103 articles from MONDAY 1.5.2023
Measuring the value that US residents place on clean water
A new special edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) focuses on helping federal regulators measure the value that U.S. residents place on clean water, just months before the Supreme Court is set to decide a case with significant implications for the Clean Water Act.
A potential therapeutic approach for treating colistin-resistant infections
Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic critical for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Resistance to colistin heralds the emergence of truly pan-resistant infections.
Prolonged power outages, often caused by weather events, hit some parts of the U.S. harder than others
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- 23/5/1 22:40
New research found that Americans already bearing the brunt of climate change and health inequities are most at risk of impact by a lengthy power outage.
Scientists discover anatomical changes in the brains of the newly sighted
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- 23/5/1 22:40
Neuroscientists discovered anatomical changes that occur in the white matter of visual-processing areas of the brain, in children who have congenital cataracts surgically removed.
Sensor enables high-fidelity input from everyday objects, human body
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- 23/5/1 22:40
Couches, tables, sleeves and more can turn into a high-fidelity input device for computers using a new sensing system.
Do people and monkeys see colors the same way?
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- 23/5/1 22:39
New findings in color vision research imply that humans can perceive a greater range of blue tones than monkeys do. Distinct connections found in the human retina may indicate recent evolutionary adaptations for sending enhanced color vision signals from the eye to the brain.
The science behind the life and times of the Earth's salt flats
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- 23/5/1 22:39
Researchers have characterized two different types of surface water in the hyperarid salars -- or salt flats -- that contain much of the world's lithium deposits. This new characterization represents a leap forward in understanding how water moves through such basins, and will be key to minimizing the environmental impact on such sensitive, critical habitats.
Evidence of conscious-like activity in the dying brain
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- 23/5/1 22:36
A new study provides early evidence of a surge of activity correlated with consciousness in the dying brain.
Why does your life flash before your eyes near death?
Survivors of close calls with death often recall extraordinary experiences: seeing light at the end of a tunnel, floating outside their own bodies, encountering deceased loved ones or recapping major life events in an instant.
Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch
Wildlife and environmental groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday over SpaceX's launch last month of its giant rocket from Texas.
The science behind the life and times of the Earth's salt flats
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Alaska Anchorage are the first to characterize two different types of surface water in the hyperarid salars—or salt flats—that contain much of the world's lithium deposits. This new characterization represents a leap forward in understanding how water moves through such basins, and will be key to minimizing the...
Scientists describe carbon cycle in a subglacial freshwater lake in Antarctica for first time
Subglacial lakes that never see the light of day are among the least accessible frontiers of science, brimming with more tales yet untold than even the planets of our solar system. One thing seems certain: where there is water, there is life—even if said water is at the bottom of a frigid lake, in pitch darkness, below more than a half mile of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Thrift shops thrive when disorder is balanced with high seller knowledge
One person's trash may well be another's "come up," or what the rapper Macklemore calls hidden treasures in the song "Thrift Shop," but only if secondhand shoppers follow the rapper's lead and dig through what are sometimes messy bins. New research from Penn State and Texas Christian University shows that shoppers looking to "pop some tags" may be drawn to disordered thrift shop displays because...
Magnetic imaging unlocks crucial property of 2D superconductor
Using state-of-the-art magnetic imaging, a Cornell-led collaboration has for the first time characterized a key property of the superconducting state of a class of atomically thin materials that are too difficult to measure due to their minuscule size.
Scientists use ultrabright X-ray beams to characterize broadly neutralizing antibodies against a range of coronaviruses
New variants of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic continue to emerge. To combat them, researchers are doing everything they can to find new therapies that can target a broad range of different coronavirus strains.
Interactive 3D model recreates Old Man of the Mountain
Twenty years after the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed, audiences around the world will now be able to explore the iconic symbol of New Hampshire through an online interactive 3D model created by Matthew Maclay, a graduate student in earth sciences at Dartmouth's Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
New 50-year study offers insight into effects of climate on bird reproduction
A new study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has assessed changes in the reproductive output of 104 bird species around the world between 1970 and 2019. The study reveals that a warming climate appears to have more worrisome effects on larger birds and migratory birds than on smaller, sedentary species.
Food, fertilizer, fuel? Hunt is on for solutions to Caribbean's exploding seaweed problem
Most of the troubles plaguing the subtropical waters of Florida and the Caribbean revolve around disappearing marine life: coral reefs, fish populations, sea grass beds. It's decidedly the opposite case with sargassum, the floating brown seaweed that has exploded in record-setting mass throughout the region.
Study: Police murder of George Floyd associated with short-term spike in firearm assaults on US police officers
The police murder of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 and revived claims that public outcry over such high-profile police killings perpetuates a violent "war on cops." In a new study, researchers assessed if and how patterns of firearm assault on police officers in the United States were influenced by the police murder of Floyd.
People in comas showed ‘conscious-like’ brain activity as they died, study says
‘Potential neuro-signatures of consciousness’ observed in unresponsive patients at time of death, scientists saySome recall bright lights at the end of a tunnel, feeling the presence of loved ones or floating above their body after a near-death experience. Now, scientists say they have captured “conscious-like” brain activity in dying patients in findings that give new insights into the...
N.S. art show celebrates love for lichens, aims to protect old forests
An art show opening this week in Annapolis Royal aims to celebrate the lichens of Nova Scotia while raising awareness of the destruction of old...
What to know about red-flag warnings, an ominous wildfire forecast
The northeast U.S. is no stranger to extreme weather and the warnings that come with it. But every now and then, residents are faced with an unfamiliar color in the forecast: red.
Epic snowpack upends rhythms of life for many species in Sierra Nevada range
The Big Melt is finally underway in the Sierra Nevada range, and soon there will be few wild places beyond the reach of water sounds: dripping, gurgling and roaring as runoff flows from lofty peaks to sage plains below.
New mechanisms regulating plant response to temperature
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- 23/5/1 20:30
Discovery of a new protein complex helps scientists understand how plants interpret changes in temperature over time