Plasma Physics
First detection of exotic 'X' particles in quark-gluon plasma
In the first millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was a roiling, trillion-degree plasma of quarks and gluons—elementary particles that briefly glommed together in countless combinations before cooling ...
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Lighted nets dramatically reduce bycatch of sharks and other wildlife while making fishing more efficient
In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
Plants & Animals
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Harnessing noise in optical computing for AI
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are currently affecting our lives in many small but impactful ways. For example, AI and machine learning applications recommend entertainment we might enjoy through streaming services ...
Computer Sciences
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Form fit: Device wraps around hot surfaces, turns wasted heat to electricity
The energy systems that power our lives also produce wasted heat—like heat that radiates off hot water pipes in buildings and exhaust pipes on vehicles. A new flexible thermoelectric generator can wrap around pipes and ...
Engineering
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Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward: study
The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Granddaughters and great-granddaughters of men who start to smoke before puberty, have more body fat than expected
A new study, led by the University of Bristol and published in Scientific Reports today, has reported increased body fat in females whose grandfathers or great-grandfathers began smoking before puberty.
Health
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Late-life exercise shows rejuvenating effects on cellular level
For people who hate exercising, here comes some more bad news: it may also keep you younger. Not just looking younger, but actually younger, on an epigenetic level. By now, the benefits of exercise have been well established, ...
Health
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Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Potent food supplement may help halt the immune attack in people with diabetes
A microbiota-targeted clinical trial performed by scientists from Monash University, the University of Sydney, and the University of Queensland shows that a plant-based food supplement could improve gut health and strengthen ...
Diabetes
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Medical Xpress
Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward: study
Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
Rapid eye movement sleep helps protect against predator attack
Breakthrough infections spur strong antibody responses
In visual memory, size matters
Reinterpreting our brain's body maps
How alcohol dampens response to uncertain stressors
Study: Omicron evades some but not all monoclonal antibodies
People suffering from depression susceptive to vaccine-related misinformation
COVID virus linked with headaches, altered mental status in hospitalized kids
How would eliminating race-based adjustments in estimates of kidney function impact clinical trials?
New study highlights ways multiple disasters impact public health
Lung cancer: It is about more than smoking
One-third of pregnant women report mental distress during pandemic
Researchers call for more work to address overlooked issues affecting women with Parkinson's
Tech Xplore
Harnessing noise in optical computing for AI
Research team sets new efficiency record for solar cell technology
How robots learn to hike
Fabrication of perovskite solar cells with just a piece of paper? A new method tells you how
EU nations quarrel over whether nuclear, gas are 'green'
Intel to build $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage
The value of wind energy
A wafer-scale van der Waals dielectric based on an inorganic molecular crystal film
Quantum dots boost perovskite solar cell efficiency and scalability
A language for quantum computing
Calculating the coming aluminum demand for solar panels and how to mitigate its greenhouse impact
A team of researchers at the University of New South Wales has found that due to increased demands for solar panels in the coming years there will be a corresponding increase in the need for aluminum to support them. In their ...
Faster technique for resetting quantum circuits proposed
Rebooting a quantum computer is a tricky process that can damage its parts, but now two RIKEN physicists have proposed a fast and controllable way to hit reset.
Quantum Physics
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Rapid eye movement sleep helps protect against predator attack
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep brings about brief but periodic awakenings. In 1966, Dr. Frederick Snyder reported the "sentinel" function of REM could help animals prepare a fight or flight response against potential predator ...
Medical research
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Protecting coral reef connectivity found to be crucial for conservation efforts
A team of researchers affiliated with several entities across Australia has found that in order to save the world's coral reefs, conservationists must also protect the corridors that connect them. In their paper published ...
A cure for Alzheimer's is taking longer than expected; here's why
In her latest research paper, published in the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, Anne Robinson, Head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Chemical Engineering, explains why understanding the progression of neurodegeneration ...
Neuroscience
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Consistent asteroid showers rock previous thinking on Mars craters
New Curtin University research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars has been consistent over the past 600 million years.
Planetary Sciences
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Mange outbreak decimated a wild vicuña population in Argentina
Mange has decimated the population of wild vicuñas and guanacos in an Argentinian national park that was created to conserve them, according to a study from the Administration of National Parks in Argentina and the University ...
Ecology
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Exploring fish flow from fisheries to supper
Recent breakthroughs in multiple fields of study now allow researchers to follow the entire life cycle of ocean fishes—from when and where they are spawned, to where they disperse and grow, to when and where they are captured, ...
Ecology
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Tug of sun, moon could be driving plate motions on 'imbalanced' Earth
A study led by geophysicist Anne M. Hofmeister in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis proposes that imbalanced forces and torques in the Earth-moon-sun system drive circulation of the whole mantle.
Planetary Sciences
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Research team sets new efficiency record for solar cell technology
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has set a new record in the power conversion efficiency of solar cells made using perovskite and organic materials. This technological breakthrough paves ...
Energy & Green Tech
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US unveils changes to attract foreign science, tech students
The Biden administration on Friday announced policy changes to attract international students specializing in science, technology, engineering and math—part of the broader effort to make the U.S. economy more competitive.
Finding a link between emissions taxes and R&D investments
Addressing climate change is a massive and daunting challenge. But many economists say gradually increasing taxes on emissions would significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gas spewed into the air at the lowest economic ...
Study finds river flows linked to the ups and downs of imperiled Chinook salmon population
A study led by Simon Fraser University researchers has discovered that sufficient water flows during summer can be critical to a Chinook salmon population in the interior of British Columbia.
Gender bias in lab groups not rooted in personal preference
Gender bias in physics labs—where women typically work more on the computer and on communication tasks, while men more often handle equipment—is not rooted in personal preference, according to new Cornell research.
Mid-level flare erupts from sun
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on Jan. 20, 2022, peaking at 1:01 a.m. EST. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.
NASA emergency beacons save 330 lives in 2021
In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort, Cospas-Sarsat. NASA has lent technical expertise to the Cospas-Sarsat program since its founding, ...
Federal agents return 4,000-year-old artifacts to Iraqi government
Federal agents on Thursday returned two ancient stone artifacts to representatives of the Iraqi government at the country's consulate in Los Angeles.
A sign the drought is easing: California officials to ship more water to farms, cities
State officials said Thursday they will increase deliveries to farms and cities that belong to the State Water Project—a sign that this winter's rain and snow has eased drought conditions in California.
Los Angeles weighs phasing out oil and gas drilling
The University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles has a lot in common with urban areas across the U.S.: A dense population with lots of businesses and housing. A cluster of car dealerships. A row of restaurants. Schools and ...
Yosemite National Park may limit visitors this summer due to major construction projects
Concerned about nightmarish traffic jams at Yosemite National Park from more than half a dozen major new construction projects, park leaders are drawing up plans that could limit the number of visitors this summer by requiring ...
Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won't save rhinos
Demand for rhino horn in Asian markets, especially Vietnam and China, has pushed the remaining rhino populations to the brink of extinction. In the past decade, nearly 10,000 rhinos were killed by poachers in Africa. The ...
A nonlinear-transport perspective of field-induced phase transitions in pentatellurides
Combining topological states of matter with strong electron correlation promises many exotic phenomena such as charge fractionalization, excitonic instability, and axionic excitation. Layered transition-metal pentatellurides ...
Why you might want to consider a pilgrimage for your next holiday or day trip
We have been living in a COVID-19 pandemic world for two years—and almost everything about our lives has been affected. Travel and holidays in particular have been constrained through border closures and lockdowns. It's ...
Balanced diet can mitigate negative impact of pests for bumblebees
Bumblebees are important pollinators because they pollinate many different plant species and are extremely resilient. They can still manage to fly at temperatures that are too cold for other pollinators. Like many other insects, ...
Increasingly efficient production of human pluripotent stem cells
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed a new, faster and more reliable technique for reverting human cells to the stem cell state. Pluripotent stem cells are a key tool in biomedicine for modeling various ...
Beavers offer lessons about managing water in a changing climate, whether the challenge is drought or floods
It's no accident that both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology claim the beaver (Castor canadensis) as their mascots. Renowned engineers, beavers seem able to dam any stream, ...
Research reveals impacts on hotel brands used for COVID quarantine
As vaccination rates continue to rise and government border policies change, the need for hotel quarantine is fading.
NASA's TESS hits milestone of 5,000 exoplanet candidates
The catalog of planet candidates found with NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently passed 5,000 TOIs, or TESS Objects of Interest.
Lockdown saw couples share housework and childcare more evenly—but these changes didn't last
It may feel like a common occurrence today, but if you cast your mind back to the first COVID lockdown, having whole families working and studying from home was a very unfamiliar situation. And it was one that had unfamiliar ...
LAMOST reveals secret of stellar rotation of hot stars
Stars all rotate, but at different rates. Stellar rotation profoundly affects almost every aspect of stellar evolution. But the evolution of the angular momentum remains a mystery.
