On August 12, 2023, NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft passes between the sun and Earth, marking the first Earth flyby of the nearly 17-year-old mission. The visit home brings a special chance for the spacecraft to collaborate with NASA missions near Earth and reveal new insights into our closest star.

The ancient star Earendel is more than twice as hot as the sun and around a million times brighter, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest.

A new view of a record-shattering distant star shows it to be twice as hot as our sun, and likely accompanied by a stellar companion

The Perseids Break out the binoculars, folks. Time to see some shooting stars! As The Washington Post reports , the biggest and brightest meteor shower of the year, the annual Perseids, will be on full display this Saturday and Sunday. The Perseids, per NASA , is known for incredible fireballs amid a spatter of fainter, falling bits of light, which often leave mesmerizing streaks in their wake. I

The skin, hair and eye color of more than eight billion humans is determined by the light-absorbing pigment known as melanin. New research has identified 135 new genes associated with pigmentation.

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Waymo and Cruise can now charge for ride-hailing services throughout San Francisco despite objections that driverless cars interfere with traffic and first responders

Every couple of decades Saturn develops a huge storm, and now researchers have found that the atmosphere keeps chemical records of those storms for hundreds of years

Abstract Convolution is an essential operation in signal and image processing and consumes most of the computing power in convolutional neural networks. Photonic convolution has the promise of addressing computational bottlenecks and outperforming electronic implementations. Performing photonic convolution in the synthetic frequency dimension, which harnesses the dynamics of light in the spectral

Abstract We reveal a mechanism to enhance particle-matter interactions by exploiting the pseudo-Brewster effect of gain materials, presenting an enhancement of at least four orders of magnitude for light emission. This mechanism is enabled by the emergence of an unprecedented phase diagram that maps all phenomena of free-electron transition radiation into three distinct phases in a gain-thickness

Abstract Climate change–amplified marine heatwaves can drive extensive mortality in foundation species. However, a paucity of longitudinal genomic datasets has impeded understanding of how these rapid selection events alter cryptic genetic structure. Heatwave impacts may be exacerbated in species that engage in obligate symbioses, where the genetics of multiple coevolving taxa may be affected. He

Abstract Programmed constitutive heterochromatin silencing is essential for eukaryotic genome regulation, yet the initial step of this process is ambiguous. A large proportion of R-loops (RNA:DNA hybrids) had been unexpectedly identified within Arabidopsis pericentromeric heterochromatin with unknown functions. Through a genome-wide R-loop profiling screen, we find that DDM1 (decrease in DNA meth

Abstract Spin-waves in antiferromagnets hold the prospects for the development of faster, less power-hungry electronics and promising physics based on spin superfluids and coherent magnon condensates. For both these perspectives, addressing electrically coherent antiferromagnetic spin-waves is of importance, a prerequisite that has been so far elusive, because, unlike ferromagnets, antiferromagne

Abstract Dopamine is broadly implicated in reinforcement learning, but how patterns of dopamine activity are generated is poorly resolved. Here, we demonstrate that two ion channels, Kv4.3 and BKCa1.1, regulate the pattern of dopamine neuron firing and dopamine release on different time scales to influence separate phases of reinforced behavior in mice. Inactivation of Kv4.3 in VTA dopamine neuro

Abstract We propose strategies that couple natural language processing with deep learning to enhance machine capability for corrosion-resistant alloy design. First, accuracy of machine learning models for materials datasets is often limited by their inability to incorporate textual data. Manual extraction of numerical parameters from descriptions of alloy processing or experimental methodology in

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This first-of-its-kind federal funding is meant to jump-start a new industry that can siphon climate pollution from the air

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The discovery promises to spark a revolution in physics, but more results are needed to know for sure.

Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.

As the AI industry's market value continues to balloon, experts are warning that its meteoric rise is eerily similar to that of a different — and significant — moment in economic history: the dot com bubble of the late 1990s. The dot com bubble — and subsequent crash — was an era defined by a gold rush-like frenzy and inflated valuations. Hungry to cash in on a new, lucrative age of technology, v

To honor the genre’s 50th anniversary, WIRED contributor C. Brandon Ogbunu and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco paint two scenes of how the duality of AI will shape the art form in five decades.

When Donald Trump appeared last week in a Washington, D.C., courtroom for his arraignment on federal election charges, the presiding judge gave the former president a few simple instructions for staying out of jail while he awaited trial. Trump could not talk to potential witnesses about the case except through lawyers, Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya told him, and he could not commit a crime o

Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40474-9 Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have shown potential for treating malignant tumors, however, limited tumor penetration of nanosystems remains a hurdle for effective tumor therapy. Here, the authors report a biomimetic bubble nanomachine with tumor-cell-membrane-derived nanovesicle secretion triggered

The cultural and musical movement known as hip-hop celebrates 50 years today, August 11. Michigan State University experts Emery Petchauer and Ruth Nicole Brown explain what marks August 11, 2023, as the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and dig into the importance of the milestone. Petchauer, a professor in the English department, focuses on the aesthetic practices of urban arts, particularly hip-hop

An experimental malaria vaccine appears safe and promotes an immune response in African infants, one of the groups most vulnerable to severe malaria disease. There is currently only one malaria vaccine, 'RTS,S' that is approved by the World Health Organization and offers partial disease protection. However, in the results of the early-stage phase Ib trial, researchers find that targeting RH5 — a

From text-generating ChatGPT to voice-activated Siri, artificial intelligence-powered tools are designed to aid our everyday life — as long as you speak a language they support. These technologies are out of reach for billions of people who don't use English, French, Spanish or other mainstream languages, but researchers in Africa are looking to change that. Scientists now draw a roadmap to devel

The deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, has killed dozens of people so far. Here’s how fires threaten human health

Forensic researchers at UT Knoxville's famous Anthropological Research Facility, popularly known as the "Body Farm," have made headlines for decades in their discoveries of what happens to human bodies after death. Now, a multidisciplinary team—engineers, soil scientists, and biologists—digs in with them for a deeper look at what happens to the soil underneath a decomposing body.

A new paper proposes a potential way to reduce “fictitious pricing,” which can mislead consumers. Fifty years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stopped enforcing deceptive pricing regulations, assuming that competition would keep retailers honest. Since then, competition has increased significantly—yet the practice of posting false, inflated comparison prices alongside sale prices has conti

Forensic researchers at UT Knoxville's famous Anthropological Research Facility, popularly known as the "Body Farm," have made headlines for decades in their discoveries of what happens to human bodies after death. Now, a multidisciplinary team—engineers, soil scientists, and biologists—digs in with them for a deeper look at what happens to the soil underneath a decomposing body.

The deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, has killed dozens of people so far. Here’s how fires threaten human health

The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years.

Crash Course While it's customary to hear about Teslas crashing , burning , or exploding , hearing about one that seems to have come back from the dead is another thing entirely. In a now-viral Twitter post , CNBC executive editor Jay Yarow wrote of his puzzlement after his Model X, which he'd crashed and totaled in the US, blinked online again in Ukraine — yes, the same country currently in the

CAPTCHA Real Smooth Researchers have found that bots are shockingly good at completing CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), which are those small, annoying puzzles designed — ironically — to verify that you're really human. In fact, as the team led by Gene Tsudik at the University of California, Irvine discovered, the bots are actually way better

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The child was buried face-down and with an iron padlock on its foot.

Scientists have developed a synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) that can support the growth of a mini endometrium in a dish for at least two weeks. The endometrium — the mucosal lining of the uterus — has been historically hard to model in the lab, which has limited scientists' ability to study its role in healthy and diseased states like endometriosis. The matrix allows cells to interact in an

Scientists discovered that anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy extended the lives of mice with glioblastoma by causing specialized CD4+ T immune cells to 1) infiltrate the brain and 2) tell brain-resident immune cells called microglia to destroy tumor cells. Their findings show the benefit of harnessing the body's own immune cells to fight brain cancer and could lead to more effective immunotherapies.

Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism — an umbrella term that refers to motor symptoms found in Parkinson's disease and also other conditions — have long been described in boxers. Repetitive head impacts from tackle football can also have long-term neurological consequences like

On Aug. 12, 2023, NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft will pass between the Sun and Earth, marking the first Earth flyby of the nearly 17-year-old mission. The visit home brings a special chance for the spacecraft to collaborate with NASA missions near Earth and reveal new insights into our closest star.

In a world where annual economic losses from corrosion surpass 2.5 trillion US Dollars, the quest for corrosion-resistant alloys and protective coatings is unbroken. Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly pivotal role in designing new alloys. Yet, the predictive power of AI models in foreseeing corrosion behavior and suggesting optimal alloy formulas has remained elusive.

Flat screen TVs that incorporate quantum dots are now commercially available, but it has been more difficult to create arrays of their elongated cousins, quantum rods, for commercial devices. Quantum rods can control both the polarization and color of light, to generate 3D images for virtual reality devices.

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I've recently become aware of the insect population decline due to various factors like pesticides, climate change, industrialization, city building, etc. Hardly anyone talks about it, despite how apparently serious it is. As a result, there's hardly any news articles on the issue other than the occasional article by the guardian, nor is there much discussion on it aside from people saying "I use

The El Niño weather phenomenon is just warming up, according to scientists, potentially paving the way for higher temperatures and extreme weather events in a year that has already seen plenty of both.

The largest permanent lagoon in drought-hit southern Spain's Donana natural park, home of one of Europe's largest wetlands, has completely dried out for the second summer in a row.

Save $70 on the Apple Watch Series 8, just in time for watchOS 10.

Expert Sam R. Telford, III, has advice to make your summer free of mosquito bites and can debunk some myths about the flying pests. No one likes mosquitoes. Their bites can cause uncomfortable and sometimes painful reactions and put a damper on even the best summer soiree. They can also carry diseases and viruses like Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the most dangerous virus spread by insects i

Moses Bility A professor at the University of Pittsburgh is suing the institution and two administrators, alleging they discriminated against him because he is Black. The researcher, Moses Bility , an assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology in the university’s School of Public Health, alleges the school’s response to a 2020 paper he published and later withdrew that proposed j

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Et Tu, Brute? Are you not entertained? Fear not! It sounds like we might get to see X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg bash each other's brains out after all. And if the former's recent posts are anything to go by, it'll be an epic, "Gladiator"-style affair. "Livestream will be on this platform and Meta," Musk tweeted . "Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome

Scientists can finally hunt down a harmful kind of human T cell. Immune cells called ex-T regulatory cells (exTregs) tend to be rare in the body and, so far, impossible to detect in human samples. A new study gives scientists a reliable way to find human exTregs and provides a window into how exTregs contribute to inflammation and cardiovascular disease.

Industrial biocatalysis with enzymes is deemed to be a 'game changer' in the development of a sustainable chemical industry. Enzymes can be used to synthesize an impressive range of complex molecules, including pharmaceutical substances, under environmentally compatible conditions. Researchers have now developed a new class of materials by producing enzyme foams of tremendous stability and activit

Scientists have developed a novel way to model whether the populations of more than 500 bird species are increasing or decreasing. The method solves a nagging statistical problem by accounting for year-to-year changes in the behavior of people collecting the data.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02570-0 An innovative microscopy technique bridges the gap between field of view and resolution.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02503-x Although it is slated to become an education centre, astronomers hope research might one day return to the site.

Watermelon is a globally significant agricultural product, both in terms of the total amount produced and the total economic value generated.

Watermelon is a globally significant agricultural product, both in terms of the total amount produced and the total economic value generated.

Industrial biocatalysis with enzymes is deemed to be a 'game changer' in the development of a sustainable chemical industry. Enzymes can be used to synthesize an impressive range of complex molecules, including pharmaceutical substances, under environmentally compatible conditions. Researchers have now developed a new class of materials by producing enzyme foams of tremendous stability and activit

GitHub has spent two years researching and slowly rolling out its multifactor authentication system. Soon it will be mandatory for all 100 million users—with no opt-out.

Historically, the Arctic was considered a pristine region, but scientific research spanning the last three decades has revealed the harsh reality of long-range transported pollutants reaching the Arctic from different corners of the world. In response to this alarming discovery, AMAP was created with the mission to monitor pollution and its effects on the Arctic environment and human health.

Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40497-2 Biorefinery lignin waste has little value in the market. Here, Liu et al. find that water-soluble lignin, converted from sulfuric acid lignin, improves plant iron bioavailability and growth through a metal chelating capacity comparable to the metal chelator EDTA.

The latest weapon in the war on robocalls is an automated system capable of analyzing content to shed light on both the scope of the problem and the type of scams being perpetuated. The tool, called SnorCall, is designed to help regulators, phone carriers, and other stakeholders better understand and monitor robocall trends—and take action against related criminal activity . “Although telephone s

Producers of infant formula employ comprehensive food safety systems, including product testing to ensure those systems are working. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that some testing methods are more powerful at catching contaminants than others.

A pair of University of Central Florida researchers has developed new methods to produce energy and materials from the harmful greenhouse gas, methane.

A research team led by Professor Wang Jian, the deputy chief designer of the Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) and a faculty member of the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Detection and Nuclear Electronics of the School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), carried out the key technology of the main focus camera. The results were

As a crucial part of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technology, CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to carbon-based fuels and chemicals presents broad application prospects in renewable energy storage and CO2 negative emission.

The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice

Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to maize in the same soil by more than 4%. This was proven by researchers from the University of Bern. While the findings from several field experiments show that these effects are highly variable, in the long term they may yet help to make the cultivation

Directing light from place to the place is the backbone of our modern world. Beneath the oceans and across continents, fiber optic cables carry light that encodes everything from YouTube videos to banking transmissions—all inside strands about the size of a hair.

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xianwei from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has made progress in the dynamic imaging of interfacial electrochemistry. The results were published in Nature Communications under the title of "Dynamic Imaging of Interfacial Electrochemistry on Singl

A research team led by Prof. Wu Dong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a femtosecond laser 2-in-1 writing multi-material processing strategy to fabricate micromachined joints composed of temperature-sensitive hydrogels and metal nanoparticles, and developed multi-jointed humanoid micromachines with multiple deformation m

Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to maize in the same soil by more than 4%. This was proven by researchers from the University of Bern. While the findings from several field experiments show that these effects are highly variable, in the long term they may yet help to make the cultivation

Astronomers have found planets that are twice as wide as Jupiter and more than 10 times as heavy, but there's a limit to how big planets can get.

Imperfect Conductor LK-99 was meant to revolutionize the world of physics, as a superconductor that could provide perfect electrical conductivity at room temperature. For a sweet moment in time, the promises felt tangible: vastly improved efficiency of power grids, cheaper maglev trains, lightning-speed device charging. But as it turns out, we're more than likely looking at an overly optimistic a

Researchers introduce a new tool to measure bias in text-to-image AI generation models, which they have used to quantify bias in the state-of-the-art model Stable Diffusion.

The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with the 'fat burning zone' on commercial exercise machines, researchers report. Instead, the researchers said, clinical exercise testing — a diagnostic procedure to measure a person's physiological response to exercise — may be a more useful tool to help individuals achieve intended fat loss goals.

Sugar-coated proteins called mucins are implicated in many diseases, including cancer. A team has now bioengineered an enzyme-based scissors that selectively cuts mucins off cancer cells, removing their 'cloak of protection' from the body's immune system.

An international research team details changes in DNA that researchers found are shared by humans and other mammals throughout history and are associated with life span and numerous other traits.

The Biden administration is throwing its weight behind technology that sucks planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air, selecting the first winners of a $3.5 billion fund dedicated to developing the machines scientists say will be needed to stop the worst effects of climate change.

Forty years later, the books are still influential. In Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop, Ian Livingstone talks about their success and about Games Workshop's other hit: Warhammer 40,000.

Join Josh as he takes his moonshine game to the next level by crafting homemade moonshine using a grape press. Discover the secret techniques and unique flavors that Josh unleashes with this innovative method. #discoveryplus #moonshiners Stream Full Episodes of Moonshiners https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/moonshiners About Moonshiners: Every spring, a fearless group of men and women venture dee

Solar power has been seen in science fiction space travels and the roof of a Caltech lab. Learn more about the recent breakthroughs in space energy.

China's human fossils are richly varied and ripe for archaeological debate. But are they enough to justify a new human species?

Despite its tremendous success in predicting the existence of new particles and forces, the standard model of particle physics, designed over 50 years ago to explain the smallest building blocks of nature, isn't the complete "theory of everything" physicists have been longing for.

Routine vaccinations are an essential part of your pet's veterinary care, and veterinarians typically guide owners on how often your pet needs which shots. In the case of rabies, however, owners may be asked by their veterinarian if they prefer a vaccine that lasts one year or three years.

Routine vaccinations are an essential part of your pet's veterinary care, and veterinarians typically guide owners on how often your pet needs which shots. In the case of rabies, however, owners may be asked by their veterinarian if they prefer a vaccine that lasts one year or three years.

We look at the health hazard of the bacteria discovered on the Bibby Stockholm barge and who is most at risk Legionella discovery forces asylum seekers off barge With legionella bacteria having been discovered in the water supply on the Bibby Stockholm barge just days after asylum seekers were moved onboard, we take a look at the health hazard. Continue reading…

Years ago, when I lived in Southern California, I worked with an extremely responsible project manager I’ll call Rocco. Rocco was reliable to the point of neurosis. Accountable to a fault, he was a first-guy-in-the-office guy whose shirts were always pressed and whose meetings started and ended on time. Everyone liked Rocco, but we also wished he would lighten up a little. One day, Rocco didn’t m

Growing up in Maryland , Radha Patel didn’t see anyone in her area using a matchmaker. But she was aware that in India, where her parents had emigrated from, plenty of couples were fixed up—by relatives, respected elders, women in the community trusted to intuit good pairs. For some reason, the idea of it stuck in the back of her mind. It was still lingering there in 2018, when friends, frustrate

Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Question of the Week How should liberal democracies utilize or eschew taboos? (See any and all items below for context, and feel free to construe the question broadly or

This is an edition of the revamped Books Briefing , our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Our lives are shaped by networks: of family, friends, and colleagues, or the wider ones that encompass neighbors and fellow citizens. We exist in relation to others. And yet novels, beginning almost as soon as Don Quixote set out on his quest, have long fixated on the individua

The devastating wildfires that swept quickly through the Hawaiian island of Maui this week have claimed the lives of at least 36 people. The wind-whipped flames left the historic town of Lahaina, known as a site of Hawaiian cultural heritage, in ruins. As a result of the devastation, President Joe Biden issued a major disaster declaration on Thursday.

Scientists working on Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment released the world's most precise measurement yet of the magnetic moment of the muon, bringing particle physics closer to the ultimate showdown between theory and experiment that may uncover new particles or forces.

In South Africa an estimated 8,000 lions are bred and kept in captivity for commercial purposes in more than 350 facilities. This is far more than the country's wild population, estimated at 3,500 individuals.

In South Africa an estimated 8,000 lions are bred and kept in captivity for commercial purposes in more than 350 facilities. This is far more than the country's wild population, estimated at 3,500 individuals.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-40354-8 Effective inhibition of T95 steel corrosion in 15 wt% HCl solution by aspartame, potassium iodide, and sodium dodecyl sulphate mixture

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Wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian tourist town of Lahaina on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, leaving many of its roughly 13,000 residents homeless. Fires also burned in other areas on Maui, Hawaii's second-largest island, and its Big Island. President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration on Aug. 10, which authorizes federal aid for communities in harm's way.

Vultures are often associated with death, but some vulture species are themselves at risk of extinction. What can their fate tell us about the interaction between humans and the natural world in our time?

Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.

In at least one species of butterfly, the variation in the vision of males and females results from a vision gene’s jump onto a sex chromosome. As butterflies flit among flowers, they don’t all view blossoms the same way. Females of some species perceive ultraviolet color while the males see light and dark. The new discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , is t

Even when they are asleep, the sounds babies hear play a big role in language development, especially for babies at risk of language delays, according to a new study. Although it’s well-known that music and speech boost babies’ ability to learn, there’s robust evidence that the developing brain analyzes certain brief auditory cues in an infant’s environments and uses them to guide the formation o

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02556-y Mathematician and programmer who transcended barriers of race and gender.

Mud Veins NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has come across a fascinating hexagonal pattern in salt deposits — and they look eerily reminiscent of Earth-based basins that dry out seasonally, providing a fascinating new clue about the ancient history of the Red Planet. The landmark finding, as detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature , is the "first fossil evidence of a sustained, cyclica

Scientists say they've successfully reversed hearing loss in mice, suggesting that certain forms of deafness caused by faulty genetic activity could not only be avoided, but outright reversed in humans, too. As detailed in a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , the researchers were able to restore the hearing of some mice in the low to mid-frequency ran

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From a heart-shaped stem cell colony to purple gold and ‘science candies’, these are the 12 finalists for the 2023 Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology image contest. Each year in the lead up to National Science Week, researchers at the University of Queensland’s AIBN have a competition to find the best image taken using imaging equipment and microscopes. This year’s winner

Vultures are often associated with death, but some vulture species are themselves at risk of extinction. What can their fate tell us about the interaction between humans and the natural world in our time?

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In Russia this summer, you can still enjoy a Cornetto, but you can forget about eating a Tunnock's tea cake or a Big Mac. This is because Cornetto's UK-headquartered parent company, Unilever, is still operating in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, alongside many other western firms such as PepsiCo.

Wallacea is a fascinating region of both land and sea. Spanning approximately 338,000 square kilometers within Indonesia, it is home to a rich diversity of animals and plants, with hybrid species from both Asia and Australia/Papua regions.

With methods of so-called geoengineering, the climate could theoretically be artificially influenced and cooled. Bernese researchers have now investigated whether it would be possible to prevent the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet by artificially "dimming the sun." The results show that artificial influence does not work without decarbonization and entails high risks.

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An international research project led by QUT has made a major step forward on the potential of the Australian plant, N. benthamiana, to grow therapeutic proteins and vaccines cheaply and quickly. The research, titled "A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology" and published in Nature Plants, has determined the complete genome sequence of this plant, whi

Over the past decade, scientists have made tremendous progress in generating quantum phenomena in mechanical systems. What seemed impossible only fifteen years ago has now become a reality, as researchers successfully create quantum states in macroscopic mechanical objects.

The small protein ubiquitin is particularly famous for marking proteins for degradation but it has also been shown to regulate virtually all cellular processes. In parallel to the ubiquitin system various other ubiquitin-like modifiers have evolved, of which Fubi is particularly poorly studied despite its immunomodulatory activity.

Specific receptors in the ears of mosquitoes have been revealed to modulate their hearing, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and University of Oldenburg.

From text-generating ChatGPT to voice-activated Siri, artificial intelligence-powered tools are designed to aid our everyday life—as long as you speak a language they support. These technologies are out of reach for billions of people who don't use English, French, Spanish or other mainstream languages, but researchers in Africa are looking to change that.

A research group led by Kyoto University's Graduate School of Agriculture has deciphered buckwheat's high-precision chromosomal-level genome sequence, a key step toward unraveling the evolution of the buckwheat genome and the origins of the cultivated crop.

An international research project led by QUT has made a major step forward on the potential of the Australian plant, N. benthamiana, to grow therapeutic proteins and vaccines cheaply and quickly. The research, titled "A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology" and published in Nature Plants, has determined the complete genome sequence of this plant, whi

Specific receptors in the ears of mosquitoes have been revealed to modulate their hearing, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and University of Oldenburg.

The small protein ubiquitin is particularly famous for marking proteins for degradation but it has also been shown to regulate virtually all cellular processes. In parallel to the ubiquitin system various other ubiquitin-like modifiers have evolved, of which Fubi is particularly poorly studied despite its immunomodulatory activity.

A research group led by Kyoto University's Graduate School of Agriculture has deciphered buckwheat's high-precision chromosomal-level genome sequence, a key step toward unraveling the evolution of the buckwheat genome and the origins of the cultivated crop.

The event is formed from debris left by the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, and the summer weather could make it a very good show.

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Researchers hope a modified solitaire version of the game mancala can help solve the central problem of quantum state engineering. The game mancala may have originated as far back as 6000 BCE in Jordan and is played around the world to this day. It consists of stones that players move between a series of small pits on a wooden game board. The point of the game is to get all the stones into the la

Despite acting on different receptors, psychedelics induce similar "waves" of synchronized electrical activity across the rat brain, potentially explaining their shared hallucinogenic effects.

Bone Apple Teeth Bleach-infused rice surprise, anyone? As The Guardian reports , a New Zealand grocery store's recipe-suggesting AI, dubbed the Pak 'n Save Savey Meal Bot, has gone viral this week after suggesting that its users chef up a series of poisonous, cannibalistic, or otherwise death-inducing-slash-horrifying meals. Per the report, the bot is billed as a sort of recipe-brainstorming devi

Creation of hundreds of signs aimed at making conversations about climate more accessible for deaf people Scientists and British Sign Language users have created new signs for greenhouse gases, carbon footprint, and more than 200 other environmental terms. It is hoped the effort to “rewild” BSL will make climate and biodiversity science more accessible for deaf people. Carbon footprint : Left han

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Fusion power has long been seen as a pipe dream, but in recent years the technology has appeared to be edging closer to reality. The second demonstration of a fusion reaction that creates more power than it uses is another important marker suggesting fusion’s time may be coming. Generating power by smashing together atoms holds considerable promise, because the fuel is abundant, required in tiny

Like any other technology, whether nuclear power or the printing press, social media is only as good as the people who use it—and over the past decade, we haven’t exactly used it well. What began as a promising prospect for connecting communities and amplifying new voices has gradually evolved into an engine for sowing upset, distrust, and conspiracy . As the next generation of social-media sites

I have to take my hat off to the folks at The Guardian ; this is a really well-done article on a topic that general readers are surely not up to speed on at all. They're getting people up to speed on the sorts of reactions I enjoy writing about here from time to time, alchemical-looking atom-swapping reactions to dramatically change molecular scaffolds. It's hard to get the significance of these

Optimization problems can be tricky, but they make the world work better. These kinds of questions, which strive for the best way of doing something, are absolutely everywhere. Your phone’s GPS calculates the shortest route to your destination. Travel websites search for the cheapest combination of flights that matches your itinerary. And machine learning applications, which learn by analyzing…

Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40407-6 Resistance to herbicide glyphosate can be evolved trough copy number variation (CNV) of its target gene EPSPS in goosegrass. Here, the authors assemble the genomes of glyphosate susceptible and resistance lines and provide evidence of sub-telomeric-repeat driven CNV of EPSPS could lead to glyphosate resistance

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Det vælter ind fra forskere, der forgæves har forsøgt at gentage superleder-egenskaberne ved den kortvarige berømthed LK-99.

Artists in the visual effects industry have been talking about unionizing for more than a decade.

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Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40554-w Data on antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in infants directly compared with their mothers is limited. Stoddard et al. find distinct antibody profiles in infants, including elevated levels of antibody binding to Spike, elevated ADCC, and convergent antibody binding escape profiles in the Spike fusion peptide.

Discovered by sheer accident in the late 1920s, penicillin was the world’s first antibiotic.

The second planet from the sun is approaching 'inferior conjunction' as it swaps from being the 'Evening Star' to the 'Morning Star,' passing between Earth and the sun in the meantime.

Leafcutter bees earned their name by the way they cut circular bits of leaves to use as building materials for their nests. But the bees seem to prefer some leaves more than others, and researchers now think they know why.

Leafcutter bees earned their name by the way they cut circular bits of leaves to use as building materials for their nests. But the bees seem to prefer some leaves more than others, and researchers now think they know why.

A new post-modification strategy has been proposed by a research group led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, aiming to achieve high separation selectivity and strong fouling resistance of nanofiltration (NF) membranes. The strategy involves polyamide swelling rearrangement induced by ionic liquid (IL), which facilitates polyelectrol

Since the break-up of Gondwana, Australia's biodiversity has evolved mostly in isolation from the rest of the world. Many of our species are unique to Australia.

The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, this galaxy is around 44 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pavo. Pavo—the Latin name for peacock—is a constellation in the southern sky and one of four constellations collectively known as the Southern Birds.

Since the break-up of Gondwana, Australia's biodiversity has evolved mostly in isolation from the rest of the world. Many of our species are unique to Australia.

In February 2022, the journal Scientific Reports published a paper with the claim that a comet exploded over what is now Cincinnati around 1,500 years ago, raining fire over the area and destroying villages and farm fields, supposedly resulting in the rapid decline of the ancient Indigenous Hopewell culture.

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Among a group of people who listened to different audiobooks before bed, researchers could identify what story they heard based on the descriptions of their dreams

A change in just one letter in the code that makes up a cancer-causing gene can significantly affect how aggressive a tumor is or how well a patient with cancer responds to a particular therapy. A new, very precise gene-editing tool will enable scientists to study the impact of these specific genetic changes in preclinical models rather than being limited to more broadly targeted tactics, such as

Bringing ultrafast physics to structural biology has revealed the dance of molecular 'coherence' in unprecedented clarity.

Experts closing in on potentially identifying new force after surprise wobble of subatomic particle The tantalising theory that a fifth force of nature could exist has been given a boost thanks to unexpected wobbling by a subatomic particle, physicists have revealed. According to current understanding, there are four fundamental forces in nature, three of which – the electromagnetic force and the

T he American novelist Susan Taubes drowned herself off the coast of East Hampton in 1969 at the age of 41. She had suffered from severe depression for a long time, but many friends thought the proximate cause of her death was a savage New York Times review of Divorcing , the only one of her novels to be published in her lifetime. The review had come out just a few days earlier. The critic, Hugh

In May, Tessa went rogue. The National Eating Disorder Association’s chatbot had recently replaced a phone hotline and the handful of staffers who ran it. But although it was designed to deliver a set of approved responses to people who might be at risk of an eating disorder, Tessa instead recommended that they lose weight. “Every single thing that Tessa suggested were things that led to the deve

T he man who has been hailed as “ the best state chair in the country ” is not a national household name. He’s not even a household name in his own state. But on a recent afternoon in the small village of Grafton, Wisconsin, Ben Wikler might as well have been Bono. Two dozen middle-aged and retired volunteers stood in line to clutch the hand of the chair of the Wisconsin Democrats. “Thank you for

E dvard Munch , 1863–1944, was a zeitgeist conductor. Like Dostoyevsky before him, like Kafka after him, he was one of those somewhat hastily assembled humans—the skull plates not stapled down, the nerve endings dangling—who get chosen by the daemon of history to bear its message into the world. Poor bastard. “You paint like a pig, Edvard!” yelled a young realist named Gustav Wentzel, getting in

A team of Earth scientists at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science's Grassland Research Institute, working with colleagues from several institutions in the U.S., has found evidence that the rise in photosynthesis rates around the world caused by the increase of carbon dioxide, has slowed dramatically. In their research, reported in the journal Science, the group measured changes in global p

Getting to know planets or moons inside out isn't easy. Like Earth and its moon, many celestial bodies are multilayered and can contain anomalous internal features that reflect the complex history of their formation, collisions with other bodies, and ongoing planetary dynamics.

The ability of a gene to keep functioning despite mutations shows a surprising link to fundamental math.

A wearable, portable breast pump with only three parts to clean? Sign me up.

Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine mammals in a graduate student's study of ocean microplastics. The presence of polymer particles and fibers in these animals suggests that microplastics can travel out of the digestive tract and lodge in the tissues.

Sodium, Potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium's place in rechargeable batteries of the future, but researchers have added an unusual and more abundant competitor to the mix: chloride, the richest negatively charged ions in seawater. Xiaowei Teng, the James H. Manning professor of Chemical Engineering at WPI, has discovered a new redox chemistry empowered by chloride ion

For now, cyborgs exist only in fiction, but the concept is becoming more plausible as science progresses. And now, researchers are reporting that they have developed a proof-of-concept technique to 'tattoo' living cells and tissues with flexible arrays of gold nanodots and nanowires. With further refinement, this method could eventually be used to integrate smart devices with living tissue for bio

A change in just one letter in the code that makes up a cancer-causing gene can significantly affect how aggressive a tumor is or how well a patient with cancer responds to a particular therapy. A new, very precise gene-editing tool will enable scientists to study the impact of these specific genetic changes in preclinical models rather than being limited to more broadly targeted tactics, such as

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while the males see light and dark. Biologists have discovered that in at least one species, the variation results from a vision gene's jump onto a sex chromosome. It's the first known finding that this kind of

Scientists have validated a new approach to measuring extremely low gas pressures called CAVS, for cold atom vacuum standard. The quantum-based technique promises to be useful for applications such as chip manufacturing, quantum computing and gravitational-wave detection.

New research has demonstrated the safety and tolerability of a new drug treatment designed as a therapeutic intervention for spinal cord injury (SCI).

Bringing ultrafast physics to structural biology has revealed the dance of molecular 'coherence' in unprecedented clarity.

Researchers created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in the infection, replication, and pathogenesis of HIV and the Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that can cause mononucleosis and other serious diseases.

Two distinct neurodevelopmental abnormalities that arise just weeks after the start of brain development have been associated with the emergence of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study in which researchers developed brain organoids from the stem cells of boys diagnosed with the disorder.

Random telegraph noise (RTN) in semiconductors is typically caused by two-state defects. Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) layered magnetic materials are expected to exhibit large fluctuations due to long-range Coulomb interaction; importantly, which could be controlled by a voltage compared to 3D counterparts having large charge screening. Researchers reported electrically tunable magnetic

Researchers found that tiny nematode worm larvae surf electric fields to hitch rides on passing insects.

Nano-sized particles released by red blood cells reduce inflammation and fat deposition in immune cells, potentially paving the way for new methods of treating atherosclerosis.

Unlike previously thought, it turns out that speech production and singing are supported by the same circuitry in the brain. Observations in a new study can help develop increasingly effective rehabilitation methods for patients with aphasia.

Restaurants can persuade patrons to choose healthier foods by adjusting the font size of numbers attached to nutritional information on menus, according to a recent study. U.S. restaurants with more than 20 locations are already required to show the calorie content of food on their menus. By representing these values incongruously — using physically larger numbers on the page when they're attache

Researchers have made a remarkable step forward in finding a potential cure for a type of childhood kidney disease.

Rapid alkalinization factors (RALFs) are required for pollen tube germination and elongation, an essential process in plant fertilization. But their role in monocot plants remains unexplored. Scientists have now identified OsRALF17 and OsRALF19 in rice and determined their functions in pollen tube germination and growth. This study provides novel insights into the role of RALFs in rice fertilizati

Terrestrial carbon sinks can mitigate the greenhouse effect. Researchers pooled various data sources and found that European carbon storage takes place mainly in surface biomass in East Europe. However, changes of land use in particular have caused this carbon sink to decline.

A new study finds that the longer a person has type 2 diabetes, the more likely they may be to experience changes in brain structure. MRI results, researchers say, indicate the negative effects longstanding diabetes may have on brain health outcomes and emphasize the importance of preventing early onset type 2 diabetes.

Scientists have succeeded in reversing certain cognitive manifestations associated with Alzheimer's disease in an animal model of the disease.

Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analyzed in a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the radiation environment in space. Huge amounts of engineering data has been used to reveal the impact of extreme space weather events on spacecraft throughout the solar system where no scientific observations are available, with implications for future spacecraft

Enormous hailstones raise the question of whether global warming will intensify hailstorms

Despite the practice of exclusionary discipline in schools declining over the past decade, policy and program reforms intended to replace the practice largely have not benefited African American students, according to a new study from Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy Richard Welsh recently published in Children and Youth Services Review.

Dark matter is one of the thorniest mysteries of modern cosmology. On the one hand, astronomers have gathered a wealth of supporting evidence through galaxy clustering statistics, gravitational lensing, and cosmic microwave background fluctuations, on the other hand, there are no particles in the standard model of particle physics that could account for dark matter, and we haven't been able to det

Australia must address historic and contemporary systemic racism to better tackle the climate crisis, according to one of the key conclusions in a paper published in Science, in a special edition where the international publication turns its gaze on examining Australia's environmental challenges.

Soil microfauna are microscopic animals that live in the soil and play important roles in nutrient cycling, plant growth, and ecosystem functioning. A team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a study on how the diversity and community assembly of soil microfauna are affected by the latitudinal gradient. The findings were published in Ag

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Americans are drinking more water. How best to contain it: That’s the burning question.

Soil microfauna are microscopic animals that live in the soil and play important roles in nutrient cycling, plant growth, and ecosystem functioning. A team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a study on how the diversity and community assembly of soil microfauna are affected by the latitudinal gradient. The findings were published in Ag

Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusk animals that are now an iconic fossil group often collected by amateurs. Over 350 million years of evolution, ammonoids developed increasingly elaborate shells with fractal-like geometry. For nearly 200 years, scientists have debated the reason why these animals show a trend of increasing complexity in their shell structures.

A radical shift in our relationship with the environment is needed and it is time we intervene in the extinction crisis, experts say.

Lioness’s penalty against Nigeria makes Women’s World Cup record and beats fastest strike of Premier League last season Arms out, leg cocked: as England’s Chloe Kelly took her penalty against Nigeria the forward was, she later said, confident of scoring. She not only won the game for the Lionesses, she set the record for the fastest shot in the Women’s World Cup so far. According to data from the

Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusk animals that are now an iconic fossil group often collected by amateurs. Over 350 million years of evolution, ammonoids developed increasingly elaborate shells with fractal-like geometry. For nearly 200 years, scientists have debated the reason why these animals show a trend of increasing complexity in their shell structures.

A radical shift in our relationship with the environment is needed and it is time we intervene in the extinction crisis, experts say.

A novel catalysis scheme enables chemical reactions that were previously virtually impossible. A method developed at the University of Bonn is also environmentally friendly and does not require rare and precious metals.

Terry Loring, distinguished professor of mathematics and statistics, published and co-authored a new research piece involving his research on K-theory with the major advances in applications to critical problems in physics.

Indonesia's government on Friday blamed a pollution spike in traffic-clogged capital Jakarta on weather patterns and vehicle emissions after the city topped global rankings four days this week.

Enormous hailstones raise the question of whether global warming will intensify hailstorms

Juveniles of a common household spider have been shown to eat their siblings in the lab, and they are probably doing it in our cupboards too

The space agency lost touch with the beloved spacecraft following a faulty command signal. Here’s how it happened—and how engineers worked to bring it back.

The Galaxy Tab S9 series includes the insanely massive 14.6-inch Tab S9 Ultra, but the prices of these slates are off-putting.

An oasis that used to be a sea.

All you need to see one of the year’s best meteor showers is a clear, dark sky—and patience

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06276-1

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02526-4 Supplementing human expertise with an automated program means catching more cancers.

Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40550-0 3-finger toxins are unique to the venoms of caenophidian snakes. This study traces the evolution of these toxins in snakes, highlighting a key shift from membrane-bound to secretory proteins. This transformation, involving the loss of a membrane-anchoring domain and changes in gene expression, paved the way fo

A team of bioengineers and biomedical scientists from the University of Sydney and the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at Westmead have used 3D photolithographic printing to create a complex environment for assembling tissue that mimics the architecture of an organ.

A team of bioengineers and biomedical scientists from the University of Sydney and the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at Westmead have used 3D photolithographic printing to create a complex environment for assembling tissue that mimics the architecture of an organ.

Damfotbollen har blivit allt mer fysiskt krävande med ett högre tempo. Samtidigt visar en studie att unga spelare inte tränar tillräckligt på att springa snabbt. De riskerar då både skador och sämre resultat under matcherna. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .

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Period products come in a variety of styles—liners, pads, tampons, cups and underwear—to help people feel comfortable during a menstrual bleed. But their labels don't usually list the ingredients, so consumers don't know what's in their product of choice.

This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here . This week I’ve been thinking about America’s addiction to opioids. The statistics are staggering. Since 2010, opioid overdose deaths have nearly quadrupled. More than 80,000 people died from an opioid overdose

Det er muligt at få enorme energimængder fra solpaneler, der flyder på det rolige hav omkring Ækvator, vurderer et hold australske forskere.

What we can learn from efforts to protect Tane Mahuta, a giant kauri tree in New Zealand, and Pando, a forest of thousands of genetically identical trees that make up one organism

A retired chicken farmer found the rocks in the mid-1990s and donated it to the Australian Museum, where researchers have now named the newfound species Arenaerpeton supinatus.

Think you know everything about a material? Try giving it a twist—literally. That's the main idea of an emerging field in condensed matter physics called "twistronics," which has researchers drastically changing the properties of 2D materials, like graphene, with subtle changes—as small as going from a 1.1° to 1.2°—in the angle between stacked layers.

Although many Americans deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional mechanical recycling methods. In the end, only about 9% of plastic in the United States is ever reused, often in low-value products. With a new technique, however, Univer

Vad sker inne i den köttätande växten Venusfälla när den fångar en insekt? Med en ny teknik har forskare gjort upptäckter om elektriska signalering som får fällan att smälla igen. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .

For andet år i træk har vi fejret en dansker som vinder af Tour de France – en triumf, der er med til at sætte spot på Danmark som det cykelland, vi gerne siger, at vi er. Desværre viser virkeligheden uden for Tour-feltet, at det er en sandhed med modifikationer. Danskerne tramper nemlig stadig mindre i pedalerne i takt med, at antallet af biler på vejene stiger år for år.

Alt for høje omkostninger driver tysk statsejet jernbaneselskab til at droppe sit storstilede brinttogprojekt til fordel for batteridrevne tog.

It’s 1948, and it isn’t a great year for alcohol. Prohibition has come and gone, and booze is a buyer’s market again. That much is obvious from Seagram’s annual sales meeting, an 11-city traveling extravaganza designed to drum up nationwide sales. No expense has been spared: there’s the two-hour, professionally acted stage play about the life of a whiskey salesman. The beautiful anteroom displays

The US Department of Energy announced today that it’s providing $1.2 billion to develop regional hubs that can draw down and store away at least 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year as a means of combating climate change. The move represents a major step forward in the effort to establish a market for removing the planet-warming greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, using what are known

Forstå hypen om superledende materialer som det, sydkoreanske forskere hævder at have fremstillet. Transformator er tilbage efter sommerpausen og handler desuden om Elon Musks planer for Twitter og film genereret af kunstig intelligens.

The burials of famous people provide enduring archaeological mysteries. Here are 30 of the most acclaimed "lost" tombs.

Exotic stars may be scattered throughout the cosmos, from boson stars that could look like black holes to dark stars that might be powered by dark matter

Everybody thinks it’s an amazing superpower, but there’s another side to it Recently, I was sitting on a tightly packed plane as it circled up to 19,000ft. It was making loads of noise, and I could see the people around me were scared. But I felt nothing. In 2005, I was diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, after years of misdiagnosis – doctors would often tell me I was just overweight. Cushing’s is

The Perseid meteor shower sends bright streaks shooting across the night sky. Stargazers can watch the shower peak this weekend, but the key, experts say, will be patience. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02536-2 The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice.

Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40337-3 Heterogeneous battery strategy, with each province flexibly choosing different battery strategies, achieves the lowest power system costs. However, this non-uniform strategy only achieves the lowest CO2 emissions at extremely high carbon prices.

Scientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey for as many as 3 million years.

Systems in the universe trend toward disorder, with only applied energy keeping the chaos at bay. The concept is called entropy, and examples can be found everywhere: ice melting, campfire burning, water boiling. Zentropy theory, however, adds another level to the mix.

Scientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey for as many as 3 million years.

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Amerikansk studie viser, at det ikke er vand men CO2, der forårsager eksplosive vulkanudbrud, og den viden kan forbedre fremtidige afbødningsstrategier.

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A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia's first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth's satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft.

Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the "Pearl of the Balkans", scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe's earliest sedentary communities, and are trying to solve the mystery of why it sheltered behind a fortress of defensive spikes.

The death toll from record-breaking rains across northern China rose to at least 78 on Friday, as authorities warned of more flooding and another storm approached the country.

Nobel prize winner Giorgio Parisi’s new book, “In a Flight of Starlings,” makes the case that science’s struggle to understand and master the universe’s complexity, and to communicate it to an ever-more skeptical public, holds the key to humanity’s future well-being. But Parisi is nothing if not optimistic.

Nature Communications, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40486-5 Zebrafish can regenerate after paralyzing spine injuries and regain locomotor ability, unlike mammals. Here authors show that the neurogenic factor Hb-egf promotes spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish and is regulated by an enhancer that can similarly direct expression in the pro-regenerative setting of neona

Unthinkable, not impossible.

"An incredible experimental achievement."

DNA technology confirmed Talpa hakkariensis and Talpa davidiana tatvanensis as distinct from other moles Scientists have identified two types of mole that they believe have been living undiscovered in Turkey. DNA technology confirmed the creatures were biologically distinct from other moles. Both inhabit mountainous regions in eastern Turkey and can survive in temperatures of up to 50C (122F) in

We all have biases, including in-group loyalty. It's often easy to see such bias in others, though nearly impossible to see in oneself. As such, it's both normal and dangerous to imagine that only those who disagree with you are vulnerable to groupthink, while you are perfect beacon of independent, rational thought- along with everyone who agrees with you. The post first appeared on Science-Base

Although designers do have a lot of power, AI is just a tool conceived to benefit us. Communities must make sure that happens Superpower. Catastrophic. Revolutionary. Irresponsible. Efficiency-creating. Dangerous. These terms have been used to describe artificial intelligence over the past several months. The release of ChatGPT to the general public thrusts AI into the limelight, and many are lef

Emily Anthes, a science reporter, visited a chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana to observe how it prepares the animals for extreme weather.

Lewykroppssjukdom är den näst vanligaste formen av neurodegenerativa hjärnsjukdomar efter Alzheimer sjukdom. Ny studie visar att sjukdomen med hjälp av ett ryggvätskeprov, kan upptäckas innan symtom. Och att nedsatt luktförmåga är starkt kopplat till Lewybodysjukdom redan innan andra tydliga symtom hunnit utvecklats.

In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality.

Schneider Shorts 11.08.2023 – a science superstar corrects a paper, Royal Society of Chemistry corrects an even better paper, a whistleblower acquitted, a cheater whitewashed, with Hindawi mass-retractions, duped MIT investors, and finally, a wrong editor to solve fraud issues.

Mountain-bike racing in Scotland, flooding in Northern Europe, missile strikes in Ukraine, wildfire damage in Hawaii, a rescued wallaby in Australia, a dog-surfing championship in California, a rubber-duck derby in Chicago, and much more

Something absolutely huge under the surface.

Padlocked to the earth.

No one knows what happened to it.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02524-6 Fossils suggests that a dog-sized swimmer sifted prey with plates similar to baleen, in an example of convergent evolution.

The Russian mission is racing against India to be the first country to land on the Moon's south pole.

A Soyuz-2 Fregat rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off on what Russia hopes will be its first successful moon landing mission in nearly 50 years. The unmanned Luna-25's mission to the moon that is expected to take about five days and will seek to land near the south pole of the moon, collecting geological samples from the area. India’s Chandrayaan-3 space probe entered the moon’s orbi

Hi, I'm interested in improving my memory, but there are so many different kinds of mnemonic systems, like the major system, peg system, method of loci, Dominic system, PAO, etc. Probably some overlap. Anyhow, is there any good research that says which works best for which kind of information? For example, learning: Phone numbers Historically significant dates foreign language People's faces/name

Virgin Galactic has succeeded in flying three tourist into space for the first time. They were former Olympian Jon Goodwin, Antiguan health and wellness coach Keisha Schahaff and her 18-year-old daughter, Anastasia Mayers. "You are so much more connected to everything than you would expect to be. You felt like a part of the team, a part of the ship, a part of the universe, a part of Earth," said

The quest to discover whether or not we’re alone in the universe has become an obsession for many Americans. Some of them are elected officials, reports Adam Gabbatt in Washington DC Over the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of talk of UFOs. Which isn’t unusual in the US – over the decades, it has become for many enthusiasts a kind of obsession. But what is unusual is that recently this UFO cha

A huge step forward.

Robotaxis can offer paid rides in San Francisco around the clock after Alphabet’s Waymo and GM’s Cruise got approval from the California Public Utilities Commission.

Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary.

 

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Concealed guns significantly impact homicide rates and public safety, according to a new study that found an increase in homicides based on the number of concealed carry weapons licenses issued.

Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the U.S., contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United States. New research has identified that a region of tribal land larger than the state of Rhode Island has been submerged by dams in the U.S. The findings raise concerns about the destruction of ecosyste

Researchers believe that one of the new species may be a relic from an ancient ecosystem in Australia.

The transparent, chargeless quasiparticle could shed more light on the underlying mechanics of superconductivity

The answer comes down to whether the big-boned creature outweighs the formidable blue whale.

Researchers have found that the genes of the mitochondria, the energy producers of our cells, can be negatively impacted by the virus, leading to dysfunction in multiple organs beyond the lungs. These findings suggest new approaches for treating COVID-19.

A new analysis shows that infectious bacteria exposed to the antibiotic albicidin rapidly develop up to a 1,000-fold increase in resistance via a gene amplification mechanism.

A new study finds that past changes in atmospheric CO2 and corresponding shifts in climate and vegetation played a key role in determining when and where early human species interbred.

A new study finds that around 1.12 million years ago a massive cooling event in the North Atlantic and corresponding shifts in climate, vegetation and food resources disrupted early human occupation of Europe.

Long COVID can persist for at least a year after the acute illness has passed, or appear months later, according to the most comprehensive look yet at how symptoms play out over a year.

In a small, exploratory study, levels of certain types of microbes in babies' guts were shown to be associated with performance in tests of early cognitive development.

Fossilized feces preserve evidence of ancient parasites that infected an aquatic predator over 200 million years ago, according to a new study.

New research suggests that the US municipal bond market systemically misprices risk, as the pricing of municipal debt does not account for local physical climate risk, but does demand larger credit spreads from communities with a larger proportion of Black residents.

Pesticides are a leading source of chemical hazards in aquatic environments. Researchers have introduced a new tool to help evaluate toxicity at high resolution and suggests that targeting a small number of pesticides in a few watersheds could significantly reduce aquatic toxicity in California's agricultural centers.

Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET on August 10, 2023 A few days ago, the hurricane forecasts looked good. Dora was going to miss Hawaii, passing by far to the south . And yet the storm still ended up wreaking havoc on the islands, not as a rain-bearing cyclone but as wind—hot, dry wind, which, as it blew across the island of Maui, met wildfire. A fire with no wind is relatively easy to control; a fire on a

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. The Atlantic ’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, is the new moderator of the PBS program Washington Week , which will now be called Washington Week With The Atlantic . I talked with Jeff about this n

Over the past several weeks, Israeli and American officials have teased a possible deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Such an agreement has the potential to be a diplomatic triumph: Successive U.S. administrations, going back decades and from both parties, have considered the security of both Israel and the Arabian Peninsula to be vital interests that Americans would fig

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now joins other forecasters in projecting an above-average number of hurricanes will form across the Atlantic this year

The James Webb Space Telescope has made new observations of Earendel, the most distant single star ever seen, and it seems like it has a cooler companion star

Like a bloodhound, but smaller.

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Gap Widens Back in June, Boeing announced that the crewed launch of its many-billion-dollar Starliner — a privately-built spacecraft that's long been billed as a competitor to SpaceX's growing arsenal, but particularly its astronaut-launching Crew Dragon — had been delayed yet again, this time due to another round of hardware issues. As a result, Boeing said on Monday , Starliner won't launch unt

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02528-2 Clinical-trial data suggest that semaglutide, sold under the name Wegovy, slashes risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular incidents.

An experiment at Fermilab in the US suggests that muons rotate faster than expected, which would be a problem for the standard model of particle physics

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, the reusable rocket-powered space plane carrying the company’s first crew of tourists to space, has successfully launched and landed. Aboard the spacecraft were six individuals in total, including three private passengers. Following liftoff, Virgin Galactic’s carrier plane, VMS Eve, transported VSS Unity to an altitude of about 44,300ft. Eve then dropped Unity, which

Four astronauts have met the spacecraft that will take them to the moon in NASA's new program, Artemis. The program represents a turning point in where NASA is heading and how it's getting there.

Fast-moving wildfires have claimed at least 36 lives in the US tourist paradise of Hawaii, where rescuers raced Thursday to evacuate more people from the worst-hit island of Maui.

From humble yet ingenious beginnings to Nobel recognition, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) provides insights into scientific questions that other technologies are unable to answer.

Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.

Record hot ocean temperatures and a tardy El Niño are doubling the chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

The shipping industry has significantly reduced its sulphur emissions since 2020, and in doing so has inadvertently contributed slightly to global warming

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Berly McCoy of the Short Wave podcast about stealthy fish, a recent communication hiccup with Voyager 2 and why waves are getting taller in California.

Smelt It Dealt It The dust floating around the International Space Station is way worse than what's milling around in your house or apartment — and the concentration is way higher, too. In a new study , scientists affiliated with NASA's Glenn Research Center and the UK's University of Birmingham found that the ISS is home to a specific mix of dust particles that include, among other things, micro

Crisis Mode It's no secret that OpenAI's gangbusters chatbot ChatGPT has become the bane of educators trying to get their pupils to turn in some honest work. Cheating will never go away, but chatbots just make it more tempting and easy than ever. The thing with being a cheat, though, is that a good one has to be careful to cover their tracks — something that some lazy students relying on an AI th

Last month, Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency David Grusch renewed his allegations in front of the House Oversight Committee, accusing the US government of secretly hiding evidence of extraterrestrial life and working to reverse-engineer the otherworldly relics. We remain deeply skeptical of his far-fetched claims — at least pending extraordinary e

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02525-5 Tree-cutting driven by the switch to farming is linked with warmer summers in southern Europe.

Russia is scheduled to launch its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years on Friday, pitting it in a space race with India which is also aiming to land a lunar craft this month.

When Janet Cruz lost an April election for a Tampa City Council seat, she became a political casualty of an increasingly high-stakes debate over recycled water.

Spain's eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heat wave of the summer.

Plants orient their organs in response to the gravity vector, with roots growing towards gravity and shoots growing in the opposite direction. The movement of statoliths responding to the inclination relative to the gravity vector is employed for gravity sensing in both plants and animals. However, in plants, the statolith takes the form of a high-density organelle, known as an amyloplast, which s

In the blockbuster 1996 movie Twister, meteorologists successfully deployed small weather sensors into the heart of an active tornado to collect data and revolutionize severe weather safety.

In May, University of Florida scientists announced that they had unearthed high-quality, information-rich human DNA from nearly every spot they could think of. Rivers, beaches, oceans—even vacuumed up from the air.

Sandia National Laboratories has produced its first lot of a new world-class ion trap, a central component for certain quantum computers. The new device, dubbed the Enchilada Trap, enables scientists to build more powerful machines to advance the experimental but potentially revolutionary field of quantum computing.

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A vacuum chamber is never perfectly empty. A small number of atoms or molecules always remain, and measuring the tiny pressures they exert is critical. For instance, semiconductor manufacturers create microchips in vacuum chambers that must be almost entirely devoid of atomic and molecular contaminants, and so they need to monitor the gas pressure in the chamber to ensure that the contaminant leve

Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine mammals in a graduate student's study of ocean microplastics. The presence of polymer particles and fibers in these animals suggests that microplastics can travel out of the digestive tract and lodge in the tissues.

Cancer cells can evade the body's immune defenses by exploiting a normally helpful and ubiquitous group of molecules known as mucins. Now, Stanford researchers have engineered a biomolecule that removes mucins specifically from cancer cells—a discovery that could play a significant role in future therapies for cancer.

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while the males see light and dark. University of California, Irvine biologists have discovered that in at least one species, the variation results from a vision gene's jump onto a sex chromosome. It's the first

Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, published in Nature, offer new insights into human brain evolution.

In May, University of Florida scientists announced that they had unearthed high-quality, information-rich human DNA from nearly every spot they could think of. Rivers, beaches, oceans—even vacuumed up from the air.

Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine mammals in a graduate student's study of ocean microplastics. The presence of polymer particles and fibers in these animals suggests that microplastics can travel out of the digestive tract and lodge in the tissues.

Cancer cells can evade the body's immune defenses by exploiting a normally helpful and ubiquitous group of molecules known as mucins. Now, Stanford researchers have engineered a biomolecule that removes mucins specifically from cancer cells—a discovery that could play a significant role in future therapies for cancer.

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while the males see light and dark. University of California, Irvine biologists have discovered that in at least one species, the variation results from a vision gene's jump onto a sex chromosome. It's the first

Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, published in Nature, offer new insights into human brain evolution.

Extreme weather events have dominated the news this summer, with reports on extensive wildfires in Canada; dangerous flooding in India, Japan, and the Eastern U.S.; severe heat waves in Spain, China, the United States, and Mexico; and the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. A recent study conducted by scientists at the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI) and NASA Ames Research Center

Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on the Red Planet.

Human research trials at the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia have been paused while regulators review whether protocols were violated.

Creating new technologically advanced sensors, scientists have engineered bacteria that detect the presence of tumor DNA in live organisms. Their innovation could pave the way to new biosensors capable of identifying various infections, cancers and other diseases.

Scientists have found and analyzed an ancient skull which, while decidedly human- like , does not appear to belong to our branch of Homo sapiens — or any other known hominin lineage, for that matter. The study, published in the Journal of Human Evolution , describes how the skull — found in the Hualongdong region of eastern China back in 2015 and dubbed HLD 6 — proved "unexpected" even to the res

A modelling study suggests that increases in photosynthesis have slowed since 2000, opposing previous research that said this effect would remain strong, helping to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere

The plastics polyethylene and polypropylene, which are used in shopping bags, bottles and food packaging, can be turned into the ingredients for detergents

The Atlantic hurricane season is now projected to have "above-normal level of activity" according to an updated forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

A new type of chemistry performed at very cold temperatures on very small particles enables quick, precise reactions.

Hand-rolled, specialty cigars should not be subject to the broader F.D.A. regulatory rules over tobacco use, a federal judge ruled.

Gold (Au)-based electrocatalysts used for hydrogen production via water electrolysis exhibit high chemical stability but low hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity. Alloying them with nickel (Ni) can improve their HER activity. A recent study investigated the HER activity and surface properties of AuNi alloy prepared on single crystal Au surfaces, revealing the atomic structural changes and su

A new study finds an increase in homicides based on the number of concealed carry weapons licenses issued. As the right to carry expands in several states, the researchers note acute safety risks with the expansion of legal firearm ownership. The researchers examined the reciprocal county-level relationship between the number of concealed carry weapon licenses issued and gun homicides in 11 state

What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change? In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American, leading academics unpack the racism at the heart of the system.

A new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a variety of unusual, distorted galaxies in the distant universe, magnified by a “gravitational lens.” The gravitational lens is a massive galaxy cluster in the line of sight between the space telescope and the objects behind it. The new image of this galaxy cluster, known as El Gordo (Spanish for The Big One), shows 62 galaxies behind

In 2008, Boston’s transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Today, four teens picked up where they left off.

Nature Communications, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40560-y In the US, states vary in their efforts to address climate change. Stronger state climate policies reduce CO2 emissions without harming the economy, but these reductions are unlikely to meet the goals in the Paris Climate Accord.

A new observation suggests that a life-threatening blood clotting disorder can be caused by an infection with adenovirus, one of the most common respiratory viruses in pediatric and adult patients.

In the 1920s, the development of this technology saved the lives of thousands. But what was the iron lung for, and does anyone still use it?

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Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned.

Black hair? Green eyes? More than 160 genes determine your coloration, and their interactions are incredibly complicated.

The world’s oldest moss has survived Earth’s shifting landscapes for more than 400 million years, but climate change is happening faster than it can adapt

Human exposure to wildfires in the U.S. more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looks at who is at risk and why

Balancing Act Another day, another Silicon Valley AI exec straddling the contradictory gap between AI optimism and AI doomsay. James Manyika, a former technological advisor to the Obama administration and Google's freshly-appointed head of "tech and society," told The Washington Post that AI is "an amazing, powerful, transformational technology." But, like others in the field — take OpenAI CEO Sa

CRISPR and flow cytometry approaches elucidate genes involved in the production of melanin in skin.

Phyloepigenetic trees derived from DNA methylation profiles mirror mammalian evolution and are related to traits including maximum life span.

Alan Turing introduced his 1950 paper on Computing Machinery and Intelligence with the question “Can machines think?” But rather than engaging in what he regarded as never-ending subjective debate about definitions of intelligence, he instead proposed a …

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Australia’s coastal marine ecosystems have a deep cultural significance to Indigenous Australians, include multiple World Heritage sites, and support the nation’s rapidly growing blue economy. Yet, increasing local pressures and global climate change are …

Australia’s biota is species rich, with high rates of endemism. This natural legacy has rapidly diminished since European colonization. The impacts of invasive species, habitat loss, altered fire regimes, and changed water flows are now compounded by …

Australia shows the need for more sustainable and just water management

Australia rethinks strategies after 2019 to 2020 bushfires

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A historian’s unvarnished biography reveals the complicated man who invented modern taxonomy

As antibiotic resistance soars, a journalist revisits an often overlooked antimicrobial strategy

Bioelectronic implants could use semiconductors that adhere to wet, dynamic tissues

Production of detergents and aldehydes could help tackle plastic pollution

Modeling fills gaps in the fossil record of early hominin movement from Africa

Controlling the angle in atomic meshes could result in quantum properties on demand

A study of 348 species offers clues into the diversity of mammalian life spans

It’s been a bad few weeks for public perceptions of research integrity, as multiple cases at elite universities have received wide news coverage. Francesca Gino, a scientist at Harvard University, is in a legal dispute over whether data in newly retracted …

By spreading seeds across the continent, prehistoric people reshaped its landscape

Cherenkov Telescope Array will trace ferocious gamma ray light back to their cosmic sources

Cuts to Atmosphere Observing System could degrade measures of clouds and pollution

In just 2 weeks, unlikely “discovery” skyrockets to internet fame and then begins to fall back to Earth

Money woes and a staff strike threaten dispatches valued by researchers and public health experts

Researchers fear warming will intensify sometimes violent conflict

Contamination and computational errors undo paper’s conclusions about cancer microbiomes, a preprint claims. The original authors disagree

The strict time limits China imposed on how long under-18s can spend playing video games had no effect on heavy gaming generally, according to a study of 7 billion hours of playing time

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02539-z ProMED staff members look for rescue options, after going on strike and calling for new leadership and financing.

So-called “epigenetic clocks” are helping wildlife biologists estimate the ages of animals far more easily than in the past.

Team converts polyethylene into fatty acids, soap’s main ingredient, but say it is not panacea for plastic pollution Scientists have discovered a method to give new life to old plastic – by converting it into soap. Plastics are chemically similar to fatty acids, which are one of the main ingredients in soap. For Guoliang Liu, an associate professor of chemistry at Virginia Tech and author of the

A team led by Virginia Tech researchers has developed a new method for upcycling plastics into high-value chemicals known as surfactants, which are used to create soap, detergent, and more. The work was published in Science.

A new analysis shows that infectious bacteria exposed to the antibiotic albicidin rapidly develop up to a 1,000-fold increase in resistance via a gene amplification mechanism. Mareike Saathoff of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and colleagues present these findings in the open access journal PLOS Biology.

A new study published in the journal Science finds that around 1.12 million years ago a massive cooling event in the North Atlantic and corresponding shifts in climate, vegetation and food resources disrupted early human occupation of Europe.

Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism.

Plants orient their organs in response to the gravity vector, with roots growing towards gravity and shoots growing in the opposite direction. The movement of statoliths responding to the inclination relative to the gravity vector is employed for gravity sensing in both plants and animals. However, in plants, the statolith takes the form of a high-density organelle, known as an amyloplast, which s

A new study published in the journal Science by an international team finds that past changes in atmospheric CO2 and corresponding shifts in climate and vegetation played a key role in determining when and where early human species interbred.

New research challenges idea that people have continuously lived in region since first arriving

A new analysis shows that infectious bacteria exposed to the antibiotic albicidin rapidly develop up to a 1,000-fold increase in resistance via a gene amplification mechanism. Mareike Saathoff of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and colleagues present these findings in the open access journal PLOS Biology.

Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism.

Plants orient their organs in response to the gravity vector, with roots growing towards gravity and shoots growing in the opposite direction. The movement of statoliths responding to the inclination relative to the gravity vector is employed for gravity sensing in both plants and animals. However, in plants, the statolith takes the form of a high-density organelle, known as an amyloplast, which s

In November 1886, at a royal jubilee in honor of his 50th birthday at ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, King David Kalākaua showed off a rather remarkable object that had recently come into his possession: a smooth, oblong calabash, made of koa and kou woods and wrapped with decorative brass, known as the Wind Gourd of La‘amaomao. As legend has it, the gourd contained all of the winds of Hawaii—winds t

At the start of 2022, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus blazed across the United States, Seema Lakdawala was in Pittsburgh, finalizing plans to open a brand-new day care. She had found the perfect facility and signed the stack of paperwork; she had assembled a hodgepodge of plushies, puzzles, and toys. It was the perfect setup, one that “I’ve been dreaming about for years,” Lakdawala, a v

Of all the politics – adjacent pop culture to come out of 2004, one of the uncanniest coincidences was the release of the two separate major-studio films about the rebellious teenage daughter of a fictional president. In January of that year, Chasing Liberty followed Anna Foster (played by Mandy Moore) on a trip to Europe, where she maneuvered out of her father’s clutches and into the arms of an

Summer brings sunny weather and outdoor fun—but also potential damage to our skin. The scorching heat, harmful UV rays, and increased humidity can lead to various skin issues if we don’t take proper care. But no need to fear— Mara Weinstein Velez , a dermatologist with University of Rochester Medicine, is an expert in keeping skin healthy, radiant, and protected. Here are her top five summer skin

The Hupehsuchus lived 250 million years ago, but recent findings show that it had similar feeding strategies to modern-day whales.

Messages that highlight the deadly consequences of texting while driving but don’t limit a person’s freedom to choose their behavior may be the best way to convince people to stop texting behind the wheel. Citing the grim statistics alone should be enough to convince people to stop texting and driving, but that doesn’t always work. More than eight people are killed and 1,161 are injured each day

Great Atmosphere Richard Branson's space tourism startup Virgin Galactic kicked off its first-ever all-tourist trip into the upper reaches of the atmosphere today — but fell far short of what could reasonably be called "space." The mission, dubbed Galactic 02, saw the company's "spacecraft" VSS Unity rocket to an altitude of just 55 miles, or roughly 290,000 feet, after being released from an air

Arm Strong On Wednesday, a Russian cosmonaut hitched a ride on a robotic arm installed on the outside of the International Space Station, during a six and a half hour spacewalk . In doing so, our ghost riding cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev became the first to test ride the European Robotic Arm (ERA), which was controlled by compatriot Dmitri Petelin from inside its module. The 37-foot arm was install

Twisted Metal Nobody has ever accused Elon Musk of being a regular guy, but a new excerpt from an upcoming biography casts him as a genuinely tedious nerd — when he isn't using his electric cars to drive recklessly. Take a new excerpt posted to Twitter by biographer Walter Isaacson. On one of the billionaire's first few dates with Claire "Grimes" Boucher, the electronic artist and eventual mother

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Join us as we embark on a hair-raising investigation to uncover the terrifying secrets of this paranormal occurrence. Brace yourself and prepare for a heart-pounding journey into the unknown as we reveal the bone-chilling truth that lies hidden in the shadows. #discoveryplus #ghostadventures Stream Full Episodes of Ghost Adventures https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/ghost-adventures About Ghost A

A new study on gray-necked rockfowl has found a much smaller range of suitable habitat for this elusive African bird than was previously assumed, and may warrant a downgrade in its conservation status.

Brazilian researchers combined environmental physical, social and economic indicators to create an index that measures a region's vulnerability and used it to analyze the basins of the Parnaíba River and São Francisco River in the Northeast of Brazil. The index is named SEVI (for Socio-Environmental Vulnerability).

A new study on gray-necked rockfowl has found a much smaller range of suitable habitat for this elusive African bird than was previously assumed, and may warrant a downgrade in its conservation status.

An extreme star system is giving new meaning to the phrase "surf's up."

My friend Bob Reid, who has died aged 92, was a cosmic ray physicist who studied these mysterious particles in Jamaica, on the moors of North Yorkshire and at the South Pole. Bob also had a fascination with boomerangs and was a member of the British Boomerang Society. In December 1988, while searching for cosmic rays from Supernova 1987A, he threw one around the South Pole, which technically stay

The invention of the printing press revolutionized duplication of the written word, giving the hands of tired scribes a break and making written material more accessible. A similar breakthrough has happened in reverse in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

The sustainable production of hydrogen could potentially be made more efficient by adding a cleverly chosen salt to the process. Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC), in collaboration with physicists at the University of Twente, have discovered that the type of salt present in the production of hydrogen through electrolysis affects the formation of hydrogen bubbles. This is inter

Physicists now have a brand-new measurement of a property of the muon called the anomalous magnetic moment that improves the precision of their previous result by a factor of 2.

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A novel instrument combines fluorescence-activated cell sorting, imaging flow cytometry, and spectral flow cytometry to advance cell population examination.

The world's highest mountain system may have reached 60% of its current elevation before the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates crashed into each other, giving the peaks an extra push.

There is a global water crisis, and it is not only about the dwindling supply of clean water. Contaminated drinking water exposes hundreds of millions of people worldwide to toxins, such as bacteria, heavy metals, pesticides and coronaviruses. This contamination imperils public health and can cause serious illnesses.

Nature Communications, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40602-5 Mid-infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) based on black phosphorus (BP) have shown promising performance, but they are usually limited by the environmental instability of the material. Here, the authors extrapolate a room-temperature operational lifetime of BP LEDs up to ~ 15,000 h via Al2O3 passivation and n

Galactic-02, Virgin Galactic’s first mission to carry paying civilian customers to space, successfully launched and then landed in New Mexico

Cosmologist who explored the clustering of galaxies as a way of establishing the distribution of dark matter in the universe Between 1984 and 1992 the cosmologist Nick Kaiser, who has died of heart failure aged 68, created many of the ideas now used by astronomers to map the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. His analysis of the clustering of galaxies and the distortion of ga

ExcuseX X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk is desperately trying to get out of sparring with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg . Musk has already come up with plenty of excuses to wriggle out of a fight with his rival, such as claiming he needs to have surgery . Now, Musk has come up with an even sadder suggestion: he wants to have a "noble" debate with Zuckerberg, instead of the hand-to-hand combat that

The Luna-25 mission, years in the making, will try to put a robotic lander near the moon’s south pole.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-39602-8

The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users.

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Six individuals were aboard VSS Unity space plane, including first mother-daughter duo to venture to space together Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, the reusable rocket-powered space plane carrying the company’s first crew of tourists to space, successfully launched and landed on Thursday. The mission, known as Galactic 02, took off shortly after 11am ET from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Continue

The death of a lion in Kenya's picturesque savannas rarely tugs at people's hearts, even in a country where wildlife tourism is a key pillar of the nation's economy. But when one of the most tracked male lions in Kenya's famous Masaai Mara was killed on 24 July 2023 the world took notice. Known as Jesse, he was killed during a fight with a coalition of three male lions from a rival pride, drawing

Get ready to dive deep into the ocean realm, where majestic sharks roam and heart-stopping action awaits. Witness never-before-seen footage of close encounters with massive Great Whites, swift Makos, and elusive Tiger Sharks, leaving you on the edge of your seat. #discovery #sharkweek2023 Stream Full Episodes of Shark Week https://www.discoveryplus.com/dp/shark-week About Shark Week: From Dawn of

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02532-6 Precision test of particle’s magnetism confirms earlier shocking findings — but theory might not need a rethink after all.

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02530-8 Despite what politicians say, Europeans have become more welcoming to people fleeing humanitarian crises.

These Egyptian pharaohs helped shape Ancient Egypt and left an unforgettable legacy. Learn about their fascinating cultural achievements.

New research confirms fracking causes slow, small earthquakes or tremors, whose origin was previously a mystery to scientists. The tremors are produced by the same processes that could create large, damaging earthquakes.

New research has successfully reversed hearing loss in mice. Scientists used a genetic approach to fix deafness in mice, restoring their hearing abilities in low and middle frequency ranges.

A study has identified a new pathway that human immune deficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go on to invade other cells.

Life is harder for adolescents who are not attractive or athletic. New research shows low attractive and low athletic youth became increasingly unpopular over the course of a school year, leading to subsequent increases in their loneliness and alcohol misuse. As their unpopularity grows, so do their problems. Put simply, the peer group punishes those who do not have highly valued traits such as be

The death of a lion in Kenya's picturesque savannas rarely tugs at people's hearts, even in a country where wildlife tourism is a key pillar of the nation's economy. But when one of the most tracked male lions in Kenya's famous Masaai Mara was killed on 24 July 2023 the world took notice. Known as Jesse, he was killed during a fight with a coalition of three male lions from a rival pride, drawing

The COVID crisis has triggered a digitalization push in companies in Germany. But will this continue? IfM Bonn reports that although every third of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany certifies themselves as having a "high" to "very high" digital intensity. This share is higher than the EU average.

Paleontologists working in northern Alaska have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago.

Effluents from wastewater treatment plants have a dual effect: Some species disappear, while others benefit. Especially certain insect orders, such as stonefly and caddisfly larvae, are decimated. Certain worms and crustaceans, by contrast, can increase in number.

The administration of ranolazine, a drug currently used to treat heart conditions, improves the efficacy of current therapies for melanoma, in mouse models of this disease.

Partial recovery after ischemic stroke is possible, but the mechanisms involved in this process remain unclear. Researchers identified a whole new pathway promoting brain repair. They discovered lipids secreted from neurons surrounding the area of cell death can trigger brain-autonomous neural repair after ischemic brain injury. These findings might contribute to developing new compounds to stimul

A team of global experts have spent a decade creating a guide to clinical assessments which help inform exercise training for people living with cystic fibrosis.

Developing new materials requires significant time and labor, but some chemists are now hopeful that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day shoulder much of this burden. In a new study, a team prompted a popular AI model, ChatGPT, to perform one particularly time-consuming task: searching scientific literature. With that data, they built a second tool, a model to predict experimental results.

While engaging in cell division research, researchers made a surprisingly quiet discovery. When cells express RNA, there is always some fluctuation, or noise, in how much RNA is produced. The scientists found several genes whose noise dips below a previously established threshold, known as the noise floor, during expression.

Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.

Scientists have conducted a study of the interface between two liquids, focusing on a force called interfacial tension. Their numerical simulation helped them better understand the mechanism at work in interfacial tension. This work contributes to the understanding of interfacial fluid dynamics. It offers potential applications in a variety of fields ranging from oil recovery to medical use.

Paleontologists working in northern Alaska have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago.

Julie Wainwright—working as a CEO for almost two decades—was in her mid-50s when she created The RealReal platform for secondhand luxury. Harland Sanders was 62 when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant chain, and Bernie Marcus was 50 when opening the first Home Depot home-improvement store. But just how common is such innovation potential in older entrepreneurs?

The deviance of a tiny particle called the muon might prove that one of the most well-tested theories in physics is incomplete.

Yesterday, wildfires that were fanned by winds driven by a distant hurricane tore across the Hawaiian island of Maui, forcing thousands to flee, destroying hundreds of structures, and killing at least 36 people, according to an Associated Press report . The historic town of Lahaina was hit especially hard as the fast-moving fires burned through buildings toward the waterfront, forcing a number of

The Luna-25 mission will try to land near the south pole of the moon, seeking signs of water or its components A Soyuz-2 Fregat rocket carrying a lunar landing craft has blasted off on what Russia hopes will be its first successful moon landing mission in nearly 50 years. The unmanned Luna-25 mission launched in the early hours of Friday on a journey to the moon that is expected to take about fiv

Information about the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine approval process makes people more likely to recommend the RSV vaccine for pregnant family members or friends, a survey shows. Researchers conducted the experiment as part of a May 31 to June 6, 2023, nationally representative panel survey on RSV, vaccination, and maternal health. Researchers found that 57% of those in a group shown a f

Nature Communications, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40452-1 Ocean oxygenation regulates respired carbon storage and atmospheric CO2. This study applied a novel analysis using magnetic nanoparticle fossils and found glacial Indian Ocean oxygen decline and carbon accumulation to explain recent climate cycles.

Nature Communications, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40501-9 Modelling of riverine plastic exports finds microplastics dominate in areas with many sewage systems and macroplastics where waste is mismanaged. In some areas both plastics are important. Reduction at source is needed.

Over the last year, Canada has made important progress toward making it easier for people to determine if they're at risk from natural hazard disasters. But many people across the country still lack awareness about the risks they face and the steps they can take to prepare for them.

A team of chemical scientists from the University of Catania, SpringStyle Tech Design Ltd, Romania National Archives and Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli, has found evidence suggesting that Vlad the Impaler, may have suffered from a variety of ailments, including one that could have made the famous prince cry tears mixed with blood. In their paper published in the journal Analytical Chemistry

Two distinct neurodevelopmental abnormalities that arise just weeks after the start of brain development have been associated with the emergence of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study. And, researchers say, the specific abnormalities seem to be dictated by the size of the child’s brain, a finding that could help doctors and researchers to diagnosis and treat autism in the future. T

The latest data from the Muon g−2 experiment corroborates previous results, but clashing theoretical predictions leave physicists without a clear conclusion

It has been a year of devastating climate impacts with humanity around the world experiencing a bitter taste of what climate scientists have been warning about for years. The dire prospect is that we are on the precipice of a "new abnormal."

Discover the latest progress behind therapeutic vaccines that boost the immune system’s cancer-killing abilities.

Paleontologists in Egypt have described a new species of extinct whale that was dwarfed by other basilosaurids.

I wrote a few years ago here about the then-current problem with nitrosamine contamination in several commercial drug substances. But that story has never really gone away, as this new paper details.. At the time, the immediate problem was the switch that some manufacturers had made to dimethylformamine (DMF) in a particular synthetic step, and followed that with different conditions for the form

Coffee is one of the world's most popular beverages, but it also has potential health concerns. One such issue is the production of foodborne toxicants such as acrylamide and furan during roasting process. Therefore it is worth to evaluate mitigation options for both contaminants in coffee by changing roasting parameters, including special procedures.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe executed a short maneuver on Aug. 3, 2023, that kept the spacecraft on track to hit the aim point for the mission's sixth Venus flyby on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.

The collision between an aging population and a housing crisis has left more older people in Australia enduring housing insecurity and homelessness. Our research, released today, explores how the scale of these problems among older people has grown over the past decade.

Amid the cost of living crisis in a world getting rapidly hotter, a new report published today reveals the staggering £113bn cash earnings of BP and Shell shareholders.

Wildfires were once rare across the Aloha State. But drought, invasive species, and human development have pushed Hawaii into a fiery new age.

The latest data from the Muon g−2 experiment corroborates previous results, but clashing theoretical predictions leave physicists without a clear conclusion

Failing Grade Not long after it was released to the public, programmers started to take note of a notable feature of OpenAI's ChatGPT: that it could quickly spit out code , in response to easy prompts. But should software engineers really trust its output? In a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study , researchers at Purdue University found that the uber-popular AI tool got just over half of 517 software e

Viral Success Author Jane Friedman was furious after discovering roughly a dozen books being sold on Amazon — with her name on them. Fortunately, the seemingly AI-written books listed under her name ended up being taken down after she posted about the situation on Twitter and her own blog . In an interview with The Guardian , Friedman recounted how the viral debacle began. A reader contacted her

Improving the experience of victims in sexual offense trials has been a focus of legislative reform for more than 40 years. A study undertaken by academics at University of Wollongong (UOW) and UNSW Sydney has found that while some improvements have been achieved, various aspects of how trials are conducted still produce negative experiences for victims of sexual violence.

Double fertilization is a complex mechanism in flowering plants, wherein two sperm cells fuse with the embryo sac. To achieve this, pollens released from anthers must interact with the plant's stigma, hydrate, and germinate into pollen tubes. Thus, pollen tube germination and elongation are crucial for double fertilization, which, in turn, influences the grain yield of crop plants.

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA.

Southwest Research Institute developed an algorithm to remotely update and repair spacecraft software using less time and data than conventional techniques.

Double fertilization is a complex mechanism in flowering plants, wherein two sperm cells fuse with the embryo sac. To achieve this, pollens released from anthers must interact with the plant's stigma, hydrate, and germinate into pollen tubes. Thus, pollen tube germination and elongation are crucial for double fertilization, which, in turn, influences the grain yield of crop plants.

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA.

Nature, Published online: 10 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02544-2 By scouring websites and pestering university human-resources departments, Amanda Gorton and Tess Grainger are tracking the vast differences in leave entitlements across North America.

Previously unknown Tutcetus rayanensis is just 2.5 metres long and oldest of ocean-living whales recorded in Africa A pint-size whale that lived around 41m years ago has been discovered by palaeontologists in Egypt, who say the species may have lived a short, speedy life. Researchers say they unearthed the fossils near Wadi el-Hitan in Egypt, a site where many fossils of ancient whales can be fou

Legal restrictions placed on the amount of time young people in China can play video games may be less effective than originally thought, a new study has revealed.

Mountain ranges play a key role in global climate, altering weather and shaping the flora and fauna that inhabit their slopes and the valleys below. As warm air rises windward grades and cools, moisture condenses into rain and snow. On the leeward side, it's quite the opposite. Deserts prevail, a phenomenon known as rain shadow. Thus, the way mountain ranges form is a matter of intense interest am

In recent research published by myself and my colleague Tony Yeates in the journal Tectonophysics, we investigate what we believe—based on many years of experience in asteroid impact research—is the world's largest known impact structure, buried deep in the earth in southern New South Wales.

An international team of scientists, led by Egyptian researchers, has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new species of extinct whale, Tutcetus rayanensis, that inhabited the ancient sea covering present-day Egypt around 41 million years ago. This new whale is the smallest basilosaurid whale known to date and one of the oldest records of that family from Africa. Despite its tiny size, Tutcetus h

How molecules change when they react to stimuli such as light is fundamental in biology, for example during photosynthesis. Scientists have been working to unravel the workings of these changes in several fields, and by combining two of these, researchers have paved the way for a new era in understanding the reactions of protein molecules fundamental for life.

An international team of scientists, led by Egyptian researchers, has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new species of extinct whale, Tutcetus rayanensis, that inhabited the ancient sea covering present-day Egypt around 41 million years ago. This new whale is the smallest basilosaurid whale known to date and one of the oldest records of that family from Africa. Despite its tiny size, Tutcetus h