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- For these critically endangered marine turtles, climate change could be a knockout blow
- Can stem cells help a diseased heart heal itself? Researcher achieves important milestone
- Self-perception and reality seem to line-up when it comes to judging our own personality
- Early physical therapy can reduce risk, amount of long-term opioid use, study finds
- HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection
- Adhesives for biomedical applications can be detached with light
- Colorado River Delta report provides restoration road map
- Quantum chemical calculations on quantum computers
- How complexity science can quickly detect climate record anomalies
- Scientists warn of slow progress towards United Nations biodiversity targets
- Protein involved in nematode stress response identified
- Prostate cancer: New computer model enables researchers to predict course of disease
- A role for microRNAs in social behavior
- A young star caught forming like a planet
- A co-worker's rudeness can affect your sleep -- and your partner's
- Mammalian keratin genes and adaptation to living on land or sea
- Ebola-fighting protein discovered in human cells
- Atmospheric aerosol formation from biogenic vapors is strongly affected by air pollutants
- Scientific basis for EPA's Endangerment Finding is stronger than ever
- Shrinking objects to the nanoscale
- Noncoding mutations contribute to autism risk
- Scientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells
- Age-related immunity loss
- Scientists overhaul corn domestication story with multidisciplinary analysis
- Parents' brain activity 'echoes' their infant's brain activity when they play together
- Machine learning to speed chemical discoveries, reduce waste
- IPCC to take greater account of carbon storage by agroforestry systems
| For these critically endangered marine turtles, climate change could be a knockout blow Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:40 AM PST Researchers suggest that projected increases in air temperatures, rainfall inundation and blistering solar radiation could significantly reduce hawksbill hatching success at a selection of major nesting beaches.  |
| Can stem cells help a diseased heart heal itself? Researcher achieves important milestone Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:40 AM PST Scientists have taken an important step toward the goal of making diseased hearts heal themselves -- a new model that would reduce the need for bypass surgery, heart transplants or artificial pumping devices. |
| Self-perception and reality seem to line-up when it comes to judging our own personality Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:40 AM PST When it comes to personality, it turns out your peers probably think the same way about you as you do about yourself. |
| Early physical therapy can reduce risk, amount of long-term opioid use, study finds Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:18 AM PST Patients who underwent physical therapy soon after being diagnosed with pain in the shoulder, neck, low back or knee were approximately 7 to 16 percent less likely to use opioids in the subsequent months, according to a new study. |
| HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:18 AM PST New research shows that an experimental HIV vaccine strategy works in non-human primates. In the study, rhesus macaque monkeys produced neutralizing antibodies against one strain of HIV that resembles the resilient viral form that most commonly infects people, called a Tier 2 virus. |
| Adhesives for biomedical applications can be detached with light Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:18 AM PST Pulling off a little plastic bandage may soon get a lot less painful. Researchers have developed a new type of adhesive that can strongly adhere wet materials -- such as hydrogel and living tissue -- and be easily detached with a specific frequency of light. The adhesives could be used to attach and painlessly detach wound dressings, transdermal drug delivery devices, and wearable robotics. |
| Colorado River Delta report provides restoration road map Posted: 14 Dec 2018 09:18 AM PST Four growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of the Colorado River Delta in March 2014, the delta's birds, plants and groundwater continue to benefit. The diversity and abundance of birds of special conservation concern remains high in the restoration sites, groundwater was recharged and some of the trees are now more than 14 feet (4.2 meters) tall, according to a new article. |
| Quantum chemical calculations on quantum computers Posted: 14 Dec 2018 08:08 AM PST A new quantum algorithm has been implemented for quantum chemical calculations such as Full-CI on quantum computers without exponential/combinatorial explosion, giving exact solutions of Schroedinger Equations for atoms and molecules, for the first time. |
| How complexity science can quickly detect climate record anomalies Posted: 14 Dec 2018 08:07 AM PST When making sense of the massive amount of information packed into an ice core, scientists face a forensic challenge: how best to separate the useful information from the corrupt. Tools from information theory, a branch of complexity science, can quickly flag which segments, in over a million data points, require further investigation. |
| Scientists warn of slow progress towards United Nations biodiversity targets Posted: 14 Dec 2018 08:07 AM PST Researchers praises widespread commitment but call for broader participation to better protect global marine ecosystems. |
| Protein involved in nematode stress response identified Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST When humans experience stress, their inner turmoil may not be apparent to an outside observer. But many animals deal with stressful circumstances -- overcrowded conditions, not enough food -- by completely remodeling their bodies. These stress-induced forms, whether they offer a protective covering or more camouflaged coloration, can better withstand the challenge and help the animal survive until conditions improve. |
| Prostate cancer: New computer model enables researchers to predict course of disease Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST How does a normal cell turn into a deadly cancer? Seeking an answer to this Question researchers examined the tumor genomes of nearly 300 prostate cancer patients. Their findings describe the ways in which changes in the prostate cells' genetic information pave the way for cancer development. Using a newly developed computer model, it is now possible to predict the course of the disease in individual patients. |
| A role for microRNAs in social behavior Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST Researchers have uncovered a microRNA cluster that regulates synaptic strength and is involved in the control of social behavior in mammals. The researchers presume that their discovery may point to new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of social deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia. |
| A young star caught forming like a planet Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected companion in orbit around it. |
| A co-worker's rudeness can affect your sleep -- and your partner's Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST A new study found workplace incivilities has the potential to not only negatively affect an employee's sleep but their partner's as well. |
| Mammalian keratin genes and adaptation to living on land or sea Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST Scientists have performed one of the largest comparative genomic studies to help determine the key molecular and evolutionary origins of mammalian adaptations seen in skin proteins. |
| Ebola-fighting protein discovered in human cells Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST Researchers have discovered a human protein that helps fight the Ebola virus and could one day lead to an effective therapy against the deadly disease, according to a new study. The newly discovered ability of the human protein RBBP6 to interfere with Ebola virus replication suggests new ways to fight the infection. |
| Atmospheric aerosol formation from biogenic vapors is strongly affected by air pollutants Posted: 14 Dec 2018 06:38 AM PST According to a recent study, air pollution not only affects air quality, but it also changes the pathways along which new particles are formed in the atmosphere. |
| Scientific basis for EPA's Endangerment Finding is stronger than ever Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:21 AM PST The evidence used to support the EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding on greenhouse gases is even stronger and more conclusive now. This finding comes three months after a senior Republican senator said that the Trump Administration might still try to repeal the landmark decision. |
| Shrinking objects to the nanoscale Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:21 AM PST Researchers have invented a new way to fabricate nanoscale 3D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials, including metals, semiconducting quantum dots, and DNA. |
| Noncoding mutations contribute to autism risk Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:21 AM PST A whole-genome sequencing study of nearly 2,000 families has implicated mutations in 'promoter regions' of the genome -- regions that precede the start of a gene -- in autism. The study is the first genome-wide analysis to uncover a role for mutations in the noncoding portion of the genome in any human condition. |
| Scientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST Scientists have identified a new catalyst that uses only about a quarter as much platinum as current technology by maximizing the effectiveness of the available platinum. |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST Research in mouse cells identifies defective metabolic pathway in aging immune T cells. The pathway is critical for switching T cells from dormancy into illness-fighting mode. In experiments, researchers restored lagging T-cell function by adding small-molecule compounds. Findings suggest possible mechanism behind weakened immunity common in the elderly. |
| Scientists overhaul corn domestication story with multidisciplinary analysis Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST Scientists are revising the history of one of the world's most important crops. Drawing on genetic and archaeological evidence, researchers have found that a predecessor of today's corn plants still bearing many features of its wild ancestor was likely brought to South America from Mexico more than 6,500 years ago. Farmers in Mexico and the southwestern Amazon continued to improve the crop over thousands of years until it was fully domesticated in each region. |
| Parents' brain activity 'echoes' their infant's brain activity when they play together Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST Research shows for the first time that when adults are engaged in joint play together with their infant, the parents' brains show bursts of high-frequency activity, which are linked to their baby's attention patterns and not their own. |
| Machine learning to speed chemical discoveries, reduce waste Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST Researchers have combined artificial neural networks with infrared thermal imaging to control and interpret chemical reactions with new precision and speed. Novel microreactors allow chemical discoveries to take place quickly and with far less environmental waste than standard large-scale reactions. The system can reduce the decision-making process about certain chemical manufacturing processes from one year to a matter of weeks, saving tons of chemical waste and energy in the process. |
| IPCC to take greater account of carbon storage by agroforestry systems Posted: 13 Dec 2018 10:57 AM PST Researchers have established coefficients for carbon storage in the soil and aboveground and belowground biomass of different agroforestry systems. |
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