303 articles from MONDAY 22.2.2021
NASA releases 'amazing' new landing video and images from Mars Perseverance landing
It was "seven minutes of terror" that had a big payoff: NASA's Mars Perseverance safely landed on the surface of the red planet last Thursday. And, for the first time, the edge-of-your-seat descent was captured by high-definition video cameras that NASA released on...
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover provides front-row seat to landing, first audio recording of Red Planet
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- 21/2/22 23:17
New video from NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as the spacecraft plummeted, parachuted, and rocketed toward the surface of Mars. A microphone on the rover also has provided the first audio recording of sounds from Mars.
Environmental policies not always bad for business, study finds
Critics claim environmental regulations hurt productivity and profits, but the reality is more nuanced, according to an analysis of environmental policies in China by a pair of Cornell economists.
Research delineates the impacts of climate warming on microbial network interactions
Climate change impacts are broad and far reaching. A new study by University of Oklahoma researchers from the Institute for Environmental Genomics explores the impacts of climate warming on microbial network complexity and stability, providing critical insights to ecosystem management and for projecting ecological consequences of future climate warming.
Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference
As electronic devices saturate all corners of public and personal life, engineers are scrambling to find lightweight, mechanically stable, flexible, and easily manufactured materials that can shield humans from excessive electromagnetic radiation as well as prevent electronic devices from interfering with each other.
B.C. farmer grabs lynx by scruff of neck, scolds it for killing chickens
A farmer in northern B.C. captured a wild cat he found in his chicken coop Sunday, picking it up by the scruff of the neck and gently scolding it before relocating it to the...
Researchers challenge the CRP status quo to mitigate fossil fuels
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) found that transitioning land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to bioenergy agriculture can be advantageous for American landowners, the government, and the environment.
Big galaxies steal star-forming gas from their smaller neighbours
Large galaxies are known to strip the gas that occupies the space between the stars of smaller satellite galaxies.
Graphene oxide membranes could reduce paper industry energy costs
The U.S. pulp and paper industry uses large quantities of water to produce cellulose pulp from trees. The water leaving the pulping process contains a number of organic byproducts and inorganic chemicals. To reuse the water and the chemicals, paper mills rely on steam-fed evaporators that boil up the water and separate it from the chemicals.
How outdoor pollution affects indoor air quality
Just when you thought you could head indoors to be safe from the air pollution that plagues the Salt Lake Valley, new research shows that elevated air pollution events, like horror movie villains, claw their way into indoor spaces. The research, conducted in conjunction with the Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management, is published in Science of the Total Environment.
Stem cells provide hope for dwindling wildlife populations
A paper recently published in the scientific journal Stem Cells and Development shares an important advancement in conservation—one that may make the difference between survival and extinction for wildlife species that have been reduced to very small population sizes. Using fibroblast cells that have been preserved in San Diego Zoo Global's Frozen Zoo, scientists have been able to generate...
Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows
Governments with strong female representation are more likely to deliver on campaign promises, according to new research from Rice University.
Lack of symmetry in qubits can't fix errors in quantum computing, might explain matter/antimatter
A team of quantum theorists seeking to cure a basic problem with quantum annealing computers—they have to run at a relatively slow pace to operate properly—found something intriguing instead. While probing how quantum annealers perform when operated faster than desired, the team unexpectedly discovered a new effect that may account for the imbalanced distribution of matter and antimatter in...
Researchers create 'beautiful marriage' of quantum enemies
Cornell University scientists have identified a new contender when it comes to quantum materials for computing and low-temperature electronics.
Medieval containers hint at thriving wine trade in Islamic Sicily
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- 21/2/22 22:42
Researchers have found chemical residues of grapes in medieval containers indicating a prosperous wine trade in Islamic Sicily.
Depressed and out of work? Therapy may help you find a job
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- 21/2/22 22:42
If depression is making it more difficult for some unemployed people to land a job, one type of therapy may help, research suggests. In a new study, 41% of unemployed or underemployed people undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) found a new job or went from part- to full-time work by the end of the 16-week treatment for depression.
For Black Americans, Covid-19 is a reminder of the racism of US healthcare | Keon L Gilbert, Ruqaiijah Yearby, Amber Johnson and Kira Banks
A disproportionate number of the 500,000 Americans who have died of coronavirus are people of colorFor Black Americans, Covid-19 is another brutal reminder of the racist legacy of the American healthcare system. A disproportionate number of the 500,000 Americans who have died of coronavirus are Black. Yet African Americans and other people of color have struggled to access vaccines.Racism corrupts...
Big galaxies steal star-forming gas from their smaller neighbors
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- 21/2/22 22:42
Astronomers have discovered that large galaxies are stealing the material that their smaller counterparts need to form new stars.
Salmon scales reveal substantial decline in wild salmon population & diversity
The diversity and numbers of wild salmon in Northern B.C. have declined approximately 70 percent over the past century, according to a new Simon Fraser University study.
Sleep is vital to associating emotion with memory, study finds
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- 21/2/22 22:42
When you slip into sleep, it's easy to imagine that your brain shuts down, but new research suggests that groups of neurons activated during prior learning keep humming, tattooing memories into your brain.
Scientists use machine-learning approach to track disease-carrying mosquitoes
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- 21/2/22 22:42
Researchers are using a machine-learning approach to map landscape connectivity of the species Aedes aegypti, the so-called Yellow Fever mosquito, which is a primary vector for transmission of viruses causing dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika.
West Virginia's enduring, intertwined epidemics: Opioids and HIV
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- 21/2/22 22:42
New research shows that the opioid and HIV epidemics are intertwined in West Virginia, and therefore should be treated together.
Last-itch effort: Fighting the bacteria that exacerbate eczema with bacteria
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- 21/2/22 22:42
Researchers use bacteriotherapy to improve symptoms of atopic dermatitis.
Salmon scales reveal substantial decline in wild salmon population and diversity
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- 21/2/22 22:42
The diversity and numbers of wild salmon in Northern B.C. have declined approximately 70 per cent over the past century, according to a new study.
Researchers develop model to estimate false-negative rate for COVID-19 tests
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- 21/2/22 22:41
A team of researchers has developed a mathematical means of assessing tests' false-negative rate.
'Beautiful marriage' of quantum enemies
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
Scientists have identified a new contender when it comes to quantum materials for computing and low-temperature electronics.
Lack of symmetry in qubits can't fix errors in quantum computing, might explain matter/antimatter
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
A team of quantum theorists seeking to cure a basic problem with quantum annealing computers -- they have to run at a relatively slow pace to operate properly -- found something intriguing instead.
Study finds increased COVID-19 mortality among adults with Down syndrome
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- 21/2/22 22:41
A new study found that adults with Down syndrome are more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population, supporting the need to prioritize vaccinating people with the genetic disorder.
Impacts of climate warming on microbial network interactions
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
A new study explores the impacts of climate warming on microbial network complexity and stability, providing critical insights to ecosystem management and for projecting ecological consequences of future climate warming.
Graphene Oxide membranes could reduce paper industry energy costs
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
Paper industry wastewater recycling is among the most energy-intensive chemical processes in the world. Researchers have found a method to engineer membranes made from graphene oxide that allow water to get through it much faster than through conventional membranes and, in the process, can save the paper industry more than 30% in energy costs of water separation.
Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
Engineers describe a flexible film using a quasi-one-dimensional nanomaterial filler that combines excellent electromagnetic shielding with ease of manufacture.
Researchers learn that pregnant women pass along protective COVID antibodies to their babies
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
Antibodies that guard against COVID-19 can transfer from mothers to babies while in the womb, according to a new study.
Research team identifies potential drug to treat SARS-CoV-2
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
A federally approved heart medication shows significant effectiveness in interfering with SARS-CoV-2 entry into the human cell host, according to a new study.
How outdoor pollution affects indoor air quality
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/22 22:41
Just when you thought you could head indoors to be safe from the air pollution that plagues the Salt Lake Valley, new research shows that elevated air pollution events, like horror movie villains, claw their way into indoor spaces.
Hayley Arceneaux: Cancer survivor joins first all-civilian space mission
The SpaceX mission will make Hayley Arceneaux the first person with a prosthesis to visit space.
Gray whales learn daring feeding strategy in Puget Sound: Digging for ghost shrimp at high tide
Every spring, a small group of about a dozen gray whales pauses along an epic migration from calving lagoons in Baja California to their feeding grounds in the Arctic. They travel more than 170 miles off their coastal migration route, to stop off in northern Puget Sound. There, they linger from about March through May.
Large privately owned redwood forest is preserved in $24.7 million deal
A vast redwood forest located 80 miles north of San Francisco and sprawling nearly as large as Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received permanent protection under a deal between a Bay Area environmental group and the property's longtime owners.
Watch the Perseverance Rover Land on Mars in This Newly Released NASA Video
When the Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, NASA controllers had only the data-stream coming back from the spacecraft to confirm that the hair-raising descent was going as planned. It was only when they got the “weight on wheels” signal—the confirmation that the rover was on the ground and supporting itself—that they knew the landing was a success.
Now,...