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Engineering Science

Scientists uncover new organizing principles of the genome

December 28, 2022
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Scientists uncovered the physical principles—a series of forces and hydrodynamic flows—that help ensure the proper functioning of life’s blueprint.

Ecological Science

When living closer to humans, animals encounter each other more often

December 28, 2022
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Human presence and influence on landscapes change the way other animals interact by bringing them close together more frequently than happens in wilder places.

Evolutionary Science

Drying process could be key step in the development of life

December 28, 2022
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Study can explain how one of the potentially crucial early steps on the path of life could have happened.

Neuroscience

Network neuroscience theory best predictor of intelligence

December 28, 2022
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Study offers the clearest picture yet of how various brain regions and neural networks contribute to a person’s problem-solving ability in a variety of contexts, a trait known as general intelligence.

Material Science

At the edge of graphene-based electronics

December 28, 2022
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The researchers developed a new nanoelectronics platform based on graphene - a single sheet of carbon atoms.

Environmental Science

Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises

December 28, 2022
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New method to find antibiotic-resistant genes shows limits of ‘snapshot’ samples, chlorination

Earth Science

No oxygen required to make these minerals on Mars

December 28, 2022
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Scientists discovered that under Mars-like conditions, manganese oxides can be readily formed without atmospheric oxygen.

Medical Science

Improving prostate cancer relapse forecast by 14 months

December 28, 2022
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A new tool could help save lives by predicting prostate cancer relapse 14 months earlier than current standard methods.

Microbial Science

Gut bacteria can make C. diff infections worse

December 28, 2022
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A discovery that could help doctors identify patients at risk for severe illness and open the door to new treatments.

Physical Science

How does radiation travel through dense plasma?

December 28, 2022
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First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.

Astronomy

Mysterious circles of radio emission detected in space

December 21, 2022
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New research offers plausible explanations for mysterious hazy circles of radio emission deep in celestial space called Odd Radio Circles (ORCs)

Ecological Science

Fossil lizards and snakes indicate climate of Late Miocene hominid locality

December 21, 2022
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Remains of fossil lizards and snakes have been discovered recently from a late Miocene hominid locality of India (dated 9.1 million years) in Haritalyangar, Himachal Pradesh.

Engineering Science

An innovative, green, novel antimicrobial air filtration technology can mitigate air-borne infection

December 21, 2022
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A newly developed air filter can deactivate the germs ‘self-cleaning’ them out of the system using ingredients commonly found in green tea. 

Biochemistry

Specific molecules that mediate transport of lipids inside a cell and to the bloodstream

December 21, 2022
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Study findings could help further studies directed at reducing lipid levels in the blood, a topic of interest because excess lipids can cause obesity, diabetes and cardiac problems. 

Biology

Wild African elephants choose paths leading directly to their favourite food

December 21, 2022
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The findings could help conservationists forecast potential human-elephant conflict hotspots when favourite plants overlap with human settlements.

Evolutionary Science

Early humans may have first walked upright in the trees

December 21, 2022
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Researchers explored the behaviours of wild chimpanzees - our closest living relative - living in the Issa Valley of western Tanzania, within the region of the East African Rift Valley.

Environmental Science

Logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need protection

December 21, 2022
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Researchers find tropical forests that have been logged still retain good ecological health, and should be protected from conversion to plantations.

Artificial Intelligence

AI enables more effective humanitarian action

December 21, 2022
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Researchers have developed a program that can generate population density estimates with unparalleled precision, and only needs a rough estimate at the regional level to learn.

Chemical Engineering

Microparticles could help prevent vitamin A deficiency

December 21, 2022
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Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.

Computer Technology

Choices of virtual environments and avatars can promote positive psychological outcomes

December 21, 2022
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In the realm of virtual reality (VR), users can completely transform the appearances of themselves as avatars and of their digital environments, all at the mere click of a button.