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Other Aug 10, 2024

Saturday Citations: A rare misstep for Boeing; mouse jocks and calorie restriction; human brains in sync

This week's headlines include the extended sleepover for astronauts in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, insight into our imitative behaviors, and the Olympic form of mice.

Plants & Animals Aug 9, 2024

The molecular shield: How tea plants combat drought through protein phosphorylation

Drought stress poses a significant challenge to agriculture, causing substantial yield losses in many crops. Tea plants, known for their rich flavonoid content which enhances both quality and health benefits, are particularly ...

Social Sciences Aug 9, 2024

From Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, police antiblack violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parents

A decade ago, Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed Black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

Social Sciences Aug 8, 2024

Multiple goals, multiple solutions, plenty of second-guessing and revising—here's how science really works

A man in a lab coat bends under a dim light, his strained eyes riveted onto a microscope. He's powered only by caffeine and anticipation.

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Experiment shows repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsers

Climate science supporters rated climate-skeptical statements as "truer" after just a single repetition, according to a study published August 7, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE led by Mary Jiang from The Australian ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 7, 2024

Coupling excitons to polaritons for better solar cells and higher intensity LEDs

In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time. These systems need to strike a careful balance between different processes that lead ...

Social Sciences Aug 5, 2024

New research shows dance and movement therapy can increase emotional and social intelligence in middle school students

Bullying is the most common manifestation of violence in schools. With globalization and immigration increasing classroom diversity in schools across the United States, ethnic bullying—bullying that targets another's ethnic ...

Earth Sciences Aug 3, 2024

Born to modulate: Researchers reveal origins of climate-controlling particles

Aerosol particles are tiny. Swirling suspended in the air around us, most are smaller than the smallest bug, thinner than the thinnest hair on your head, gossamer specks practically invisible to the naked eye. Newly formed ...

Planetary Sciences Aug 2, 2024

First full 2-D spectral image of aurora borealis from a hyperspectral camera

Auroras are natural luminous phenomena caused by the interaction of electrons falling from the sky and the upper atmosphere. Most of the observed light consists of emission lines of neutral or ionized nitrogen and oxygen ...

Astronomy Aug 2, 2024

Rubin Observatory's 3.5-meter secondary mirror installed

Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3.5-meter secondary mirror has been installed on the Simonyi Survey Telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile. The glass mirror—made by Corning Advanced Optics and polished by L3Harris Technologies—is ...

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