Earth Sciences
Intense groundwater flow destabilizes ice in North America's Great Lakes, simulations show
Powerful pulses of groundwater flow up from beneath Lakes Michigan and Huron, which together form one of the largest freshwater systems in the world. This groundwater flux may dramatically alter how and where ice forms, with ...
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Plasma 糖心视频ics
3D particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate first true steady state in turbulent plasma
Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to become free from atoms. This state of matter has been the focus of many astrophysical studies, as ...
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Study of the world's longest-lived person reveals rare genes and good bacteria are among the keys to a long life
What is the secret of supercentenarians? While there is no magical "elixir of life" that allows us to live forever, this incredibly rare group of people who live to be 110 years or older appears to have some biological advantage. ...
Guts of endangered Indus River dolphins found to be inundated with microplastics
Microplastics are a growing problem worldwide. They disrupt ecosystems and contribute to adverse effects, like metabolic disorders, neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and developmental toxicity in the bodies of various organisms ...
Chatbot connections: New study reveals the truth about AI boyfriends
Advances in AI technology have ushered in a new era of digital romance, where people are forming intimate emotional connections with chatbots. For many, these AI companions are a crucial lifeline, helping to combat feelings ...
Atomic switching converts indoles to benzimidazoles in one pot, accelerating drug discovery
Scientists have achieved a new feat in molecular editing by swapping carbon for nitrogen, enabling the direct conversion of indoles into benzimidazoles. This simple switch in a one-pot method offers a hassle-free and effective ...
Proven quantum advantage: Researchers cut the time for a learning task from 20 million years to 15 minutes
Amid high expectations for quantum technology, a new paper in Science reports a proven quantum advantage. In an experiment, entangled light has allowed researchers to learn a system's noise with very few measurements.
Optics & Photonics
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Changes in vision are often a common sign of aging. But what if we could reverse age-related visual decline? In a new study, UC Irvine researchers explore a possible therapy for addressing "aging" in the eye and for preventing ...
Ophthalmology
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A British-led study published in The BMJ provides detailed data on the pattern and severity of traumatic injuries and medical conditions seen by international health care workers deployed to Gaza during the ongoing military ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Research published by Duke University researchers has found a strong link between higher stress in children and adverse health conditions for them later in life. Appearing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Tech Xplore
A traditional digital camera splits an image into three channels鈥攔ed, green and blue鈥攎irroring how the human eye perceives color. But those are just three discrete points along a continuous spectrum of wavelengths. Specialized ...
Engineering
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A new, highly potent class of immunotherapeutics with unique Velcro-like binding properties can kill diverse cancer types without harming normal tissue, University of California, Irvine cancer researchers have demonstrated.
Oncology & Cancer
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Camouflage or caution? How anti-predator strategies have evolved
Predators and the environment determine why some animals use camouflage to avoid being eaten, while others use bright colors to warn them off, new research reveals. Published today in the journal Science, the findings help ...
Evolution
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Inside the microchips powering the device you're reading this on, the atoms have a hidden order all their own. A team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and George Washington University has confirmed ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
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In a discovery that could reshape how we think about memory, researchers at Flinders University have found that forgetting is not just a glitch in the brain but is actually a finely-tuned process, and dopamine is the key.
Medical research
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Q&A: Insect pollinators need more higher-quality habitats to help farmers
Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators.
Ecology
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How amyloid fibrils formed by RIPK1 and RIPK3 spread cell death between neighboring cells
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have revealed that amyloid fibrils formed by necroptosis mediators, RIPK1 and RIPK3, don't just form within dying cells, they can also ...
Cell & Microbiology
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The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) has remained ...
Genetics
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Mapping 100 years of antibiotic resistance evolution to pinpoint the genetic culprits
The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new research mapping 100 years of bacterial evolution.
Evolution
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AI-driven system blends literature, experiments and robotics to discover new materials
Machine-learning models can speed up the discovery of new materials by making predictions and suggesting experiments. But most models today only consider a few specific types of data or variables. Compare that with human ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Whales are getting tangled in lines and ropes off the California coast in record numbers
The number of whales getting tangled up in fishing nets, line, buoys and other miscellaneous rope off the coasts of the United States hit a record high in 2024, with California taking the ignominious lead.
South Asia monsoon: climate change's dangerous impact on lifeline rains
South Asia's annual monsoon rains sustain more than a billion people, but climate change is making them increasingly erratic and deadly, with poor infrastructure only exacerbating the impact.
400,000 evacuated, 3 dead as fresh storm batters Philippines
The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths Friday as a severe tropical storm battered the country, still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa.
'Beast mode' to 'teraflop': 10 words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary update
Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular "Collegiate" dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here's a few of them with definitions鈥攁nd some usage examples of our own.
Super-resistant bacteria found in wild birds at a rehabilitation center on the coast of S茫o Paulo state, Brazil
Researchers have found antibiotic-resistant bacterial clones in wild birds at a rehabilitation center. The identified Escherichia coli clones have been found in community- and hospital-acquired human infections worldwide, ...
New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers
Penn State Professor of German and Linguistics Michael Putnam has spent a good part of his career thinking about language attrition, or "language loss," among bi- and multilingual speakers. Now, it's the basis of his latest ...
Conspiracy content drives anti-establishment sentiment on TikTok and YouTube, research suggests
People actively seeking conspiracy content involving anti-establishment sentiment鈥攄istrust in institutions like the media or health care鈥攚ill find it regularly on TikTok and YouTube.
Legal deflection programs for support services, not arrest, available in one-third of states as of 2024
As of September 1, 2024, there are 17 states with clear deflection pathways articulated in state law, steering people with substance use and/or mental health disorders away from incarceration, according to new data published ...
Uptake of DNA fragments from dying cells could redefine mammalian evolution and genomics
For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This allows bacteria to rapidly evolve new traits, such as antibiotic resistance. A new study, ...
Study sheds light on sustainable innovation
A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland reveals a significant shift in how sustainable innovation (SI) is understood within business research. The study offers a consolidated and holistic review of determinants ...
Multifunctional liquid metal nanocomposites for cancer photoimmunotherapy successfully developed
A research team led by Professor Eijiro Miyako from the Materials Chemistry Frontiers Research Area at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has successfully developed multifunctional nanocomposites by ...
Biodiversity strengthens pollinators and ensures stable yields, sunflower study finds
Improving biodiversity and maintaining yields at the same time? For many, this sounds like a contradiction in terms. However, a new study by the University of W眉rzburg shows that both are possible under the right conditions.
How salt-tolerant floodplain forests help protect against rising salinity and floods
Salt intrusion is a growing concern worldwide. Eleonora Saccon, who completed a master's degree in climate change ecology in her native Italy, studied the effects of salty surface water at the NIOZ branch in Zeeland.
The warning signs are clear: We're heading toward a digital crisis
People's lives are more enmeshed with digital systems than ever before, increasing users' vulnerability and insecurity. From data leaks like the 2017 Equifax data breach to the more recent cyberattack on British retailer ...
Cars versus kids: How resistance to change limits children's right to the city
Many Canadians over the age of 40 likely remember spending their childhoods playing on the street and moving around their communities on their own or with friends. And, according to the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Double launch day complete with SpaceX, ULA successes
A busy week on the Space Coast saw two rockets launch within hours of one another as both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance had missions to proliferate a pair of competing satellite constellations.
Gravitational wave detectors affected by daylight savings time
Interference from human activity has always been a sticking point in astronomical observations. Radio astronomy is notoriously sensitive to unintentional interference鈥攈ence why there are "radio silent" zones near telescopes ...
New catalog compiles more than 100 'spider' pulsars that consume stellar partners
Manuel Linares is a physicist at NTNU who studies binary stars called "spider pulsars." The stars got this name because they could eat their partner, just like some spiders do.
Preserving particle physics data ensures future discoveries from collider experiments
A lot of the science from our accelerators is published long after collisions end, so storing experimental data for future physicists is crucial.
Global 'Noah驶s Ark' initiative underway to safeguard coral reefs
In a landmark effort to combat the devastating effects of climate change, a new global alliance with key leadership from the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa has been established to create a "Noah驶s Ark" for coral reefs.
