Energy & Green Tech
Using polymer inhibitors to enable larger dynamic windows
Dynamic windows are a valuable technology that can help to decrease the carbon footprint of buildings. Dynamic windows are a class of windows with adjustable tint that allow users greater control over the flow of light and ...
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New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA
Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also build RNA messages, which are like ...
Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also build ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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ALMA discovers earliest gigantic black hole storm
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a titanic galactic wind driven by a supermassive black hole 13.1 billion years ago. This is the earliest example yet observed of such a ...
Astronomy
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International team maps world's giant kelp forests
The world's giant kelp forests—vital marine wildernesses as important to Earth's ecology as rainforests and coral reefs—are being mapped by a team of international scientists.
Plants & Animals
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Big data: IPK researchers double accuracy in predicting wheat yields
The enormous potential of Big Data has already been demonstrated in areas such as financial services and telecommunications. An international team of researchers led by the IPK Leibniz Institute has now tapped the potential ...
Biotechnology
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Researchers build first modular quantum brain sensor, record signal
A team of scientists at the University of Sussex have for the first time built a modular quantum brain scanner, and used it to record a brain signal. This is the first time a brain signal has been detected using a modular ...
Quantum Physics
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Startup Kelekona develops a 40-seat drone bus
Inspired by the packed to the brim trains from New Jersey to New York, Braeden Kelekona came up with the idea for a 40-seat drone bus. This concept would aim to keep passenger numbers reasonable in order to accommodate desired ...
Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk for addiction to opioids and ultraviolet rays
Vitamin D deficiency strongly exaggerates the craving for and effects of opioids, potentially increasing the risk for dependence and addiction, according to a new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital ...
Health
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Research identifies potential antiviral compound for COVID-19, flu, other viral infection
UMass Medical School scientists Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.; Fiachra Humphries, Ph.D.; and Liraz Galia, Ph.D., working with the British-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, have identified a novel molecule capable ...
Medical research
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Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities
The term "doomscrolling" describes the act of endlessly scrolling through bad news on social media and reading every worrisome tidbit that pops up, a habit that unfortunately seems to have become common during the COVID-19 ...
Neuroscience
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Medical Xpress
Teen girls suicide attempts up dramatically in pandemic: study
Pandemic surges in Africa as it slows elsewhere
Start-up launches India's first COVID home test kit
Doctors urge delay in next lockdown easing in England
Uncovering how low-protein diets might reprogram metabolism
Vaccination helps protect the unvaccinated from COVID-19
Two new types of glial cells found in mouse brain
Indonesia dengue fever study offers hope in disease battle
Studies shed light on mechanisms of corneal renewal and morbidity
The use and misuse of race in health care
Promising ovarian cancer treatment proves effective and efficient
New study shows significant inflammatory responses after meals
UK says Delta variant 60 percent more transmissible
Mayo Clinic Q and A: The connection between skin care and transplant
Future falls risk detected by a simple bone density scan
Tech Xplore
Using polymer inhibitors to enable larger dynamic windows
Nitride ferroelectric semiconductors for next-generation electronics
Need a DIY project? How to modify a 3D printer to make food or ceramics
Rapid delivery grocery apps: Will they permanently change how we shop?
Researchers study rooftop solar photovoltaic grid-tied system in Texas
Scrambling against smudge attacks
Energy Secretary says US wants 'responsible' lithium mining
Latest tests on 6G return surprising results
Facebook to launch NetHack Challenge at NeurIPS 2021
Portable technology offers boost for nuclear security, arms control
About five years ago, Areg Danagoulian, associate professor in the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), became intrigued by a technique developed by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory that uses ...
General Physics
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Researchers observe sound-light pulses in 2D materials for the first time
Using an ultrafast transmission electron microscope, researchers from the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have, for the first time, recorded the propagation of combined sound and light waves in atomically thin materials.
Nanophysics
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Bionic reconstruction: New foot for 'Mia' the bearded vulture
With Oskar Aszmann and his team at the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, MedUni Vienna has long been regarded as a world leader in bionic limb reconstruction. It was only last year that the world's ...
Biotechnology
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Citizen scientists discover two gaseous planets around a bright, sun-like star
At night, seven-year-old Miguel likes talking to his father Cesar Rubio about planets and stars. "I try to nurture that," says Rubio, a machinist in Pomona, California, who makes parts for mining and power generation equipment.
Astronomy
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Climate change and melting glaciers have widely varied impacts on Asian water supplies
Climate change is causing mountain snow to melt more rapidly and glaciers to shrink, but this is making a widely varied impact on water supplies in Asia, a new paper by PSI Senior Scientist Jeffrey Kargel says.
Environment
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Particles at the ocean surface and seafloor aren't so different
Although scientists often assume that random variations in scientific data fit symmetrical, bell-shaped normal distributions, nature isn't always so tidy. In some cases, a skewed distribution, like the log-normal probability ...
Earth Sciences
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Uncovering how low-protein diets might reprogram metabolism
In 2014, Dudley Lamming was reading a study out of Australia that looked at how mice responded to dozens of controlled diets when one thing caught his attention: The mice fed the least amount of protein were the healthiest.
Overweight & Obesity
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AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data—which genes are "on" or "off" during infection—to look ...
Medical research
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Variable emission from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
At the center of our Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole (SMBH) called Sagittarius A* (SgrA*). Supermassive black holes reside at the centers of most galaxies, and when they actively accrete gas and dust onto their surrounding ...
Astronomy
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Star's death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets
Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a new study that peers into its future.
Astronomy
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Norway sees oil in its future despite warnings
Norway, Western Europe's biggest oil producer, plans to continue exploration and drilling in coming decades, the government said Friday, despite concerns about its impact on the climate.
Nobel-winning Japanese chemist dies at 85
Japanese chemist Ei-ichi Negishi who won the Nobel prize for developing a method for creating complex chemicals necessary for manufacturing drugs and electronics has died aged 85, his US university said.
For love of birds: Backyard sleuths boost scientists' work
Georgetown University ecologist Emily Williams first became fascinated with birds not because of their beauty, or their sweet songs. She was riveted by their extraordinary travels.
Climate change is a threat to Africa's transport systems: What must be done
Transportation infrastructure, such as roads and railway systems, is one of the sectors most threatened by climate change. Extreme weather events—such as flooding, sea level rises and storm surges—repeatedly wreak havoc ...
Plant functional traits may better explain liana species distributions
Plant functional traits are morphological, physiological or phenological properties that affect plant growth, survival, and reproduction. They hold the promise to explain plant species distribution patterns. However, few ...
Shelter from the storm: The social landscape of pets in disasters
Most researchers can draw a line from their current field of study to something in their past that first lit the spark—an engineer who had a knack for fixing things, an economics professor who was always good with numbers.
Researchers warn that modern slavery has been exacerbated by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has made more people vulnerable to modern slavery and caused an increase in worker exploitation and child labor around the world, Keele researchers have found.
Novel magnet design with mirror-like properties
Researchers at Tohoku University have demonstrated the designability of novel magnets with magic mirror-like characteristics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP)-type compounds.
A quarter of global harvests at risk if agriculture does not adapt to climate change
Shifts in weather patterns induced by climate change will increase extreme heat and reduce rainfall across major crop growing regions, with impacts on agricultural production. Will this trigger a decline in the supply of ...
Voyage 2050 sets sail: ESA chooses future science mission themes
ESA's large-class science missions for the timeframe 2035-2050 will focus on moons of the giant Solar System planets, temperate exoplanets or the galactic ecosystem, and new physical probes of the early universe.
Why do people support fish species conservation in European rivers?
An important element for the protection of biodiversity is the willingness of the public to support restoration efforts. Using a longitudinal survey design with 1,000 respondents each in France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, ...
Albinism in Tanzania: What can be done to break the stigma
The light physical appearance of people with albinism is caused by an inherited condition which results in a lack of melanin. This means people with albinism will have very pale skin, hair, and eyes.
It's a myth that promiscuous women have low self-esteem
The old double standard lives on.
Discovery of shackled skeleton in a ditch: Slavery in Roman Britain
A body found buried in a ditch by construction workers in the village of Great Casterton, in the east Midlands of England, has shed new light on Roman slavery in Britain. A new analysis of the skeleton and the burial has ...
Funding front-line action for the world's forgotten frogs
Frogs have been around for about 140 million years, since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and are found in most moist corners of the world. IUCN has assessed 6,340 species of these tailless and smooth-bodied amphibians, and almost ...
Manage tourism and nature to boost both, report says
Tourism and the natural environment can be managed in ways that benefit both, new research reports suggest.
New material inspired by spider silk could help solve our plastic problem
Plastics are very useful materials. They've contributed significant benefits to modern society. But the unprecedented amount of plastics produced over the past few decades has caused serious environmental pollution.
97% of Indigenous people report seeing negative social media content weekly
Social media offers many benefits to Indigenous peoples, such as ways to establish and navigate identity, build and maintain strong connections to family and community, and seek and offer mutual support. While there are these ...
Robots may eventually help kill weeds that impede strawberry yield
Think of University of Florida scientists Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann a bit like surgeons. Except in this case, their operating room is a strawberry field.
Better understanding air pollution mechanisms
Earth's atmosphere has a budget, and when expenses outpace savings, secondary aerosols form in areas of excessive pollution. Greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere, and free radicals bond to the molecules, rendering them inert. ...
