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September 5, 2024
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Sep. 5, 2024 — In a pioneering new study, researchers made the skin on the skulls and abdomens of live mice transparent by applying to the areas a mixture of water and a common yellow food coloring called ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — In creating a pair of new robots, researchers cultivated an unlikely component, one found on the forest floor: fungal mycelia. By harnessing mycelia's innate electrical signals, the researchers discovered a new way of controlling 'biohybrid' robots ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — It turns out that a particular gene has a great influence on longevity, a new study concludes. This may pave the way for new ...
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Sep. 5, 2024 — Women with higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during pregnancy may experience long-term weight gain and heart problems later ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Sports-related concussions (SRC) may not be associated with long-term cognitive risks for non-professional athletes, a new study suggests. In fact, ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Using high-precision X-ray imaging to track spine movements during neck exertion tasks, researchers discovered that sustained neck exertions cause ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — A treatment paradox has recently come to light in prostate cancer: blocking testosterone production halts tumor growth in early disease, while elevating the hormone can delay disease progression in ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Research shows that super spikes, scientifically described as advanced footwear technology (AFT) spikes, can give runners about a 2% edge in middle-distance track races, like the 800- and ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Research shows how oceans can be used to help address major challenges such as the shortage of antimicrobial medicines, solutions for plastic pollution and novel enzymes for genome ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Much of the nation's stormwater infrastructure, designed decades to a century ago to prevent floods, can exacerbate flooding during the severe weather events that are increasing around the ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — A study has found that improved artificial intelligence (AI) training is required when developing nutrition apps that are used to track food intake ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — A study mapped genes linked to schizophrenia and uncovered a mechanism that disrupts synaptic plasticity in affected individuals. The researchers ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Photosynthesis can take place in nature even at extremely low light levels. This is the result of a study that investigated the development of Arctic microalgae at the end of the polar night. The ...
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Sep. 5, 2024 — A better understanding of the inner workings of neutron stars will lead to a greater knowledge of the dynamics that underpin the workings of the universe and also could help drive future technology. ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — A research team has discovered a small planet that displays peculiar orbital motion. The shimmying planet, located 455 light-years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be considerably more ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — New research on anesthesia has yielded important results about the physical basis of consciousness in the ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — A new study shows that skin fungus colonization of Malassezia globosa speeds up breast cancer tumor ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — There are some pretty strange ingredients in cosmetics and skin care products. One example is snail mucin -- also known as snail slime -- which is used for its moisturizing and antioxidant ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — A major step forward toward biosensor devices that can provide fast, high-contrast detection of biomarkers in almost any environment are 'binding-activated fluorescent biosensors.' Now, a ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of meerkats time their sleep according to 'sleep traditions'; olive ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — Researcher have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain that fires electrical impulses. The cells are hybrids, part neuron and part glia, and are present in both glioma, a type of brain tumor, ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — Staging of patients with early pancreatic cancer is inaccurate as much as 80% of the time, according to a new study. The finding underscores the urgent need for advancements in diagnostic technology ...
Sep. 5, 2024 — Forget about retinol night creams, researchers believe travel could be the best way to defy premature aging. An interdisciplinary study has applied the theory of entropy to tourism, finding that ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — The impact of embodied carbon in the built environment has been difficult to assess, due to a lack of data. To address that knowledge gap civil and environmental engineers have created a new tool to ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Biologists are collecting samples from Earth's oceans using SMIRC, which could be the first step in uncovering compounds that lead to next-generation ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — The American Journal of Gastroenterology has published a new guideline on the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The number one recommendation for treatment-na ve patients is ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — New research proposes a way to predict and prevent temperature spikes and fires in the lithium-ion batteries commonly used to power electric ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — The heavy metal cadmium, which is found in the air, water, food and soil, is known to cause health problems. A new study has examined if thinking and memory skills were associated with cadmium ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Butterflies can see more of the world than humans, including more colors and the field oscillation direction, or polarization, of light. This special ability enables them to navigate with precision, ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Fruit flies walking on minature treadmills are helping scientists learn how the nervous system enables animals to move in an unpredictable and complex world. The researchers engineered these ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — Electric vehicle charging stations bring spending increases for nearby businesses, according to a new ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — An atmospheric river brought warm, moist air to the coldest and driest corner of the planet in 2022, pushing temperatures 70 degrees above average. A new study reveals what happened to ...
Sep. 4, 2024 — It's 7 billion years ago, and the universe's heyday of star formation is beginning to slow. What might our Milky Way galaxy have looked like at that time? Astronomers have found clues in ...
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Gravitational Waves Unveil Previously Unseen Properties of Neutron Stars
- Researchers Discover a Space Oddity -- An Exoplanet Moving in Mysterious Ways
- New Research on Anesthesia Unlocks Important Clues About the Nature of Consciousness
- Skin Fungus Colonization Accelerates Breast Cancer Tumor Growth
- How Fish Guts Might Play a Role in Future Skin Care Products
- Starting a Fluorescent Biosensor Revolution
- For Many Animals Sleep Is a Social Activity, but It's Usually Studied as an Individual Process
- Human Brain Cancers Fire Electrical Impulses -- Researchers Reveal Unexpected Hybrid Cell Spiking the Signals
- Pancreatic Cancer: Study Finds Most Early Staging Inaccurate
- Travel Could Be the Best Defense Against Aging
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- New Tool to Analyze Embodied Carbon in More Than 1 Million Buildings in Chicago
- New Technique to Explore Oceanic Microbes
- New Guideline for Helicobacter Pylori Includes Change to Primary Treatment Recommendation
- Preventing Car Battery Fires With Help from Machine Learning
- Heavy Metal Cadmium May Be Tied to Memory Issues for Some
- Seeing Like a Butterfly: Optical Invention Enhances Camera Capabilities
- Miniature Treadmills Accelerate Studies of Insects Walking
- EV Charging Stations Boost Spending at Nearby Businesses
- How Earth's Most Intense Heat Wave Ever Impacted Life in Antarctica
- Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark
- Agriculture Accelerated Human Genome Evolution to Capture Energy from Starchy Foods
- Scientists Uncover Hidden Source of Snow Melt: Dark Brown Carbon
- Brain Scanning Approach Shows Wiring of Depression
- Researchers Identify Mechanism Underlying Allergic Itching, and Show It Can Be Blocked
- A New Role for Intelligent Tutors Powered by AI in Brain Surgery?
- At-Risk Butterflies More Likely to Survive With Human Help
- Prescribing Nature Can Improve Happiness and Reduce Anxiety
- Kidney Disease in Cats: High-Quality Feline iPSCs Generated Without Genetic Footprint
- Regular Mobile Phone Use May Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases, Study Suggests
- Flexible Tentacle Electrodes Precisely Record Brain Activity
- Spurring More Biofilm Growth for Efficient Wastewater Treatment
- New Population Model Identifies Phases of Human Dispersal Across Europe
- Newly Discovered Viruses in Parasitic Nematodes Could Change Our Understanding of How They Cause Disease
- A New Drug Target for Psychiatric Disorders
- A Better Understanding of Climate Change: Researchers Study Cloud Movement in the Arctic
- 'Forever Chemicals' Influence the Development and Function of the Brain
- Scientists Use Magnetic Nanotech to Safely Rewarm Frozen Tissues for Transplant
- Levels of One 'forever Chemical' Are Increasing in Groundwater
- New Gene for 'spindle Hair' Decoded
- Banning Friendships Can Backfire: Moms Who 'meddle' Make Bad Behavior Worse
- Older Women More Vulnerable to Heat Than Their Male Peers, Researchers Find
- Anesthesia Overrides Carbon Dioxide in Regulating Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow
- Researchers Reveal Key LAG3 Mechanisms That Could Transform Cancer Immunotherapy
- Study Finds When Self-Determination Model Provided to Schools With Support, Teachers and All Students Benefit
- Investigational Mpox mRNA Vaccine Reduces Disease Severity in Primates Compared to Available Vaccines
- A New Artificial Intelligence Tool for Cancer
- Uncollected Waste and Open Burning Leading Causes of the Plastic Pollution Crisis
- Major Leap for Nuclear Clock Paves Way for Ultraprecise Timekeeping
- High Cholesterol Levels at a Young Age Significant Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis
- Novel Immunotherapy Improves Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury
- Chemists Explain Why Dinosaur Collagen May Have Survived for Millions of Years
- Epigenetic Changes Reprogram Astrocytes Into Brain Stem Cells
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- A Sensory Pen Which Can Read Braille Could Improve Literacy Amongst the Visually Impaired
- Adolescent Glioma Subtype Responds to CDK4/6 Inhibitor
- New Study Uncovers Key Mechanisms Responsible for the Transformation of Adult Progenitors Into Brain Tumors
- New Species of Paua (Abalone) Found
- New Tool Detects Fake, AI-Produced Scientific Articles
- Assorted, Distinctive Behavior of Molten Uranium Salt Revealed by Neutrons
- Lab Develops Protein Assembly Road Map for Gas Vesicles
- Can Technology Turn Exercise Pain Into Pleasure?
- Novel Green Chemistry: A Safe, Low-Cost, and Eco-Friendly Conversion Process for the Synthesis of Sulfonyl Fluorides
- Can't Stop Belching? Dietary Habits or Disease Could Be the Reason
- Hundreds of New Cancer Driver Genes Predicted by Algorithm
- Turning Glycerol Into Gold: A New Process Makes Biodiesel More Profitable
- Insulin Cells Don't Need to Team Up
- Gigantic Asteroid Impact Shifted the Axis of Solar System's Biggest Moon
- Finger Wrap Uses Sweat to Provide Health Monitoring at Your Fingertips--Literally
- Children's Behavioral Problems Are Linked to Higher Hair Cortisol Levels
- Targeted Cancer Therapies: Getting Radioactive Atoms to Accumulate in Tumors
- Communication Helps Parent Relationships With New College Students but Has Limits
- Mathematicians Model a Puzzling Breakdown in Cooperative Behavior
- How Zebrafish Map Their Environment
- How Gene Regulation Changes Over a Lifetime
- How Bright Is the Universe's Glow? Study Offers Best Measurement Yet
- Dangerous Airborne Fungus Boosted by California Droughts
- Rising Temperatures in Africa May Increase Perinatal Deaths
- How Cheerful Is That Water Bottle?
- Infertility Challenges Amongst Endangered Wild Songbird Population Revealed in New Study
- Ketamine Clinics Vary Widely in Pregnancy-Related Safeguards
- Pregnancy-Related Heart Failure Is Under-Detected; AI-Enabled Stethoscope Helped Doctors Diagnose Twice as Many Cases
- A Double Twist Makes Cracking Easier to Resist
- 50-Year Generation Gap in Minnesota's Longest-Lived Fish
- New Approach Can Help Detect and Predict Mental Health Symptoms in Teens
- Inflammation Leaves a Long-Lasting Impression on Intestinal Stem Cells That Reduces Their Ability to Heal
- Scientists Identify Potential New Immune System Target to Head Off the Spread of Breast Cancer Cells
- Unveiling the Molecular Mechanisms Linking Aging With Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Keep Devices out of Bed for Better Sleep
- From Cavities to Sleep Apnea: Dentists Can Assume New Role in Saving Lives
- Researchers Develop Tool That Measures Health of a Person's Gut Microbiome
- Artificial Intelligence Likely to Play an Increasing Role in Scientific Publications
- Researchers Give Adult Zebra Finches Back Their Ability to Learn New Songs
- Rein Tension May Affect Horse Behavior
- Blood Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Transform Bone Marrow Transplants
- COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Boosted Uptake Among Health Care Workers, Study Finds
- Reef Tourism Encourages Climate Action
- Discovery of Glass-Forming Liquid Electrolytes as a New Liquid Category