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The 5:2 diet: A good choice for gestational diabetes
Science Daily - 1 Nov 2021 16:54
Weight loss after gestational diabetes can prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. Yet finding the most effective way to lose weight and keep it off can be a challenge, especially for mothers with a new baby. Now, new rese...
Best sports bras for running deals
Live Science - 1 Nov 2021 20:42
These are the best sports bras for running deals to help give you all the support you need.
Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again, and scientists don't know why
Live Science - 1 Nov 2021 20:17
Researchers have watched a mysterious fast radio burst shoot out energy far more times than they thought was possible.
Covid-19 news: Global coronavirus toll hits 5 million recorded deaths
New Scientist - 1 Nov 2021 13:59
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
Does yoga help you lose weight?
Live Science - 1 Nov 2021 23:52
Does yoga help you lose weight? We look at whether yoga can help you shed pounds.
How Conspiracy Theorists Exploited COVID-19 Science
Neuroscience News - 1 Nov 2021 23:42
Researchers say those who create and spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19 are using the provisional nature of science to paint scientists as "malignant actors" and discredit findings.
Recognizing Familiar Faces Relies on a Neural Code Shared Across Brains
Neuroscience News - 1 Nov 2021 23:18
Researchers report that within the visual processing areas, information about a personally familiar or visually familiar face is shared across the brains of those with the same friends or acquaintances. Additionally, sha...
Cellular quality-control system identified as a culprit in coronavirus infection
Science Daily - 1 Nov 2021 23:11
The unfolded protein response plays a key role in how Middle East Respiratory Syndrome damages the lungs. MERS is much less common but much lethal than COVID-19, which is also caused by a coronavirus.
Team develops real-time diagnostic for Liquid Metal Jetting 3D printing
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2021 23:00
As 3D printing continues to grow and evolve, diagnostics capable of monitoring builds in real-time have become essential tools for producing quality parts, particularly in emerging printing technologies such as Liquid Me...
Social Isolation Linked to Higher Markers of Inflammation in Older Adults
Neuroscience News - 1 Nov 2021 22:08
Blood samples taken from older adults who experienced social isolation had higher levels of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein, two biomarkers of inflammation.
A superconducting silicon-photonic chip for quantum communication
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2021 21:49
Integrated quantum photonics (IQP) is a promising platform for realizing scalable and practical quantum information processing. Up to now, most of the demonstrations with IQP focus on improving the stability, quality, an...
Ships could clean up the ocean by turning marine plastic into fuel
New Scientist - 1 Nov 2021 21:00
Clearing up marine plastic pollution is energy intensive - but ships could convert the plastic they collect into fuel and create a self-sustaining clean-up operation
Physicists discover how particles self-assemble
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2021 21:00
A team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a "proof of concept" for an innovative way to produce m...
Researchers boost human mental function with brain stimulation
Science Daily - 1 Nov 2021 20:17
Researchers show it is possible to improve specific human brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility by merging artificial intelligence with targeted electrical brain stimulation.
Antibody treatment prevents inflammation in lungs, nervous system in macaques with SARS-CoV-2, study finds
Science Daily - 1 Nov 2021 20:17
Monoclonal antibodies protected aged, diabetic rhesus macaque monkeys from disease due to SARS-CoV-2 and reduced signs of inflammation, including in cerebrospinal fluid, according to a new study.
New test to diagnose aggressive childhood brain tumors
Science Daily - 1 Nov 2021 20:17
Researchers have developed a new test to more easily diagnose medulloblastoma, the most common malignant childhood brain tumor. The test -- which can distinguish between extremely high-risk medulloblastoma cases that nee...
Sperm switch swimming patterns to locate egg
Science Daily - 1 Nov 2021 20:17
A new study reveals how sperm change their swimming patterns to navigate to the egg, shifting from a symmetrical motion that moves the sperm in a straight path to an asymmetrical one that promotes more circular swimming.
COP26 news: World leaders give dire warnings on the summit's first day
New Scientist - 1 Nov 2021 20:08
After an unpromising start, the COP26 climate summit began with leaders acknowledging the urgency of the problem of climate change and warning that action is needed
Understanding finite-temperature quantum effects better with machine learning
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2021 18:21
Three RIKEN theoretical physicists have used neural networks to investigate the way atoms and electrons interact with each other at finite temperatures. This knowledge will help inform the development of future quantum t...
Trapping spins with sound
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2021 18:12
The captured electrons typically absorb light in the visible spectrum, so that a transparent material becomes colored under the presence of such centers, for instance in diamond. "Color centers are often coming along wit...
Quantum search algorithm offers hope for radically enhancing wireless networks
Phys.org - 1 Nov 2021 18:09
A proposed method of profoundly enhancing the energy efficiency of wireless networks unfortunately also suffers from being amongst computationally complex problems to solve. But a computer scientist has for the first tim...
Heart rates synchronise if two people get on well during first date
New Scientist - 1 Nov 2021 18:00
A study of young heterosexual people on blind dates found that those who instantly felt sparks developed synchronised patterns of heart rates and palm sweating