Molecular & Computational biology
Researchers reveal elusive inner workings of antioxidant enzyme with therapeutic potential
Mitochondria, known as the powerhouses within human cells, generate the energy needed for cell survival. However, as a byproduct of this process, mitochondria also produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). At high enough concentrations, ...
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Condensed Matter
International research makes progress towards improved materials for quantum sensor technology
Boron nitride is a technologically interesting material because it is very compatible with other two-dimensional crystalline structures. It therefore opens up pathways to artificial heterostructures or electronic devices ...
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GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign exploiting its server infrastructure
The Record, the news branch of the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, has reported that GitHub is currently looking into multiple attacks against its cloud infrastructure. These attacks have enabled cybercriminals ...
Researchers demonstrate tissue architecture regulates tumor evolution
Tumors are genetically diverse with different mutations arising at different times throughout growth and development. Many models have tried to explain how genetic heterogeneity arises and what impact these alterations have ...
Medical research
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DIY microfluidic tool climbs to the top of the charts
A student's side project created to optimize his lab work has piqued the interest of the global scientific community, putting it in the top 10 chemistry papers published in Scientific Reports in 2020.
Engineering
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New multiple sclerosis subtypes identified using artificial intelligence
Scientists at UCL have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify three new multiple sclerosis (MS) subtypes. Researchers say the groundbreaking findings will help identify those people more likely to have disease progression ...
Neuroscience
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China's bitcoin mining rush risks derailing climate goals
China's electricity-hungry bitcoin mines that power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies risk undercutting the country's climate goals, a study in the journal Nature Communications said on Tuesday.
Energy & Green Tech
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Deep learning networks prefer the human voice—just like us
The digital revolution is built on a foundation of invisible 1s and 0s called bits. As decades pass, and more and more of the world's information and knowledge morph into streams of 1s and 0s, the notion that computers prefer ...
Computer Sciences
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Understanding fruit fly behavior may be next step toward autonomous vehicles
With over 70% of respondents to a AAA annual survey on autonomous driving reporting they would fear being in a fully self-driving car, makers like Tesla may be back to the drawing board before rolling out fully autonomous ...
Engineering
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Small cell lung cancer: Scientists identify two new approaches for therapy
Using samples of small cell lung tumors, a research team led by biologist Dr. Silvia von Karstedt has discovered two new ways to induce tumor cell death. One of two subsets of tumor cells can be targeted by activating ferroptosis: ...
Medical research
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Medical Xpress
Most kids with serious inflammatory illness had mild COVID
Study discovers source of Zika neurodevelopmental defects
Young people with autism improved their communication with their families during lockdown
Adolescents born preterm have similar self-esteem/wellbeing levels to those born full-term
No increase seen in outpatient VTE for SARS-CoV-2-positive patients
Acupuncture effective for chronic muscular pain in cancer survivors
She's beating leukemia with a healthy change to her diet
With a big if, EU hopes for 'community immunity' by June
Middle-aged Belgians replace elderly in intensive care
Iran notches new daily record of coronavirus cases
Mass COVID-19 vaccinations may help protect unvaccinated people
Cancer discovery could revive failed treatments for solid tumors
EMA has 'not yet reached conclusion' on AstraZeneca
Protein variant may have potential as target for glioblastoma
Tech Xplore
China's bitcoin mining rush risks derailing climate goals
Deep learning networks prefer the human voice—just like us
Electric Chevy pickup to get estimated 400 miles per charge
UAE begins commercial operations of first Arab nuclear plant
New 3D microbatteries stand up to industry standard thin-film counterparts
Topological data analysis can help predict stock-market crashes
Tiny brains grown in 3D-printed bioreactor
New fluorine-free calcium electrolyte for future rechargeable calcium batteries
Amazing integration of technology and art: A 3D LotusMenu in your palm
Aluminum-anode batteries offer sustainable alternative
A new version of Siri could base speech on environment and user input
Ancient atmospheric oxygen sleuthing with ocean chromium
Found in jewelry, car parts, pigments, and industrial chemical reactions, the metal chromium and its compounds are often employed for their color, finish, and anti-corrosive and catalytic properties. Currently, geoscientists ...
Earth Sciences
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Gamma-ray emission detected from the supernova remnant G272.2-3.2
Using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Chinese astronomers have detected significant GeV gamma-ray emission from a supernova remnant (SNR) known as G272.2-3.2. The finding is detailed in a paper published March 29 ...
High-order superlattices by rolling up van der Waals heterostructures
Two-dimensional (2D) materials and van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures are flexible materials with distinct atomic layers beyond traditional units of lattice-matching requirements. Nevertheless, the 2D van der Waals structures ...
A safer way to deploy bacteria as environmental sensors
In recent years, scientists have developed many strains of engineered bacteria that can be used as sensors to detect environmental contaminants such as heavy metals. If deployed in the natural environment, these sensors could ...
Biochemistry
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Exploring comet thermal history: Burnt-out comet covered with talcum powder
The world's first ground-based observations of the bare nucleus of a comet nearing the end of its active life revealed that the nucleus has a diameter of 800 meters and is covered with large grains of phyllosilicate; on Earth ...
Space Exploration
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Toward a better understanding of 'fake news'
Duncan Watts, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and computational social scientist with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication, School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School, has published ...
Social Sciences
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New computing algorithms expand the boundaries of a quantum future
Quantum computing promises to harness the strange properties of quantum mechanics in machines that will outperform even the most powerful supercomputers of today. But the extent of their application, it turns out, isn't entirely ...
Quantum Physics
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Finding gene neighbors leads to new protein functions
Access to sequenced genomes was a watershed moment in life science research. Genome sequences spell out an organism's DNA, the genetic code for how the organism develops, reproduces, and functions. As new technologies have ...
Biotechnology
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Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West
Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50 years, according to a new study published by the U.S. Department of ...
Earth Sciences
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The brain may have evolved to regulate digestion in presence of light rather than food stimuli
Many life forms use light as an important biological signal, including animals with visual and non-visual systems. But now, researchers from Japan have found that neuronal cells may have initially evolved to regulate digestion ...
Evolution
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Nepal hit by worst wildfires in almost a decade
Nepal is experiencing its worst fire season in almost a decade, officials said Tuesday, as huge blazes rage across the country's forests, engulfing the Himalayan nation in a shroud of brownish haze.
Aquatic invasive species cause billions of dollars in damage
The global movement of goods and people, in its modern form, has many unwanted side effects. One of these is that animal and plant species travel around the world with it. Often they fail to establish themselves in the ecosystems ...
Americans are super-spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation: study
Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A study led by McGill University shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume ...
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
Runoff from Houston's 2016 Tax Day flood and 2017's Hurricane Harvey flood carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice University ...
First air quality profile of two sub-Saharan African cities finds troubling news
Ambient air pollution is a global public health crisis, causing more than 4.9 million premature deaths per year around the world. In Africa, it has surpassed AIDS as the leading cause of premature death. According to one ...
Seismic coda used to locate and define damage from explosions
Comparison of coda waves, the scattered waves that arrive after the direct waves of a seismic event, can be used to determine the relative locations of two underground explosions, according to a new study published in the ...
New wasp species discovered in Norway
Cuckoo wasps—also called emerald wasps—are some of the most beautiful insects we have, with colorful exteriors that shine like jewels. However, these beauties have also created a lot of headaches.
Study analyzes the effect of sexual orientation on wages in Spain
Spain is among the five countries in the world with the highest levels of social acceptance of LGBTIQ+ people and rights, and was the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages, in 2005. In 2019, 3.1% of marriages ...
Tibetan Plateau will warm faster than expected
The Tibetan Plateau, known as 'the roof of the world,' has warmed more rapidly than global average in the past decades. The observed warming of the Tibetan Plateau since 1960s can be attributed to human activities, particularly ...
How do lakes affect energy, heat, and carbon exchange processes in mountainous areas?
Lakes act as an important part of the Earth system. They have special functions in regulating regional climate and maintaining regional ecological balance. More than 39.2% of the lakes in China are distributed in the plateau. ...
As lumber prices skyrocket, professor develops method to predict future price changes
At a time when lumber prices are skyrocketing, an Oregon State University researcher has developed a new way to predict the future price of logs that uses readily accessible economic information.
Ammonia decomposition for hydrogen economy, improvement in hydrogen extraction efficiency
For the implementation of an effective hydrogen economy in the forthcoming years, hydrogen produced from sources like coal and petroleum must be transported from its production sites to the end user, often over long distances ...
Japanese consumers more concerned about gene-editing of livestock than of vegetables, survey shows
A statistically rigorous survey of Japanese consumers has found that they have more negative opinions about the use of new gene-editing techniques on livestock than they do about use of the same technologies on vegetables.
Scientists obtain high-entropy carbide in electric arc plasma
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University have synthetized high-entropy carbide consisting of five various metals using a vacuum-free electric arc method. The research findings are published in the Journal of Engineering ...
Microbial production of a natural red colorant carminic acid
A research group at KAIST has engineered a bacterium capable of producing a natural red colorant, carminic acid, which is widely used for food and cosmetics. The research team reported the complete biosynthesis of carminic ...
Distinctive MJO activity during 2015/2016 super El Nino
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most prominent ocean-atmosphere interactions that varies year-to-year. This process exerts significant impacts on global weather and climate. El Niño is the warm phase of ...
Persisting endangered status of Serianthes nelsonii reveals need for adaptive management
A University of Guam review of published research on the critically endangered Serianthes nelsonii tree has revealed a reason why the population of the trees continues to be endangered despite a long history of funded conservation ...
For girls, learning science outside linked to better grades, knowledge
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found that an outdoor science program was linked to higher average science grades and an increase in a measure of science knowledge for a group of fifth grade girls ...
Rising Sika deer populations linked to bovine tuberculosis infections
New research suggests Ireland's increasing populations of Sika deer may be linked to local outbreaks of TB infection in cattle.
New material for catholytes and anolytes in organic redox flow batteries
Researchers from Skoltech and their collaborators have designed, synthesized and evaluated new compounds that can serve as catholytes and anolytes for organic redox flow batteries, bringing this promising technology closer ...
