New skull of tube-crested dinosaur reveals evolution of bizarre crest
New skull of tube-crested dinosaur reveals evolution of bizarre crest
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The first new skull discovered in nearly a century from a rare species of the iconic, tube-crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus was announced today. The exquisite preservation of the skull, especially the bizarre tube-shaped nasal passage, finally revealed the st
Possible new combo therapy for head and neck cancer
Possible new combo therapy for head and neck cancer
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Researchers have tested a new combination therapy in animal models to see if they could find a way to make an already effective treatment even better. Since they're using a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug to do it, this could help people sooner tha
Regulating the ribosomal RNA production line
Regulating the ribosomal RNA production line
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The enzyme that makes RNA from a DNA template is altered to slow the production of ribosomal RNA (rRNA), the most abundant type of RNA within cells, when resources are scarce and the bacteria Escherichia coli needs to slow its growth.
New technique builds super-hard metals from nanoparticles
New technique builds super-hard metals from nanoparticles
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Researchers have shown a way to make bulk metals by smashing tiny metal nanoparticles together, which allows for customized grain structures and improved mechanical and other properties.
Wet and wild: There's lots of water in the world's most explosive volcano
Wet and wild: There's lots of water in the world's most explosive volcano
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Conditions inside the Shiveluch volcano include roughly 10%-14% water by weight (wt%), according to new research. Most volcanoes have less than 1% water. For subduction zone volcanoes, the average is usually 4%, rarely exceeding 8 wt%, which is considered sup
No more needles for diagnostic tests?
No more needles for diagnostic tests?
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Medical researchers have developed a biosensing microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker of interest and, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, allow clinicians to detect its presence.
Crystal structures in super slow motion
Crystal structures in super slow motion
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Laser beams are used to change the properties of materials in an extremely precise way. However, the underlying processes generally take place at such unimaginably fast speeds and at such a small scale that they have so far eluded direct observation. Research
Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet
Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet
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Astronomers have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere.
COVID lockdown loneliness linked to more depressive symptoms in older adults
COVID lockdown loneliness linked to more depressive symptoms in older adults
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Loneliness in adults aged 50 and over during the COVID-19 lockdown was linked to worsening depressive and other mental health symptoms, according to a large-scale online study.
Rhesus macaques develop promising immune response to SARS-CoV-2
Rhesus macaques develop promising immune response to SARS-CoV-2
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In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed protective immune responses that might be reproduced with a vaccine.
Cargo delivery by polymers
Cargo delivery by polymers
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Degradable, bio-based polymers offer options for chemical recycling, and they can be a tool to store and release useful molecules. Scientists have developed a class of sugar-based polymers that are degradable through acid hydrolysis. The researchers also inte
PTSD link to pandemic fears
PTSD link to pandemic fears
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A new study of 1040 online participants from five western countries explores people's response to the stresses of the escalating pandemic, finding more than 13 percent of the sample had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related symptoms consistent with le
Bringing atoms to a standstill: Miniaturizing laser cooling
Bringing atoms to a standstill: Miniaturizing laser cooling
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Scientists have miniaturized the optical components required to cool atoms down to a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero, the first step in employing them on microchips to drive a new generation of super-accurate atomic clocks, enable navigation w
Giant sand worm discovery proves truth is stranger than fiction
Giant sand worm discovery proves truth is stranger than fiction
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Researchers have found evidence that large ambush-predatory worms -- some as long as two meters -- roamed the ocean floor near Taiwan over 20 million years ago.
Spitting Cobra venom reveals how evolution often finds the same answer to a common problem
Spitting Cobra venom reveals how evolution often finds the same answer to a common problem
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A study of spitting cobras reveals how a combination of venom components have evolved to create an instantly painful venom, not once, but on three separate occasions.
Designing customized 'brains' for robots
Designing customized 'brains' for robots
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Researchers have developed an automated way to design customized hardware that speeds up a robot's operation. The system, called robomorphic computing, accounts for the robot's physical layout in suggesting an optimized hardware architecture.
Squeezing a rock-star material could make it stable enough for solar cells
Squeezing a rock-star material could make it stable enough for solar cells
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A promising lead halide perovskite is great at converting sunlight to electricity, but it breaks down at room temperature. Now scientists have discovered how to stabilize it with pressure from a diamond anvil cell. The required pressure is well within the rea
'Smiling eyes' may not signify true happiness after all
'Smiling eyes' may not signify true happiness after all
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A smile that lifts the cheeks and crinkles the eyes is thought by many to be truly genuine. But new research casts doubt on whether this joyful facial expression necessarily tells others how a person really feels inside.
Butterfly wing clap explains mystery of flight
Butterfly wing clap explains mystery of flight
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The fluttery flight of butterflies has so far been somewhat of a mystery to researchers, given their unusually large and broad wings relative to their body size. Now researchers have studied the aerodynamics of butterflies in a wind tunnel. The results sugges
Saturn's tilt caused by its moons
Saturn's tilt caused by its moons
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Scientists have just shown that the influence of Saturn's satellites can explain the tilt of the rotation axis of the gas giant. Their work also predicts that the tilt will increase even further over the next few billion years.
Using VR training to boost our sense of agency and improve motor control
Using VR training to boost our sense of agency and improve motor control
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Patients with motor dysfunctions are on the rise across Japan as its population continues to age. A researcher has developed a new method of rehabilitation using virtual reality to increase the sense of agency over our body and aid motor skills.
Early humans used chopping tools to break animal bones and consume the bone marrow
Early humans used chopping tools to break animal bones and consume the bone marrow
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Researchers found that stone tools of the type known as 'chopping tools' were used to break open the bones of animals. Tools of this type were used for over two million years. They were found in large quantities at prehistoric sites all over the Old World, bu
Much of Earth's nitrogen was locally sourced
Much of Earth's nitrogen was locally sourced
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Scientists show evidence that nitrogen acquired during Earth's formation came from both the inner and outer regions of the protoplanetary disk. The study has implications for signs of potential habitability of exoplanets.
World's largest lakes reveal climate change trends
World's largest lakes reveal climate change trends
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Sixteen years of remote sensing data reveals that in Earth's largest freshwater lakes, climate change influences carbon fixation trends.
Saturn's moon Titan: Largest sea is 1,000-feet deep
Saturn's moon Titan: Largest sea is 1,000-feet deep
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Far below the gaseous atmospheric shroud on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, lies Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid methane. Astronomers have estimated that sea to be at least 1,000-feet deep near its center - enough room for a potential robotic submarine to explore.
Rocks show Mars once felt like Iceland
Rocks show Mars once felt like Iceland
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A comparison of chemical and climate weathering of sedimentary rock in Mars' Gale Crater indicate the region's mean temperature billions of years ago was akin to current conditions on Iceland.
California harbor porpoises rebound after coastal gillnetting stopped
California harbor porpoises rebound after coastal gillnetting stopped
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Harbor porpoises have rebounded in a big way off California. Their populations have recovered dramatically since the end of state set-gillnet fisheries that years ago entangled and killed them in the nearshore waters they frequent. These coastal set-gillnet f
As oceans warm, large fish struggle
As oceans warm, large fish struggle
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Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment. Animals require oxygen to generate energy for movement, growth and reproduction. Researchers describe their newly developed m
Methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells underestimated
Methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells underestimated
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A recent study finds that annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas (AOG) wells in Canada and the US have been greatly underestimated - by as much as 150% in Canada, and by 20% in the US. Indeed, the research suggests that methane gas emissions fro
Discovery of new praying mantis species from the time of the dinosaurs
Discovery of new praying mantis species from the time of the dinosaurs
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A research team has identified a new species of praying mantis thanks to imprints of its fossilized wings. It lived in Labrador, in the Canadian Subarctic around 100 million years ago, during the time of the dinosaurs, in the Late Cretaceous period. The resea
Climate-related species extinction possibly mitigated by newly discovered effect
Climate-related species extinction possibly mitigated by newly discovered effect
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Changes in climate that occur over short periods of time influence biodiversity. For a realistic assessment of these effects, it is necessary to also consider previous temperature trends going far back into Earth's history.
Scientists discover how the potentially oldest coral reefs in the Mediterranean developed
Scientists discover how the potentially oldest coral reefs in the Mediterranean developed
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A new study brings unprecedented insights into the environmental constraints and climatic events that controlled the formation of the potentially oldest coral reefs in the Mediterranean.
New starfish-like fossil reveals evolution in action
New starfish-like fossil reveals evolution in action
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Researchers have discovered a fossil of the earliest starfish-like animal, which helps us understand the origins of the nimble-armed creature.
Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity
Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity
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The onset date of the yearly rainy season reliably predicts if seasonal drought will occur in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa that are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, and could help to mitigate its effects.
Brain pressure disorder that causes headache, vision problems on rise
Brain pressure disorder that causes headache, vision problems on rise
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A new study has found a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, and the increase corresponds with rising obesity rates.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplants may provide long-term benefit for people with MS
Hematopoietic stem cell transplants may provide long-term benefit for people with MS
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A new study shows that intense immunosuppression followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may prevent disability associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) from getting worse in 71% of people with relapsing-remitting MS for up to 10 years after the treat
Designer DNA therapeutic wipes out cancer stem cells, treats multiple myeloma in mice
Designer DNA therapeutic wipes out cancer stem cells, treats multiple myeloma in mice
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A new study supports launch of Phase I clinical trial to test a designer DNA agent -- an antisense oligonucleotide that targets a gene called IRF4 -- in patients with multiple myeloma.
Study shows how network of marine protected areas could help safeguard Antarctic penguins
Study shows how network of marine protected areas could help safeguard Antarctic penguins
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New research highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas could help safeguard some of the most important areas at sea for breeding Antarctic penguins.
An anode-free zinc battery that could someday store renewable energy
An anode-free zinc battery that could someday store renewable energy
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Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, could help decrease the world's reliance on fossil fuels. But first, power companies need a safe, cost-effective way to store the energy for later use. Massive lithium-ion batteries can do the job, but t
New antifungal compound from ant farms
New antifungal compound from ant farms
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Attine ants are farmers, and they grow fungus as food. Pseudonocardia and Streptomyces bacteria are their farmhands, producing metabolites that protect the crop from pathogens. Surprisingly, these metabolites lack common structural features across bacteria fr
