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TOP SCIENCE NEWS
July 1, 2024
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Tiny Bright Objects Discovered at Dawn of Universe Baffle Scientists
June 28, 2024 — A recent discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected in the early
universe upend conventional thinking about the origins and evolution of galaxies
and their supermassive black ...
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New Class of Mars Quakes Reveals Daily Meteorite Strikes
June 28, 2024 — An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery
with seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact
rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. Seismology also offers a new tool for
determining the density of Mars' ...
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First Case of Down Syndrome in Neanderthals Documented in New Study
June 26, 2024 — A new study documents the first case of Down syndrome in
Neanderthals and reveals that they were capable of providing altruistic care and
support for a vulnerable member of their social ...
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Almonds, Pottery, Wood Help Date Famed Kyrenia Shipwreck
June 26, 2024 — Researchers have identified the likeliest timeline of the famous
Hellenistic-era Kyrenia shipwreck, discovered and recovered off the north coast
of Cyprus in the ...
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New Mathematical Model Sheds Light on the Absence of Breastfeeding in Male
Mammals
June 27, 2024 — Mathematicians ave put forward a hypothesis which suggests that
the reason male mammals don't breastfeed might be driven by the rich community
of microbes that lives in breast milk and which plays an important part in
establishing the gut microbiome of the ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Breastfeeding
* Evolutionary Biology
* Nature
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Creating Supranormal Hearing in Mice
June 28, 2024 — A new study has produced supranormal hearing in mice, while also
supporting a hypothesis on the cause of hidden hearing loss in ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Hearing Loss
* Mice
* Disability
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Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour
June 27, 2024 — H5N1 virus in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber
components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its
potential to infect people and other ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Bird Flu Research
* Bird Flu
* Influenza
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Microrobot-Packed Pill Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in
Mice
June 26, 2024 — Engineers have developed a pill that releases microscopic
robots, or microrobots, into the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD). The experimental treatment, given orally, has shown success in mice. It
significantly reduced IBD symptoms and promoted the healing of damaged colon
tissue without causing toxic side ...
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* Colitis
* Immune System
* Crohn's Disease
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Wireless Receiver Blocks Interference for Better Mobile Device Performance
June 28, 2024 — Researchers developed a new wireless receiver that can block
strong interference signals at the earliest opportunity, which could improve the
performance of a mobile ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Technology
* Electronics
* Mobile Computing
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Light-Controlled Artificial Maple Seeds Could Monitor the Environment Even in
Hard-to-Reach Locations
June 27, 2024 — Researchers have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial
dance of falling maple seeds. In the future, this robot could be used for
real-time environmental monitoring or delivery of small samples even in
inaccessible terrain such as deserts, mountains or cliffs, or the open sea. This
technology could be a game changer for fields such as ...
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* Artificial Intelligence
* Robotics
* Optics
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This Desert Moss Has the Potential to Grow on Mars
June 30, 2024 — The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate
for Mars colonization thanks to its extreme ability to tolerate harsh conditions
lethal to most life forms. The moss is well known for its ability to tolerate
drought conditions, but researchers now report that it can also survive freezing
temperatures as low as 196 C, high levels of gamma radiation, and simulated
Martian conditions ...
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* Endangered Plants
* Mars
* Extreme Survival
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New Evidence for How Heat Is Transported Below the Sun's Surface
June 25, 2024 — Solar physicists have revealed the interior structure of the
sun's supergranules, a flow structure that transports heat from the sun's hidden
interior to its surface. The researchers' analysis of the supergranules presents
a challenge to the current understanding of solar ...
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* Sun
* Solar Flare
* Astronomy
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Projected Loss of Brown Macroalgae and Seagrasses With Global Environmental
Change
June 27, 2024 — Researchers predict that climate change will drive a substantial
redistribution of brown seaweeds and seagrasses at the global scale. The
projected changes are alarming due to the fundamental role seaweeds and
seagrasses in coastal ecosystems and provide evidence of the pervasive impacts
of climate change on marine ...
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* Global Warming
* Environmental Awareness
* Climate
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Long-Standing Marine Mystery Solved: How Algae Get Nitrogen to Grow
June 27, 2024 — Scientists shed light on an unexpected partnership: A marine
diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation
in vast regions of the ocean. This symbiosis likely plays a key role for global
marine nitrogen fixation and productivity, and thus uptake of carbon dioxide.
The newly-discovered bacterial symbiont is closely related to the
nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia which live ...
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* New Species
* Drought
* Drought Research
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Groundbreaking Discovery: Zinc Can Make Crop Yields More Climate-Resilient
June 27, 2024 — Climate change, drought, increased temperature and other
stressors challenge agricultural sustainability. Researchers have now made an
unexpected discovery: zinc plays a pivotal role in the plant response to abiotic
stress. This groundbreaking discovery not only sheds light on the intricate
mechanisms of plant growth but also holds promise for revolutionizing crop
resilience, especially in ...
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* Drought
* Agriculture and Food
* Soil Types
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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Pose an Acute Challenge for Cities With
Combined Sewer Systems
June 27, 2024 — Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are
at risk of being inundated by untreated sewage during floods. Due in part to the
design of their combined sewer systems and in part due to sea level rise, these
cities could be facing a growing public health crisis as climate change also
drives more extreme precipitation. The group ...
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* Floods
* Water
* Climate
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* Why Male Mammals Don't Breastfeed: Microbes
* Creating Supranormal Hearing in Mice
* Bird Flu Stable On Milking Equipment One Hour
* Micro-Robot-Packed Pill Treats IBD
* TOP PHYSICAL/TECH
* Better Mobile Device Performance
* Light-Controlled Fake Maple Seeds for Monitoring
* Desert Moss Has Potential to Grow On Mars
* How Heat Is Transported Below the Sun's Surface
* TOP ENVIRONMENT
* Climate: Projected Loss of Seagrasses
* Symbiosis Fixes Missing Nitrogen in Ocean
* Zinc Can Make Crop Yields More Climate-Resilient
* Sea Level Rise and City Sewer System Overflow
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HEALTH NEWS
July 1, 2024
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New Genetic Cause of Obesity Could Help Guide Treatment
June 20, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new cause of why people who lack a
specific blood group are genetically predisposed to be overweight or ...
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Studies Uncover the Critical Role of Sleep in the Formation of Memories
June 13, 2024 — A lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain
information. Two new studies uncover why this is and what is happening inside
the brain during sleep and sleep deprivation to help or harm the formation of
...
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Internet Addiction Affects the Behavior and Development of Adolescents
June 4, 2024 — Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the
brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a
new ...
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Public Have No Difficulty Getting to Grips With an Extra Thumb, Study Finds
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have shown that members of the public have little
trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb -- a controllable,
prosthetic extra thumb -- to pick up and manipulate objects. The team tested the
robotic device on a diverse ...
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Study Finds Statins Reduce the Relative Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases by Over
20% in Adults Aged 75+ With High Cholesterol
June 26, 2024 — Researchers provided comprehensive evidence of the benefits of
statin use in elderly patients, addressing longstanding uncertainties. The
robust evidence demonstrated that continuous statin therapy resulted in a
substantial relative risk reduction in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) of 21% for
those aged 75-84 and 35% for those aged 85 or above, ...
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* Cholesterol
* Personalized Medicine
* Alternative Medicine
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Predicting Changes Inside Astronauts' Bodies During Space Travel Through Blood
Sample Analysis
June 26, 2024 — The human body undergoes various transformations in space.
However, a direct examination of organs and tissues is challenging. This study
successfully identified these changes inside the body by analyzing tiny
quantities of DNA and RNA molecules released from various tissues into the
bloodstream while the astronauts were on the International Space ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Space Station
* Space Probes
* NASA
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A Method to Study Immune Cells Offers Hope for Finding New Disease Treatments
June 26, 2024 — An innovative combination of methods to identify and study how
macrophages function could potentially revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment
of various ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Immune System
* Lymphoma
* Stem Cells
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Revealing the Dynamic Choreography Inside Multilayer Vesicles
June 26, 2024 — Our cells and the machinery inside them are engaged in a
constant dance. This dance involves some surprisingly complicated choreography
within the lipid bilayers that comprise cell membranes and vesicles --
structures that transport waste or food within cells. In a recent paper,
researchers shed some light on how these vesicles self-assemble, knowledge that
could help scientists design ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Gene Therapy
* Molecular Biology
* Cell Biology
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Hope for Long-Term Antidepressant Users as Study Shows Half Can Taper Off Drugs
With Simple Support
June 26, 2024 — Nearly half of long-term antidepressant users can quit the drugs
with GP support and access to internet or telephone helplines alone, a study has
revealed. More than ten per cent of adults in the UK are taking antidepressants
for depression with more than half using them for longer than two years,
according to NHS ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Mental Health Research
* Mental Health
* Today's Healthcare
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Study Reveals Significant Differences in RNA Editing Between Postmortem and
Living Human Brain
June 28, 2024 — Researchers have reported finding major differences between
postmortem and living prefrontal cortex brain tissues as they relate to one of
the most abundant RNA modifications in the brain, known as adenosine-to-inosine
(A-to-I) ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Brain-Computer Interfaces
* Brain Injury
* Psychology
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Depictions of Depression Are Often Misleading
June 28, 2024 — A recent study shows that people are commonly given misleading
information about depression. According to the researchers, the inaccurate
information makes it harder for people to understand the causes of their ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Depression
* Mental Health Research
* Mental Health
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Emotional Overeating Fed by Temperament, Caregivers' Reactions to Children's
Emotions
June 27, 2024 — A research team tracked children from infancy through age 3 to
explore the roots of emotional overeating. Parents/caregivers were surveyed
about the children's temperaments and whether they consumed food to manage their
emotions. The team found that while emotional overeating was associated with
temperament and individuals' capacity to manage ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Child Psychology
* Children's Health
* Child Development
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Lie-Detection AI Could Provoke People Into Making Careless Accusations,
Researchers Warn
June 27, 2024 — Although people lie a lot, they typically refrain from accusing
others of lying because of social norms around making false accusations and
being polite. But artificial intelligence (AI) could soon shake up the rules.
Researchers demonstrate that people are much more likely to accuse others of
lying when an AI makes an accusation. The finding ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Behavior
* Scientific Conduct
* Racial Issues
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Relationship Between Heart Disease and Spontaneous Loss of Y Chromosome
June 27, 2024 — Researchers found that men with a higher proportion of blood
cells missing Y chromosomes have a higher mortality rate from a common cause of
heart disease called transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA), informing
future treatment for patients with ...
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* Heart Disease
* Diseases and Conditions
* Chronic Illness
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Neighborhood Opportunities Influence Infant Development and Cognition
June 27, 2024 — Researchers find that growing up in neighborhoods with more
educational and socioeconomic opportunities has a positive impact on infants'
brain ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Child Development
* Intelligence
* Infant and Preschool Learning
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Researchers Find Elementary Age Children Experience More Concussions During
Activities Unrelated to Sports
June 27, 2024 — Researchers found that young children between the ages of 5 and
12 were more likely to experience a concussion from recreation and other
non-sport activities, yet those injuries were not seen by specialists until days
later compared with sports-related concussions in the same age ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Brain Injury
* Sports Medicine
* Accident and Trauma
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* HEALTH & MEDICINE
* Statins Reduce Cardiovascular Diseases
* Predicting Changes In Astronauts' Bodies
* Immune Cells Offer Hope for Disease Treatment
* Choreography Inside Multilayer Vesicles
* MIND & BRAIN
* Hope for Long-Term Antidepressant Users
* RNA Editing: Postmortem and Living Human Brain
* Depictions of Depression Often Misleading
* Emotional Overeating Fed by Temperament
* LIVING WELL
* Lie-Detection AI and Careless Accusations
* Spontaneous Loss of Y Chromosome
* Infant Development and Cognition: Neighborhood
* Kids: More Concussions Unrelated to Sports
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PHYSICAL/TECH NEWS
July 1, 2024
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Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
June 26, 2024 — Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA's
OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust rich in carbon, nitrogen, and organic
compounds, all of which are essential components for life as we know it.
Dominated by clay minerals, ...
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Robots Face the Future
June 25, 2024 — Researchers have found a way to bind engineered skin tissue to
the complex forms of humanoid robots. This brings with it potential benefits to
robotic platforms such as increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded
sensing capabilities and an ...
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Telltale Greenhouse Gases Could Signal Alien Activity
June 25, 2024 — If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it
warmer, we'd be able to tell. A new study identifies the artificial greenhouse
gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed ...
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Star Clusters Observed Within a Galaxy in the Early Universe
June 24, 2024 — The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved
into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical questions
to solve yet, but new research brings us closer to understanding it. New
insights about young galaxies ...
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Some Landfill 'Burps' Contain Airborne PFAS
June 26, 2024 — Many municipal landfills 'burp' gas from decomposing organic
matter rather than letting it build up. And burps from buried waste containing
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can release these 'forever chemicals'
into the air, say researchers. Their study reports unexpectedly high levels of
airborne PFAS at three landfills and demonstrates that vented gases and liquid
by-products called ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Recycling and Waste
* Environmental Issues
* Environmental Science
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Small, Adsorbent 'Fins' Collect Humidity Rather Than Swim Through Water
June 26, 2024 — Clean, safe water is a limited resource and access to it depends
on local bodies of water. But even dry regions have some water vapor in the air.
To harvest small amounts of humidity, researchers developed a compact device
with absorbent-coated fins that first trap moisture and then generate potable
water when heated. They say the prototype could help meet growing demands for
water, especially in ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Water
* Nature of Water
* Pollution
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Understanding Why Carbon Nanotube Bundles Become Mechanically Weak When Twisted
June 26, 2024 — Local rearrangements of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) upon twisting
may be the cause for the poor mechanical performance of CNT bundles and yarns,
report scientists. Using molecular dynamics simulations, they revealed that
defects known as disclination lines appear when a CNT bundle is twisted, which
alters the tensile properties of the whole system. ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Materials Science
* Engineering and Construction
* Nanotechnology
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Breakthrough Research Makes Cancer-Fighting Viral Agent More Effective
June 28, 2024 — Researchers have made a significant breakthrough by discovering
that the drug 4-OI can enhance the effectiveness of a cancer-fighting viral
agent. This may lead to treatment of cancers that are otherwise resistant to ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Viruses
* Cancer
* HIV and AIDS
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Too Many Missing Satellite Galaxies Found
June 28, 2024 — Bringing us one step closer to solving the 'missing satellites
problem,' researchers have discovered two new satellite ...
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* Galaxies
* Satellites
* Astrophysics
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The Density Difference of Sub-Neptunes Finally Deciphered
June 27, 2024 — The majority of stars in our galaxy are home to planets. The
most abundant are the sub-Neptunes, planets between the size of Earth and
Neptune. Calculating their density poses a problem for scientists: depending on
the method used to measure their mass, two populations are highlighted, the
dense and the less dense. Is this due to an observational bias or the physical
existence of two distinct ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Extrasolar Planets
* Kuiper Belt
* Pluto
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Precision Instrument Bolsters Efforts to Find Elusive Dark Energy
June 26, 2024 — Dark energy -- a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at
an ever-increasing rate -- was discovered 26 years ago, and ever since,
scientists have been searching for a new and exotic particle causing the
expansion. Physicists combined an optical lattice with an atom interferometer to
hold atoms in place for up to 70 seconds -- a record for an atom interferometer
-- allowing them to more ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Physics
* Quantum Physics
* Albert Einstein
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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb
Telescopes
June 26, 2024 — Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the
Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations
worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty. Now, NASA has released a new 3D
visualization of these towering celestial structures using data from NASA's
Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the ...
RELATED TOPICS
* NASA
* Astronomy
* Space Exploration
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Balancing Act: Novel Wearable Sensors and AI Transform Balance Assessment
June 26, 2024 — Traditional methods to assess balance often suffer from
subjectivity, aren't comprehensive enough and can't be administered remotely.
They also are expensive and require specialized equipment and clinical
expertise. Using wearable sensors and advanced machine learning algorithms,
researchers offer a practical and cost-effective solution for capturing detailed
movement data, essential for balance ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Foot Health
* Joint Health
* Computer Modeling
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Study Reveals Why AI Models That Analyze Medical Images Can Be Biased
June 28, 2024 — Researchers have found that artificial intelligence models that
are most accurate at predicting race and gender from X-ray images also show the
biggest 'fairness gaps' -- that is, discrepancies in their ability to accurately
diagnose images of people of different races or ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Computer Modeling
* Mathematical Modeling
* Today's Healthcare
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Researchers Develop Fastest Possible Flow Algorithm
June 28, 2024 — Computer scientists have written a network flow algorithm that
computes almost as fast as is mathematically possible. This algorithm computes
the maximum traffic flow with minimum transport costs for any type of network.
It thus solves a key question in theoretical computer science. The superfast
algorithm also lays the foundation for efficiently computing very large and
dynamically changing ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Computer Programming
* Computers and Internet
* Computer Science
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Visual Explanations of Machine Learning Models to Estimate Charge States in
Quantum Dots
June 27, 2024 — To form qubit states in semiconductor materials, it requires
tuning for numerous parameters. But as the number of qubits increases, the
amount of parameters also increases, thereby complicating this process. Now,
researchers have automated this process, overcoming a significant barrier to
realizing quantum ...
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* Spintronics Research
* Spintronics
* Quantum Computers
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* MATTER & ENERGY
* Landfill 'Burps' Contain Airborne PFAS
* 'Fins' Collect Humidity Rather Than Swim
* Carbon Nanotubes Can Become Mechanically Weak
* Cancer-Fighting Viral Agent Now More Effective
* SPACE & TIME
* Too Many Missing Satellite Galaxies Found
* The Density Difference of Sub-Neptunes
* Finding Elusive Dark Energy
* Star Birth in The Pillars of Creation
* COMPUTERS & MATH
* AI and Sensors Help Balance Assessment
* Medical Images : Bias With AI Models
* Fastest Flow Algorithm
* Estimating Charge States in Quantum Dots
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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
July 1, 2024
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Iceland's Volcano Eruptions May Last Decades
June 26, 2024 — Scientists predict from geochemical data that Iceland is
entering a new volcanic era that will last for decades, possibly centuries.
Under an hour's drive from the country's capital city, the ongoing eruptions
pose considerable risks for economic ...
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Non-Stop Flight: 4,200 Km Transatlantic Flight of the Painted Lady Butterfly
Mapped
June 25, 2024 — In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of
Painted Lady Butterflies on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana -- a species
not typically found in South America. This unusual sighting ...
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Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed 'Ecocide'
June 21, 2024 — Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed
thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated
places -- a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui.
Eventually, their numbers ballooned to ...
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Fishy Parenting? Punishing Offspring Encourages Cooperation
June 18, 2024 — Scientists discovered that Neolamprologus savoryi fish use
punishment to encourage offspring to cooperate in brood care, revealing advanced
cognitive abilities previously thought unique to higher vertebrates. This study
highlights that punishment ...
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Slipping a Note to a Neighbor: The Cellular Way
June 26, 2024 — Study reveals how drug molecules bind in channels between
neighboring cells, changing intercellular ...
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* Biotechnology
* Biology
* Developmental Biology
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Plankton Researchers Urge Their Colleagues to Mix It Up
June 26, 2024 — A new article encourages researchers to focus their attention on
mixoplankton, providing a set of methodologies to help expand our understanding
of this critically important component of the marine ...
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* Ecology Research
* Marine Biology
* New Species
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Biting Flies on Dairy Farms Can Spread Bovine Mastitis
June 26, 2024 — A new study identified biting flies as reservoirs of bacteria
that cause bovine mastitis on dairy ...
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* Microbes and More
* Veterinary Medicine
* Cows, Sheep, Pigs
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New Deep-Learning Model Outperforms Google AI System in Predicting Peptide
Structures
June 27, 2024 — Researchers have developed a deep-learning model, called
PepFlow, that can predict all possible shapes of peptides -- chains of amino
acids that are shorter than proteins, but perform similar biological functions.
Peptides are known to be highly flexible, taking on a wide range of folding
patterns, and are thus involved in many biological ...
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* Computer Modeling
* Mathematical Modeling
* Mice
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Synthetic Fuels and Chemicals from CO2: Ten Experiments in Parallel
June 27, 2024 — Why do just one experiment at a time when you can do ten?
Researchers have developed an automated system, which allows them to research
catalysts, electrodes, and reaction conditions for CO2 electrolysis up to ten
times faster. The system is complemented by an open-source software for data ...
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* Energy and the Environment
* Energy and Resources
* Hacking
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Urban Green and Blue Spaces Are Linked to Less Coronary Artery Calcification
June 27, 2024 — Being near and having more exposure to urban green space and
blue (water) space is linked to lower odds of having coronary artery
calcification in middle age, which is an early marker of cardiovascular disease.
The associations were more pronounced among Black individuals and those living
in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status, with the ...
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* Heart Disease
* Stroke Prevention
* Sustainability
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US Clean Water Act Leaves About 55% of Water Flowing out of Rivers Vulnerable to
Pollution
June 27, 2024 — The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in
response to weather events -- called ephemeral streams -- do not fall under the
protection of the Clean Water Act. New research suggests that this now leaves
many U.S. waterways vulnerable to ...
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* Water
* Environmental Policies
* Pollution
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A Cold-Specialized Icefish Species Underwent Major Genetic Changes as It
Migrated to Temperate Waters
Apr. 5, 2023 — Biologists have explored the genetic mechanisms underlying the
transition from freezing Antarctic waters to more temperature waters by
Antarctic Notothenioid ...
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* Fish
* Evolutionary Biology
* Extreme Survival
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Researchers Find Genetic Stability in a Long-Term Panamanian Hybrid Zone of
Manakin Birds
June 26, 2024 — We often think of species as separate and distinct, but
sometimes they can interbreed and create hybrids. When this happens consistently
in a specific area, it forms what's known as a hybrid zone. These zones can be
highly dynamic or remarkably stable, and studying them can reveal key insights
into how species boundaries evolve -- or sometimes ...
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* Mating and Breeding
* Evolutionary Biology
* New Species
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Investigating Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents at Depths of 3,000 Meters Off
Svalbard
June 28, 2024 — Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the
junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields
still to be discovered. During a 2022 expedition of the MARIA S. MERIAN, the
first field of hydrothermal vents on the 500-kilometer-long Knipovich Ridge off
the coast of Svalbard was ...
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* Oceanography
* Global Warming
* Water
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Ecologists Reconstruct the History of Biodiversity in the Indo-Australian
Archipelago and Its Rise as a Hotspot
June 28, 2024 — The Coral Triangle, also known as the Indo-Australian
Archipelago, is renowned for having the greatest marine biodiversity on our
planet. Despite its importance, the detailed evolutionary history of this
biodiversity hotspot has remained largely a mystery. An international research
team has now shed light on this history, reconstructing how ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Biodiversity
* Ecology
* Extinction
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Ammonites' Fate Sealed by Meteor Strike That Wiped out Dinosaurs
June 27, 2024 — Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction,
scientists have ...
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* Extinction
* Evolutionary Biology
* Evolution
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* PLANTS & ANIMALS
* Slipping a Note the Cellular Way
* Plankton Researchers Mix It Up
* Flies Can Spread Bovine Mastitis
* Predicting Peptide Structures
* EARTH & CLIMATE
* Ten Experiments in Parallel
* Urban Green and Blue Spaces: Heart Health
* US Clean Water Act: Streams Vulnerable
* How Icefish Adapted to Temperate Waters
* FOSSILS & RUINS
* Genetic Stability in Hybrid Zone of Manakins
* Hydrothermal Vents at Depths of 3,000 Meters
* Indo-Australian Archipelago: Biodiversity ...
* Ammonites' Fate Sealed by Meteor Strike
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SOCIETY/EDUCATION NEWS
July 1, 2024
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Ritual Sacrifice at Chichén Itzá
June 12, 2024 — Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse,
Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient
Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life remain poorly
understood. Close kin relationships, ...
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'Vigorous Melting' at Antarctica's Thwaites 'Doomsday' Glacier
May 20, 2024 — Glaciologists show evidence of warm ocean water intruding
kilometers beneath grounded ice at Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The
findings suggest that existing climate models are underestimating the impact of
ocean and ice interactions in ...
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One Third of China's Urban Population at Risk of City Sinking, New Satellite
Data Shows
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200 players, aged between 13-18, also revealed only six per cent of the budding
ballers even go on to play in lower ...
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Cheaper, More Convenient Method to Detect Asbestos
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standard for detecting asbestos fibers in air samples drawn at construction
sites. But researchers have found that a cheaper, less labor-intensive method,
scanning electron microscopy (SEM), can work just as well in most cases. The new
finding could help reduce the estimated $3 billion spent on asbestos remediation
in this country ...
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accessible approach to teaching at different ...
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credibility -- measured as their competence, trustworthiness, and the extent to
which they are perceived to share an individual's values -- remain high, but
their perceived competence and trustworthiness eroded somewhat between 2023 and
2024. The research also found that public perceptions of scientists working in
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The Science of Procrastination
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access to massive sets of brain ...
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Virtual Reality as a Reliable Shooting Performance-Tracking Tool
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skills in law enforcement and military personnel, a new study suggests: It can
accurately record shooting performance and reliably track individuals' progress
over ...
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Peers Crucial in Shaping Boys' Confidence in Math Skills
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the social mechanisms that contribute to the gender gap in math confidence.
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Conversation Is Changing: Why People Speak More Alike Today
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A Conservation Market Could Incentivize Global Ocean Protection
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conservation is popular in principle, the costs of actually enacting it often
stall even the most earnest efforts. Researchers have now proposed a
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Younger Workers Feel Stressed, Lonely and Undervalued
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Female AI 'Teammate' Generates More Participation from Women
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