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Nano-sponges of solid acid transform carbon dioxide to fuel and plastic waste to chemicals
EurekAlert! - 31 Jul 2020 06:00
(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) The primary cause of climate change is atmospheric CO2, whose levels are rising every day. There is, therefore, a great need to find ways to reduce CO2 levels. On other hand, an e...
Nanoparticle meta-grid for enhanced light extraction from light-emitting devices
Phys.org - 31 Jul 2020 16:00
A tailored layer of plasmonic nanoparticles can be introduced into the epoxy casing of a light-emitting diode (LED) to improve the device's light output, to benefit energy savings and boost the LED lifetime. In a new rep...
Memory Loss Reversed or Abated in Those With Cognitive Decline
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 18:43
Study reports success in treating cognitive decline and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease with the aid of personalized precision medicine.
Mind-controlling fungus makes zombie cicadas lure other cicadas to a zombie fate
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 14:12
Not only does the fungus Massospora infect cicadas, eat their bodies and turn them into mind-controlled zombies, it forces them to attract more cicada victims.
Leonardo da Vinci saw a whale fossil that opened his mind to deep time
New Scientist - 31 Jul 2020 12:00
Renaissance-era polymath Leonardo da Vinci may have seen a whale fossil in his youth, prompting him to speculate that Earth was enormously old
260 kids and teens infected with COVID-19 at Georgia sleepaway camp
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 22:52
Measures taken by the camp were not enough to prevent an outbreak.
Timing of Meals Effects Body Rhythms and Metabolic Health
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 22:16
Both food timing and the integrity of the internal clock in the liver altered rhythms of metabolism in mice. Almost half of the rhythmic genes are regulated by both the internal clock and when food is ingested.
COVID-19 linked to heart damage in healthy people, small study suggests
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 22:05
Most of the study participants had mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms and were not hospitalized.
To Distinguish Contexts, Animals Think Probabilistically
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 21:56
The act of remapping an area can be mathematically modeled as probabilistic reasoning in rodents.
'Little Brain' or Cerebellum Not So Little After All
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 21:22
High resolution imaging reveals the human cerebellum is 80% of the area of the cortex. The findings indicate this area of the brain likely grew larger as human behavior and cognition evolved.
Sperm have a weird way of swimming and we only noticed after 300 years
New Scientist - 31 Jul 2020 21:00
For 300 years we've assumed sperm swim by beating their tails symmetrically, but in reality sperm rotate like a corkscrew while beating their tails asymmetrically
Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions
New Scientist - 31 Jul 2020 21:00
Although solar panels are a source of renewable energy, making them has an environmental impact. A new type of panel has a lower carbon footprint than traditional silicon ones
'Talkative' Brain Regions Create Self-Control Challenges for Teens With Obesity
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 20:40
Obesity risk in teens appears to be associated with stronger connectivity within and between regions of the brain implicated in determining the salience of stimuli. This may have implications for reward processing. Resea...
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
Phys.org - 31 Jul 2020 20:00
The fields of condensed matter physics and materials science are intimately linked because new physics is often discovered in materials with special arrangements of atoms. Crystals, which have repeating units of atoms in...
A Centerpiece of Ebrains' Human Brain Atlas
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 19:57
A new human brain atlas features 250 structurally distinct areas, each based on the analysis of ten brains. Over 2400 brain sections were digitalized and assembled in 3D to create the new map.
First COVID-19 double-lung transplant patient goes home
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 19:51
The 28-year-old has a good outlook for recovery, her surgeon said.
Covid-19 news: Rising cases in England delay easing of restrictions
New Scientist - 31 Jul 2020 19:30
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Ancestors of coronavirus have been hiding out in bats for decades, ready to infect humans
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 19:09
The SARS-CoV-2 lineage circulated in bats for 50 or 60 years before jumping to humans at the end of last year, a new study finds.
Gut Feelings Can Be Good for Us
Neuroscience News - 31 Jul 2020 19:04
The more we pay attention to our internal bodily sensations, specifically gastric interoception, the more positive we feel about our bodies, a new study reports.
Sperm don't swim anything like we thought they did, new study finds
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 18:20
New high-speed video reveals human sperm don't swim like we thought.
Great white fatally attacks woman in Maine. How common is this?
Live Science - 31 Jul 2020 17:43
A woman swimming in Maine was fatally attacked by a white shark.
Sharing a secret... the quantum way
Phys.org - 31 Jul 2020 17:00
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have demonstrated a record setting quantum protocol for sharing a secret amongst many parties. The team created an 11-dimensional quantum ...