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April 29, 2024
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Apr. 25, 2024 Mice lacking an olfactory system have had their sense of smell restored with neurons from rats, the first time scientists have successfully integrated the sensory apparatus of one species into ...
Apr. 24, 2024 New research has highlighted the profound link between dietary choices and brain ...
Apr. 25, 2024 How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion? Part of the answer lies in precise, and previously unknown, aerodynamic interactions, reports a team of mathematicians. Its ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that many animals are capable of feats that would be ...
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Apr. 26, 2024 Are mice clever enough to be strategic? A neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed poorly in tests when they ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Scientists have succeeded in simulating the magnetization reversal of Nd-Fe-B magnets using large-scale finite element models constructed based on tomographic data obtained by electron microscopy. ...
Apr. 26, 2024 A technique vastly expands the range of optical sensors used in measuring chemical signatures and ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers outline how they used a chemical probe to light up interlocking peptides. Their technique will help scientists differentiate synthetic peptides from toxic types found in Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 26, 2024 A blood test successfully predicted knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before tell-tale signs of the disease appeared on ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Adding a pre-ketone supplement -- a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Using environmental DNA analysis, an international team of researchers identified a collection of plants used in ceremonial rituals in the ancient Maya city of Yaxnohcah in Mexico. The plants, known ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have discovered in a preclinical model that cytokines, proteins that control immune response, circulating in maternal blood during ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Research study reports intriguing findings made through innovative artificial intelligence analysis about yeasts -- small fungi that are key contributors to biotechnology, food production, and human ...
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Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in Canada according to a study which showed an increase in breast cancer diagnoses among females in their twenties, thirties, and ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers report on the molecular assembly of one of the most common anti-phage systems -- from the family of proteins called Gabija -- that is estimated to be used by at least 8.5%, and up to 18%, ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Landslides are one of the most destructive natural disasters on the planet, causing billions of dollars of damage and devastating loss of life every year. A global team of researchers has provided ...
Apr. 26, 2024 A new algorithm can identify the most predictive data points that a tipping point is ...
Apr. 26, 2024 When did you last go anywhere without your cell phone? From maps and weather apps to social media platforms, we give consent for our phones to trace our footsteps and behavior. These curated mobility ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have demonstrated that ferromagnetism, an ordered state of atoms, can be induced by increasing particle motility and that repulsive forces between atoms are sufficient to maintain it. The ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Report details first-ever finding of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in North American ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of ...
Apr. 26, 2024 In unincorporated communities in the United States-Mexico borderlands, historically and socially marginalized populations become invisible to the healthcare system, showing that geography acts as a ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have created TopicVelo, a powerful new method of using the static snapshots from scRNA-seq to study how cells and genes change over time. This will help researchers better study how ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have for the first time recorded X-rays being produced at the beginning of upward positive lightning flashes; an observation that gives important insight into the origins of this rare -- ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have constructed a robot that uses machine learning to fully automate a complicated microinjection process used in genetic ...
Apr. 26, 2024 A study in more than 3,000 US counties, with 315 million residents, has suggested that air pollution is linked with stress and depression, putting under-65-year-olds at increased risk of dying from ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Climbing stairs is associated with a longer life, according to new ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Research shows that a certain kind of visual illusion, neon color spreading, works on mice. The study is also the first to combine the use of two investigative techniques called electrophysiology and ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibers without damaging them. The researchers combined flexible electronics and soft robotics techniques to ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function. However, the risk of arrhythmias following this procedure is ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers co-led a study that will improve the detection of gravitational waves--ripples in space and ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Chemical and heat treatment of sewage sludge can recover phosphorus in a process that could help address the problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ...
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Computer Scientists Unveil Novel Attacks on Cybersecurity
- Breast Cancer Rates Rising Among Canadian Women in Their 20s, 30s and 40s
- Study Details a Common Bacterial Defense Against Viral Infection
- Researchers Introduce New Way to Study, Help Prevent Landslides
- New Algorithm Cuts Through 'noisy' Data to Better Predict Tipping Points
- Mobile Device Location Data Is Already Used by Private Companies, So Why Not for Studying Human-Wildlife Interactions
- From Disorder to Order: Flocking Birds and 'spinning' Particles
- Florida Dolphin Found With Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu
- New Circuit Boards Can Be Repeatedly Recycled
- How Geography Acts as a Structural Determinant of Health
- Getting Dynamic Information from Static Snapshots
- Scientists Capture X-Rays from Upward Positive Lightning
- Automated Machine Learning Robot Unlocks New Potential for Genetics Research
- Air Pollution and Depression Linked With Heart Disease Deaths in Middle-Aged Adults
- Climb Stairs to Live Longer
- Illusion Helps Demystify the Way Vision Works
- Robotic Nerve 'cuffs' Could Help Treat a Range of Neurological Conditions
- Using Stem Cell-Derived Heart Muscle Cells to Advance Heart Regenerative Therapy
- Researchers Advance Detection of Gravitational Waves to Study Collisions of Neutron Stars and Black Holes
- Recovering Phosphorus from Sewage Sludge Ash
- Scientists Discover a New Signaling Pathway and Design a Novel Drug for Liver Fibrosis
- Anthropologist Documents How Women and Shepherds Historically Reduced Wildfire Risk in Central Italy
- High-Precision Blood Glucose Level Prediction Achieved by Few-Molecule Reservoir Computing
- Could Fishponds Help With Hawaii's Food Sustainability?
- Genetic Hope in Fight Against Devastating Wheat Disease
- Professor Resolves Two Decades of Oxide Semiconductor Challenges
- Built-in Bionic Computing
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified
- RNA Modification Is Responsible for the Disruption of Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis in Alzheimer's Disease
- Shoulder Surgeons Should Rethink a Common Practice, Study Suggests
- Climate Change Could Become the Main Driver of Biodiversity Decline by Mid-Century
- These Jacks-of-All-Trades Are Masters, Too: Yeast Study Helps Answer Age-Old Biology Question
- Vitamin D Alters Mouse Gut Bacteria to Give Better Cancer Immunity
- Food in Sight? The Liver Is Ready!
- Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
- Curiosity Promotes Biodiversity
- Airborne Single-Photon Lidar System Achieves High-Resolution 3D Imaging
- Computer Vision Researcher Develops Privacy Software for Surveillance Videos
- Treatment for Deadly Superbug C. Diff May Be Weakening
- Herring Arrives Earlier in the Wadden Sea Due to Climate Change
- Estimating Emissions Potential of Decommissioned Gas Wells from Shale Samples
- Nanomaterial That Mimics Proteins Could Be Basis for New Neurodegenerative Disease Treatments
- Scientists Released Long-Term Data of Ground Solar-Induced Fluorescence to Improve Understanding of Canopy-Level Photosynthesis
- The Longer Spilled Oil Lingers in Freshwater, the More Persistent Compounds It Produces
- Warming Arctic Reduces Dust Levels in Parts of the Planet
- Identifying a New Liver Defender: The Role of Resident Macrophages
- Synthetic Droplets Cause a Stir in the Primordial Soup
- Scientists Replace Fishmeal in Aquaculture With Microbial Protein Derived from Soybean Processing Wastewater
- Key to Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
- Diamond Dust Shines Bright in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Physical Activity in Nature Helps Prevent Several Diseases, Including Depression and Type 2 Diabetes
- Genetic Variations May Predispose People to Parkinson's Disease Following Long-Term Pesticide Exposure, Study Finds
- Deer Are Expanding North, and That's Not Good for Caribou
- Simplified Diagnosis of Rare Eye Diseases
- 'Like a Nanoscopic Moon Lander': Scientists Unlock Secret of How Pyramidal Molecules Move Across Surfaces
- Freeze Casting: A Guide to Creating Hierarchically Structured Materials
- IRIS Beamline at BESSY II Extended With Nanomicroscopy
- Towards Novel Promising Perovskite-Type Ferroelectric Materials: High-Pressure Synthesis of Rubidium Niobate
- AI in Medicine: The Causality Frontier
- How Electric Vehicle Drivers Can Escape Range Anxiety
- Advanced Cell Atlas Opens New Doors in Biomedical Research
- Using AI to Improve Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders
- The Secret to Saving Old Books Could Be Gluten-Free Glues
- Maternal Grandmothers' Support Buffers Children Against the Impacts of Adversity
- Circadian Rhythms Can Influence Drugs' Effectiveness
- How Immune Cells Communicate to Fight Viruses
- National Trial Safely Scaled Back Prescribing of a Powerful Antipsychotic for the Elderly
- Early Trauma Cuts Life Short for Squirrels, and Climate Change Could Make Matters Worse
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Solving the Riddle of the Sphingolipids in Coronary Artery Disease
- Human Activities Have an Intense Impact on Earth's Deep Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Engineer Plants to Fight Climate Change
- Use of Acid Reflux Drugs Linked to Higher Risk of Migraine
- A Closed-Loop Drug-Delivery System Could Improve Chemotherapy
- Managing Meandering Waterways in a Changing World
- Scientists Tune the Entanglement Structure in an Array of Qubits
- How Light Can Vaporize Water Without the Need for Heat
- Positive Perceptions of Solar Projects
- Tumor Cells Evade the Immune System Early On: Newly Discovered Mechanism Could Significantly Improve Cancer Immunotherapies
- Mini-Colons Revolutionize Colorectal Cancer Research
- Artificial Intelligence Can Develop Treatments to Prevent 'superbugs'
- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- After Spinal Cord Injury, Neurons Wreak Havoc on Metabolism
- Network Model Unifies Recency and Central Tendency Biases
- Scientists Identify and Show How to Target a Key Tumor Defense Against Immune Attack
- Can Climate Change Accelerate Transmission of Malaria? Pioneering Research Sheds Light on Impacts of Temperature
- Cells May Possess Hidden Communication System
- New Study Reveals How AI Can Enhance Flexibility, Efficiency for Customer Service Centers
- Researchers Uncover 'parallel Universe' In Tomato Genetics
- A Flexible Microdisplay Can Monitor Brain Activity in Real-Time During Brain Surgery
- Diversity and Productivity Go Branch-in-Branch
- Color Variants in Cuckoos: The Advantages of Rareness
- Laser Technology Offers Breakthrough in Detecting Illegal Ivory
- A University Lecture, With a Dash of Jumping Jacks
- Survey Finds Loneliness Epidemic Runs Deep Among Parents
- On the Trail of Deepfakes, Researchers Identify 'fingerprints' Of AI-Generated Video
- Unveiling the Mysteries of Cell Division in Embryos With Timelapse Photography
- Rubber-Like Stretchable Energy Storage Device Fabricated With Laser Precision
- Good Heart Health in Middle Age May Preserve Brain Function Among Black Women as They Age
- AI Designs New Drugs Based on Protein Structures
- Advancing the Safety of AI-Driven Machinery Requires Closer Collaboration With Humans