141 articles from FRIDAY 20.5.2022
Deep visual proteomics technology provides cell-specific, protein-based information to analyze cancer
How does cancer arise? How does cellular composition influence tumor malignancy? These questions are profound and challenging to answer, but are crucial to understand the disease and find the right cure. Now, a German-Danish team led by Professor Matthias Mann has developed a ground-breaking technology called deep visual proteomics. This method provides researchers and clinicians with a protein...
The role of vegetation in reducing thermal stress in urban areas
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) conducted a multi-year empirical study to assess the impact of trees on city temperatures. Taking the city of Würzburg as an example, the researchers showed that vegetation cover of approximately 40 percent is needed to bring about lower summer temperatures.
Ancient Maya tooth sealant glued gemstones in place—and may have prevented tooth decay
Organic adhesives could have warded off infections
Ancient forest found at bottom of huge sinkhole in China
Scientists believe site in Guangxi with trees up to 40 metres tall may contain undiscovered speciesAn ancient forest has been found at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in China, with trees up to 40 metres (130ft) tall.Scientists believe it could contain undiscovered plant and animal species. Continue...
Student helps reveal Anne Brontë’s active interest in geology
Sally Jaspars says writer’s rock collection shows she ‘was in tune with the scientific inquiry of the time’A student has helped reveal that one of Britain’s most famous authors was not only a talented writer but also a skilled rock collector with an active interest in geology.Anne Brontë, the youngest of the three Brontë sisters, built up a collection of attractive specimens before her...
The Download: The monkeypox outbreak latest, and the online trail left by mass shooters
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What you need to know the monkeypox outbreak The news: Monkeypox infections are spreading around the world, with 62 confirmed cases so far, and 55 suspected, according to a database compiled by researchers…
Hubble Captures a Peculiar Pair
Portal origin URL: Hubble Captures a Peculiar PairPortal origin nid: 479337Published: Friday, May 20, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 4271, also known as Arp 40, is a curious pair of spiral galaxies some 800 million light-years away.Portal image: Two, face-on spiral galaxies. The...
Bear cubs rescued from wildlife trade in Vietnam
Two bear cubs are starting a new life in a sanctuary in Vietnam after being rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, an animal welfare group said Friday.
Sandstorms pose serious risk to human health
Sandstorms have engulfed the Middle East in recent days, in a phenomenon experts warn could proliferate because of climate change, putting human health at grave risk.
Boeing's Starliner encounters propulsion problems on way to ISS
American aerospace giant Boeing's Starliner capsule was heading for the International Space Station Thursday, in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts.
Survey: Chesapeake's crab population at lowest since 1990
The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is estimated to be at the lowest level observed since an annual survey tracking the population began in 1990, officials announced Thursday.
Satellites and drones can help save pollinators
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- 22/5/20 13:31
Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators. A new study examines new ways of using these technologies to track the availability of flowers, and says this could be combined with behavioral studies to see the world through the eyes of insects.
'Moth highways' could help resist climate change impact
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- 22/5/20 13:31
Real data gathered by volunteers was combined with new computer models for the first time to reveal which UK moth species are struggling to expand into new regions and the landscape barriers restricting their movement. Farmland and suburban moths were found to be struggling most, with hills or regions with variable temperatures acting as barriers. This has implications for British wildlife being...
Snake trade in Indonesia is not sustainable enough -- but it could be
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- 22/5/20 13:31
A substantial part of the trade in blood pythons in Indonesia is illegal and underreported, a new study has found. The study found no convincing evidence that the harvest of blood pythons in the area is sustainable. Even though the harvest and trade of the species are regulated by a quota system, misdeclared, underreported and illegal trade remain a serious challenge to its sustainable...
Research brings hope for spinal cord injury treatment
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- 22/5/20 13:31
Scientists have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord injury, by blocking the inflammatory response in the spinal cord.
'Traffic calming' boosts breeding on coral reefs
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- 22/5/20 13:31
Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows.
Interplay between charge order and superconductivity at nanoscale
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- 22/5/20 13:31
Scientists have been relentlessly working on understanding the fundamental mechanisms at the base of high-temperature superconductivity with the ultimate goal to design and engineer new quantum materials superconducting close to room temperature.
Glowworms bred in captivity to be released in southern England
More than 500 larvae will be released in Hampshire and Cornwall as part of a four-year project to revive the declining speciesThey once lit up summer nights, people read by their luminescence and they’ve been celebrated by everyone from William Shakespeare to Crowfoot, a 19th-century North American chief.But glowworms have had their lights dimmed by a cult of tidiness in the countryside, the...
Recovery of mice raises hopes drug could help people with spinal injuries
Condition of rodents with spinal cord damage improved after they had lung disease drug, say researchersMice with spinal cord injuries have shown remarkable recovery after being given a drug initially developed for people with lung disease, researchers have revealed, saying the treatment could soon be tested on humans.It is thought there are about 2,500 new spinal cord injuries in the UK every...
'Traffic calming' boosts breeding on coral reefs
Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows.
World Bee Day a chance to remind people how important, and how threatened, the insects are
World Bee Day is a chance to celebrate the hard work bees do to pollinate our plants and the work that's been done to protect them, but it's also an opportunity to remind the public how much more there's left to do to prevent them from disappearing...