Space Exploration
China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions
China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space.
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Plants & Animals
Mammals can breathe through anus in emergencies
Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing May 14th in the journal Med. The researchers demonstrated that the delivery of oxygen gas ...
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Extraterrestrial radioactive isotope found in seabed has implications for Earth's origins
The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet.
Astronomy
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Supercomputer simulations unlock an old space weather puzzle
Scientists have long questioned why the bursts of hot gas from the sun do not cool down as fast as expected, and have now used a supercomputer to find out.
Astronomy
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Politically polarized brains share an intolerance of uncertainty
Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization—increased numbers of "political partisans" who view the world with an ideological bias—is associated with an inability to tolerate uncertainty ...
Political science
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Physicists predict neutron stars may be bigger than previously imagined
When a massive star dies, first there is a supernova explosion. Then, what's left over becomes either a black hole or a neutron star.
Astronomy
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Ford announces infotainment screens to show ads from local billboards
The Ford Motor Company has announced the passing of a patent for a new program that will draw information from the billboard ads surrounding the area where a Ford-manufactured car is driving and display segments of that data ...
Heart study: Low- and regular-dose aspirin safe, effective
An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength aspirin concludes that both doses seem equally safe and effective for preventing ...
Cardiology
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Did the coronavirus escape from a lab? The idea deserves a second look, scientists say
Eighteen scientists from some of the world's most prestigious research institutions are urging their colleagues to dig deeper into the origins of the coronavirus responsible for the global pandemic.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Researchers report first instance of COVID-19 triggering recurrent blood clots in arms
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in people's arms.
Vaccination
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Medical Xpress
Indian state orders lockdown after 'super-spreader' election
France closing in on 20 million target in Covid vaccination drive
Success story Taiwan faces its worst outbreak in pandemic
UK races to test, vaccinate as virus variant threatens plans
Did the coronavirus escape from a lab? The idea deserves a second look, scientists say
After one year of research accounts, finally the CDC updates recommendations on COVID-19 airborne transmission
Time, costs of participation in MIPS are considerable
States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means
Bio-inspired scaffolds help promote muscle growth
The First Cell: Jump-starting the global cancer revolution
New research optimizes body's own immune system to fight cancer
Scientists rewrite the genesis of mosquito-borne viruses
New research sheds light on the brain's GPS system
Retinal scans tie blood vessel deterioration to genetic marker for Alzheimer's disease
The mechanism of action of genes with high mutation frequency in cancer
Transforming lung cells critical for pulmonary fibrosis
Tech Xplore
Artificial intelligence identifies the tiger mosquito from photos in the Mosquito Alert
Finding control in hard-to-predict systems
Researchers use deep learning to 'denoise' nanopore data
Improving touch screens with AI
Making AI algorithms show their work
Is the past (and future) there when nobody looks?
In 1961, the Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Eugene Wigner proposed what is now known as the 'Wigner's friend' thought experiment as an extension of the notorious Schroedinger's cat experiment. In the latter, a ...
Quantum Physics
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New research shows: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek led rivals astray
A microscope used by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to conduct pioneering research contains a surprisingly ordinary lens, as new research by Rijksmuseum Boerhaave Leiden and TU Delft shows. It is a remarkable finding, because Van ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Water companies are main cause of microplastic pollution in UK's rivers
New research by experts from the University of Manchester has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies is the main source of microplastic pollution in the UK's rivers.
Environment
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Which animals will survive climate change?
Climate change is exacerbating problems like habitat loss and temperatures swings that have already pushed many animal species to the brink. But can scientists predict which animals will be able to adapt and survive? Using ...
Plants & Animals
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New dinosaur found in Mexico was 'very communicative'
A new species of dinosaur identified by Mexican paleontologists is believed to have been "very communicative" and used low-frequency sounds like elephants to talk to each other, a researcher said Friday.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Fibre-optics used to take the temperature of Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists have used fibre-optic sensing to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ever taken on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Their findings will be used to make more accurate models of the future movement of ...
Environment
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Advance may enable 2D transistors for tinier microchip components
Moore's Law, the famous prediction that the number of transistors that can be packed onto a microchip will double every couple of years, has been bumping into basic physical limits. These limits could bring decades of progress ...
Nanophysics
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Bird species central to seed-dispersal networks have stable evolutionary lineages
A team of researchers at Universidade de São Paulo has found that bird species that have a central position in frugivory networks tend to belong to more stable lineages over macroevolutionary time scales. In their paper ...
Reaction kinetics drive chiral nanocrystal formation in tellurium atoms
A team of researchers from Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, the University of Washington and the Kavli Energy NanoScience ...
Synthesizing a new class of bio-inspired, light-capturing nanomaterials
Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light energy. This material provides ...
Materials Science
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Is your family 'CO safe' when big storms hit?
(HealthDay)—If you live in the path of hurricanes , the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging you to be prepared.
Boom times for organic cocoa in Ivory Coast
Cocoa farmers across Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of the key ingredient for chocolate, are down in the dumps after prices for their commodity have fallen for the second year running.
Rocket Lab's satellite launch from New Zealand site fails
California-based Rocket Lab said a launch of satellites from its facility in New Zealand failed Saturday.
Is Beef the new coal? Climate-friendly eating is on the rise
Eleven Madison Park, a top Manhattan restaurant, is going meatless. The Epicurious cooking site stopped posting new beef recipes. The Culinary Institute of America is promoting "plant-forward" menus. Dozens of colleges, including ...
Undammed, undimmed: The battle over a unique European river
Cutting into craggy mountains, meandering through plains and eventually hitting Albania's shimmering Adriatic, the Vjosa river's untouched landscapes are a national treasure, but one that is under imminent threat.
Back-to-back tornadoes kill 12 in China; over 300 injured
Back-to-back tornadoes killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said Saturday.
New technology enables rapid sequencing of entire genomes of plant pathogens
Next-generation sequencing technology has made it easier than ever for quick diagnosis of plant diseases. "It's really exciting to see how sequencing technologies have evolved and how this new technology facilitates sequencing ...
Teachers' gender, sexuality, and age affect perceptions of sexual misconduct of students
The United States has witnessed a steep rise in reports, arrests, and media coverage of teachers' sexual misconduct with students. A new study investigated the impact of perpetrators' gender, sexuality, and age on perceptions ...
Using captured carbon dioxide in everyday products could help fight climate change, but will consumers want them?
Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant?
Maternal stress during pregnancy may shorten lifespans of male lizard offspring
Mother fence lizards that experience stress during pregnancy give birth to male offspring with shortened telomeres, or bits of non-coding DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes, according to a Penn State-led study. Shorter ...
Climate change threatens one-third of global food production
Climate change is known to negatively affect agriculture and livestock, but there has been little scientific knowledge on which regions of the planet would be touched or what the biggest risks may be. New research led by ...
India probes death of 18 elephants 'hit by lightning'
Indian authorities launched a probe Friday into the deaths of at least 18 elephants, as a leading conservationist raised doubts that the animals were killed by lightning.
6.6 magnitude quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering panic on the nearest island but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Microfluidics: The tiny, beautiful tech hidden all around you
When you think of micro- or nanotechnology, you likely think of small electronics like your phone, a tiny robot or a microchip. But COVID-19 tests—which have proven to be central to controlling the pandemic—are also a ...
Vandenberg Air Force Base to be renamed Space Force Base
California's Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base.
Kazakhstan says 350 rare antelopes killed by lightning
Kazakhstan said Friday that around 350 critically endangered Saiga antelopes had been killed, probably by lightning, after villagers found their bodies in steppe land in the west of the country.
Nanophotonics enhanced coverslip for phase imaging in biology
The ability to visualize transparent objects such as biological cells is of fundamental importance in biology and medical diagnostics. Conventional approaches to achieve this include phase-contrast microscopy and techniques ...
Getting ready to rocket
The pieces are stacking up for the launch of Artemis 1 mission around the moon and back. The massive Space Launch Systems (SLS) rocket that will launch the first crewless test flight of the Orion spacecraft, powered by the ...
Sharp decline in women's labor force participation in Illinois due to COVID-19
A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher who studies labor issues affecting low-wage workers finds that almost 40% of working mothers in the state of Illinois lost jobs or were working ...
New datings call into question the seismic hazards posed by faults in the Iberian Chain in Aragón
Researcher Davinia Moreno, a geochronologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is the lead author of a study published recently in the journal Quaternary Geochronology, which combined ...
