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June 27, 2024
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First Case of Down Syndrome in Neanderthals Documented in New Study
June 26, 2024 — A new study documents the first case of Down syndrome in
Neanderthals and reveals that they were capable of providing altruistic care and
support for a vulnerable member of their social ...
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Almonds, Pottery, Wood Help Date Famed Kyrenia Shipwreck
June 26, 2024 — Researchers have identified the likeliest timeline of the famous
Hellenistic-era Kyrenia shipwreck, discovered and recovered off the north coast
of Cyprus in the ...
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Iceland's Volcano Eruptions May Last Decades
June 26, 2024 — Scientists predict from geochemical data that Iceland is
entering a new volcanic era that will last for decades, possibly centuries.
Under an hour's drive from the country's capital city, the ongoing eruptions
pose considerable risks for economic ...
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Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
June 26, 2024 — Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA's
OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust rich in carbon, nitrogen, and organic
compounds, all of which are essential components for life as we know it.
Dominated by clay minerals, ...
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Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour
June 27, 2024 — H5N1 virus in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber
components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its
potential to infect people and other ...
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* Bird Flu Research
* Bird Flu
* Influenza
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Microrobot-Packed Pill Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in
Mice
June 26, 2024 — Engineers have developed a pill that releases microscopic
robots, or microrobots, into the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD). The experimental treatment, given orally, has shown success in mice. It
significantly reduced IBD symptoms and promoted the healing of damaged colon
tissue without causing toxic side ...
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* Colitis
* Immune System
* Crohn's Disease
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We Date, Marry People Who Are Attractive as We Are, New Analysis Finds
June 27, 2024 — Men and women were good at judging their own attractiveness, and
tended to partner up with people who were similarly ...
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* Gender Difference
* Relationships
* Racial Issues
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For Healthy Adults, Taking Multivitamins Daily Is Not Associated With a Lower
Risk of Early Death
June 26, 2024 — A large analysis of data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults
followed for more than 20 years has found no association between regular
multivitamin use and lower risk of early ...
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* Diseases and Conditions
* Chronic Illness
* Healthy Aging
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The Density Difference of Sub-Neptunes Finally Deciphered
June 27, 2024 — The majority of stars in our galaxy are home to planets. The
most abundant are the sub-Neptunes, planets between the size of Earth and
Neptune. Calculating their density poses a problem for scientists: depending on
the method used to measure their mass, two populations are highlighted, the
dense and the less dense. Is this due to an observational bias or the physical
existence of two distinct ...
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* Extrasolar Planets
* Kuiper Belt
* Pluto
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Common Plastics Could Passively Cool and Heat Buildings With the Seasons
June 27, 2024 — By restricting radiant heat flows between buildings and their
environment to specific wavelengths, coatings engineered from common materials
can achieve energy savings and thermal comfort that goes beyond what traditional
building envelopes can ...
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* Thermodynamics
* Civil Engineering
* Engineering and Construction
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Simple New Process Stores CO2 in Concrete Without Compromising Strength
June 26, 2024 — By using carbonated -- rather than still -- water during the
concrete manufacturing process, a team of engineers has discovered a new way to
store carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ubiquitous construction ...
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* Engineering and Construction
* Construction
* Civil Engineering
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A Chip-Scale Titanium-Sapphire Laser
June 26, 2024 — With a single leap from tabletop to the microscale, engineers
have produced the world's first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip,
democratizing a once-exclusive ...
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* Optics
* Physics
* Microarrays
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Under Pressure: How Comb Jellies Have Adapted to Life at the Bottom of the Ocean
June 27, 2024 — Researchers have studied the cell membranes of ctenophores
('comb jellies') and found they had unique lipid structures that allow them to
live under intense ...
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* Extreme Survival
* Marine Biology
* Fish
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Antarctic Ice Shelves Hold Twice as Much Meltwater as Previously Thought
June 27, 2024 — Slush -- water-soaked snow -- makes up more than half of all
meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is
poorly accounted for in regional climate models. The findings could have
profound implications for ice shelf stability and sea level ...
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* Snow and Avalanches
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Last Surviving Woolly Mammoths Were Inbred but Not Doomed to Extinction
June 27, 2024 — The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel
Island off the coast of Siberia 10,000 years ago, when sea levels rose and cut
the mountainous island off from the mainland. A new genomic analysis reveals
that the isolated mammoths, who lived on the island for the subsequent 6,000
years, originated from at most 8 individuals but grew to 200--300 individuals
within 20 generations. ...
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* Early Mammals
* Paleontology
* Evolutionary Biology
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New Twists on Tornadoes: Earth Scientist Studies Why U.S. Has So Many Tornadoes
June 27, 2024 — Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky
for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes.
Working at the intersection of climate science and meteorology and using
modeling, scientists are looking at the big picture of what causes severe storms
and tornadoes -- and what dictates where they ...
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* Severe Weather
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* Daily Multivitamins Might Make No Difference
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* Common Plastics Passively Cool, Heat, Buildings
* Simple New Process Stores CO2 in Concrete
* A Chip-Scale Titanium-Sapphire Laser
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* Antarctic Ice Shelves Hold Twice the Meltwater
* Last Surviving Woolly Mammoths Slightly Inbred
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June 27, 2024
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New Genetic Cause of Obesity Could Help Guide Treatment
June 20, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new cause of why people who lack a
specific blood group are genetically predisposed to be overweight or ...
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Studies Uncover the Critical Role of Sleep in the Formation of Memories
June 13, 2024 — A lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain
information. Two new studies uncover why this is and what is happening inside
the brain during sleep and sleep deprivation to help or harm the formation of
...
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Internet Addiction Affects the Behavior and Development of Adolescents
June 4, 2024 — Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the
brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a
new ...
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Public Have No Difficulty Getting to Grips With an Extra Thumb, Study Finds
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have shown that members of the public have little
trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb -- a controllable,
prosthetic extra thumb -- to pick up and manipulate objects. The team tested the
robotic device on a diverse ...
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Revolutionizing Ovarian Cancer Treatment With Adaptive PARP Inhibitor Therapy
June 26, 2024 — A new study introduces an adaptive therapy approach that could
optimize PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy, offering a more personalized and
potentially less toxic treatment option for ...
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* Personalized Medicine
* Lung Cancer
* Breast Cancer
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Chemotherapy Disrupts Gut Microbiome in Patients With Breast Cancer
June 26, 2024 — Chemotherapy is known to cause behavioral side effects,
including cognitive decline. Notably, the gut microbiome communicates with the
brain to affect behavior, including cognition. This clinical longitudinal
observational study explored whether chemotherapy-induced disruption of the gut
microbiome relates to cognitive decline and circulating inflammatory ...
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* Colon Cancer
* Breast Cancer
* Lung Cancer
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Study Finds Innovative Cuffless Blood Pressure Device Streamlines and Enhances
Hypertension Management
June 26, 2024 — A study evaluated a cuffless monitor that uses optical sensors
to record blood pressure continually and efficiently, without disruption to the
...
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* Hypertension
* Heart Disease
* Blood Clots
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The on-and-Off Affair in DNA
June 26, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that in thale cresses histone H3
lysine-9 (H3K9) methylation, conventionally thought to be a mark of turning off
gene transcription, can also turn on gene expression via the interactions of two
other proteins and histone marks. The molecular mechanisms demonstrate that
rather than functioning as a simple 'off switch,' H3K9 methylation is more like
a 'dimmer switch' ...
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* Epigenetics Research
* Epigenetics
* Genes
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Researchers Identify Vascular Changes in the Brain Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
June 26, 2024 — The blood-brain barrier -- a network of blood vessels and
tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating
in the blood -- is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers have
uncovered unique molecular signatures of blood-brain barrier dysfunction that
could point to new ways to diagnose and treat the ...
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* Alzheimer's Research
* Alzheimer's
* Brain Tumor
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The Science of Procrastination
June 26, 2024 — Understanding why we delay tasks may help reclaim ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Intelligence
* Consumer Behavior
* Neuroscience
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Personalized Magnetic Stimulation May Help in Treating Depression
June 24, 2024 — Not all patients with depression respond to medication. Two
recently published studies provide additional information on how an alternative
treatment, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), could be further enhanced.
Researchers developed more precise methods that could, in the future, help to
develop individually tailored magnetic stimulation therapies for ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Depression
* Mental Health Research
* Personalized Medicine
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The Hippocampus, the Cerebral Conductor of Our Daily Priorities
June 24, 2024 — How does our brain distinguish between urgent and less urgent
goals? Researchers explored how our brain remembers and adjusts the goals we set
ourselves on a daily basis. Their study reveals differences in the way we
process immediate and distant goals, at both behavioral and cerebral levels.
These discoveries, described in the journal Nature Communications, could have
significant implications ...
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* Neuroscience
* K-12 Education
* Disorders and Syndromes
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Invasive Ants Spread by Hitchhiking on Everyday Vehicles
June 27, 2024 — Ants might spread to new locations by stowing away on everyday
vehicles. Previously, this was thought to occur mostly on agricultural ...
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* Insects (including Butterflies)
* Invasive Species
* Exotic Species
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Whoever Controls Electrolytes Will Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles
June 24, 2024 — Team develops a commercially viable and safe gel electrolyte for
lithium ...
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* Batteries
* Fuel Cells
* Energy and Resources
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How Much Oxygen Do Very Premature Babies Need After Birth?
June 24, 2024 — A study suggests giving oxygen at a concentration of 90 to 100
percent soon after birth could halve the risk of death for very premature babies
that need help ...
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* Infant's Health
* Infant and Preschool Learning
* Parenting
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Dancers Are Less Neurotic
June 26, 2024 — A study has shown that both amateur and professional dancers are
less neurotic than people who do not dance. They are also more agreeable, more
open, and more ...
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* Borderline Personality Disorder
* Fitness
* Today's Healthcare
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* HEALTH & MEDICINE
* Revolutionizing Ovarian Cancer Treatment
* Chemotherapy Disrupts Gut Microbiome
* Innovative Cuffless Blood Pressure Device
* The On-And-Off Affair in DNA
* MIND & BRAIN
* Vascular Changes in Brain Linked to Alzheimer's
* The Science of Procrastination
* Magnetic Stimulation Treating Depression
* Cerebral Conductor of Our Daily Priorities
* LIVING WELL
* Invasive Ants Hitchhike On Cars
* Paving the Way for Electric Vehicles
* How Much Oxygen Do Premature Babies Need?
* Dancers Are Less Neurotic
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PHYSICAL/TECH NEWS
June 27, 2024
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Telltale Greenhouse Gases Could Signal Alien Activity
June 25, 2024 — If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it
warmer, we'd be able to tell. A new study identifies the artificial greenhouse
gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed ...
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Star Clusters Observed Within a Galaxy in the Early Universe
June 24, 2024 — The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved
into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical questions
to solve yet, but new research brings us closer to understanding it. New
insights about young galaxies ...
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Pair of Merging Quasars at Cosmic Dawn
June 17, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered a double-record-breaking pair of
quasars. Not only are they the most distant pair of merging quasars ever found,
but also the only pair confirmed in the bygone era of the Universe's earliest
...
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Scientists Preserve DNA in an Amber-Like Polymer
June 13, 2024 — With their 'T-REX' method, researchers developed a glassy,
amber-like polymer that can be used for long-term storage of DNA, such as entire
human genomes or digital files such as ...
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New Tool Enables Faster, More Cost-Effective Genome Editing of Traits to Improve
Agriculture Sustainability
June 26, 2024 — New research had the goal of reducing the time and cost it takes
to bring an improved crop to the marketplace to improve agriculture ...
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* Endangered Plants
* Biology
* Agriculture and Food
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A New Study Highlights Potential of Ultrafast Laser Processing for Next-Gen
Devices
June 26, 2024 — A new study uncovers the remarkable potential of ultrafast
lasers that could provide innovative solutions in 2D materials processing for
many technology developers such as high-speed photodetectors, flexible
electronics, biohybrids, and next-generation solar ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Materials Science
* Optics
* Civil Engineering
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Aromatic Compounds: A Ring Made Up Solely of Metal Atoms
June 27, 2024 — The term aromaticity is a basic, long-standing concept in
chemistry that is well established for ring-shaped carbon compounds. Aromatic
rings consisting solely of metal atoms were, however, heretofore unknown. A
research team recently succeeded in isolating such a metal ring and describing
it in ...
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* Chemistry
* Inorganic Chemistry
* Organic Chemistry
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Precision Instrument Bolsters Efforts to Find Elusive Dark Energy
June 26, 2024 — Dark energy -- a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at
an ever-increasing rate -- was discovered 26 years ago, and ever since,
scientists have been searching for a new and exotic particle causing the
expansion. Physicists combined an optical lattice with an atom interferometer to
hold atoms in place for up to 70 seconds -- a record for an atom interferometer
-- allowing them to more ...
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* Physics
* Quantum Physics
* Albert Einstein
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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb
Telescopes
June 26, 2024 — Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the
Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations
worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty. Now, NASA has released a new 3D
visualization of these towering celestial structures using data from NASA's
Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the ...
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* NASA
* Astronomy
* Space Exploration
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Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence of Historical Cosmic Airburst
June 26, 2024 — Researchers continue to expand the case for the Younger Dryas
Impact hypothesis. The idea proposes that a fragmented comet smashed into the
Earth's atmosphere 12,800 years ago, causing a widespread climatic shift that,
among other things, led to the abrupt reversal of the Earth's warming trend and
into an anomalous near-glacial period called the Younger ...
RELATED TOPICS
* Near-Earth Object Impacts
* Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
* Cosmic Rays
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Marsquakes May Help Reveal Whether Liquid Water Exists Underground on Red Planet
June 25, 2024 — If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep
underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to
earthquakes that occur on Mars -- or marsquakes -- could offer a new tool in the
...
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* Mars
* Space Missions
* NASA
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First of Its Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image
June 24, 2024 — For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to
directly image has been captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's
Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). In this stunning image of the Serpens Nebula, the
discovery lies in the northern area of this young, nearby star-forming ...
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* Stars
* NASA
* Nebulae
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Scientists Discover High-Risk Form of Endometrial Cancer -- And How to Test for
It -- Using AI
June 26, 2024 — A discovery promises to improve care for patients with
endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic malignancy. Using artificial
intelligence (AI) to spot patterns across thousands of cancer cell images, the
researchers have pinpointed a distinct subset of endometrial cancer that puts
patients at much greater risk of recurrence and death, but ...
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* Today's Healthcare
* Colon Cancer
* Breast Cancer
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International Collaboration Lays the Foundation for Future AI for Materials
June 24, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the development of
new materials. A prerequisite for AI in materials research is large-scale use
and exchange of data on materials, which is facilitated by a broad international
standard. A major international collaboration now presents an extended version
of the OPTIMADE ...
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* Materials Science
* Civil Engineering
* Computer Modeling
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Researchers Engineer AI Path to Prevent Power Outages
June 24, 2024 — Researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that
could help electrical grids prevent power outages by automatically rerouting
electricity in milliseconds. The approach is an early example of 'self-healing
grid' technology, which uses AI to detect and repair problems such as outages
autonomously and without human intervention when issues occur, such as
storm-damaged power ...
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* Electricity
* Energy Issues
* Energy Technology
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Researchers Develop New Training Technique That Aims to Make AI Systems Less
Socially Biased
June 25, 2024 — Researchers have created a new, cost-effective training
technique for artificial intelligence systems that aims to make them less
socially ...
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* Information Technology
* Computers and Internet
* Hacking
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* MATTER & ENERGY
* Faster Genome Editing of Traits
* Ultrafast Laser Processing for Next-Gen Devices
* Aromatic Ring Made Up Solely of Metal Atoms
* Finding Elusive Dark Energy
* SPACE & TIME
* Star Birth in The Pillars of Creation
* Evidence of Historical Cosmic Airburst
* Liquid Water Underground On Mars?
* Star Forming Region of Serpens Nebula
* COMPUTERS & MATH
* High-Risk Form of Endometrial Cancer
* Future AI for Materials
* AI Path to Prevent Power Outages
* Making AI Systems Less Socially Biased
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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
June 27, 2024
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Non-Stop Flight: 4,200 Km Transatlantic Flight of the Painted Lady Butterfly
Mapped
June 25, 2024 — In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of
Painted Lady Butterflies on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana -- a species
not typically found in South America. This unusual sighting ...
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Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed 'Ecocide'
June 21, 2024 — Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed
thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated
places -- a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui.
Eventually, their numbers ballooned to ...
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Fishy Parenting? Punishing Offspring Encourages Cooperation
June 18, 2024 — Scientists discovered that Neolamprologus savoryi fish use
punishment to encourage offspring to cooperate in brood care, revealing advanced
cognitive abilities previously thought unique to higher vertebrates. This study
highlights that punishment ...
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The World's Oldest Wine Discovered
June 18, 2024 — A white wine over 2,000 years old, of Andalusian origin, is the
oldest wine ever ...
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Pacific Cod Can't Rely on Coastal Safe Havens for Protection During Marine Heat
Waves
June 27, 2024 — During recent periods of unusually warm water in the Gulf of
Alaska, young Pacific cod in near shore safe havens where they typically spend
their adolescence did not experience the protective effects those areas
typically provide, a new study ...
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* Fish
* Fisheries
* Marine Biology
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Unlocking the World of Bacteria
June 26, 2024 — Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for
benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness
these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial species. A team
has now introduced a novel approach that can make many more bacteria amenable to
genetic engineering. Their method, called IMPRINT, uses cell-free systems to
enhance DNA transformation ...
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* Bacteria
* Biochemistry Research
* Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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Wolves Reintroduced to Isle Royale Temporarily Affect Other Carnivores, Humans
Have Influence as Well
June 27, 2024 — In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after
wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers found that the effects of
wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary. And even in the least-visited
national park, humans had a more significant impact on carnivores' ...
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* Dogs
* Animals
* Ecology
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Prehistoric 'Pompeii' Discovered: Most Pristine Trilobite Fossils Ever Found
Shake Up Scientific Understanding of the Long Extinct Group
June 27, 2024 — Researchers have described some of the best-preserved
three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which are more
than 500 million years old, were collected in the High Atlas of Morocco and are
being referred to by scientists as 'Pompeii' trilobites due to their remarkable
preservation in ...
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* Fossils
* Ancient DNA
* New Species
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Why the Harsh Snowball Earth Kick-Started Our Earliest Multicellular Ancestors
June 27, 2024 — Why did multicellularity arise? Solving that mystery may help
pinpoint life on other planets and explain the vast diversity and complexity
seen on Earth today, from sea sponges to redwoods to human society. A new
article shows how specific physical conditions -- especially ocean viscosity and
resource deprivation -- during the global glaciation ...
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* Earth Science
* Fossils
* Nature
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Future Risk of Coral Bleaching Set to Intensify Globally
June 26, 2024 — Researchers have projected future marine heatwaves will cause
coral reefs to be at severe risk of bleaching for longer periods than previously
...
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* Coral Reefs
* Ecology
* Extinction
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Rewriting the Armadillo Family Tree: A New Species, Plus a Name Change for the
State Mammal of Texas
June 26, 2024 — The nine-banded armadillo, which ranges all the way from
Argentina to Nebraska, is actually four separate species. One of the species,
the Guianan long-nosed armadillo, is new to science. Meanwhile, the species that
has migrated from Mexico to the United States (and is the official small mammal
of Texas) is now called the Mexican long-nosed ...
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* New Species
* Endangered Animals
* Biology
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Solar Technology: Innovative Light-Harvesting System Works Very Efficiently
June 26, 2024 — Researchers are reporting progress on the road to more efficient
utilization of solar energy: They have developed an innovative light-harvesting
...
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* Optics
* Energy and the Environment
* Chemistry
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Ocean's Loss of Oxygen Caused Massive Jurassic Extinction: Could It Happen
Again?
June 26, 2024 — Researchers have found a chemical clue in Italian limestone that
explains a mass extinction of marine life in the Early Jurassic period, 183
million years ago. Volcanic activity pumped out CO2, warming oceans and lowering
their oxygen levels. The findings may foretell the impact climate change and
oxygen depletion might have on today's ...
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* Extinction
* Global Warming
* Environmental Awareness
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Rare Samoan Discovery Offers Clues to Origins of Inequality
June 24, 2024 — The origins of hierarchical society in Samoa and wider Polynesia
have likely been uncovered by a new study led by ...
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* Anthropology
* Land Management
* Urbanization
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Carbon Dioxide's Heavy Stamp on Temperature: Doubling CO2 May Mean 7 to 14
Degree Increase
June 24, 2024 — A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an
increase in the average temperature on earth from 7 to even a maximum of 14
degrees. That is shown in the analysis of sediments from the Pacific Ocean off
the coast of ...
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* Fossils
* Early Climate
* Global Warming
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Newly Discovered Dinosaur Boasts Big, Blade-Like Horns
June 20, 2024 — A new dinosaur has been identified and named. The dinosaur's
name, Lokiceratops rangiformis, translates roughly to 'Loki's horned face that
looks like a ...
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* Dinosaurs
* Paleontology
* New Species
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* PLANTS & ANIMALS
* Young Pacific Cod Do Poorly in Marine Heat Waves
* Unlocking the World of Bacteria
* Wolves Reintroduced to Isle Royale
* Prehistoric 'Pompeii' Discovered
* EARTH & CLIMATE
* How Snowball Earth Kick-Started Our Ancestors
* Coral Bleaching Set to Intensify Globally
* Rewriting the Armadillo Family Tree
* Solar Tech: Innovative Light-Harvesting System
* FOSSILS & RUINS
* Huge Jurassic Extinction: Will It Happen Again?
* Rare Samoan Discovery: Origins of Inequality
* Doubling CO2: Temp Increase of 7 to 14 Degrees
* New Dinosaur Boasts Big, Blade-Like Horns
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SOCIETY/EDUCATION NEWS
June 27, 2024
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Ritual Sacrifice at Chichén Itzá
June 12, 2024 — Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse,
Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient
Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life remain poorly
understood. Close kin relationships, ...
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'Vigorous Melting' at Antarctica's Thwaites 'Doomsday' Glacier
May 20, 2024 — Glaciologists show evidence of warm ocean water intruding
kilometers beneath grounded ice at Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The
findings suggest that existing climate models are underestimating the impact of
ocean and ice interactions in ...
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One Third of China's Urban Population at Risk of City Sinking, New Satellite
Data Shows
Apr. 18, 2024 — Land subsidence is overlooked as a hazard in cities, according
to new research. Scientists used satellite data that accurately and consistently
maps land movement across ...
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38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to
Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change
Apr. 17, 2024 — Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting
today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19%
until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
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Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths
in State in Year After Law Went Into Effect
June 27, 2024 — Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths
expected if one of the country's most stringent state abortion laws had not been
enacted. The study estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than
expected in the year following the state's 2021 ban on abortion in early
pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital ...
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