Archaeology
Body of a woman discovered among remains of 25 warrior monks of the Order of Calatrava in Guadalajara
A research project led by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and the Max Planck Institute has studied the remains of 25 individuals buried between the 12th and 15th centuries in the castle at Zorita de los Canes, Guadalajara. ...
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Plants & Animals
Captivating blue-colored ant discovered in India's remote Siang Valley
Nothing like the common red, black, or brown ants, a stunning blue ant has been discovered in Yingku village in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. This new species belongs to the rare genus Paraparatrechina and has been ...
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The unexpected connection between brewing coffee and understanding turbulence
In 1883, Osborne Reynolds injected ink into water in a short, clear pipe to observe its movement. His experiments showed that as the input water velocity increased, the flow went from laminar (smooth and predictable) to turbulent ...
Soft Matter
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A transition-metal-free zeolite catalyst for direct conversion of methane to methanol
In light of the waste-to-wealth movement, technology for converting greenhouse gases into value-added materials has gained significant attention in recent years. One such technology is the catalytic conversion of methane ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Study identifies fungus that breaks down ocean plastic
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, among others, NIOZ published their results in the journal Science of ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Researchers discover 400,000-year-old stone tools designed specifically for butchering fallow deer in Israel
A new study from Tel Aviv University identified the earliest appearance worldwide of special stone tools, used 400,000 years ago to process fallow deer. The tools, called Quina scrapers (after the site in France where they ...
Archaeology
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Satellite mapping reveals a global bloom in greenhouse cultivation
We have long become accustomed to enjoying tomatoes, cucumbers, berries and melons year-round. In Europe, most of these imports come from Spain, where millions of tons of fruit and vegetables are grown under seas of white ...
Agriculture
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Best of Last Week—New technology to identify fossils, adapting to an extra thumb, new ideas on cancer cause
It was a good week for the study of ancient creatures, as a team with members from Germany, the U.S. and Australia, applied a new type of technology to existing fossil finds. Called zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, the ...
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Study finds timing of brain waves shapes the words we hear
The timing of our brain waves shapes how we perceive our environment. We are more likely to perceive events when their timing coincides with the timing of relevant brain waves. Lead scientist Sanne ten Oever and her co-authors ...
Neuroscience
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Study finds semaglutide associated with reduction in incidence and recurrence of alcohol-use disorder
A new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that the popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to reduced incidence and recurrence of alcohol abuse ...
Medications
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Medical Xpress
Metformin may be as safe as insulin during pregnancy, 11-year data show
Why, for some, psychotherapy might be a better treatment for depression than drugs
Low-dose aspirin reduces inflammation caused by sleep loss
The future of drug testing: Vascularized organ-on-a-chip technologies
Study finds cognitive declines preceding Alzheimer's diagnosis lead to credit card, mortgage delinquency
To eliminate COVID-era bloodstream infections in heart and lung patients, a hospital had to innovate
Study finds people of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid
More than meets the eye: Understanding how the brain controls social gaze
Mobile app aims to help identify graft-versus-host disease earlier
Tech Xplore
Where 'Nextdoor' communities exist and what these communities talk about
We asked ChatGPT for legal advice—here are five reasons why you shouldn't
New all-optical approach could miniaturize night vision technology
Ionic liquid electrolyte enables efficient CO₂ conversion to fuels and chemicals
Report finds EU wind and solar capacity up nearly two-thirds since 2019
Novel formamidinium lead iodide perovskite n-type transistors have notable field-effect mobilities
Feeling flush: Japan's high-tech toilets go global
Using AI to help drones find lost hikers
New analytical tool can improve understanding of heritable human traits and diseases
Researchers from the University of Oslo have developed an innovative method to improve our understanding of heritable human traits and diseases. The analytical tool, called GSA-MiXeR, is designed to make sense of genetic ...
Genetics
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Enhancing nanofibrous acoustic energy harvesters with AI
Scientists at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), have employed artificial intelligence techniques to improve the design and production of nanofibers used in wearable nanofiber acoustic energy harvesters ...
Bio & Medicine
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Crucial shift in River Nile's evolution during ancient Egypt discovered
Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its geography could have helped shape the fortunes of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Archaeology
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New drug shows promise in easing chronic pain, study finds
A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia have made progress toward developing a drug candidate for treating chronic pain more safely.
Immunology
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New momentum-space polarization filters enable high signal-to-noise ratio nano imaging
A research team led by Prof. Zhang Dongguo from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed an optical module that consists of cascaded momentum-space polarization ...
Nanophysics
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Fresh findings: Earliest evidence of life-bringing freshwater on Earth
New Curtin-led research has found evidence that fresh water on Earth, which is essential for life, appeared about 4 billion years ago—5 hundred million years earlier than previously thought.
Earth Sciences
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Study finds people of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically improved health insurance coverage for millions of Americans who were automatically covered by Medicaid due to the national public health emergency.
Medical economics
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Genetic analyses of remains from 500 BCE reveal kinship and ancestry of Celts in Germany
The Celtic culture of the pre-Roman Iron Age in Western and Central Europe has left numerous traces to this day, not least in the form of enormous burial mounds and spectacular archaeological artifacts. Despite this rich ...
Archaeology
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Understanding the atomic density fluctuations in silica glass
In materials science, particularly in the study of glasses, the intermediate range order (IRO) is one of the most intriguing research areas owing to its significant influence over the physical properties of glasses.
Analytical Chemistry
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How sharks survived a major spike in Earth's temperature
The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.
Plants & Animals
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Researchers present one-pot photothermal upcycling of polylactic acid to hydrogen and pyruvic acid
Plastic waste, a ubiquitous pollutant, poses a significant threat to both humans and the environment. However, it also represents a vast carbon resource. Recycling or upcycling plastic waste is not just a question of environmental ...
Hubble views broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731. It lies in the constellation Virgo and is located 43 million light-years from Earth. This highly detailed image ...
Family-friendly workplaces benefit employees, businesses
Paid leave and employee well-being are the focus of a three-part policy series on family-friendly business practices put together by the Brown School's Clark-Fox Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.
Some Black residents still distrust Baltimore police department, even after reforms, research finds
Despite a series of reforms to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) instituted by the U.S. Department of Justice, a University of Maryland study finds that some Black residents still have concerns that the police are ineffective ...
AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but science needs proof
An advanced algorithm that has been developed by Google DeepMind has gone some way to cracking one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in biology. AlphaFold aims to predict the 3D structures of proteins from the "instruction ...
How Trump's definition of a 'real' American has grabbed his audience—what our research shows about why
Donald Trump has recently doubled down on his derogatory depictions of undocumented migrants in his bid to win the 2024 presidential election. In an interview with Time magazine, published on April 30 2024, Trump referred ...
Vessel strikes drive large whale strandings
Increased whale strandings on the east coast of the United States remain a concern for biologists and citizens alike. Why this increase has occurred over a number of years is still being debated.
La Niña may be set to return this year
The 2023/24 El Niño event, which helped fuel a spike in global temperatures and extreme weather around the world, is now showing signs of ending. There is likely to be a swing back to La Niña conditions later this year, ...
Most surface ozone contributing to premature mortality in European countries is imported, study shows
Exposure to current levels of ground-level ozone (O3) in Europe is one of the main causes of premature mortality due to air pollution, especially in summer.
Patents based on traditional knowledge are often 'biopiracy.' A new international treaty will finally combat this
Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge.
Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings
Waves are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Whether it's the rise and fall of ocean tides or the swinging of a clock's pendulum, the predictable rhythms of waves create a signal that is easy to track and distinguish from ...
How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products
About half the states in the United States have introduced so-called universal demand laws that make it harder for aggrieved shareholders to sue company directors and hold managers personally liable for decisions that have ...
Neighborhoods see a larger disparity in wildlife in Chicago than other cities, study shows
For nearly two decades, Mark Weitekamper has lived in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood. For years, Weitekamper said, he's been able to enjoy wildlife in the heart of the city.
Superconducting circuit for qubit control within large-scale quantum computer systems successfully demonstrated
In support of the development of large-scale superconducting quantum computers, researchers with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest public research organizations ...
Are pet dogs and cats the weak link in bird flu surveillance?
When researchers talk about their biggest bird flu fears, one that typically comes up involves an animal—like a pig—becoming simultaneously infected with an avian and a human flu. This creature, now a viral mixing vessel, ...
Pelicans are starving: Scientists might know why
There's a broken link in the food chain of California's brown pelicans, adding a sad chapter to one of conservation's most striking success stories.
Artists, entrepreneurs transform cicadas from 'ick' to 'in demand' while building community
Cicadas seem to be everywhere these days.
Team of international experts call for urgent action against increasing threat from invasive species
While invasive alien species have long been recognized as a major threat to nature and people, urgent action now is needed to tackle this global issue. This is the critical evaluation by the 88 authors, representing 101 organizations ...
UN forecasts La Nina could help lower temperatures this year
The return of the cooling La Niña weather phenomenon this year should help lower temperatures somewhat after months of global heat records, the United Nations' weather agency said Monday.
What looming La Nina means for global temperatures
El Niño, the natural weather phenomenon that contributed to 2023 being the hottest year on record, has recently subsided, paving the way for its opposing, cooling La Niña phase to begin.
