Astronomy
Brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed reveals new mysteries of cosmic explosions
On October 9, 2022, an intense pulse of gamma-ray radiation swept through our solar system, overwhelming gamma-ray detectors on numerous orbiting satellites, and sending astronomers on a chase to study the event using the ...
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Biochemistry
Researchers develop technology to protect food's bioactive compounds during digestion
Bioactive compounds present mostly in fruit and vegetables perform different bodily functions relating to health and well-being. Their effects are considered antioxidant, antidiabetic, antiaging and anticancer, among others.
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Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A
The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with some 40 research institutions worldwide, has released their latest discoveries on the brightest gamma-ray burst (dubbed as ...
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Sydney astronomers provide rapid radio-wave follow-up observation for gamma ray burst GRB 221009A
Australian astronomers have provided vital information in the global effort to understand the brightest-ever detected gamma ray burst, which swept through our solar system on October 9 last year.
Astronomy
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Study finds fish assess misinformation to avoid overreaction
Fish can adjust their sensitivity to the actions of others—such as fleeing due to a false alarm—to reduce the risk of responding to misinformation, according to a new study. Other animals, including humans, may also have ...
Plants & Animals
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A new integrated solar battery based on carbon nitride photoanodes
In recent years, researchers have been trying to create increasingly efficient solar technologies and more sustainable battery designs. Among emerging sustainable energy solutions are solar batteries, systems that can store ...
Scientists shed new light on two proteins that exacerbate the progression of Parkinson's disease
Two proteins may be intimately linked to the progression of Parkinson's disease, a relentless and disabling neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people around the world.
Bacterial toxin may trigger multiple sclerosis onset and relapse
A specific toxin-producing gut bacteria may be responsible for both triggering the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) and ongoing disease activity, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Strengthening trust in machine-learning models
Probabilistic machine learning methods are becoming increasingly powerful tools in data analysis, informing a range of critical decisions across disciplines and applications, from forecasting election results to predicting ...
Machine learning & AI
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First high-resolution view of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus glycoprotein with a neutralizing antibody
Since the 1930s, scientists have explored a virus called LCMV (short for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus) to reveal the hidden workings of the immune system. The virus is carried by rodents, which makes it a useful tool ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Medical Xpress
Practitioner-supported mindfulness-based cognitive therapy aids depression
Risk for skin cancer higher for adults with atopic dermatitis
Proactive patient education and recruitment can help improve lung cancer screening rates in primary care setting
Bacterial toxin may trigger multiple sclerosis onset and relapse
First high-resolution view of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus glycoprotein with a neutralizing antibody
The drugs don't work: Meditation and training are better at sparking creativity, say researchers
COVID-19 vaccination fatigue on the rise: Researchers analyze measures aimed at increasing booster uptake
New study reveals clinical instability predicts psychiatric hospitalization
Fibromyalgia may worsen opioid addiction, study finds
Tax on sugary drinks helps health during pregnancy
Increase in emotional distress observed worldwide in 2020
Team designs molecule to disrupt SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID is still out there. Here's what to do if you get it now
Using bacteria to target cancer treatment
Tech Xplore
Strengthening trust in machine-learning models
A new integrated solar battery based on carbon nitride photoanodes
Researchers achieve the first silicon integrated ECRAM for a practical AI accelerator
Apple rolls out buy now, pay later service, with guardrails
Using natural catalysts to develop low-cost way of producing green hydrogen
An innovative, efficient hydrogen compressor for FCEV refueling stations
A squid-inspired artificial skin that endures harsh environments
Volcanic spring water helps researchers make plastic electronics
Probing where protons go to develop better fuel cells
Prepare for landing: Making airports more efficient
U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022
EU fossil fuel car ban gets final green light
Report: Renewable energy growth falls short of climate goal
New electrolyte enables high efficiency of safe, sustainable zinc batteries
Eye-tracking during building inspections provides insight on how experts think
After a building failure due to natural disasters or poor structural design, safety inspectors must enter a structure to assess the damage before occupants can return. Researchers in the Penn State Department of Architectural ...
Engineering
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Modeling agriculture matters for carbon cycling
To understand Earth's changing climate, scientists often turn to science-based computer simulations. Researchers strive to make these Earth system models as accurate as possible. Factors such as wind currents, air quality, ...
Earth Sciences
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Extinction of steam locomotives derails assumptions about biological evolution, claims researcher
When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains," the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at the University of Kansas, the replacement ...
Evolution
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Tiny yet hazardous: New study shows aerosols produced by contaminated bubble bursting are far smaller than predicted
A cold sparkling water. Waves crashing on the beach. The crackle of a bonfire. Steam from a kettle.
General Physics
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Time-restricted eating vs. daily calorie restriction in reducing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Adults with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease did not see additional reductions in intrahepatic triglyceride while on a time-restricted eating regimen compared to subjects on a daily calorie-restriction diet. This ...
An archaeological rediscovery offers clues about distant human past
In their recent publication in the Journal of Human Evolution, UConn Department of Anthropology Professor Christian Tryon and Shara Bailey, Director of the Center for the Study of Human Origins at New York University, detail ...
Archaeology
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A plant-based compound that inhibits reactivation of the HIV viral reservoir, giving the immune system a break
As of 2022, approximately 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV. Antiretroviral therapies have enabled many of these individuals to live productive, symptom-free lives, but a cure that permanently eliminates ...
HIV & AIDS
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Researchers achieve the first silicon integrated ECRAM for a practical AI accelerator
The transformative changes brought by deep learning and artificial intelligence are accompanied by immense costs. For example, OpenAI's ChatGPT algorithm costs at least $100,000 every day to operate. This could be reduced ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
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A squid-inspired artificial skin that endures harsh environments
Countless hardware and software solutions created over the past decades draw inspiration from animals and natural phenomena. This includes electronic skins (e-skins), flexible and stretchable electronic circuits designed ...
Temperature-dependent adaptations of whale shark vision
Researchers in Japan led by the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe and Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, have discovered that whale shark vision has uniquely temperature-dependent adaptations unseen in ...
The cure for winter flooding might be in this swamp—if California actually funds it
Matt Kaminski stood on a road scarcely higher than the floodplain, glassy pools on all sides stretched out like something from a dream. In the distance, a storm lumbered over the Coast Ranges.
A wise tool for modifying microbes
A DNA editing tool adapted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists makes engineering microbes for everything from bioenergy production to plastics recycling easier and faster.
An epigenetic fingerprint as proof of origin for chicken, shrimp and salmon
Free-range organic chicken or factory farming? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed a new detection method that can reveal such differences in husbandry. The so-called epigenetic method is ...
Highly charged ions melt nano gold nuggets
Normally, we have to make a choice in physics: Either we deal with big things—such as a metal plate and its material properties, or with tiny things—such as individual atoms. But there is also a world in between: The ...
New method for fast, efficient and scalable cloud tomography
How do clouds shape the planet's future? Clouds are not just fluffy white shapes in the sky. They are vital for regulating the Earth's climate, as they influence the water cycle, atmospheric dynamics and energy balance. However, ...
Preschoolers prefer to learn from a competent robot than an incompetent human, study shows
Who do children prefer to learn from? Previous research has shown that even infants can identify the best informant. But would preschoolers prefer learning from a competent robot over an incompetent human?
Natural-waste pads developed to keep packaged meat fresh
Pads incorporated into fresh meat packaging, whose function is to absorb the moisture generated in it, and that can cause food spoilage, are generally composed of plastic polymers derived from petroleum by-products.
Fluorescent visualization and evaluation of NPC1L1-mediated cholesterol absorption at the levels of endocytic vesicles
Excessive cholesterol absorption from intestinal lumen contributes to the pathogenesis of hypercholesterolemia, which is a well-established risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The absorption of intestinal ...
New EU project will standardise access to biodiversity data to empower policymakers
The magnitude and dynamics of the global biodiversity crisis are hard to quantify and require rapid, reliable and repeatable biodiversity monitoring data which decision makers can use to evaluate policy options. Such information—from ...
'Nature gave us a lifeline:' Southern California refills largest reservoir after wet winter
Following a series of winter storms that eased drought conditions across the state, Southern Californians celebrated a sight nobody has seen for several punishing years: water rushing into Diamond Valley Lake.
Exploring the atomic flow of nanojoints in Ag nanowire interconnect networks for flexible electronics
Researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong University revealed the atomic flow behavior of nano-joints in AgNWs Interconnect Network. In order to further improve the joint quality, the thermal welding process and atomic evolution behavior ...
A covalent organic framework for photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide with high quantum efficiency
H2O2 is not only a green oxidant that is widely used in environmental remediation, industrial synthesis, and medical healthcare, etc., but also an emerging energy carrier with a high energy density comparable to compressed ...
Rural educators find solutions to support multilingual learners
A new study has found that a professional development program helped teachers in a rural school district in the Southeast to collaborate and identify innovative solutions to serve multilingual learners, or students learning ...
Advancing drug discovery through multitask learning techniques
A team of researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, the University of Vienna, and Sirius University of Science and Technology has published a study in the Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design ...
Ghost rodents: Get ready to fall in love with Australia's albino rats and mice
Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.)
Researchers: A shortage of native seeds is slowing land restoration across the US
Spring is planting time for home gardeners, landscapers and public works agencies across the U.S. And there's rising demand for native plants—species that are genetically adapted to the specific regions where they are used.
Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to ...
Simplified screening of individual bacterial species in biosamples
In medical research and diagnostics, the microbiome, i.e. the microbial colonization of the intestine, is increasingly gaining attention. A stool sample can be used to precisely analyze the complex microbial ecosystem of ...
Their stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them
In the 1700s, a boy was born into slavery in Colonial America. He spent his life working in the coastal city of Charleston, South Carolina. And when he died in middle age, he was buried alongside 35 other slaves.
Report: The impact of lockdown on domestic abuse service providers
The COVID-19 lockdowns, which began on March 23, 2020, brought overnight changes in working conditions for millions of people all over the world. Domestic abuse service providers (DASPs) were one group of frontline workers ...
