Welcome to another update from “Hawaii Science Digest”. This Hawaii Island blog focuses on science, technology, medicine, health, the environment, cyber security, and artificial intelligence (AI). Views expressed in this science news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Topics cited in this post come from the current edition of “ScienceDaily”.
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Latest Top Headlines
updated 10:20pm EST
Jan. 21, 2019 — Scientists have shown that a protein found in the blood can be used to precisely monitor disease progression of Alzheimer’s long before first clinical signs appear. This blood marker offers new possibilities for … read more
Health News
January 22, 2019
Mechanism Behind Ear’s Exquisite Sensitivity
Stem Cells in the Developing Embryo
Engineered Light to Improve Health, Food
Perfect Human Blood Vessels Grown in a Dish
Jan. 16, 2019 — Researchers have decoded the way structures in the inner ear give our hearing its remarkable sensitivity and … read more
Latest Health Headlines
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Youthful Cognitive Ability Strongly Predicts Mental Capacity Later in Life
Jan. 21, 2019 — Early adult general cognitive ability is a stronger predictor of cognitive function and reserve later in life than other factors, such as higher education, occupational complexity or engaging in late-life intellectual … read more
Physical/Tech News
January 22, 2019
Saturn Hasn’t Always Had Rings
Model Captures Life of a Solar Flare
Feathers: Better Than Velcro?
Dying Star: Much Theorized ‘Hot Cocoon’
Jan. 17, 2019 — In its last days, the Cassini spacecraft looped between Saturn and its rings so that Earth-based radio telescopes could track the gravitational tug of each. Scientists have now used these … read more
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Long-Read DNA Analysis Can Give Rise to Errors
Jan. 22, 2019 — Advanced technologies that read long strings of DNA can produce flawed data that could affect genetic studies, research … read more
Environment News
January 22, 2019
AI Finds Unknown Human Ancestor
Nepal 2015 Quake: Only a Prelude to the Big One?
Antarctic Ice Sheet: One-Two Climate Punch
A Microbial Hot Spring in Your Basement
Jan. 16, 2019 — By combining deep learning algorithms and statistical methods, investigators have identified, in the genome of Asian individuals, the footprint of a … read more
Latest Environment Headlines
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Russ Roberts