Archaeology
Ancient stone tools from China provide earliest evidence of rice harvesting
A new Dartmouth College-led study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvesting, dating to as early as 10,000 years ago. The researchers identified two methods of harvesting rice, ...
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Plants & Animals
Sharing is caring with fire ant venom
Venom is associated with being harmful, but red imported fire ants are using their venom for its medicinal benefits by sharing the toxic substance with their nestmates, according to a study published in the Journal of Insect ...
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Astronomers observe outburst of the young magnetar Swift J1818.0–1607
Using various space telescopes, European astronomers have performed deep X-ray and radio observations of a young magnetar known as Swift J1818.0–1607 during its outburst. Results of the observational campaign, published ...
Soil in midwestern US is eroding 10 to 1,000 times faster than it forms, study finds
In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and the plans to mitigate climate change, researchers at the University of Massachusetts recently announced that ...
Ecology
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Hearing is believing: Sounds can alter our visual perception
Perception generally feels effortless. If you hear a bird chirping and look out the window, it hardly feels like your brain has done anything at all when you recognize that chirping critter on your windowsill as a bird.
Neuroscience
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Many genes linked to alcohol and tobacco use are shared among diverse ancestries
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have co-led a large genetic study that identified more than 2,300 genes predicting alcohol and tobacco use after analyzing data from more than 3.4 million people. They found that ...
Genetics
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Using light to manipulate neuron excitability
Nearly 20 years ago, scientists developed ways to stimulate or silence neurons by shining light on them. This technique, known as optogenetics, allows researchers to discover the functions of specific neurons and how they ...
Neuroscience
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Soft robot detects damage, heals itself
Cornell University engineers have created a soft robot capable of detecting when and where it was damaged—and then healing itself on the spot.
Robotics
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Researchers reveal how trauma changes the brain
Exposure to trauma can be life-changing—and researchers are learning more about how traumatic events may physically change our brains. But these changes are not happening because of physical injury; rather, the brain appears ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Some forms of childhood malnutrition and growth stunting may be preventable with vaccines
Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age 5 died of it every year. While lifesaving oral rehydration therapy has turned the tide, it doesn't prevent ...
Pediatrics
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Medical Xpress
Using light to manipulate neuron excitability
Preventive therapeutic for diabetes shows promise in mouse study
'Sandwich generation' study shows challenges of caring for both kids and aging parents
Improved hospital 'handoffs' cut adverse events by almost half
Researchers reveal how trauma changes the brain
New receptor 'decoy' drug neutralizes COVID-19 virus and its variants
New oral compound may help prevent and treat osteoporosis
Study suggests the youngest children in class are being overmedicated for ADHD
Runners gain no advantage from compression stockings: Study
Liver cancer study encourages caution with certain gene therapies
Evidence of autoimmunity's origins uncovered via new approach
Engineers' new capsule aims to deliver drugs—and hope—to GI patients
Fighting cancer is more efficient at dawn, study finds
National study confirms breakthrough COVID cases are less severe than COVID in unvaccinated adults
1 in 10 teens have sexted, many see porn by 6th grade: Study
Tech Xplore
Researchers develop a scaled-up spintronic probabilistic computer
Built to last: Perovskite solar cells tough enough to match mighty silicon
Inspecting silicon wafers with terahertz emission spectroscopy could provide new semiconductor options
As AI rises, lawmakers try to catch up
Heat will stay on in Europe this winter, but after?
'Call of Duty' to be released on Nintendo Switch, Microsoft says
Exposure to white supremacist ideologies in online games surged in 2022
Barcelona-Marseille pipeline: an ambitious but risky project
Researchers develop new 'raspberry-shaped' nanoparticle for precision drug delivery
A newly discovered technique, reported in the journal Nanoscale, offers a low-cost way to enhance the effectiveness of existing drugs.
Bio & Medicine
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Rust-coated irrigation pipes hint at lack of nitrate in groundwater
"Oh, we don't have to worry about that area. They have red pivots."
Earth Sciences
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A husband-and-wife team solve the mystery of how worms develop their gut
Were it not for the COVID-19 pandemic, an important discovery about the development of nematodes—elongated cylindrical worms—might not have been made.
Evolution
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For 400 years, Indigenous tribes buffered climate's impact on wildfires in the American Southwest
Devastating megafires are becoming more common, in part, because the planet is warming. But a new study led by SMU suggests bringing "good fire" back to the U.S. and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once ...
Environment
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Scientists discover mechanism plants use to control 'mouths'
Because breathing is generally involuntary, we sometimes forget how complicated it is. But biologists are gaining new insight into the intricate process in plants, with big implications for how to feed the world in the future.
Plants & Animals
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Reading the room: Humans struggle to identify aggression in dogs, other humans
As a species, humans are constantly interpreting signals to assess social situations and make predictions about what could happen next. Being able to tell if someone else, whether human or animal, is happy with us, about ...
Plants & Animals
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Heart attack on a chip shows how heart changes after the event
Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a "heart attack on a chip," a device that could one day serve as a testbed to develop new heart drugs ...
Cardiology
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Dinosaurs were on the up before asteroid downfall, study finds
Scientists have long debated why non-bird dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, became extinct—whereas mammals and other species such as turtles and crocodiles survived.
Ecology
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Researchers identify elusive carbon dioxide sensor in plants that controls water loss
More than 50 years, ago researchers discovered that plants can sense carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. As CO2 levels change, "breathing" pores in leaves called stomata open and close, thus controlling evaporation of water, ...
Plants & Animals
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New receptor 'decoy' drug neutralizes COVID-19 virus and its variants
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a drug that potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 coronavirus, and is equally effective against the Omicron variant and every other tested variant. The drug ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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You're never too busy for self-gifting, study finds
People who are feeling tense due to demands at work or home tend not to reward themselves with gifts, new research finds—even though a new product or visit to the spa might be exactly what they need.
NASA's Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith
NASA's Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, these newest samples came from a pile of wind-blown sand and dust similar to but ...
Research team develops a wearable dataset for predicting in-class exam performance
Stress has a negative impact on physical health, reduces work productivity, and results in significant annual costs for industries and healthcare. While high stress is known to raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and ...
Examining the three dimensions of a flower
To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal, the Montreal Botanical Garden and McGill University have succeeded in using photogrammetry to quickly and precisely ...
A Janus carbon electrocatalyst can balance intrinsic activity and electronic conductivity
Carbon-based electrocatalysts are considered as promising alternatives to the state-of-the-art precious metal catalysts. Heteroatom doping can effectively create highly active catalytic centers, but unfortunately, result ...
Scientists discover shark graveyard at the bottom of the ocean
Scientists on CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator have made some exciting finds during recent voyages, including collecting a specimen of a new species of shark and discovering a shark graveyard in the deep ocean.
Squeezing microwave fields by magnetostrictive interaction
Squeezed states of the electromagnetic field find many important applications in quantum information science and quantum metrology. Dr. Jie Li et al. at Zhejiang University put forward a new mechanism for preparing microwave ...
How karst caves can be used as a terrestrial simulation platform to test and design human bases in lunar lava tubes
If human beings want to survive on the other planets for a long time, they must first find or set up a safe, stable, and long-term shelter. Lunar lava tubes are geological structures on the moon discovered in recent years. ...
Martian dust devil analogues in the Mojave Desert
In the Mojave Desert, the sun beats down on the ground and makes pockets of low pressure. Cool air rushes into these areas, where it warms and rises, creating vortices that pick up dust. These types of dust devils aren't ...
Study unravels the role of DNA methylation in oceanic microbial communities
DNA methylation is a biological process through which methyl groups are added to the DNA (genetic material). It is used as an epigenetic, i.e., a non-genetic strategy by prokaryotes to perform an array of functions such as ...
Significantly elevated particulate air pollution concentrations found in the Copenhagen Metro
A new study have found disturbingly high concentrations of small particles in the air in the Copenhagen Metro.
Linking African winds to Atlantic storms
High above the northern tropical countries of Africa, in warmer months, waves of low pressure can form in the atmosphere and blow westward toward the Atlantic. When these African easterly waves reach the ocean, tropical cyclones—including ...
People continue to matter, as accounting evolves
The role of the auditing profession is crucial for the proper functioning of capital and debt markets: one of the primary duties of auditors is to ensure the compliance of organizations' financial accounts to the law. And ...
Futuristic fields: Europe's farm industry on cusp of robot revolution
From oxen to horses to tractors to robots: the European farm industry is poised to undergo another innovative disruption—this time brought about by artificial intelligence.
Hydrometeorological factors study: Don't forget moisture in climate-carbon cycle responses
The land carbon turnover times shape the response of the land surface to changes in climate. Therefore, understanding and quantifying the carbon turnover's temperature sensitivity is key in the context of climate change.
Rainwash eDNA provides minimally invasive method to assess tree canopy invertebrate diversity
Tree-climbing, cranes, chemical knockdown—collecting samples from the canopies used to be very time-consuming. Scientists from the UDE's working group "Aquatic Ecosystem Research" led by Prof. Dr. Florian Leese now had ...
Circular bioplastics offer solution for climate crisis and growing resource consumption
A circular bioeconomy can dramatically rein in the fast-growing plastic sector's climate, pollution, and resource consumption impacts. Under current policies, global plastic production will likely triple by the year 2100. ...
New 'capsules' aim to deliver more effective targeted cancer drug therapies
Australian and New Zealand researchers have developed tiny metal "containing capsules" for targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs only to cancer cells.
Chinese economic growth may never recover from COVID—here's why
Many countries have had to navigate the balancing act of keeping the economy alive versus protecting citizens from COVID in recent years. In China, patience with its zero-COVID policy—one of the world's toughest strategies ...
Examining the future of Finland's forests and peatlands as a carbon sink
In climate-smart forestry, forests and peatlands should provide livelihoods for their owners, but also sequestrate carbon, safeguard biodiversity, and provide recreation. At the same time, they should adapt to the changing ...
