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An international team of biologists, planetary scientists and conservationists has conducted a large-scale study of non-human primate populations around ... Plants & Animals report 21 hours ago 0 36 Large radio bubble detected in galaxy NGC 4217 An international team of astronomers has performed radio observations of a star-forming galaxy known as NGC 4217. The observational campaign detected a large radio bubble in the galaxy's ... An international team of astronomers has performed radio observations of a star-forming galaxy known as NGC 4217. The observational campaign detected ... Astronomy report 23 hours ago 1 175 Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago Almost one-sixth of Earth's land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with ... Almost one-sixth of Earth's land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like ... Earth Sciences 20 hours ago 0 81 Using AI to figure out the chemical composition of paints used in classical paintings A team of chemists and AI researchers at CNR, Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale, has developed an AI model capable of determining the chemical composition of the paints used to make classical paintings. Analytical Chemistry report Oct 5, 2024 0 39 The earliest galaxies formed amazingly fast after the Big Bang. Do they break the universe or change its age? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest and most powerful space telescope built to date. Since it was launched in December 2021 it has provided groundbreaking insights. These include discovering the earliest ... Astronomy Oct 4, 2024 12 288 Extensive afforestation and reforestation can brake global warming The Paris Agreement calls on us to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To reach this goal, we need to reduce CO₂ emissions and remove existing CO₂ from the atmosphere. Earth Sciences Oct 4, 2024 6 71 Theoretical physicist uncovers how twisting layers of a material can generate mysterious electron-path-deflecting effect In 2018, a discovery in materials science sent shock waves throughout the community. A team showed that stacking two layers of graphene—a honeycomb-like layer of carbon extracted from graphite—at a precise "magic angle" ... Nanophysics Oct 4, 2024 3 63 A recurrent neural network-based framework to non-linearly model behaviorally relevant neural dynamics A key objective of several neuroscience studies is to understand and model how the dynamics of distinct populations of neurons give rise to specific human and animal behaviors. Many existing methods for exploring the link ... Neuroscience feature 23 hours ago 0 51 Neural signatures commonly observed when humans make choices can also reflect choice-independent processes Past neuroscience research has identified patterns in neural activity typically observed when humans are engaged in value-based decision-making. This is the process through which humans choose between options that could be ... Psychology & Psychiatry feature 23 hours ago 0 55 Researchers use AI to find non-opioid pain relief options An estimated one in five Americans live with chronic pain and current treatment options leave much to be desired. Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D., Director of Cleveland Clinic's Genome Center, and IBM are using artificial intelligence ... Addiction 2 hours ago 0 48 Potential therapy target for cardiac arrhythmias found in SK2 channels A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix and the University of California Davis Health identified a new target for developing a therapy to treat atrial fibrillation, the most common ... Medical research Oct 5, 2024 0 55 Corporate sponsor program 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 Featured Last Comments Popular Dialog Researchers propose hydrogen storage using existing infrastructure in lakes and reservoirs 21 hours ago 1 Study of global primate populations reveals predictors of extinction risk 21 hours ago 0 Neural signatures commonly observed when humans make choices can also reflect choice-independent processes 23 hours ago 0 A recurrent neural network-based framework to non-linearly model behaviorally relevant neural dynamics 23 hours ago 0 Large radio bubble detected in galaxy NGC 4217 23 hours ago 1 Medical Xpress Addiction Researchers use AI to find non-opioid pain relief options Oncology & Cancer Breast cancer deaths fall 44% since 1989 despite rising cases Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mpox epidemic: from first cases to vaccinations Psychology & Psychiatry Neural signatures commonly observed when humans make choices can also reflect choice-independent processes Neuroscience A recurrent neural network-based framework to non-linearly model behaviorally relevant neural dynamics Inflammatory disorders Long-term efficacy for lebrikizumab seen in moderate, severe eczema Medical economics Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic Oncology & Cancer What you need to know after a breast cancer diagnosis Oncology & Cancer Fear of cancer recurrence common decades after surviving childhood cancer Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak Medical research Potential therapy target for cardiac arrhythmias found in SK2 channels Health Federal government may be paying twice for care of veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans Health North Carolina is distributing Benadryl and EpiPens as yellow jackets swarm from Helene flooding Neuroscience Brain molecule reverses movement deficits of Parkinson's, offering new therapeutic target Genetics PFAS exposure linked to sleep disruptions in young adults Oncology & Cancer Pancreatic cancer tumor map uncovers notable differences between primary and metastatic disease Oncology & Cancer Research points to potential new treatment for aggressive prostate cancer subtype Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes COVID-19 human challenge study highlights small changes to memory and cognition Immunology Gut bacteria engineered to act as tumor GPS for immunotherapies Medical research Clinical trial finds new drug significantly extends lives of breast cancer patients Neuroscience DNA molecules with 'invisibility cloak' sequences can selectively target diseased cells in motor neuron disease Oncology & Cancer Study unveils the role of gamma-delta T cells in cancer immunology Obstetrics & gynaecology Shedding light on alcohol's long shadow among pregnant and parenting women Neuroscience Study finds no uniform brain shrinkage pattern in Alzheimer's Health Molecular map points the way toward better food choices Psychology & Psychiatry Are auditory magic tricks possible for a blind audience? Genetics Comprehensive mapping of genetic activity brings hope to patients with chronic pain Health Older e-cigarette users face increased odds of respiratory issues, study finds Neuroscience Dietary fat alone does not cause changes in the hypothalamus, mouse study finds Cardiology Study finds high endocarditis mortality rates for those who inject drugs, but treatment dramatically improves survival Tech Xplore Energy & Green Tech Researchers propose hydrogen storage using existing infrastructure in lakes and reservoirs Energy & Green Tech Plastic-eating enzyme identified in wastewater microbes Business Ubisoft shares jump following reports of Tencent, Guillemot family considering buyout Energy & Green Tech Researchers create artificial plants that purify indoor air, generate electricity Machine learning & AI Meta's Movie Gen lets users animate photos into videos Energy & Green Tech Newly developed material can suppress thermal runaway in batteries Energy & Green Tech Scientists restore performance of quantum dot solar cells using short ligands to reduce surface defects Engineering New management system can reduce traffic congestion at no extra cost Hardware New methodology enables design of cloud servers for lower carbon Business Solving the urban air mobility problem: Researchers develop an algorithm for future flying taxi companies Telecom Coherent optical fiber communication system with 336 Tb/s transmission uses single light source Consumer & Gadgets Q&A: Generative AI embraced faster than internet, PCs Business EU states greenlight extra tariffs on EVs from China Automotive As EU targets Chinese cars, European rivals sputter Business Meta must limit data use for targeted ads: EU court Internet Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for content Business Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research, but it's being manipulated by big tech itself Business What next for OpenAI after $157 billion bonanza? Business AI bubble or 'revolution'? OpenAI's big payday fuels debate Business Irish regulator to probe Ryanair use of facial recognition Energy & Green Tech Machine learning framework boosts residential electricity clustering for demand-response Energy & Green Tech UK announces £22bn for carbon capture projects Business Civil society groups demand action against 'sexist' AI disinformation Business Amazon plans to hire 250,000 warehouse workers for holiday season Security Each year, landmines kill residents of war-torn countries. This innovative tool could save lives Robotics Engineers teach a quadruped robot to climb standard ladders Business Green subsidies may have hidden costs, experts warn Engineering Augmented/virtual reality can help extend critical infrastructure lifespan Hardware Research team develops hardware architecture for post-quantum cryptography Automotive Balancing cost and reliability in autonomous machine design Study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans The evolutionary adaptations that allowed ancient pterosaurs to grow to enormous sizes have been pinpointed for the first time by paleontologists in the Center for Paleobiology and Biosphere Evolution at the University of ... Evolution Oct 4, 2024 2 195 Dietary zinc inhibits antimicrobial resistance gene transmission in lab tests Genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from microbe to microbe through circular genetic material called plasmids, and this lateral transfer occurs in the gut. In Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ... Cell & Microbiology Oct 4, 2024 0 173 Harnessing magnetic relaxation: 'Pac-Man effect' enables precise organization of superparamagnetic beads Particles that are larger than regular molecules or atoms yet remain invisible to the naked eye can form a variety of useful structures, including miniature propellers for microrobots, cellular probes, and steerable microwheels ... Condensed Matter Oct 4, 2024 0 126 Investigating the possibility of using asteroid material to grow edible biomass for astronauts A team of engineers and planetary scientists at Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, in Canada, has found that it might be possible to produce food for space travelers by feeding bacteria asteroid ... Space Exploration report Oct 4, 2024 1 83 Antarctic 'greening' at dramatic rate, satellite data show Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than 10-fold over the last four decades, new research shows. Earth Sciences Oct 4, 2024 1 149 ESA's Hera spacecraft set for asteroid 'crime scene investigation' Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defenses. Space Exploration Oct 4, 2024 1 45 Direct measurement of a subtle current phase relation shows potential for more stable superconducting qubits In recent years, quantum physicists and engineers have made significant strides toward the development of highly performing quantum computing systems. Realizing a quantum advantage over classical computing systems and enabling ... Superconductivity feature Oct 4, 2024 0 55 Newly developed material can suppress thermal runaway in batteries A team of engineers and materials scientists at LG Chem, Korea's largest chemical company, has developed a material that they claim could greatly reduce the risk of thermal runaway and resulting fires in batteries. In their ... Energy & Green Tech report Oct 4, 2024 0 92 Traces of antimatter in cosmic rays reopen the search for 'WIMPs' as dark matter One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to reveal the nature of dark matter. We know it exists (it constitutes more than 85% of the matter in the universe), but we have never seen it directly and still do not know ... Astronomy Oct 4, 2024 0 57 Phage cocktail shows promise against drug-resistant bacteria Researchers have a new battle tactic to fight drug-resistant bacterial infections. Their strategy involves using collections of bacteriophages, viruses that naturally attack bacteria. In a new study, researchers at the University ... Molecular & Computational biology Oct 4, 2024 0 87 Scientists map fruit fly brain to reveal neural circuit insights A team of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s The BRAIN Initiative, including Davi Bock, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences at UVM's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, ... A 'forgotten' valley in storm-hit North Carolina, desperate for help The only road to Pensacola, in the remote mountains of western North Carolina, is now a muddy path through deep, twisting gorges. Its main bridges were swept away last week in floods fueled by devastating Hurricane Helene—and ... Two elephants die in flash flooding in northern Thailand Two elephants drowned during flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai, their sanctuary said Sunday, as local authorities evacuated visitors from their hotels and shops closed in the city center. Trees' own beneficial microbiome could lead to discovery of new treatments to fight citrus greening disease Citrus trees showing natural tolerance to citrus greening disease host bacteria that produce novel antimicrobials that can be used to fight off the disease, our recent study shows. We found the trees at an organic farm in ... Supreme Court lets stand rules to curb mercury, methane emissions The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block environmental regulations aimed at reducing harmful emissions of mercury from power plants and methane from oil and gas facilities. Field notes: Life in the Eldorado National Forest after wildfire strikes Charred trees punctuated the Eldorado National Forest like blackened skeletons of their former selves, victims of the Mosquito Fire. Two years earlier, in 2022, the Mosquito Fire started in Tahoe National Forest, moved north ... Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognize his once beautiful settlement. How passion drives or derails team innovation In companies, innovative ideas often come out of teams. That's why it's so important to have team members who are excited and focused on projects that lead to innovation. However, having team members who are too passionate—especially ... Researchers reveal key mechanism in regulating DNA recombination Meiotic recombination generates genetic diversity and promotes proper chromosomal segregation of parental chromosomes. This process requires a set of recombinases polymerized on single-stranded (ss) DNAs called the nucleoprotein ... The sun unleashes its strongest flare this cycle Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it's heading toward Earth. It's nothing to worry about since it's nowhere near as large as the Carrington Event of 1859, but it is large enough to give us some amazing aurora. Capturing finer-scale topographic differences improves Earth system model capability to reproduce observations Earth system models (ESMs), used in climate simulations and projections, typically use grids of 50–200 km resolution. These are considered relatively coarse with limited ability to resolve land surface variability. What's the best material for a lunar tower? Physical infrastructure on the moon will be critical to any long-term human presence there as both America and China gear up for a sustained human lunar presence. Increasingly, a self-deploying tower is one of the most essential ... Victims of state scandals harmed further by compensation schemes Researchers from King's College London say that victims of state scandals feel let down and dissatisfied with current compensation schemes which have "exacerbated the harm already suffered." Study: Job embeddedness impacts voluntary turnover in the midst of job insecurity During the Great Resignation, the United States experienced a significant uptick in voluntary employee resignations about one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. The early stages of the pandemic, however, were plagued by high ... Low stream diatom biodiversity potentially decreases stream oxygen production in remote islands Benthic diatoms are the most important and biodiverse primary producers in streams and comprise the basis for the food webs, fueling animals such as insects and stream fishes including trout. Researchers investigate changes in atmospheric CO₂ levels between glacial and interglacial climates Paleoclimate scientists are trying to understand the causes of the ~90 parts per million (ppmv) atmospheric CO2 swings between glacial and interglacial climates. Even though these cycles between cold and warm periods seem ... Gravitational lens confirms the Hubble tension We've known the universe is expanding for a long time. The first solid paper demonstrating cosmic expansion was published by Edwin Hubble in 1929, based on observations made by Vesto Slipher, Milton Humason, and Henrietta ... Best way to stay in the loop? Know people from other social circles Do close friends or casual acquaintances help you stay the most informed? Contrary to a long-standing social science theory, new research from Michigan State University suggests that having people in your life who expose ... Coral reef snapper feeling impacts of marine heat waves on Great Barrier Reef The fate of a popular fish found on the Great Barrier Reef could be in jeopardy, with a new James Cook University study highlighting the impact of marine heat waves on the Spanish Flag Snapper. Research sheds light on impact and bias of voter purging in Michigan In recent years, some states have prioritized purging their voter rolls of those who have passed away or moved out of state. During election season, there is often increased discussion about the necessity and impact of these ... 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