Plants & Animals
Tiny African fish caught climbing to the top of a 50-foot waterfall
For over half a century, people in Central Africa have told tales of the fish seen climbing waterfalls, but these claims have never been officially confirmed. Now, these fish have finally been caught on camera, studied more ...
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Planetary Sciences
The depths of Neptune and Uranus may be 'superionic'
The interiors of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune could be home to a previously unknown state of matter, according to new computational simulations by Carnegie's Cong Liu and Ronald Cohen. Their work, published in ...
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Exposing secret night operations between hawkmoths and Japan's black-nectar flowers
Researchers Soma Chiyoda, Ko Mochizuki, and Atsushi Kawakita from the University of Tokyo have discovered that nocturnal hawkmoths are the main pollinators of Jasminanthes mucronata, a plant species native to Japan that produces ...
Plants & Animals
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A tiny detector for microwave photons could advance quantum tech
Detecting a single particle of light is hard; detecting a single microwave photon is even harder. Microwave photons, the tiny packets of electromagnetic radiation used in current technologies like Wi-Fi and radar, carry far ...
Optics & Photonics
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The most pristine star yet found in the known universe
An unusual team of astronomers used Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V (SDSS-V) data and observations on the Magellan telescopes at Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile to discover the most pristine star in the known ...
Astronomy
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Can unpaved roads and watersheds co-exist? Researchers wade into the question
Imagine a dump truck dropping 13 tons of dirt into the waters of Brush Creek, a waterway that feeds northwest Arkansas' primary drinking water source, Beaver Lake. That's how much soil and sediment researchers measured going ...
Environment
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Assembling more than 1,000 human genomes affordably: New method could power genetic screening's future
A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has developed a pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) method. By combining a cost-effective hybrid sequencing ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators
An international team of researchers, led by paleontologists of the University of Liège, has investigated the biting capabilities of extinct predatory marine reptiles, revealing how these formidable predators could coexist ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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New memristor design uses built-in oxygen gradient to bring stability to reinforcement learning
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers created a memristor that uses a built-in oxygen gradient to produce slow, stable conductance changes, enabling a reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm to learn ...
An injectable particle could make surgery safer for infants
Biomedical researchers have designed an injectable microgel to help reduce bleeding in infants who require surgical care. In an animal model, the engineered microgel reduced bleeding by at least 50%. The paper, "Hemostatic ...
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Tech Xplore
Living brain cells enable machine learning computations
Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis
Microsoft to invest $10 bn for Japan AI data centers
New method predicts the success of LLMs on untried tasks with high accuracy
How electric vehicles could back up the power system
New AI testing method flags fairness risks in autonomous systems
Researchers measure traffic emissions, to the block, in real-time
AI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling in China
Nexperia's China unit nears fully local production of chips: company sources
Do TV ads work? Ask smart TVs
Cellular pathways that drive precancerous lesions to form pancreatic tumors identified
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and has a low five-year survival rate. It begins with a reversible state called acinar-to-ductal metaplasia, where cells can heal after injury ...
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High-throughput platform helps engineer fast-acting covalent protein drugs
A team led by principal investigators Bobo Dang and Ting Zhou at Westlake University/Westlake Laboratory have developed a high-throughput platform for engineering fast-acting covalent protein therapeutics. Their study, titled ...
Biotechnology
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Immune-capable cervix-on-a-chip enables study of sexually transmitted infections
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) not only impact an individual's health, but also result in multibillion-dollar economic losses worldwide. To study these diseases, a team of researchers has developed the first-of-its-kind, ...
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Small quantum system outperforms large classical networks in real-world forecasting
Can a handful of atoms outperform a much larger digital neural network on a real-world task? The answer may be yes. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Prof. Peng Xinhua and Assoc. Prof. Li Zhaokai ...
Quantum Physics
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How the human brain builds our sense of time
How does Jannik Sinner manage to hit the ball at exactly the right moment, with remarkable precision? And how do we, in everyday life, perceive the duration of events around us? The answer lies in how the brain constructs ...
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Scientists map how the body traps 'sleeping' tuberculosis
Scientists at James Cook University have uncovered new insights into how the body contains latent tuberculosis, using a cutting-edge technique that allows researchers to map exactly where immune cells and bacteria interact ...
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3D root model captures mangroves' capacity to protect coastal communities from storm waves
Mangrove forests are natural wonders that protect coastal areas, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. They are able to dissipate wave energy and limit flooding, which can even mitigate tsunamis and coastal inundations ...
Earth Sciences
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How calcium channel mutations disrupt early brain development in childhood epilepsy
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which inherited calcium channel mutations disrupt early brain development and predispose children to epilepsy and related cognitive ...
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Seed banks may complicate gene drives aimed at controlling weeds
Gene drives—a genetic engineering approach that quickly spreads specific genetic changes throughout a population, whether to kill it off or add a new trait—may have potential for controlling weeds. But so far, gene drives ...
Biotechnology
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A shift away from traditional antifungal research: Study points toward immune reprogramming to treat candidiasis
Systemic candidiasis is an opportunistic fungal infection that has been difficult to treat effectively. Research published in a paper in the April edition of Cell Host & Microbe suggests that immune metabolic reprogramming ...
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Study examines diversity of Black perspectives on race relations
A new Rice University study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called "racial realism" and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum of perspectives Black Americans hold about race relations.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory will need astrometry to find life
We're getting closer and closer to finding a real Earth-like exoplanet. But finding one is only half the battle. To truly know if we're looking at an Earth analog somewhere else in the galaxy, we have to directly image it ...
Artemis II's moon-bound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind
The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet's brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.
Earth from space: Eyes on our moon
In an unusual perspective for an Earth-observing satellite, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite. The Sentinel-2 mission acquired this lunar image by rolling one ...
Webb eyes a pair of planet-forming disks
This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual highlights Webb's views of the protoplanetary ...
Spain rethinks how to turn tide against beach erosion
Every winter, storms wipe out swaths of the picturesque Spanish coast, undoing summer reconstruction work and threatening the foundations of the country's vital tourism industry.
Blood clots, burning eyes: Pollution chokes north Thailand
After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
The benefits of community Trap-Neuter-Return programs for unowned cats
Although neighborhood cats may seem like a fun, charming presence, unowned cat populations have been criticized for causing harm to a community and its environment. Without proper management, stray cat populations can rise ...
Map shows scale of ecosystem disturbance across Australia
University of Queensland researchers are urging governments to use newly created national data to protect the country's last remaining ecosystems free of human pressures. The two new datasets map the extent of ecosystem disturbance ...
Archival records reveal prevalence of sexually transmitted infections during Otago's gold rush less than purported
Sexually transmitted infections in Otago's gold rush era were less common than popular culture books portray, University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research has found. The first-of-its-kind study, published in the Journal ...
Frequent prescribed burns help young oaks thrive despite invasive grasses, study finds
As winter comes to a close, many people look forward to warmer temperatures and spring blooms, but for land managers working to preserve or restore oak-dominated forests, it is prescribed burn season. Fire brings more light ...
Research questions legitimacy of promoting harmful products
Marketers need to pay more attention to how marketing practices normalize the consumption of products that are known to be harmful to public health and social well-being, University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers ...
Accelerator programs have more work to do when it comes to supporting women entrepreneurs, research finds
Accelerator programs are supposed to give entrepreneurs the mentorship, training and skills boost that will help launch them toward success. But in countries where the gender playing field still steeply tilts toward male ...
The unseen challenges of life on the moon
For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the moon, but to live and work there for weeks, months—and eventually years.
Q&A: Is the world really running out of chocolate?
Chocolate prices have jumped again this Easter, and it has a lot of people concerned about how much higher they can go—and why they are so high in the first place.
Want to be a citizen scientist? Here are five ways to get involved
Ever wondered what it might feel like to spot giant spider crabs while you're snorkeling? Or check plants for the circular holes that indicate native bees are collecting nest materials? Citizen science relies on people like ...
Satellite data map reveals 33 subglacial lakes beneath the Canadian Arctic
Researchers have created the first map of a network of subglacial lakes in the Canadian Arctic showing 33 bodies of water under glaciers. Using a decade of ArcticDEM satellite data of Earth's surface height, a team of researchers ...
Ultra-low asparagine wheat developed using precision gene editing
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have successfully developed wheat with dramatically reduced levels of asparagine, without affecting yield, using gene editing techniques, offering a promising route to safer food production ...
Mesoporous silica catalyst enables α-allylation of simple ketones using allyl alcohols
A research team reports they have created an organic reaction called α-allylation with simple ketones and allyl alcohols. This work holds the potential for use in the development of next-generation catalysts. The research ...
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for ...
