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July 19, 2024
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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 ...
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 ...
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 -- ...
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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July 19, 2024 — A new species of fossil snake unearthed in Wyoming is rewriting our understanding of snake evolution. The discovery, based on four remarkably ...
July 17, 2024 — Cobras kill thousands of people a year worldwide and current antivenom treatment is expensive and does not effectively treat the necrosis of the flesh where the bite occurs. Using CRISPR technology, ...
July 18, 2024 — Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you're having fun? A new study suggests that there's a lot of truth to the ...
July 18, 2024 — So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. The newly identified black hole causes surrounding stars in a cluster to move in an unexpectedly ...
July 17, 2024 — A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions such as ...
July 17, 2024 — Despite facing regional threats like deforestation and wildfires, the world's forests continue to be a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. A new study reveals these vital ecosystems ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that the layered multiferroic material nickel iodide (NiI2) may be the best candidate yet for devices such as magnetic computer memory that are extremely fast and ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's ...
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July 17, 2024 — An environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of 'forever chemical' water pollutants, offering ...
July 17, 2024 — Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a new ...
July 17, 2024 — New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mammalian ecosystems and species diversity on the North American ...
July 17, 2024 — In an era when the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) images is at the fingertips of the masses, the ability to detect fake pictures -- particularly deepfakes of people -- is becoming ...
July 17, 2024 — High-protein diets, known as 'Paleolithic diets', are popular. Using mouse models, scientists have studied their impact. While effective in regulating weight and stabilizing diabetes, these ...
July 17, 2024 — During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those ...
July 17, 2024 — The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile planet that is in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, ...
July 16, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have found that sleep can be detected by patterns of neuronal activity just milliseconds long, 1000 times shorter than a second, revealing a new way to study and ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray ...
July 16, 2024 — A new global assessment of scientific literature finds that nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters -- from floods and hurricanes ...
July 16, 2024 — Tantalizing evidence of potential dark matter objects has been detected with the help of the Universe's 'timekeepers'. These pulsars -- neutron stars which rotate and emit ...
July 16, 2024 — Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. The discovery is surprising because it is not clear how a star that exploded winds up next to a star ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study of radar experiment data from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has yielded fresh insights related to the makeup and activity of the liquid hydrocarbon seas near the north pole of ...
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 ...
July 15, 2024 — A network of proteins found in the central nervous system could be harnessed to increase the effectiveness and reduce the side effects of popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, according to new ...
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 ...
July 15, 2024 — An international study reveals the extreme atmospheric conditions on the celestial objects, which are swathed in swirling clouds of hot sand amid temperatures of 950C. Using NASA's powerful ...
July 15, 2024 — Researchers announced the latest findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A (Cas A). These observations of the youngest known core collapse supernova ...
July 15, 2024 — One of the most important controversies about human evolution and expansion is when and by what route the first hominids arrived in Europe from the African continent. Now, geological dating ...
July 15, 2024 — Early exposure to antibiotics can trigger long term susceptibility to asthma, according to new research. Importantly the research team isolated a molecule produced by gut bacteria that in the future ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Microbes Found to Destroy Certain 'forever Chemicals'
- Evidence for Butchery of Giant Armadillo-Like Mammals in Argentina 21,000 Years Ago
- Research Tracks 66 Million Years of Mammalian Diversity
- Want to Spot a Deepfake? Look for the Stars in Their Eyes
- Paleolithic Diets Are Not Without Risks
- Cuttlefish Can Form False Memories, Too
- Astronomers Spot a 'highly Eccentric' Planet on Its Way to Becoming a Hot Jupiter
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- Scientists Find That Small Regions of the Brain Can Take Micro-Naps While the Rest of the Brain Is Awake and Vice Versa
- Scientists Develop New Artificial Intelligence Method to Create Material 'fingerprints'
- Nature-Based Solutions to Disaster Risk from Climate Change Are Cost Effective
- How Astronomers Are Using Pulsars to Observe Evidence of Dark Matter
- Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
- New Analysis of Cassini Data Yields Insights Into Titan's Seas
- Bizarre 'garden Sprinkler-Like' Jet Is Spotted Shooting out of Neutron Star
Monday, July 15, 2024
- New Research Demonstrates Potential for Increasing Effectiveness of Popular Diabetes, Weight-Loss Drugs
- NASA's Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
- Scorching Storms on Distant Worlds Revealed
- JWST Unveils Stunning Ejecta and CO Structures in Cassiopeia A's Young Supernova
- New Geological Datings Place the First European Hominids in the South of the Iberian Peninsula 1.3 Million Years Ago
- Early Life Antibiotic Increases Risk of Asthma: Providing Clues to a Potential Prevention Adult Asthma
- Cosmic Wrestling Match
- Widespread Practice Among Athletes Harms Both Performance and Health
Friday, July 12, 2024
- With Gene Editing, Mice With a Form of Inherited Deafness Can Hear Again
- All Stem Cell Therapies Are Not Created Equal
- Insight Into One of Life's Earliest Ancestors Revealed in New Study
- How the 'heart and Lungs' Of a Galaxy Extend Its Life
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- Forest Carbon Storage Has Declined Across Much of the Western U.S., Likely Due to Drought and Fire
- 'A History of Contact': Geneticists Are Rewriting the Narrative of Neanderthals and Other Ancient Humans
- A Stealth Fungus Has Decimated North American Bats but Scientists May Be a Step Closer to Treating White-Nose Syndrome
- Muscle Machine: How Water Controls the Speed of Muscle Contraction
- Hydrogen Flight Looks Ready for Take-Off With New Advances
- Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxy Tracked Using Stellar Motions
- First Ever 3D Reconstruction of 52,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Chromosomes Thanks to Serendipitously Freeze-Dried Skin
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Creativity Starts in the Cradle, New Research Shows
- A New Species of Extinct Crocodile Relative Rewrites Life on the Triassic Coastline
- Combination Treatment Can Increase Human Insulin-Producing Cells in Vivo
- Lion With Nine Lives Breaks Record With Longest Swim in Predator-Infested Waters
- Mars Likely Had Cold and Icy Past, New Study Finds
- Prime Editing Efficiently Corrects Cystic Fibrosis Mutation in Human Lung Cells
- A New Twist on Artificial 'muscles' For Safer, Softer Robots
- Research Reveals the Most Complete Dinosaur Discovered in the UK in a Century
- A Breakthrough on the Edge: One Step Closer to Topological Quantum Computing
- The Origins of Dark Comets
- The Gulf Stream Is Wind-Powered and Could Weaken from Climate Change
- The Molecule That Could Alleviate Stroke-Related Brain Injury
- Scientists Discover a Cause of Lupus and a Possible Way to Reverse It
- Big Gain in Battle Against Harmful Bacteria
- The Plague May Have Caused the Downfall of the Stone Age Farmers
- Molecular Atlas of Blood Vessel Pathways in the Human Brain, Across Early Brain Development, Adulthood and Disease
- Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri
- Archaeologists Report Earliest Evidence for Plant Farming in East Africa
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Found With Webb: A Potentially Habitable Icy World
- Building Materials for Water-Rich Planets in the Early Solar System
- First Local Extinction in the US Due to Sea Level Rise, Study Suggests
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones
- Ancient Large Kangaroo Moved Mainly on Four Legs, According to New Research
- Run Screaming or Slow Retreat? New Study Advances Understanding of Brain Responses to Emotionally-Charged Scenes
- Brain Neurotransmitter Receptor Antagonist Found to Prevent Opioid Addiction in Mice
- Key Electronic Device Developed for the Massive Arrival of 6G Networks
- Life Underground Suited Newly Discovered Dinosaur Fine
Monday, July 8, 2024
- Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as It Emerges
- Stench of a Gas Giant? Nearby Exoplanet Reeks of Rotten Eggs, and That's a Good Thing
- New Extremely Fast Carbon Storage Technology
- Weaker Ocean Circulation Could Enhance Carbon Dioxide Buildup in the Atmosphere, Study Finds
- Brain Size Riddle Solved as Humans Exceed Evolution Trend
Friday, July 5, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
- Scientists Discover New T Cells and Genes Related to Immune Disorders
- The Dawn of the Antarctic Ice Sheets
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Moon 'swirls' Could Be Magnetized by Unseen Magmas
- A Breakthrough in Inexpensive, Clean, Fast-Charging Batteries
- Blue and Great Tits Deploy Surprisingly Powerful Memories to Find Food
- Giant Salamander-Like Creature Was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs
- Extinct Humans Survived on the Tibetan Plateau for 160,000 Years
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- Clever Clothes! Seams in Clothing Capture Body Movement
- Optoelectronics Gain Spin Control from Chiral Perovskites and III-V Semiconductors
- Crucial Gaps in Climate Risk Assessment Methods
- Neutrons on Classically Inexplicable Paths
- True Scale of Carbon Impact from Long-Distance Travel Revealed
- Spotted Apex Predator Being Pressured by Spotted Pack Hunters -- And It's Our Fault
- Implantable Microphone Could Lead to Fully Internal Cochlear Implants
- Research Shows How RNA 'junk' Controls Our Genes
- An Ant That Selectively Amputates the Infected Limbs of Wounded Sisters
- Doctors Could Soon Use Facial Temperature for Early Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases
- Proteins and Fats Can Drive Insulin Production for Some, Paving Way for Tailored Nutrition
- Melting of Alaskan Glaciers Accelerating Faster Than Previously Thought
- How Our Brains Develop Facial Recognition Skills: New Face-Detecting Brain Circuit
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Organic Material from Mars Reveals the Likely Origin of Life's Building Blocks
- Weight Change Across Common Antidepressant Medications
- A Prosthesis Driven by the Nervous System Helps People With Amputation Walk Naturally
- New and Improved Camera Inspired by the Human Eye
- Self-Assembling, Highly Conductive Sensors Could Improve Wearable Devices
- Dampening the 'seeds' Of Hurricanes
- Layers of Carbonate Provide Insight Into the World of the Ancient Romans
- The Evidence Is Mounting: Humans Were Responsible for the Extinction of Large Mammals
- Scientists Turn White Fat Cells Into Calorie-Burning Beige Fat
- Largest Ever Genetic Study of Age of Puberty in Girls Shows Links With Weight Gain
- Sixty-Million-Year-Old Grape Seeds Reveal How the Death of the Dinosaurs May Have Paved the Way for Grapes to Spread