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March 8, 2025
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Mar. 4, 2025 — Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm through a device that relays signals from his brain to a computer. He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by imagining himself performing the ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A sweeping study for the first time tallies butterfly data from more than 76,000 surveys across the continental United States. The results: Butterflies -- all of them -- are ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team found evidence of a major meteorite impact 3.5 billion ...
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Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs. ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — More than 120 million Americans suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and TNBC patients with obesity-driven diabetes ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is transforming children's journeys to school by making streets safer, improving perceptions of air quality and encouraging children to live healthier lives. A ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — The discovery of a novel approach to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation offers new hope for the treatment of ischemic heart ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Researchers investigated data from over 200,000 individuals who were followed for more than 30 years, and found that higher intake of plant-based ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — A researcher succeeded developing highly accurate biometric authentication based on images of the palms of hands taken with a hyperspectral ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Soaking up pollutants like a sponge, porous organic polymers (POPs) may be the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Researchers have developed a drug shown to significantly extend survival time for patients with glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, according to results of a new ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — School readiness not only impacts kids' academic success, but also their long-term economic and health outcomes. Unfortunately, research reveals a concerning gap in school readiness for children with ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts -- whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices -- has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing ...
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Mar. 7, 2025 — When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate high stiffness or natural skin's self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers has developed a hydrogel with a ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — A new study focuses on the powerful role our surroundings play in shaping dementia ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now, researchers have developed a ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — 'Forests are among the most important ecosystems in nature, constantly evolving, yet their monitoring is often delayed,' says an expert. Climate change, pests, and human activity are ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — The discovery of a novel approach to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation offers new hope for the treatment of ischemic heart ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered techniques to bestow superpowers upon sapphire, a material that most of us think of as just a pretty ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have used a new brain-mapping technique to identify memory-related brain cells vulnerable to protein buildup, a key factor in the development of Alzheimer's disease, an incurable, ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A new technique builds inorganic and polymer battery electrolytes at the same time, in the same vessel. This 'one-pot' in-situ method creates a controlled, homogeneous blend, pairing the ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Transposons, or 'jumping genes' -- DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another -- are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a strict diet and exercise ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A collaborative research team has introduced a nitrogen-centric framework that explains the light-absorbing effects of atmospheric organic aerosols. This groundbreaking study reveals that ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — The enormous computing resources needed to train neural networks for artificial intelligence (AI) result in massive power consumption. Researchers have developed a method that is 100 times faster and ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Energy remains a significant factor in industrial production processes. High levels of energy consumption make production more expensive and exacerbate the climate crisis. A new type of robot ...
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Stretching Spider Silk Makes It Stronger
- Researchers Create Gel That Can Self-Heal Like Human Skin
- The Unforseen Effects of Melting Glaciers on Arctic Coastal Ecosystems
- Uncovering Dementia's Environmental Triggers
- An Aerosol Test for Airborne Bird Flu
- Nearly Half of Popular Tropical Plant Group Related to Birds-of-Paradise and Bananas Are Threatened With Extinction
- Scientists Develop Advanced Forest Monitoring Systems: Will Forests Monitor Themselves in the Future?
- Breakthrough Cardiac Regeneration Research Offers Hope for the Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Super Sapphire Resists Scratches, Glare, Fog and Dust
- Memory Is Impaired in Aged Rats After 3 Days of High-Fat Eating
- Brain Mapping Unlocks Key Alzheimer's Insights
- Study Warns of Deadly Future Marine Heat Waves in East Coast Estuaries
- New 'one-Pot' Technique a Breakthrough for Material Synthesis
- Bacterial 'jumping Genes' Can Target and Control Chromosome Ends
- Scientists Identify Genes That Make Humans and Labradors More Likely to Become Obese
- Early-Life Gut Microbes May Protect Against Diabetes, Research in Mice Suggests
- Tropical Forests in the Americas Are Struggling to Keep Pace With Climate Change
- Researchers Reveal Nitrogen's Dominant Role in Global Organic Aerosol Absorption
- New Method Significantly Reduces AI Energy Consumption
- Smart, Energy-Efficient Robot Grippers Cut Production Costs
- AI Has 'great Potential' For Detecting Wildfires, New Study of the Amazon Rainforest Suggests
- Precision Cancer Treatment Using Magnet-Guided, Heat-Activated Nanoparticles
- Possible Foundations of Human Intelligence Observed for the First Time
- Revealing Hidden Atomic Movements Through Machine Learning
- Alzheimer's Treatment May Lie in the Brain's Own Cleanup Crew
- Climate Change Threatens Future of Banana Export Industry
- Urban Highways Cut Opportunities for Social Relationships
- Salts as Building Blocks for Organocatalysis
- Novel Enzyme Found in Gut Bacteria Could Revolutionize Prebiotic Research
- How Footballers' Fingers and Height Can Predict Their Exercise Performance
- New Discovery to Accelerate Strep A Vaccine Efforts
- Scientists Upends Scientific Understanding of How Anticancer Drugs Kill Cancer
- AI May Help Clinicians Personalize Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Yawn! Many People Are Bored by Spiritual Practice
- How's the Weather on Mars?
- Plants Struggled for Millions of Years After the World's Worst Climate Catastrophe
- Touchless Tech: Control Fabrics With a Wave of Your Finger
- Genomics to Revolutionize Treatment of Childhood Rare Diseases
- Tracking Polar Bears During Their Most Secretive Stage of Life
- Artificial Muscles for Tremor Suppression
- Researchers Identify a Gene to Guide Novel Therapeutics of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
- Highly Radioactive Nuclear Waste: How to Keep It from Oblivion
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Repurposed ALS Drug Becomes Imaging Probe to Help Diagnose Neurodegeneration
- Scientists Develop Open-Source Software for Modeling Soft Materials
- Sneaky Clocks: Uncovering Einstein's Relativity in an Interacting Atomic Playground
- The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars
- Scientists Unlock Clues to New Treatments for Muscular Dystrophy
- Throat Microbiome Holds Clues to Older Australians' Health
- Flooding Expected Sooner in Hawai'i's Sinking Coastal Areas
- Future Drugs May Snap Supply Chain Fueling Breast Cancer
- Seismic Study of Singapore Could Guide Urban Construction and Renewable Energy Development
- Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers Linked to Improved Recovery from Concussion
- Insect Populations Are Declining -- And That Is Not a Good Thing
- Packets of Freeze-Dried Bacteria Grow Biocement on Demand
- Small and Large Planets Have Significantly Different Upbringings
- Researchers Use a 'Trojan Horse' Approach to Develop New Antimalarial Drugs
- My Compliments to the Chef: Researcher Studies Robots in the Kitchen
- Astronomer Finds Gas Giant Exoplanets Formed Earlier Than Previously Thought
- Caribou Migration Patterns Are Shrinking
- Findings May Advance Understanding of Infertility in Mothers
- Engineered Cartilage from Nasal Septum Cells Helps Treat Complex Knee Injuries
- Damaged but Not Defeated: Bacteria Use Nano-Spearguns to Retaliate Against Attacks
- New Antibodies Show Potential to Defeat All SARS-CoV-2 Variants
- Research Identifies Key Antibodies for Development of Broadly Protective Norovirus Vaccine
- Nanoscale Tweaks Help Alloy Withstand High-Speed Impacts
- Feeling Is Believing: Bionic Hand 'knows' What It's Touching, Grasps Like a Human
- When You Get Hurt Matters: Circadian Rhythms Affect Muscle Repair
- Researchers Quantify the Way Rivers Bend, Opening Up the Possibility for Identifying Origins of Channels on Other Planets
- Stressed Out? It May Increase the Risk of Stroke
- Iconic Australian Bird Reveals Hidden Farming Talent
- Aluminum: A New Hero of Hydrogen Production
- New Study Examines How Physics Students Perceive Recognition
- For Some, Childhood Adversity Can Promote Resilience to Anxiety Disorders
- A Sustainable Iron Catalyst for Water Oxidation in Renewable Energy
- The Pupil as a Window Into the Sleeping Brain
- The Art of Well-Being: Group Activities Shown to Ease Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults
- Single-Qubit Sensing Puts New Spin on Quantum Materials Discovery
- The Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductors
- Scientists Discover How Aspirin Could Prevent Some Cancers from Spreading
- Compound Harnesses Cannabis' Pain-Relieving Properties Without Side Effects
- Neural Network Deciphers Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars in a Second
- Ultra-Hot Nova Observed Erupting: Surprising Chemical Signature
- The Ozone Hole Is Healing, Thanks to Global Reduction of CFCs
- The Pot Is Already Boiling for 2% of the World's Amphibians
- A New Way to Predict Cancer's Spread? Scientists Look at 'stickiness' Of Tumor Cells
- Prehistoric Bone Tool 'factory' Hints at Early Development of Abstract Reasoning in Human Ancestors
- Scientists Discover Genes to Grow Bigger Tomatoes and Eggplants
- How to Clear the Toxic Tau Protein That Can Lead to Alzheimer's and Related Diseases
- For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Creativity Boosts Standardized Literacy and Numeracy Test Scores: Australia
- Beyond Our Solar System: Scientists Identify a New Exoplanet Candidate
- Cold Atoms on a Chip
- Study Reveals How Rising Temperatures Could Lead to Population Crashes
- Genetic Mixing: The Secret to Killer Whale Resilience and Adaptability
- Prenatal Maternal Stressors Linked to Higher Blood Pressure During First Year After Birth, Study Shows
- Iron Oxides Act as Natural Catalysts to Unlock Phosphorus to Fuel Plant Growth
- New Computer Vision System Can Guide Specialty Crops Monitoring
- Bad Bitterness Made Better for Everyone: Global Taste Differences in the Flavor of Medicines
- Study Shines Headlights on Consumer Driverless Vehicle Safety Deficiencies
- NASA's Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio