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Raising fluid walls around living cells
Cell culture plates that are in everyday use in biology can be effectively transformed into microfluidic devices, opening paths for biologists to miniaturize cell-based workflows. In a recent report, Ph.D. researcher Cristian …
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Spintronic memory cells for neural networks
In recent years, researchers have proposed a wide variety of hardware implementations for feed-forward artificial neural networks. These implementations include three key components: a dot-product engine that can compute …
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Electron (or ‘hole’) pairs may survive effort to kill superconductivity
Scientists seeking to understand the mechanism underlying superconductivity in “stripe-ordered” cuprates—copper-oxide materials with alternating areas …
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Cassini reveals new sculpting in Saturn rings
As NASA’s Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn’s complex rings, new analysis …
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Phase-change materials from smartphones may lead to higher data storage, energy efficiency
Phase-change materials that are used in the latest generation of smartphones could lead to higher storage capability and more energy efficiency. Data …
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Oscillating quasiparticles: the cycle of decay and rebirth
Decay is relentless in the macroscopic world: Broken objects do not fit themselves back together again. However, other laws are valid in the quantum world: New research shows that so-called quasiparticles can decay and reorganize …
QUANTUM PHYSICS
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Lawyers suggest better labeling on prophetic patent applications
A pair of lawyers, one with Fordham University, the other, Stanford Law School, have published a Policy Forum piece in the journal Science in which they decry the use of poor labeling on prophetic patent applications. In …
Gaining a better understanding of what happens when two atoms meet
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a new way to gain a detailed understanding of what happens when two atoms meet. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes their …
Revealing ‘hidden’ phases of matter through the power of light
Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: Solid ice, liquid water, or gas vapor. But matter can exist in many different phases—ice, for example, has more than ten known phases, or ways that its …
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Laser trick produces high-energy terahertz pulses
A team of scientists from DESY and the University of Hamburg has achieved an important milestone in the quest for a new type of compact particle accelerator. Using ultra-powerful pulses of laser light, they were able to produce …
OPTICS & PHOTONICS
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Virus genes help determine if pea aphids get their wings
Many of an organism’s traits are influenced by cues from the organism’s environment. These features are known as phenotypically plastic traits and are important in allowing an organism to cope with unpredictable environments.
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Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response
Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, which, in turn, can help …
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Researchers’ discovery could lead to improved therapies for duchenne muscular dystrophy
A new multi-institution study spearheaded by researchers at Florida State University and the University of California, Los Angeles suggests a tiny protein could play a major role in combating heart failure related to Duchenne …
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Medical Xpress
Modified protein can prevent Alzheimer’s disease in mice
Examining how people’s emotions are influenced by others
Exercise may have different effects in the morning and evening
Researchers discover new drug target for liver disease treatment
FDA warns of infections from fecal transplants after 1 death
Rheumatoid arthritic pain could be caused by antibodies
Irritable bowel syndrome may be underdiagnosed in athletes
Two genes implicated in development of prostate enlargement
Black race not tied to worse prostate cancer mortality
Depression symptoms greater in mothers with prior eating disorders
Research explores the impact of masculine expectations on new fathers’ mental health
International experts call for action for world’s 450 million scabies sufferers
Phantom sensations: when the sense of touch deceives
Sick with the flu? Here’s why you feel so bad
Moral emotions, a diagnotic tool for frontotemporal dementia?
Elder abuse increasing, without increased awareness
Tech Xplore
Spintronic memory cells for neural networks
Samsung patent talk reveals smartphone designs on rollable
Ethics of AI: how should we treat rational, sentient robots – if they existed?
The whisper of schizophrenia: Machine learning finds ‘sound’ words predict psychosis
Connecting the dots between voice and a human face
Empirical energy consumption model quantifies Bitcoin’s carbon footprint
Taking a city’s pulse with movable sensors
Uber tests drone food delivery, launches new autonomous SUV
A new approach for unsupervised paraphrasing without translation
Behind the magic: Making moving photos a reality
Holistic view of planning energy self-sufficient communities
Novel denoising method generates sharper photorealistic images faster
Facebook invests in renewables with Texas solar project
Magnetism: An unexpected push for the hydrogen economy
Light energy and biomass can be converted to diesel fuel and hydrogen
UN-ish speeches cooked by artificial intelligence are quite credible
Microsoft gives glimpse of new Xbox console
Researchers show glare of energy consumption in the name of deep learning
A shady spot may protect species against rapid climate warming
Finding a shady refuge to cool off on a hot day could be more than a lifesaver in a warming world. It might save several species that would otherwise go extinct due to global warming, according to an analysis by ecologists …
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Using carbon nanotubes to strengthen graphene-based membranes used for desalination
A team of researchers from China, the U.S. and Japan has developed a way to strengthen graphene-based membranes intended for use in desalination projects—by fortifying them with nanotubes. In their paper published in the …
New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms
A team of researchers from Jülich in cooperation with the University of Magdeburg has developed a new method to measure the electric potentials of a sample at atomic accuracy. Using conventional methods, it was virtually …
QUANTUM PHYSICS
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Hubble sets sights on an explosive galaxy
When massive stars die at the end of their short lives, they light up the cosmos with bright, explosive bursts of light and material known as supernovae. A supernova event is incredibly energetic and intensely luminous—so …
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Discovery of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanate
Light can be used not only to measure materials’ properties, but also to change them. Especially interesting are those cases in which the function of a material can be modified, such as its ability to conduct electricity …
GENERAL PHYSICS
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Modified protein can prevent Alzheimer’s disease in mice
The amyloid precursor protein has always been vilified as a major cause of Alzheimer’s disease. One of its fragments, the amyloid-beta peptide, can break off and accumulate in the brain, giving rise to the puffy white globs …
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Examining how people’s emotions are influenced by others
In a new study, Stanford psychologists examined why some people respond differently to an upsetting situation and learned that people’s motivations play an important role in how they react.
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Exercise may have different effects in the morning and evening
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have learned that the effect of exercise may differ depending on the time of day it is performed. In mice, they demonstrate that exercise in the morning results in an increased …
MEDICAL RESEARCH
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Exciting plant vacuoles: Researchers shed new light on plant communication via electrical signals
Many biological processes in plants are similar to humans: Cells and tissues in grain plants, including maize, also communicate through electrical signals. The shape and frequency of these signals communicate different things. …
PLANTS & ANIMALS
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Researchers discover new drug target for liver disease treatment
A possible drug target for chronic liver disease has been identified by an international research collaboration involving a University of Queensland team.
MEDICAL RESEARCH
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The mast is raised for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover
In this image, taken on June 5, 2019, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility’s …
NOAA: 260 dolphins dead on Gulf Coast, triple usual number
Authorities say more than 260 dolphins have stranded across the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number.
Grounding of Boeing plane hovers over big air show in Paris
Uncertainty over a Boeing jet and apprehension about the global economy hover over the aircraft industry as it prepares for next week’s Paris Air Show.
With lions, elephants, Airbnb goes all-in on adventure tours
A new category of adventure travel—from tracking lions in Kenya to walking with elephants in Thailand—is now on the menu at Airbnb as the home-sharing startup expands its offerings.
Beyond Queen’s stomp-stomp-clap: Concerts and computer science converge in new research
The iconic “stomp-stomp-clap” of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” was born out of the challenge that rock stars and professors alike know all too well: How to get large numbers of people engaged in participating during a live performance …
Better prognosticating for dogs with mammary tumors
Mammary tumors in dogs are the equivalent of breast cancers in people, and, as in the human disease, the canine tumors can manifest in a variety of ways. Some are diagnosed early, others late, and they can be either slow …
NASA finds tropical cyclone Vayu off India’s Gujarat coast
NASA’s Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Vayu still lingering near the northwestern coast of India, and its cloud-filled eye remained offshore.
Flickering sky islands generate andean biodiversity
A new video shows how climate change connected and disconnected Andean “sky islands” during the past million years. The innovative mathematical model used to make the video was based on fossil pollen records and shows how …
Researchers find genes that could help create more resilient chickens
An international team of scientists, led by Penn State researchers, have identified genes that may help farmers, especially ones in low- and middle-income countries, breed chickens that can resist one of the biggest disease …
New Oregon lab, seed certification bring standards to hemp
A unit of wheat is a called a bushel, and a standard weight of potatoes is called a century. But hemp as a fully legal U.S. agricultural commodity is so new that a unit of hemp seed doesn’t yet have a universal name or an …
Scientists investigate climate and vegetation drivers of terrestrial carbon fluxes
A better understanding of terrestrial flux dynamics will come from elucidating the integrated effects of climate and vegetation constraints on gross primary productivity (GPP), ecosystem respiration (ER), and net ecosystem …
Researchers take two steps toward green fuel
An international collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, has developed a two-step method to more efficiently break down carbohydrates into their single sugar components, …
No evidence for increased egg predation in the Arctic
Climate and ecosystems are changing, but predation on shorebird nests has changed little around the globe over the past 60 years, according to a study by an international team of 60 researchers. The study, published in Science …
A new paradigm of material identification based on graph theory
Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and National Materials Genome Project have been launched by American and Chinese government in the past decade. One of the major goals of these missions is to facilitate the identification …
Scientists report the first family of extracellular Rickettsia-like bacteria
Microbiologists of St Petersburg University, together with researchers from the University of Milan, the University of Pisa, and the University of Pavia, have discovered a new family of bacteria of the order Rickettsiales—Deianiraeaceae. …
Carbon-neutral fuels move a step closer
Chemists at EPFL have developed an efficient process for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a key ingredient of synthetic fuels and materials.
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Research uncovers elusive process essential to plant greening
Despite how essential plants are for life on Earth, little is known about how parts of plant cells orchestrate growth and greening. By creating mutant plants, UC Riverside researchers have uncovered a cellular communication …
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Samsung patent talk reveals smartphone designs on rollable
Samsung watchers are buzzing around over a discovered patent filing with the World Intellectual Property Office. Topic in hand: a design for some kind of rollable device.
To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown
The first four days of Apollo 11’s journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems.
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Perfectly preserved head of Ice Age wolf found in Siberia
Russian scientists have found the furry head of an Ice Age wolf perfectly preserved in the Siberian permafrost.
ARCHAEOLOGY & FOSSILS
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Materials informatics reveals new class of super-hard alloys
A new method of discovering materials using data analytics and electron microscopy has found a new class of extremely hard alloys. Such materials could potentially withstand severe impact from projectiles, thereby providing …
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Salmonella resistant to antibiotics of last resort found in US
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a gene that gives Salmonella resistance to antibiotics of last resort in a sample taken from a human patient in the U.S. The find is the first evidence that the …
DISEASES, CONDITIONS, SYNDROMES
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The surprising reason why some lemurs may be more sensitive to forest loss
Duke University scientists have given us another way to tell which endangered lemur species are most at risk from deforestation—based on the trillions of bacteria that inhabit their guts.
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New model more accurately predicts choices in classic decision-making task
A new mathematical model that predicts which choices people will make in the Iowa Gambling Task, a task used for the past 25 years to study decision-making, outperforms previously developed models. Romain Ligneul of the Champalimaud …
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Mysterious Majorana quasiparticle is now closer to being controlled for quantum computing
As mysterious as the Italian scientist for which it is named, the Majorana particle is one of the most compelling quests in physics.
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