Computer Sciences
A machine learning technique that can learn local equilibria in symmetric auction games
Over the past few decades, computer scientists have been exploring the potential of applying game theory and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to chess, the abstract strategy board game go, or other games. Another valuable ...
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To colonize different environments, bacteria precisely tune their nanomotors
In their roughly 3.5 billion years on Earth, bacteria have fine-tuned the art of colonizing all kinds of habitats, from the inner lining of digestive tracts to the blistering hot waters ...
In their roughly 3.5 billion years on Earth, bacteria have fine-tuned the art of colonizing all kinds of habitats, from the inner lining of digestive ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Antibacterial nanozymes: Healing chronic wounds with nanochemistry
Chronic infected wounds are often highly problematic for diabetic patients. However, a team of Chinese researchers has now developed a targeted approach to wound healing that makes use of nanomedicine, and their research ...
Bio & Medicine
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Mechanical buckling of petals produces iridescent patterns visible to bees
Flowers are employing a materials science phenomenon typically associated with failures in structural engineering to produce exquisite three-dimensional petal patterns to lure pollinators.
Plants & Animals
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Astronomers monitor nearby blazar Markarian 501
A team of astronomers from Switzerland and Germany has conducted a long-term multi-band photometric monitoring of a nearby blazar known as Markarian 501. The observational campaign delivered essential information regarding ...
Concentration of microparticles in lakes reflect nearby human activity and land use
Predicting where anthropogenic debris accumulates in aquatic ecosystems is necessary for its control and environmental remediation, but plastic and fiber pollution in lakes is not well studied. A study published in PLOS Biology ...
Ecology
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How the brain accounts for uncertainties in motor planning
In baseball, a pitch can take as little as 400 milliseconds to reach the plate. With a typical reaction time of 200 milliseconds and a swing of about 150 milliseconds, a batter must decide whether to swing and how to swing ...
Neuroscience
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Apple's next iPhone mirrors last year's, adds more storage
Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offers twice the storage available in earlier versions and other modest upgrades to last year's editions that proved to be a big hit among consumers devouring ...
Consumer & Gadgets
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How a plant virus could protect and save your lungs from metastatic cancer
Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic cancers at bay from the lungs. The treatment not only slowed ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Protein from the liver may cause Alzheimer's disease in the brain
Amyloid protein made in the liver can cause neurodegeneration in the brain, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, by John Mamo of Curtin University in Bentley, Australia, and colleagues. Since ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
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Medical Xpress
Saliva test for COVID-19 outperforms commercial swab tests
Tuberculosis programs should focus more on young people, researchers say
Probotic-containing yogurt protects against microbiome changes that lead to antibiotic-induced diarrhea
US approaching Delta wave peak but virus expected to become endemic
Protein from the liver may cause Alzheimer's disease in the brain
Study shows protein that reverses aging of skeletal muscle
Proteins that outwit emerging and re-emerging viruses
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine spurs lasting immune response: new study
Study rules out an antioxidant treatment for slowing the progression of Parkinson's disease
Gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight
Cholesterol drives Alzheimer's plaque formation, study finds
Researchers find immune cells that guard frequent site of cancer spread
Building the ovarian environment from stem cells
Breakthrough in vaccination development against resistant A. baumannii infection
Study examines teens' thoughts and plans around suicide
To curb the spread of COVID-19, restrict intercity travel as soon as a lockdown is announced: study
Better mental health supports needed for pregnant individuals during the pandemic, says study
Tech Xplore
Apple's next iPhone mirrors last year's, adds more storage
Solar cells with 30-year lifetimes for power-generating windows
UK trial of hydrogen blended gas regarded a success
Inequality built into the grid
A 3D-imaging workflow has benefits for medicine, electric cars and nuclear deterrence
Embattled Apple unveils new products
A new technology that can prevent Li-ion battery fires
Fukushima plant failed to probe cause of faulty filters
How to update Apple devices to correct security flaw
Powering sea to space
Improving carbon capture efficiency to help net zero emissions
How chatbots could train our mental condition
A super material applicable to batteries and other energy conversion devices
An unplanned discovery could lead to future pivotal discoveries in batteries, fuel cells, devices for converting heat to electricity and more.
Materials Science
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Spin photovoltaic effects in magnetic van der Waals heterostructures
In a new report now published on Science Advances, Tiancheng Song and a research team at the department of physics, University of Washington, U.S., and materials and nanoarchitectronics in Japan and China, detailed spin photovoltaic ...
Proteins that outwit emerging and re-emerging viruses
A family of proteins best known for their role in diminishing HIV infectivity may have the goods to outwit other emerging and re-emerging viruses, scientists have found.
Medical research
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Flipping the 'genetic paradox of invasions'
The green crab, Carcinus maenas, is considered a globally distributed invasive species, an organism introduced by humans that eventually becomes overpopulated, with increased potential to negatively alter its new environment. ...
Ecology
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Study reveals how ribosomes are assembled in human cells
All cells need ribosomes to make the proteins necessary for life. These multi-component molecular machines build complex proteins by stitching building blocks together according to instructions encoded in the cell's messenger ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Solar cells with 30-year lifetimes for power-generating windows
A new transparency-friendly solar cell design could marry high efficiencies with 30-year estimated lifetimes, research led by the University of Michigan has shown. It may pave the way for windows that also provide solar power.
Energy & Green Tech
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Novel technology makes studying gene function easier, faster and more efficient
Studying the role genes play on basic biology and disease is now easier, faster and more efficient, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. They have developed a drug-based genetic platform that enables scientists ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine spurs lasting immune response: new study
A new study from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) scientists helps answer the question: how long does immunity against COVID-19 last in vaccinated people?
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Study rules out an antioxidant treatment for slowing the progression of Parkinson's disease
The hypothesis that raising the brain levels of the natural antioxidant urate could slow the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) has been disproven by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Still, the rigor ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
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Evidence for a neuroprotective effect from transcription factor BCL11A
The neurotransmitter dopamine influences the activity of a wide variety of brain areas. A deficiency of this substance can have drastic consequences: The death of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the substantia nigra—a ...
Medical research
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Loggers, landscapers face deadly danger felling trees in forests and urban areas
Tree felling—whether by professional loggers in a forest setting or by landscapers in urban and rural landscapes—is the most dangerous job in what are two of the most dangerous industries, according to Penn State researchers ...
Software tool that finds spots for water-quality devices will work in Northeast
A computer software package widely used in the Midwest to strategically position riparian buffers and other structures aimed at protecting water quality on agricultural land can be used effectively in the eastern United States, ...
Researchers discover hormonal regulatory module for root elongation
In future, agricultural crop production will have to manage with less and less nitrogen fertilization. The goal must therefore be to increase nitrogen use efficiency so that yield levels can be kept stable. Plants respond ...
Outcry as Faroe Islands slaughter 1,400 dolphins in a day
The government of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous Danish territory, faced an outcry on Tuesday over the culling of more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins in a day in what was said to be the single biggest hunt in the northern ...
Russian Soyuz rocket launches 34 new UK satellites
A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb, which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world.
Researchers calculate the cost of restoring Australia's degraded ecosystems
The health and diversity of Australian ecosystems are in decline. The environment is under mounting pressure from land clearing, altered fire regimes and invasive species. Australian ecosystems are also extremely vulnerable ...
Rapid increase in global light pollution
Global light pollution has increased by at least 49% over 25 years, new research shows.
Scientists create winning microscopic images
The natural world served as the inspiration for the Ohio State University scientists whose microscope images were announced Monday (Sept. 13) among the top 20 winners in the 2021 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Urban stormwater study finds little difference between managed, unmanaged flows
At a time when many municipalities are seeking to control urban stormwater by investing heavily in green infrastructure—such as water-quality ponds, infiltration basins, porous pavement and riparian plantings—a new study ...
New report on the importance and vulnerability of a critical nursery habitat for BC salmon
A new report on the value and vulnerability of juvenile salmon habitat in northern BC's Skeena River reveals how climate change and development are critically impacting the region—and provides a historical assessment to ...
Hand and footprint art dates to mid-Ice Age
An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered on the Tibetan Plateau. The prints date back to the middle of the Pleistocene era, between 169,000 ...
Stronger lettuce stems are a key part of disease resistance
Lettuce drop is a lettuce disease that results in browning or wilting of leaves, plant collapse, and death. The disease has not been well-researched, but a new study shows that a stronger stem increases resistance to lettuce ...
Rethink 'cost-benefit analysis' to tackle climate crisis
In a new paper, a group of leading researchers and policy experts argue that improving and enriching existing policy analysis methods – including costs and benefits among multiple other factors such as uncertainty, resilience ...
Scientists find eco-friendly way to dye blue jeans
Flared or skinny, distressed or acid-washed—we all love our blue jeans. But those coveted pieces of denim are wreaking havoc on the environment.
The viruses of the North Sea
A new study provides exciting insights into the life of marine viruses in the North Sea during the spring bloom. Off the offshore island of Helgoland, researchers led by Nina Bartlau from the Max Planck Institute for Marine ...
African post-Covid plans must prioritise climate: study
African countries must put climate change at the heart of post-pandemic recovery efforts, a report by advocacy and environmental groups said Tuesday, adding green policy investment would boost the economy and society.
Americans' civics knowledge increases during a stress-filled year
A growing number of Americans can name the branches of government and the freedoms under the First Amendment though many still misunderstand basic facts about how government works, according to the 2021 Annenberg Constitution ...
False spring: Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand salt pollution
Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand road salt pollution, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Egypt opens ancient tomb of King Djoser after restoration
Egypt on Tuesday showcased an ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser, a pharaoh who lived more than 4,500 years ago, following extensive restorations of the site.
NYC food delivery workers face a 'harrowing world'
New York City's app-based delivery workers—a lifeline to city residents during the COVID-19 pandemic—regularly face nonpayment or underpayment, unsanitary or unsafe working conditions and the risk of violence, according ...
