Should we tax robots?
A small tax on robots, as well as on trade generally, will help reduce income…
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Using deep learning to monitor India’s disappearing forest cover
Using satellite monitoring data, researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm that could provide real-time…
Biodegradable medical gowns produce harmful emissions
Biodegradable medical gowns, designed to be greener than conventional counterparts, actually produce harmful greenhouse gases,…
Crystalline materials: Making the unimaginable possible
Researchers have developed a new method for discovering and making new crystalline materials with two…
Carbon dioxide removal should receive additional financial support, experts urge
Cleaning up greenhouse gases after they have been emitted should be incentivized by subsidies. New…
3D-patient tumor avatars: Maximizing their potential for next-generation precision oncology
3D Patient Tumor Avatar technology has great potential to enable optimum, precision treatment selections for…
Which animals perceive time the fastest?
New research reveals that the animals that perceive time the fastest are those that are…
Predicting lava flow
A team is collecting data that will be used to create models that can help…
First-line immune defenses against COVID-19 are short-lived and may explain reinfection, study shows
A new study finds that antibodies produced in the nose decline nine months after COVID-19…
Enzyme inhibition promotes bone formation and curbs the development of bone metastases
In our bones, specialized cells called osteoblasts are responsible for building up bone substance. A…
Using drones to monitor volcanoes: Researchers analyze volcanic gases with the help of ultra-lightweight sensor systems
The main gases released by volcanoes are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Analyzing…
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New software based on Artificial Intelligence helps to interpret complex data
Experimental data is often not only highly dimensional, but also noisy and full of artefacts….
Study identifies a signaling cascade behind retina regeneration in zebrafish
Experts are investigating how cells called Muller glial cells, responsible for regenerating a damaged zebrafish…
Network neuroscience theory best predictor of intelligence
Scientists have labored for decades to understand how brain structure and functional connectivity drive intelligence….
Child body weight has limited effects on mood and behavioral disorders
Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children’s mood or…
Orangutan communication sheds light on human speech origins
Research finds orangutans communicate using a complex repertoire of consonant-like calls, more so than African…
Humans continue to evolve with the emergence of new genes
Modern humans evolutionarily split from our chimpanzee ancestors nearly 7 million years ago, yet we…
Early forests did not significantly change the atmospheric CO2
Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests…
How a test drive may lead to an electric vehicle purchase
There’s something about test driving an electric vehicle that boosts some potential buyers’ personal identity…
New theory on timing for human settlement of some parts of tropical Pacific
Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean are thought to have…
Do polar bear paws hold the secret to better tire traction?
Traction is important. Humans have been continually interested in discovering how to better move across…
Serotonin 2C receptor associated with obesity and maladaptive behavior
A collaborative study reveals a new gene associated with obesity and maladaptive behavior. The evidence…
Learning from habitat ‘haves’ to help save a threatened rattlesnake
Comparing the genetics and relocation patterns of habitat ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ among two populations of…
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
Engineers compare wastewater ‘snapshots’ to daylong composite samples and find snapshots lead to bias in…
What triggers flow fluctuations in heavy-ion collision debris?
Scientists have published a comprehensive analysis aimed at determining which factors most influence fluctuations in…
Measuring gamma-ray bursts’ hidden energy unearths clues to the evolution of the universe
When stars die out, they emit gamma-ray bursts. Although scientist can calculate the explosion energy…
Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving…
New winged robot can land like a bird
Researchers have developed a method that allows a flapping-wing robot to land autonomously on a…
Atomic structure of a staphylococcal bacteriophage using cryo-electron microscopy
Cryo-electron microscopy has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is…
Using machine learning to better understand how water behaves
New research uses machine learning models to better understand water’s phase changes, opening more avenues…
Study examines bacteria living in and on mosquitoes
Avoiding mosquitoes to protect against bites is always a good idea. But a new study…
Physician, heal thyself?
Doctors and their family members are less likely than other people to comply with guidelines…
Webb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars
Astronomers took a ‘deep dive’ into one of the first images from NASA’s James Webb…
Astronomers discover clues about stellar ‘glitching’
Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics of some of the brightest…
Light from outside our galaxy brighter than expected
Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is…
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Marsquake!
The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a…
When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and ‘feeling real’ matter
Psychologists had people learn words from two phonetically similar languages in virtual reality environments. Those…
Wood-eating clams use their feces to dominate their habitat
Researchers didn’t know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly…
Christmas-colored droplets hint at solutions for fog harvesting
When droplets glide along a specially engineered wire, they gain speed as they coalesce. When…
Dynamical fractal discovered in clean magnetic crystal
Researchers have uncovered an altogether new type of fractal appearing in a class of magnets…
Imaging gases in rainbow colors
Scientists have designed and fabricated a simple device capable of imaging a gas injected into…
Medical terminology can be confusing for patients
Researchers found there is often a disconnect between the medical language used by doctors and…
New support for a serotonin deficit in depression
Since the 1960s, researchers have postulated that major depression stems from disruptions in the serotonin…
Whales could be a valuable carbon sink, say scientists
Nature-based solutions to fight climate change take a holistic approach that promotes biodiversity and ecosystem…
Harmful fungal toxins in wheat: a growing threat
Wheat — the most widely cultivated crop in the world — is under growing attack…
Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water
Astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are ‘water worlds,’…
Exquisite views of distant galaxies
For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope provided us with the most spectacular images of galaxies….
Machine learning reveals how black holes grow
Black holes are surrounded by an invisible layer that swallows every bit of evidence about…
New robot does ‘the worm’ when temperature changes
A new gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature change and clever…
Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s
Scientists find that a modified immune protein harming brain connections is much more common in…