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Driving Performance Improves Significantly After Cataract Surgery
Another reason to get cataract surgery: It can make you 48% safer on the road. A new study shows patients’ driving performance improves significantly after…
New Material Captures Carbon Dioxide and Efficiently Converts It to Useful Organic Materials
Hubble Snaps Spiral Galaxy’s Profile – From Hydra Constellation, 80 Million Light-Years Away
Darwin Contradicted: Survival of the Friendliest Bacteria
Nanocomposite ‘Electroadhesive’ Stamp Picks Up and Puts Down Microscopic Structures
Deadliest Crop Killing Viruses Revealed at High Resolution for the First Time
Black Holes Stunt Growth of Dwarf Galaxies – Astronomers Surprised by 2,000,000 MPH Winds
Surprising Secret Ingredients to Clean Up Environment: Liquid Metals
Nanoscale Manipulation of Light Leads to Exciting New Nanophotonics Advancement
FDA Approved Drug Reverses Signs of Liver Disease in People Living With HIV
Tesamorelin prevented progression to liver fibrosis in NIH study. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in…
Subconscious Threat Assessment: People Pay More Attention to Stimuli They Associate With Danger
Paying attention to a threat then causes a person to perceive it as being more dangerous. A new analysis of how people prioritize their attention…
Plants Use Common ‘Language’ to Alert Neighbors to Threats
New research from Cornell University shows that plants can communicate with each other when they come under attack from pests. The study shows that plants…
Upside-Down “Rivers” of Warm Ocean Water Attacking Antarctic Ice Shelves [Video]
Newly understood factors make ice shelves more vulnerable to breakup according to College of Wooster, University of Colorado at Boulder study. Upside-down “rivers” of warm…
New Superconducting Material Discovered That Could Power Quantum Computers of the Future
Quantum computers with the ability to perform complex calculations, encrypt data more securely and more quickly predict the spread of viruses, may be within closer…
New Layered Superconducting Material Achieves Unparalleled Customizability and Higher Critical Temperature
Modified multi-layered bismuth superconductor for higher critical temperatures. Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new layered superconducting material with a conducting layer made…
Majority of Lunar Ice Deposits Are Likely Billions of Years Old – But Some May Be Much More Recent
New research sheds light on the ages of ice deposits reported in the area of the Moon’s south pole — information that could help identify…
Fast-Acting German Insecticide Lost in the Aftermath of WWII Rediscovered – But Its History Is Alarming
Fluoridated DDT swiftly kills disease-carrying mosquitoes, which may lower its environmental impact. A new study published today October 11, 2019) in the Journal of the…
Coping With Climate Change: Fairy-Wrens Change Breeding Habits
Warmer temperatures linked to climate change are having a big impact on the breeding habits of one of Australia’s most recognizable bird species, according to…