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40 articles from ScienceDaily
Smart devices should space out vibrations to maximize user alert benefits
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 21:13
A research team found that haptic feedback (such as vibration feedback) causes distraction, but this loss of focus lasts only for about one second. The findings can help designers improve the usability of notification features in devices.
Citizen scientists spot closest young brown dwarf disk yet
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 21:13
Scientists spot a brown dwarf disk that is the closest young system yet discovered.
Reflecting sunlight to cool the planet will cause other global changes
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 21:13
Study finds reflecting sunlight to cool the planet will weaken extratropical storm tracks, causing other global changes.
Exotic nanotubes move in less-mysterious ways
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 20:18
Researchers capture the first video of boron nitride nanotubes in motion to prove their potential for materials and medical applications.
'A litmus paper for CO2:' Scientists develop paper-based sensors for carbon dioxide
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 19:05
A new sensor for detecting carbon dioxide can be manufactured on a simple piece of paper, according to physicists.
Impact of COVID-19 infection in blood cancer patients
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 19:05
Researchers report on one of the first studies to investigate the outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients with blood cancer.
Scientists find a switch to flip and turn off breast cancer growth and metastasis
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 19:05
Researchers have identified a gene that causes an aggressive form of breast cancer to rapidly grow. More importantly, they have also discovered a way to ''turn it off'' and inhibit cancer from occurring. The animal study results have been so compelling that the team is now working on FDA approval to begin clinical trials.
New model shows how diamond-carrying rocks formed in Northern Alberta
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:52
Geologists are proposing a new model for explaining the eruption of diamond-bearing kimberlites in Northern Alberta.
Expression of certain genes may affect vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:26
A new study suggest that whether certain genes are expressed may play a role in susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Blood markers predict Humboldt penguin nest type, reproductive success
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:26
Researchers looked at metabolic markers in the blood of 30 Humboldt penguins nesting in the Punta San Juan Marine Protected Area in Peru. The scientists discovered metabolic differences between penguins nesting in sheltered burrows and those in more exposed areas. Nesting success is critical to the Humboldt penguins' survival as a species.
Oil platforms' fishy future
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:26
Marine biologists forecast the effects of oil platform decommissioning on fish communities.
Climate change could dramatically reduce future US snowstorms
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:26
A new study suggests American winters late this century could experience significant decreases in the frequency, intensity and size of snowstorms. Under an unabated greenhouse gas emissions scenario, the study projects 28% fewer snowstorms on average per year over central and eastern portions of North America by the century's last decade.
Bed bug burden in urban neighborhoods
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:26
In the first study to use systematically collected data from multifamily housing inspections to track bed bug infestation, investigators confirm what has long been suspected for bed bugs, but also for public health issues in general' -- infestations are strongly associated with socioeconomic factors, including neighborhood income, eviction rates and crowding.
Dead Sea Scrolls 'puzzle' pieced together with DNA
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 18:25
Ancient DNA extracted from Dead Sea Scrolls permits a rare, unanticipated glimpse into world of Second Temple Judaism.
Gene discovery in fruit flies 'opens new doors' for hearing loss cure in elderly
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:43
Scientists have discovered sets of regulatory genes, which are responsible for maintaining healthy hearing. The finding, made in fruit flies, could potentially lead to treatments for age-related hearing loss (ARHL) in humans.
Molecular circuitry: International team breaks one-diode-one resistor electronics
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:43
An international team has cracked a challenge that could herald a new era of ultra-high-density computing. For years engineers and scientists around the world have been trying to make smaller and faster electronics. Many teams are working on combining the diode and resistor into a single device. An international team of scientists and engineers have now done it.
COVID-19 drug development could benefit from approach used against flu
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:43
A new study has found that some antivirals are useful for more than helping sick people get better -- they also can prevent thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of virus cases if used in the early stages of infection.
From dark to light in a flash: Smart film lets windows switch autonomously
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:43
Researchers have developed a new easy-to-use smart optical film technology that allows smart window devices to autonomously switch between transparent and opaque states in response to the surrounding light conditions.
More efficient biosolar cells modelled on nature
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
Potential sources of renewable energy include protein complexes that are responsible for photosynthesis. However, their efficiency in technical applications still leaves much to be desired. For example, they cannot convert green light into energy. A research team has successfully closed this so-called green gap by combining a photosynthesis protein complex with a light-collecting protein from...
On the hunt for megafauna in North America
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
Research has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction of megafauna in North America at the end of the last Ice Age.
These flexible feet help robots walk faster
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
Roboticists have developed flexible feet that can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips. The work has applications for search-and-rescue missions as well as space exploration.
Matching fossil fuel emissions to carbon-14 measurements
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
Study findings take a dramatic step towards a greenhouse gas information system that can fundamentally change the way cities, states and the nation tackle the climate change problem.
Latest climate models show more intense droughts to come
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
An analysis of new climate model projections shows southwestern Australia and parts of southern Australia will see longer and more intense droughts due to a lack of rainfall caused by climate change. But Australia is not alone. Across the globe, several important agricultural and forested regions in the Amazon, Mediterranean and southern Africa can expect more frequent and intense rainfall...
Pre-COVID-19 poll of older adults hints at potential impact of pandemic on eating habits
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
Few shopped for groceries online, and self-rating of healthy eating was higher among those who dined alone or at restaurants least, a new national U.S. poll finds.
A better model for neutrophil-related diseases
- ScienceDaily
- 20/6/2 17:01
Neutrophils are critical immune cells for antimicrobial defense, but they can exacerbate a number of diseases, perhaps including COVID-19. The traditional approaches to study neutrophils in animal models are limited in specificity and effectiveness. Scientists have now identified the problem and have developed a new, optimized model for studying the role of neutrophils in the context of disease.