconnected factors. New research examined how restricting calories influences telomere length and biological ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Silicon-based electronics are approaching their physical limitations and new materials are needed to keep up with current technological demands. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a rich array of ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A new fabric-based touch sensor used machine learning to control mobile apps, video games and other devices while integrated into ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The growing need for antibiotic-free products has challenged producers to decrease or completely stop using antimicrobials as feed supplements in the diet of broiler chickens to improve feed ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers investigated global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A study has found that the AI model GPT-4 significantly exceeds the ability of non-specialist doctors to assess eye problems and provide ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on the relationship between CO2 and global ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — In a new study, researchers show that elevated levels of proteins related to cellular senescence, or aging, in the blood and the placenta are linked to this form of heart ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have discovered toxic protein particles, shaped like umbrellas, that soil bacteria known as Streptomyces secrete to squelch competitors in their crowded microbial communities, especially ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Trying to hit a target size before dividing seems like the best strategy for maintaining a precise cell size, but bacteria don't do that. Now we know ...
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Siblings With Unique Genetic Change Help Scientists Progress Drug Search for Type 1 Diabetes
- New Urine-Based Test Detects High-Grade Prostate Cancer, Helping Men Avoid Unnecessary Biopsies
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Study Identifies New Metric for Diagnosing Autism
- Researchers Create New AI Pipeline for Identifying Molecular Interactions
- Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than Previously Thought
- Paper: To Understand Cognition--and Its Dysfunction--Neuroscientists Must Learn Its Rhythms
- Protecting Brain Cells With Cannabinol
- Does Using Your Brain More at Work Help Ward Off Thinking, Memory Problems?
- Guidance on Energy and Macronutrients Across the Lifespan
- Calorie Restriction Study Reveals Complexities in How Diet Impacts Aging
- Atom-by-Atom: Imaging Structural Transformations in 2D Materials
- Machine Learning Used to Create a Fabric-Based Touch Sensor
- Probiotic Feed Additive Boosts Growth, Health in Poultry in Place of Antibiotics
- Global Study Reveals Health Impacts of Airborne Trace Elements
- Artificial Intelligence Beats Doctors in Accurately Assessing Eye Problems
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- Researchers Find That Accelerated Aging Biology in the Placenta Contributes to a Rare Form of Pregnancy-Related Heart Failure
- New Class of Antimicrobials Discovered in Soil Bacteria
- Solving a Mini Mystery of Cell Division
- Substantial Global Cost of Climate Inaction
- Plant Sensors Could Act as an Early Warning System for Farmers
- Genetic Variant Identified That Shaped the Human Skull Base
- From Defects to Order: Spontaneously Emerging Crystal Arrangements in Perovskite Halides
- Spintronics: A New Path to Room Temperature Swirling Spin Textures
- Dog Attacks on Mountain Tapirs Highlight a Growing Threat to Endangered Wildlife
- Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Faced Higher Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythms
- A Better View With New Mid-Infrared Nanoscopy
- AI Speeds Up Drug Design for Parkinson's by Ten-Fold
- E-Tongue Can Detect White Wine Spoilage Before Humans Can
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
- Paradox of Extreme Cold Events in a Warming World
- Study Finds Iron-Rich Enamel Protects, but Doesn't Color, Rodents' Orange-Brown Incisors
- Copper Beads in Pig Feed Reshape Swine Gut Microbiome
- Tracking a Protein's Fleeting Shape Changes
- Research Explores How a Father's Diet Could Shape the Health of His Offspring
- Novel Robotic Training Program Reduces Physician Errors Placing Central Lines
- Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Sets Record for Expert-Defying, Counter-Intuitive Expansion
- Making Crops Colorful for Easier Weeding
- Storks Fly With a Little Help from Their Friends
- Researchers Uncover Human DNA Repair by Nuclear Metamorphosis
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Researchers Discover Urine-Based Test to Detect Head and Neck Cancer
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- 'Nanostitches' Enable Lighter and Tougher Composite Materials
- Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen
- Nanoparticle Delivery of FZD4 to Lung Endothelial Cells Inhibits Lung Cancer Progression and Metastases
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Huge Database Gives Insight Into Salmon Patterns at Sea
- Following Cellular Lineage
- Real-Time Detection of Infectious Disease Viruses by Searching for Molecular Fingerprinting
- New Treatment Method Using Plasma Irradiation Promotes Faster Bone Healing
- Older Males out-Compete Young Males Outside Breeding Pairs, Bird Study Shows
- Fires Pose Growing Worldwide Threat to Wildland-Urban Interface
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Cooler Transformers Could Help Electric Grid
- No Gamma Rays Seen Coming from Nearby Supernova
- Neutrons Rule the Roost for Cage-Free Lithium Ions
- Common HIV Treatments May Aid Alzheimer's Disease Patients
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
- Yellowstone Lake Ice Cover Unchanged Despite Warming Climate
- Researchers Advance Pigment Chemistry With Moon-Inspired Reddish Magentas
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
- Seed Ferns: Plants Experimented With Complex Leaf Vein Networks 201 Million Years Ago
- Physicists Explain--and Eliminate--Unknown Force Dragging Against Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
- New Inflammatory Bowel Disease Testing Protocol Could Speed Up Diagnosis
- Health Behaviors Accumulate and Remain Relatively Stable Throughout Middle Adulthood
- Biodiversity Is Key to the Mental Health Benefits of Nature
- A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene
- Most Countries Struggle to Meet Climate Pledges from 2009
- Twisted Pollen Tubes Induce Infertility
- Quantum Electronics: Charge Travels Like Light in Bilayer Graphene
- 'One Ring to Rule Them All': How Actin Filaments Are Assembled by Formins
- Creating an Island Paradise in a Fusion Reactor
- Researchers Can Help Shipowners Achieve Ambitious Climate Targets
- Crucial Connection for 'quantum Internet' Made for the First Time
- Teen Stress May Raise Risk of Postpartum Depression in Adults
- Scientists Identify Cell Vulnerability 'fingerprint' Related to Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia
- Can Animals Count?
- Newly Sequenced Genome Reveals Coffee's Prehistoric Origin Story -- And Its Future Under Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Take It from the Rats: A Junk Food Diet Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Adolescent Brains
- Family and Media Pressure to Lose Weight in Adolescence Linked to How People Value Themselves Almost Two Decades Later
- Illuminating the Path to Hearing Recovery
- AI Enhances Physician-Patient Communication
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- Hidden Threat: Global Underground Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise
- Are These Newly Found Rare Cells a Missing Link in Color Perception?
- How Pluto Got Its Heart
- How Blue-Green Algae Manipulate Microorganisms
- How Trauma Gets 'under the Skin'
- Unlocking the 'chain of Worms'
- Millions of Gamers Advance Biomedical Research
- Microplastics Make Their Way from the Gut to Other Organs
- GeoAI Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development
- Epilepsy Drug Prevents Brain Tumors in Mice With NF1
- New Colorful Plastic Films for Versatile Sensors and Electronic Displays
- Physical Activity Reduces Stress-Related Brain Activity to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- Evolution's Recipe Book: How 'copy Paste' Errors Cooked Up the Animal Kingdom
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
- Specific Nasal Cells Protect Against COVID-19 in Children