feed info
47 articles from ScienceDaily
Canada geese beat humans in longstanding territory battle
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
Canada geese collide with aircraft, intimidate unassuming joggers, and leave lawns and sidewalks spattered with prodigious piles of feces. They're widely considered nuisance birds, and municipalities invest considerable time and money harassing geese to relocate the feisty flocks. But new research shows standard goose harassment efforts aren't effective, especially in winter when birds should be...
What ancient underwater food webs can tell us about the future of climate change
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
Have humans wreaked too much havoc on marine life to halt damage? A new analysis challenges the idea that ocean ecosystems have barely changed over millions of years, pointing scientists down a new path on conservation efforts and policy.
Enzyme drives cognitive decline in mice, provides new target for Alzheimer's
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
Researchers identify the PKC-alpha enzyme as a promising therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease; a mutation that increases its activity led to biochemical, cellular and cognitive impairments in mice.
Researchers find less-invasive treatment for certain head and neck cancers
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
A new study has identified a less invasive way to treat a subset of head and neck cancers that could potentially change the standard of care for patients. Combining radiation and immunotherapy primes patients for more successful surgeries, better responses to treatment and better quality of life.
Research unearths obscure heat transfer behaviors
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
Researchers have found that boron arsenide, which has already been viewed as a highly promising material for heat management and advanced electronics, also has a unique property. After reaching an extremely high pressure that is hundreds of times greater than the pressure found at the bottom of the ocean, boron arsenide's thermal conductivity actually begins to decrease. The results suggest that...
Shaking less salt on your food at the table could reduce heart disease risk
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
Adding additional salt to foods at a lower frequency is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, heart failure and ischemic heart disease, according to a new study.
Engineers improve electrochemical sensing by incorporating machine learning
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
Combining machine learning with multimodal electrochemical sensing can significantly improve the analytical performance of biosensors, according to new findings.
Novel sex-determination mechanism revealed in mammals
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
The Sox9 gene is upregulated in the absence of sex-determining Y chromosome and Sry gene in Amami spiny rat.
The evolution of Asia's mammals was dictated by ancient climate change and rising mountains
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
A new study compiles data on more than 3,000 species to show how climate and geologic changes across Asia over the last 66 million years have shaped the evolution of the continent's mammals.
Big rains bring big algae blooms ... eventually
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 22:21
A new study shows how soon after a storm phosphorus 'loading' sparks algae explosions, but also describes the many other factors that weigh on when and whether the lake reaches a tipping point.
Organizing nanoparticles into pinwheel shapes offers new twist on engineered materials
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 20:04
Researchers have developed a new strategy to help build materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties. These pinwheel-shaped structures self-assemble from nanoparticles and exhibit a characteristic called chirality -- one of nature's strategies to build complexity into structures at all scales, from molecules to galaxies.
Math approach may make drug discovery more effective, efficient
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 20:04
Researchers have devised a computer-based platform for drug discovery that could make the process more effective, more efficient and less costly.
New programming tool turns sketches, handwriting into code
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 20:04
Researchers have created an interface that allows users to handwrite and sketch within computer code -- a challenge to conventional coding, which typically relies on typing.
How extinct Steller's sea cow shaped kelp forests
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 20:03
To uncover 'sea cow effect,' researchers developed a novel Past-Present-Future modeling approach that could inform more effective conservation strategies across ecosystems.
Physicist identifies how electron crystals melt
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 20:03
The mysterious changes in phases of matter -- from solid to liquid and back again -- have fascinated some researchers. Researchers have now identified an intermediate phase between solid and liquid in electrons that has some regularity but not as much as a solid, and not as much freedom as a liquid. They found that the electrons in this state arrange themselves into tiny strips that can move...
Machine learning gives nuanced view of Alzheimer's stages
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 20:03
Researchers used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate means, and timelines, for anticipating the advancement of Alzheimer's disease in people who are either cognitively normal or experiencing mild cognitive impairment.
Predicting shapes of crystals that lack symmetry
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:30
Researchers learn to predict how crystals take shape from their internal chemistry, even when the crystal lacks symmetry.
Learning from pangolins and peacocks: Researchers explore next-gen structural materials
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:30
Scientists report that materials inspired by nature could, one day, lead to new and better solar panels, soft robots and even coatings for hypersonic jets.
Discovery of antibody structure could lead to treatment for Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:30
A research team has discovered important details about how therapeutically relevant human monoclonal antibodies can protect against Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus. Their work could lead to the development of targeted therapeutics for infected patients.
The entanglement advantage
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:30
Researchers have demonstrated a way to entangle atoms to create a network of atomic clocks and accelerometers. The method has resulted in greater precision in measuring time and acceleration.
Researchers discover root exudates have surprising and counterintuitive impact on soil carbon storage
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:29
Researchers examined root exudates and their impact on soil carbon storage revealing surprising and counterintuitive results.
Mom's dietary fat rewires male and female brains differently
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:29
New findings in mice show that excessive weight gain while pregnant tips the scales for male but not female mice to be more depressed in adulthood due to less brain serotonin. A similar result was found in humans, where the more fat measured in a placenta corresponded to less serotonin in the developing brains of males, but not females.
Biodiversity in Africa and Latin America at risk from oil palm expansion, new report warns
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:29
Zero deforestation commitments may inadvertently leave vital habitats in Latin America and Africa vulnerable to agricultural expansion, a new study has found.
Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were -- and weren't -- like
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:29
Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist, in one of the first astrophysical studies of the period in the early Universe when the first stars and galaxies formed, known as the cosmic dawn.
Nanoengineers develop a predictive database for materials
- ScienceDaily
- 22/11/28 17:29
Nanoengineers have developed an AI algorithm that predicts the structure and dynamic properties of any material -- whether existing or new -- almost instantaneously. Known as M3GNet, the algorithm was used to develop matterverse.ai, a database of more than 31 million yet-to-be-synthesized materials with properties predicted by machine learning algorithms. Matterverse.ai facilitates the discovery...