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Social Sciences 22 hours ago

Why being humble can make you a better leader

When we consider how leaders get to the top, we might think of somebody like Jordan Belfort, the millionaire stockbroker portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Wolf of Wall Street. And humility is probably not the word that ...

Biotechnology Apr 18, 2024

Researchers train a bank of AI models to identify memory formation signals in the brain

An international research collaboration between Vanderbilt University and the Madrid-based de la Prida lab in the Cajal Institute led to the development of AI models that detect and analyze hippocampal ripples, which are ...

Social Sciences Apr 17, 2024

Study examines influence of social media on televised debate viewing

Anyone who regularly watches news or sports has likely noticed the steady creep of content competing for screen space, whether it be stock market prices, social media posts, game scores or some other graphic display. Previous ...

Plants & Animals Apr 17, 2024

Global coral bleaching caused by climate change demands a global response

The fourth global coral bleaching event, announced this week, is an urgent wake-up call to the world.

Biotechnology Apr 17, 2024

Neuronal gateway to essential molecules in learning and memory discovered on atomic scale

Learning from an experience, remembering an anecdote or changing an attitude are examples that reveal how all our behavior is the result of the exchange of chemical compounds—neurotransmitters—between neurons. Unraveling ...

Plants & Animals Apr 17, 2024

Birds of a feather flocking together: Research shows storks prefer to fly with conspecifics during migration

With long legs and large wings, the white stork is a prominent star of the pageant that is animal migration. Flying from Europe towards Africa in autumn, and then back again in spring, birds can be seen taking to the sky ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 16, 2024

Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries

Chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields, and used batteries. They demonstrated that ...

Biochemistry Apr 16, 2024

Researchers create new AI pipeline for identifying molecular interactions

Understanding how proteins interact with each other is crucial for developing new treatments and understanding diseases. Thanks to computational advances, a team of researchers led by Assistant Professor of Chemistry Alberto ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 16, 2024

Researchers find cryptic genetic element in the human gut that could serve as a sensitive biomarker

A component of the human intestinal flora that has been little studied to date is the focus of a new study from Germany. Plasmids are small extrachromosomal genetic elements that frequently occur in bacterial cells and can ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 12, 2024

A novel machine learning model for the characterization of material surfaces

Machine learning (ML) enables the accurate and efficient computation of fundamental electronic properties of binary and ternary oxide surfaces, as shown by scientists from Tokyo Tech. Their ML-based model could be extended ...

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