Welcome to the Friday evening/Saturday morning science news update from “Hawaii Science Digest”. This Hawaii Island blog focuses on science, technology, medicine, the environment, cyber security, and artificial intelligence (AI). Content provided by “AAAS, the Science Society”.
Accessed on 26 January 2019, 0250 UTC.
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Using a familiar tool in a way it was never intended to be used opens up a whole new method to explore materials, report UConn researchers. They used the tip of an atomic force microscope as a chisel, and found it could map the electric interior of a film of bismuth ferrite in great detail as it excavated. The new technique could open up new discoveries in a broad range of stuffs.
- JOURNAL
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- FUNDER
- National Science Foundation, Institute for Materials Science at the University of Connecticut, GE-UConn Fellowship for Innovation
Drier mountains pose a double whammy for cold-adapted amphibians, says SFU study
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
A species of frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest faces a 50 per cent increase in the probability of extinction by the 2080s due to climate change, according to a new study published by SFU researchers in the Ecological Society of America.
- JOURNAL
- Ecological Society of America
Researchers at UT have discovered the largest individual of any cave salamander in North America, a 9.3-inch specimen of Berry Cave salamander. The finding was published in Subterranean Biology.
- JOURNAL
- Subterranean Biology
Glioblastoma (GBM) does not attract robust T cell immune responses. FGL2 is highly expressed in GBM and when present in tumor cells, controls a specialized group of dendritic cells which activates T cells.
- JOURNAL
- Nature Communications
Yale psychologists find that adults take girls’ pain less seriously
YALE UNIVERSITY
Gender stereotypes can hurt children — quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based on the observation of identical reactions to a finger-stick, American adults believe boys to be in more pain than girls, according to a new Yale study in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
- JOURNAL
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- FUNDER
- Yale University Department of Psychology
New technology gives unprecedented look inside capillaries
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
A Northwestern University team has developed a new tool that images blood flow through capillaries, detecting subtle changes in capillary organization for early diagnosis of disease.
- JOURNAL
- Light: Science and Applications
- FUNDER
- National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
‘GO dough’ makes graphene easy to shape and mold
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
A Northwestern University team has turned graphene oxide into a soft, moldable and kneadable play dough that can be shaped and reshaped into free-standing, three-dimensional structures.
- JOURNAL
- Nature Communications
- FUNDER
- Office of Naval Research
New method yields higher transition temperature in superconducting materials
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new way to raise the transition temperature of superconducting materials, boosting the temperature at which the superconductors are able to operate.
- JOURNAL
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Theory of mind, or the ability to represent other people’s minds as distinct from one’s own, can be difficult for people with autism. A new test provides researchers with a better understanding of the source of this difficulty.
- JOURNAL
- Current Biology
- FUNDER
- NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
Women gain weight when job demands are high
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG
Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they have received an academic education. This is shown in a study of more than 3,800 people in Sweden.
- JOURNAL
- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
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