Interesting Science News 01/14/2024

Compiled from various science news sources

Title: How tidal range electricity generation can protect coastal areas from flooding
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143708.htm
Article Summary: Tidal range schemes can protect estuaries and coastal areas from the effects of sea level rise, according to researchers who say that tidal range schemes are vital to protect habitats, housing and businesses from a rising sea level estimated to be over one metre within 80 years. High tides can be limited to existing levels simply by closing sluices and turbines and existing low tide levels can be maintained by pumping. Development of estuarine barrages has been hampered by misconceptions about their operation and fears of disturbance of the ecologically sensitive intertidal areas.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:37:08

Title: Deregulation of alternative RNA splicing promotes pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143701.htm
Article Summary: In a new study, researchers demonstrate that deregulation of a protein called RBFOX2, involved in RNA splicing, contributes to the progression and metastasis of pancreatic cancer.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:37:01

Title: Early study shows health benefits of creative arts therapies and nutrition education for postmenopausal women
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143655.htm
Article Summary: A recent study explored a new way to ease the transition with an art therapy intervention to address the health needs of overweight, postmenopausal women.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:36:55

Title: Scientists have come up with a technology to recycle used clothes rather than simply burning them
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143648.htm
Article Summary: Clothes and other textiles are among the materials that we are the worst at recycling. But this may change. Researchers have developed a new technology that can separate out fibers in mixed fabrics.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:36:48

Title: Scientists uncover ocean’s intricate web of microbial interactions across depths
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143637.htm
Article Summary: An international team of scientists has uncovered the ocean’s intricate web of microbial interactions across depths. Their research provides crucial insights into the functioning of ocean ecosystems.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:36:37

Title: Pain-based weather forecasts could influence actions
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143631.htm
Article Summary: For individuals who experience chronic pain, weather can be a significant factor in their day-to-day plans. In a recent study, about 70 percent of respondents said they would alter their behavior based on weather-based pain forecasts.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:36:31

Title: Study finds AI-driven eye exams increase screening rates for youth with diabetes
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143621.htm
Article Summary: A study of children and youth with diabetes concludes that so-called autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) diabetic eye exams significantly increase completion rates of screenings designed to prevent potentially blinding diabetes eye diseases (DED).
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:36:21

Title: In the driver’s seat: Study explores how we interact with remote drivers
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143610.htm
Article Summary: Research is helping shed light on the important interaction between users and remote drivers that oversee the operation of automated vehicles.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:36:10

Title: How does social attention develop in autistic children?
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143556.htm
Article Summary: As they grow, children increasingly focus their attention on social elements in their environment, such as faces or social interactions. However, children with autism are often more interested in non-social stimuli, such as textures or geometric shapes. By tracking where children look while viewing a cartoon, researchers have revealed that attention in autistic children does not follow the same developmental trajectory as that of typically developing children. Instead, they each gradually develop their own unique attentional preferences.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:35:56

Title: A noninvasive method for assessing muscular health in an aging population
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143550.htm
Article Summary: As individuals age, maintaining muscular health becomes increasingly crucial, where the loss of muscle mass and strength is linked to a higher risk of falls and reduced physical activity. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a practical and accessible muscular health monitoring system based on phase angle measurements currently used to monitor body composition. This method can play a pivotal role in promoting overall well-being for the older population.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:35:50

Title: More aerosol particles than thought are forming over Siberia, study finds
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113143537.htm
Article Summary: A new study finds that, contrary to previous beliefs, large amounts of aerosol particles can form over vast areas of the West Siberian taiga in the spring. When temperatures rise, this can have a significant impact on the climate.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:35:37

Title: Researchers develop a versatile, reconfigurable, and damage-tolerant single-wire sensor array
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113142248.htm
Article Summary: Researchers have developed a sensor array design technology inspired by the human auditory system. By mimicking the human ear’s ability to distinguish sounds through tonotopy, this innovative sensor array approach could optimize the application of sensor arrays in fields such as robotics, aviation, healthcare, and industrial machinery.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:22:48

Title: Researchers discover compound that fights leukemia, lymphoma
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113142212.htm
Article Summary: Researchers have identified a novel pharmaceutical compound that successfully kills leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells, potentially paving the way for new forms of therapy.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:22:12

Title: Wastewater surveillance is key tool in keeping schools open during public health emergencies, study reveals
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113142144.htm
Article Summary: Wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings and keeping schools open when COVID cases spike, according to a new study.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:21:44

Title: Novel PET tracer enhances lesion detection in medullary thyroid cancer, offers potential for targeted therapy
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240113142128.htm
Article Summary: A newly developed PET imaging agent has been found to be effective in identifying medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in preclinical and clinical studies. The results of the studies indicate that the PET imaging agent may be a promising theranostic candidate for clinical use.
Published Date: 2024-01-13 19:21:28

Title: Even the oldest eukaryote fossils show dazzling diversity and complexity
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111162731.htm
Article Summary: The sun has just set on a quiet mudflat in Australia’s Northern Territory; it’ll set again in another 19 hours. A young moon looms large over the desolate landscape. No animals scurry in the waning light. No leaves rustle in the breeze. No lichens encrust the exposed rock. The only hint of life is some scum in a few puddles and ponds. And among it lives a diverse microbial community of our ancient ancestors.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 21:27:31

Title: Beaches and dunes globally squeezed by roads and buildings
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111162725.htm
Article Summary: Beaches and dunes globally squeezed by roads and buildings. Beaches and dunes are becoming increasingly trapped between rising sea levels and infrastructure. Researchers found that today, when dropped on a random beach anywhere in the world, you only need to walk 390 meters (on average) to find the nearest road or building. And while that short walking distance may seem convenient if you want a day at the beach, it’s bad news for our protection against rising sea levels, drinking water supplies and biodiversity.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 21:27:25

Title: Scientists identify how dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111162625.htm
Article Summary: Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery, especially in regard to how it protects the brain. Scientists have now uncovered a role for a gene called OXR1 that is necessary for the lifespan extension seen with dietary restriction and is essential for healthy brain aging.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 21:26:25

Title: Catalytic combo converts CO2 to solid carbon nanofibers
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113214.htm
Article Summary: Scientists have developed a way to convert carbon dioxide (CO2), a potent greenhouse gas, into carbon nanofibers, materials with a wide range of unique properties and many potential long-term uses. Their strategy uses tandem electrochemical and thermochemical reactions run at relatively low temperatures and ambient pressure and could successfully lock carbon away to offset or even achieve negative carbon emissions.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:32:14

Title: Oldest known fossilized skin is 21 million years older than previous examples
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113207.htm
Article Summary: Researchers have identified a 3D fragment of fossilized skin that is at least 21 million years than previously described skin fossils. The skin, which belonged to an early species of Paleozoic reptile, has a pebbled surface and most closely resembles crocodile skin. It’s the oldest example of preserved epidermis, the outermost layer of skin in terrestrial reptiles, birds, and mammals, which was an important evolutionary adaptation in the transition to life on land.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:32:07

Title: Astronomers make rare exoplanet discovery, and a giant leap in detecting Earth-like bodies
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113157.htm
Article Summary: Astronomers have made the rare discovery of a small, cold exoplanet and its massive outer companion — shedding light on the formation of planets like Earth.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:31:57

Title: Prehistoric person with Turner syndrome identified from ancient DNA
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113138.htm
Article Summary: Researchers have developed a new technique to measure the number of chromosomes in ancient genomes more precisely, using it to identify the first prehistoric person with mosaic Turner syndrome (characterized by one X chromosome instead of two [XX]), who lived about 2500 years ago.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:31:38

Title: Potential solvents identified for building on moon and Mars
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113133.htm
Article Summary: Researchers have taken the first steps toward finding liquid solvents that may someday help extract critical building materials from lunar and Martian-rock dust, an important piece in making long-term space travel possible. Using machine learning and computational modeling, researchers have found about half a dozen good candidates for solvents that can extract materials on the moon and Mars usable in 3D printing. The powerful solvents, called ionic liquids, are salts that are in a liquid state.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:31:33

Title: Researchers discover potential microbiome links to skin aging
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113122.htm
Article Summary: Recent findings have identified a potential new link to signs of skin aging — the skin microbiome, the collection of microorganisms that inhabits our skin.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:31:22

Title: Record heat in 2023 worsened global droughts, floods and wildfires
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113103.htm
Article Summary: Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research shows.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:31:03

Title: Need for speed: How hummingbirds switch mental gears in flight
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113038.htm
Article Summary: Hummingbirds use two distinct sensory strategies to control their flight, depending on whether they’re hovering or in forward motion, according to new research.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:30:38

Title: Is there a common link between the physical and social worlds? Two brothers think so
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111113030.htm
Article Summary: A Rutgers biophysical chemist and his brother, a political scientist on the West Coast, have joined intellectual forces, realizing a long-standing dream of co-authoring an article that bridges their disciplines involving cells and society. In their paper, they have proposed that powerful parallels exist between the microscopic, natural world of cells and molecules and the human-forged realm of organizations and political systems.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:30:30

Title: A new type of plant metalloreductase maintains root growth under low phosphorus
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111112349.htm
Article Summary: Phosphorus is essential for undisturbed plant growth and development. However, in many soils, phosphorus is only poorly available. One mechanism used by plants to increase phosphorus availability is the release of malate, an organic acid, which can form complexes with iron or aluminium in the soil, thereby liberating sorbed phosphate. However, this response can also result in iron overaccumulation, which can inhibit root growth.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:23:49

Title: A universal coronavirus vaccine could save billions of dollars if ready before next pandemic, study suggests
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111112246.htm
Article Summary: A new study suggests that once developed, a universal vaccine in advance of the next coronavirus epidemic/pandemic can save up to 7 million hospitalizations and 2 million deaths even when it is the only intervention being implemented and its efficacy is as low as 10 percent.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:22:46

Title: Researchers use spinning metasurfaces to craft compact thermal imaging system
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111112203.htm
Article Summary: Researchers have developed a new technology that uses meta-optical devices to perform thermal imaging. The approach provides richer information about imaged objects, which could broaden the use of thermal imaging in fields such as autonomous navigation, security, thermography, medical imaging and remote sensing.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:22:03

Title: Producing tears in a dish: Researchers develop first model of human conjunctiva
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240111112139.htm
Article Summary: Scientists have produced an organoid model of the human conjunctiva. These organoids mimic the function of the actual human conjunctiva, a tissue involved in tear production. Using their new model, the researchers discovered a new cell type in this tissue: tuft cells. The tuft cells become more abundant under allergy-like conditions and are therefore likely to play a role in allergies. The organoid model can now be used to test drugs for several diseases affecting the conjunctiva.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:21:39

Title: Neuropsychological effects of rapid-acting antidepressants may explain their clinical benefits
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143939.htm
Article Summary: Rapid-acting antidepressants, including ketamine, scopolamine and psilocybin, have been found to have immediate and lasting positive effects on mood in patients with major depressive disorder but how these effects arise is unknown. New research has explored their neuropsychological effects and found that all three of these drugs can modulate affective biases associated with learning and memory.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:39

Title: Dry-cleaning fluid becomes a synthetic chemist’s treasure
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143930.htm
Article Summary: The widely used dry-cleaning and degreasing solvent perc can be converted to useful chemicals by a new clean, safe and inexpensive procedure. The discovery using on-demand UV activation may open the path to upcycling perc and thus contribute to a more sustainable society.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:30

Title: Natural compounds derived from soy and other plants reduce breast cancer recurrence and improve survival
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143927.htm
Article Summary: Soy compounds called isoflavones are among the plant-derived compounds that may significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence or death, according to a new meta-analysis.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:27

Title: Genetics may influence the body’s response to low oxygen
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143924.htm
Article Summary: Researchers uncovered a fundamental mechanism that controls the body’s response to limited oxygen and regulates blood vessel disease of the lung.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:24

Title: mRNA technology could be possible treatment for rare diseases
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143921.htm
Article Summary: By exploiting the technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, a team of scientists has created an effective therapy for a rare disease, in a study in mice, demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:21

Title: Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in bodyweight
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143919.htm
Article Summary: Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in bodyweight when measured one month later, new research has found. The study found that the increase was greatest among people with overweight or obesity, but found no link between generally having greater symptoms of depression and higher bodyweight.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:19

Title: Single-cell atlas of the placenta during term labor
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110143915.htm
Article Summary: An atlas revealing the activity of individual placental cells during childbirth offers insight on what happens at the maternal-fetal interface during term labor, according to a new study.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 19:39:15

Title: Newly identified genes for depression may lead to new treatments
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120345.htm
Article Summary: More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified in a worldwide study.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:45

Title: How ‘pioneers’ blaze the one trail that determines cell fate
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120342.htm
Article Summary: A new CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) model explores how the pioneer transcription factor FOXA controls human endoderm differentiation during liver development, and how the pioneer transcription factor OCT4 influences the behavior of pluripotent stem cells. The unexpected findings could influence future organoid and cell reprogramming studies.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:42

Title: New research sheds light on an old fossil solving an evolutionary mystery
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120339.htm
Article Summary: Picrodontids — an extinct family of placental mammals that lived several million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs — are not primates as previously believed.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:39

Title: Scientists discover potential nasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate that offers better and longer protection
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120337.htm
Article Summary: Novel findings from a preclinical head-to-head comparison show that administering a COVID-19 vaccine as a nasal spray rather than a subcutaneous injection enhances the body’s long-term immune memory, thereby increasing the vaccine’s overall effectiveness. This research could pave the way for a COVID-19 vaccination strategy that depends on fewer boosters to achieve the same level of protection against SARS-CoV-2 viruses.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:37

Title: Traumatic stress associated with smaller brain region
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120334.htm
Article Summary: Research reveals that adults with PTSD have a 2% smaller cerebellum than people without the disorder. The finding expands understanding of the cerebellum’s role in the brain beyond balance and movement to include emotion and cognition and also suggests that targeting the cerebellum may improve current treatments for PTSD, such as deep brain stimulation.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:34

Title: Discovery of immense fortifications dating back 4,000 years in north-western Arabia
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120328.htm
Article Summary: The North Arabian Desert oases were inhabited by sedentary populations in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE. A fortification enclosing the Khaybar Oasis — one of the longest known going back to this period — was just revealed by a team of scientists. This new walled oasis is, along with that of Tayma, one of the two largest in Saudi Arabia.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:28

Title: Special brain cells react to unexpected situations
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120323.htm
Article Summary: New research from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows that chandelier cells, a specific type of brain cell, become active during unexpected situations. ‘Researchers have been wondering about the functionality of these cells for a long time’.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:23

Title: Scientists discover how ultraviolet light degrades coronavirus
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120320.htm
Article Summary: New research has revealed how light can be used to destroy infectious coronavirus particles that contaminate surfaces. Scientists are interested in how environments, such as surgeries, can be thoroughly disinfected from viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:20

Title: Exposure therapy addressing fear of spiders can also reduce fear of heights
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120315.htm
Article Summary: Exposure therapy for a specific fear can also help reduce other fears. This is the conclusion reached by psychologists who studied 50 people with a fear of spiders and heights. Although they only treated the fear of spiders, the fear of heights was likewise reduced in the process.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:15

Title: Noninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120312.htm
Article Summary: A new method can track changes in live cell gene expression over extended periods of time. Based on Raman spectroscopy, the method doesn’t harm cells and can be performed repeatedly.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:12

Title: Novel railway point switching technology, inspired by aircraft control systems
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120305.htm
Article Summary: Researchers are working on a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for over 200 years.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:05

Title: Cancer: Unravelling individual differences in DNA mutation risks
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120302.htm
Article Summary: Researchers discover unexpected patterns in mutation risks across individuals, uncovering 13 distinct genomic patterns. The study provides crucial insights into cancer evolution, identifying the genes most affected by changes in mutation risk and shedding light on the dynamic relationship between cell proliferation, mutations, and epigenetic alterations.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:02

Title: Red deer populations in Europe: More influenced by humans than by wolves and other predators
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120300.htm
Article Summary: A new study shows that human hunting and land use have a decisive influence on red deer density in Europe. Red deer density is only reduced when wolves, lynx and bears co-occur at the same site.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:03:00

Title: Focus on biological processes does not capture the whole picture
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Article Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240110120257.htm
Article Summary: The ocean plays a crucial role in the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The so-called marine biological carbon pump is an important research topic in this context. However a key component is often overlooked. Colleagues outline why it is insufficient to focus solely on biological processes when investigating the accumulation of CO2 in the ocean by the biological carbon pump.
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:02:57

Title: Invasive mink eradicated from parts of England by using scented traps
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Article Summary: Invasive mink, which are native to North America, have been eradicated from most of East Anglia in England after a trial used the scent of the animals’ anal glands to lure them into traps
Published Date: 2024-01-15 00:01:47

Title: Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous iceberg
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Article Summary: Titan’s methane seas have ephemeral “magic islands” that have baffled scientists for years. They may be made of odd, porous clumps of snow
Published Date: 2024-01-14 08:00:35

Title: US grid vulnerable to power outages due to its reliance on gas
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411905-us-grid-vulnerable-to-power-outages-due-to-its-reliance-on-gas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Natural gas plant failures were the main factor behind electricity shortfalls and outages during major winter storms in the US since 2011 – that risk remains as the US faces more extreme cold weather
Published Date: 2024-01-11 19:24:40

Title: Some brain regions shrink in pregnancy and regrow after the birth
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Article Summary: Brain scans of 110 first-time mothers during and after pregnancy showed that some brain regions become thinner during pregnancy and that giving birth largely reverses this effect
Published Date: 2024-01-13 08:00:21

Title: NASA unveils X-59 plane to test supersonic flight over US cities
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411539-nasa-unveils-x-59-plane-to-test-supersonic-flight-over-us-cities/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: NASA is hoping to gather evidence that its X-59 aircraft will be able to fly at the speed of sound quietly, justifying a change in the regulations to allow supersonic commercial aviation
Published Date: 2024-01-12 21:29:00

Title: First unhackable shopping transactions carried out on quantum internet
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411985-first-unhackable-shopping-transactions-carried-out-on-quantum-internet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: A secure exchange between a merchant and a buyer has been successfully tested as a proof of concept using a small quantum computing network in China
Published Date: 2024-01-12 19:00:15

Title: AI can tell if prints from two different fingers belong to same person
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412199-ai-can-tell-if-prints-from-two-different-fingers-belong-to-same-person/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: An artificial intelligence model can discern whether fingerprints from different fingers come from the same person, which could make forensic investigations more efficient
Published Date: 2024-01-12 18:45:10

Title: Caves seen on the surface of a comet for the first time
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412032-caves-seen-on-the-surface-of-a-comet-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: By building a 3D image of part of the surface of a comet called 67P, astronomers have discovered caves up to 47 metres deep
Published Date: 2024-01-12 18:00:04

Title: Will AI make computer screens a thing of the past?
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412157-will-ai-make-computer-screens-a-thing-of-the-past/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Big tech companies are offering new ways to interact with devices, powered by natural language processing – but here’s why we are unlikely to give up our screens just yet
Published Date: 2024-01-12 16:48:18

Title: The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411954-the-sun-could-contain-a-tiny-black-hole-that-formed-in-the-big-bang/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Black holes may be hiding within stars and their extra mass could help explain odd gravitational effects in the universe ascribed to dark matter
Published Date: 2024-01-12 13:00:00

Title: Hydropower generation in western US set to fall as climate gets drier
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412101-hydropower-generation-in-western-us-set-to-fall-as-climate-gets-drier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: A model of US water systems foresees a big drop in hydropower generation by 2050 as the climate gets drier and river flow decreases, while electricity demand is set to increase
Published Date: 2024-01-12 16:00:11

Title: Your unique breath ‘fingerprint’ could be used to unlock your phone
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411173-your-unique-breath-fingerprint-could-be-used-to-unlock-your-phone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: When we exhale, we reveal distinctive information about the shape of our airways, which could serve as an ID test for unlocking smartphones – and unlike some other biometric ID tests, this one can’t be hacked after we die
Published Date: 2024-01-12 15:00:26

Title: Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411924-ancient-cities-discovered-in-the-amazon-are-the-largest-yet-found/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: A mysterious civilisation built a network of cities and roads in the Amazon between 3000 and 1500 years ago, and then disappeared
Published Date: 2024-01-11 19:00:56

Title: Cheap drone attacks have outsized effect on global economic inflation
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411898-cheap-drone-attacks-have-outsized-effect-on-global-economic-inflation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Drone attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are having a global economic impact and showing how an organisation without a navy can challenge control of the seas
Published Date: 2024-01-12 11:00:51

Title: Guinness yeasts are genetically unique among Irish beers
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412033-guinness-yeasts-are-genetically-unique-among-irish-beers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The Guinness brewery has kept a record of the yeast strains it has used going back to 1903 – a genetic analysis shows these are distinct from those used to brew other Irish beers
Published Date: 2024-01-12 10:00:16

Title: Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412021-molecules-vital-for-life-could-survive-in-venuss-acid-clouds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Venus is wrapped in clouds that are rich in concentrated sulphuric acid, and we now know that several of the amino acids and nucleic acids used by life could survive in them
Published Date: 2024-01-11 20:00:14

Title: Numbats are overheating because Australia is getting too hot for them
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411974-numbats-are-overheating-because-australia-is-getting-too-hot-for-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: On a hot day, numbats can only look for food for 10 minutes before they are forced to seek shade, raising concerns about the endangered animal’s conservation amid Australia’s increasing temperatures
Published Date: 2024-01-11 18:00:05

Title: Chinese social network fails to curb abuse by showing users’ locations
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411875-chinese-social-network-fails-to-curb-abuse-by-showing-users-locations/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Weibo, a social media platform, tried to reduce incivility by displaying estimated locations for users, but this gave trolls another way to target people
Published Date: 2024-01-11 17:04:40

Title: Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411428-microturbines-can-generate-electricity-from-drinking-water-pipes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Water pipes offer a largely untapped source of renewable electricity that could provide 1.4 gigawatts of power in the US alone
Published Date: 2024-01-10 10:00:18

Title: Early fossil identified as new species of Tyrannosaurus
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411914-early-fossil-identified-as-new-species-of-tyrannosaurus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: A dinosaur known only from a partial skull has been dubbed Tyrannosaurus mcraensis, adding a new twist to long-running debates about putative relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:00:04

Title: Oldest known skin fossil is from 300-million-year-old reptile
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411640-oldest-known-skin-fossil-is-from-300-million-year-old-reptile/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Ancient fragments of fossilised skin may help us understand how skin evolved as vertebrate animals moved from the seas onto dry land
Published Date: 2024-01-11 16:00:25

Title: How galactic mysteries near and far are poised to shake up cosmology
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134730-200-how-galactic-mysteries-near-and-far-are-poised-to-shake-up-cosmology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Last year saw a host of exciting galaxy-related discoveries, led by a study about a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud. What a time to be an astrophysicist, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Published Date: 2024-01-10 18:00:00

Title: Record growth of renewable energy in 2023 isn’t fast enough, says IEA
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411920-record-growth-of-renewable-energy-in-2023-isnt-fast-enough-says-iea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The International Energy Agency finds the world is on track to more than double renewable energy capacity by 2030, but more support is needed to reach the target of tripling capacity by the end of the decade
Published Date: 2024-01-11 11:27:18

Title: Why we should all be concerned about the shortage of science teachers
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411269-why-we-should-all-be-concerned-about-the-shortage-of-science-teachers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: From Australia to the UK, the global shortage of science teachers will have a damaging effect on diversity and equity in science, says physics teacher Alom Shaha
Published Date: 2024-01-10 18:00:00

Title: California frog reintroduction is rare victory against fungal pandemic
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411673-california-frog-reintroduction-is-rare-victory-against-fungal-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The success of a 15-year project to help frogs in California’s Sierra Nevada suggests some amphibian species could be rescued from a devastating fungal disease by evolution – and a little human help
Published Date: 2024-01-10 20:00:29

Title: Some corals change sex each year so they can find mates
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411655-some-corals-change-sex-each-year-so-they-can-find-mates/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Nearly three-quarters of hammer coral colonies annually alternate between male and female. They are the only animal species known to undergo this change on such a regular schedule
Published Date: 2024-01-10 18:00:12

Title: Multiple sclerosis genes may have arisen to ward off animal infections
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411775-multiple-sclerosis-genes-may-have-arisen-to-ward-off-animal-infections/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: An invasion of nomadic herders from the Eurasian steppe profoundly changed the genetic landscape of modern Europe, influencing patterns of modern diseases
Published Date: 2024-01-10 16:00:48

Title: Why huge ape Gigantopithecus went extinct up to 295,000 years ago
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411478-why-huge-ape-gigantopithecus-went-extinct-up-to-295000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The mysterious giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki died out up to 295,000 years ago, after failing to adapt to a changing climate and the food variability that went with it
Published Date: 2024-01-10 16:00:44

Title: How Bolivia’s gold rush is poisoning Indigenous communities
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411159-how-bolivias-gold-rush-is-poisoning-indigenous-communities/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: People who live along rivers in the Amazon basin have severe neurological symptoms and dangerously high levels of mercury in their bodies because of pollution from gold mining
Published Date: 2024-01-10 14:00:39

Title: 6 exquisite images from Close-up Photographer of the Year
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411528-6-exquisite-images-from-close-up-photographer-of-the-year/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: A moray eel, a robber fly and an ice-topped slime mould appear in winning images from the Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition
Published Date: 2024-01-09 16:00:29

Title: NASA to unveil X-59 supersonic plane that makes a ‘sonic thump’
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411154-nasa-to-unveil-x-59-supersonic-plane-that-makes-a-sonic-thump/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The experimental X-59 aircraft is designed to break the sound barrier without making the startling booms produced by current supersonic planes
Published Date: 2024-01-10 12:00:18

Title: ‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411246-islands-poking-out-of-black-holes-may-solve-the-information-paradox/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Measuring “entanglement islands” that contain copies of information that black holes have lost could help us find an answer to Stephen Hawking’s black hole paradox
Published Date: 2024-01-09 14:00:34

Title: Workplace well-being initiatives don’t boost employee mental health
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411569-workplace-well-being-initiatives-dont-boost-employee-mental-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The mental health of people who undertake mindfulness or meditation courses offered by their employer is generally no better than those who are not offered such programmes
Published Date: 2024-01-10 08:01:15

Title: Prototype rocket engine burns itself up for fuel as it flies
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411631-prototype-rocket-engine-burns-itself-up-for-fuel-as-it-flies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: After a rocket uses up its fuel, the tank generally just becomes dead weight, but a prototype rocket that burns its own fuselage as propellant could solve that problem
Published Date: 2024-01-10 00:01:53

Title: NASA is delaying its Artemis missions to the moon
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411638-nasa-is-delaying-its-artemis-missions-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions to the moon have been delayed by a year after a series of problems with the spacecraft were revealed during testing
Published Date: 2024-01-09 21:19:47

Title: Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411620-mysterious-radio-burst-came-from-group-of-galaxies-in-distant-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The Hubble Space Telescope has pinpointed the origin of the most distant known fast radio burst, which hit our planet in 2022
Published Date: 2024-01-09 20:15:48

Title: Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411139-fire-ants-form-rafts-that-have-weird-properties-when-stretched/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Fire ants link together to form rafts when their nests are flooded, and unlike most materials the rafts don’t become thinner when they are stretched
Published Date: 2024-01-09 18:00:14

Title: AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411374-ai-comes-up-with-battery-design-that-uses-70-per-cent-less-lithium/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working battery – it requires up to 70 percent less lithium than some competing designs.
Published Date: 2024-01-09 16:00:20

Title: Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411411-why-moon-missions-in-2024-could-reveal-both-our-history-and-our-future/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Several moon missions are planned for 2024, including some that will attempt to mine for ice on the moon and test out new lunar rovers – and they can teach us about Earth’s history
Published Date: 2024-01-09 13:00:03

Title: 2023 was officially the hottest year on record
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411452-2023-was-officially-the-hottest-year-on-record/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The global average temperature for 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average, putting the world on the brink of the Paris Agreement limit
Published Date: 2024-01-09 12:00:04

Title: Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of the Milky Way
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411142-star-cluster-is-heading-for-destruction-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: The closest star cluster to the centre of the Milky Way we have seen seems to be falling in, which could teach us about how shredded clusters have helped make the galactic centre so dense
Published Date: 2024-01-09 11:00:48

Title: It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411384-it-might-rain-diamonds-on-more-than-1900-exoplanets-across-the-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets, which means that it might rain diamonds on up to a third of the planets we have discovered so far
Published Date: 2024-01-09 10:02:22

Title: There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottle of water
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411329-there-can-be-240000-plastic-particles-in-a-litre-bottle-of-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Own brand one-litre water bottles from three unnamed US supermarkets each contained hundreds of thousands of microscopic plastic particles
Published Date: 2024-01-08 20:00:17

Title: The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411426-the-peregrine-lunar-lander-may-not-make-it-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: After its 8 January launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander has experienced a fuel leak that may leave it without enough propellant to land on the moon
Published Date: 2024-01-08 22:40:23

Title: Extreme droughts are worse for plants than we thought
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411366-extreme-droughts-are-worse-for-plants-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Grasslands are almost 40 per cent less productive after a year of extreme drought, an experiment spanning six continents suggests
Published Date: 2024-01-08 20:00:46

Title: Animal bones ground into an edible paste could help reduce food waste
Source Feed URL: https://www.newscientist.com/section/news/feed/
Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411109-animal-bones-ground-into-an-edible-paste-could-help-reduce-food-waste/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: A Finnish start-up has developed a method of grinding up chicken or fish bones into a nutritious paste to make meat production more efficient. New Scientist conducted a taste test with mixed results
Published Date: 2024-01-08 18:44:30

Title: Should nations try to ban bitcoin because of its environmental impact?
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410610-should-nations-try-to-ban-bitcoin-because-of-its-environmental-impact/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: Bitcoin miners seem unwilling to take action to curb the cryptocurrency’s energy and water use – so some campaigners argue that it is time for governments to intervene
Published Date: 2024-01-08 17:49:01

Title: Vulcan launch: Why is NASA going back to the moon?
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Article Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411169-vulcan-launch-why-is-nasa-going-back-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news
Article Summary: NASA has launched a robotic lander towards the moon in its first mission to the lunar surface since the Apollo programme
Published Date: 2024-01-08 12:02:13

Title: What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-behind-the-arctic-blast-plunging-into-the-u-s/
Article Summary:

This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive Arctic outbreaks of this century,” one climate scientist says
Published Date: 2024-01-12 20:30:00

Title: How Does the World’s Largest Seabird Know Where to Fly?
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-does-the-worlds-largest-seabird-know-where-to-fly/
Article Summary:

Wandering albatrosses navigate thousands of miles using “the voice of the sea.”
Published Date: 2024-01-12 19:00:00

Title: 2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record by a Long Shot
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2023-was-the-hottest-year-on-record-by-a-long-shot/
Article Summary:

The year 2023 is officially the hottest on record, edging close to the mark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.But that doesn’t mean that the goals of the Paris climate accord are out of reach
Published Date: 2024-01-12 18:30:00

Title: Biden Pours $623 Million into Electric Vehicle Charging Void
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biden-pours-623-million-into-ev-charging-void/
Article Summary:

The Biden administration is doling out more money for charging infrastructure because range anxiety is considered a major challenge to Americans’ widespread adoption of electric cars
Published Date: 2024-01-12 17:30:00

Title: Ancient DNA Reveals Origins of Multiple Sclerosis in Europe
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Article Summary:

A huge cache of ancient genomes spanning tens of thousands of years reveals the roots of traits in modern Europeans
Published Date: 2024-01-12 17:00:00

Title: When Choosing What Diseases to Develop Drugs For, It All Comes Down to Funding
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Article Summary:

Prescription drugs and vaccines have revolutionized healthcare, but how do researchers and industry decide what diseases to pursue?
Published Date: 2024-01-12 13:00:00

Title: Information Theory Can Help Us Search for Life on Alien Worlds
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Article Summary:

Information theory can help us decode signs of biological activity hiding in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets
Published Date: 2024-01-12 12:30:00

Title: AI-Optimized Catheter Design Could Prevent Urinary Tract Infections without Drugs
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Article Summary:

A 3-D-printed tube stymies microbes with a tiny obstacle course to combat rampant infections in hospitals
Published Date: 2024-01-12 12:00:00

Title: Earth’s Wobble Wreaks Havoc on Astronomers–And Astrologers, Too
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Article Summary:

Our planet’s precession is scarcely noticeable during anyone’s lifetime, but across history, it has had enormous effects
Published Date: 2024-01-12 11:45:00

Title: Ancient Amazon Civilization Developed Unique Form of ‘Garden Urbanism’
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Article Summary:

Traces of an ancient civilization that had a unique urban infrastructure with cities set amid fields have been rediscovered in the Amazon
Published Date: 2024-01-11 22:30:00

Title: Enigmatic Dinosaur Skull Sparks Debate over Tyrannosaur Evolution
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Article Summary:

A dinosaur skull first discovered in the 1980s was originally catalogued as a T. rex. Now some scientists argue it represents a new species of tyrannosaur and could shed light on where the massive animals originated
Published Date: 2024-01-11 19:00:00

Title: Renewable Energy Capacity Could More Than Double by 2030
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Article Summary:

China is running away with clean energy expansion, with the E.U. and U.S. following far behind
Published Date: 2024-01-11 18:30:00

Title: Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100
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Article Summary:

These projected findings about depopulation in U.S. cities are shaped by a multitude of factors, including the decline of industry, lower birth rates and the impacts of climate change
Published Date: 2024-01-11 18:15:00

Title: This Doctor Helped Spare Women from Radical Mastectomy
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Article Summary:

Canadian radiation oncologist Vera Peters pioneered the use of lumpectomies and postoperative radiation to treat breast cancer patients.
Published Date: 2024-01-11 18:00:00

Title: Simple Math Creates Infinite and Bizarre Automorphic Numbers
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Article Summary:

Squaring numbers can have surprising consequences
Published Date: 2024-01-11 14:00:00

Title: NASA’s Troubled Mars Sample Mission Has Scientists Seeing Red
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Article Summary:

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program is the agency’s highest priority in planetary science, but projected multibillion-dollar overruns have some calling the plan a “dumpster fire”
Published Date: 2024-01-11 11:45:00

Title: First-Ever Biorobotic Heart Helps Scientists Study Cardiac Function
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Article Summary:

A model heart made from living tissue fused with robotic muscles could help researchers see how the organ works on the inside
Published Date: 2024-01-10 20:15:00

Title: From Wildfires to Melting Sea Ice, the Warmest Summer on Record Has Had Cascading Effects across the Arctic
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-wildfires-to-melting-sea-ice-the-warmest-summer-on-record-has-had-cascading-effects-across-the-arctic/
Article Summary:

Climate change is already disrupting lives in the Arctic, and the warmest summer on record will certainly have an enormous impact on the people and wildlife of the region
Published Date: 2024-01-10 18:30:00

Title: U.S. Emissions Fell by 2 Percent in 2023, Even as Economy Grew
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-emissions-fell-by-2-percent-in-2023-even-as-economy-grew/
Article Summary:

Collapsing coal use drove a reduction in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, but transportation emissions are still on the rise
Published Date: 2024-01-10 17:30:00

Title: What Killed the Largest Known Ape Species Ever?
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Article Summary:

The massive ancient ape Gigantopithecus blacki disappeared in a mystery that scientists are eager to crack
Published Date: 2024-01-10 16:00:00

Title: It Turns Out We Were Born To Groove
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Article Summary:

The evolution of beat perception likely unfolded gradually among primates, reaching its pinnacle in humans
Published Date: 2024-01-10 14:00:00

Title: Sludge Videos Are Taking Over TikTok–And People’s Mind
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Article Summary:

“Sludge content” is a type of viral video that features multiple clips playing simultaneously on a screen. Experts unpack what it may be doing to the brain
Published Date: 2024-01-10 11:45:00

Title: Wildfire Risk Maps Haven’t Kept Up with Wildfire Risks
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wildfire-risk-maps-havent-kept-up-with-wildfire-risks/
Article Summary:

Many states haven’t been able to keep their wildfire risk maps up to date, even as global warming increases the danger, because of funding constraints
Published Date: 2024-01-09 19:00:00

Title: Coast Redwoods Are Enduring, Adaptable Marvels
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Article Summary:

Redwoods, like all trees, are engineered marvels that offer life lessons about adapting over time
Published Date: 2024-01-09 16:00:00

Title: Private U.S. Lunar Lander Suffers ‘Critical’ Anomaly after Launch
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Article Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/private-u-s-lunar-lander-suffers-critical-anomaly-after-launch/
Article Summary:

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander was meant to be the first commercial spacecraft to operate on the surface of the moon. Instead it may not reach lunar orbit at all
Published Date: 2024-01-09 15:00:00