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NASA Timelapse Shows X-59 Supersonic Jet Being Built Over Two Years
Singularity Hub - 6 Aug 2021 16:00
The final flight of British Airways' Concorde took place in October 2003, going from New York to London in three and a half hours. Inaugurated in 1976, the supersonic jet flew more than 2.5 million passengers over its li...
New Technique to Help Manage Mood Swings Within Bipolar Disorder
Neuroscience News - 6 Aug 2021 23:22
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) appears to be a feasible and acceptable therapy to help with mood regulation in those with bipolar disorder.
Potential COVID-19 medication found among tapeworm drugs
Science Daily - 6 Aug 2021 23:19
From a collection of molecules inspired by anti-parasitic medicines comes a potential drug candidate against COVID-19.
Trials reveal efficacy and safety of oral drug for treating anemia associated with kidney disease
Science Daily - 6 Aug 2021 23:19
Pooled results from phase 3 clinical trials demonstrate that roxadustat is efficacious and may be comparable to placebo in studies done to date for treating anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease who do not requi...
Do vitamin D supplements offer kidney-related benefits for individuals with high diabetes risk?
Science Daily - 6 Aug 2021 23:19
In a clinical trial of individuals at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, which is the leading cause of kidney disease, vitamin D supplementation did not have significant effects on kidney health. As participants w...
Face masks protect against aerosolized toxins from algal blooms, study finds
Science Daily - 6 Aug 2021 23:19
Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. Results from a new study found that wearing the face mask everyone has become accustomed to during the COVID-19 pand...
Desire for Social Status Is a Driver of Narcissism
Neuroscience News - 6 Aug 2021 23:01
Both grandiose and vulnerable narcissists crave high social status and recognition. Grandiose narcissists consider themselves more successful at being able to obtain high social status, while vulnerable narcissists do no...
The Older People Think a Black Child Is, the More Likely They Are to Wrongly See the Child As Angry
Neuroscience News - 6 Aug 2021 22:34
The older an adult believes a Black child to be, the more likely they are to believe the child is exhibiting angry emotions, even when they are not. The same emotional perception shift does not occur when an adult sees a...
Fish with 'human teeth' stuns anglers in North Carolina
Live Science - 6 Aug 2021 22:22
Meet the sheepshead fish, a common Atlantic coast swimmer with a very crunchy diet.
California woman got typhus from a neighborhood rat
Live Science - 6 Aug 2021 21:18
Rats are notorious for spreading disease.
To Do or Not to Do: Cracking the Code of Motivation
Neuroscience News - 6 Aug 2021 21:16
Study highlights the role dopamine receptors play in motivation and decision making.
Ancient lake in Mars's Gale crater may have actually been a small pond
New Scientist - 6 Aug 2021 21:00
Gale crater, which NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring for the past eight years, was thought to have once held a huge lake - but it may have been more like a puddle
Key Hallmark of ALS Reversed
Neuroscience News - 6 Aug 2021 20:57
Researchers reveal how proteins accumulate in the incorrect parts of brain cells in ALS, and demonstrate how it may be possible to reverse the accumulation.
Gene Targets of Stress Hormones in the Brain Identified
Neuroscience News - 6 Aug 2021 20:31
Study reveals a link between corticosteroid receptors and genes associated with ciliary and neuroplasticity in the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with stress response, learning, and memory.
Cerebral palsy: Causes, symptoms & treatment
Live Science - 6 Aug 2021 20:28
Cerebral palsy is caused by brain damage that leads to muscle weakness and problems walking. But with support, people with cerebral palsy can lead relatively normal, functioning lives.
Novel molecular imaging technique casts complex coordination molecules in a new light
Phys.org - 6 Aug 2021 20:00
High-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy can be used to determine complex conformational structures of both crystalline and amorphous polynuclear non-planar coordination molecules, as shown...
Dolphins spotted trapping fish in mud rings in the Caribbean
New Scientist - 6 Aug 2021 19:58
Some dolphins churn up seafloor mud to form a ring that traps fish - and now we know the technique has been developed independently by dolphins near Belize and near Florida
Organic blobs built in lab may be small step towards synthetic life
New Scientist - 6 Aug 2021 19:12
Microscopic organic blobs created from scratch could provide clues about how biological cells formed spontaneously on early Earth - and further efforts to generate synthetic life
Why do cats purr?
New Scientist - 6 Aug 2021 18:58
Cats are thought to purr for a number of different reasons, not just when they are content
Vaccine-resistant coronavirus 'mutants' are more likely when transmission is high, new model finds
Live Science - 6 Aug 2021 18:45
A new model lays out when vaccine-resistant mutants are most likely to emerge.
'Seeing' single cells with sound
Phys.org - 6 Aug 2021 18:38
If you are a researcher who wants to see how just a few cells in an organism are behaving, it is no simple task. The human body contains approximately 37 trillion cells; the fruit fly flitting around the overripe bananas...
Gulf Stream could be veering toward irreversible collapse, a new analysis warns
Live Science - 6 Aug 2021 18:36
Although scientists don't fully understand the varying strengths of the factors contributing to the slowdown, all of them are linked to human-caused climate change.