. Scientific Frontline
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

New insect genus discovered in one of the most biodiverse rain forest regions in the world

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Capitojoppa amazonica is a large parasitoid wasp species that has only been discovered in the Allpahuyao-Mishana National Reserve in the Per...

Increasing Steps by 3,000 Per Day Can Lower Blood Pressure in Older Adults

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Photo Credit:  Noelle Otto An estimated 80% of older adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. Maintaining healthy blood pressure can pro...

Stacking Order and Strain Boosts Second-Harmonic Generation with 2D Janus Hetero-bilayers

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Second-harmonic generation of 2D Janus MoSSe/MoS2 hetero-bilayers is optimized by stacking order and strain. Image Credit: ©Nguyen Tuan Hung...

Study shows birds that have evolved greater complexity are less biodiverse

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Songbirds have less complex skeletons and are species rich Photo Credit:  cocoparisienne A new study of the evolution of birds shows that as...

Bladderwrack at risk of destruction as ocean acidity rises

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Bladderwrack is one of the most common macroalgae growing along Sweden’s coasts. It is widespread up to the Bothnian Sea. In Europe, it grow...

Extreme heat likely to cause next mass extinction

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Photo Credit:  Juli Kosolapova A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died o...
Monday, September 25, 2023

Individual neurons mix multiple RNA edits of key synapse protein, study finds

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In a new study of a key protein that regulates how neurons communicate via the release of neurotransmitters, scientists tracked how RNA edit...

Researchers Develop AI Model to Improve Tumor Removal Accuracy During Breast Cancer Surgery

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Radiology-specific Image Credit: Courtesy of UNC School of Medicine Kristalyn Gallagher, DO, Kevin Chen, MD, and Shawn Gomez, EngScD, in the...

Potentially hazardous La Niña weather more common, lasting longer

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Wildfire in California. Photo Credit:  Ross Stone The climate event La Niña that can cause devastating weather, impacting communities and in...

Widely-used COVID-19 antiviral could be helping SARS-CoV-2 to evolve

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Image Credit:  visuals3Dde The drug works by disrupting the virus’s genome, causing it to develop random mutations as it replicates, weakeni...

Heat extremes in the soil are underestimated

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Climate change intensifies extreme heat in the soil. Photo Credit: André Künzelmann (UFZ) For a long time, little attention was paid to soil...

Marker for brain inflammation finally decoded

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TSPO protein (in green) was quantified in microglia (in red) in proximity to lesion characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, the amyloid plaqu...

Functional architecture that builds itself

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Nanocomponents as organic dyes or nanoparticles bind to the surface of the chips and form 3D molecular architectures. Photo Credit: Christop...

Scientists develop a new model for understanding sudden death in epilepsy

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Image Credit:  geralt Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a model for studying one type of familial epilepsy, opening t...

How can the use of plastics in agriculture become more sustainable?

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Photo Credit:  Mark Stebnicki It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics. 12 million tons are used every year. But what...