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Electrons Can Form Bizarre 2-D 'Flatland' in Superconductor
Scientific American - 6 Jul 2021 12:45
This property could reveal new secrets of superconductivity --
Why health officials are watching new 'lambda' coronavirus variant
Live Science - 6 Jul 2021 22:54
So far, lambda has been detected in 29 countries, with high levels of spread in South American countries.
Personalized medicine for cats with heart disease
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 22:38
Veterinarians at the University of California, Davis, have found that a cat's DNA alters how it responds to a life-saving medication used to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, a heart disease that affects 1 in 7 ...
Scientists may have cracked the mystery of da Vinci's DNA
Live Science - 6 Jul 2021 21:59
The artist's remains are reportedly buried in France's Chateau d'Amboise. Now, scientists are one step closer to identifying them.
Fighting COVID with COVID
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 21:30
Researchers design a new COVID-19 therapy that uses a defective version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to drive the disease-causing version to extinction.
Lab analysis finds near-meat and meat not nutritionally equivalent
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 21:30
A research team's deeper examination of the nutritional content of plant-based meat alternatives, using metabolomics, shows they're as different as plants and animals. Beef contained 22 metabolites that the plant substit...
Digital Pens Provide New Insight Into Cognitive Testing Results
Neuroscience News - 6 Jul 2021 20:57
Performing written cognitive tests with a digital pen allowed researchers to identify differences between "thinking" and "writing" times that may be early biomarkers for cognitive and motor decline.
Study Reveals Source of Remarkable Memory of "Superagers"
Neuroscience News - 6 Jul 2021 20:08
The structure of SuperAgers' brains and the connectivity of their neural networks more closely resembles the brains of younger adults, a neuroimaging study reveals.
Rejuvenating Mouse Brains With Ketamine or Flickering Light
Neuroscience News - 6 Jul 2021 19:50
Ketamine and exposure to 60-hertz flickering light show promise as a potentially new, non-invasive therapy to help rejuvenate the aging brain.
New nanotech will enable a 'healthy' electric current production inside the human body, researchers report
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 19:31
Researchers have developed an innovative material that is eco-friendly, completely biological and non-toxic, and causes no harm to the body's tissues. The material is as strong as titanium and extremely flexible. The new...
New study uncovers how a series of sleep loss impacts mental and physical wellbeing
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 19:31
A new study looked at the consequences of sleeping fewer than six hours for eight consecutive nights -- the minimum duration of sleep that experts say is necessary to support optimal health in average adults.
Relationship between chromosomal instability and senescence revealed in the fly Drosophila
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 19:31
Researchers have revealed the mechanisms by which cells enter senescence because of an imbalance in the number of chromosomes. Chromosomal instability is a common trait in most solid tumors, such as carcinoma, and fully ...
How an unfolding protein can induce programmed cell death
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 19:31
The death of cells is well regulated. If it occurs too much, it can cause degenerative diseases. Too little, and cells can become tumors. Mitochondria, the power plants of cells, play a role in this programmed cell death...
World's thinnest electronic device is 2 atoms thick
Live Science - 6 Jul 2021 18:59
The thinner size allows electrons to move across the device much faster, which could lead to the development of much quicker computers.
Covid-19 news: UK cases could hit 100,000 a day, says health minister
New Scientist - 6 Jul 2021 18:55
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A new understanding of patterns in fluid flow
Phys.org - 6 Jul 2021 18:29
Scientists have explored, for the first time, the viscous fingering (VF, one of classical interfacial hydrodynamics) of an annular ring, where 'fingers' in a fluid of finite volume grow radially, through a combination of...
Ultra-strong squeezing of light demonstrated for ultrafast optical signal processing
Phys.org - 6 Jul 2021 18:26
A train carrying cargo has finite space. The amount of cargo that can be carried onboard is limited by the size of the cargo and the capacity of the train. Analogously, the amount of time taken up by an optical signal li...
Rare mud volcano explodes into towering inferno in Caspian Sea
Live Science - 6 Jul 2021 17:58
A towering inferno in the Caspain Sea is believed to have been caused by a rare explosion of a mud volcano in Azerbaijan's oil and gas fields.
Muscles retain positional memory from fetal life
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 17:54
Muscles and the resident stem cells (satellite cells) responsible for muscle regeneration retain memory of their location in the body. This positional memory was found to be based on the expression pattern of the homeobo...
Study shows laboratory developed protein spikes consistent with COVID-19 virus
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 17:54
A new study has found that the key properties of the spikes of SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19 are consistent with those of several laboratory-developed protein spikes, designed to mimic the infectious virus. The ...
New report aims to improve VR use in healthcare education
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 17:54
A new report could help improve how immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are used in healthcare education and training.
Comprehensive genetic study of cleft lip and palate
Science Daily - 6 Jul 2021 17:54
Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common congenital malformations. Its causes are mainly genetic. However, it is still largely unknown exactly which genes are affected. An international study now provides new insig...