SciTechDaily: “Neuroscientists May Have Just Discovered Why Some People Are More Prone to Anxiety” plus 20 more

Posted: 11 May 2020 10:00 AM PDT

Increased levels of serotonin transporters in the amygdala may be to blame. Anxiety-prone people can blame serotonin cleanup proteins gone awry in their amygdala, according…

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Posted: 11 May 2020 08:52 AM PDT

Ryugu’s interaction with the sun changes what we know about asteroid history. In February and July of 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on…

The post Japanese Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Reveals More Secrets From Asteroid Ryugu appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 08:00 AM PDT

The Oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo Sapiens in Europe Two studies report new Homo sapiens fossils from the site of Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria. “The Bacho Kiro…

The post DNA of Bones Found in Cave Reveals Major Cultural Transition in Europe Took Place Earlier Than Thought appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 07:21 AM PDT

Over 80% of people surveyed in a study do not plan to conceive during the COVID-19 crisis, perhaps putting to rest suggestions that the lockdown…

The post COVID-19 Baby Boom? Not According to a New Study appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 06:53 AM PDT

University of Adelaide researchers have found that South Australia’s population of Grey-headed flying foxes, which took up residence in 2010, has been exposed to a…

The post Flying Foxes in South Australia Exposed to Zoonotic Viruses appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 06:18 AM PDT

At an idyllic island in the Mediterranean Sea, ocean covers up the site of a vast volcanic explosion from 3200 years ago. A few hundred…

The post A Tale of Two Kinds of Volcanoes – One Partially Responsible for a Civilization’s Demise appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 05:51 AM PDT

Natural-looking color mimics human hair pigmentation. With the coronavirus pandemic temporarily shuttering hair salons, many clients are appreciating — and missing — using hair dye…

The post New Synthetic Melanin Based Hair Dye Is Gentler, Safer appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 05:14 AM PDT

Southern Ukraine is featured in this false-color image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. This image was processed in a way that included the near-infrared…

The post Mysterious Red Circles in Satellite Image of Southern Ukraine Explained appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 04:04 AM PDT

Between 2010 and 2018, a large lava lake bubbled and spattered within Kilauea’s summit caldera. Then in May 2018, as part of a broader eruption…

The post A New Lake — Water Not Lava — On Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 03:30 AM PDT

While COVID-19 has infected millions of people worldwide and killed hundreds of thousands, there is currently no vaccine. In response, researchers have been evaluating the…

The post Veterinary Medicine Researcher Identifies Four Possible Treatments for COVID-19 appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 02:45 AM PDT

“Operations in practice are very messy, but I think that’s what makes them exciting,” says graduate student Jean Pauphilet. When he began his engineering program…

The post Optimizing Complex Decision-Making at MIT appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 11 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT

Linking multiple copies of these devices may lay the foundation for quantum computing. Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several-atom clusters or even single atoms…

The post New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors May Enable Quantum Computers With Unparalleled Memory and Processing Power appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 09:22 PM PDT

From human waste to superplasticizer, astronaut urine could become a useful resource for making a robust type of concrete on the Moon. A recent ESA…

The post Building a Moon Base Using Astronaut Waste in Lunar Concrete appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 08:06 PM PDT

MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation. In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing…

The post How Many Jobs Do Robots and Automation Really Replace? appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 07:46 PM PDT

In a little over a month, a team of physicists and engineers from around the world took a simplified ventilator design from concept all the…

The post FDA Approval Granted for Simplified Ventilator Design From Particle Physics Community appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 07:03 PM PDT

The big idea When some people become infected with the coronavirus, they only develop mild or undetectable cases of COVID-19. Others suffer severe symptoms, fighting…

The post Whether the Coronavirus Puts You in the Hospital Could Depend on Your Genes – And We’re Unraveling Which Ones Matter appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 03:33 PM PDT

High-resolution images obtained by the Cassini spacecraft were used for this purpose by the Planetary Science Group at the University of the Basque Country. A…

The post Most Extensive System of Haze Layers in the Solar System Have Been Discovered on Saturn appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 02:04 PM PDT

Recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of chemical weapons in the Syria conflict have provided a stark reminder of the plethora…

The post Second Skin Protects Against Chemical Weapons, Biological Warfare Agents appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 12:52 PM PDT

This scene of stellar creation, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, sits near the outskirts of the famous Tarantula Nebula. This cloud of gas…

The post This Scene of Stellar Creation Is the Perfect Laboratory to Study the Origin of Massive Stars appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 11:39 AM PDT

Quantum technology is currently one of the most active fields of research worldwide. It takes advantage of the special properties of quantum mechanical states of…

The post Laser Loop Acts as a Mechanical Spring to Couple Quantum Systems Over a Distance appeared first on SciTechDaily.

      

Posted: 10 May 2020 10:18 AM PDT

Stacking spacecraft components on top of each other is one of the final assembly steps before a mission launches to the Red Planet. Engineers working…

The post Vehicle Stacking: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Spacecraft Put in Launch Configuration appeared first on SciTechDaily.