Play and meaty food reduce hunting by cats
Domestic cats hunt wildlife less if owners play with them daily and feed them a meat-rich food, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2021
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Machine-learning how to create better AAV gene delivery vehicles
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have become promising vehicles for delivering gene therapies to defective tissues in the human body because they are non-pathogenic and can transfer therapeutic DNA into target cells. However, ...
Biotechnology
Feb 11, 2021
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Mathematician suggests a scheme for solving telegraph equations
A mathematician from RUDN University suggested a stable difference scheme for solving inverse problems for elliptic-telegraph and differential equations that are used to describe biological, physical, and sociological processes. ...
Mathematics
Feb 11, 2021
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Wafer-scale production of graphene-based photonic devices
Our world needs reliable telecommunications more than ever before. However, classic devices have limitations in terms of size and cost and, especially, power consumption—which is directly related to greenhouse emissions. ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 11, 2021
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Infectious disease causes long-term changes to frog's microbiome
Just as beneficial microbes in the human gut can be affected by antibiotics, diet interventions and other disturbances, the microbiomes of other animals can also be upset. In a rare study published this week, Andrea Jani, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2021
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Study shows how the uncertainty in the Bitcoin market responds to cyberattacks
A total of 1.1 million bitcoin were stolen in the 2013-2017 period. Given the current price for Bitcoin exceeding $40,000, the corresponding monetary equivalent of losses is more than $44 billion highlighting the societal ...
Economics & Business
Feb 11, 2021
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Which conspiracy theory do you believe in?
Joe Biden is the new president of the United States, although half of the country's Republicans believe he stole the election. A lot of people believe conspiracy theories on the other side of the Atlantic. But they aren't ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2021
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To find an extraterrestrial civilization, pollution could be the solution, NASA study suggests
If there's an advanced extraterrestrial civilization inhabiting a nearby star system, we might be able to detect it using its own atmospheric pollution, according to new NASA research. The study looked at the presence of ...
Astrobiology
Feb 11, 2021
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Capturing free-space optical light for high-speed Wi-Fi
Visible and infrared light can carry more data than radio waves, but has always been confined to a hard-wired, fiber-optic cable. Working with Facebook's Connectivity Lab, a Duke research team has now made a major advance ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 11, 2021
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Vibrating 2-D materials
Current electronic components in computers, mobile phones and many other devices are based on microstructured silicon carriers. However, this technology has almost reached its physical limits and the smallest possible structure ...
Nanophysics
Feb 11, 2021
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