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Cockroach species found to live like ants with workers and a queen
New Scientist - 2 Oct 2020 10:00
Cockroaches were thought to be solitary insects, but a South American species bucks the trend - it lives in large groups and seems to have sterile workers led by a queen
Two groups demonstrate designs for electrocaloric cooling that change temperature under an electric field
Phys.org - 2 Oct 2020 16:20
Two teams working independently of each other have demonstrated designs for electrocaloric cooling that can change temperatures under an electric field. Both groups used lead scandium tantalate capacitors in their system...
New York and New Jersey launch COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 14:47
The app uses bluetooth technology to alert people that they've been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19.
Global Pharmaceutical Policy
EurekAlert! - 2 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Huddersfield) The potential readership of the two books, published recently during the COVID-19 pandemic by Professor Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, goes beyond pharmacy specialists to include all healthcare profess...
Study sets limits on the flux of heavy compact objects using data from the Pi of the Sky project
Phys.org - 2 Oct 2020 16:30
Strangelets, and specifically nuclearites, their heavy species, are very dense, compact and potentially fast objects made of large and roughly equal numbers of up, down and strange quarks, which may inhabit the universe....
Woman's odd headache was from tapeworm larvae in her brain
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 13:00
It's believed to be the first locally acquired case of the disease in Australia.
'Naked' shark was born without skin or teeth in world first
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 13:00
Fishers in Sardinia, Italy caught a skinless, toothless shark in a world first, new study says.
Mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 strikes adults as well as kids
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 23:54
Like the syndrome in children, MIS-A is a severe illness that targets multiple organs and causes increased inflammation.
Just how many people could be infected as part of the Trump COVID-19 outbreak?
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 23:39
Trump attended around 15 events in various states, from the 2020 presidential debate to fundraisers and rallies over the past several days.
Skull reveals Anglo-Saxon teen's nose and lips were cut off 1,100 years ago
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 21:10
A young woman's nose and lips were cut off in about A.D. 800, likely as a punishment.
New Clues About the Link Between Stress and Depression
Neuroscience News - 2 Oct 2020 21:09
p11, a protein implicated in serotonin function, affects the initial release of cortisol in mice by modulating the activity of specific neurons in the hypothalamus. Previous studies found people with depression lave lowe...
People With Parkinson's Disease Have a Higher Risk of Dying From COVID-19
Neuroscience News - 2 Oct 2020 20:47
People with Parkinson's disease have a 30% higher risk of dying from coronavirus infection than those without the neurodegenerative disorder. A new study suggests Parkinson's is an independent risk factor for COVID-19 mo...
Glassified brain cells found in victim of Vesuvius eruption
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 20:00
The brain cells survived under volcanic flows for nearly 2,000 years.
It's time to vote for the chonkiest bear in Katmai National Park
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 19:00
It's Fat Bear Week at the Brooks River in Alaska.
Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene
Phys.org - 2 Oct 2020 17:59
A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
Trump tests positive for COVID-19: What are the risks?
Live Science - 2 Oct 2020 17:05
This comes a month before the 2020 presidential election and a couple of days after Trump's and former Vice President Joe Biden's chaotic first presidential debate in Ohio.
IonQ announces development of next-generation quantum computer
Phys.org - 2 Oct 2020 16:19
IonQ, a College Park, Maryland-based quantum computing hardware and software company has announced that it has launched its next generation quantum computer. As part of its announcement, the company is claiming that its ...
500-year-old remains may be first African woman to reach the Americas
New Scientist - 2 Oct 2020 16:00
A skeleton buried at the first European town in the Americas belonged to a young woman from western Africa. She may be the earliest known person from Africa to make the journey
These Robotic Virtual Reality Boots Make It Feel Like You're Walking While You Stay in Place
Singularity Hub - 2 Oct 2020 16:00
Last year I did a VR experience meant to simulate what it's like to be at the US-Mexico border wall. The tall, foreboding wall towered above me, and as I turned from side to side there were fields of grass with some wild...
Potential new tool for frost screening in crops
Phys.org - 2 Oct 2020 13:11
Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Adelaide have identified a potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost damage.
NASA may have found signs of life on Venus in 1978 without realising
New Scientist - 2 Oct 2020 12:39
After the observation of phosphine gas on Venus, which may be a sign of life there, a new search through old data has found hints of the gas and more
How speech propels pathogens
EurekAlert! - 2 Oct 2020 06:00
(CNRS) Speech and singing spread saliva droplets, a phenomenon that has attracted much attention in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Scientists from the CNRS, l'université de Montpellier, and Princeton Univ...