Evidence shows that, in love, opposites don't actually attract
Despite some conventional wisdom to the contrary, opposites don't actually attract.
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2023
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Brain circuit study finds control of behavioral decisions is similar in insects and mammals
The mushroom body—the learning and memory region in the brains of arthropods—is responsible for the ability of insects to make abstract behavioral decisions, which are then carried out by downstream motor networks.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 31, 2023
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Scientists investigate green sea turtle tumor disease
A new epidemiological study of endangered juvenile green sea turtles in eastern Brazil suggests that factors such as water temperature, salinity and proximity to environmental stressors could trigger the development of a ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2023
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Amid new spills and stink, US senators request millions more to fix Tijuana sewage crisis
California's senators are urging Congress for $310 million in new emergency spending to fix the rampant sewage pollution that repeatedly flows from Tijuana to San Diego's South County shoreline.
Environment
Aug 31, 2023
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When it's good to be wrinkly: Bacteria with a wrinkly look are best adapted to a host organism
All multicellular organisms—from the simplest animal and plant organisms to humans—live in close association with a variety of microorganisms that colonize their tissues and form symbiotic relationships with the host.
Evolution
Aug 31, 2023
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A smoking gun for supermassive binaries in active galactic nuclei
An international research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has investigated blazars, accreting supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. Blazars show ...
Astronomy
Aug 31, 2023
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Growing triple-decker hybrid crystals for lasers
By controlling the arrangement of multiple inorganic and organic layers within crystals using a novel technique, researchers at Duke University and Purdue University have shown they can control the energy levels of electrons ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 31, 2023
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Modeling spikes during volcanic tsunami generation
Twenty years ago, when strangers would ask Hermann Fritz about his job and he told them he was a tsunami expert, he got plenty of quizzical looks in response.
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2023
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Watching a bimetallic catalytic surface in action
A team of researchers from the Department of Interface Science at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society addressed the question: what happens to a Ga-promoted Cu surface under reaction conditions required for ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 31, 2023
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Discovery opens possibility of new ion channel-targeting drugs
Ion channels are attractive drug targets due to their importance in health and disease, but finding ways to target a specific ion channel selectively is a major challenge. Now, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and RMIT ...
Biochemistry
Aug 31, 2023
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