Electronics & Semiconductors
New n-doped transparent conductor shows promise for all-polymer electrochromic displays
Recent technological advances have enabled the development of increasingly sophisticated and energy-efficient displays for electronic devices. To further improve existing displays and create even more efficient ones, some ...
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Social Sciences
Mathematical model shows how conformity influences cultural trends and polarization
Cultural traits—the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population—are influenced by conformity, the tendency to align with others, or anti-conformity, the choice to deliberately ...
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Extinction threatens nearly a quarter of all freshwater species
Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth's surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2025
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Saturday citations: New cretaceous predator just dropped; neutron star mountains; a cool 'living seawall'
This week, scientists with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reported that a key current, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, has not declined over the last 60 years. An international team of geneticists found ...
Traffic jams? Study reveals ants' secrets to smooth traffic flow
Ants, with their highly organized social behavior, have long inspired research. In particular, they have often inspired simple solutions to complex problems and, today, they could help us solve one of the most pressing challenges ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2025
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Study reveals native plants' role in managing road salt pollution
Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern. Excessive salt harms plants, degrades soil, and compromises water quality. In urban areas, road salts used for de-icing during winter often wash into stormwater systems, ...
Environment
Jan 18, 2025
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Microbial diversity mapped: 42% of bacteria lack genomic data, study finds
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Laboratory, have published a study in Science Advances that evaluates the current ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 18, 2025
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Bacteria in polymers create cable-like structures that grow into living gels
Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of "living Jell-O."
Bio & Medicine
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New model predicts solar storm particle acceleration and escape
The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer atmospheric temperatures ranging from 10,000 to 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit on its surface and its atmosphere's outermost ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 18, 2025
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Mapping the mind: New framework links brainwaves to individual cognitive states
The complexity of the human brain—86 billion neurons strong with more than 100 trillion connections—enables abstract thinking, language acquisition, advanced reasoning and problem-solving, and the capacity for creativity ...
Neuroscience
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Medical Xpress
COVID's origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?
Ontario is profiting from online betting, but at what cost to problem gambling?
'Generational problem': Youth still struggling in pandemic's shadow
Rotavirus protein NSP4 manipulates calcium signaling, affecting disease outcomes
Beyond hard hats: Mental struggles become the deadliest construction industry danger
Retinal neurons provide insight into schizophrenia disease mechanisms
Fluorescent probes illuminate cholesterol and Alzheimer's research
The power of cinema: Study shows film intervention reduces violence against children
Key enzyme identified as potential target for cancer immunotherapy
Tech Xplore
Charging forward: The impact of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles on the grid
New n-doped transparent conductor shows promise for all-polymer electrochromic displays
Programmable metasurface antenna exhibits remarkable wireless information mapping efficiency
Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender?
Charging infrastructure of medium voltage station upgraded to megawatt class
Underwater exploration boosted with image enhancer
Sky-high prices? Estimating the cost of climate-neutral aviation in the future
Rotavirus protein NSP4 manipulates calcium signaling, affecting disease outcomes
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick. The study published ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 18, 2025
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Turning the Hubble tension into a crisis: New measurement confirms universe is expanding too fast for current models
The universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous—and highly debated—results had shown: The universe is expanding faster than predicted by theoretical models, and ...
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2025
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Exoplanets around red dwarfs face extreme space weather, Chandra finds
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's (European Space Agency's) XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays ...
Astrobiology
Jan 17, 2025
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SpaceX catches Starship booster again, but upper stage explodes
Hours after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nailed its first-ever orbital mission, SpaceX seized back the spotlight on Thursday as its latest test of Starship, its gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage ...
Space Exploration
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Mars's two distinct hemispheres caused by mantle convection not giant impacts, study claims
Mars has northern and southern hemispheres like Earth, but their defining characteristics are markedly different, a phenomenon known as Martian dichotomy. The Southern Highlands are older, higher in elevation and more cratered ...
Mars's rare disappearing solar wind event explained
Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and electrons that flows from the sun's outermost atmosphere (corona), traveling at speeds of 400–1,000 ...
Isotopes in early South African hominin teeth show they ate little meat
A team of climate geochemists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand and Princeton University has found evidence that early hominins living in South Africa ate a mostly vegetarian diet. ...
Programmable metasurface antenna exhibits remarkable wireless information mapping efficiency
In recent years, electronics engineers worldwide have been trying to develop new hardware that could further boost the speed and efficiency of wireless communications. Digitally programmable metasurfaces, advanced artificial ...
Suraxavir trial finds faster flu recovery times for male but not female users
A single 40-mg dose of the antiviral drug suraxavir marboxil significantly shortened flu symptom resolution time in male patients aged 5–65, according to research led by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in China. Intriguingly, ...
Genetically modified mice hint at tau hyperphosphorylation's early role in neurodegenerative diseases
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that helps to stabilize the structure of neurons, specifically by supporting microtubules, cylindrical structures that contribute to cell motility, intracellular transport and the maintenance ...
Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of 'home'—and what it means to lose it
The Los Angeles wildfires are causing the devastating loss of people's homes.
Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington's disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the brain to break down and die.
What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?
In his farewell address, outgoing US President Joe Biden warned "an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy."
From cod logs to frog bogs: We catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world
Australia's natural environment is changing rapidly as the world warms, and many species are struggling to keep up. The pace of change is staggering, with 2024 declared Earth's hottest year, shattering the previous record ...
Alabama refuge is a paradise for birders and thousands of migrating sandhill cranes
In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, seeds and insects.
How scientists with disabilities are making research labs and fieldwork more accessible
The path to Lost Lake was steep and unpaved, lined with sharp rocks and holes.
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month
A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report Sunday as efforts were underway to evacuate thousands of villagers living near the rumbling mountain.
Trump's second presidency: How our deepest fears can shape political outcomes
Why do social injustices and ecological harms persist despite the powerful social movements that have arisen throughout history to counter them?
Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? 'Marsquakes' may have just revealed the answer
Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.
Extreme fire: 'unprecedented risk' poorly understood
In an era of town-torching megablazes spewing smoke plumes visible from space, scientists say there is still a lot they don't know about the effects of extreme fire on people, nature and the climate.
How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus
The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 meters.
Carbon dioxide up at rates 'incompatible' with 1.5°C target, study warns
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing at rates that are incompatible with staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming, a Met Office study warns.
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows.
US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.
Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
As Los Angeles firefighters battle remaining hotspots more than a week into deadly blazes, scientists and engineers hope growing availability of satellite data will help in the future.
A new industrial megaproject threatens the view of the world's best observatories
Astronomers have been battling threats to their clear skies on all fronts lately. One of the most notable battles, which we have reported on repeatedly, is the one against Starlink and other mega-constellations of satellites, ...
New sorghum variant outperforms soybeans in oil production
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a new sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable ...
2024 saw fastest-ever annual rise in CO2 levels: UK weather service
The UK weather service said Friday that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 2024 grew at the fastest annual rate on record, exceeding their own projections by some margin.
Self-management skill and sense of purpose go hand-in-hand, study suggests
People who are goal-oriented tend to have better outcomes in life partly because having a "sense of purpose" is a skill that can yield positive results.
Study identifies illicit finance risks in Premier League club ownership structures
The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.
