Earth Sciences
Global carbon emissions on track to exhaust 1.5°C budget in three years, study warns
The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) (from the beginning of 2025). This would be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of CO2 emissions, ...
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Archaeology
Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed
Vance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico's White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo, looks surreal—endless, rolling dunes of fine beige gypsum, left behind by ancient seas. It's ...
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Atomic-level mapping of receptor protein reveals potential drug targets for diabetes and obesity
Scientists have unlocked new details on important receptor proteins—promising targets for the creation of novel drugs for metabolic conditions ranging from diabetes to obesity and ...
Scientists have unlocked new details on important receptor proteins—promising targets for the creation of novel drugs for metabolic conditions ranging ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Researcher's lifelong work sheds light on neurodegenerative diseases caused by errors in cellular protein production
One of the great biological mysteries of the human body is how hundreds of complex, origami-like proteins, many of which are crucial for normal body function, come to assume their final, correct shape.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Organ-sculpting cells may hold clues to how cancer spreads
A new study by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the cells shaping our organs may be far more mobile and coordinated than once believed. The study is published in the journal Science ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Passive cooling paint sweats off heat to deliver 10X cooling and 30% energy savings
A new cement-based paint can cool down the building by sweating off the heat. The cooling paint, named CCP-30, was designed by an international team of researchers and features a nanoparticle-modified porous structure composed ...
Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting, researchers show
Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are covertly using browser fingerprinting—a method to uniquely identify a web browser—to ...
Consumer & Gadgets
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Psycholinguist talks nonsense to ChatGPT to understand how it processes language
A new study appearing in PLOS One by a psycholinguist at the University of Kansas explores how ChatGPT, the popular artificial-intelligence chatbot, responded to nonwords.
Machine learning & AI
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New all-silicon computer vision hardware advances in-sensor visual processing technology
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have pushed forward the development of computer vision with new, silicon-based hardware that can both capture and process visual data in the analog domain. Their work, ...
Hardware
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Supercharged vaccine could offer strong protection with just one dose
Researchers at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute have shown that they can generate a strong immune response to HIV with just one vaccine dose, by adding two powerful adjuvants—materials that help stimulate the immune ...
HIV & AIDS
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Humanoid robot achieves controlled flight using jet engines and AI-powered systems
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has reached a milestone in humanoid robotics by demonstrating the first flight of iRonCub3, the world's first jet-powered flying humanoid robot specifically designed to operate in ...
Robotics
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Tech Xplore
Improved thermoelectrics: Scientists harness 'traffic jam of electrons' to boost heat-to-electricity conversion
Electricity can be easily converted into heat—every electric cooker does it. But is the opposite also possible? Can heat be converted into electricity—directly, without a steam turbine or similar detours?
Condensed Matter
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Engineered enzyme enables detailed mapping of tRNA changes in tumor cells
An engineered enzyme is at the center of a new method to visualize molecular details in human cells, and how these molecules change in cancerous versus benign cells, report Boston College researchers in the journal Cell Chemical ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Hidden role of hydrogen—study reveals how atom position controls molecular breakdown pathways
Imidazoles and triazoles are essential chemical compounds used in many medicines, including drugs used to defeat various pathogen-induced infections and cancer. Besides these applications, both imidazoles and triazoles are ...
Biochemistry
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A trio of studies could help Puerto Rico's energy system weather future storms
When Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico in 2022, it exposed the vulnerabilities of the island's energy infrastructure. Though only a Category 1 storm, Fiona caused a total blackout across the island, leaving residents without ...
Engineering
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Evidence of a possible ghost plume beneath Oman
An international team of geoscientists, chemists and climate scientists, has found evidence of a possible ghost plume beneath the territory of Oman. In their paper published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, ...
How a common brain parasite disrupts neural communication
A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a microscopic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly disrupt brain function, even when it infects ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Successful synthesis of neutral N₆ opens door for future energy storage
Nitrogen finally joins the elite tier of elements like carbon that can form neutral allotropes—different structural forms of a single chemical element. Researchers from Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, have synthesized ...
Blocking a key enzyme could rewire cancer cells and suppress tumor growth
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences uncovered a new tumor-suppressive response that could lead to novel therapies targeting hard-to-treat ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Modified mRNA vaccine masquerades as a virus to trick the body into stronger immunity
A more effective vaccine technology may be on the horizon. In a new study in mice, researchers from the University of Copenhagen demonstrate that a simple addition to mRNA vaccines can significantly enhance their effectiveness. ...
Immunology
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Surprising discovery shows a strong link between Earth's magnetic field and atmospheric oxygen levels
Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, has always been abundant in Earth's crust, but elemental diatomic oxygen became part of our atmosphere ...
Climate change and depopulation confirmed as main concerns affecting mountain areas in Europe
In Europe, mountain areas account for about 36% of the total territory and are home to 16% of the population, but they are crucial for the continent as a whole. The availability of basic commodities, like water, depends on ...
Birds and bats can provide economic benefits to vineyard farmers through natural pest control
Land use change and the increased agrochemical use associated with agricultural intensification significantly alter farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services worldwide. Vineyards as ecologically, culturally, ...
Researchers develop and validate tool to identify strengths in students as young as preschool
The fields of education, psychology, social welfare and others have increasingly focused on a person's strengths to help them succeed. But the effort has overlooked the youngest students, as the literature on strengths has ...
Stellar flybys have not altered Earth's climate in the past 56 million years, study finds
If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, the moon moves through light and shadow, and the sun hangs in the sky. But in reality, everything ...
Solar panels give edge to tomatoes grown underneath
Experiments lead to a greater understanding, deeper insights, and sometimes they even bear fruit. That was certainly the case last summer at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where ...
Female baboons with close father bonds tend to live longer lives, study finds
A team of biologists and wildlife specialists from the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, in the U.S., and Amboseli Baboon Research Project, in Kenya, has found evidence that female baboons who have relatively ...
Mixing two or three alkyl-π liquids can achieve the right combination of functions for soft electronics
Soft electronics are an exciting and innovative class of technology that brings together bendable, stretchable semiconducting materials for applications in areas ranging from fashion to health care. Researchers have recently ...
Machiavellianism boosts CEO pay, study finds
In an extensive study examining the relationship between personality traits and executive pay, CEOs who exhibit more Machiavellianism, characterized by motivation to achieve personal goals and 'win' social interactions, are ...
Foreign multinational firms found engaging in limited tax-motivated income shifting out of US
Income shifting by multinational firms has been researched extensively, yet few studies have examined foreign-owned businesses shifting income out of the United States. In a new study, Jim Albertus at Carnegie Mellon University ...
Hurricane Erick strengthens on approach to Mexico's Pacific coast
Hurricane Erick raced toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm, the US National Hurricane Center said, warning of the risk of deadly floods.
Culturally responsive teaching supports refugee students beyond resettlement, says study
They're the subtle cues and behaviors that shape student success—easily picked up by local students, but often unfamiliar for those from refugee backgrounds.
'Returnless returns' boost brands among consumers
Studies show consumers return 1 in 5 online purchases. This presents a challenge for retailers because the revenue generated from reselling a returned product often does not cover the costs associated with processing the ...
Sharing positive information at work has clear benefits
Should you share personal information with others at work—or keep conversations strictly professional?
50 years after 'Jaws,' researchers have retired the man-eater myth and revealed more about sharks' amazing biology
The summer of 1975 was the summer of "Jaws."
What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture
Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already overstretched aid systems.
Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the Latino community documents ICE actions
It has been five years since May 25, 2020, when George Floyd gasped for air beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer at the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. Five years since 17-year-old Darnella Frazier stood ...
AI helps tell snow leopards apart, improving population counts for these majestic mountain predators
Snow leopards are known as the "ghosts of the mountains" for a reason. Imagine waiting for months in the harsh, rugged mountains of Asia, hoping to catch even a glimpse of one. These elusive big cats move silently across ...
Simulations reveal how SNAPP molecules tear apart drug-resistant bacteria from the inside
Imagine a bacterial cell—one of the multi-drug-resistant varieties that keep infectious disease experts up at night—blown apart like a microscopic firecracker.
Mauritius is facing a water crisis: Harvesting water from its rivers with ten reservoirs can help
Mauritius's water supplies are running very low. As a small island, it is affected by tropical cyclones, rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and a warming ocean. Rainfall levels have decreased by 8% over the last 10 years.
Studying tiny parasites in Japanese sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers spend their lives prowling the ocean floor, scavenging for food and generally minding their own business. We can see snails leading similar lives, slimy but not bothering anyone.
