Environment
Study finds dust from Southern Africa causes bloom of marine phytoplankton off southeast Madagascar coast
A study links an unusual plankton bloom off the coast of Madagascar to drought in Southern Africa. Climate warming has intensified droughts around the world. When vegetation dies from lack of water, the wind can pick up and ...
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Biochemistry
Study shows spider silk bioproduction presents opportunities and challenges
Today, entrepreneurship is everywhere, including science. Engineers and scientists often apply their research to a product or service and use it to launch a startup. The world of bioproduction—using living cells and organisms ...
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Scientists take a major step in understanding how to stop the transmission of malaria
A team of scientists at the University of Nottingham, have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria orchestrates their cell division—which is key in enabling the parasite to transmit this deadly disease.
Cell & Microbiology
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Proof-of-concept design shrinks quantum rotation sensor to micron scale
Atom interferometers are quantum sensors that use the wave-like nature of atoms to measure gravity, acceleration and rotation with exceptional precision.
Quantum Physics
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Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon
NASA's Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto's largest moon.
Planetary Sciences
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Precision breast cancer trial shows improved treatment by tumor subtype
Despite recent advances in the treatment of breast cancer, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and worldwide. There is a continued need to improve treatment strategies and therapies that not only ...
Medical research
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Researchers illuminate inner workings of new-age soft semiconductors
One of the more promising classes of materials for next-generation batteries and electronic devices are the organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors, OMIECs for short. These soft, flexible polymer semiconductors have promising ...
Engineering
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Researchers identify new therapeutic approach to preventing cancer from spreading to the brain
In a study published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, researchers Sheila Singh and Jakob Magolan discovered a critical vulnerability in metastatic brain cancer, which they say can be exploited with new drugs to prevent ...
Medical research
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Feet first: AI reveals how infants connect with their world
Recent advances in computing and artificial intelligence, along with insights into infant learning, suggest that machine and deep learning techniques can help us study how infants transition from random exploratory movements ...
Pediatrics
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Squid-inspired fabric allows for temperature-controlled clothing
Too warm with a jacket on but too cold without it? Athletic apparel brands boast temperature-controlling fabrics that adapt to every climate with lightweight but warm products. Yet, consider a fabric that you can adjust to ...
Engineering
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The Future is Interdisciplinary
Find out how ACS can accelerate your research to keep up with the discoveries that are pushing us into science’s next frontier
Medical Xpress
Mosquito-borne virus spread at 'unprecedented' levels in LA County: Climate change may make things worse
Addressing health equity in childhood asthma requires engaging affected communities
What's at stake for health care reform in the US election?
Black, white cancer patients now benefit equally from cord blood therapy
Connecticut has first human case of rare tick-borne disease: First in northeast
A few rural towns are bucking the trend and building new hospitals
FDA approves Miplyffa for treatment of Niemann-Pick disease, type C
Cheek cell–based epigenetic clock allows scientists to estimate mortality risk
Most pregnant people got vaccinated for COVID-19 in 2022, finds Canadian study
Tech Xplore
China drives record growth in renewable energy jobs: report
A new model for symbolic music generation using musical metadata
Researchers develop model to project energy storage needs for renewable energy
Harnessing extended reality to reduce the fear of water
Getting to zero emissions: A call for unified energy planning
Will Meta's Orion smart glasses be the next 'iPhone moment'?
Researcher wants to ensure AI doesn't ruin the environment
Using antimatter to detect nuclear radiation: Byproducts of fission reactors provide insight into nuclear reactor use
Nuclear fission reactors act as a key power source for many parts of the world and worldwide power capacity is expected to nearly double by 2050. One issue, however, is the difficulty of discerning whether a nuclear reactor ...
General Physics
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AI model provides deep insights into hand movement, an essential step for development of neuroprosthetics
In neuroscience and biomedical engineering, accurately modeling the complex movements of the human hand has long been a significant challenge.
Neuroscience
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Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our sun
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to our sun. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which has ...
Planetary Sciences
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First-ever teleportation of logical qubit using fault-tolerant methods
A team of engineers and physicists at quantum computing company Quantinuum has conducted the first-ever teleportation of a logical qubit using fault-tolerant methods. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group ...
Engineers develop solar-powered lithium extraction from brine
A team of engineers at Nanjing University, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new way to extract lithium from briny water.
Tongan volcanic eruption triggered by explosion equivalent to 'five underground nuclear bombs,' new research reveals
The Hunga Tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has revealed its main trigger. The research is ...
Earth Sciences
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Neurons in mouse piriform cortex aid in recurrent circuit development, study finds
The activity of neurons in the mammalian brain is known to contribute to the development of the brain at the early stages of development. While past neuroscientific studies have gathered evidence supporting this notion, the ...
Only 1 in 10 children meet global health guidelines, researchers discover
New research has found only 14% of children aged three to four years old are getting adequate physical activity, sleep and time away from screens.
Health
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Syrian hamsters reveal genetic secret to hibernation
Researchers have identified a gene that enables mammalian cells to survive for long periods at extremely low temperatures, which animals experience during hibernation.
Plants & Animals
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Novel DNA nanopores can open and close on demand for controlled drug delivery
Scientists at TU Delft and the Max Planck Institute have made a new class of structurally adaptable 'mechanical' pores made from DNA that can transport molecules through cell membranes. These innovative nanopores can open ...
Bio & Medicine
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Why pay tax? African study finds trust in government is key
Taxes are important. They're a primary way in which governments fund essential services like health care, education, infrastructure and social protection programs. They are vital to the economic development of countries.
Animals in the machine: Why the law needs to protect animals from AI
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered concern about potentially detrimental effects on humans. However, the technology also has the potential to harm animals.
Outside lights are deadly to birds, especially this time of year
As gardeners, we spend a lot of time observing nature up close—When will my tomatoes turn red? What's eating my hosta? What's that white stuff on my peonies?—and we react as needed to ensure our plants survive and thrive.
Why it's becoming harder to get super-rich in China
"To get rich is glorious." In the 1980s, this was one of the most famous sayings—unofficially, at least—to describe the ethos at the dawn of the opening-up period in post-Maoist China.
'School is boring': What it means when your child says they're bored in class, and how you can help
Have you ever asked your child how school was today, only to be told it was "boring?"
Why being like your boss still matters—especially if you share political views
How would you try to make a good impression at a job interview? Beyond the obvious (making eye contact, smiling, and attempting to appear knowledgeable and competent), what other tactics might you deploy?
Developing plasma-coated paper as a plastic alternative for the packaging industry
Plastic waste, harmful to the environment, has been increasing continually in Germany in recent years. Packaging generates particularly high volumes of waste. Plant-based coatings for paper packaging could provide a sustainable ...
Intergeneration research shows immigrants to the US assimilate as well now as they did over a century ago
Children of immigrants to the United States typically incorporate themselves into US economic and cultural life, and this pattern of assimilation has not markedly changed in over a century. Today, one in seven US residents ...
Social media experiment shows prosocial nudges fail to reduce online hate
In a pre-registered experiment, Tatiana Celadin and colleagues compared the effects of seven "nudges," messages designed to promote prosocial behaviors: reminding posters of descriptive norms, injunctive norms, or personal ...
Video: Uncovering the complex roles of transcription factors in gene regulation
Throughout their lifespan, cells must continuously activate and deactivate genes. This process is regulated by transcription factors, a class of proteins that control gene expression by binding to DNA. However, binding is ...
NMR-guided optimization of lipid nanoparticles for enhanced siRNA delivery
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules hold immense potential for treating diseases by silencing specific genes. Encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), siRNA can be delivered efficiently to target cells.
FAA confirms SpaceX Falcon 9 is grounded because of Crew-9 launch issue
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it had grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket pending an investigation into why the rocket's second stage missed its deorbit landing target zone after this weekend's Crew-9 launch ...
Understanding regional climate change is essential for guiding effective climate adaptation policy, study says
The effects of climate change are not distant future scenarios or confined to remote parts of the world—they are unfolding now, right in our own backyards. In 2023, extreme weather events impacted communities across every ...
Droughts drive Spanish boom in pistachio farming
Two decades ago, Miguel Angel Garcia harvested grapes and grains on his farm in central Spain, like his father and grandfather before him.
Breeder who tried to create enormous trophy sheep jailed in US
A man who tried to breed enormous hybrid sheep using genetic material from endangered animals so he could sell them to trophy hunting ranches has been sentenced to six months in prison, the US Department of Justice said Monday.
Scientists fear underfunded Argentina research on verge of collapse
Argentine biochemist Alejandro Nadra worries that President Javier Milei's budget cuts will undo his scientific quest to unravel the cause of genetic diseases that disable and kill millions.
Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it—an unheard of amount of water that has stunned ...
Thousands evacuated as Super Typhoon Krathon approaches Taiwan
Taiwan closed schools and evacuated thousands of people in the south of the island Tuesday ahead of the arrival of Super Typhoon Krathon, with the president warning it was likely to cause "catastrophic damage".
Over half of Americans say lowering health care costs is among most important issues in deciding their presidential pick
Lowering the cost of health care and prescription drug prices and protecting Medicare and Social Security are among the most important issues for Americans in determining their vote for president, according to a new national ...
Study elucidates a mechanism for phosphorus cycling in subtropical forests
Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient element in plant photosynthesis. However, the adsorption of mineral P via leaching and erosion leads to a decrease in P availability and consequently P deficiency.
