Current climate model simulations overestimate future sea-level rise
The melting rate of the Antarctic ice sheet is mainly controlled by the increase of ocean temperatures surrounding Antarctica. Using a new, higher-resolution climate model simulation, scientists from Utrecht University found ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2021
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NASA's Mars Helicopter to make first flight attempt Sunday
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. If all proceeds as planned, the 4-pound (1.8-kg) rotorcraft is expected ...
Space Exploration
Apr 09, 2021
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Abrupt ice age climate changes behaved like cascading dominoes
Throughout the last ice age, the climate changed repeatedly and rapidly during so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, where Greenland temperatures rose between 5 and 16 degrees Celsius in decades. When certain parts of the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2021
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Better solutions for making hydrogen may lie just at the surface
A clean energy future propelled by hydrogen fuel depends on figuring out how to reliably and efficiently split water. That's because, even though hydrogen is abundant, it must be derived from another substance that contains ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 09, 2021
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Children learned 'little or nothing' during school closures, despite online learning: study
School closures in the last year have led to serious learning losses, with primary-age school pupils making virtually no progress studying at home, according to a new study by researchers at Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for ...
Education
Apr 09, 2021
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S. African COVID variant better at bypassing Pfizer/BioNTech jab: Israeli study
The South African coronavirus variant is better at "breaking through" the defences of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine than other forms of the virus, Israeli experts said Sunday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Personalized cancer vaccine is safe, shows potential benefit against cancer
A personalized cancer vaccine developed with the help of a Mount Sinai computational platform raised no safety concerns and showed potential benefit in patients with different cancers, including lung and bladder, that have ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Treating sleep apnea may reduce dementia risk
A new study finds older adults who received positive airway pressure therapy prescribed for obstructive sleep apnea may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia.
Sleep apnea
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Medical Xpress
S. African COVID variant better at bypassing Pfizer/BioNTech jab: Israeli study
The impact of chemotherapy on immune cells in the tumor microenvironment
Brazil now has more young than old COVID patients in ICUs
Mutant KRAS and p53 cooperate to drive pancreatic cancer metastasis
Official: Chinese vaccines' effectiveness low
Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown
India bans export of COVID-19 treatment drug remdesivir
Thailand hits new daily record with nearly 1,000 virus cases
EU and COVID-19: When a vaccine only adds to the trouble
Brazil's virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags
Iran enforces 10-day lockdown amid fourth wave of pandemic
Treating sleep apnea may reduce dementia risk
Hands-free: Monkey plays video game - with its brain
Virus lockdowns around the world as vaccine efforts stumble
Trudeau calls for Canada regions to tighten COVID restrictions
Thailand faces growing outbreak ahead of New Year travel
Mumbai in lockdown as Indian vaccines run short
Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable
ADHD and autism associated with in utero heavy metals and essential minerals
Interleukin-33 involved in immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Tech Xplore
Computer model fosters potential improvements to 'bionic eye' technology
New machine learning method accurately predicts battery state of health
X-ray study recasts role of battery material from cathode to catalyst
Researchers investigate a new form of interaction between humans and machines
White House convenes CEO summit on semiconductor shortage
AI-assisted detection of biosignals and human emotions
Call for fire: ONR tests virtual training systems for JTACs, fire support marines
Japan to announce Fukushima water release into sea soon
New research reveals secret to Jupiter's curious aurora activity
Auroral displays continue to intrigue scientists, whether the bright lights shine over Earth or over another planet. The lights hold clues to the makeup of a planet's magnetic field and how that field operates.
Space Exploration
Apr 09, 2021
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Exploration of ocean currents beneath the 'Doomsday Glacier'
For the first time, researchers have been able to obtain data from underneath Thwaites Glacier, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier." They find that the supply of warm water to the glacier is larger than previously thought, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2021
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Australian bush fires warmed the stratosphere for six months
A team of researchers from Jinan University, the University of Colorado, Boulder, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, has found evidence indicating ...
Different neutron energies enhance asteroid deflection
A research collaboration between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) investigates how the neutron energy output from a nuclear device detonation can affect the deflection ...
Astronomy
Apr 09, 2021
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Biodiversity 'hot spots' devastated in warming world
Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate treaty, the planet's richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists ...
Ecology
Apr 09, 2021
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New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged
Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized genetic engineering, allowing scientists to make targeted changes to organisms' DNA. While the system could potentially be useful in treating a ...
Biotechnology
Apr 09, 2021
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Researchers produce cost-effective, environmentally friendly glass material
Glass is ubiquitous in high-tech products in the fields of optics, telecommunications, chemistry and medicine, and in everyday objects such as bottles and windows. However, shaping glass is mainly based on processes such ...
Polymers
Apr 09, 2021
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A single spin-orbit torque device to sense 3D magnetic fields
Sensors that can detect magnetic fields have many potential applications, for instance, in the development of sophisticated medical devices and transportation systems. Most approaches for detecting 3D magnetic fields developed ...
Could Mario Kart teach us how to reduce world poverty and improve sustainability?
Many Mario Kart enthusiasts are familiar with the rush of racing down Rainbow Road, barely squeaking around a corner, and catching a power-up from one of the floating square icons on the screen—or, less ideally, slipping ...
Environment
Apr 09, 2021
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Long-awaited review reveals journey of water from interstellar clouds to habitable worlds
Dutch astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden University, the Netherlands), together with an international team of colleagues, has written an overview of everything we know about water in interstellar clouds thanks to the Herschel ...
Astronomy
Apr 09, 2021
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China's plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India
China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the Three Gorges—the world's largest power station—stoking fears among environmentalists and in neighbouring India.
Rhino population in Nepal grows in conservation boost
Nepal's population of endangered one-horned rhinoceros has grown by more than a hundred over the past six years, officials said, with campaigners hailing the increase as a conservation "milestone".
In Houston, a race to vaccinate its student population
On the campus of Houston University, students meet in small groups, sit alone at computers and attend virtual meetings.
St. Vincent awaits new volcanic explosions as help arrives
Cots, tents, and respirator masks poured into the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as officials expected to start distributing them on Saturday, a day after a powerful explosion at La Soufriere volcano uprooted the ...
Duke University to require COVID vaccinations for fall term
Duke University will require all new and returning students to present proof of vaccination to student health officials before they can enroll for the fall semester, the school's president said Friday.
4 gray whales found dead in San Francisco Bay Area in 9 days
Four dead gray whales have washed ashore San Francisco Bay Area beaches in the last nine days, with experts saying Friday one was struck by a ship. They were trying to determine how the other three died.
Two dead whales wash up on Bangladesh beach
Two dead whales have washed up on the same stretch of Bangladesh coastline in two days, officials said Saturday, raising suggestions that they were killed by sea pollution.
Hubble takes a spiral snapshot
The luminous heart of the galaxy M61 dominates this image, framed by its winding spiral arms threaded with dark tendrils of dust. As well as the usual bright bands of stars, the spiral arms of M61 are studded with ruby-red ...
French winemakers count cost of 'worst frost in decades'
Desperate French farmers counted the cost Friday of several nights of frost this week which threaten to decimate grape harvests in some of the country's best-known and prestigious wine-producing regions.
Carbon dioxide mitigation on Earth and magnesium civilization on Mars
Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere is key to limiting adverse environmental effects. Rather than just capture and store CO2, it would be ...
Baby elephant dies rejected by family at Swedish zoo
A two-week old elephant has died after being rejected by her family following the birth of another elephant calf, Sweden's Boras Zoo announced Friday.
Volcano spewing ash, hot gravel on Caribbean island of St Vincent (Update)
Ash and hot gravel rained down Friday on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, after powerful eruptions from a volcano that had been dormant for decades sent thousands of panicked locals fleeing to safety.
Foliar application boosts the zinc content of wheat grain by up to 50%
A team from the Department of Agronomy at the UCO has demonstrated, through field tests carried out during 8 agricultural seasons, that foliar feeding with fertilizer increases the concentration of zinc in wheat more than ...
High index surfaces-exposed nanodendrites as ORR electrocatalyst
Alloying is a general and efficient strategy to boost the catalytic activity of Pt catalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) through electronic and geometric effects. Besides, high-index surfaces (HISs) of Pt also ...
Satellites monitor Mount Etna's unpredictable behavior
Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has recently been on explosive form, with 17 eruptions in less than three months. Instruments onboard three different satellites orbiting Earth have acquired imagery of the ...
New research shows how courts often resist abuse allegations
A new four-part HBO series, "Allen v. Farrow," documents the accusations of sexual abuse against film director Woody Allen and the aftermath. The documentary calls on the expertise of Joan S. Meier, a professor of law at ...
How we found hints of new particles or forces of nature – and why it could change physics
Seven years ago, a huge magnet was transported over 3,200 miles (5,150km) across land and sea, in the hope of studying a subatomic particle called a muon.
How scientists are restoring boreal peatlands to help keep carbon in the ground
Peatlands are one of the most valuable terrestrial ecosystems in our fight against climate change. These deep layers of partially decayed plants and other organic material are tens of thousands of years old.
American, Russians dock at International Space Station
A trio of Russian and American space travelers launched successfully and reached the International Space Station on Friday.
Biodiversity: We can map the biggest threats to endangered species in your local area
Since 1993, 15 species of bird and mammal are thought to have gone extinct, including China's Yangtze river dolphin and the Pernambuco pygmy owl from Brazil. But these recent examples are a tiny fraction of what scientists ...
