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July 31, 2024
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Breaking MAD: Generative AI Could Break the Internet, Researchers Find
July 30, 2024 — Researchers have found that training successive generations of
generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to
self-consuming feedback ...
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What Shapes a Virus's Pandemic Potential? SARS-CoV-2 Relatives Yield Clues
July 30, 2024 — Two of the closest known relatives to SARS-CoV-2 -- a pair of
bat coronaviruses discovered by researchers in Laos -- may transmit poorly in
people despite being genetically similar to the COVID-19-causing virus, a new
study reveals. The findings ...
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NASA Data Shows July 22, 2024 Was Earth's Hottest Day on Record
July 29, 2024 — July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a
NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also
exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023. These record-breaking
temperatures are part of a ...
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Shape-Shifting 'Transformer Bots' Inspired by Origami
July 29, 2024 — Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, engineers have
discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more
than 1,000 configurations using only three active ...
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Common Blood Tests Could Improve Cancer Diagnosis for People With Stomach Pain
or Bloating
July 30, 2024 — A new study looked at data from more than 400,000 people aged 30
or older in the UK who had visited a GP due to stomach pain and more than 50,000
who had visited their GP due to ...
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* Breast Cancer
* Cancer
* Lung Cancer
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Cannabinoid CBG Reduces Anxiety and Stress in First Human Clinical Trial
July 31, 2024 — A lesser-known cannabinoid that is gaining in popularity
Cannabigerol (CBG) effectively reduced anxiety in a clinical trial without the
intoxication typically associated with whole plant cannabis. It may even have
some memory enhancing effects, according to a new study. For the study,
researchers conducted the first human clinical trial investigating the acute
effects of CBG on anxiety, stress ...
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* Marijuana
* Anxiety
* Psychiatry
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Virus That Causes COVID-19 Is Widespread in Wildlife, Scientists Find
July 29, 2024 — SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread
among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six
common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior exposure to the virus
were found in five species, with rates of exposure ranging from 40 to 60 percent
depending on the ...
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* Virology
* COVID and SARS
* Viruses
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'Dancing Molecules' Heal Cartilage Damage
July 26, 2024 — New therapy uses synthetic nanofibers to mimic the natural
signaling of a protein that is crucial for cartilage formation and maintenance.
Researchers found that intensifying the motion of molecules within the
nanofibers led to more components needed for regeneration. After just four
hours, the treatment activated the gene expression necessary to generate
cartilage. Therapy could be used to treat ...
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* Arthritis
* Joint Health
* Stem Cells
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Scientists Devise Method to Secure Earth's Biodiversity on the Moon
July 31, 2024 — New research led proposes a plan to safeguard Earth's imperiled
biodiversity by cryogenically preserving biological material on the moon. The
moon's permanently shadowed craters are cold enough for cryogenic preservation
without the need for electricity or liquid ...
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* Nature
* Earth Science
* Moon
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The Rotation of a Nearby Star Stuns Astronomers
July 31, 2024 — Astronomers have found that the rotational profile of a nearby
star, V889 Herculis, differs considerably from that of the Sun. The observation
provides insights into the fundamental stellar astrophysics and helps us
understand the activity of the Sun, its spot structures and ...
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* Stars
* Solar Flare
* Astrophysics
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Super-Black Wood Can Improve Telescopes, Optical Devices and Consumer Goods
July 30, 2024 — Thanks to an accidental discovery, researchers have created a
new super-black material that absorbs almost all light, opening potential
applications in fine jewelry, solar cells and precision optical ...
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* Optics
* Trees
* Materials Science
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What No One Has Seen Before -- Simulation of Gravitational Waves from Failing
Warp Drive
July 30, 2024 — Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of
spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades.
Although this so-called 'warp drive' originates from the realm of science
fiction, it is based on concrete descriptions in general relativity. A new study
takes things a step further -- simulating the ...
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* Albert Einstein
* Black Holes
* Big Bang
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Barriers Designed to Prevent Saltwater Intrusion May Worsen Inland Flooding
July 31, 2024 — Building protection barriers without accounting for potential
inland flooding risks from groundwater can eventually worsen the very issues
they aim to ...
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* Floods
* Water
* Resource Shortage
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Recent Volcanic 'Fires' in Iceland Triggered by Storage and Melting in Crust
July 31, 2024 — Scientists have detected geochemical signatures of magma pooling
and melting beneath the subsurface during the 'Fagradalsfjall Fires', that began
on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula in 2021. Samples show that the start of the
eruption began with massive pooling of magma, contrasting initial hypothesis for
magma ascent straight from the ...
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* Volcanoes
* Natural Disasters
* Geology
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Scientists Discover Entirely New Wood Type That Could Be Highly Efficient at
Carbon Storage
July 30, 2024 — Researchers undertaking an evolutionary survey of the
microscopic structure of wood from some of the world's most iconic trees and
shrubs have discovered an entirely new type of ...
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* Trees
* Forest
* Nature
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Ancient Marine Animal Had Inventive Past Despite Being Represented by Few
Species
July 25, 2024 — Brachiopods were evolving in new directions but this did not
turn into evolutionary success in terms of the numbers of species, researchers
have ...
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* Extinction
* New Species
* Evolution
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* Ancient Marine Animal Had Inventive Past
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HEALTH NEWS
July 31, 2024
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Switching Off Inflammatory Protein Leads to Longer, Healthier Lifespans in Mice
July 17, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that 'switching off' a protein called
IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25 ...
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Llama Nanobodies: A Breakthrough in Building HIV Immunity
July 17, 2024 — Biology researchers have developed a new antibody therapy that
can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains. They found success in an
unlikely source -- ...
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Brain Size Riddle Solved as Humans Exceed Evolution Trend
July 8, 2024 — The largest animals do not have proportionally bigger brains --
with humans bucking this trend -- a new study has ...
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A Prosthesis Driven by the Nervous System Helps People With Amputation Walk
Naturally
July 1, 2024 — With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface,
researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the
knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...
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Skin May Hold Key to Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnosis
July 31, 2024 — A genetic diagnostic method using a small sample of skin from
the upper arm could identify rare neurodevelopmental disorders in a non-invasive
way, according to ...
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* Genes
* Diseases and Conditions
* Personalized Medicine
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Surprising Finding in Glioblastomas
July 31, 2024 — Glioblastomas are highly aggressive, usually incurable brain
tumors. If all therapeutic options are exhausted, patients have an average life
expectancy of less than two years. Now researchers have made a surprising
discovery: in the vicinity of glioblastomas, they found islands of highly potent
immune cells in the neighboring bone marrow of the skull, which play a central
role in defending ...
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* Immune System
* Leukemia
* Osteoporosis
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AI Opens Door to Safe, Effective New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria
July 31, 2024 — In a hopeful sign for demand for more safe, effective
antibiotics for humans, researchers have leveraged artificial intelligence to
develop a new drug that already is showing promise in animal ...
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* Bacteria
* Microbes and More
* Pharmacology
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Most Blood Thinner Dosing Problems Happen After Initial Prescription
July 31, 2024 — More than two-thirds of people taking blood thinners take direct
oral anticoagulants, or DOACs, which are under- or over-prescribed in up to one
in eight patients. A new study finds that most prescribing issues for DOACs
occur after a provider writes the initial prescription. Researchers say the
findings highlight why patients on DOACs need to be monitored ...
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* Blood Clots
* Hypertension
* Today's Healthcare
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AI Boosts the Power of EEGs, Enabling Neurologists to Quickly, Precisely
Pinpoint Signs of Dementia
July 31, 2024 — Scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine
learning to analyze electroencephalogram (EEG) tests more quickly and precisely,
enabling neurologists to find early signs of dementia among data that typically
go ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Intelligence
* Dementia
* Alzheimer's
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Improving Alzheimer's Disease Imaging -- With Fluorescent Sensors
July 31, 2024 — Neurotransmitter levels in the brain can indicate brain health
and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. However, the protective
blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes delivering fluorescent sensors that can detect
these small molecules to the brain difficult. Now, researchers demonstrate a way
of packaging these sensors for easy passage across the BBB in mice, allowing for
improved brain ...
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* Detectors
* Brain Tumor
* Brain-Computer Interfaces
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New AI Tool Predicts Risk for Chronic Pain in Cancer Patients
July 31, 2024 — With 80% accuracy, an AI-trained tool could help doctors
identify which patients to treat for chronic ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Pain Control
* Diseases and Conditions
* Patient Education and Counseling
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A New Use for Propofol in Treating Epilepsy?
July 31, 2024 — The general anesthetic propofol may hold the keys to developing
new treatment strategies for epilepsy and other neurological disorders,
according to a new ...
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* Epilepsy Research
* Diseases and Conditions
* Epilepsy
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For Bigger Muscles Push Close to Failure, for Strength, Maybe Not
July 31, 2024 — When lifting weights, do you wonder how pushing yourself to the
point of failure -- where you can't do another rep -- impacts your results? New
research finds that if you're aiming for muscle growth, training closer to
failure might be more effective. It doesn't matter if you adjust training volume
by changing sets or reps; the relationship between how close you train to
failure and muscle growth ...
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* Fitness
* Kidney Disease
* Medical Education and Training
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Working from Home Is Stifling Innovation
July 30, 2024 — Remote and hybrid working may be great for employees' work-life
balance, but it may be stifling innovation, according to new ...
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* Creativity
* Industrial Relations
* Memory
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'Holiday' or 'Vacation': Similar Language Leads to More Cooperation
July 30, 2024 — 'Holiday' or 'vacation', 'to start' or 'to begin', 'my friend's
cat' or 'the cat of my friend' -- in our language, there are different ways of
expressing the same things and concepts. But can the choice of a particular
variant determine whether we prefer to cooperate with certain people rather than
with others? A research team investigated this and showed that people are more
likely to co-operate ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Social Psychology
* Language Acquisition
* Psychology
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How Obstetric Interventions Affect the Birthing Experience
July 30, 2024 — The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ2) was used to
investigate how medical interventions influence the individual birth experience.
The overall experience was rated ...
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* Pregnancy and Childbirth
* Gynecology
* Today's Healthcare
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* HEALTH & MEDICINE
* Neurodevelopmental Diagnosis: Skin Sample
* Surprising Finding in Glioblastomas
* AI to Help Combat Resistant Bacteria
* Blood Thinner Dosing Can Be Tricky
* MIND & BRAIN
* AI Helps Neurologists Find Signs of Dementia
* Improving Alzheimer's Disease Imaging
* Risk for Chronic Pain in Cancer Patients
* A New Use for Propofol in Treating Epilepsy?
* LIVING WELL
* Training for Muscle Size Versus Strength
* Working from Home Is Stifling Innovation
* Similar Language Leads to More Cooperation
* Birthing Experience and Obstetric Interventions
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PHYSICAL/TECH NEWS
July 31, 2024
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Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa
July 21, 2024 — Europa and Enceladus, icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn
respectively, have evidence of oceans beneath their crusts. A NASA experiment
suggests -- if these oceans support life -- signatures of that life in the form
of organic molecules (like amino ...
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Ant Insights Lead to Robot Navigation Breakthrough
July 17, 2024 — Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond
their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only
relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots.
Drone-researchers felt inspired ...
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Bizarre 'Garden Sprinkler-Like' Jet Is Spotted Shooting out of Neutron Star
July 16, 2024 — A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star
has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure is created as the
jet changes direction due to the wobbling of the disc of hot gas around the star
-- a process called ...
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NASA's Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
July 15, 2024 — Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have finally
confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences
between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere. WASP-39 b, a giant
planet with a diameter 1.3 ...
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AI 'Hallucinations' Tackled
July 31, 2024 — Significant strides in addressing the issue of AI
'hallucinations' and improving the reliability of anomaly detection ...
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* Detectors
* Neural Interfaces
* Weapons Technology
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Physicists Use Light to Probe Deeper Into the 'Invisible' Energy States of
Molecules
July 31, 2024 — Physicists have experimentally demonstrates a novel physical
effect that was predicted 45 years ago. The effect will result in a new chemical
analysis technique, to simultaneously identify molecular bonds and their 3D
arrangement in space. This new technique will find applications in
pharmaceutical science, security, forensics, environmental ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Optics
* Organic Chemistry
* Chemistry
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Unraveling a Key Junction Underlying Muscle Contraction
July 31, 2024 — Using powerful new visualization technologies, researchers have
captured the first 3-D images of the structure of a key muscle receptor,
providing new insights on how muscles develop across the animal kingdom and
setting the stage for possible future treatments for muscular ...
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* Molecular Biology
* Fibromyalgia
* Life Sciences
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North Sea Oil and Gas Extraction Spikes Pollution by 10,000 Percent, Study Finds
July 30, 2024 — North Sea oil and gas extraction can cause pollution to spike by
more than 10,000 percent within half a kilometer around off-shore sites, a study
has found. The research has uncovered the true impact on Britain's seabed life
-- with the number of species plummeting nearly 30 percent near ...
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* Oil Spills
* Nature
* Ecology
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Dark Matter: A Camera Trap for the Invisible
July 29, 2024 — AI-powered image recognition could give researchers a new tool
in hunt for dark ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Dark Matter
* Quantum Physics
* Astrophysics
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The Corona Is Weirdly Hot: Parker Solar Probe Rules out One Explanation
July 30, 2024 — By diving into the sun's corona, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has
ruled out S-shaped bends in the sun's magnetic field as a cause of the corona's
searing ...
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* Sun
* Solar Flare
* Astronomy
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NASA's Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen
July 25, 2024 — In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly
dubbed the BOAT -- the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an
international science team reports that data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope reveals a feature never seen ...
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* Cosmic Rays
* Black Holes
* Space Telescopes
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Space-Trekking Muscle Tests Drugs for Microgravity-Induced Muscle Impairment
July 25, 2024 — A gentle rumble ran under a researcher's feet as a rocket
carrying her research -- live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds fixed on
tiny chips -- lifted off, climbed, and disappeared into the sky to the
International Space Station National Laboratory. These chips would help her
better understand muscle impairment, often seen in astronauts and ...
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* Fibromyalgia
* Space Station
* Fitness
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Researchers Explore the Potential of Clean Energy Markets as a Hedging Tool
July 31, 2024 — Clean energy investments offer potential stability and growth,
especially during volatile market conditions. A recent study explored the
relationship between clean energy markets and global stock markets. Significant
spillovers were observed from major indices like the SP500 to markets such as
Japan's Nikkei225 and Global Clean Energy Index. These interactions suggest
opportunities for optimizing ...
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* Renewable Energy
* Energy and the Environment
* Energy Issues
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Bright Prospects for Engineering Quantum Light
July 30, 2024 — Computers benefit greatly from being connected to the internet,
so we might ask: What good is a quantum computer without a quantum ...
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* Quantum Computers
* Computers and Internet
* Spintronics Research
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Researchers Develop General Framework for Designing Quantum Sensors
July 30, 2024 — Researchers have designed a protocol for harnessing the power of
quantum sensors. The protocol could give sensor designers the ability to
fine-tune quantum systems to sense signals of interest, creating sensors that
are vastly more sensitive than traditional ...
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* Quantum Computers
* Quantum Physics
* Quantum Computing
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A Tool for Visualizing Single-Cell Data
July 30, 2024 — Modern cutting-edge research generates enormous amounts of data,
presenting scientists with the challenge of visualizing and analyzing it.
Researchers have developed a tool for visualizing large data sets. The sCIRCLE
tool allows users to explore single-cell analysis data in an interactive and
user-friendly ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Information Technology
* Hacking
* Encryption
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* MATTER & ENERGY
* AI 'Hallucinations' Tackled
* 'Invisible' Energy States of Molecules
* Key Junction Underlying Muscle Contraction
* North Sea Oil and Gas: Pollution Spike
* SPACE & TIME
* New Tool in the Hunt for Dark Matter
* Sun's Corona Is Weirdly Hot
* Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen
* Treating Muscle Impairment
* COMPUTERS & MATH
* Clean Energy Markets as a Hedging Tool
* Bright Prospects for Engineering Quantum Light
* Designing Quantum Sensors
* Making Sense of the Data Jungle
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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
July 31, 2024
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How Saharan Dust Regulates Hurricane Rainfall
July 24, 2024 — New research underscores the close relationship between dust
plumes transported from the Sahara Desert in Africa, and rainfall from tropical
cyclones along the U.S. Gulf Coast and ...
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Scientists Assess How Large Dinosaurs Could Really Get
July 24, 2024 — A study looks at the maximum possible sizes of dinosaurs, using
the carnivore, Tyrannosaurus rex, as an example. Using computer modelling,
experts produced estimates that T. Rex might have been 70% heavier than what the
fossil evidence ...
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Chimpanzees Gesture Back and Forth Quickly Like in Human Conversations
July 22, 2024 — When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns
speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the
largest ever dataset of chimpanzee 'conversations' have found that they
communicate back and forth using ...
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Ancient Microbes Offer Clues to How Complex Life Evolved
July 16, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a single-celled organism, a
close relative of animals, harbors the remnants of ancient giant viruses woven
into its own genetic code. This finding sheds light on how complex organisms may
have acquired some of their ...
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Cash and Conservation: A Worldwide Analysis of Wildlife Represented on Money
July 31, 2024 — Researchers investigate the representation of native fauna on
4,541 banknotes from 207 countries between 1980 and 2017, to identify geographic
hotspots and taxonomic patterns, and determine whether threatened and endemic
species were more readily ...
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* Nature
* Wild Animals
* New Species
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New Principle for Treating Tuberculosis
July 31, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in identifying and synthesizing a
group of molecules that can act against the cause of tuberculosis in a new way.
They describe that the so-called callyaerins act against the infectious disease
by employing a fundamentally different mechanism compared to antibiotic agents
used to ...
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* Tuberculosis
* Infectious Diseases
* Bacteria
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Scientists Capture Immune Cells Hidden in Nasal Passages
July 31, 2024 — Scientists uncover 'striking' immune cell populations poised to
fight SARS-CoV-2 in upper ...
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* Immune System
* Lymphoma
* Stem Cells
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This Protein Does 'The Twist'
July 31, 2024 — The NMDAR is involved in numerous cognitive functions including
memory. Its movements are tightly coordinated like a choreographed dance
routine. Scientists have now figured out how the protein performs a difficult
'Twist'-like dance move. The discovery could lead to new drug compounds that
bind to NMDAR more ...
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* Molecular Biology
* Pharmacology
* Biology
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Climate Change Means That Tropical Cyclones in Southeast Asia Are Developing
Faster, Lasting Longer
July 31, 2024 — A study reveals that tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia are now
forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly, and lingering longer
over ...
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* Severe Weather
* Hurricanes and Cyclones
* Environmental Awareness
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What's the Weather Like in the Deep Sea?
July 31, 2024 — A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are
affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the
seasons, and that currents at the bottom of the ocean are far more complicated
than previously thought. These findings are helping us understand the deep-sea
pathways of nutrients that support important deep-sea ecosystems, assess where
microplastics and other ...
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* Oceanography
* Global Warming
* Environmental Awareness
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Strong El Nino Makes European Winters Easier to Forecast
July 31, 2024 — Forecasting European winter weather patterns months in advance
is made simpler during years of strong El Ni o or La Ni a events in the tropical
Pacific Ocean, a new study has ...
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* Weather
* Severe Weather
* El Nino and La Nina
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New Collaborative Research Generates Lessons for More Adaptive Lake Management
July 30, 2024 — A professor gathered feedback from 26 Colorado River Basin
managers and experts took on water user roles to discuss consuming, banking and
trading Colorado River ...
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* Water
* Environmental Issues
* Privacy Issues
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New Progress in Research Into Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Cattle
July 29, 2024 — A research team has published a groundbreaking study on
malignant catarrhal fever (MCF). This disease is caused by the alcelaphine
gammaherpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1), which infects its natural host, the wildebeest.
This study sheds light on the mechanisms by which this virus, which is
asymptomatic and latent in the wildebeest, causes an oligoclonal expansion of
CD8+ T lymphocytes in cattle, leading to ...
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* Virology
* Veterinary Medicine
* Biotechnology
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Rock Art and Archaeological Record Reveal Humans' Complex Relationship With
Amazonian Animals
July 25, 2024 — Rock art explored by archaeologists in the Colombian Amazon has
provided an insight into the complex relationship between the earliest settlers
on the continent and the animals they ...
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* Animals
* Wild Animals
* Nature
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A Blue Miracle: How Sapphires Formed in Volcanoes
July 29, 2024 — Sapphires are among the most precious gems, yet they consist
solely of chemically 'contaminated' aluminum oxide, or corundum. It is widely
assumed that these crystals with their characteristically blue color come from
deep crustal rocks and accidentally ended up on the Earth's surface as magma
ascended. Geoscientists have now been able to show that the sapphire grains
found in the Eifel (Germany) ...
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* Geology
* Volcanoes
* Earth Science
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Scientists Untangle Interactions Between the Earth's Early Life Forms and the
Environment Over 500 Million Years
July 29, 2024 — The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the
past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms
to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has produced a
perspective article of this co-evolutionary ...
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* Nature
* Marine Biology
* Origin of Life
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* PLANTS & ANIMALS
* Cash and Conservation
* New Principle for Treating Tuberculosis
* Immune Cells Hidden in Nasal Passages
* This Protein Does 'The Twist'
* EARTH & CLIMATE
* Tropical Cyclones Are Developing Faster
* What's the Weather Like in the Deep Sea?
* Forecasting European Winters: Strong El Nino
* Adaptive Lake Management
* FOSSILS & RUINS
* Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Cattle
* Man's Relationship With Amazonian Animals
* How Sapphires Formed in Volcanoes
* Earth's Early Life Forms
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SOCIETY/EDUCATION NEWS
July 31, 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
Apr. 18, 2024 — Land subsidence is overlooked as a hazard in cities, according
to new research. Scientists used satellite data that accurately and consistently
maps land movement across ...
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38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to
Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change
Apr. 17, 2024 — Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting
today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19%
until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
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California a Botanical and Climate Change Hot Spot
July 29, 2024 — Climate-driven shifts in California's biodiversity call for
innovation and continued environmental stewardfship, says a new study.
California's 30x30 Initiative and efforts to harmonize biodiversity with
renewable energy are promising steps, while wildfire strategies need to further
...
RELATED TOPICS
* Environmental Awareness
* Wildfires
* Environmental Policy
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Outsourcing Conservation in Africa
July 26, 2024 — There's an experiment going on in conservation in Africa. With
biodiversity imperiled, and nations facing financial and political crises, some
governments are transferring the management of protected areas to private,
non-governmental organizations ...
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* Land Management
* Environmental Policy
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words 'artificial intelligence' when describing their offerings that use the
technology, according to a recent study. Researchers conducted experimental
surveys with more than 1,000 adults in the U.S. to evaluate the relationship
between AI disclosure and consumer behavior. The ...
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instructions and control impulses. Findings from the study suggests 16 months is
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signs of an 'empathy gap' that puts young users at risk of distress or harm,
raising the urgent need for 'child-safe AI', according to a new study. The
research urges developers and policy actors to prioritize AI design that take
greater account of children's needs. It provides evidence ...
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Researchers Uncover Brain Region's Role in Hearing and Learning
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based on contexts, like our current environment or priorities, but it's still
unknown how exactly the brain helps us detect, filter and react to sounds. Now,
biologists are a step closer to solving that mystery. Using an animal model, the
researchers found that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a brain region associated
with ...
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breaches could be connected. Their theory: since layoffs create conditions where
disgruntled employees face added stress or job insecurity, they are more likely
to engage in risky behaviors that heighten the company's vulnerability to data
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When to Trust an AI Model
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efficiently generate more accurate quantifications of their uncertainty about
certain predictions. This could help practitioners determine whether to trust
the model when it is deployed in real-world ...
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Employees Prefer Human Performance Monitors Over AI, Study Finds
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quit more -- unless the technology can be framed as supporting their
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of dollars lost each year due to workplace injuries and ...
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