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Dopamine's Many Roles, Explained
Neuroscience News - 29 Oct 2021 01:16
Study reveals dopamine neurons that play a role in learning and memory also drive motivation.
Long-COVID Symptoms May Be Caused by Fatigue, Not Regional Brain Dysfunction
Neuroscience News - 29 Oct 2021 23:38
A new study reports long-term cognitive problems that occur following COVID-19 infection may be a result of fatigue rather than pathological alterations in the brain.
Cause of Alzheimer's Progression in the Brain Identified
Neuroscience News - 29 Oct 2021 23:07
New findings contradict the existing thought that Alzheimer's starts from a single point in the brain and causes a chain reaction that leads to cell death. Instead, a new study reports, Alzheimer's disease reaches differ...
Massive solar flare barreling toward Earth this Halloween
Live Science - 29 Oct 2021 22:28
The category G3 storm will hit Earth on COt. 30 and 31, potentially causing satellite navigation problems and driving auroras as far south as Washington state.
COVID vaccines five times more effective at preventing COVID-related hospitalization than prior infection alone, study finds
Science Daily - 29 Oct 2021 21:22
COVID vaccines are five times more effective at preventing COVID-related hospitalization than prior infection alone, according to new research. The study was conducted by CDC's VISION Network which gathered data from mor...
Cause of Alzheimer's progression in the brain
Science Daily - 29 Oct 2021 21:22
For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease and found that it develops in a very different way than previously thought. Their results...
Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections
New Scientist - 29 Oct 2021 21:00
Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative
Concept2 RowErg review
Live Science - 29 Oct 2021 21:00
Robust and reliable, the Concept2 RowErg (formerly called the Concept2 Model D) deserves its reputation as one of the world's most popular rowing machines
Number of kids diagnosed with lead poisoning could double with new CDC standard
Live Science - 29 Oct 2021 19:42
Experts say that the change in criteria was overdue.
EU drones could drop life rafts to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
New Scientist - 29 Oct 2021 19:39
The European Maritime Safety Agency has contracted drone company Tekever to use uncrewed aircraft for search-and-rescue missions
Dogs can pick out individual words when we speak to them
New Scientist - 29 Oct 2021 18:00
Infants are able to identify individual words in continuous speech, even if they can't understand them - and now it seems dogs can as well
Breaking the supposed accuracy limit for TES detectors
Phys.org - 29 Oct 2021 18:00
Scientists at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research are developing a detection technique (TES) that measures the energy of individual photons, for example in X-rays from the distant universe. Until now, it was as...
Innovative chip resolves quantum headache
Science Daily - 29 Oct 2021 17:40
Quantum physicists are reporting an international achievement for Denmark in the field of quantum technology. By simultaneously operating multiple spin qubits on the same quantum chip, they surmounted a key obstacle on t...
Why do humans possess a twisted birth canal?
Science Daily - 29 Oct 2021 17:40
The relatively narrow human birth canal presumably evolved as a 'compromise' between its abilities for parturition, support of the inner organs, and upright walking. But not only the size of the birth canal, also its com...
Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called 'the Camel' has astronomers puzzled
Live Science - 29 Oct 2021 17:18
An ultrabright, ultrafast explosion called the Camel lit up the sky for a month in 2020. Astronomers think it might have been the birth of a black hole or neutron star.
Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'
Live Science - 29 Oct 2021 17:13
Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.
New speed record set for measurements of water-air flows
Phys.org - 29 Oct 2021 17:07
For the first time, researchers at D-BAUG have measured air-water flows with velocities exceeding 40 m/s. To this end, two challenging measurement campaigns were carried out in the tunnel spillway of a 225 m high dam, fo...
Innovative chip resolves quantum headache
Phys.org - 29 Oct 2021 17:07
Quantum physicists at the University of Copenhagen are reporting an international achievement for Denmark in the field of quantum technology. By simultaneously operating multiple spin qubits on the same quantum chip, the...
The crystal symmetry dependence of high-harmonic generation in monolayer dichalcogenides
Phys.org - 29 Oct 2021 17:07
The light-matter interaction has long been one of the most advanced areas in physics. Recently, it has attracted more attentions due to the rapid development of ultra-short lasers, and a variety of ultra-fast phenomena h...
CMS collaboration has observed three J/ψ particles emerging from a single collision between two protons
Phys.org - 29 Oct 2021 16:42
It's a triple treat. By sifting through data from particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the CMS collaboration has seen not one, not two but three J/ψ particles emerging from a single collision between ...
A novel way to generate visible light
Phys.org - 29 Oct 2021 16:40
Visible light is extremely important in nature. Seen by the human eye, it is the most intense light emitted by the sun to reach the earth's surface and is an essential element for fundamental biological processes underly...
Best air purifiers: The top-rated cleaners for improving the air quality in your home
Live Science - 29 Oct 2021 16:34
The best air purifiers will help you breathe cleaner air in your home.