Robotics
AugLimb: A compact robotic limb to support humans during everyday activities
Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and University of Tokyo recently developed AugLimb, a compact robotic limb that could support humans as they complete a variety of tasks. This new limb, presented ...
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Plants evolved complexity in two bursts—with a 250-million-year hiatus
A Stanford-led study reveals that rather than evolving gradually over hundreds of millions of years, land plants underwent major diversification in two dramatic bursts, 250 million years apart. The first occurred early in ...
Plants & Animals
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Researchers infuse bacteria with silver to improve power efficiency in fuel cells
A UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells—a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater ...
Biochemistry
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Concrete's role in reducing building and pavement emissions
Encountering concrete is a common—even routine—occurrence. And that's exactly what makes concrete exceptional.
Environment
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Mushballs stash away missing ammonia on Uranus and Neptune
Mushballs—giant, slushy hailstones made from a mixture of ammonia and water—may be responsible for an atmospheric anomaly on Neptune and Uranus that has been puzzling scientists. A study presented by Tristan Guillot at ...
Planetary Sciences
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For some peptides, killing bacteria is an inside job
Peptides could be primed to solve the knotty problem of antibiotic resistance among humans. Rice University scientists believe they can help.
Molecular & Computational biology
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What if just one airborne particle was enough to infect you?
For some diseases, exposure to just a single airborne particle containing virus, bacteria or fungi can be infectious. When this happens, understanding and predicting airborne disease spread can be a whole lot easier.
Cell & Microbiology
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Scientists reveal how vitamin A enters immune cells in the gut
Immunologists and geneticists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines—findings that could offer insight to treat digestive diseases and perhaps help improve ...
Immunology
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New model could improve treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients with cardiac disease
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a new approach to address cardiac disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Cardiology
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Medical Xpress
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
SARS-CoV-2 is evolving to get better at becoming airborne, new study shows
Link between inflammation and pancreatic cancer development uncovered
Cancer cells' unexpected genetic tricks for evading the immune system
MAIT cell activation may play a role in fatal outcomes among severe COVID-19 cases
How a new imaging tool helps to better stage men with prostate cancer
Approach predicts novel 'protein partners' that could contribute to COVID-19 symptoms
Researchers improve optical tissue clearing method to diagnose cancer
Six stages of engagement in ADHD treatment revealed in new, diverse study
Research finds witnessing abuse of sibling can lead to mental health issues
Scientists identify new targets for cancer vaccines
Therapeutic potential of Mozart for medication-resistant epilepsy
Research reveals new treatment strategy for propionic acidemia
Supportive married couples found to experience less stress when watching horror movies
Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic
Robotics bring the white cane into the 21st century
Tech Xplore
Understanding consumer decisions about aging solar panels
New report assesses progress and risks of artificial intelligence
Busting the problem of cloud cover
The electrolyzer enigma: How solving it could enable the energy transition
The benefits of high-efficiency, flexible-fuel engines for heavy-duty trucking
Leveraging machine learning to optimize CO2 adsorption
'Dislike' button would improve Spotify's recommendations
Towards more energy-efficient 2D semiconductor devices
How auto techs, trade schools are prepping for EV future
Xiaomi unveils Smart Glasses—a wearable concept device
High-precision THz time-domain ellipsometry for wide-gap semiconductors
Is it a horror film or a rom-com? AI can predict based solely on music
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a life-threatening tumor, yet University of California Berkeley researchers are finding commonalities between the two that could ...
Medical research
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Study suggests earliest use of bone tools to produce clothing in Morocco 120,000 years ago
A new study led by Arizona State University paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean and ASU doctoral graduate Emily Hallett details more than 60 tools made of bone and one tool made from the tooth of a cetacean, which includes ...
Archaeology
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Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers shows that sometimes, it's survival of the sexiest
If you had to describe a male peacock's tail feathers, you might pick words like "dazzling" or "beautiful." You probably wouldn't go with "stealthy," "aerodynamic," or "subtle." Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution ...
Plants & Animals
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Link between inflammation and pancreatic cancer development uncovered
A new discovery from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has clarified the long-established connection between inflammation and pancreatic cancer development. According to the study published ...
Oncology & Cancer
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World's first discovery of liquid directional steering on a bio-inspired surface
Inspired by a kind of tree leaf, scientists at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) discovered that the spreading direction of different liquids deposited on the same surface can be steered, solving a challenge that has remained ...
Soft Matter
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Friend or foe? Researchers investigate the mysterious microbes living inside corals
In a Pearls article publishing September 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens, Patrick Keeling and colleagues at the University of British Columbia in Canada describe investigations into an enigmatic group of coral-infecting ...
Plants & Animals
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A simple way to get complex semiconductors to assemble themselves
Stacking extremely thin films of material on top of each other can create new materials with exciting new properties. But the most successful processes for building those stacks can be tedious and imperfect, and not well ...
Materials Science
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Coalition pushes to increase universities' societal impacts, inclusivity
University promotion and tenure criteria and processes should be broadened and made more inclusive to value innovation, entrepreneurship and other forms of scholarly impact, a collaboration led by Oregon State University ...
Economics & Business
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Cancer cells' unexpected genetic tricks for evading the immune system
Hundreds of cancer-linked genes play a different role in causing disease than scientists had expected.
Oncology & Cancer
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MAIT cell activation may play a role in fatal outcomes among severe COVID-19 cases
The mortality rate of COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation is 30-40%, however, the immunological factors associated with death in critically ill COVID-19 patients are poorly understood. A study published in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Scientist shepherds Perseverance rover through first phase of Martian rock sampling
The evening of Aug. 1 felt a lot like a birthday to NASA planetary scientist Justin Simon. On that night, Simon attended a virtual watch party for researchers preparing to use NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to conduct ...
Take a 3D spin on Mars and track NASA's Perseverance rover
It's the next best thing to being on Mars: Two online interactive experiences let you check out Jezero Crater—the landing site and exploration locale for NASA's Perseverance rover—without leaving our planet.
Keeping waste where it belongs: Grain size explains how spent nuclear fuel enters the environment
When compounds in spent nuclear fuel break down, they can release radioactive elements and contaminate the ground and water. Scientists know that one spent fuel compound, neptunium dioxide, reacts with water, but they do ...
Advanced model and field data add up to better cover crop management
Cover crops are widely seen as one of the most promising conservation practices, improving soil health while also removing carbon from the atmosphere. But while the number of Midwestern farmers planting cover crops has increased ...
Future of Lake Tahoe clarity in question as wildfires worsen
When a wildfire crested the mountains near North America's largest alpine lake, embers and ash that zipped across a smoky sky pierced Lake Tahoe's clear blue waters.
European facility prepares for haul of samples returning from planetary bodies
The Institute of Planetary Research at DLR (German Aerospace Center) is starting construction of a new Sample Analysis Laboratory (SAL) dedicated to the study of rock and dust samples from planetary bodies such as asteroids ...
Researchers reveal multi-path mechanism in electrochemical CO2 reduction
A research group led by Prof. Xiao Jianping from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators synthesized a single-atom Pb-alloyed Cu catalyst (Pb1Cu), which ...
Threat of volcanic eruption puts Spanish island on alert
A series of small earthquakes in Spain's Canary Islands has put authorities on alert for a possible volcanic eruption, with one official saying Thursday there is "intense seismic activity" in the area off northwest Africa.
Sequoia National Park's giant trees at risk as fires grow
More firefighting resources were being brought in Thursday to battle two forest fires that have shut down California's Sequoia National Park and threaten its ancient trees.
A new eco-friendly and sustainable algae-based way to fight water pollution
Our ever-growing demand for freshwater has caused its sources to diminish rapidly and scientists have been attempting to find strategies to purify wastewater for reuse to meet future demands. At present, the most common wastewater ...
Pathway to forerunner of rugged nanotubes that could lead to widespread industrial fabrication
Scientists have identified a chemical pathway to an innovative insulating nanomaterial that could lead to large-scale industrial production for a variety of uses – including in spacesuits and military vehicles. The nanomaterial—thousands ...
Climate change will force people to move. We need to find out where they'll go
As the risk of severe climate change rises, and efforts to reduce carbon emissions ramp up, serious thought must also be given to the movement of people that climate change stands to provoke. This migration looks to be disruptive, ...
Study reveals gophers' biofluorescence
You can learn a lot about animals by simply watching them. But some secrets can only be revealed in the dark … with an ultraviolet flashlight.
Why some fish are 'junk' and others are protected. Study points to bias against native species
Andrew Rypel grew up fishing on Wisconsin's pristine lakes and rivers. With just a worm on his hook, he caught suckers, gar, sunfish and other native fish he never saw in his game fishing magazines.
AI system identifies buildings damaged by wildfire
People around the globe have suffered the nerve-wracking anxiety of waiting weeks or months to find out if their homes have been damaged by wildfires that scorch with increased intensity. Now, once the smoke has cleared for ...
How do wild pigs affect riparian systems?
In the U.S., wild pigs are an invasive species and can cause a lot of damage to the ecosystems in which they live. In the September 15th Soils Matter blog, Sara Bolds from Auburn University writes about how wild pigs can ...
Magnon blocking effect and magnonic skin effect shown in antiferromagnetically coupled heterojunction
Spin waves, or magnons, as the elementary excitation of the magnetic system, can transfer spin angular momentum, which provides wide prospects for the Non-volatile, low-energy-consumption, high-speed and small-size microelectronic ...
Redoxdivergent strategy for construction of (Dihydro)thiophenes with dimethyl sulfoxide
(Dihydro)thiophenes, among the most common five-membered heterocycles, are widespread in a large number of natural products, functional materials, and biologically active compounds.
Higher rates of food poverty during COVID are likely to remain, new research shows
New data from the University of Hertfordshire shows the extent to which food poverty increased during the pandemic, with the impact expected to last well beyond the removal of COVID-19 restrictions.
Socioeconomic factors influence land and seafloor pollution
The research was conducted by scientists at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency; Ocean Conservancy, a U.S.-based advocacy non-profit; and the PADI AWARE Foundation, a non-profit public charity that drives global ocean ...
