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October 21, 2024
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Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of animal butchery by humans in ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — A new study reveals how the duplication of the salivary amylase gene may not only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have occurred as far back as more than 800,000 years ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal ...
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Oct. 21, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a family of enzymes that work to reduce IgG-mediated pathologies in diseases like MG. The findings, involving mouse models, show that a specific enzyme (an endoglycosidase ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — A team of researchers has created a 3D atlas of developing mice brains, providing a more dynamic understanding of how the mammalian brain develops. This atlas provides a common reference and ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — New research investigated responses to sweetened beverage taxes using the purchasing behavior of approximately 400 households in Seattle, San ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present at least 250 million ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Microorganisms growing in landfills, on agricultural land and in wetlands are contributing to skyrocketing levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, according to new ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night. On average, 85% of the light-polluted ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — When a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck northern New Jersey's Tewksbury township on April 5, it triggered widespread alarm as the biggest event since 1884. Based on existing models, it should have ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — In a massive research project spanning five years and stretching the length of the Northeast seaboard, scientists have created a spatial map of the ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — In a new study, researchers show how a simple system using woodchips and a bit of glorified sawdust --- designer biochar --- can dramatically reduce ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles, unpublished until now. The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic ...
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Oct. 21, 2024 — Docudrama can lead people to be more empathetic toward people who are stigmatized in society, a new study ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment. The research is expected to improve Earth system simulations that scientists ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in understanding how air pollution forms at the molecular level. Their investigation sheds light on the complex chemical processes occurring at the ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Updated clinical recommendations, including lifestyle changes, prevention strategies and treatment options, to reduce the risk of a first stroke have been outlined in a new ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — How can lifeless molecules come together to form a living ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Household food waste is an important contributor to global food loss and waste and greenhouse gas emissions, but not much is known about what types of food are wasted the most and by whom. Now, ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — The drought that lasted through the summer of 2022 was especially intense and caused the soil in many regions of Europe to dry out substantially. Public discussions about the causes repeatedly ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — To understand how these large snakes can regenerate their intestines without intestinal crypts, scientists sequenced the RNA genes of pythons. By learning more about this process in reptiles, ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — An international study has found that genetic variations in human carbohydrate-active enzymes may affect how people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to a carbohydrate-reduced ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists have now shown that cancer cells can use these so-called ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak, ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — U.S. babies died at a higher rate in the months following the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision, and infant mortality was highest among those born with ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Plants adapt their water consumption to environmental conditions by counting and calculating environmental stimuli with their guard ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Researchers find advanced AI could lead to easier, faster and more efficient hospital quality ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — New research quantified the association between loneliness and dementia by analyzing data from more than 600,000 people around the world. The meta-analysis of 21 longitudinal studies showed that ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — A new PET scan reliably detects benign tumors in the pancreas, according to new research. Current scans often fail to detect these insulinomas, even though they cause symptoms due to low blood sugar ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — A professor has helped create a powerful new algorithm that uncovers hidden patterns in complex networks, with potential uses in fraud detection, biology and knowledge ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — New research shows how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which are crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems by adding nitrogen to the ...
Monday, October 21, 2024
- The Transformative Power of Movies
- Plant CO2 Uptake Rises by Nearly One Third in New Global Estimates
- Scientists Unveil New Insights Into Air Pollution Formation
- New Guideline: Preventing a First Stroke May Be Possible With Screening, Lifestyle Changes
- Creating a Simplified Form of Life
- Understanding the Relationship Between Food Waste, Climate Change, and Aging Population
- Study Finds Tuberculosis Changes Liver Metabolism and Could Promote Diabetes
- The 2022 European Drought: What Was the Role of Climate Change?
- Cloud Computing Captures Chemistry Code
- Can Snake Research Help Explain Human Digestion?
- New Research Could Lead to Genetically Tailored Diets to Treat Patients With IBS
- Stalking Ribosomes: How Cancer Cells Pull Poker Faces
- U.S. Infant Mortality Increased 7 Percent in Months Following Dobbs, Researchers Find
- Plant Guard Cells Can Count Environmental Stimuli
- AI Could Transform How Hospitals Produce Quality Reports
- Research Team Connects Loneliness With Heightened Risk of Dementia in Largest Study of Its Kind
- Scan Based on Lizard Saliva Detects Rare Tumor
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals
- Professor Tackles Graph Mining Challenges With New Algorithm
- Loss of 'nitrogen Fixers' Threatens Biodiversity, Ecosystems
- New Strategy Unlocks Magnetic Switching With Hydrogen Bonding at Molecular Level
- Why Breast Cancer Spreads to Bone
- Neutron Stars May Be Shrouded in Axions
- Researchers Identify Key Enzyme in Aging Cells to Promote Healthy Aging
- Butterfly Brains Reveal the Tweaks Required for Cognitive Innovation
- American Lobster Population, Habitat Preferences Shifting, Study Finds
- New Study Urges Enhanced Recruitment Strategies to Help Address US Primary Care Physician Shortages
- Smaller, More Specific Academic Journals Have More Sway Over Policy
- Better Ocean Connectivity Boosts Reef Fish Populations
- Protein Shakeup: Researchers Uncover New Function of a Protein That May Unlock Age-Related Illnesses
- 'Paving the Way' For Improved Treatment of Premature Aging Disease
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Study Shows That Rett Syndrome in Females Is Not Just Less Severe, but Different
- Big Data, Real World, Multi-State Study Finds RSV Vaccine Highly Effective in Protecting Older Adults Against Severe Disease, Hospitalization and Death
- Manliness Concerns Impede Forgiveness of Coworkers
- Healthy Diet May Help Keep Low Grade Prostate Cancer from Progressing to More Dangerous States During Active Surveillance, Study Suggests
- Researchers Unlock the 'silicate Magic' For Safer, Cheaper, and More Efficient Batteries
- Increased Autism Risk Linked to Y Chromosome, Study Finds
- New Benchmark Helps Solve the Hardest Quantum Problems
- Key Protein for the Biosynthesis of Defense Steroids in Solanaceous Plants Discovered
- Gut Instincts: Intestinal Nutrient Sensors
- Marine Bacterium: Catching Prey With Grappling Hooks and Cannons
- Effects of Chemical Mixtures: Neurotoxic Effects Add Up
- Research Improves Hurricane Intensity Forecasting
- Ultra-Processed Foods Pose Unique Dangers for People With Type 2 Diabetes
- When Hurricanes Hit, Online Chatter Drowns out Safety Messaging
- Raising Happy Eaters: Unlocking the Secrets of Childhood Appetite
- Tool Helps Analyze Pilot Performance and Mental Workload in Augmented Reality
- Repurposing Drug Shows Promise in Fighting Aggressive Brain Tumors
- Researchers Use Genetics to Find Psychopathology Risks
- A New Era of Treating Neurological Diseases at the Blood-Brain-Immune Interface
- Astronomers Detect Ancient Lonely Quasars With Murky Origins
- New Study Highlights the Dangers of Handheld Cellphone Use Among Teen Drivers
- Study Highlights Key Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning Autistic Individuals Into Adulthood
- AI Model That Checks for Skin Cancer Shows Promise
- Overcoming Fundamental Limitations of Conventional Infectious Disease Modeling
- Artificial Nests Boost Penguin Breeding Success, but There's No One-Size-Fits-All Design
- Providencia Rustigianii Has Virulence Gene Akin to Salmonella's
- People Sympathize With Bullied AI Bots
- Controlling Prosthetic Hands More Precisely by the Power of Thought
- Initial Prescriptions of Sedatives Among Older Stroke Survivors May Include Too Many Pills
- Scientists Unlock New Insights Into Neural Stem Cell Activation
- New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging
- Environmental DNA and Epidemics in Wood Frogs
- A Mushroom for Colorectal Cancer Therapy
- New mRNA Vaccine Created to Prevent and Treat C. Difficile
- Forever Chemicals Found in Bottled and Tap Water from Around the World
- Microbiome: Drug Discovery Within the Patient
- Scientists Discover Fastest Degrading Bioplastic in Seawater
- AI Helps to Detect Antibiotic Resistance
- Soil's Secret Language: Researchers Decode Plant-to-Fungi Communication
- Quantum Research Breakthrough Uses Synthetic Dimensions to Efficiently Process Quantum Information
- Visible Light Energy Yields Two-for-One Deal When Added to CO2 Recycling Process
- Identifying the Genes That Viruses 'steal' From Ocean Microbes
- The Expansion of Turbid Drops in Water
- Harnessing Vibrations: Engineered Material Generates Electricity from Unexpected Source
- Plankton Balloon to Six Times Their Size in Newly Discovered Mode of Oceanic Travel
- Biomarker May Predict Immunotherapy Response in Liver Cancer
- New Discovery Reveals How Diatoms Capture Carbon Dioxide So Effectively
- Standing More May Not Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Could Increase Circulatory Disease, Research Finds
- Study May Help Boost Performance and Reduce Side Effects of mRNA Vaccines
- Feeling the Heat: New Approach to Controlling Heat Flow in Crystals
- Life-Saving Spongelike 'bandage' Rapidly Stops Hemorrhaging and Mitigates Risk of Infection
- Model Reveals Why Debunking Election Misinformation Often Doesn't Work
- Plastic Pollution Sounds Just Like Food to Deep-Diving Whales
- Concerning Levels of PFAS in Fish Miles Away from Large Contamination Source
- Innovating in the Corners Where Atoms Meet
- For Heavy Drinkers, Chronic Pain Associated With Alcohol Withdrawal Could Be Permanent
- AI Decodes Microbes' Message in Milk Safety Testing Approach
- Microplastics Detected in Dolphin Breath
- E-Flower Records Neuronal Activity With Electronic Petals
- Researchers Pioneer AI-Driven Manufacturing Efficiency Breakthrough
- New Device Could Deliver Bedside Blood Test Results in an Hour
- Specific Type of DNA Could Be a Target of Future Cancer Therapies
- Material Stimulated by Light Pulses Could Be Leap Toward More Energy-Efficient Supercomputing
- Study Finds Widespread Exposure to Hormone-Disrupting Chemical During Pregnancy
- Understanding Landslides: A New Model for Predicting Motion
- Researchers Help Redefine Core Microbiome, Opening New Chapter in Precision Health
- Immune Sensitivity Links Race and Survival After Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
- Researchers Show How Gut Hormones Control Aging in Flies and How It Relates to Human Biology
- Engineers Unveil Breakthrough in Ultra-Clean Biofuel Technology