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Thursday, January 6, 2022

Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas

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Anika Albrecht of Ocean Voyages Institute collecting plastic. Photo credit: Ocean Voyages Institute Coastal plants and animals have found a ...

Neuromuscular junction, how’s that function?

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Illustration of a neuromuscular junction. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The neuromuscular junction—where nerves and muscle fibers meet—is an ess...

Scientists develop a novel strategy for sustainable post-lithium-ion batteries

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Scientists astounded by performance of sustainable batteries with far-reaching implications for e-vehicles and devices. Researchers at Brist...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Seeing the plasma edge of fusion experiments in new ways with artificial intelligence

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Visualized are two-dimensional pressure fluctuations within a larger three-dimensional magnetically confined fusion plasma simulation. With ...

Urban gardens are a dependable food source for pollinators through the year

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A nectar-rich garden in Westbury Park (Bristol). Credit: Nick Tew Gardens in cities provide a long and continuous supply of energy-rich nect...

Superbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics

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Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in h...

Researchers Pinpoint Which Bird Species Pose Food Safety Risk to Crops

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Concerns over foodborne risk from birds may not be as severe as once thought by produce farmers, according to research from the University o...

First-responder cells after heart attack prompt inflammation overdrive

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First-responder cells launching the repair after a heart attack are so frantic about fixing the damage that they promote more inflammation t...

Adding the Right Amount of Sediment to Salt Marshes Keeps Coastlines Afloat

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Anna Puchkoff in the field conducting a study on sediment distribution in Connecticut wetlands. Image Source: University of Connecticut Addi...

New test can identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread

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A University of Oxford study published in Clinical Cancer Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, outlines a n...