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New portable tool analyzes microbes in the environment

Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in oceans and other aquatic environments, revealing the health of these organisms—too tiny to be seen by the naked eye—and their response to threats to their ecosystems.

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Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes

In the aftermath of the devastating Tohoku-Oki earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan in March 2011, seismologists were stunned by the unprecedented 50 meters of shallow displacement along the fault, which ruptured ...

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New research exposes security risk for e-scooters and riders

Micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, zip in and out of traffic. In San Antonio alone, over 12,000 scooters are on the road. For this reason, micromobility is seen as an alleviating trend to help tackle traffic congestion.

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Researchers identify opportunities to advance genomic medicine

Genetic discoveries over the past 25 years have substantially advanced understanding of both rare and common diseases, furthering the development of treatment and prevention for ailments ranging from inflammatory bowel diseases ...

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Medical Xpress

Cardiology
Researchers trace the molecular roots of potentially fatal heart condition
Medical research
New treatment kills off infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
Genetics
Genomics experts dispute nine genes linked to congenital heart condition
Health
Many U.S. adults misinformed about the flu, vaccination
Psychology & Psychiatry
Prescription drug improves symptoms of autism by targeting brain's chemical messengers
Genetics
Researchers identify opportunities to advance genomic medicine
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China virus toll spikes despite massive lockdown
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China death toll spikes to 80, over 2,700 cases confirmed
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mongolia closes China border to cars, shuts schools over virus fears
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO chief heads to China for virus talks
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China extends holiday to buy time as virus keeps spreading
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China virus sends shockwaves through Asia tourist industry
Medications
New drug that could aid MS diagnoses approved for human trials by FDA
Pediatrics
Survival of preterm babies improves by 25% after quality-improvement program
Oncology & Cancer
Similar survival of African-American and white men with prostate cancer in an equal-access health care system
Health
Burden of health care costs greatest among low-income Americans
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China stiffens defences against epidemic as death toll hits 56
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New China virus 'not as powerful as SARS': health official
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lassa fever kills 29 in Nigeria
Medications
Hospital group fights drug shortages by making needed meds
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
California confirms third case of China virus in US
Oncology & Cancer
Patients suffer invasive treatments for harmless cancers
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China temporarily bans wildlife trade in wake of outbreak
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Canadian patient with China virus showed symptoms on plane
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Can lithium halt progression of Alzheimer's disease?
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
French doctor: Virus from China seems less serious than SARS
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China virus outbreak revives calls to stop wildlife trade

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Security
New research exposes security risk for e-scooters and riders
Business
Hundreds of Amazon employees criticize firm's climate stance
Business
New Delhi to sell full stake in debt-ridden Air India
Energy & Green Tech
Rolls-Royce factory plan puts nuclear reactors on mini scale
Business
US feds, states could join forces on Google probes: report
Security
UAE tech ambitions tarnished by internet restrictions
Automotive
Bugatti touts green ambitions while storming full speed ahead
Computer Sciences
Facebook AI gives maps the brushoff in helping robots find the way
Engineering
Boeing's new 777X airliner makes first flight
Business
US could approve Boeing 737 MAX before mid-year: source
Business
Wind forces Boeing to again delay first flight of 777X
Engineering
Nano-thin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper
Robotics
The robot that grips without touching
Consumer & Gadgets
How to prevent car break-ins: Turn off your Bluetooth
Energy & Green Tech
Stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics
Software
Engineer still concerned over Safari tracking prevention
Engineering
Designing a puncture-free tire
Other
Commercial air travel is safer than ever, study finds
Consumer & Gadgets
Apple's new gym partnerships give real perks for working out with Apple Watch
Internet
Nonprofits worry sale of dot-org universe will raise costs
Business
Bosses using tech to spy on staff is becoming the norm, so here's a realistic way of handling it
Security
London police to use face scan tech, stoking privacy fears
Consumer & Gadgets
The future of innovation in consumer technology
Business
UK 'to decide on Huawei 5G next week'
Internet
Italy threatens Facebook with new fine for selling users' data
Robotics
Researchers to teach robots how to differentiate between sandwich ingredients
Consumer & Gadgets
Using a menstrual tracker app? This is what happens to your health data
Internet
Capitalism and the internet: It's time we understood the digital economy
Engineering
Forget flying taxis: How to win public support and make drones benefit cities
Robotics
Plastic mini-robot 'walks' under the influence of light

Can lithium halt progression of Alzheimer's disease?

There remains a controversy in scientific circles today regarding the value of lithium therapy in treating Alzheimer's disease. Much of this stems from the fact that because the information gathered to date has been obtained ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

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French doctor: Virus from China seems less serious than SARS

The lead doctor treating two Paris hospital patients for the new virus in China said Saturday that the illness appears less serious than comparable outbreaks of the past and that the chance of a European epidemic appears ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jan 25, 2020

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Boeing's new 777X airliner makes first flight

Boeing's new long-haul 777X airliner made its first flight on Saturday, a step forward for the company whose broader prospects remain clouded by the 737 MAX crisis.

Engineering

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The skin of the earth is home to pac-man-like protists

Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study to characterize protists ...

Plants & Animals

Jan 25, 2020

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Opioid dependence found to permanently change brains of rats

Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, with five to 10 percent developing an opioid use disorder or addiction. In a new study, published Jan. 14, 2020 in PNAS, researchers ...

Addiction

Jan 24, 2020

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Simulations reveal galaxy clusters details

Inspired by the science fiction of the spacefaring Romulans of Star Trek, astrophysicists have used XSEDE-allocated supercomputers to develop cosmological computer simulations called RomulusC, where the 'C' stands for galaxy ...

Astronomy

Jan 24, 2020

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Keto diet works best in small doses, researchers find

A ketogenic diet—which provides 99 percent of calories from fat and protein and only 1 percent from carbohydrates—produces health benefits in the short term, but negative effects after about a week, Yale researchers found ...

Diabetes

Jan 24, 2020

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Philippine volcano alert lowered, thousands return home

Philippine authorities on Sunday lowered the alert level at Taal Volcano, two weeks after it began spewing ash, steam and rocks, a move that will allow many of the more than 376,000 displaced villagers to return home.

Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries

Bees are pollinators of many wild and crop plants, but in many places their diversity and density is declining. A research team from the Universities of Göttingen, Sussex and Würzburg has now investigated the foraging behaviour ...

Increasing opportunities for sustainable behavior

To mitigate climate change and safeguard ecosystems, we need to make drastic changes in our consumption and transport behaviors. A new IIASA study shows how even minor changes to available infrastructure can trigger tipping ...

Storm Gloria claims 12 lives in Spain, four missing

A violent storm which wrought havoc across huge swathes of Spain's eastern and southern coastline this week claimed 12 lives and left four others missing, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Friday, blaming climate change for ...

Deciphering the sugar code

Like animals and humans, plants possess a kind of immune system. It can e.g. recognize pathogenic fungi by the chitin in their cell walls, triggering disease resistance. Some fungi hide from the immune system by modifying ...

The regulators active during iron deficiency

Iron deficiency is a critical situation for plants, which respond using specific genetic programmes. Biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Michigan State University (MSU) used artificial intelligence ...

Inequality is bad for society, economic prosperity good

Rich countries vary a lot when it comes to health and social problems. A comparison of social ills ranging from intentional homicides to obesity rates in 40 rich societies shows that Asian and European countries fare much ...

Schools and media key to cutting financial illiteracy

Japan's government should set up special programs to teach financial literacy in schools and through the media, according to researchers who carried out a detailed study of the causes of low levels of ability in handling ...

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