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Scientists make breakthrough discovery of new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's
Science Daily - 5 Nov 2020 20:29
A team has identified several new potential molecular targets in endothelial cells and microglia for AD drug development.
Every month delayed in cancer treatment can raise risk of death by around 10%
Science Daily - 5 Nov 2020 04:47
People whose treatment for cancer is delayed by even one month have in many cases a 6 to 13% higher risk of dying - a risk that keeps rising the longer their treatment does not begin.
The spread of rice farms threatens key wetlands in South-East Asia
New Scientist - 6 Nov 2020 01:11
Rice farming near Cambodia's largest lake has spread and reduced flooded forests and grasslands by about a third over the past 15 years, taking over the habitat of threatened species
How Does the Brain Process Fear?
Neuroscience News - 6 Nov 2020 00:55
Study reveals the globus pallidus plays a critical role in fear processing.
Scientists work to shed light on Standard Model of particle physics
Phys.org - 6 Nov 2020 00:43
As scientists await the highly anticipated initial results of the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, collaborating scientists from DOE's Argonne National L...
Human Intelligence Just Got Less Mysterious
Neuroscience News - 6 Nov 2020 00:37
A new study argues the way in which humans store memories is key to making human intelligence more superior to that of animals.
Applying particle physics methods to quantum computing
Phys.org - 6 Nov 2020 00:25
Borrowing a page from high-energy physics and astronomy textbooks, a team of physicists and computer scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has successfully ada...
Earwax may reveal how stressed you are
Live Science - 5 Nov 2020 23:25
Levels of the stress hormone cortisol in earwax could be a new way to track anxiety, depression and other medical conditions.
Woman sheds coronavirus for 70 days without symptoms
Live Science - 5 Nov 2020 23:23
The researchers say this is the longest anyone has been reported to be contagious with COVID-19 while remaining asymptomatic.
Arctic animals are migrating earlier in the year due to climate change
New Scientist - 5 Nov 2020 23:00
Species including reindeer and golden eagles are migrating earlier each year as the world warms, according to a study of the movements of 86 Arctic species over three decades
Food production alone is set to push Earth past 1.5°C of warming
New Scientist - 5 Nov 2020 23:00
Even if all other sources of emissions immediately disappeared, the current global food production system would produce enough greenhouse gases to exceed the international target of limiting warming to 1.5°C
Researchers shrink imaging spectrometer without compromising performance
Phys.org - 5 Nov 2020 22:26
Researchers have developed a new imaging spectrometer that is much lighter and smaller than state-of-the-art instruments while maintaining the same high level of performance. Because of its small size and modular design,...
Blue phosphorus: How a semiconductor becomes a metal
Phys.org - 5 Nov 2020 22:24
The chemical element phosphorus is considered one of the most essential elements for life. Phosphorus compounds are deeply involved in the structure and function of organisms. Every human carries about one kilogram of it...
Rare ancient burial contains child whose arms and legs were removed
Live Science - 5 Nov 2020 22:02
8,000 years ago in Indonesia, a child was buried without their leg and arm bones, a common practice at that time and place.
Is a dangerous new coronavirus strain circulating in farmed minks?
New Scientist - 5 Nov 2020 21:57
The Danish government has ordered the slaughter of all farmed mink in the country after the reported discovery of a mutant form of coronavirus in the animals. It has already spread to humans
Is a dangerous new coronavirus strain circulating in farmed mink?
New Scientist - 5 Nov 2020 21:57
The Danish government has ordered the slaughter of all farmed mink in the country after the reported discovery of a mutant form of coronavirus in the animals. It has already spread to humans
Covid-19 news: England enters second nationwide lockdown
New Scientist - 5 Nov 2020 21:55
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
Noise reduction via intermittent control by utilizing a plasma actuator
Phys.org - 5 Nov 2020 20:05
A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology developed a method for reducing aerodynamic noise via plasma. Cavity flow, such as the flow around car gaps of high-speed ...
Physicists develop efficient modem for a future quantum internet
Phys.org - 5 Nov 2020 19:19
The first quantum revolution brought about semiconductor electronics, the laser and finally the internet. The coming, second quantum revolution promises spy-proof communication, extremely precise quantum sensors and quan...
Physicists suggest mechanism responsible for the neutron drip line is related to deformation
Phys.org - 5 Nov 2020 19:07
A team of physicists affiliated with several institutions in Japan and one in Belgium has theorized that one of the mechanisms responsible for the neutron drip line is related to deformation. In their paper published in ...
Why solar axions cannot explain the observed XENON1T excess
Phys.org - 5 Nov 2020 19:07
For several decades, physicists and astrophysicists have theorized about the existence of dark matter in the universe. This elusive type of matter would be made up of particles that do not absorb, reflect or emit light, ...
This Baby Horse Was Cloned Using DNA That Was Frozen for 40 Years
Singularity Hub - 5 Nov 2020 19:00
When Dolly the sheep was born in 1996, she instantly achieved worldwide fame for being the first-ever animal to be cloned from an adult cell. Since then, she hasn't had many competitors for the title of "world's most fam...