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May 13, 2024 Today's rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years, researchers have found ...
May 13, 2024 Scientists have established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used them to design the genomes of offspring. The fertilization of a clonal egg from one parent by a clonal ...
May 13, 2024 The human brain filters through a flood of experiences to create specific memories. Why do some of the experiences in this deluge of sensory information become 'memorable,' while most are discarded ...
May 13, 2024 An experimental treatment made from a plant virus is effective at protecting against a broad range of metastatic cancers in mice, shows a new study. The treatment, composed of nanoparticles fashioned ...
May 9, 2024 A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can dynamically change its shape to complete a task. The researchers also built a simulator that can evaluate ...
May 10, 2024 Many neurons exhibit 'mixed selectivity,' meaning they can integrate multiple inputs and participate in multiple computations. Mechanisms such as ...
May 10, 2024 Astronomers have proposed a new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus, one of the elements important for life on Earth. The theory suggests a type of stellar explosion known as ONe novae as a ...
May 10, 2024 Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. Researchers describe the risks of deception by AI ...
May 9, 2024 Astrophysicists discovered that an exoplanet is covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on a fiery, glowing-red ...
May 9, 2024 Researchers have created the largest synaptic-resolution, 3D reconstruction of a piece of human brain to date, showing in vivid detail each cell and its web of neural connections in a piece of human ...
May 13, 2024 A research team has unveiled a breakthrough in understanding how specific genetic sequences, known as pseudogenes, ...
May 13, 2024 Suddenly they appear and -- like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus -- can trigger major epidemics: Viruses that nobody had on their radar. They are not really new, but they have changed genetically. In ...
May 13, 2024 People with the heart condition obstructive cardiomyopathy were able to use significantly more oxygen while exercising after taking the ...
May 13, 2024 Nature gave ticks, mosquitoes and leaches a quick-acting way to keep blood from clotting while they extract their meal from a host. Now the key to that method has been harnessed by a team of ...
May 13, 2024 Researchers have made a surprising new discovery in the structure of the centromere, a structure that is involved in ensuring that chromosomes are ...
May 13, 2024 Researchers say they have uncovered insights as to why lupus symptoms and severity present differently in individuals with the autoimmune condition, ...
May 13, 2024 Analysis of 1,392 patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) found that some patients for whom life support was withdrawn may have survived and ...
May 13, 2024 Researchers have discovered that how soft or rigid proteins are in certain regions can dictate how fast or slow they enter the ...
May 13, 2024 Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure. Researchers say it is vital that children born by caesarean section receive two doses of the measles vaccine for robust ...
May 13, 2024 Electroretinography (ERG), which involves measuring electric potential in the retina, is a powerful tool for diagnosing and studying ocular diseases. ...
May 13, 2024 Sometimes it seems like an AI is helping, but the benefit is actually a placebo effect -- people performing better simply because they expect to be doing so -- according to new research. The study ...
May 13, 2024 Would you trust a robot to look after your cat? New research suggests it takes more than a carefully designed robot to care for your cat, the environment in which they operate is also vital, as well ...
May 13, 2024 A new article highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental contributions to the field of sleep medicine. ...
May 13, 2024 A computer scientist has shown the power of language to predict harm -- this time to the nation's ...
May 13, 2024 Researchers undertook a study of older adults to examine the connection between a sense of economic insecurity and a person's participation in social ...
May 9, 2024 A new study shows that a mild stress is enough to trigger post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers demonstrated that the two disorders ...
May 9, 2024 A research team has identified the primary cause of sensory hypersensitivity in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorders ...
May 10, 2024 Researchers have shed new light on the changes in metabolism that occur between birth and the presentation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later in childhood. The researchers discovered that a ...
May 9, 2024 A 'crazy idea' hatched during a walk in the woods and first tested by a high school student is now an innovative research tool used by scientists ...
May 9, 2024 Discrimination may speed up the biological processes of aging, according to a new ...
May 8, 2024 Researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging 'digital afterlife industry' causing social and psychological ...
May 9, 2024 Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors such as smoking or diet, thus deviating from the chronological age ...
May 7, 2024 A research group have used whole-genome sequencing to unravel the complex ancestry of the Japanese population. The analysis supports an earlier study that proposed that the Japanese population ...
May 8, 2024 Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood, new research ...
May 8, 2024 A study has found the widespread impact of child abuse and neglect, with analysis suggesting they cause nearly half of common mental conditions. ...
May 8, 2024 Adolescents who view their households as more unstructured, disorganized, or hectic than their siblings develop more mental health and behavioral ...
May 8, 2024 Conversational agents (CAs) such as Alexa and Siri are designed to answer questions, offer suggestions -- and even display empathy. However, new research finds they do poorly compared to humans when ...
May 8, 2024 How do city residents feel about animals in their immediate surroundings? A recent study shows how different the acceptance of various wild animals in urban areas is. Important factors are the places ...
May 8, 2024 Is the status of 'perfect parent' attainable? Researchers leading a national dialogue about parental burnout say 'no,' and a new study finds that ...
May 8, 2024 When breastfeeding mothers in a recent study used cannabis, its psychoactive component THC showed up in the milk they produced. The research also found that, unlike alcohol, when THC was detected in ...
May 13, 2024 A research team has demonstrated that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse ...
May 13, 2024 Physicists and computer scientists have recently expanded the modern theory of the thermodynamics of computation. By combining approaches from statistical physics and computer science, the ...
May 10, 2024 Researchers have taken a key step toward closing the silver nanoparticles knowledge gap with a study that indicates the particles' shape and surface ...
May 13, 2024 Collaborative efforts decode the mechanism behind stabilizing cathode doping in electric vehicle ...
May 13, 2024 Coal phase-out is necessary to solve climate change, but can have negative impacts on workers and local communities dependent on coal for their livelihoods. Researchers have studied government plans ...
May 10, 2024 A new approach to transport ticketing offers a step towards an integrated, transparent system that works efficiently for both ticket providers and passengers across all modes of ...
May 9, 2024 Researchers report a new method that reduces the amount of iridium needed to produce hydrogen from water by 95%, without altering the rate of ...
May 10, 2024 Employers are significantly more likely to offer job interviews and higher salaries to graduates with experience of artificial intelligence, according to new ...
May 9, 2024 A research team has demonstrated that an iron-based amorphous alloy, widely used as a soft magnetic material in transformers and motors, can be ...
May 6, 2024 Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks -- including ...
May 8, 2024 In the quest for life beyond our solar system, a new study delves into the atmospheric dynamics of planet Proxima Centauri b, illuminating ozone's pivotal role in shaping planetary climates. This ...
May 9, 2024 A recent study has discovered a novel method for detecting the first-generations stars, known as Population III (Pop III) stars, which have never been directly detected. These potential discoveries ...
May 8, 2024 Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet ...
May 8, 2024 After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC ...
May 6, 2024 Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new study may help to explain ...
May 6, 2024 Astronomers observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The findings may shed light on how the earliest supermassive black holes became so massive despite ...
May 6, 2024 Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is located roughly 50 ...
May 6, 2024 New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth's own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system's largest ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter -- matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many physicists think must be there to explain several aspects of the ...
May 2, 2024 Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how the ...
May 9, 2024 What if your earbuds could do everything your smartphone can, but better? A new class of synthetic materials could allow for smaller devices that use ...
May 9, 2024 Systems controlled by next-generation computing algorithms could give rise to better and more efficient machine learning products, a new study ...
May 9, 2024 Perovskites are among the most researched topics in materials science. Recently, a research team has solved an age-old challenge to synthesize all-organic two-dimensional perovskites, extending the ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Elucidating the relationship between the sequences of non-coding regulatory elements and their target genes is key to understanding gene regulation ...
May 9, 2024 Researchers present Tripath: new, deep learning models that can use 3D pathology datasets to make clinical outcome predictions. The research team imaged curated prostate cancer specimens, using two ...
May 9, 2024 Researchers have developed a robotic feeding system that uses computer vision, machine learning and multimodal sensing to safely feed people with severe mobility limitations, including those with ...
May 9, 2024 Walking and running is notoriously difficult to recreate in robots. Now, a group of researchers has overcome some of these challenges by creating an innovative method that employs central pattern ...
May 9, 2024 Scientists delve into the composition of nanocomposites for ultraviolet metasurface ...
May 7, 2024 Researchers have debunked a 75-year-old theory about how humans determine where sounds are coming from, and it could unlock the secret to creating a ...
May 6, 2024 A team of scientists has developed a new AI software tool called 'BANKSY' that automatically recognizes the cell types present in a tissue, such as ...
May 13, 2024 The Giant Hummingbird of western South America is not one species but two, according to an international group of researchers. The northern population stays in the high Andes year-round while the ...
May 13, 2024 The researchers found that birds were more evolutionarily similar on smaller, more isolated islands than on larger, less remote places. The team had expected to find that forested areas had more ...
May 10, 2024 The tool will help researchers better understand major challenges that afflict undernourished children, such as changes in cognitive development and higher infection ...
May 9, 2024 New research reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonize sectors when they reach net zero, with agriculture expected to be responsible for the largest remaining ...
May 10, 2024 Introns are perhaps one of our genome's biggest mysteries. They are DNA sequences that interrupt the sensible protein-coding information in your genes, and need to be 'spliced ...
May 9, 2024 A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study. Previous methods ...
May 10, 2024 Mantis shrimp are small creatures known for their superlatives. Their eyes have 12 to 16 different color receptors, versus our own three, and can ...
May 9, 2024 In a study of a species of African butterfly, researchers have discovered a previously undescribed molecular mechanism of how the sex of an embryo is initially ...
May 8, 2024 Researcher found that exposed individuals with confirmed TB infection -- i.e. a positive skin or blood test -- should receive priority treatment in ...
May 9, 2024 A team has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS, guiding the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing ...
May 10, 2024 New research into molten rock 20km below the Earth's surface could help save lives by improving the prediction of volcanic ...
May 9, 2024 The global chemical industry is a major fossil fuel consumer and climate change contributor; however, new research has identified how the sector could clean up its green credentials by getting ...
May 9, 2024 A method has been discovered to treat water heavily contaminated with unhealthful forever chemicals, known by chemists as PFAS or poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances. It involves treating heavily ...
May 9, 2024 Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean stewardship and conservation, adoption of ecosystem-based management has been slow to take hold. To support this change in ocean ...
May 9, 2024 An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management ...
May 9, 2024 A study showed that about half of those surveyed in the mid-South could not accurately identify a tornado ...
May 9, 2024 The Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke. A new model that ...
May 9, 2024 Scientists have discovered a new partnership between a marine diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation in vast regions of the ocean. The newly-discovered ...
May 9, 2024 The division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a ...
May 9, 2024 After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 8, 2024 Pore pressure diffusion generated by carbon dioxide injected underground at a carbon storage site in the Illinois Basin is the likely cause of ...
May 8, 2024 New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil ...
May 8, 2024 Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of years, even as landmasses ...
May 7, 2024 Tipping points in the climate system can be the result of a slow but linear development. However, they can also be accompanied by a 'flickering', ...
May 7, 2024 Three ingots from the site of Los Escoriales de Do a Rama (Belmez) and dating from the Roman era demonstrate the importance of lead production and exportation in northern ...
May 6, 2024 Earth scientists have long turned to minute differences in hydrogen atoms to explore the ancient history of our planet. A new study suggests that these same tiny atoms might also lead to new ways to ...
May 1, 2024 A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the ...
May 1, 2024 A study describes a new computer algorithm which can be applied to Earth System Models to drastically reduce the time needed to prepare these in ...
May 1, 2024 A research team has found that ancient rocks and fossils from long-extinct marine reptiles in Angola clearly show a key part of Earth's past -- the ...
May 3, 2024 Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us. They form complex bodies with multiple organs that consist of a broad range of cell types. Developing this morphological ...
May 8, 2024 Despite the high prevalence of substance abuse and its often devastating outcomes, especially among disadvantaged populations, few Americans receive ...
May 8, 2024 An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to a new study. The rate of children ...
May 7, 2024 A sharp rise in exposures to synthetic cannabis products among youth -- some leading to hospitalization -- highlights the need for increased ...
May 6, 2024 Cybersecurity programs vary dramatically across the country, a review has found. The authors argue that program leaders should work with professional societies to make sure graduates are well trained ...
May 6, 2024 As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping off the California coast, new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and ...
May 6, 2024 Substance use disorder treatment in the community is a superior alternative to incarceration for offenders with a substance misuse background, ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Lack of data from the chemical industry in the EU often prevents the assessment of whether substances, for example, used in consumer products, are endocrine ...
May 3, 2024 Anthropologists suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural disasters can mitigate the devastation wrought by climate ...
May 3, 2024 New research suggests that countries' current plans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with the 1.5 C warming limit set out under the Paris ...
May 2, 2024 The alarming rates of biodiversity loss worldwide have made clear that the classical way of governing biodiversity recovery based on protected areas ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Countries with limited potential for renewables could save up to 20 percent of costs for green steel and up to 40 percent for green chemicals from ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Sure, ChatGPT can write a poem about your pet in the style of T.S Eliot, but generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have a potentially more ...
Apr. 22, 2024 A sensing technology that can assess the quality of components in fields such as aerospace could transform UK ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The EU wants to ensure greater sustainability in agricultural trade with the Global South -- with the aim of minimizing the environmental and climate-damaging effects of importing crops such as soya, ...
Apr. 4, 2024 A recent study suggests that active workstations incorporating a walking pad, bike, stepper and/or standing desk are successful strategies for reducing sedentary time and improving mental cognition ...
Mar. 28, 2024 New research shows that trying to stifle boredom at work prolongs its effects and that alternating boring and meaningful tasks helps to prevent the effects of one boring task from spilling over to ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Pairing cryptocurrency mining -- notable for its outsize consumption of carbon-based fuel -- with green hydrogen could provide the foundation for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar ...
Mar. 18, 2024 A new method that aims to help people develop grit looks ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Individual wellbeing doesn't always add up to team wellbeing -- but reflection and open communication can ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Researchers got a valuable assist from artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help capture and analyze data from professional hockey games faster and more accurately than ever before, with big ...
May 6, 2024 A new study among ninth-graders attending lower secondary school in Swedish-speaking areas of Finland identified four perfectionistic profiles with ...
May 3, 2024 A new study sheds light on the role that new and traditional media play in promoting and affecting character development, emotions, prosocial ...
May 3, 2024 A new study finds people who have nature-based experiences report better well-being and lower psychological distress than those who do not. Birdwatching in particular yielded promising results, with ...
Apr. 29, 2024 A new study shows that school entry requirements are linked to an increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Normally, a person's pupils naturally widen (or dilate) in low-light environments to allow more light into the eye. However, in a new study, researchers reported that a person's pupils also dilate ...
Apr. 9, 2024 More synchrony between parents and children may not always be better, new research has revealed. For the first time a new study looked at behavioral and brain-to-brain synchrony in 140 families with ...
Apr. 10, 2024 As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Forming a long-term recreational exercise habit as a young person has a beneficial impact on physical and mental health later in life, but some groups, such as females and academic high-achievers, ...