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February 24, 2020
Feb. 20, 2020 — A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland could lead to new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Researchers mapped thymus … read more
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Feb. 18, 2020 — Synthetic biology researchers have developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can … read more
Health News
February 24, 2020
Feb. 12, 2020 — Researchers have lifted fertility rates in older female mice with small doses of a metabolic compound that reverses the aging process in eggs, offering hope for some women struggling to … read more
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Mediterranean Diet for One Year Promotes Gut Bacteria Linked to ‘Healthy Aging’
Feb. 17, 2020 — Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, indicates a five-country … read more
Physical/Tech News
February 24, 2020
Feb. 11, 2020 — Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second — around one thousand … read more
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Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Thwarts Powerful Electromagnetic Attacks
Feb. 19, 2020 — A team has developed technology to use mixed-signal circuits to embed critical information that is suppressed at a lower … read more
Environment News
February 24, 2020
Feb. 12, 2020 — Toxic and invisible oil spread well beyond the known satellite footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a new study. These new findings have important implications for environmental … read more
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Old Irish ‘Clachan’ Found in South Australia
Feb. 18, 2020 — The oldest known Australian example of a communal type of Irish settlement has been ‘unearthed’ in a dusty paddock in rural South Australia. An extensive geophysical study of the Baker’s Flat Irish settlement site near Kapunda has found the first — and possibly largest — clachan in Australia, says Flinders archaeologist Susan … read more
Society/Education News
February 24, 2020
Dec. 10, 2019 — Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high-end climate warming scenario, which would see 40 million more people … read more
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Feedback Culture: When Colleagues Become Competitors
Feb. 18, 2020 — Competitive behavior among employees may be triggered by the type of feedback they have … read more
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