New insights on brain development sequence through adolescence
Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental…
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Early crop plants were more easily ‘tamed’
Borrowing a page from what we know about animal behavior, archaeologists say that we should…
Novel immunotherapy agent safe, shows promise against high-risk prostate cancers
A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive…
Kids judge Alexa smarter than Roomba, but say both deserve kindness
Most kids know it’s wrong to yell or hit someone, but what if that someone…
Scientists advocate for integration of biogeography and behavioral ecology to rapidly respond to biodiversity loss
An interdisciplinary team of researchers is advocating for convergent research that integrates the fields of…
Scientists map gusty winds in a far-off neutron star system
Astronomers have mapped the ‘disk winds’ associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a…
Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution
A new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of…
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This elephant’s self-taught banana peeling offers glimpse of elephants’ broader abilities
Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don’t usually peel them first in the way…
Navigating the cosmos with CHARA Array
New instruments and plans for a seventh telescope at Georgia State’s CHARA Array will allow…
Study finds record-breaking rates of sea-level rise along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts
New study shows sea levels along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts have been rapidly…
New textile unravels warmth-trapping secrets of polar bear fur
Engineers have invented a fabric that concludes the 80-year quest to make a synthetic textile…
Engineered plants produce sex perfume to trick pests and replace pesticides
Tobacco plants have been engineered to manufacture an alluring perfume of insect sex pheromones, which…
Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A
The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves…
How to see the invisible: Using the dark matter distribution to test our cosmological model
Astrophysicists have measured a value for the ‘clumpiness’ of the universe’s dark matter (known to…
Here’s how a worm’s embryonic cells changed its development potential
Researchers have spotted how specific proteins within the chromosomes of roundworms enable their offspring to…
Study sheds light on how IBD can develop
A new study could help improve personalized medicine approaches in inflammatory bowel disease by understanding…
Scientists discover a way Earth’s atmosphere cleans itself
Human activities emit many kinds of pollutants into the air, and without a molecule called…
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Lonely people’s divergent thought processes may contribute to feeling ‘alone in a crowded room’
The neural responses of lonely individuals differ from those of other people, suggesting that seeing…
Scientists use peroxide to peer into metal oxide reactions
Researchers to get a better look at how peroxides on the surface of copper oxide…
High blood pressure in your 30s is associated with worse brain health in your 70s
High blood pressure in early adulthood is associated with worse brain health in late life,…
In Florida study, nonnative leaf-litter ants are replacing native ants
A new look at decades of data from museum collections and surveys of leaf-litter ants…
Woolly mammoths evolved smaller ears and woolier coats over the 700,000 years that they roamed the Siberian steppes
A team of researchers compared the genomes of woolly mammoths with modern day elephants to…
Toward tunable molecular switches from organic compounds
Newly synthesized organic molecules can be tuned to emit different colors depending on their molecular…
Internet access must become human right or we risk ever-widening inequality
People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights…
Spike in major league home runs tied to climate change
A new study identifies the influence of climate change in the greater number of home…
Researchers leverage cell self-destruction to treat brain tumors
Medical researchers have found that glioblastoma tumor cells are particularly sensitive to ferroptosis — a…
Physicians should be on alert for group A strep as cases experience historic rise, study finds
The U.S. experienced an unprecedented number of group A streptococcal infections in children from October…
Case for Candida auris wastewater surveillance
Researchers say tracking methodology in Southern Nevada fungal outbreak provides blueprint for monitoring and responding…
New atomic-scale understanding of catalysis could unlock massive energy savings
In an advance they consider a breakthrough in computational chemistry research, chemical engineers have developed…
Fully recyclable printed electronics ditch toxic chemicals for water
Engineers have produced fully recyclable printed electronics that replace the use of chemicals with water…
Model simulates variable flap stiffness for the best lift
There is extensive research on how a fixed-position flap affects lift in the realm of…
Blind dating in bacteria evolution
A team of researchers reconstructed long-extinct proteins of a UV protection system of cyanobacteria. The…
Long-forgotten equation provides new tool for converting carbon dioxide
To manage atmospheric carbon dioxide and convert the gas into a useful product, scientists have…
Sierra squirrels find their niche amid a changing climate
A new study of squirrels in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains finds that climate is just…
New test could help identify type 2 diabetes risk
Analysing changes to DNA in the blood can improve the ability to predict a person’s…
AI-equipped eyeglasses read silent speech
Researchers have developed a silent-speech recognition interface that uses acoustic-sensing and artificial intelligence to continuously…
NASA’s Webb scores another ringed world with new image of Uranus
Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space…
Technology advance paves way to more realistic 3D holograms for virtual reality and more
Researchers have developed a new way to create dynamic ultrahigh-density 3D holographic projections. They now…
Hubble sees possible runaway black hole creating a trail of stars
There’s an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if…
Using photons as neurotransmitters to control the activity of neurons
Researchers have developed a system that connects two neurons by using light-emitting enzymes and light-sensitive…
US forests face an unclear future with climate change
Climate change might compromise how permanently forests are able to store carbon and keep it…
Shedding light on mechanisms of electrochemical energy storage
Researchers have developed a new technique that can quickly identify the exact electrochemical mechanisms taking…
Optimizing sepsis treatment timing with a machine learning model
A new machine learning model that estimates optimal treatment timing for sepsis could pave the…
Men and women have different obesity drivers, pointing to the need for tailored interventions
A new study finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead…
Studying consciousness without affecting it
A new study tests an alternative to external stimulation for measuring when subjects lose and…
Discovery of ferroelectricity in an elementary substance
Researchers have discovered a new single-element ferroelectric material that alters the current understanding of conventional…
Random matrix theory approaches the mystery of the neutrino mass
Scientists analyzed each element of the neutrino mass matrix belonging to leptons and showed theoretically…
People with obesity due to genetic predisposition have lower risk of cardiovascular disease
The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is lower in people with obesity who have a…
Newly discovered probiotic could protect Caribbean corals threatened by deadly, devastating disease
Researchers have discovered the first effective bacterial probiotic for treating and preventing stony coral tissue…
Non-drug interventions for patients with Alzheimer’s are both effective and cost-effective, study shows
Researchers used a computer simulation model to show that the four dementia-care interventions saved between…