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January 1, 2025
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Dec. 25, 2024 Scientists have developed an innovative therapeutic platform by mimicking the intricate structures of viruses using artificial intelligence ...
Dec. 18, 2024 While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, ...
Dec. 18, 2024 California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a new study documenting evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior among ...
Dec. 16, 2024 Analysis of the remains of at least 37 individuals from Early Bronze Age England finds they were killed, butchered, and probably consumed before being thrown down a 15m-deep shaft. It is the largest-scale example of interpersonal violence from ...
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Dec. 30, 2024 Researchers have shown that people 60 years or older with weakened immunity do not respond as strongly to vaccines against the respiratory syncytial ...
Dec. 27, 2024 The creation of more fox-free safe havens and greater collaboration between government and landowners is needed to ensure the survival of a species of wallaby, an expert argues. The Parma wallaby, ...
Dec. 19, 2024 New research shows that three sites spread along an approximately 620-mile portion of today's Denali Fault were once a smaller united geologic feature indicative of the final joining of two land ...
Dec. 18, 2024 Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared ...
Dec. 17, 2024 Researchers developed a fully open-source biomolecular structure prediction model that achieves state-of-the-art performance, at the level of ...
Dec. 26, 2024 A researcher has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue. His findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of primates to ...
Scientists Discover a 'Goldilocks' Zone for DNA Organization, Opening New Doors for Drug Development
Dec. 25, 2024 In a discovery that could redefine how we understand cellular resilience and adaptability, scientists have unlocked the secret interactions between a ...
Dec. 25, 2024 Many flies are plagued by parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs in fly larvae, turning them into surrogate wombs for wasp larvae. One common fly has successfully fought off its wasp predator by ...
Dec. 23, 2024 Climate change impacts not only life on land but also the largely unexplored deep-sea ecosystem, home to unique and largely unexplored fauna. ...
Dec. 23, 2024 In the first large-scale paired camera trap and autonomous recording survey for large African carnivores, researchers were able to identify individual leopards by their vocalizations with 93% ...
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Jan. 1, 2025 Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans -- including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and ...
Jan. 1, 2025 Scientists have identified the molecular changes that occur in the brains of aging mice and located a hot spot where much of that damage is centralized. The cells in the area are also connected with ...
Jan. 1, 2025 Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick ...
Dec. 30, 2024 A team has reported a Raman microscopy technique that produced images up to eight times brighter than those achieved with conventional Raman techniques. Imaging of frozen biological samples reduced ...
Dec. 26, 2024 A live-attenuated vaccine under development is safe and 100% effective against Lassa virus in preclinical ...
Dec. 24, 2024 Taking inspiration from how nature --including lightning -- produces ammonia, a team has developed a reactor that produces the chemical commodity from nitrogen in the air and water, without any ...
Dec. 23, 2024 Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life -- it could also put a dent in the U.S. household tendency to throw away edible food, a new study ...
Dec. 23, 2024 A new study finds gases harmful to human health lingered for weeks following the ...
Dec. 23, 2024 Three years after the Dec. 30, 2021, Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County, two new studies offer insight into what happens to air quality and health in the aftermath of ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Researchers have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer -- a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological processes. The study ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Researchers have developed a new material for sodium-ion batteries, sodium vanadium phosphate, that delivers higher voltage and greater energy capacity than previous sodium-based materials. This ...
Dec. 20, 2024 New research reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years -- almost twice as long as previously ...
Dec. 20, 2024 A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that afflicts ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Combining bioinformatics and experimetal approaches, researchers have discovered replication hubs for human norovirus, the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis accounting for an estimated 685 ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Researchers developed a biosensing technique that eliminates the need for wires. Instead, tiny, wireless antennas use light to detect minute electrical signals in the solution around ...
Dec. 20, 2024 A research team has revealed that to use the aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system safely over the long term it is crucial to investigate the groundwater quality before operating the system ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Researchers have developed a new technology that improves the precision and integration density of synthetic genetic ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Researchers conducted a comprehensive review of Chagas disease in Switzerland. Although typically found in Latin America, Chagas disease affects between 2,000 and 4,000 people in Switzerland. The ...
Dec. 20, 2024 At a Neolithic settlement on the Danish island Funen dating back 5,500 years, archaeologists have discovered both grinding stones and grains from early cereals. However, new research reveals that the ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes and tomatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in ...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- System to Auto-Detect New Variants Will Inform Better Response to Future Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Key Players in Brain Aging: New Research Identifies Age-Related Damage on a Cellular Level
- Ancient DNA Unlocks New Understanding of Migrations in the First Millennium AD
Monday, December 30, 2024
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Monday, December 23, 2024
- How the Freezer Factors Into Lowering Food Waste
- Researchers Find Compromised Indoor Air in Homes Following Marshall Fire
- Months After Colorado's Marshall Fire, Residents of Surviving Homes Reported Health Symptoms, Poor Air Quality
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Researchers Take 'significant Leap Forward' With Quantum Simulation of Molecular Electron Transfer
- Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp
- Study Reveals Right Whales Live 130 Years -- Or More
- Research Points the Way to Lifesaving Antiparasitic Drugs While Unlocking a Scientific Mystery
- Researchers Discover Replication Hubs for Human Norovirus
- Tiny, Wireless Antennas Use Light to Monitor Cellular Communication
- Geothermal Aquifers Offer Green Potential but Quality Checks Required
- Programming Cells: Revolutionizing Genetic Circuits With Cutting-Edge RNA Tools
- A Tropical Disease in Switzerland: Call for Coordinated Action on Chagas Disease
- Water and Gruel -- Not Bread: Discovering the Diet of Early Neolithic Farmers in Scandinavia
- Growing Safer Spuds: Removing Toxins from Potatoes
- Dripstones Offer Insights Into Climate Dynamics in Europe
- ESA and NASA Satellites Deliver First Joint Picture of Greenland Ice Sheet Melting
- AI-Driven Approach Reveals Hidden Hazards of Chemical Mixtures in Rivers
- Construction Materials and Household Items Are a Part of a Long-Term Carbon Sink Called the 'technosphere'
- Pollinators Most Vulnerable to Rising Global Temperatures Are Flies, Study Shows
- Hidden Mechanism of Swallowing Revealed by Caenorhabditis Elegans
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Changes in Store for Atmospheric Rivers
- First Results from 2021 Rocket Launch Shed Light on Aurora's Birth
- Brain Inflammation Alters Behavior According to Sex, Mouse Study Finds
- Shiitake-Derived Functional Food Shows Suppression of Liver Fibrosis Progression
- New Software Unlocks Secrets of Cell Signaling
- A User Manual for Yeast's Genetic Switches
- More People Living Without Running Water in U.S. Cities Since the Global Financial Crisis, Study Reveals
- Tinkering With the 'clockwork' Mechanisms of Life
- A Festive Flying Reptile Family Reunion 150 Million Years in the Making
- An Inexpensive Fix for California's Struggling Wildflowers
- Genes Linked to Deadly Parasites' Spread Beyond Africa Identified
- Study Uses Remote Sensing to Monitor Plastic Debris in Rivers and Lakes
- Origins of Lunar Water and Its Connection to Earth's Early History
- Researchers Identify a Mysterious Fossil Seed to Reveal New Chapters in Climate History of Los Angeles
- Study Links Alcohol Consumption to More Severe Nut Allergy Reaction
- Diversity of Novel Hydrothermal Vent Styles on the Arctic Ocean Floor
- New 'molecular Flipbook' Gives Researchers the Best Look Yet at Ribosomal Motion
- Evolutionary Study Reveals the Toxic Reach of Disease-Causing Bacteria Across the Plant Kingdom
- Scientists Solving Meteorological Mysteries on Mars
- New Study Highlights the Correlation Between Live Corals and Fishing Yields
- Are Particle Emissions from Offshore Wind Farms Harmful for Blue Mussels?
- How a New Gut Microbe Drives the Gut-Lung Axis
- Sugar Solution Fights Infection in Dairy Cows Just as Well as Antibiotics
- Drinking Coffee May Help Prevent Mental Decline in People With Atrial Fibrillation
- Scientists Design Workaround That Improves Response to Flu Vaccine
- Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years
- Early Warning Tool Will Help Control Huge Locust Swarms
- Study Shows Role of Cells' Own RNA in Antiviral Defense
- How Tech Used by WWI Flying Aces Inspired New Cellular Behavior Discovery
- Most Women Get Low Grades in Healthy Eating During and After Pregnancy
- Discovery Provides Hope in Fighting Drug-Resistant Malaria
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Conserving High-Elevation Grasslands in Peru Is Key to Protect Andean Bears
- After Lockdown, Immune System Reacts More Strongly to Viruses and Bacteria
- Living in the Deep, Dark, Slow Lane: Insights from the First Global Appraisal of Microbiomes in Earth's Subsurface Environments
- Study Finds Antibiotics Not Linked to Dementia
- For Optimal Marathon Performance, Check Training Plan, Gear, Nutrition, Weather -- And Air Quality?
- Breakthrough in Photochemical Water Oxidation: Paving the Way for Sustainable Energy
- New Evidence on the Relationship Between Moderate Wine Consumption and Cardiovascular Health
- Lost Score Revives Sound of Music and Voices from Centuries Past
- Histone Modification Important for Correct Blood Cell Formation
- Microplastics in the Air May Be Leading to Lung and Colon Cancers
- Potentially Harmful Bacteria Slip Through Antimicrobial Showerheads
- Nature's Instructions: How Fungi Make a Key Medicinal Molecule
- Phytochromes: The 'eyes' That Enable Microalgae to Find Their Way in the Depths
- Building a Backbone: Scientists Recreate the Body's 'GPS System' In the Lab
- Syphilis Had Its Roots in the Americas
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- How Loss of Urban Trees Affects Educational Outcomes
- Using Drones, Researchers Assess the Health of Humpback Whale Mother-Calf Pairs Across the Pacific Ocean
- 'Bad' Bacteria Can Trigger Painful Gut Contractions; New Research Shows How
- Wildfire Surges in East, Southeast US Fueled by New Trees and Shrubs
- Step Forward in Generating Solar-Powered Hydrogen
- The Social Cost of Carbon, a Crucial Tool for Setting Climate Policy, Omits Key Effects
- More Calories -- More Consumption: Individuals With and Without Obesity Both Prefer High-Calories Food, Study Finds
- Prehistoric Rock in Japan Reveals Clues to Major Ocean Anoxic Event
- Images of Crucial Cell Receptors Show Promising New Drug Targets
- Significant Advancement Made in Engineering Biology and Clean Energy
- Is Fake Meat Good to Eat? Processed Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Linked to Depression Risk in Vegetarians
- Researchers Demonstrate High Accuracy of Observation Device That Can Be Dropped Into Typhoon Without Parachute
- The Longevity Factor Foxo3 Mediates 'unfit' Cell Elimination to Ensure Healthy Body Construction
- Salmon Genes Unlock Secrets of Puberty and Evolution
- Travelers Weigh in on Weight-Based Airfares for Eco-Friendly Skies
- Study Shows Drop in Use of Antiviral Medications in Young Children With Influenza
- Study Maps Bed Bugs' Genomes in Unprecedented Detail to Find out Why They Just Won't Die
- Hyperspectral Imaging Lidar System Achieves Remote Plastic Identification
- Researchers Explore Carbon Capture in Fish Farms to Address Climate Change
- Training Solar Panels to Dance With the Wind
- Scientists Find a Vulnerability in Antibiotic Resistance Mechanism
- Discouraged Zebrafish Help Reveal How Ketamine Works in the Brain
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Corals Depend on Near Neighbors to Reproduce
- Shrubs Can Help or Hinder a Forest's Recovery After Wildfire
- Electric Vehicle Transition Could Create Unwanted Air Pollution Hotspots in China and India
- Threat of Abrupt Mortality Events Keeps Endangered Monkey Population at Risk, Despite Decades of Growth
- Detailed Bedbug Genome Analysis May Improve Pesticides