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Scientific Frontline
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
An Electrifying Improvement in Copper Conductivity
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Xiao Li, a materials scientist, holds samples of highly conductive metal wires created on the patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusi...
Natto Consumption Suppresses Arteriosclerosis
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Photo Credit: Seiya Maeda Natto is widely recognized for inhibiting arteriosclerosis, yet its underlying mechanism remains elusive. Researc...
Insects already had a variety of defense strategies in the Cretaceous
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Larva of a wedge-shaped beetle in amber, which could have lived inside other insects like its modern counterparts. Image Credit: © Carolin ...
Discovery: plants use “trojan horse” to fight mold invasions
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Photo Credit: Gábor Adonyi UC Riverside scientists have discovered a stealth molecular weapon that plants use to attack the cells of invadi...
Toxic chemicals found in oil spills and wildfire smoke detected in killer whales
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Orcas (killer whales) Photo Credit: Bart van Meele Toxic chemicals produced from oil emissions and wildfire smoke have been found in muscle...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems
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Dea Garic, PhD, and Mark Shen, PhD, both in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, have found that enlarged perivascular spa...
Molecular jackhammers’ ‘good vibrations’ eradicate cancer cells
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Ciceron Ayala-Orozco is a research scientist in the Tour lab at Rice University, and lead author on the study. Photo Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Ric...
Researchers Find They Can Stop Degradation of Promising Solar Cell Materials
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An illustration of metal halide perovskites. They are a promising material for turning light into energy because they are highly efficient, ...
Genetic Diversity of Wild North American Grapes Mapped
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Dario Cantù, a professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology, in the grape orchard outside the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine an...
Scientists reveal superconductor with on-off switches
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(A) The material used in this study consists of stacked layers of ferromagnetic atoms and superconducting atoms. (B) Applying a small magnet...
A temporary tug-of-war: a minimal system unlocks cellular transport secrets
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A visual representation of the findings. The net number of cargo-bound kinesin or dynein motor proteins engaging with the microtubule track ...
When the Cellular Waste Collector Doesn’t Show Up
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Verian Bader and Konstanze Winklhofer (right) are on the trail of the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Photo Credit: © RUB, Marqua...
Coral atoll islands may outpace sea-level rise
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Atoll Coastline Photo Credit: xiSerge Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate change, according ...
Can we decode the language of our primate cousins?
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The UNIGE team wanted to find out whether the frontal and orbitofrontal regions of our brain activate in the same way when faced with human ...
Monday, December 18, 2023
Researchers invent "Methane Cleaner": could become a permanent fixture in cattle and pig barns
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A look inside the MEPS reactor (Methane Eradication Photochemical System), where chlorine atoms are formed by UV light and react with methan...
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